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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A Study of Dynamic Loading and Unloading Damage of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete under Confining Pressure by Chao Lin, Li Rao, Cheng-Lin Zhang, Zhi-Wen Yang, Fang Chen, Qing You, Xian-Jun Tan

“…Finally, a triaxial cyclic dynamic load test with a confining pressure value of 1 MPa and an axial loading speed of 1.5 MPa/s was carried out, revealing that the damage characteristics of the test blocks changed from elastic deformation to obvious plastic deformation damage as the number of loading times increased.…”
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Study of clay soil properties when using the method of concentrated lime exposure by E. N. Alkaev, A. A. Lunev, V. V. Golubenko

“…On the basis of the results obtained and the analysis of literature sources rational distances between slots (wells) are justified when using concentrated lime action technology to drain soils with increased humidity in quarries.Negotiations and conclusions. …”
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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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Multi-Hazard Vibration Control of Transmission Infrastructure: A Pounding Tuned Mass Damper Approach with Lifelong Reliability Analysis by Zhuoqun Zhang, Lizhong Qi, Jingguo Rong, Yaping Zhang, Peijie Li, Ziguang Jia

“…Specifically, the PTMD reduced the vibration reduction ratio by 10% to 30% under wind loads and by 20% to 80% under seismic actions, with more pronounced effects at higher wind speeds and peak ground accelerations (PGAs). …”
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Comparison of Empirical and Reinforcement Learning (RL)-Based Control Based on Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) for Walking Assistance: Does AI Always Win? by Nadine Drewing, Arjang Ahmadi, Xiaofeng Xiong, Maziar Ahmad Sharbafi

“…Results showed that both controllers reduced hamstring muscle activation and improved the preferred walking speed, with the empirical controller also decreasing gastrocnemius muscle activity. …”
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The study of antiparkinsonian activity of the combination of ladasten with fabomotizole in paraquat-induced model of parkinsoian syndrome by V. E. Marievskii, İ. A. Lyubanskii, S. V. Shangin, L. F. Zainullina, V. L. Dorofeev

“…Thus, the combination increased latency to fall in the «rotarod test» by 2,38 (p < 0.0001) and 1.5 times (p < 0.01) at fixed and accelerating speed, decreased the turning and descent time in the «pole test» by 1.4 (p < 0.05) and 1.53 times (p < 0.001).Conclusion. …”
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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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STUCTURE OF PULSED BED by I. A. Bokun

“…The structure of pulsed layer is proposed which can be suggested as a state of particulates that is blown by intermittent gas flow with speed which has the force to start material moving. …”
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Understanding Provider-Level Variation in Clinical PracticeTake-Home Points by Kanupriya Soni, MD, Leigh A. Bukowski, MPH, Billie S. Davis, PhD, Joel M. Levin, BA, Jeremy M. Kahn, MD

“…Willingness to treat with corticosteroids increased over time, from 15.3% to 24.4% in 2021. In multivariate regression analyses using generalized estimating equations for repeated measures, risk tolerance (OR, 1.34, 95% CI, 1.07-1.67; P = .01) and perceived strength of evidence (OR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.18-1.77; P < .001) were associated with increased willingness to treat with corticosteroids, controlling for other factors. …”
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An optimization method of multiscale storage tank target detection introducing an attention mechanism by Wenjia Sun, Chunchun Hu, Nianxue Luo, Qiansheng Zhao

“…Under the combined action of the expansion of the chemical industry zone and urban boundaries, urban areas exposed to danger are also increasing. …”
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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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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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Analysing the Transformation of Space Design through Globalization and Its Effects on the User: A Case Study of 'Yer Ev' in Aydın by Zeynep Acırlı, Gül Ağaoğlu Çobanlar

“… With globalization, the speed at which people can access information has increased, the boundaries in the world have blurred, and societies, cultures, and economies have moved away from each other to the extent that they have come closer. …”
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Smart Agriculture: Predicting Diseases in olive using Deep Learning Algorithms by Rahman F., Raghatate Kapesh Subhash

“…This work will be taken further towards modeling more refined versions of the models applied to additional crops and using more diverse sources of data to increase the resilience of agriculture to disease threats.…”
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There’s no such thing as cycle traffic: A critical discourse analysis of public opposition to pro-cycle planning by Robert Egan, Brian Caulfield

“…Across a variety of low-cycling contexts, there are ambitious targets to reduce private car use and increase cycling to decarbonise everyday mobility practices. …”
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The Need for Change: A Roadmap for the Sustainable Transformation of the Chemical Industry by Klaus Günter Steinhäuser, Markus Große Ophoff

“…Achieving greenhouse gas neutrality in Europe by 2050 demands swift and decisive action from industry, governments, and society. The speed of transformation is currently too slow to reach this goal. …”
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Rapid arc extinguishing of a double-ended electromagnetic air-blast segmented arc-extinguishing device by Xiong LI, Tingfang YANG, Huikang ZHOU, Wenchao YANG, Minghao FENG, Chao ZHUO

“…The results show that the arc-extinguishing airflow maximum speed is up to 330 m/s. Arc-extinguishing airflow rapidly act on the arc from the upper and lower ends，under the action of high-speed airflow，the arc gradually thinned out to break the dynamic equilibrium. …”
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