Refining Sparse Cell-ID Trajectory of Public Service Vehicles by Spatiotemporal Modelling by Kemin Zhu, Junli Liu, Xianfeng Song, Weifeng Wang, Hao Chen

“…So, the cell-id trajectory refinement has been recognized as challenging work to further facilitate trajectory data mining. This paper presents a comprehensive approach to identify cell-id trajectories of public service vehicles (PSVs) from large volume of trajectories and further refines these cell-id trajectories by a heuristic global optimization approach. …”
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Investigation of Theoretical Models, Pumping-Recharge Well Arrangements and System Performance of Abandoned Mine Water Source Heat Pump by Zhiqiang Zhang, Wenchao Zu, Wenke Zhang, Kexun Wang, Xueqing Ma, Ping Cui

“…Finally, by choosing a residential building as the analysis object, a simulation model of the abandoned mine water source heat pump heating system is constructed, which is compared with a gas boiler heating system, revealing the energy savings and environmental protection benefits of the abandoned mine water source heat pump system. The results of this paper provide a scientific basis for the utilization of mine water geothermal resources, which can facilitate the transformation of abandoned mines and provide theoretical and technical guidance in engineering practice.…”
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Drop-size-dependent effects in leading-edge rain erosion and their impact on erosion-safe mode operation by N. Barfknecht, D. von Terzi

“…The findings highlight the criticality of drop-size effects in rain erosion modeling for wind turbine blades, impacting lifetime predictions, ESM viability and the parameter space of leading-edge erosion. This paper also provides a formal derivation of impingement and describes a method for finding optimal ESM strategies.…”
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Spatial-temporal Evolution Rule Analysis of Runoff of Hanjiang River under Changing Environment by ZHONG Huayu, HUANG Qiang, YANG Yuanyuan, LIU Dengfeng, MING Bo, REN Kang

“…Based on the 48-year measureddaily runoff series of the hydrological stations of Yangxian, Huangjiagang and Huangzhuang in themain stream of the Hanjiang River, this paper comprehensively analyzes the spatial-temporalevolution trend, year of abrupt change, periodic variation, interannual variation and annualdistribution of runoff in Hanjiang River Basin via multi methods and multi dimensions. …”
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Study on Air Void Characteristics and Hydraulic Characteristics of Porous Asphalt Concrete Based on Image Processing Technology by Zhanqi Wang, Jianguang Xie, Lei Gao, Yanping Liu, Kuan Li

“…It is of great practical significance to find out the relationship between void drainage capacity and air voids. This paper is aimed at researching the relationship between three-dimensional (3D) pore structures and drainage performance of PA concrete. …”
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Application of UAV-SfM Photogrammetry to Monitor Deformations of Coastal Defense Structures by Santiago García-López, Mercedes Vélez-Nicolás, Verónica Ruiz-Ortiz, Pedro Zarandona-Palacio, Antonio Contreras-de-Villar, Francisco Contreras-de-Villar, Juan José Muñoz-Pérez

“…Periodic post-construction monitoring is crucial to identify shape changes, ensure the structure’s stability, and implement maintenance works as required. This paper evaluates the performance and quality of the restitution products obtained from the application of UAV photogrammetry to the longest breakwater in the province of Cádiz, southern Spain. …”
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EFFECTS OF MODERATELY VIRULENT AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS ON INTERLEUKIN-10 PRODUCTION by A. S. Pershin, I. V. Shevchenko, A. S. Igolkin, Ye. V. Aronova, N. N. Vlasova

“…Thus, when comparing in vitro and in vivo cytokine production by macrophages, it was established that infection with low virulent virus isolates leads to an immune response with a predominance of cytokines involved in cellular immunity, such as INF-α and IL-12p40, as compared with infection with highly virulent isolates. The aim of this paper was to study the effect of African swine fever virus on the production of IL-10, a pleiotropic cytokine that inhibits synthesis of cytokines and shows a strong antiinflammatory effect. …”
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Optimal Index Code With Rate 4 Over F₂ by Rajesh Neelakandan, Ganesan Kaliyaperumal

“…In index coding, determining the optimal rate of an index code for the class of index coding problem is the central open problem. In this paper, we present class <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathbb{I V}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> index coding problems, a new class of index coding problems with the size of maximum acyclic induced subgraph is 4. …”
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Long-Term Dynamic Monitoring of Post-Tensioning External Tendons: Temperature Effect Evaluation by Luis Chillitupa-Palomino, Carlos M. C. Renedo, Jaime H. García-Palacios, Iván M. Díaz

“…On this subject, this paper presents the experimental long-term monitoring of several post-tensioning external tendons in a high-speed railway bridge in which a sectorized weighted peak-picking frequency identification procedure is proposed for frequency estimation, alongside a cascade clustering process, which allows meaningful frequency estimates to be selected. …”
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About Partial Reachability Issues in an SEIR Epidemic Model and Related Infectious Disease Tracking in Finite Time under Vaccination and Treatment Controls by Manuel De la Sen, Asier Ibeas, Raul Nistal

“…This paper studies some basic properties of an SEIR (Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered) epidemic model subject to vaccination and treatment controls. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Permeability and Mechanical Deformation of Coal Containing Gas under Load by Runsheng Lv, Bing Li, Zhimin Song, Gaofeng Liu

“…Due to their dissimilar adsorption properties and tectonic deformation degrees, different types of coal containing gas have various stress-strain and gas seepage curves. The paper presents the experimental investigations of the dynamic relationship between coal permeability and deformation under load. …”
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Application of Radial Basis Function Neural Network Coupling Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm to Classification of Saudi Arabia Stock Returns by Khudhayr A. Rashedi, Mohd Tahir Ismail, Nawaf N. Hamadneh, S. AL Wadi, Jamil J. Jaber, Muhammad Tahir

“…We argue that the use of artificial neural networks in business processes will help optimize these processes ensuring the necessary level in the functioning and compliance with the foundations of sustainable development. In this paper, we proposed a mathematical model using AI to detect outliers in the daily return of Saudi stock market (Tadawul). …”
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Evaluating cognitive bias in clinical ethics supports: a scoping review by Louise Giaume, Antoine Lamblin, Nathalie Pinol, Frédérique Gignoux-Froment, Marion Trousselard

“…Two are empirical investigations of bias in two CES, and two are theoretical, conceptual papers that discuss cognitive bias during CES deliberations. …”
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A tunable encoder with circular dichroism and polarization encoding function based on a layered metastructure in the GHz range by Chuan-Qi Wu, Jun-Yang Sui, Qi Chen, Xing-Zhou Tang, Hai-Feng Zhang

“…In this paper, based on a layered metastructure, a tunable encoder capable of circular dichroism (CD) and polarization conversion (PC) is researched, which contains one common medium, magnetized plasma, and yttrium iron garnet (YIG). …”
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Practice of psycho-cardiology nursing for a patient with hypertension of deficiency of kidney Yang type (1例肾阳虚型高血压患者的“双心护理”体会) by CUI Shujie (崔淑节), HU Yaoyao (胡瑶瑶), ZHANG Linqun (章玲群), XU Meng (徐蒙), REN Pengna (任鹏娜)

“…This paper summarized the practice of psycho-cardiology nursing for 1 patient with hypertension of deficiency of kidney Yang type. …”
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A New Mathematical Model for Cell Layout Problem considering Rotation of Unequal Dimensions of Cells and Machines by Raheleh Alamiparvin, Esmaeil Mehdizadeh, Hamed Soleimani

“…One of the main concepts in group technology (GT) is the cellular manufacturing system (CMS) with three main problems of cell formation (CF), cell layout (CL), and cell scheduling (CS). This paper studies the cell layout problem (CLP), aiming to find the optimal layout of machines within each cell (intracellular layout) and the optimal layout of cells in each workshop (intercellular layout). …”
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Integrating Energy and Time Efficiency in Robotic Manufacturing Cell Design: A Methodology for Optimizing Workplace Layout by Roman Ruzarovsky, Tibor Horak, Robert Bocak, Martin Csekei, Roman Zelník

“…Consequently, opportunities for optimizing resource usage are frequently overlooked. This paper presents a novel methodology for optimizing the deployment of industrial robots and their peripherals, focusing on minimizing energy and time costs to enhance the sustainability of industrial processes. …”
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Combined effects of low-heat cement, expansive agent and shrinkage-reducing admixture on drying shrinkage and cracking of concrete by Lei Fang, Dabao Fu, Qiang Yuan, Song Xu, Dong Zhang, Huangyi Cai, Xiaoqing Zeng, Yong Wang, Jin Zhou

“…However, the combined effects of these three components on shrinkage cracking of concrete have not yet been studied. In this paper, the drying shrinkage deformation, cracking risk index (η), and microstructure of ordinary concrete and LC concrete with different contents of ME and SR are systematically studied. …”
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Effects of UV-Vis Irradiation on Vanadium Etioporphyrins Extracted from Crude Oil and the Role of Nanostructured Titania by Debra Jene Kirkconnell Reyes, Andrés García Saravia Ortiz de Montellano, Rudy Amilcar Trejo Tzab, Gerko Oskam, Juan José Alvarado Gil

“…However the complexity of crude oil, as well as that of the reactions involved, is such that the effect of the presence of TiO2 under illumination is not well understood. In this paper, the influence of UV-Vis irradiation on vanadium etioporphyrins, extracted from crude oil from Dos Bocas, Tabasco, Mexico, is studied using UV-Vis spectrophotometry in the absence and presence of nanostructured TiO2 or nitrogen-doped TiO2 modified with copper (N-TiO2/Cu). …”
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The Characteristics of Thunderstorms and Their Lightning Activity on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Lei Hui, Yunjun Zhou, Zhitao Yan

“…This paper discusses the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning activity over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) from 2009 to 2018 and their dependence on meteorological factors. …”
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