Experimental Study on the Durability of Fly Ash-Based Filling Paste in Environments with Different Concentrations of Sulfates by Boqiang Cui, Yin Liu, Hao Guo, Zhanxin Liu, Yao Lu

“…The stress-strain curves for these blocks show that the elastic moduli of the filling paste test blocks change irregularly, and it was found that with the increase in soaking time, the blocks soaked in the 10% and 15% sodium sulfate solutions developed fissures in the later stage that adversely affected the strength of the filling paste. …”
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Blockchain-Driven Optimized Chaotic Encryption Scheme for Medical Image Transmission in IoT-Edge Environment by Goli Archana, Rajeev Goyal, K. M. V. Madan Kumar

“…These high secured data are stored in the block chain, ensuring the image security to be stored in edge nodes. …”
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Fusion of Remotely Sensed Data with Monitoring Well Measurements for Groundwater Level Management by César de Oliveira Ferreira Silva, Rodrigo Lilla Manzione, Epitácio Pedro da Silva Neto, Ulisses Alencar Bezerra, John Elton Cunha

“…In this study, we integrated multisource data by applying the LMC to model the spatial relationships of variables and then utilized block support regularization with collocated block cokriging (CBCK) to enhance our predictions. …”
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Enabling Cognitive Load-Aware AR with Rateless Coding on a Wearable Network by R. Razavi, M. Fleury, M. Ghanbari

“…Rateless coding is proposed to not only protect the fragile encoded video stream from wireless noise and interference but also to reduce coding overhead. The paper proposes a block-based form of rateless channel coding in which the unit of coding is a block within a packet. …”
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A Discrete Dipole Approximation Solver Based on the COCG-FFT Algorithm and Its Application to Microwave Breast Imaging by Samar Hosseinzadegan, Andreas Fhager, Mikael Persson, Paul Meaney

“…Utilizing this formulation provides a computationally efficient building block for developing a low cost and fast breast imaging system to serve under-resourced populations.…”
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An Improved Predictor-Corrector Guidance Algorithm for Reentry Glide Vehicle Based on Intelligent Flight Range Prediction and Adaptive Crossrange Corridor by Mingjie Li, Chijun Zhou, Lei Shao, Humin Lei, Changxin Luo

“…Through simulation, the block number of flight range prediction network is determined firstly. …”
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Clinically Significant Minor Blood Group Antigens amongst North Indian Donor Population by Divjot Singh Lamba, Ravneet Kaur, Sabita Basu

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Reasons for school dropouts in suburban areas near Villupuram district: A retrospective study by D. Arthi, M. Rajalakshmi, Kalaiselvan Ganapathy

“…Hence, we have chosen this study to find various reasons behind student dropouts in sub-urban areas of schools covered under Koliyanur block, Villupuram district. The objectives of this study were to determine the proportion and reasons for dropouts among school students in Koliyanur block, Villupuram district. …”
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Optimisation of controlled reproduction protocol in broadhead catfish (Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864) using Ovopel™: Effect of different hormonal treatment methods on reprodu... by Nguyễn Ngọc Quyến, Nguyễn Thanh Tâm, Thạch Anh Pha, Lý Anh Thuật, Nguyễn Ngọc Lợi, Nguyễn Thị Trúc Quyên, László Horváth, Tamás Müller

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Surdity in the OR: An Unusual Case of Brainstem Anesthesia by Howard D. Palte, Don P. Hoa, Aldo Pavon Canseco

“…This report underscores two key points: first, the importance of ongoing patient monitoring after performance of an eye block; second, the exigency of supportive therapy in suspected cases of brainstem anesthesia.…”
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The Association between Serum Cytokines and Damage to Large and Small Nerve Fibers in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy by Francesca Magrinelli, Chiara Briani, Marcello Romano, Susanna Ruggero, Elisabetta Toffanin, Giuseppa Triolo, George Chummar Peter, Marialuigia Praitano, Matteo Francesco Lauriola, Giampietro Zanette, Stefano Tamburin

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Evaluating the Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Muslim Patients with Diabetes in relation to Use of Medication and Lifestyle Patterns: A Prospective Study by Melanie Yee Lee Siaw, Daniel Ek Kwang Chew, Rinkoo Dalan, Shaikh Abdul Kader Kamaldeen Abdul Shakoor, Noorani Othman, Chor Hui Choo, Nur Hidayah Shamsuri, Siti Nurhana Abdul Karim, Sui Yung Chan, Joyce Yu-Chia Lee

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A randomized controlled interventional study for analgesic effects of intrathecal versus intravenous dexmedetomidine on subarachnoid anesthesia with hyperbaric bupivacaine by Manu Dadhwal, Anupama Gupta, Ajay Kurian

“…Aims and Objectives: To evaluate the effects of intrathecal versus intravenous (IV) dexmedetomidine on the block, characteristics, and sedation in patients receiving subarachnoid block with hyperbaric bupivacaine. …”
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Tailor-Made, Linear, and “Comb-Like” Polyester-Based Copolymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermal Behavior of Potential 3D-Printing/Electrospinning Candidates by Franco L. Redondo, Mario D. Ninago, Augusto G. O. de Freitas, Cristiano Giacomelli, Andrés E. Ciolino, Marcelo A. Villar

“…Poly(dimethylsiloxane-block-ε-caprolactone) copolymers (SCL#) were synthesized by a combination of anionic and ring-opening polymerization (ROP), whereas “comb-like” poly(hydroxyethylmethacrylate-co-(hydroxyethylmethacrylate-graft-ε-caprolactone)-block-ε-caprolactone) (HEMACL#) were synthesized through simultaneous ROP and reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. …”
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Preservation of Seed Crystals in Feedstock Melting for Cast Quasi-Single Crystalline Silicon Ingots by Zaoyang Li, Lijun Liu, Yunfeng Zhang, Qingchao Meng, Zhiyan Hu, Genshu Zhou

“…Seed crystals can be preserved in the evolved furnace, as the partition block reduces the radiant heat flux from the insulation walls to the heat exchange block and prevents the heat flowing upwards under the crucible. …”
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IoT enabled data protection with substitution box for lightweight ciphers by K.B. Sarmila, S.V. Manisekaran

“…With the increased bit length of 5, it is observed that DAC exhibits excellent flexibility with traditional block cipher techniques, thus simplifying the use of such a solution as a building block of cryptographic primitives.…”
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Evaluating Lateral Spreading Using Newmark Method Based on Liquefaction Triggering by Yanxin Yang, Junhua Chen, Zhenqiang Zhang, Jianlin Ma

“…In this paper, a simplified prediction method based upon Newmark sliding block analysis was proposed to predict the liquefaction-induced lateral spreading. …”
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Modeling the Internet of Things network for monitoring audio information on the Amazon platform by U. A. Vishniakou, B. H. Shaya

“…Detailed structure of the AWS platform is provided with a description of the functions of its components such as: device gateway, rule machine, certificate block, device copy block, database, analytics block, notification service. …”
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A data pipeline for secure extraction and sharing of social determinants of health. by Tyler Schappe, Lisa M McElroy, Moronke Ogundolie, Roland Matsouaka, Ursula Rogers, Nrupen A Bhavsar

“…We calculated Cohen's Kappa and percent disagreement at census block group and tract levels, and by Area Deprivation Index, urbanicity, and year.…”
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A New Approach to General Interpolation Formulae for Bivariate Interpolation by Le Zou, Shuo Tang

“…The general interpolation formulae include general interpolation formulae of symmetric branched continued fraction, general interpolation formulae of univariate and bivariate interpolation, univariate block based blending rational interpolation, bivariate block based blending rational interpolation and their dual schemes, and some interpolation form studied by many scholars in recent years. …”
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