Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Hard Rocks at High Temperature: Applications in Civil Engineering by Mambou Ngueyep Luc Leroy, Foguieng Wembe Marius, Ngapgue François

“…This review paper aims to survey and discuss recent theoretical and experimental works reporting the temperature effects on the mechanical properties of rocks like granite, gabbro, gneiss, marble, sandstone, basalt, limestone, and argillite to permit the new challenge in this domain. …”
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Existent state and removal rate of silver in lead-silver slag during the melt-vaporization process by Shen Y.-Y., Zhao X.-S., Zhang F.-J., Ma W.-X., Wang X.-F., Du X.-Y.

“…In this paper, Ag contained in the lead-silver slag was recovered during the melt-vaporization process. …”
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Study on snow collection regularity and movement characteristics of snow particles in double-spiral ribbon by Chu-Qi Su, Qian Lei, Xun Liu, Yi-Ping Wang, Xu-Jun Li

“…When the snow height exceeds 0.3m, snow collection efficiency declines sharply. Overall, this paper provides the most reliable and useful snow collecting regularity and snow particle movement rules for the design and production of the Snow Blower.…”
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Experimental and modeled analysis of contaminant mobility in coal fly ash landfills under continuous rainfall regimes by Shuyuan Xu, Yongbo Zhang, Jiangbo Guo, Aijing Wu, Xinghua Xiang, Haodong Sun

“…The contaminants in coal fly ash (CFA) leachate can cause regional soil and groundwater contamination during long-term storage. This paper focuses on a coal gangue comprehensive utilisation power plant in Fenyang City, Shanxi Province, China, where the leaching characteristics of CFA were investigated by leaching tests. …”
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Nursing of a patient with gout of damp-heat stagnation syndrome combined with erosive gastritis treated with auricular acupoint therapy combine with pricking and cupping therapy (耳... by ZHU Jianmei (朱建妹), CHEN Hui (陈慧), ZHANG Xiaolin (张小林), LIAO Xuefeng (廖雪锋)

“…This paper summarizes nursing measures for a patient with gout of damp-heat stagnation syndrome combined with erosive gastritis treated with auricular acupoint combine with pricking and cupping therapy. …”
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Research on path planning for coal mine rescue robots by ZHU Hongbo, YIN Hongliang

“…This paper proposes a path planning method for coal mine rescue robots based on a Hierarchical Smooth Optimization Bidirectional A* guided dynamic window approach (HSTA*-G-DWA) algorithm. …”
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Developing an Evidence- and Theory-Informed Mother-Daughter mHealth Intervention Prototype Targeting Physical Activity in Preteen Girls of Low Socioeconomic Position: Multiphase Co... by Carol Brennan, Grainne ODonoghue, Alison Keogh, Ryan E Rhodes, James Matthews

“…The co-design process resulted in a mobile app being chosen as the mode of delivery for the intervention. ConclusionsThis paper offers a comprehensive description and analysis of using co-design methods to develop a mother-daughter mobile health intervention prototype that is ready for feasibility and acceptability testing. …”
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Anxiety, depression, and insomnia among medical and non-medical students in Jordan: a cross-sectional study by Jehad Feras AlSamhori, Diala Ra’Ed Kamal Kakish, Abdel Rahman Feras AlSamhori, Ahmad Feras AlSamhori, Noor Rajeh Abu Hantash, Afnan Firas Abu Swelem, Mamoun Hamed Ali Abu-Suaileek, Hazar Mohammed Arabiat, Mohammad Anwer Altwaiqat, Radwan Banimustafa, Abdallah Barjas Qaswal, Abdulqadir J. Nashwan

“…Data collection involved a self-administered survey, distributed online and in paper format. Multiple linear regression was utilized to pinpoint significant predictors. …”
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A Centralized Multi-Agent DRL-Based Trajectory Control Strategy for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Enabled Wireless Communications by Getaneh Berie Tarekegn, Rong-Terng Juang, Belayneh Abebe Tesfaw, Hsin-Piao Lin, Huan-Chia Hsu, Robel Berie Tarekegn, Li-Chia Tai

“…Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming increasingly popular as mobile base stations due to their flexible deployment and low-cost features, particularly for emergency communications, traffic offloading, and terrestrial communications infrastructure failures. This paper presents an autonomous trajectory control method for multiple UAVs equipped with base stations for UAV-enabled wireless communications. …”
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Experimental study on the drag reduction performance of sodium alginate in saline solutions by Zhensong Cheng, Xin Zhang, Xiaodong Dai, Hengli Zhai, Xinwang Song, Xudong Wang, Liang Gao, Guoxin Zhang, Yuan Lu, Lei Li, Xiu Yan, Jianhua Zhang

“…To provide a more intuitive understanding of the effect of salinity on the drag reduction performance of sodium alginate, this paper introduces the innovative concept of Drag Reduction Inhibition Rate (ε). …”
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Temporal and Spatial Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Carbon Storage in Black Soil Area Under Topographic Gradient by Zhaoxue Gai, Wenlu Zheng, Bonoua Faye, Hongyan Wang, Guoming Du

“…Previous studies have used the fixed value of carbon density to evaluate the change characteristics of carbon storage but ignored the spatio-temporal heterogeneity of carbon storage at the block scale and the impact of policy factors. Thus, this paper takes Sanjiang Plain, Heilongjiang Province, China, as a study area, and the spatio-temporal variation of carbon storage at different topographic gradients was revealed using hot and cold spot analysis and zonal statistics. …”
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A descriptive analysis of a medical humanitarian aid initiative for quality perinatal management in war-torn Ukraine by Iryna Mogilevkina, Dmytro Dobryanskyy, Rhona MacDonald, Diane Watson, David Southall

“…The programme included engaging mothers in labour to undertake fetal heart rate monitoring using a battery operated, portable, doppler ultrasound probe. This paper describes some characteristics of participants and analyses differences in fetal distress management and maternal / neonatal outcomes following different approaches to fetal health surveillance. …”
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Heterogeneity of avian infectious bronchitis virus population by Ye. V. Ovchinnikova, L. O. Scherbakova, S. N. Kolosov, A. N. Andriyasova, N. G. Zinyakov, Z. B. Nikonova, A. A. Kozlov, P. B. Akshalova, D. A. Altunin, D. B. Andreychuk

“…Previous studies of avian infectious bronchitis virus strains and isolates identified in the Russian Federation poultry farms showed that 50% of samples tested positive for the 4-91, D274, H-120, Ma5 vaccine strains, and the other half of samples tested positive for the field viruses belonging to eight GI genetic lineages, while the G1-19 (QX) lineage was dominant. The paper presents identification and genotyping results of the avian infectious bronchitis virus in one of the poultry farms in the Saratov Oblast (the Russian Federation) in 2018–2019. …”
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Integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine nursing of a patient undergoing toe amputation for diabetic foot ulcers (1例糖尿病足截趾术后患者的中西医结合护理体会)... by TONG Fenfei (仝粉飞), ZHI Hui (智慧), LIU Jinjing (刘津京), ZHENG Wen (郑雯)

“…This paper summarized the integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine nursing of a patient undergoing toe amputation for diabetic foot ulcers. …”
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Blepharoplasty: historical aspects, terminology, and modern ideas by A.D. Kazantsev, E.P. Kazantseva, I.B. Alekseev

“…Modern, highly effective diagnostic tools and professional medical equipment allow for an accurate prediction of surgical outcome, thereby emphasizing the importance of the conception "desired changes — realistic expectations". This paper reviews the historic aspects and current views on blepharoplasty, and professional terminology used by plastic and ocular surgeons specializing in esthetic eyelid surgery.…”
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Combined surgery for large macular hole in complicated cataract: case report (retracted article) by M.M. Bikbov, O.I. Orenburkina, A.A. Zinnatullin, A.L. Yarmukhametova, A.E. Babushkin, M.R. Kalanov

“…The authors propose a surgical technique for MHs in complicated cataracts (patent of the RF No. 2731794 dated 09/08/2020) that involves vitrectomy, posterior hyaloid removal, ILM staining, ILM peeling, formation of a flap from the anterior lens capsule to close MH, and air tamponade. This paper describes a woman who underwent combined surgery for cataract and MH as described. …”
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Household farms facing barriers in indigenous knowledge-based adaptation to extreme climatic events — Evidence from the Huangshui Basin by Hailin Zhang, Jinyan Zhan, Zheng Yang, Huihui Wang, Naikang Xu, Chunyue Bai, Yufei He, Yuhan Cao

“…To better identify different barriers, this paper examines natural, economic, cognitive, and technical barriers. …”
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Research progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine extended care for patients with sleep disorders after stroke (卒中后睡眠障碍中医延续性护理研究进展) by ZHANG Shuai (张帅), WANG Li (王丽), HUANG Chaoping (黄朝萍), LIANG Hui (梁慧), CHENG Jiangyan (李艳敏), TANG Ling (程江艳), (唐玲)

“…The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM )extended care has unique advantages in preventing sleep disorders after stroke. This paper summarized the research status of sleep disorder after stroke in perspectives of TCM theory application, TCM preventive treatment and TCM extended care technology, and put forward some thoughts to provide reference for research and clinical nursing practice in the future. …”
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THE DROUGHT OF 2022 IN THE WESTERN PLAIN LOCATED NORTH OF THE MUREȘ RIVER – ROMANIA by Şerban Eugenia, Crainic Ghiță Cristian, Tătar Corina, Linc Ribana, Curilă Mircea, Sabău Nicu Cornel

“…The paper analyzed the annual and monthly number, duration and frequency of drought and dryness periods, from the year 2022. …”
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Regulatory role of S1P and its receptors in sepsis-induced liver injury by Bin Wang, Bin Wang, Xiaoyu Wu, Xiaoyu Wu, Jiangfeng Cheng, Jiangfeng Cheng, Junming Ye, Junming Ye, Hongquan Zhu, Hongquan Zhu, Xiaofeng Liu, Xiaofeng Liu

“…At the same time, the pathological processes underlying liver injury, as evidenced by clinical manifestations during sepsis, were comprehensively reviewed. This paper focused on the mechanistic pathways through which S1P and its receptors modulate immunity, bile acid metabolism, and liver-intestinal circulation in septic liver injury. …”
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