Investigating the Performance of an Ultrasound-Assisted Rotating Packed Bed Reactor for the Enhancement of the Micromixing Efficiency by Mahdi Hefzi Lotfabadi, Mahdieh Abolhasani

“…By increasing the rotational speed and volumetric flow, the segregation index decreased and by increasing the concentration of acid and volumetric ratio, the segregation index increased. …”
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Modeling and Analysis of the Turning Performance of an Articulated Tracked Vehicle That Considers the Inter-Unit Coupling Forces by Ningyi Li, Xixia Liu, Hongqian Chen, Yu Zhang

“…The required turning space increased as both the steering angle and speed increased.…”
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Epidemiological study on road traffic accidents in Al-Najaf city during 2011 by Salam Jasim Mohammed

“…Deaths were not related to the number of RTA ( there is no relationship between deaths and the number of crashes but it depends on the severity of the crashes) and this need improving road safety legislations and putting them into action (speed limits, seatbelt laws, helmet laws) and education of people about the danger of speed and the importance of seatbelt wearing and proper and rapid hospital care. …”
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Comparison of Hip and Low Back Loads between Normal Gait, Axillary Crutch Ambulation and Walking with a Hands-free Crutch in a Healthy Population by Karl Orishimo, Amir Shapira, Ian Kremenic, Malachy McHugh, Stephen Nicholas

“…Gait speed, hip and trunk range of motion, and hip and low back reaction forces, were compared using repeated-measures ANOVA…”
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Temporal and spatial variation of PM2.5 in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar by Mbolanjara Hélène Andriamamonjy, Zo Rakotomavo, Linda Geiser, Lovanomenjanahary Marline

“…Wind speed exhibits weak negative correlation with PM2.5, consistent with its role in particle dispersion. …”
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Photoalignment and photopatterning: New liquid crystal technology for displays and photonics by V. G. Chigrinov

“…In particular, we consider switches, controllers and polarization rotators, optical attenuators, switchable diffraction gratings, polarization image analyzers, liquid crystal lenses, and ferroelectric liquid crystal displays with increased operation speed. Conclusions. The liquid crystal photoalignment and photopatterning technology is a promising tool for new display and photonics applications. …”
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Reinventing the Trochoidal Toolpath Pattern by Adaptive Rounding Radius Loop Adjustments for Precision and Performance in End Milling Operations by Santhakumar Jayakumar, Sathish Kannan, Poongavanam Ganeshkumar, U. Mohammed Iqbal

“…The back surface of the chip structure appears rough and jagged due to the shearing action.…”
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Acute, dose–response effects of guayusa leaf extract on mood, cognitive and motor-cognitive performance, and blood pressure, heart rate, and ventricular repolarization by Nathaniel J. Helwig, Laura E. Schwager, Alexander C. Berry, Anna C. Zucker, Jacob S. Venenga, Samantha C. Sterbenz, Nathaniel D.M. Jenkins

“…GLE1200 also improved psychomotor speed (+5.08 ± 2.16 ms, p = 0.045) and uniquely increased motor-cognitive performance as reflected by a decrease in reaction time (−0.106 ± 0.04 ms, p = 0.026) during a neurocognitive hop test. …”
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Numerical Analysis of The Effect of Hydrodynamics and Operating Conditions on Biodiesel Synthesis in a Rotor-Stator Spinning Disk Reactor by Wen Zhuqing, Petera Jerzy

“…However, increasing rotational speed of spinning disk leads to more backflow, which decreases TG conversion. …”
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Mathematical model of controlled vane hydraulic shock absorber by S. V. Kozeletov, S. V. Saveliev

“…Method of calculation is proposed and theoretical studies are performed on influence of change of volume flow rate of working medium of shock absorber in MR throttle on forces of resistance to rotation on shaft of shock absorber blade.The results of theoretical research. 1) Results of theoretical studies of change of volume flow rate of working medium of controlled hydraulic blade shock absorber are presented. 2) An adequate mathematical model is obtained that is suitable for calculating the characteristics of controlled (adjustable) hydraulic vane shock absorbers, where magnetorheological fluid is used as the working medium of the shock absorber, as well as for selecting control action in the control system. Conclusion. The results of the study are intended for organizations and enterprises engaged in the development and production of heavy high-speed tracked vehicles.The results of the studies can be used to refine the methodology for estimating the smoothness of the heavy high-speed tracked vehicles.…”
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The use of microbial rhodopsin proteins in differential photodetection by Louisa Reissig, Louisa Reissig, Kirstin Buchanan, Kirstin Buchanan, Thea Lindner, Marie Kurihara, Po-Chuan Chan, Falk Kibowski, Keiichi Kojima, Simon Dalgleish, Kunio Awaga, Yuki Sudo

“…By modifying the internal parameters of the detectors, such as rhodopsin kind, salinity and pH, as well as by tuning the external environment, such as temperature, we could increase the responsivity and speed of our devices by over 2 orders of magnitude, compared to a previously reported proof-of-concept device, to the µA/W and kHz range, respectively. …”
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Numerical simulation of respirable dust transport law in fully mechanized excavation face by Jianguo WANG, Bolan WANG, Min HAN

“…When the air flow field is far away from the tunneling surface and without the obstruction of the tunneling machine, the airflow field diffuses and the wind speed decreases, but a large number of particles still float in the roadway for a long time and are difficult to settle due to the small particle size of the exhaled dust.…”
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The influence of the mode of engine operation of transport and technological cars on the beating at the coupling piston-cylinder by Shtain G.V., Panfilov A.A.

“…Relocation or beating of the piston occurs due to the action of lateral force in the crank mechanism, which leads to an increase in friction forces and shock loads in conjunction with the sleeve. …”
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Presenting the agility model of the organization in order to improve the productivity of human resources by Asie Mohmedi, Rashid Zolfaghari, Mahsa Gholam hossein zadeh

“…One of the parameters proposed to increase flexibility, speed of action, and quality; is organizational agility. …”
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Trunk angular velocity: A convenient, valid and responsive substitute for force plate-based measures of dynamic postural stability. by Lammert A Vos, Maarten R Prins, Elien Plompen, Jaap H van Dieën, Idsart Kingma

“…Time-to-stability, mean center of pressure speed and the mean vertical force deviation of the ground reaction force were derived from force plate data and mean trunk angular velocity was obtained from an inertial measurement unit. …”
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An Optimized Path Planning Method for Coastal Ships Based on Improved DDPG and DP by Yiquan Du, Xiuguo Zhang, Zhiying Cao, Shaobo Wang, Jiacheng Liang, Fengge Zhang, Jiawei Tang

“…Firstly, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) is used to improve the network structure of DDPG, which uses the historical state information to approximate the current environmental state information, so that the predicted action is more accurate. On the other hand, the traditional reward function of DDPG may lead to low learning efficiency and convergence speed of the model. …”
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Inhibitory Control Deficits in Children with Tic Disorders Revealed by Object-Hit-and-Avoid Task by Nicholas Cothros, Alex Medina, Davide Martino, Sean P. Dukelow, Rachel L. Hawe, Adam Kirton, Christos Ganos, Elaheh Nosratmirshekarlou, Tamara Pringsheim

“…In children with tics (without comorbid ADHD), acting upon both targets and distractors suggests reduced ability to suppress responses to potential triggers for action. This may be related to increased sensorimotor noise or abnormal sensory gating.…”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Airport Emergency Evacuation Using Asynchronous Advantage Actor–Critic (A3C) Algorithm by Yujing Zhou, Yupeng Yang, Bill Deng Pan, Yongxin Liu, Sirish Namilae, Houbing Herbert Song, Dahai Liu

“…Emergencies can occur unexpectedly and require immediate action, especially in aviation, where time pressure and uncertainty are high. …”
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Optimizing lipase production by Bacillus subtilis on cheese whey and evaluating its antimicrobial, antibiofilm, anti virulence and biosafety properties by Mohamed Y. Abo El-Naga, Muhammad A. Khan, Samah H. Abu-Hussien, Samar M. Mahdy, Ammar AL-Farga, Aml A. Hegazy

“…Partial purification through ammonium sulfate precipitation and dialysis increased partial purified lipase (PPL) activity by twofold and fivefold, respectively. …”
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Barriers and Facilitators of the Use of Computerized Critical Care Information Systems in the Intensive Care Unit: Qualitative Interview Study by Alica Thissen, Eduardo Salgado-Baez, Daniel Fürstenau, Renate Delucchi Danhier, Christian Meske, Pauline Kuss, Stefan Angermair, Claudia Spies, Felix Balzer

“…Resistance to using the system may arise from users due to increased control imposed by the system and from insufficient participation in its development and configuration. …”
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