A case study of newly tunnels over-crossing the existing subway tunnels by Ben Wu, Wei Liu, Peixin Shi, Xiangyang Xu, Yingjing Liu

“…The torsional deformation of the rail bed and the convergence of the existing tunnels are explored, and the reasons for the changes of the over-crossing sections are analyzed at the same time.…”
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Overexpression of FERM Domain Containing Kindlin 2 (FERMT2) in Fibroblasts Correlates with EMT and Immunosuppression in Gastric Cancer by Sheng-yan Yin, Yuan-jie Liu, Jie-pin Li, Jian Liu

“…The mesenchymal feature, dominated by epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) and stromal cell activation, is one of the main reasons for the aggressive nature of tumors, yet it remains poorly understood. …”
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Elucidation of Public Welfare and Social Security Policies in Facing Global Challenges by Reza Kiani

“…The welfare and social security system in our time, due to the developments and global conditions, has faced various crises and challenges. For this reason, recognizing the crises and harms of the social security system and adopting policies to deal with those crises are among the important issues in social welfare research. …”
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Theoretical-methodological foundations of nursing training aimed at self-care in patients with intellectual disabilities by María del Rosario Melo Muñoz, Ángel Luis Gómez Cardoso, Elizabeth Gómez Núñez, Rolando Rodríguez Puga

“…Patients must be able to overcome daily challenges, achieve independence and understand the importance of health care. For this reason, training, guidance and support from nursing care effectively promotes the social inclusion of these people. …”
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Integration of physiotherapy in the instructional-educational process in the correction of weight status in children by Svetlana Savițchi, EugeniuAgapii, Vladimir Rosca

“…Recovery programs should incorporate reasonable weight loss goals, dietary correction, activity management and physical activity into both theinstructional process and daily physical activity. …”
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Control Strategy of Islanded AC/DC Hybrid Microgrid Power System Based on Adaptive Segmented Double-Droop by MI Yang, GU Fuyike, LI Chunxu, BAO Wei, YAN Yuehao, LIU Xiaohui, YANG Yanan

“…Second，to plan the operating mode of the bidirectional AC/DC converter reasonably，the load states of the AC and DC subnets are divided. …”
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A Novel Use of Early Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Hyperbilirubinemia in a Patient with Primary Hepatic Lymphoma and Chronic Hepatitis C by Venkata S. Tammana, Rehana Begum, Patricia Oneal, Hemamalini Karpurapu, Amruta Muley, Sri Lakshmi Hyndavi Yeruva, Jacquelyn Dunmore-Griffith, Eyasu Mekonen, Nabhani Hasan

“…Hyperbilirubinemia may be a reason for delay in treatment for some of these patients. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Pressure Field of Curved Shell Structure Subjected to Interior Blast by Jialu Ma, Feng Fan, Lingxin Zhang, Chengqing Wu, Xudong Zhi

“…The blast loading values at specific positions were obtained with the key parameters varied within a reasonable scope. The blast loading from blast tests and simulations were presented. …”
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A Critical Review on the Book Feasibility Study of Issuance of Sukuk in Iranian Economy Case Study of Mining and Mineral Industries by Hamidreza Abdollahian

“…This is one of the most important reasons why various economic sectors do not welcome Sukuk as an Islamic financing tool.…”
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Phenomenological kinetic model for biosorption of cesium (Cs) by poly-γ-glutamic acid sodium salt (γ-PGANa) by Misaki Hisada, Shigeki Sakamoto, Kenta Sugiyama, Yoshinori Kawase

“…The capability of the proposed kinetic model was proved by reasonable agreement between the model predictions and the experimental results.…”
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A cooperative control strategy for power quality based on parallel grid-connected converters by LIANG Xiaorui, LUO Yuhang, ZHANG Huaying, TU Chunming, LIU Huicong, ZHENG Yuting

“…This approach can improve the flexibility of harmonic compensation and reasonably apportion harmonic between grid-connected converter of different capacities. …”
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Coupled effects of chlorides and sulfates on steel reinforcement corrosion in concrete structures: A comprehensive review by Ye Tian, Yu Liu, Yu-Meng Xie, Guo-Yi Zhang, Hai-Long Ye, Dong-Ming Yan, Yun-Jian Li, Bei Li, Hong-Jing Xue, Qing Cai

“…Steel reinforcement corrosion is the main reason for the decrease in the durability of concrete structures, and concrete structures serving in the coupled environment of chloride and sulfate are prone to steel reinforcement corrosion. …”
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Novel Multiple Criteria Group Decision-Making Method Based on Hesitant Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm by Hongya Bian, Deqing Li, Yuang Liu, Rong Ma, Wenyi Zeng, Zeshui Xu

“…The results illustrate that the proposed method can provide more reasonable and credible rankings comparing with existing methods owing to keeping original data during computation.…”
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Performance Comparison of Mode Choice Optimization Algorithm with Simulated Discrete Choice Modeling by Hyuk-Jae Roh, Satish Sharma, Prasanta K. Sahu, Babak Mehran

“…The proposed algorithms show a stable estimation performance and the reasons were studied and discussed. Furthermore, useful insights educated in custom-built modeling are present.…”
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Traffic Status Prediction of Arterial Roads Based on the Deep Recurrent Q-Learning by Wei Hao, Donglei Rong, Kefu Yi, Qiang Zeng, Zhibo Gao, Wenguang Wu, Chongfeng Wei, Biljana Scepanovic

“…The research results show that the prediction of the traffic delay index is within a reasonable interval, and it is significantly better than traditional prediction methods such as the LSTM, K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Support Vector Machines (SVM), exponential smoothing method, and Back Propagation (BP) neural network, which shows that the model proposed in this paper has the feasibility of application.…”
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Hydrological Modeling of the Jiaoyi Watershed (China) Using HSPF Model by Chang-An Yan, Wanchang Zhang, Zhijie Zhang

“…Another result in this paper was that HSPF was also capable of estimating the water balance components reasonably and realistically in space through the whole watershed. …”
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Experimental and Theoretical Study on Influence of Different Charging Structures on Blasting Vibration Energy by Wenbin Gu, Zhenxiong Wang, Jianghai Chen, Jianqing Liu, Ming Lu

“…Besides, when employing decoupling charging, there exists a reasonable decoupling coefficient helping realize impedance matching of explosive and rock.…”
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TNM-Like Classification: A New Proposed Method for Heart Failure Staging by Francesco Fedele, Maria Chiara Gatto, Alessandra D’Ambrosi, Massimo Mancone

“…With an eye on the TNM staging used in oncology, we drawn up a classification that will consider the different involvement of organs such as lungs, kidneys, and liver in addition to psychological pattern and quality of life in HF patients. For all these reasons, it is our intention to propose a valid and more specific classification available for the clinical staging of HF that takes into account pathophysiological and structural changes that can remark prognosis and management of HF.…”
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The mechanistical principles and engineering application of roof- cutting for roadway protection in advance of the working face by Zhaotai Li, Yuejin Zhou, Xiaoding Xu, Yuhang Xiao, Yunong Xu

“…The excessive stress from the surrounding rock of the working face and the difficulties in caving the goaf roof have led to a prominent factor that hinders safe and efficient production in coal mines. For this reason, a mechanical model of the stress field in the advance roadway of the working face is established, and the stress evolution law of the surrounding rock before and after cutting the roof of the roadway is analyzed. …”
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Complex Resistivity Dispersion Characteristics of Water-Bearing Coal Based on Double Cole-Cole Model by Jian Li, Dongji Lei, Chenguang Zhao, Hui Meng

“…The main results are as follows: (1) the dispersion of CR parameters Reρ and Imρ is closely related to the metamorphism degree, frequency, and Sw; (2) induced polarization is the fundamental reason for the variation of coal samples’ complex resistivity parameters with frequency change; and (3) the Double Cole-Cole model agrees well with the experimental data, and the model parameters m1 and τ2 are strongly correlated with Sw. …”
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