An Approach to Analysing Erosive Characteristics of Two-Channel Combustion Chambers by Yanjie Ma, Futing Bao, Weihua Hui, Yang Liu, Ran Wei

“…During the tail-off stage, the dramatic drop of pressure leads to a low normal burning rate and makes it easier for erosion burning to occur. For this reason, notable erosive burning might appear during tail-off if the case-to-throat area ratio is extremely low. …”
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Determining the Layout Parameters of the Gas Drainage Roadway: A Study for Sima Coalmine China by Zhiliu Wang, Bo Liu, Yanhui Han, Zhaoyang Li, Yingjie Cao, Fuzhou Qi

“…The gas drainage effect of GDR indicated that the proposed parameters are scientific and reasonable.…”
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Research on BHAST Test Method for Plastic Encapsulated Microcircuit by Yuege Zhou, Bo Wan, Qingsheng Liu, Jingyang Zhong, Shupeng Li, Tengfei Ma, Wei Guo

“…It can be concluded that a reasonable bias voltage application method can be summarized as follows: after supplying power to the power pins, apply bias voltage alternately to the IO pins as much as possible.…”
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A Master-Slave Haptic System for Neurosurgery by Vanni Zanotto, Paolo Boscariol, Alessandro Gasparetto, Albano Lanzutti, Renato Vidoni, Nicola Di Lorenzo, Pasquale Gallina, Aldo Dalla Via, Aldo Rossi

“…Significant advantages are derived from the introduction of computer and robot technologies. For that reason, the interaction between robotic systems and surgeons today is producing new interest worldwide both in medical and engineering fields. …”
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An Optimal DoS Attack Strategy Disturbing the Distributed Economic Dispatch of Microgrid by Yihe Wang, Mingli Zhang, Kun Song, Tie Li, Na Zhang

“…On this basis, an optimal attack strategy based on enumerating-search algorithm is presented to allocate the limited attack resources reasonably, so as to maximize the effect of DoS attacks. …”
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1 × N All‐Logic Optical Switch Based on Polymer Platform Using Multimode Interferometer by Guoyan Zeng, Daming Zhang, Fei Wang, Xibin Wang, Yuexin Yin

“…In this article, a universal method for modeling the 1 × N switch using multimode interferometer (MMI) through transmission matrixes is proposed. Herein, the reasons for the narrowing of the operating bandwidth switch are analyzed. …”
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An Analysis of Patients That Underwent Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography with the Prediagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department by Engin Ozakin, Filiz Baloglu Kaya, Nurdan Acar, Arif Alper Cevik

“…The items considered in this study were their reason for presenting to the ED and pretest clinical risks for PE, D-dimer, and CTPA results. …”
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Determination of an Indoor Target Position: An Accurate and Adaptable Approach Based on Differential Positioning by Siye Wang, Chang Ding, Weiqing Huang, Yanfang Zhang, Jianguo Jiang, Shaoyi Zhu, Yue Cui, Jun-yu Lin

“…This combination of techniques is reasonable for the environment under consideration (small scale, wireless), as the multipath effects for the signal are approximately equal under these conditions. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Stability Investigation of a Flexible Rotor on Two Different Tilting Pad Bearing Configurations by Weimin Wang, Qihang Li, Feng He, Paul Allaire

“…The numerical results correlate reasonably well with the experimental results. The investigation results indicate that the new method satisfies the desired features of rotating machine stability identification. …”
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Assessment of Factors Associated with Breast Self-Examination among Health Extension Workers in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia by Muluken Azage, Gedefaw Abeje, Alemtsehay Mekonnen

“…This study found that 37% of HEWs had ever practiced BSE and 14.4% practiced it regularly. The three main reasons for not doing regular BSE were no breast problem (53.2%), not knowing the technique of BSE (30.6%), and not knowing the importance of BSE (21.4%). …”
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Error Data Analytics on RSS Range-Based Localization by Shuhui Yang, Zimu Yuan, Wei Li

“…However, using RSS data for localization needs to solve a fundamental problem, that is, how accurate are these methods? The reason of the low accuracy of the current RSS-based localization methods is the oversimplified analysis on RSS measurement data. …”
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Experimental Study on Stress Evolution and Microseismic Signals under Vibration Conditions of Coal during Excavation and Subsequent Waiting Time by Qifei Wang, Chengwu Li, Pingyang Lyu, Yuechao Zhao, Dihao Ai, Beijing Xie

“…The microseismic signal and the stress evolution law can provide a reasonable explanation for the forward movement of the concentrated stress and coal failure during roadway excavation.…”
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Determination of Selected Metals in Fruit Wines by Spectroscopic Techniques by Justyna Płotka-Wasylka, Małgorzata Rutkowska, Bartłomiej Cieślik, Alan Tyburcy, Jacek Namieśnik

“…The determination of metals in different types of food and beverages samples has drawn significant attention due to several reasons with the most important one being the nutritional and toxic effects of these elements or their compounds. …”
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Smoking and Pulmonary Fibrosis: Novel Insights by Katerina D. Samara, George Margaritopoulos, Athol U. Wells, Nikolaos M. Siafakas, Katerina M. Antoniou

“…The aforementioned smoking-related implications give rise to further research questions and certainly provide one more important reason for physicians to advocate smoking cessation and smoke-free environment.…”
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Rheological Properties of Hydrophobically Associative Copolymers Prepared in a Mixed Micellar Method Based on Methacryloxyethyl-dimethyl Cetyl Ammonium Chloride as Surfmer by Rui Liu, WanFen Pu, Hu Jia, XiaoPei Shang, Yue Pan, ZhaoPeng Yan

“…Compared to conventional micellar polymerization, this new method could not only reasonably adjust the length of the hydrophobic microblock, that is, NH, but also sharply reduce the amount of surfactant. …”
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Melanonychia Secondary to Long-Term Treatment with Hydroxycarbamide: An Essential Thrombocytosis Case by Umit Yavuz Malkan, Gursel Gunes, Eylem Eliacik, Okan Yayar, Ibrahim Celalettin Haznedaroglu

“…Some investigators suggested that genetic factors, induction of melanocytes, and some changes in nail matrix could be the reason of hydroxycarbamide related melanonychia. Our patient has suffered color changes in her nails as well as pain that made us doubtful for a beginning of ulceration besides melanonychia. …”
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Analysis of the Influencing Factors on the Well Performance in Shale Gas Reservoir by Cheng Dai, Liang Xue, Weihong Wang, Xiang Li

“…Investigating the recovery factor of different types of shale gas in different region may assist us to make more reasonable development strategies. In this paper, we build a numerical simulation model, which has the ability to take the unique shale gas flow mechanisms into account, to quantitatively describe the gas production characteristics in each region based on the field data collected from a shale gas reservoir in Sichuan Basin in China. …”
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Gabapentin Does Not Appear to Improve Postoperative Pain and Sleep Patterns in Patients Who Concomitantly Receive Regional Anesthesia for Lower Extremity Orthopedic Surgery: A Rand... by Jean Daniel Eloy, Christy Anthony, Shawn Amin, Moorice Caparó, Mark C. Reilly, Steven Shulman

“…However, studies have been in conclusive in patients undergoing lower extremity orthopedic surgery. For this reason, we hoped to study the effect of gabapentin on postoperative pain in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty, or a hip fracture repair. …”
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Ileal volvulus secondary to postsurgical adhesion syndrome. A case report by Paolo Martini, Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, Annalisa Noemi Garrini, Biagio Di Trani

“…This entity is rare in adults, it represents only 0.5 - 2.5% of intestinal obstruction cases, for this reason the case of a patient who went to the hospital due to abdominal pain and vomiting, in regular cases, sore fascie, feverish, dehydrated , is presented conditions. …”
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Factors Influencing Patient Decisions Regarding Treatments for Skin Growths: A Cross-Sectional Study by David G. Li, Fan Di Xia, Jasmine Rana, Grace J. Young, Forootan Alizadeh, Cara Joyce, Shinjita Das, Arash Mostaghimi

“…While the underlying reasons for these variations differ across patients, these findings help explain variations in treatment selection among patients choosing between treatments for skin growths and may ultimately lead to improved shared decision-making.…”
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