Retrofitting of a Multi-Span Simply Supported Bridge into a Semi-Integral Bridge by Zhen Xu, Xiaoye Luo, Khaled Sennah, Baochun Chen, Yizhou Zhuang

“…To address these problems, one approach is to retrofit them by converting the simply supported box beams into continuous structures over the piers and jointless bridges over the abutments. This paper discusses the design methodology and details for retrofitting the Jinpu Bridge in Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, from a simply supported bridge into a semi-integral bridge, in which semi-fixed dowel joints are used to connect the superstructure and the substructure, including piers and abutments. …”
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Humidity Sensor of D-shaped Silver-coated Optical Fiber based on SPR Effect by GUO Xiangyu, ZHANG Zuxing

“…【Objective】In order to obtain a higher sensitivity fiber optic humidity sensor,this paper proposes a humidity sensor of D-shaped silver (Ag)-coated optical fiber based on Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) effect.…”
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Antifungal Activity of New Eugenol-Benzoxazole Hybrids against Candida spp. by Larissa Incerti Santos de Carvalho, Dalila Junqueira Alvarenga, Letícia Cruz Ferreira do Carmo, Lucas Gomes de Oliveira, Naiara Chaves Silva, Amanda Latércia Tranches Dias, Luiz Felipe Leomil Coelho, Thiago Belarmino de Souza, Danielle Ferreira Dias, Diogo Teixeira Carvalho

“…Benzoxazoles are heterocycles with recognized antimicrobial activities. This paper describes the design, synthesis, and the biological results for benzoxazole type derivatives of eugenol as antifungal agents. …”
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Coal Mine Gas Safety Evaluation Based on Adaptive Weighted Least Squares Support Vector Machine and Improved Dempster–Shafer Evidence Theory by Zhenming Sun, Dong Li

“…Ultimately, taking Qing Gang Ping coal mine located in Shaanxi province as the study area, a gas safety evaluation example analysis is performed for the assessment model developed in this paper. The results indicate that the similarity measures can effectively eliminate high-conflict evidence sources. …”
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A conceptual approach to material detection based on damping vibration-force signals via robot by Ahmad Saleh Asheghabadi, Mohammad Keymanesh, Saeed Bahrami Moqadam, Saeed Bahrami Moqadam, Saeed Bahrami Moqadam, Jing Xu

“…These methods are insufficient to distinguish between different materials with similar surface roughness, and noise caused by tactile movements affects the system performance.MethodsThis paper presents a straightforward, impact-based approach to identifying materials, utilizing the cantilever beam mechanism in the UR5e robot's artificial finger. …”
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A települési kötédés és a z generáció - egy magyarországi középváros példája (The Settlement Engagement and the Z Generation – the Example of a Hungarian City) by Nikoletta Tóth-Kaszás

“…Many research results indicate that retention of a young workforce is a generic problem in Hungary today, almost in every settlement. In this paper I highlight the different approaches of identity and also the values that are important to the high school students, as the members of generation Z. …”
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A Dynamic Scheduling Method Combining Iterative Optimization and Deep Reinforcement Learning to Solve Sudden Disturbance Events in a Flexible Manufacturing Process by Jun Yan, Tianzuo Zhao, Tao Zhang, Hongyan Chu, Congbin Yang, Yueze Zhang

“…This phenomenon is particularly severe in flexible manufacturing. In this paper, a dynamic scheduling method combining iterative optimization and deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is proposed to address the impact of uncertain disturbances. …”
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Long term study on blood glucose levels in wintering great tits Parus major in sites differing in artificial food availability by Adam Kaliński, Michał Glądalski, Marcin Markowski, Joanna Skwarska, Jarosław Wawrzyniak, Jerzy Bańbura, Piotr Zieliński

“…Therefore, the main objective of this paper was to examine the variation in blood glucose in wintering the great tits (Parus major) in nine consecutive winters at two sites that differed with respect to the amount of human-provided food. …”
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Machine learning boosts wind turbine efficiency with smart failure detection and strategic placement by Sekar Kidambi Raju, Muthusamy Periyasamy, Amel Ali Alhussan, Subhash Kannan, Srikanth Raghavendran, El-Sayed M. El-kenawy

“…The study further calls for collective research practice amongst researchers, practitioners and policymakers to address emerging issues in wind power maintenance to avoid duplication and continuously keep improving on the strategies employed towards the maintenance of wind energy. This paper also shows that ML has the possibility of improving wind turbine dependability and establishing wind energy as an essential component of renewable energy systems.…”
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Multi-Strategy Enhanced Slime Mould Algorithm for Optimization Problems by Zaixin Duan, Xuezhong Qian, Wei Song

“…To address these limitations, this paper introduces an enhanced algorithm that integrates bloch sphere-based Elite Population Initialization with an adaptive search operator strategy based on cauchy inverse cumulative distribution(QCMSMA). …”
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Forecasting of Covid-19 cases based on prediction using artificial neural network curve fitting technique by S.K. Tamang, P.D. Singh, B. Datta

“…The present work employs artificial neural network-based curve fitting techniques in prediction and forecasting of the Covid-19 number of rising cases and death cases in India, USA, France, and UK, considering the progressive trends of China and South Korea. In this paper, three cases are considered to analyze the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic viz., (i) forecasting as per the present trend of rising cases of different countries (ii) forecasting of one week following up with the improvement trends as per China and South Korea, and (iii) forecasting if followed up the progressive trends as per China and South Korea before a week. …”
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Experimental study of tribological characteristics of promising self-lubricating materials for high-speed friction units by N. A. Raikovskiy, A. M. Kalashnikov

“…The paper considers a technique and a stand for experimental study of the tribological characteristics of materials for high-speed «dry» friction units that implement the «finger-disk» friction scheme. …”
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Research progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine comprehensive therapy in the treatment of acute lactational mastitis at early stage (哺乳期急性乳腺炎初期中医综合治疗的研究进展)... by FAN Dongpan (范东盼), CHEN Hong (陈宏)

“…This paper reviewed studies on Traditional Chinese Medicine comprehensive treatment of acute lactational mastitis at early stage. …”
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Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat Applications by Jorge Simon, Hugo Perez-Guerrero, Jorge Sosa-Pedroza, Fabiola Martínez-Zúñiga, Juvenal Villanueva-Maldonado, Jorge Flores-Troncoso, Marco Cardenas-Juarez

“…According to its application, antennas must comply with standardized requirements related to size, bandwidth, operating frequency, polarization, and gain. This paper presents an ultrawideband circularly polarized two-layer crossed-dipole microstrip antenna for S-band CubeSat applications using genetic algorithms optimization tools included in the 3D electromagnetic simulation software Ansys HFSS. …”
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Isolation of cellulolytic bacteria, including actinomycetes, from coffee exocarps in coffee-producing areas in Vietnam by Han B. Bui

“…Cellulose-degrading ability of the isolated microorganism strains was mostly 96 % with filter paper; however, for coffee exocarps, it was considerably lower, only about 37 % of the cellulose was digested after 30 days of incubation to coffee exocarps. …”
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Integrating post-validation surveillance of lymphatic filariasis with the WHO STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance in Niue, a study protocol. by Adam T Craig, Harriet Lawford, Grizelda Mokoia, Minerva Ikimau, Peter Fetaui, Tonia Marqardt, Colleen L Lau

“…WHO has encouraged an integrated approach to disease surveillance and integrating LF post-validation surveillance (PVS) with existing surveys is an anticipated recommendation of the upcoming WHO LF-PVS guidelines. This paper describes a protocol for the implementation of an integrated approach to LF-PVS in Niue as cost-efficient and operationally feasible means of monitoring the disease in the population.…”
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Peripheral Signals Mediate the Beneficial Effects of Gastric Surgery in Obesity by Silvia Barja-Fernández, Cintia Folgueira, Cecilia Castelao, Rosaura Leis, Felipe F. Casanueva, Luisa M. Seoane

“…In fact, bariatric surgery modifies the production of both gastrointestinal and adipose tissue peripheral signals beyond the gut microbiota composition. Through this paper the main peripheral signals altered in obesity will be reviewed together with their modifications after bariatric surgery.…”
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AlgaeClass_Net: Optimizing Few-Shot Marine Microalgae Classification With Multi-Scale Feature Enhancement Network by Dan Liu, Guihong Yuan, Huachao Tan, Yanbo Jiang, Hai Bi, Yuan Cheng

“…Existing few-shot learning classification algorithms that utilize meta-learning for metrics can be a good solution to this problem. In this paper, an AlgaeClass_Net algorithm that combines an improved multi-scale feature fusion with a feature enhancement module is proposed for the fine-grained features of microalgae. …”
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Sensitivity of CO2 and CH4 Annual Cycles to Different Meteorological Variables at a Rural Site in Northern Spain by Isidro A. Pérez, M. Luisa Sánchez, M. Ángeles García, Nuria Pardo

“…The focus of the current paper is to explore the influence of meteorological variables on atmospheric CO2 and CH4 mean annual cycles at a rural site. …”
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Risk-Aware Stochastic Vehicle Trajectory Prediction With Spatial-Temporal Interaction Modeling by Yuxiang Feng, Qiming Ye, Eduardo Candela, Jose Javier Escribano-Macias, Bo Hu, Yiannis Demiris, Panagiotis Angeloudis

“…AVs can adjust their motions proactively to improve road safety and comfort with such information. This paper proposes a novel approach to predict the future trajectories of interacting vehicles, through a model of potential spatial-temporal interactions. …”
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