Re-use of Building Products in the Netherlands by Loriane Icibaci

“…These characteristics indicated to influence (increase) housing survivability. Especially in the West, where most activities in the national housing stock are concentrated, the increase of private single-family houses influences overall housing survivability in the Netherlands (particularly when the pre-1946 group gradually decreases). …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Various Topologies and Control Techniques for DC-DC Converter-Based Lithium-Ion Battery Charge Equalization by G. Sugumaran, N. Amutha Prabha

“…Worldwide, electric vehicle (EV) sales are booming nowadays due to the rapid increase in the cost of fossil fuels. Lithium-ion batteries are very familiar in the EV industry because of their high energy per unit mass relative to other electric energy storage systems. …”
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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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A Trajectory Data-Driven Study on the Evolution Mechanism and Control Strategies of Lane-Changing Behavior in Intersection Areas of Expressways by Jiayou Wu, Yongwei Lei, Shaoliu Liu, Qiang Luo

“…After analyzing the sample data using traffic flow theory and statistical theory, the following results were obtained: the speeds increase upon entering and decrease upon exiting weaving zones, while headway distances consistently grow. …”
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Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of Rolling Bearing with Compound Fault on Raceway and Rolling Element by Xin Zhang, Changfeng Yan, Yaofeng Liu, Pengfei Yan, Yubo Wang, Lixiao Wu

“…The influences of compound fault on the vibration signals of the bearing were analyzed under three conditions. With the increasing of radial load, defect size, and rotation speed, the vibration amplitude of bearing would increase correspondently, which would accelerate the failure rate of bearing and reduce the service life of bearing. …”
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Effects of Climate Change on the Potential of Water Harvesting from Air Humidity Under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 Scenarios by Hadi Ramezani Etedali, Sakine Koohi, Zahra Partovi

“…Therefore, due to the occurrence of global warming in recent years, the increase in water needs in different sectors and the consequent increase in pressure on the available water resources, the need to pay attention to this water source, planning and taking serious action for its use is felt more than ever. …”
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Robust Strategy Generation for Automatic Navigation of Unmanned Surface Vehicles through Improved DDPG Algorithm by Wei Wang, Subin Huang, Huabin Diao

“…Methods based on deep reinforcement learning possess powerful learning abilities and have achieved promising results in USV-automatic navigation-tasks. However, the increase in the complexity of network model structures has led to instability during the training process. …”
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System Dynamics Modelling for Dynamic Emergency Response to Accidents Involving Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road by Guo-sheng Zhang, Xiao-yan Shen, Jun Hua, Jun-wei Zhao, Hao-xue Liu

“…The command level coefficient increases by 9.5%, and the speed of action execution increases by 9.6%.…”
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TWO DESIGNS OF THE ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE EMBEDDED INTO AN ASYNCHRONOUS MOTOR by V. V. Solencov, V. V. Brel

“…The significance of the braking devices is increasing due to the intensification of manufacturing, increase in the moving masses, speeds of movement and frequency of braking. …”
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Research on temporary shipping network model and optimization strategy under partial shipping network disruption by Zhiyi Ye, Xiang Yuan

“…The framework maintains 92.4 % operational efficiency during simulated port disruptions, outperforming benchmarks in both computational speed (42 % faster convergence) and solution quality (0.57 % error from the optimal). …”
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New Possibilities In The Study Of Coastal Upwellings In The Southeastern Baltic Sea With Using Thermistor Chain by Viktor Krechik, Stanislav Myslenkov, Maria Kapustina

“…The temperature decreasing caused by the simultaneous action of at least two factors: wind-driven Ekman upwelling and advection of cold water. …”
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Trends and Variability of PM2.5 at Different Time Scales over Delhi: Long-term Analysis 2007–2021 by Chetna, Surendra K. Dhaka, Gagandeep Longiany, Vivek Panwar, Vinay Kumar, Shristy Malik, A. S. Rao, Narendra Singh, A. P. Dimri, Yutaka Matsumi, Tomoki Nakayama, Sachiko Hayashida

“…The long-term PM2.5 concentration showed an overall small but statistically significant decreasing trend with an average decrease of −1.35 (95% CI: −2.3, −0.47) µg m−3 year−1. …”
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Systematic video analysis of shoulder dislocations in professional male football (soccer): Injury mechanisms, situational and kinematic patterns by Kristian Nikolaus Schneider, Tim Schachtrup, Georg Gosheger, Mirkka Lynn Hiort, Blanca Julie Degener, Theodoros Zafeiris, Christoph Theil

“…Statistically significant differences between the two types were found in player action (p < 0.001) and type of contact (p = 0.005), while factors like player's speed, movement direction, football‐specific actions, ball possession and pitch location showed no statistically significant differences. …”
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Classification of road sections according to the degree of danger to the formation of a wear track by A. S. Aleksandrov, T. V. Semenova, D. Yu. Raskoshny

“…The intensification of the motorization of the Russian population has led to a significant increase in the number of passenger cars, which in many regions are supplied with studded tires for the winter period. …”
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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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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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The impact of anti-money laundering measures on remittance costs: moderating role of frontier technology by Swapnilsingh Yuwrajsingh Thakur, Prashant Dev Yadav, Yatin Sharad Mankame, Rishi Manrai

“…Abstract Central banks are increasingly experimenting with frontier technologies, such as Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) platforms, alongside advancements in traditional systems like the SWIFT network. …”
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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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Cut face roughness analysis under waterjet cutting by Alexey V. Verchenko, Mikhail A. Tamarkin, Alexander A. Kishko

“…Cutting is done by water and abradant mixture emitted from the nozzle at high speed and high pressure. Under the cutting jet action, the erosion damage of the material occurs, the abrasive particles remove the microchipping layer, and water evacuates them from the cutting zone. …”
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Evaluation of Mental Workload on Complex Missions Emergency Personnel NASA-TLX

“…Conclusion: Results showed that the emergency medical personnel at the mission complex emergencies exposed to high mental load that the main reasons were caused of the need to high speed action, make important decisions, and fast transportation of injured persons to the medical centers. …”
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