Performance Evaluation of Hard Rock TBMs considering Operational and Rock Conditions by Xiaoyang Zou, Hui Zheng, Yongzhen Mi

“…This paper focuses on studying the correlations of the performance of hard rock tunnel boring machines (TBMs) with operational and rock conditions. …”
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Effectiveness of using google sites-based learning media to improve critical and creative thinking abilities of vocational school students by Khusnul Hidayati, Anis Rahmawati, Danar Susilo Wijayanto

“…Technology is currently very advanced in learning media, so learning is becoming easier and less boring for students. This is supported by global demands that force the education sector to align technical progress with efforts to improve educational standards. …”
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Needs Analysis of Multimodal-Based Reading Comprehension Teaching Materials for Level A1 French Language Education Study Program Students by Sri Harini Ekowati, Yunilis Andika

“…Benefits for students include interesting, easy to understand, not boring, encouraging students, fun, and others…”
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Multiobjective Optimization Design for Structural Parameters of TBM Disc Cutter Rings Based on FAHP and SAMPGA by Laikuang Lin, Yimin Xia, Dun Wu

“…As a key component of tunnel boring machines (TBMs), the disc cutter ring and its structural parameters are closely related to the TBM tunneling quality. …”
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Lymphoproliferation and hyper-IgM as the first manifestation of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase δ syndrome: A case report by Mónica Fernandes-Pineda, Andrés F. Zea-Vera

“…We present a case involving a 15-year-old male who displayed an immunological phenotype that bore a striking resemblance to hyper-IgM syndrome. …”
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Mt. Etna Tilt Signals Associated with February 6, 2023, M=7.8 and M=7.5 Turkey Earthquakes by Laura Privitera, Ferruccio Ferrari, Angelo Ferro, Salvatore Gambino

“…In this paper, we show and analyze the earthquake signals recorded by bore-hole tilt stations that monitor seismic and volcanic activities at Mt. …”
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A Game-Based Virtualized Reality Approach for Simultaneous Rehabilitation of Motor Skill and Confidence by Alasdair G. Thin

“…Virtualized reality games offer highly interactive and engaging user experience and therefore game-based approaches (GBVR) may have significant potential to enhance clinical rehabilitation practice as traditional therapeutic exercises are often repetitive and boring, reducing patient compliance. The aim of this study was to investigate if a rehabilitation training programme using GBVR could simultaneously improve both motor skill (MS) and confidence (CON), as they are both important determinants of daily living and physical and social functioning. …”
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TÜRK ENERJİ SEKTÖRÜNDE ÇALIŞMA SERMAYESİ VE FİNANSAL PERFORMANS ARASINDAKİ ETKİLEŞİM: SWARA, AHP VE TOPSIS YÖNTEMLERİYLE KARŞILAŞTIRMALI BİR ARAŞTIRMA by Merve Tuncay, Adem Babacan

“…Çalışmada, BIST enerji sektöründe faaliyet gösteren işletmelerde finansal performans ile çalışma sermayesi düzeyi arasındaki etkileşim, AHP, SWARA ve TOPSIS yöntemleriyle karşılaştırmalı olarak değerlendirilmiştir. 2014-2020 dönemi için yıllık mali tablolarına düzenli olarak erişilebilen 8 şirkete ait, cari oran, nakit oran, ticari alacak tahsilat süresi, ticari borç ödeme süresi, kaldıraç oranı, kısa vadeli yabancı kaynak–aktif oranı, aktif kârlılığı, mali rantabilite ve iş rantabilitesi göstergeleri, uzman görüşleri de dikkate alınarak analiz edilmiştir.Bulgular; şirketlerin sıralamasının seçilen yönteme göre değişkenlik gösterebildiğini ortaya koymaktadır.…”
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DeepEye: An Automatic Big Data Visualization Framework by Xuedi Qin, Yuyu Luo, Nan Tang, Guoliang Li

“…An evolutionized system in the field faces the following three main challenges: (1) Visualization verification: to determine whether a visualization for a given dataset is interesting, from the viewpoint of human understanding; (2) Visualization search space: a "boring" dataset may become interesting after an arbitrary combination of operations such as selections, joins, and aggregations, among others; (3) On-time responses: do not deplete the user’s patience. …”
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Analytical study on flow of two non-miscible laminar layers of Newtonian fluids in a curved channel with wall slippage by Jafar Hasnain, Nomana Abid

“…The velocity slippage with combined effects of buoyancy force plays an important role in the extraction of crude oil since it reduces the pressure drop along the pipelines and well-bore. Due to this, it becomes difficult to push the oil out of the reservoir. …”
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Font Design in Visual Communication Design of Genetic Algorithm by Yue Wang, Won-jun Chung

“…Most of the books in today’s market focus on pictures and colors, which ignores the design of the text. This makes the text boring taste, causing the reader’s visual fatigue, which is not conducive to readers absorbing information through books. …”
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Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of Significant Parameters for Superlarge Diameter Shield Excavation by Elton J. Chen, Yang-Yang Chen, Lin-Chun Wei, Han-Bin Luo

“…Excavation of a superlarge diameter tunnel by tunnel boring machine (TBM) is different from that of a shield tunnel with normal dimension, in which the control system of the superlarge TBM is very complicated and difficult to operate. …”
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Laser Ablation for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Giampiero Francica, Giovanni Giuseppe Di Costanzo

“…Laser ablation (LA) represents one of currently available loco-ablative techniques: light is delivered via flexible quartz fibers of diameter from 300 to 600 μm inserted into tumor lesion through either fine needles (21g Chiba needles) or large-bore catheters. The thermal destruction of tissue is achieved through conversion of absorbed light (usually infrared) into heat. …”
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with 46,XY Partial Gonadal Dysgenesis Reared as Males by Juliana Gabriel Ribeiro de Andrade, Antonia Paula Marques-de-Faria, Helena Campos Fabbri, Maricilda Palandi de Mello, Gil Guerra-Júnior, Andréa Trevas Maciel-Guerra

“…All were reared as males and had at least one scrotal testis; two bore NR5A1 mutations. Main outcomes were: associated conditions, pubertal development, and growth. …”
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El impacto ambiental del crecimiento espacial de la ciudad de Corrientes sobre lagunas periurbanas by Félix Ignacio Contreras

“…En este trabajo se ofrece una mirada sobre el crecimiento espacial de la ciudad de Corrientes, el cual se ve limitado por el río Paraná que imposibilita la expansión de la ciudad hacia el norte y el oeste, en tanto que en las áreas aledañas hacia el sur y el este, predomina un paisaje de bañados y cañadas con serios problemas de anegamiento. …”
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Técnica de neurotización corneal como tratamiento de queratopatía neurotrófica en un paciente con parálisis facial by Génesis B. Pineda-Aldana, David Navarro-Barquín, José E. Telich-Tarrib, Maynard de Jesús J. Trejo-Meyer, Alexander Cárdenas-Mejía

“…La neurotización corneal ofrece una alternativa de tipo quirúrgico para la mejoría de la sensibilidad de la córnea logrando aumento de la protección ocular. …”
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Los álbumes ilustrados de Raquel Díaz Reguera: Itinerario lector imprescindible para la educación en valores / Raquel Díaz Reguera’s illustrated albums: an essential reading itiner... by Isabel Llamas Martínez, María del Carmen Quiles Cabrera, Gabriel Núñez Molina

“…Tras un acercamiento al género del álbum, nos centraremos en la producción de Díaz Reguera, para ofrecer un itinerario lector a través de una selección títulos válidos para forjar una educación literaria que, al mismo tiempo, garantice la estabilidad emocional, la creación de conciencia cívica y el compromiso social. …”
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Consideraciones sobre la oferta hídrica de los sistemas acuífero-humedal en la cuenca Magdalena-Cauca, Colombia, a partir de la interpretación de datos de los satélites GRACE by Silvana Bolaños-Chavarría, Teresita Betancur-Vargas, Juan F. Salazar-Villegas, Micha Werner

“… [Introducción]: Gracias a los recientes datos provistos por los satélites GRACE, es posible, de manera preliminar, estimar los cambios en los almacenamientos de agua subterránea (GWS por sus siglas en inglés), y ofrecer, así, una herramienta novedosa y sin precedentes en el estudio de las dinámicas de los sistemas acuífero-humedal. …”
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Percibir, aprender y ser consciente de los estados internos: dimensiones interoceptivas en modelos de lesión by Indira García-Cordero, Lucas Sedeño, Laura de la Fuente, Andrea Slachevsky, Gonzalo Forno, Francisco Klein, Patricia Lillo, Jessica Ferrari, Clara Rodriguez, Julian Bustin, Teresa Torralva, Ángela Morales, Edinson Muñoz, Sandra Baez, Adrian Yoris, Sol Esteves, Margherita Melloni, Paula Salamone, David Huepe, Facundo Manes, Adolfo M. García, Agustín Ibañez

“…Este es el primer estudio que presenta un modelo de lesión múltiple que revela las alteraciones del automonitoreo corporal y que ofrece nuevas perspectivas teóricas para profundizar en los fundamentos neuroanatómicos de las dimensiones interoceptivas.…”
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El discurso fitness hecho cuerpo by Trilce Rangel Lara

“…Se parte de la premisa de que una concepción contemporánea del cuerpo (amarrada en su condición maleable, en la individualización de los padecimientos y en su anclaje último de la identidad) se ha desarrollado a la par de una industria que se enfoca en ofrecer maneras de intervenir estéticamente cuerpo/sujetos “a placer”, pero con límites y costos que varían de acuerdo al lugar de enunciación de los involucrados. …”
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