Microstructural Evolution and Strain-Hardening Behavior in Hadfield Steel Railway Crossings by Gustavo Tressia, Tiago Tepedino, Mohammad Masoumi, Juan Ignacio Pereira

“…The interaction of dislocation walls and twin structures generated by twinning-induced plasticity increased the local hardness of Hadfield steel up to 8.5 GPa, substantially reducing ductility. …”
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Efficient State Estimation Through Rapid Topological Analysis Based on Spatiotemporal Graph Methodology by Zhen Dai, Shouyu Liang, Yachen Tang, Jun Tan, Guangyi Liu, Qinyu Feng, Xuanang Li

“…The presented method provides both theoretical and practical support for the digital transformation of the power system and the advancement of the digital twin power grid.…”
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A fundamental special-relativistic theory valid for all real-valued speeds by Vedprakash Sewjathan

“…Furthermore this theory is not based on any assumption giving rise to the twin paradox controversy. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of this theory for general relativity.…”
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Milk yield and reproductive performance of hair goats raised under the extensive condition in konya and karaman regions of turkey by Mehmet Emin Tekin, Mehmet Arlı, Şahin Öztürk, Murat Öğeç

“…Goat age factor had a significant effect on daily milk yield and lactation milk yield (p<0.001). Birth rate, twin rate, and kidding rate of goats were found as 81%, 9%, and 0.88, respectively. …”
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Digitalized Optical Sensor Network for Intelligent Facility Monitoring by Esther Renner, Lisa-Sophie Haerteis, Joachim Kaiser, Michael Villnow, Markus Richter, Torsten Thiel, Andreas Pohlkötter, Bernhard Schmauss

“…The realized network services promote sensor data quality, fusion, and modeling, expanding opportunities using digital twin technology.…”
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Association of mitochondrial haplogroup F with physical performance in korean population by In Wook Hwang, Kicheol Kim, Eun Ji Choi, Han Jun Jin

“…The heritability of an athlete status was reported to be about 70% in a twin study, and at least 155 genetic markers are known to be related with athlete status. …”
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Stability Analysis of Batch Offline Action-Dependent Heuristic Dynamic Programming Using Deep Neural Networks by Timotei Lala

“…We present a practical implementation involving a twin rotor aerodynamical system to emphasize the impact difference between the usage of single-hidden-layer and multiple-hidden-layer NN architectures in BOADHDP learning settings. …”
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Association, Haplotype, and Gene-Gene Interactions of the HPA Axis Genes with Suicidal Behaviour in Affective Disorders by Anna Leszczyńska-Rodziewicz, Aleksandra Szczepankiewicz, Joanna Pawlak, Monika Dmitrzak-Weglarz, Joanna Hauser

“…Family twin and adoption studies have noted the heritability of specific biological factors that influence suicidal behaviour. …”
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A Deep Learning-Based Approach to Enable Action Recognition for Construction Equipment by Jinyue Zhang, Lijun Zi, Yuexian Hou, Mingen Wang, Wenting Jiang, Da Deng

“…In order to support smart construction, digital twin has been a well-recognized concept for virtually representing the physical facility. …”
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Concurrent Learning of Control Policy and Unknown Safety Specifications in Reinforcement Learning by Lunet Yifru, Ali Baheri

“…Initializing with a parametric signal temporal logic (pSTL) safety specification and a small initial labeled dataset, we frame the problem as a bilevel optimization task, intricately integrating constrained policy optimization, using a Lagrangian-variant of the twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient (TD3) algorithm, with Bayesian optimization for optimizing parameters for the given pSTL safety specification. …”
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Characteristics of Biodegradable Polylactide/Thermoplastic Starch/Nanosilica Composites: Effects of Plasticizer and Nanosilica Functionality by Regina Jeziorska, Agnieszka Szadkowska, Ewa Spasowka, Aneta Lukomska, Michal Chmielarek

“….%) of silica were prepared in a corotating twin-screw extruder. From SEM, it is clear that plasticized PLA/MPLA/TPS blend continuous porous structure is highly related to the silica content and its functionality. …”
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Type II Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in an Esophageal Lung by Blanca Estela Martínez-Martínez, María Elena Yuriko Furuya, Irma Martínez-Muñiz, Mario H Vargas, Rosalinda Flores-Salgado

“…A seven-month-old girl, born prematurely (birth weight 1000 g) from a twin pregnancy, was admitted to hospital due to recurrent pneumonia and atelectasis. …”
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Study of Natural and Accelerated Weathering on Mechanical Properties of Antioxidants Modified Low Density Polyethylene Films for Greenhouse by Othman Al Othman, Shan Faiz, Muhammad Abduh Tuasikal

“…The samples were extruded and blown into a film using twin-screw extruder and film blowing machine. The LDPE films were exposed for outdoor weathering in Riyadh during the period of 90 days (mid of June to mid of September) while the accelerated tests were performed by Weather-Ometer. …”
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The Rising Burden of Diabetes and Hypertension in Southeast Asian and African Regions: Need for Effective Strategies for Prevention and Control in Primary Health Care Settings by Viswanathan Mohan, Yackoob K. Seedat, Rajendra Pradeepa

“…Conclusion. To meet the twin challenge of DM and HTN in developing countries, PHCs will have to be strengthened with a concerted and multipronged effort to provide promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative services.…”
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Effect of high-temperature heat treatment on mechanical properties and microstructure of CoCrNi medium-entropy alloy formed by laser powder bed fusion by Laixia Yang, Mengjia Yang, Yanze Zhang, Qidong Xie, Longbo Zhang, Zhen Chen, Hang Su

“…Testing and analysis reveal a notable increase in elongation after high-temperature annealing, accompanied by a trend towards equiaxed grain morphology with increasing fractions of recrystallization and annealing twin boundaries, and a gradual reduction in geometric dislocation density. …”
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Multifunctional Templates for Minimized Osteotomy, Implantation, and Palatal Distraction with a Mini-Screw-Assisted Expander in Schizodontism and Maxillary Deficit by Manfred Nilius, Katrin Hess, Dominik Haim, Bernhard Weiland, Guenter Lauer

“…Schizodontism is complete separation of a dental germ. It results in a twin tooth and supernumerary teeth. The treatment of transverse constriction in combination with supernumerary dental germs and impacted central incisors can pose a challenge, especially in young patients, when the number of permanent teeth is not adequate to ensure secure anchorage. …”
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Mechanism of Secondary Deformation of Extruded AZ31 Magnesium Alloy by Viscoplastic Self-Consistent Model by Su Hui, Zhibing Chu, Huanzhu Wang, Yugui Li, Lifeng Ma, Chun Xue

“…However, the 101¯1 compression twinning should be included in VPSC modeling to predict the texture evolution accurately.…”
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High-Electron-Mobility SiGe on Sapphire Substrate for Fast Chipsets by Hyun Jung Kim, Yeonjoon Park, Hyung Bin Bae, Sang H. Choi

“…High-quality strain-relaxed SiGe films with a low twin defect density, high electron mobility, and smooth surface are critical for device fabrication to achieve designed performance. …”
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Physicochemical Properties of Flaxseed Fortified Extruded Bean Snack by Naveen Vadukapuram, Clifford Hall, Mehmet Tulbek, Mary Niehaus

“…Milled flaxseed was incorporated (0–20%) into a combination of bean-corn flours and extruded in a twin screw extruder using corn curl method. Physicochemical parameters such as water activity, color, expansion ratio, bulk density, lipid content, and peroxide values of extruded snack were analyzed. …”
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Radiative properties and QPOs around charged black hole in Kalb–Ramond gravity by Shokhzod Jumaniyozov, Muhammad Zahid, Mirzabek Alloqulov, Inomjon Ibragimov, Javlon Rayimbaev, Sardor Murodov

“…QPO orbits’ locations with ratios of upper and lower frequencies of twin-peaked QPOs 3:2, 4:3, and 5:4 are analyzed compared to ISCO. …”
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