Multi‐Objective Evaluation Method for Efficient Water Energy Utilization in Multistage Hydraulic Turbines With Ultrahigh Water Head and Low Flow Rate by Zichao Zhang, Sanya Zhao, Yanpin Li

“…Using this method, several schemes for calculating the runner's geometric parameters are attained through the scheme design of different maximum numbers of stages and rotational speeds under different operating conditions of water pressure and flow rate. The reasonable schemes are determined by the maximum value in the intersection of runner diameter value ranges, the blade inlet angle β1 ≥ 12° and the blade inlet flow angle α1 ≥ 6°. …”
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Coal Gangue Utilization: Applications, Challenges, and Sustainable Development Strategies by Yinghui Sun, Bohao Bai, Xu Yang, Shujun Zhu, Jilin Tian, Zhuozhi Wang, Li Xu, Lianfei Xu, Boxiong Shen

“…With the increase in coal resource utilization, a large amount of coal gangue was not reasonably utilized, causing environmental pollution and resource waste. …”
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Analysis of the Approach to Sleep Disorders in the First Year Medical Curriculum by Sandra Cecilia Williams Serrano, Oziel Oxier González, Arlan Machado Rojas, Ian Díaz López

“…It is considered that there is a gap in the diagnosis of sleep disorders, which can lead to several cardiovascular, autonomic and metabolic complications, as well as a high number of traffic accidents. For these reasons, we conducted a literature review on the medical curricula C and D and the syllabi of Morphophysiology III and the Nervous, Endocrine and Reproductive Systems course in order to describe the approach to this topic and the possible existence of a hidden curriculum which prevents graduates from mastering the tools to provide proper care to patients suffering from sleep disorders. …”
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Probable Hydrochlorothiazide-Induced Myopericarditis: First Case Reported by Toufik Mahfood Haddad, Muhammad Sarfraz Nawaz, Ahmed S. Abuzaid, Smrithy Upadhyay, Pallavi Bellamkonda, Aryan N. Mooss

“…Hydrochlorothiazide has never been reported as a reason for myopericarditis. An African American female, with past history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, and sulfa allergy, presented with indolent onset and retrosternal chest pain which was positional, pleuritic, and unresponsive to sublingual nitroglycerin. …”
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Dynamic Model and Characteristic Analysis of Viscosity-Ultraelasticity for Bionic Vascular Network by Yanli Chen, Xueqing Zhang, Zhiyue Sang, Yongbai Sha, Guiqiang Bai

“…Finally, the experimental verification and the results show that the method is both reasonable and effective, because the simulation curve and the experimental curve are consistent in trend.…”
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Pressure relief and control technology for gob-side roadway in soft and thick coal seam in kilometer-deep coal mine by Wenwei MA, Wenxu LIANG

“…Based on on-site investigation and measurement, the obtained the mechanical strength and structural distribution of coal roadway surrounding rock reveal the deformation and failure characteristics of surrounding rock of high stress coal roadway in deep mine; through a constructed three-dimensional numerical model for surrounding rock of a kilometer deep soft coal roadway, and the the effect of pressure relief hole length and spacing on the pressure relief control of coal roadway were analyzed. A reasonable spacing of 1.0 m and a depth of 10.0 m for pressure relief holes are obtained. …”
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A Challenge for Diagnosing Acute Liver Injury with Concomitant/Sequential Exposure to Multiple Drugs: Can Causality Assessment Scales Be Utilized to Identify the Offending Drug? by Roxanne Lim, Hassan Choudry, Kim Conner, Wikrom Karnsakul

“…Drug-induced hepatotoxicity most commonly manifests as an acute hepatitis syndrome and remains the leading cause of drug-induced death/mortality and the primary reason for withdrawal of drugs from the pharmaceutical market. …”
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A combined multi objective model to supplier evaluation and selection and order allocation using AHP and TOPSIS by Ali Nazeri, Bohlool Ebrahimi, Reza Naderikia

“…Supplier selection and allocating orders to them accurately, is one of the most important challenges in supply chain management.The reasone is that an incorrect choosing suppliers can disrupt the financial and technical position of supply chain. …”
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Political and security reflections of Albanian terrorism on the Republic of Serbia by Petrović Zoran, Rašković-Talović Violeta

“…Under the prism of understanding the political and security situation of Kosovo and Metohija, the importance of objectively looking at the development of Serbian-Albanian relations through history and determining the reasons, demands, and actions of Albanians from Kosovo and Metohija is highlighted. …”
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Influence of TiO2 Nanocrystals Fabricating Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell on the Absorption Spectra of N719 Sensitizer by Puhong Wen, Yinfeng Han, Weixing Zhao

“…Accordingly, the utilization rate to visible light is increased. This is a reason why the DSC prepared by using such film as a photoelectrode has better performance than before mixing.…”
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Blast-Induced Damage on Millisecond Blasting Model Test with Multicircle Vertical Blastholes by Qin-yong Ma, Pu Yuan, Jing-shuang Zhang, Rui-qiu Ma, Bo Han

“…And analyses of cutting effect and blast-induced damage zone indicate that in order to minimize the blast-induced damage effect and ensure the cutting effect the reasonable blasting scheme for three-circle blastholes is the inner two-circle blastholes initiated simultaneously and the outer third circle blastholes initiated in a 25 ms delay.…”
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Small Bowel Obstruction due to Anomalous Congenital Bands in Children by Basak Erginel, Feryal Gun Soysal, Huseyin Ozbey, Erbug Keskin, Alaattin Celik, Aslı Karadag, Tansu Salman

“…The aim of the study was to evaluate our children who are operated on for anomalous congenital band while increasing the awareness of this rare reason of intestinal obstruction in children which causes a diagnostic challenge. …”
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The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad by Zeynep Akdeniz, Michal Havelka, Michal Stoklasa, Alejandro Jiménez-González, Vojtěch Žárský, Feifei Xu, Courtney W. Stairs, Jon Jerlström-Hultqvist, Martin Kolísko, Jan Provazník, Staffan Svärd, Jan O. Andersson, Jan Tachezy

“…The large expansion of protein-encoding capacity and the interspersed repeats are the major reasons for the large genome size. This genome from a free-living diplomonad will be the basis for further studies of the Diplomonadida lineage and the evolution of parasitism-free living style transitions.…”
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The Response of Ionospheric Currents to External Drivers Investigated Using a Neural Network‐Based Model by Xin Cao, Xiangning Chu, Jacob Bortnik, James M. Weygand, Jinxing Li, Homayon Aryan, Donglai Ma

“…Our model demonstrates the potential to predict the active events of ionospheric currents reasonably well (e.g., EICs during substorms) within a timescale of a few minutes. …”
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Online Identification and Verification of the Elastic Coupling Torsional Stiffness by Wanyou Li, Zhuoye Chai, Mengqi Wang, Xinhuan Hu, Yibin Guo

“…Analysis results show that it is reasonable and feasible to identify the elastic coupling dynamic torsional stiffness with this method and the identified stiffness is accurate. …”
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Theoretical foundations for managing service organizations in the context of digital transformations by E. S. Gusar, I. N. Primyshev

“…The authors reviewed and clarified such concepts as «digital economy» and «digital transformation». A number of reasons have been identified that cause changes in the theoretical foundations of managing service organizations in the context of digital transformations. …”
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Construction of a nomogram for predicting the prognosis of patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a retrospective study by He Ling, Gaoyong Deng, Shaohuai Xia, Wencai Li, Rongbin Lu, Mingjian Lin, Zhao Huang

“…Abstract Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a neurological disorder characterized by degenerative changes in the spinal cord and compression of the spinal cord and its adjacent structures due to various reasons, such as intervertebral disc herniation. The Japan Orthopaedic Association score is a disease-specific outcome tool that provides quantitative measurements for CSM patients. …”
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The Impact of Risk Preference in Decision Behavior on Urban Expansion Morphology by Zhangwei Lu, Lihua Xu, Yaqi Wu, Yijun Shi, Jinyang Deng, Xiaoqiang Shen

“…The reckless decision-makers, driven by the economic interests, are more likely to break through the planning, especially when the planning is not reasonable. It is also found that enhancing executive ability of planning for the reckless decision-makers can promote compactness of the urban expansion morphology. …”
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A GIS Based Unsteady Network Model and System Applications for Intelligent Mine Ventilation by Hui. Liu, Shanjun Mao, Mei. Li, Pingyang Lyu

“…Thirdly, the model is validated, and the system is applied to a real coal mine for ventilation solution, which demonstrates that the model is reasonable and practical. The online simulation system is efficient in providing real-time support. …”
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Integrated Workflow of Geomechanics, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Reservoir Simulation for Production Estimation of a Shale Gas Reservoir by Taeyeob Lee, Daein Jeong, Youngseok So, Daejin Park, Munseok Baek, Jonggeun Choe

“…Finally, production estimations of the four wells which have slightly different fracture design are compared with seven-year production history. Their results are reasonably matched with actual data having 8% of global error due to successful development of the reservoir model with geomechanical parameters.…”
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