Stability Analysis of Host Claystone under T-M Coupling of HLW Disposal Repository in China: Experiments and Numerical Simulation by Haian Liang, Tan Tang, Longpeng Zhang, Xiaodong Liu, Shuai Liu, Ting Yang, Xinjun Cheng, Juan Zhang

“…This paper focuses on the stability of the high-level radioactive waste (HLW) in the proposed clay rock in Tamusu area of China. …”
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Salvage of Failed Local and Regional Flaps with Porcine Urinary Bladder Extracellular Matrix Aided Tissue Regeneration by Gregory J. Kruper, Zachary P. VandeGriend, Ho-Sheng Lin, Giancarlo F. Zuliani

“…To our knowledge, this paper is the first case series using the porcine extracellular matrix bioscaffold (MatriStem ACell, Columbia, MD, USA) to salvage flaps with extensive wound breakdown on the face and neck.…”
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Response of Plant Community Characteristics and Soil Factors to Topographic Variations in Alpine Grasslands by Qinyang Liang, Jinmei Zhao, Zixin Wang, Xingyi Wang, Dianxia Fu, Xiaogang Li

“…However, research on plant–soil relationships in alpine grassland at the slope aspect and slope position scales is currently inadequate. In this paper, based on the topographic and geomorphological characteristics of the study area, alpine grassland with typical slope aspect and slope position conditions was selected as the research object. …”
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Research progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing techniques for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (慢性阻塞性肺疾病中医护理技术研究进展) by WANG Shuohan (王烁涵), HAN Lingyu (韩凌宇), ZHANG Li (张丽), DONG Mei (东梅)

“…Given the long treatment cycle, it is necessary to carry out effective nursing interventions to relieve clinical symptoms and improve quality of life during treatment. This paper briefly discussed the etiology and pathogenesis of COPD in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and summarized clinical application of Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing techniques for patients with COPD, in order to provide reference for clinical nursing practice. …”
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Data on the administrative workload and perceived administrative burden of farmers in SwitzerlandZenodo by Gabriele Mack, Christian Ritzel, Jeanine Ammann, Katja Heitkämper, Nadja El Benni

“…We present data from a paper-and-pencil survey of Swiss farmers. The survey was mailed to 2000 randomly selected Swiss farmers from the two largest Swiss language regions (German and French) in February 2019. …”
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Modelling and analysis of selected platform dynamics issues of a land robot by Zbigniew Dziopa, Andrzej Zuska, Dariusz Więckowski

“…That's why the considerations carried out in this paper are so important, which enable the development of robot platform dynamics that minimize the impacts on the robot's realized fundamental motion. …”
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Optimization of metal polymer friction pair composition for hydrogen wear reduction through thermal stabilization analysis by Dmytro Volchenko, Ivan Kernytskyy, Yuriy Royko, Mykola Ostashuk, Nataliia Fidrovska, Vasyl Skrypnyk, Dmytro Zhuravlev, Nataliia Klochko, Vasyl Rys, Oksana Berezovetska, Saurav Dixit, Anna Stefańska, Eugeniusz Koda, Subhav Singh, Kamal Sharma, Rajesh Mahadeva

“…Using the quasi-chemical approximation, the paper derives a concentration-dependent diffusion coefficient of hydrogen (H) in iron (Fe) across a broad spectrum. …”
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STUDY OF STRUCTURE AND MICROHARDNESS OF PROTECTIVE OXIDECERAMIC COATINGS OBTAINED BY MICRO-ARC OXIDATION ON DEPOSITED SURFACES by Yury Kuznetsov, Aleksey Gribakin, Igor Kravchenko, Vladimir Goncharenko, Alexander Feryabkov4, Alexander Panov, Larisa Kalashnikova

“…The paper is devoted to studying the structure and microhardness of protective oxide-ceramic coatings obtained by micro-arc oxidation on the deposited surfaces of parts. …”
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BIPE: A Bi-Layer Predictive Ensemble Framework for Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping in Germany by Ling Hu, Volker Hochschild, Harald Neidhardt, Michael Schultz, Pegah Khosravani, Hadi Shokati

“…Despite considerable economic advancements, firefighting strategies remain less than optimal. This paper introduces the Bi-layer Predictive Ensemble (BIPE), an innovative machine learning model designed to enhance the accuracy and generalization of forest fire susceptibility mapping. …”
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Vision-Based Pick and Place Control System for Industrial Robots Using an Eye-in-Hand Camera by van-Truong Nguyen, Phu-Tuan Nguyen, Shun-Feng Su, Phan Xuan Tan, Thanh-Lam Bui

“…In this paper, we present a vision-based pick-and-place control system for industrial robots using an eye-in-hand camera. …”
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Evaluation of thinning behaviour under the influence of plastic hardening and surface friction during small punch test by Sarthok Chandra Pandit, Nasrul Azuan Alang, Imam Ul Ferdous, Juliawati Binti Alias, Mohd Firdaus Bin Hassan, Asnul Hadi Bin Ahmad

“… Understanding the deformation response of the material involving thinning under small punch loading is vital to ensure structural integrity. This paper systematically investigates the effects of plastic hardening on the thinning process under different levels of surface friction between the punch, die and specimen. …”
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Thermomechanical Model and Bursting Tests to Evaluate the Risk of Swelling and Bursting of Modified 9Cr-1Mo Steel Steam Generator Tubes during a Sodium-Water Reaction Accident by C. Bertrand, A. Allou, F. Beauchamp, E. Pluyette, P. Defrasne, F. Baqué

“…The first part of this paper focuses on the mechanical law modelling (elasticity, plasticity, and creep) for Modified 9Cr-1Mo steel and on overheating thermal data. …”
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Development of Rogers RT/Duroid 5880 Substrate-Based MIMO Antenna Array for Automotive Radar Applications by D. Subitha, S. Velmurugan, M. Vanitha Lakshmi, P. Poonkuzhali, T. Yuvaraja, Samson Alemayehu

“…In this paper, a novel 2 × 2 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array with four patch elements is designed. …”
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Integrating deformable CNN and attention mechanism into multi-scale graph neural network for few-shot image classification by Yongmin Liu, Fengjiao Xiao, Xinying Zheng, Weihao Deng, Haizhi Ma, Xinyao Su, Lei Wu

“…The algorithm first utilizes different convolution kernels in CNN to extract multi-scale local feature information, and then based on the global feature extraction ability of attention mechanism, parallel processing of channel and spatial attention mechanism is used to extract multidimensional global feature information. This paper provides a comprehensive performance evaluation of the new model on both mini-ImageNet and tiered ImageNet datasets. …”
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A Robust Approach for Blur and Sharp Regions’ Detection Using Multisequential Deviated Patterns by Awais Khan, Ali Javed, Aun Irtaza, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood

“…However, the smooth/blurred regions having the same patterns as sharp regions make them problematic. This paper presents a robust novel method to extract the local metric map for blurred and nonblurred regions based on multisequential deviated patterns (MSDPs). …”
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The Square Curve Paradigm for Research in Alternative, Complementary, and Holistic Medicine: A Cost-Effective, Easy, and Scientifically Valid Design for Evidence-Based Medicine and... by Soren Ventegodt, Niels JØrgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…In this paper we present a new research paradigm for alternative, complementary, and holistic medicine — a low-cost, effective, and scientifically valid design for evidence-based medicine. …”
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Numerical Modeling and Structure Optimization for Magnetic Levitation Planar Machine Using PCB Coils by Han Zhang, Jiawen He, Xianze Xu, Rui Wang, Manman Xu, Fengqiu Xu

“…However, due to the high resistance of PCB coils, managing heat generation has become a significant area of study. This paper seeks to optimize PCB coil design to minimize power loss and control peak temperatures in ML systems, using a numerical model. …”
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Research on the Influence of Groundwater in Coastal Areas on the Stress and Deformation Characteristics of Integrated Pipe Gallery by Yuanyuan Tian, Qingbiao Wang, Zhongjing Hu, Shuo Yang, Chuanxiong Peng, Xu Zhang, Zhongying Li, Xugang Wang

“…Relying on the Qingdao West Coast New Area Project, this paper uses a combination of laboratory tests and MIDAS GTS/NX numerical simulation to study the influence of groundwater in the coastal area on the stress and deformation characteristics of the integrated pipe gallery. …”
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Roadway Support in Deep “Three-Soft” Coal Seam: A Case Study in Yili Mining Area, China by Wenxin Li, Jinxiao Liu, Lianjun Chen, Zhilu Zhong, Yongle Liu

“…This paper analyzes the large deformation of roadway in three-soft coal seam under the influence of tectonic stress. …”
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Towards autonomous robotic THz-based in vivo skin sensing: the PicoBot by Anubhav Dogra, Dominic Jones, Arturo Ignacio Hernandez Serrano, Shruti Chakraborty, Jacob Joshua Young, Benjamin George Page, Joseph Hardwicke, Pietro Valdastri, Emma Pickwell-MacPherson

“…A robotic system is therefore needed to tune the critical parameters and achieve accurate and repeatable measurements of skin. This paper proposes an autonomous robotic THz acquisition system, the PicoBot, designed for non-invasive diagnosis of healthy and diseased skin conditions, based on hydration levels in the skin. …”
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