Effects of Acidic Environment on Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Porosity Evolution Characteristics of Coal by Shuang Gong, Xiaojun Li, Wen Wang, Shibin Yao, Juan Liu, Dengyun Niu

“…Longitudinal wave velocity of coal sample decreases gradually with the increase of drying and wetting cycles, and the decreasing speed is first fast and then slow. …”
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Experimental study on pore structure and dynamic mechanical properties of modified rubber concrete after freeze-thaw cycle by Minggao Chen, Shujie Yang, Shuyuan Wang, Yan Zhou

“…The elastic action of rubber particles can reduce the increase of the internal porosity of concrete under the action of freeze-thaw cycles and reduce the internal porosity of concrete materials. (3) The peak stress and dissipated energy of three kinds of concrete specimens decreased linearly due to freeze-thaw cycle, and the decrease of plain concrete was higher than that of modified rubber concrete. …”
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Non-Uniform Thermal Transfer of Molten Steel and Its Effect on Inclusion Particles Removal Behavior in Continuous Casting Tundish by Zhixiao Zhang, Tianpeng Qu, Deyong Wang, Xianglong Li, Lei Fan, Xingzhi Zhou

“…While the inlet temperature is lower, the horizontal stream cannot be maintained, resulting in a decrease in the removal rate of inclusions. Increasing the casting speed will increase the velocity of the molten steel in the tundish, make it easier to shorten the temperature difference between the inlet and outlet, and reduce the removal rate of inclusions. …”
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Vibration Reduction Effect of Steel Spring Floating Slabs under Water Immersion Conditions by YUAN Dehao, ZHANG Hongliang, YANG Lin, ZHOU Yu, NIU Xiaoli

“…The isolator stiffness and train speed affecting the vibration reduction performance of the water-immersed floating slab under train load action is analyzed. …”
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Aerosol forces mesoscale secondary circulations occurrence: evidence of emission reduction by Jixiang Li, Haipeng Yu, Markku Kulmala, Tom V. Kokkonen, Kai Tang, Jianmin Ma, Zeyong Hu, Siyu Chen, Yuling Hu, Rong Dai, Bofei Zhang, Hongyu Luo, Shu Tao

“…We found that the reduction in wind speed caused by aerosol feedback and related convergence and divergence of the air mass play a pivotal role in SCs evolution. …”
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Optimization and Experimental Testing of the Drag Torque Model Based on the Cavitation Effect by Li Jie, Lian Hailong, Lan Hai, Wang Zhiyong

“…With the increased rotation speed, the cavitation effect volume fraction increases first and then decreases. …”
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Features of ignition and combustion of low-grade coal mixed with pyrolysis liquid by K. V. Slyusarskiy, A. K. Asilbekov

“…It was found that an increase in the concentration of the additive in the mixture leads to a stable decrease in the ignition delay times, while the amount of gas-phase products formed varied additively with respect to the composition of the mixture. …”
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Evaluating and Forecasting the Probability of Lightning Occurrence in Rasht City by Afsaneh Ghasemi, Jamil Amanollahi

“…Increasing the intensity of Lightning lead to thunderstorms, heavy rain, floods and tornadoes. …”
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The influence of pulse current on drop transfer during double-electrode gas surfacing by Sergey K. Elsukov, Ilya V. Zorin, Dmitry S. Nesin

“…The application of a circuit with a common pulse current source for surfacing with two electrode wires increases the energy efficiency of the arc process and the welding arc technological properties, but requires a more detailed study of the influence of the mode parameters on its stability. …”
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Study on flame fractal characteristics of coal dust explosion at the decompression position of Hartmann tube by Zemiao Yang, Ke Gao, Yinhui Wang

“…The fractal dimension decreases with the increase of coal dust particle size. …”
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Kinematic analysis of the back squat at different load intensities in powerlifters and weightlifters by Valerio Giustino, Domenico Savio Salvatore Vicari, Domenico Savio Salvatore Vicari, Flavia Figlioli, Flavia Figlioli, Marco Gervasi, Eneko Fernández Peña, Naima Schifaudo, Mattia Tedesco, Patrik Drid, Antonio Paoli, Giuseppe Battaglia, Giuseppe Battaglia, Antonino Bianco, Antonino Patti

“…., 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%) of the 1-RM. An action camera recorded the execution of each BS trial in the sagittal plane and, afterward, the videos were analyzed by measuring the range of motion (ROM) of hip, knee, and ankle for the angular kinematics, and the timing, distances, speeds, and accelerations of the barbell for the linear kinematics.ResultsRegarding the angular kinematics, no significant differences were found in the parameters in the starting and ending positions among the 5 trials, while a significant decrease was found in the hip relative angle (p = 0.026) in the maximum flexion position as load intensity increased. …”
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Study and evaluation method of concrete erosion under a wind–sand flow load by Wei Liu, Yaoyu Zhu, Ying Jia, Jinyan Si, Li Zhu, Shucheng Li, Xueru Yang, Dangxian Xu

“…As the wind speed increases from 18 m/s to 30 m/s, the wind–sand flow pressure on the surface of the concrete specimen increases by 243.43 %, and the strength loss rate increases from 0.03 % to 9.34 %. …”
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Study on mechanical properties of large deformation segmental cement-based honeycomb structure by Gang Song, Ao Wang, Chengjun Hu, Chengjun Hu, Baofu Zhao, Hongwen Jing, Bo Meng, Zixuan Yu

“…In addition, the RA-AF values show that the loading rate has little effect on the crack type, which is almost unchanged with the increase of loading rate. These studies verify the feasibility of using honeycomb structure to support roadway with fast deformation speed and large deformation. …”
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Community-Engaged Approach for Health Equity: Enhancing an Active Environment in Michigan by Tsu-Yin Wu, Xining Yang, Alex Swartzinski, Jessica Kwek

“…Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease in physical activity (PA) has been reported in the United States and worldwide. …”
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Local Linear Wavelet Neural Network–Based Unscented Kalman Filter for Vehicle Collision Estimate Warning System and Ensuring Stable Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication by Yonas Kebede Lema, Satyasis Mishra, Demissie J. Gelmecha

“…These alerts can warn the driver of impending collisions with distant objects, enabling them to take appropriate evasive action. By implementing this integrated LLWNN-UKF approach leveraging sensor data and V2X communication, we aim to reduce the number of collisions caused by reckless driving, which will lead to a decrease in traffic-related fatalities and injuries.…”
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The influence of the end shape of the liquid jet on its impact onto a dry wall by A.A. Aganin, T.S. Guseva

“…For all the considered values of б, the mean level of the wall pressure remains close to that in the hemispherically-ended jet case (б = 1). With decreasing б, the characteristic size of the maximum pressure load area and the radius of its central part with the quasi-uniform load increase.…”
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Multi-objective trajectory planning for connected and autonomous vehicles in mixed traffic flow by Hui Li, Yunfei Ge, Yahui Guo, Yu Guan, Xu Zhang

“…Here, we design the state space, action space, and reward function, where the state space encompasses variables such as speed, relative speed, distance to the stop line, relative position, phase state, and remaining phase duration, and the action space outputs optimal acceleration and deceleration. …”
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Microclimatic Variability and Thermal Comfort of Spectators in an Outdoor Stadium Venue by Andrew Collins, Michael Brown, Barrett Gutter, Christopher Fuhrmann

“…Reductions in modeled wind speed resulted in significant decreases in thermal comfort and greater physical stress among spectators, particularly when the wind was calm. …”
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SUPRESSION OF MICROSOMAL OXIDATION WEAKENS HISTOCHROME’S DIURETIC EFFECT AT RATS by O. S. Talalaeva, A. Yu. Zharikov, Ya. F. Zverev, S. A. Fedoreyev, V. M. Bryukhanov, V. V. Lampatov

“…Most likely, echinochrome metabolite raises speed glomerular filtrations, providing diuretic reaction of a preparation.…”
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Effect of Adsorption of Metal Elements Ni and V on the Structure of Humin by Yin YU, Peng XIA, Yi ZHONG, Shitan NING, Ke WANG, Jianping CHENG

“…The dried samples (numbered as HM-Ni and HM-V) and the original humin sample (numbered HM) are analyzed by element analyzer, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance carbon spectroscopy (13C-NMR).RESULTSThe results show that the elemental composition of humin is mainly C and O. After the action of Ni and V metal solutions, the relative contents of O and S elements in humin decrease, and the relative contents of C and N elements increase. …”
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