Vibration Characteristics Analysis of Cylindrical Shell-Plate Coupled Structure Using an Improved Fourier Series Method by Yipeng Cao, Runze Zhang, Wenping Zhang, Jinzhao Wang

“…Using the IFSM, a unified solution for the S-P coupled structure with symmetrical and asymmetrical boundary conditions can be derived directly without the need to change either the equations of motion or the expressions of the displacements. …”
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New Cubic Trigonometric Bezier-Like Functions with Shape Parameter: Curvature and Its Spiral Segment by Abdul Majeed, Muhammad Abbas, Amna Abdul Sittar, Mohsin Kamran, Saba Tahseen, Homan Emadifar

“…Basis functions and the curve satisfy all properties of classical Bézier curve-like partition of unity, symmetric property, linear independent, geometric invariance, and convex hull property and have been proved. …”
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Mosaic Structure Characterization of the AlInN Layer Grown on Sapphire Substrate by Engin Arslan, Pakize Demirel, Huseyin Çakmak, Mustafa K. Öztürk, Ekmel Ozbay

“…The Indium content (x), lattice parameters, and strain values in the AlInN layers were calculated from the reciprocal lattice mapping around symmetric (0002) and asymmetric (10–15) reflection of the AlInN and GaN layers. …”
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Focusing a cylindrical vector beam and the Hall effect by V.V. Kotlyar, S.S. Stafeev, A.A. Kovalev, V.D. Zaitsev

“…It is also known that the CVB with radially symmetric amplitude has zero spin angular momentum (SAM) and zero orbital angular momentum (OAM) both in the initial plane and in the focal plane (because in both Cartesian components of the vector field, the angular derivative of phase is zero). …”
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Multistep Wind Speed Prediction Based on the Fractional-Order Longicorn Swarm Algorithm and the Two-Stage Modal Decomposition Strategy by Shuren Pu, Yuanchen Gao, Yifeng Sun, Chang Liu, Siyu He, Fengjiao Wu, Delan Zhu, Bin Wang

“…To weaken the negative impact of wind speed volatility on the accuracy of the prediction model, a two-stage modal decomposition strategy based on extreme-point symmetric mode decomposition, FO-BSO algorithm, and VMD is proposed. …”
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Credit Risk Contagion Based on Asymmetric Information Association by Shanshan Jiang, Hong Fan, Min Xia

“…The existing credit risk contagion models based on complex network theory assume that the information between individuals in the network is symmetrical and analyze the proportion of the individuals infected by the credit risk from a macro perspective. …”
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Two-Step Extraction of the Lower First Molar for Class III Treatment in Adult Patient by Kélei Cristina de Mathias Almeida, Ricardo Fabris Paulin, Taísa Barnabé Raveli, Dirceu Barnabé Raveli, Ary Santos-Pinto

“…The 27-year-old Caucasian male patient presented a symmetric face with a straight profile, hyperdivergent growth pattern, molar and cuspid Class III relation, and an anterior crossbite as well as a mild crowding on cuspids area, in both upper and lower arches and a tendency to posterior crossbite. …”
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Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum Papillary Dermal Elastolysis: A Case Report by Rubina Alves, Lurdes Ferreira, Esmeralda Vale, Olívia Bordalo

“…It affects more often elderly women and is characterized by asymptomatic bilateral and symmetrical yellowish papules localized predominantly on the neck and supraclavicular regions. …”
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Numerical Time-Domain Modeling of Lamb Wave Propagation Using Elastodynamic Finite Integration Technique by Hussein Rappel, Aghil Yousefi-Koma, Jalil Jamali, Ako Bahari

“…In the second set, EFIT is employed to study fundamental symmetric mode interaction with a surface braking defect.…”
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Cable Force Measurement of Cable-Stayed Bridge Based on Microwave Radar Test Technology by Gongjian Che, Ruixin Jia, Kaiquan Liu, Shangqing Zhu, Jianxin Hu

“…This shows that the microwave radar cable force measurement method has a high degree of reliability and accuracy; meanwhile, it is also found that the forces on the left and right sides of the two bridges are in a symmetrical state, and the structure is in good condition; the signal characteristics are obvious, and the simultaneous measurement of multiple cables can be realized, and it is not limited by weather, site, and the length of the stay cable and has strong practical value.…”
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Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study Comparing 0.0003% Calcitriol with 0.1% Tacrolimus Ointments for the Treatment of Endemic Pityriasis Alba by Berenice Moreno-Cruz, Bertha Torres-Álvarez, Diana Hernández-Blanco, Juan Pablo Castanedo-Cazares

“…Twenty-eight children aged 3–17 years with 56 symmetrical lesions and phototype IV-V, were randomly assigned to receive the treatments on target lesions on the face. …”
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Optimization of Poly-Si/SiOx Passivated Contacts for Crystalline Silicon Bottom Cells Applications by Julci Ditsougou, Thibaut Desrues, Anne Kaminski, Sébastien Dubois

“…Their performance is first assessed by Photoconductance Decay (PCD) measurements on symmetrical and asymmetrical cell precursors before being evaluated on cells by I-V characterizations. …”
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Impact of Cyclonic Storm “Sitrang” over the Bay of Bengal on Heavy Rain and Snow in Eastern Tibet by Xiaotao Zhao, Lunzhu Danzeng, Qu Chi, Xulin Ma, Yuting Tan, Luozhu Duodian, Ranzhen Danzeng

“…Storm “Sitrang” transported warm and moist air to eastern Tibet through the southwest mid-level jet stream, providing favorable moisture, dynamic, and thermal conditions for the heavy rain and snow. (3) Most importantly, symmetrical instability generated by the inclined motion of the storm’s warm and moist air emerged as the decisive mechanism driving the occurrence and development of the heavy rain and snow.…”
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Reconstruction of Nasal Skin Cancer Defects with Local Flaps by A. C. Salgarelli, P. Bellini, A. Multinu, C. Magnoni, M. Francomano, F. Fantini, U. Consolo, S. Seidenari

“…All scars were inconspicuous and symmetrical. No patient had tenting or a flat nose.…”
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Tracking Control Based on Recurrent Neural Networks for Nonlinear Systems with Multiple Inputs and Unknown Deadzone by J. Humberto Pérez-Cruz, José de Jesús Rubio, E. Ruiz-Velázquez, G. Solís-Perales

“…This paper deals with the problem of trajectory tracking for a broad class of uncertain nonlinear systems with multiple inputs each one subject to an unknown symmetric deadzone. On the basis of a model of the deadzone as a combination of a linear term and a disturbance-like term, a continuous-time recurrent neural network is directly employed in order to identify the uncertain dynamics. …”
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Design of Ring-Focus Elliptical Beam Reflector Antenna by Jun-Mo Wu, Xue Lei, Dong-fang Zhou, Lei Hou, Hong-wei Chen

“…By means of the basic principles of ring-focus antenna, a circularly symmetric feed and two specially shaped reflectors are used to form an elliptical beam antenna. …”
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Effect of FeO content on melting characteristics and structure of nickel slag by Ma Y.-T., Yang P., Lu B.-G., Dou Y.-L., Tian J.-K., Guo W.-B., Zhang Z.-Q., Shen Y.-Y.

“…The liquidus temperature, softening temperature, hemispherical temperature, flow temperature, viscosity, and critical viscosity temperature of the slag system tend to decrease gradually, but the solid phase temperature tends to decrease first and then increase. The centre of the symmetric stretching vibration band of the [SiO4]4 tetrahedron -in the slag system shifts to the low wavenumber region. …”
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Distributed representations enable robust multi-timescale symbolic computation in neuromorphic hardware by Madison Cotteret, Hugh Greatorex, Alpha Renner, Junren Chen, Emre Neftci, Huaqiang Wu, Giacomo Indiveri, Martin Ziegler, Elisabetta Chicca

“…We embed finite state machines into the RSNN dynamics by superimposing a symmetric autoassociative weight matrix and asymmetric transition terms, which are each formed by the vector binding of an input and heteroassociative outer-products between states. …”
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Human Herpesvirus 6 is Associated with Status Epilepticus and Hyponatremia after Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation by Fernanda Leite de Souza Franceschi, Jaime Green, Zuzan Cayci, Evan Mariash, Mustapha Ezzeddine, Veronika Bachanova, Celalettin Ustun

“…Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed symmetric T2 hyper-intensity bilaterally in the mesial temporal lobes, and T2 hyperintensi-ties and restricted diffusion of bilateral putamina. …”
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Project Capital Allocation Combination Equilibrium Decision Model Based on Behavioral Option Game by Meirui Zhong, Anqi Zeng, Jianbai Huang, Kairong Hong

“…Therefore, under the symmetric and asymmetric information conditions, a project capital allocation combination equilibrium decision model has been built. …”
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