Autogenous and drying shrinkage properties of precast recycled aggregate concrete by Ningxu Zhang, Qing Yang, Dapeng Li, Yong Yu, Xiaoyu Jiang, Jinjun Xu

“…However, limited research on its shrinkage characteristics hinders its practical use in engineering. This paper thus provides a comprehensive analysis of the autogenous and drying shrinkage properties of PRAC through experimental and theoretical methods. …”
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Study of the Effect of Simulated Rain on the Offset Parabolic Antenna at Ku-Band with Different Elevation Angles by H. Mostafa, S. I. S. Hassan, J. S. Mandeep, M. F. Ain, H. A. Khedher

“…Effect of rain on the receiver antenna is a major factor to degrade the system performance in a frequency above 10 GHz. This paper deals with the wet antenna attenuation at Ku-band with three different frequencies at different rain rates. …”
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Enhancing Microgrid Protection With Impedance-Based Blocking: An Embedded Validation on a Dual-Layer Architecture by Thiago S. Menezes, Ricardo A. S. Fernandes, Denis V. Coury

“…Aiming at improving them, this paper proposes a new blocking strategy to enhance dual-layer protection of the microgrid. …”
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Assessment of Radiometric Calibration Consistency of Thermal Emissive Bands Between Terra and Aqua Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers by Tiejun Chang, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Carlos Perez Diaz, Aisheng Wu, Hanzhi Lin

“…The calibration consistency between the satellite measurements from the two instruments is essential in generating a multi-year data record for the long-term monitoring of the Earth’s Level 1B (L1B) data. This paper presents the Terra and Aqua MODIS TEB comparison for the upcoming Collection 7 (C7) L1B products using measurements over Dome C and the ocean, as well as the double difference via simultaneous nadir overpasses with the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) sensor. …”
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MSGU-Net: a lightweight multi-scale ghost U-Net for image segmentation by Hua Cheng, Yang Zhang, Huangxin Xu, Huangxin Xu, Dingliang Li, Zejian Zhong, Yinchuan Zhao, Zhuo Yan

“…U-Net and its variants have been widely used in the field of image segmentation. In this paper, a lightweight multi-scale Ghost U-Net (MSGU-Net) network architecture is proposed. …”
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Catalytic Activity of a Composition Based on Strontium Bismuthate and Bismuth Carbonate at the Exposure to the Light of the Visible Range by K. S. Makarevich, A. V. Zaitsev, O. I. Kaminsky, E. A. Kirichenko, I. A. Astapov

“…This paper presents the results pertaining to studying the properties of the photocatalytically active composition of strontium bismuthate SrBi2.70O5.05, SrBi2.90O5.35, and SrBi3.25O5.88 and bismuth carbonate (BiO)2CO3 in molar ratios 1/0.67, 1/0.56, and 1/0.37, respectively. …”
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Accelerated pseudo-transient method for elastic, viscoelastic, and coupled hydromechanical problems with applications by Y. Alkhimenkov, Y. Y. Podladchikov

“…Importantly, the results presented in this paper are fully reproducible, with MATLAB code, symbolic Maple scripts, and CUDA C codes made available in a permanent repository.…”
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Cells in Dengue Virus Infection In Vivo by Sansanee Noisakran, Nattawat Onlamoon, Pucharee Songprakhon, Hui-Mien Hsiao, Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, Guey Chuen Perng

“…Dengue virus appears to replicate and proliferate in many adapted cell lines, but these in vitro properties are extremely difficult to be reproduced in primary cells or in vivo. This paper summarizes reports on the permissive cells in vitro and in vivo and suggests a hematological cell lineage for dengue virus infection in vivo, with the hope that a new focus will shed light on further understanding of the complexities of dengue disease.…”
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Research progress of moxibustion in patients with chronic renal failure (艾灸在慢性肾功能衰竭患者中应用研究进展) by DENG Jianhua (邓建华), LI Mengya (李玉欣), WU Chunli (李梦雅), TIAN Chenchen (吴春丽), HU Fangfang (田晨晨)

“…This paper summarized the literature of application of moxibustion therapy for patients with chronic renal failure. …”
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Numerical study of the plasticity effect on the behavior of short steel columns filled with concrete loaded axially by Yousria Boulmaali-Hacene Chaouche, Nadia Kouider, Kamel Djeghaba, Bachir Kebaili

“…Indeed, it has been demonstrated that the use of normal or high strength concrete, confined in a steel tube of circular shape can considerably improve its ductility as well as its load capacity, owing to the combination of the qualities of the two constituent materials; these tubes have an effortless execution, indeed, the concrete used in the CFST does not require formwork nor reinforcement, a durability of the two materials as well as a good behavior to fire, which was the effect desired at the origin of their elaboration. In this paper, we study the axial compression behavior of short circular steel tubes filled with concrete; their modelling will be performed using the ABAQUS/Standard calculation program. …”
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Research advances in Pimpinella thellungiana: Nutrients, bioactive compounds, and functional properties benefitting livestock by Shuxian Zhang, Minglu Yang, Tao Xu, Qiongxian Yan, Allan Degen, Xiaoling Zhou

“…Wolff (P. thellungiana), a medicinal herb, has been reported to relieve growth retardation and overexertion in ethnopharmacological clinical trials. This paper summarizes and classifies a total of 106 bioactive compounds that were isolated and identified from P. thellungiana, including flavonoids, simple phenylpropanoids, coumarins, volatile compounds, and simple polyphenols, and discusses its pharmaceutical benefits, including its growth-promoting, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-atherosclerotic, and hepatoprotective properties. …”
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A practical object detection-based multiscale attention strategy for person reidentification by Bin Zhang, Zhenyu Song, Xingping Huang, Jin Qian, Chengfei Cai

“…These approaches mitigate the mismatches caused by occlusion and small objects to some extent. This paper proposes a PReID method based on object detection and attention mechanisms (ODAMs) to achieve enhanced object matching accuracy. …”
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Implementing Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Screening in Inflammatory Arthritis Clinic: Insights From a Quality Improvement Project at a Tertiary Rheumatology Center by Jeong Min Yu, Susan Goodman, Ann Marie Rakowicz, Julius Bugante, Jennifer Inhae Lee

“…Nurses performed PHQ‐2 at each IA clinic visit verbally and documented the results while rooming patients using an electronic health record (EHR) dotphrase. Patients completed paper forms of the PHQ‐9 only if the PHQ‐2 score was positive for depression. …”
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SELECTION OF DIGITAL TOOLS FOR ORGANIZING STUDENTS' GROUP WORK IN DISTANCE EDUCATION by Olena G. Glazunova, Andrii M. Hurzhii, Valentyna I. Korolchuk, Tetiana V. Voloshyna

“…In these circumstances, distance learning requires practical educational materials that are easily accessible to students. This paper proposes criteria and indicators for selecting digital tools that can facilitate group work with educational content in distance learning. …”
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Effect of dynamic coupling in an inferior olive neuron model and synchronization by M. R. Tchuisseuh, P. Guemkam Ghomsi, A. C. Chamgoué, F. M. Moukam Kakmeni

“…In this paper, we use the idea of dynamic coupling to describe the effect of drugs or chemical substances on the electrophysiological properties of the inferior olive neuron (ION). …”
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Discrete-Time Design of Fractional Delay-Based Repetitive Controller with Sliding Mode Approach for Uncertain Linear Systems with Multiple Periodic Signals by Edi Kurniawan, Azka M. Burrohman, Purwowibowo Purwowibowo, Sensus Wijonarko, Tatik Maftukhah, Jalu A. Prakosa, Dadang Rustandi, Enggar B. Pratiwi, Amaliyah Az-Zukhruf

“…In this paper, a discrete-time design of a fractional internal model-based repetitive controller with a sliding mode approach is presented for uncertain linear systems subject to repetitive trajectory and periodic disturbance. …”
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Safety Improvements for Personnel and Vehicles in Short-Term Construction Sites by Daniel Rau, Jonas Vogt, Philipp Schorr, Juri Golanov, Andreas Otte, Jens Staub, Horst Wieker

“…Short-term construction sites, in particular, face limitations in implementing extensive safety measures due to their condensed timelines. This paper seeks to enhance safety in short-term construction sites by alerting maintenance personnel and approaching vehicles to potentially dangerous scenarios. …”
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Partial discharges characteristics study in XLPE cable insulation with multiple defects by I. V. Komarov, D. A. Polyakov, K. I. Nikitin

“…The paper simulates the electric field intensity picture in the cable with one and several defects. …”
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“Dastur al-katib” as a source on history of state, law and chancellery culture of the Golden Horde (by the example of yarlighs on the appointment of emirs of the ulus) by Abzalov L.F., Gatin M.S., Mustakimov I.A., Pochekaev R.Yu.

“…Comparative diplomatic analysis allows one to clarify similarities in the official paper work in uluses of Hulaguids and Jochids and to confirm the common roots of chancellery traditions in these states that were heirs of the Mongol Empire.…”
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Étude multicritères sur le passage à un régime sans fruits chez les Cébidés et les Cercopithécidés by Flore Viallard, Sébastien Lefebvre, Alexandre Petry, Irène Vonfeld, Benoît Quintard

“…This article is a French translation of the paper “Multi-criteria study on a change to a fruit-free diet in Cebidae and Cercopithecidae” published on October 31, 2023 in the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research (citation: Viallard, F., Lefebvre, S., Petry, A., Vonfeld, I., & Quintard, B. (2023). …”
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