Bus Priority Signal Control Considering Delays of Passengers and Pedestrians of Adjacent Intersections by Jiali Li, Yugang Liu, Hongtai Yang, Bin Chen

“…Thirdly, three algorithms are used to solve the problem to obtain the optimal signal timing adjustment scheme at upstream intersections. …”
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Enhancing the Security of Customer Data in Cloud Environments Using a Novel Digital Fingerprinting Technique by Nithya Chidambaram, Pethuru Raj, K. Thenmozhi, Rengarajan Amirtharajan

“…The data which is stored in the cloud can be sensitive and at times needs a proper file storage system with a tough security algorithm. …”
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Straight synthesis of α and γ alumina from kaolin by HCl acid leaching by Bagherzadeh Y., Golmakani M.H., Karimi E.Z.

“…The percentage of alumina recovery was determined at different kaolin particle sizes (–200 to –400 standard Tyler sieve), different times (1, 2, 3 and 4 h), different leaching temperatures (80, 90, 100 and 104°C) and different concentrations of hydrochloric acid (20, 25, 30 and 37%). …”
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Constraint Embankment Construction to Prevent the Collapse of Underground Caves by Zhen Zhang, Zhongda Chen

“…The tensile strength of the rock mass is ψ times lower than that of the intact rock. The value of ψ is mainly determined by the geological strength index (GSI). …”
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PERBANDINGAN KEMAMPUAN EKSTRAK KULIT PISANG AGUNG SEMERU DAN PISANG MAS KIRANA VARIETAS LUMAJANG DALAM MENGHAMBAT PERTUMBUHAN Candida albicans by Dwi Nur Rikhmasari

“…Each treatment was repeated three times. The results show that there is an effect of giving extract of Semeru banana peel (sig = 0,00) and banana Mas Kirana (sig = 0,00) to Candida albicans growth at various concentration (0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%). …”
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Impact Resistance of Concrete Containing LLDPE–Waste Tire Rubber and Silica Fume by Imad A. Khalhen, Reza Aghayari

“…Test results indicated that impact resistance for the first visible crack and the ultimate failure increased with LLDPE-R content, where it increased by 4.76 times. This study also demonstrated that the impact resistance for the first visible crack of LLDPE-R concrete was improved by an average of 295% for specimens without SF and 292% for specimens containing SF. …”
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Bilateral Anterior and Intermediate Uveitis with Occlusive Vasculitis as Sole Manifestation of Relapse in Multiple Sclerosis by Angelica Pedraza-Concha, Karin Brandauer, Alejandro Tello, Carlos Mario Rangel, Christian Scheib

“…The complex course of the case enables emphasizing the responsibility role of the ophthalmologists in such systemic entities that may compromise the eye, in which suspicion of the disease and an adequate timing management approach is essential.…”
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Fault Diagnosis of Electromechanical Actuator Based on VMD Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis and PNN by Hongmei Liu, Jiayao Jing, Jian Ma

“…The reliability of EMAs is vital because it will cause serious accidents if the malfunction of EMAs occurs, so it is significant to detect and diagnose the fault of EMAs timely. However, EMAs often run under variable conditions in realistic environment, and the vibration signals of EMAs are nonlinear and nonstationary, which make it difficult to effectively achieve fault diagnosis. …”
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Postprocessing of Accidental Scenarios by Semi-Supervised Self-Organizing Maps by Francesco Di Maio, Roberta Rossetti, Enrico Zio

“…The necessary consideration of failure events timing and sequencing along the scenarios requires the number of scenarios to be generated to increase with respect to conventional PSA. …”
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The 2020 IDS Release of the Antwerp COR*-Database. Evaluation, Development and Transformation of a Pre-Existing Database by Sam Jenkinson, Francisco Anguita, Diogo Paiva, Hideko Matsuo, Koen Matthijs

“…An important characteristic is the sample's large migrant population, including the timings of their demographic events and living arrangements, whilst resident in the district of Antwerp. …”
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The Impact of Perceived Stigma, Quality of Life, and Spiritual Beliefs on Suicidal Ideations among HIV-Positive Patients by Nooshin Zarei, Hassan Joulaei

“…Suicide rates among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) are more than three times higher in the general population and that is a significant difference. …”
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Examinations of effects of socio-demographic features and disease-related data of patients with hemodialysis on the quality of life by Elif Togay, Hatice Öntürk Akyüz

“…Most participants (67%) had ≥ 3 children, 35.1% received dialysis treatment for 3–10 years, 90.7% had dialysis three times a week, and 64.9% had an arterio-venous fistula vascular access line. …”
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Engaging in Online Environmental Discussion: Experiences and Reflections of Students in an Undergraduate Science Course by Kazempour Mahsa

“…Yet, due to format and scope of coverage and lack of emphasis on the importance of the environment and consequences of human action, the role of mass media may at times be inadequate or unsuitable, leading to eco-anxiety. …”
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EFFECTS OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN ON URBAN FAMILY LIFE IN MARARABA SUBURB OF NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA by Ambrose W. Ogidi, Philip Orlaade Abughul Orlaade Abughul, Mohammed Ayuba Oche Oche

“…Also, the need for urban families to create social security for themselves in form of increasing savings in the bank as well as investment in small-scale businesses such as poultry, and fish farming as alternative sources of livelihood in times of pandemic like the Covid-19.  …”
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PPARγ in Bacterial Infections: A Friend or Foe? by Aravind T. Reddy, Sowmya P. Lakshmi, Raju C. Reddy

“…We conclude that adjustment in the dosage and timing of PPARγ agonist administration, based on the competence of host antimicrobial defenses and the extent of inflammatory response and tissue injury, is critical for achieving the essential balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory effects on the immune system.…”
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Two mechanisms of membrane digestion: enzymatic-transport ensemble exists for oligopeptides as well by S. T. Metelsky, V. T. Ivashkin

“…We believe, that such serial «incubation» of gastric contents at increasing рН at gastro-intestinal transit (from the stomach to the large intestine) results in well-timed diversion of two mechanisms of oligopeptide absorbtion and respectively to their optimal digestion.…”
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Primary Peritonitis: An Index Case of Mycoplasma hominis Infection in a Healthy Female by Sabrina Drexel, Daniel Tseng

“…Multidisciplinary management of these patients is critical to achieve a timely diagnosis. Surgical exploration is often unavoidable to rule out secondary peritonitis.…”
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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH UROLITHIASIS IN THE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD by F. S. Sadulloev

“…The incidence of nosocomial infections was studied in dependence with the severity of the underlying disease, the volume of surgical, invasive, endoscopic and other urological procedures, the timing and frequency of tests, the proportion of individual clinical manifestations in the overall structure of urinary tract infections, sex and age of patients.Conclusions. …”
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Results of non-interventional observational study of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cirrhosis by Yelena N. Shirokova, Anna F. Sheptulina

“…All patients received «Livodexa®» in the daily dose of 15 mg/kg taken two times per day for 3 months. Efficacy and safety investigation of the drug was carried out at the day 30 (visit 2) and at the day 90 (visit 3) according to the laboratory tests results, quality of life assessment by SF-36 questionnaire, registration of frequency and severity of the adverse events (AE). …”
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Fully charmed tetraquark production at the LHC experiments by Ilia Belov, Alessandro Giachino, Elena Santopinto

“…From the comparison with the signal yield at LHCb we derive the constraints on the Φ · Br(J/ψ J/ψ) (reduced wave function times branching) product for the T 4c candidates for X(6900) and observe that X(6900) is compatible with a 2++(2S) state.…”
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