Upper-Bound Finite Element Adaptive Analysis of Plane Strain Heading in Soil with a Soft Upper Layer and Hard Lower Layer by Jian Zhang, Li Ding, Yu Liang, Jingyao Zong, Zhenya Li

“…This paper investigates the stability of a rectangular tunnel face affected by surcharge loading in soil with a soft upper layer and hard lower layer using upper-bound finite element methods with a plastic-dissipation-based mesh adaptive strategy (UBFEM-PDMA). Seven different positions for the soil interface are selected to study this problem. …”
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Issues concerning Landowner Management Plan Adoption Decisions: A Recursive Bivariate Probit Approach by Omkar Joshi, Donald L. Grebner, Ian A. Munn, Robert K. Grala

“…Study results indicate that written management plan means more than a timber harvesting strategy to landowners in general. Many elderly landowners with a low level of income and less formal education and those having small or medium sized tracts of forestland are less likely to own a written management plan. …”
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The Highly Sensitive Child as a challenge for education – introduction to the concept by Monika Baryła-Matejczuk, Małgorzata Artymiak, Rosario Ferrer-Cascales, Moises Betancort

“…The study selection criteria was to find literature/paper reviews and primary studies published in indexed journals included in various databases and focused on Sensory Processing Sensitivity directly, transdisciplinary and ho-listic approaches were central to the process. In the research strategy, the following databases were consulted: PSYCinfo, Scopus and PubMed. …”
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Synthetic transmembrane DNA receptors enable engineered sensing and actuation by Ze-Rui Zhou, Man-Sha Wu, Zhenglin Yang, Yuting Wu, Weijie Guo, Da-Wei Li, Ruo-Can Qian, Yi Lu

“…We believe this work establishes a flexible cell surface engineering strategy that is broadly applicable to implement sophisticated biological functions.…”
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Exploring Multi-Scale Thermal Behaviour in Pin-on-Disc Systems for Organic, Metallic, Ceramic, and Polymer Composites by Hemant Nagoriya, Gaurav Arora

“…This paper presents a multi-scale strategy for the thermal simulation of frictional systems, such as brakes, considering the microscale properties of the polymer composites. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Thermally Conductive High Impact Polystyrene/AlN Composite by Nghiem Thi Thuong, Nguyen Ba Lam, Pham Anh Son, Nguyen Ba Chien, Nguyen Pham Duy Linh, Chu Thi Hai Nam, Nguyen Anh Vu

“…This approach provides a possible strategy to prepare thermally conductive HIPS composite, which may be suitable for electronic device that required heat dissipation.…”
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Dyspepsia: When and How to Test for Helicobacter pylori Infection by Maria Pina Dore, Giovanni Mario Pes, Gabrio Bassotti, Paolo Usai-Satta

“…For patients without alarm symptoms, noninvasive testing for H. pylori, with either carbon-13-labeled urea breath testing or stool antigen testing, is recommended as a first-line strategy. In this review, we provide recommendations to guide primary care physicians for appropriate use of diagnostic tests and for H. pylori management in dyspeptic patients.…”
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Iterative Learning Observer-Based High-Precision Motion Control for Repetitive Motion Tasks of Linear Motor-Driven Systems by Zhitai Liu, Xinghu Yu, Weiyang Lin, Juan J. Rodriguez-Andina

“…A recursive least squares (RLS) algorithm-based indirect adaptation strategy is used to achieve high-accuracy parameter estimation and model compensation. …”
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Bicycle-inspired simple balance control method for quadruped robots in high-speed running by Shoei Hattori, Shoei Hattori, Shoei Hattori, Shoei Hattori, Shura Suzuki , Akira Fukuhara , Takeshi Kano , Akio Ishiguro 

“…Inspired by this balancing strategy, we implemented a similar mechanism in a quadruped robot model, introducing a yaw trunk joint analogous to a bicycle’s steering handle. …”
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The growing U.S.-Chinese rivalry and foreign policy initiatives of the Biden administration in Latin Caribbean America by A. D. Trebukh

“…The first section of the article defines the place of LCA in the foreign policy strategy of the current administration in the context of the Democrats’ rhetoric about the struggle over the ‘free world’ challenged by the authoritarian regimes, in particular by the PRC. …”
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Release of P-TEFb from the Super Elongation Complex promotes HIV-1 latency reversal. by William J Cisneros, Shimaa H A Soliman, Miriam Walter, Lacy M Simons, Daphne Cornish, Simone De Fabritiis, Ariel W Halle, Eun-Young Kim, Steven M Wolinsky, Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo, Ali Shilatifard, Judd F Hultquist

“…Blocks to transcriptional elongation play a central role in maintaining the latent state, and several latency reversal strategies focus on the release of positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) from sequestration by negative regulatory complexes, such as the 7SK complex and BRD4. …”
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qDATA - an R application implementing a practical framework for analyzing quantitative real-time PCR data by Adrian Ionascu, Alexandru Al. Ecovoiu, Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc, Attila Cristian Ratiu

“…The presented results reveal that our working strategy is reliable and highlight the efficacy and performance of qDATA application.…”
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Clinical Significance of NKD Inhibitor of WNT Signaling Pathway 1 (NKD1) in Glioblastoma by Lijun Li, Ruiying Gao, Weizhong Huangfu, Fang Zhang, Ruixia Wang

“…Two glioblastoma cell lines, U87 and U251, were used to further investigate the tumor-related role of NKD1 through overexpression strategy in combination with cell proliferation assays. …”
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Object Detection Post Processing Accelerator Based on Co-Design of Hardware and Software by Dengtian Yang, Lan Chen, Xiaoran Hao, Yiheng Zhang

“…To reduce these redundant IoU calculations, we introduce a classification prioritization strategy during both training and inference post processes. …”
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Transfer Accuracy of 3D-Printed Customized Devices in Digital Indirect Bonding: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Alessandra Campobasso, Giovanni Battista, Gianluigi Fiorillo, Giulia Caldara, Eleonora Lo Muzio, Domenico Ciavarella, Giorgio Gastaldi, Lorenzo Lo Muzio

“…A search for articles published in the English language until April 2022 was carried out using PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases and by applying a specific search strategy for each database to identify all potentially relevant in vivo or in vitro studies. …”
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NIV-Helmet in Severe Hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure by Joana Martins, P. Nunes, C. Silvestre, C. Abadesso, H. Loureiro, H. Almeida

“…This sustained improvement allowed the continuing of this strategy. After 102 h, he was disconnected from the helmet CPAP device. …”
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Identifying and analysis the speculative factors affecting land use changes and activity (Case study:Gisha street in Tehran) by Reza kheyroddin, Nazanin Mostafavi Esfahani

“…Finally, in order to plan to control the speculative consequences of these changes , the analysis of external and internal factors with regard to indicators in questionnaire, SWOT table and finally defensive strategy to offer strategies and policies was adopted these strategies were presented in two categories: sustainable management of income sources of urban management and control of changes in land use changes.…”
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Perceived coercion, perceived pressures and procedural justice arising from global lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review. by Veronica Ranieri, Sunjeev K Kamboj, Sarah J L Edwards

“…Arksey & O'Malley's (2005) framework for conducting scoping reviews was chosen. A sensitive search strategy was devised and conducted using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science using the following search terms: (adherence OR acceptance OR agreement OR trust OR distrust OR compliance OR willing*) OR (perceived coerc* OR percept* coerc* OR pressure OR force OR influence OR control OR threat OR justice) AND (lockdown) AND (COVID OR SARS-CoV-2 OR COVID-19). …”
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Outdoor activity time and depression risk among adults aged 40 years and older: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2011–2018 data by Kai Liu, Cheng Guo, Juan Xie, Liming Cheng

“…Subgroup analysis revealed that this association was particularly pronounced among adults aged 40 and older, as well as non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks.ConclusionEncouraging outdoor activities may represent an effective public health strategy to reduce depression risk, particularly among middle-aged and older adults and specific ethnic populations. …”
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Globally scalable glacier mapping by deep learning matches expert delineation accuracy by Konstantin A. Maslov, Claudio Persello, Thomas Schellenberger, Alfred Stein

“…Here we address this gap and propose Glacier-VisionTransformer-U-Net (GlaViTU), a convolutional-transformer deep learning model, and five strategies for multitemporal global-scale glacier mapping using open satellite imagery. …”
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