Unveiling chemical industry secrets: Insights gleaned from scientific literatures that examine internal chemical corporate documents-A scoping review. by Miaoran Dong, Marc-André Gagnon

“…We uncovered and categorized dynamic strategies employed by chemical corporations to protect and advance their interests, including scientific capture (n = 16), regulatory capture (n = 15), professional capture (n = 7), civil society capture (n = 6), media capture (n = 4), legal capture (n = 4), technological capture (n = 3), and market capture (n = 2).…”
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Evaluation of the DWT-PCA/SVD Recognition Algorithm on Reconstructed Frontal Face Images by Louis Asiedu, Bernard O. Essah, Samuel Iddi, K. Doku-Amponsah, Felix O. Mettle

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Synchronization of Two Non-Identical Coupled Exciters in a Non-Resonant Vibrating System of Linear Motion. Part I: Theoretical Analysis by Chunyu Zhao, Hongtao Zhu, Ruizi Wang, Bangchun Wen

“…In this paper an analytical approach is proposed to study the feature of frequency capture of two non-identical coupled exciters in a non-resonant vibrating system. …”
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SCOLIOSIS ASSESSMENT VIA TELEHEALTH USING PHOTOGRAMMETRY: DEVELOPMENT AND ACCURACY by ISIS JULIENE RODRIGUES LEITE NAVARRO, ERIC PARENT, JEFFERSON FAGUNDES LOSS, CLÁUDIA TARRAGÔ CANDOTTI

“…To enable the correct capture of photographic images for further analysis, the development of an application, called DIPA© Capture, was performed. …”
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Application and Analysis of an Ionic Liquid Gel in a Soft Robot by Chenghong Zhang, Bin He, Zhipeng Wang, Yanmin Zhou, Aiguo Ming

“…Due to their light weight, flexibility, and low energy consumption, ionic electroactive polymers have become a hotspot for bionic soft robotics and are ideal materials for the preparation of soft actuators. Because the traditional ionic electroactive polymers, such as ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs), contain water ions, a soft actuator does not work properly upon the evaporation of water ions. …”
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Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control for Flight Systems with Input Saturation and Model Mismatch by Man Wang, Jianying Yang, Nan Li

“…In order to reduce performance degradation caused by actuator failures, the proposed scheme redistributes the control signal to healthy actuators and updates the weighting matrix based on actuator effectiveness. …”
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Modeling of Shoulder–Elbow Movement with Exponential Parameter Identification During Walking Gaits for Healthy Subjects and Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Luca Pietrosanti, Giovanni Saggio, Martina Patera, Antonio Suppa, Franco Giannini, Cristiano Maria Verrelli

“…Conclusions: The same dynamic model is actually able to capture the main features of the upper limb movement of both (healthy and pathological) walking subjects, with its parameters, in turn, characterizing the nature and progress of the pathology.…”
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Adaptive Integrated Guidance and Fault Tolerant Control Using Backstepping and Sliding Mode by Mohsen Fathi Jegarkandi, Asghar Ashrafifar, Reza Mohsenipour

“…A new method of integrated guidance and control for homing missiles with actuator fault against manoeuvring targets is proposed. …”
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State Administration of Retirement Age in the terms of Budget Crisis by A. K. Solovyev

“…This requires a fundamental change in the methodological approaches to the problem of rising the retirement age by using actuarial methods of forecasting.Actuarial analysis of the problem of retirement age in the work shows that the perception of the linear dependence of the age of the destination state of the demographic parameters cannot be considered as a tool for regulating the efficiency of the pension system.The results of the study are the specific parameters of actuarial assessments of the impact of demographic and macroeconomic conditions to increase the retirement age in Russia, conducted using data from the state statistics, formulated practical proposals to mitigate negative economic consequences.Conclusion: Rising the retirement age should be aimed at economic stimulation of formation of the pension rights of the insured in the long term, rather than the economy of the state budget. …”
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A New Quantitative Definition of the Complexity of Organized Matters by Tatsuaki Okamoto

“…The major issue of these definitions is that they captured only a single feature among the three key features of complexity, descriptive, computational, and distributional features, for example, the effective complexity captured only the descriptive feature, the logical depth captured only the computational, and the statistical complexity captured only the distributional. …”
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Enhancing professionalism in post-graduate medical education: the initial implementation and evaluation of a longitudinal curriculum for geriatrics residents in Toronto, Canada by Kristina M Kokorelias, Muhammad Harris Sheikh, Maryam Naimi, Bernice Ho, Edwin W Wong, Stephanie G Brooks, Dov Gandell, Arielle S Berger

“…We evaluated the curriculum in two ways: (1) we captured immediate reactions using standard evaluations with Likert-scale questions on teaching effectiveness…”
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Study of Point Scanning Detection Mechanisms for Vibration Signals with Wavefront Sensors by Quan Luo, Hongsheng Luo, Yiyou Fan, Guihan Wu, Haoming Chen, Yun Pan, Wei Jiang, Jinshan Su

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Methane Adsorption in Anthracite Coal under Different Pressures and Temperatures—A Study Combining Isothermal Adsorption and Molecular Simulation by Tieya Jing, Jian Zhang, Mingyu Zhu, Wentao Zhao, Juan Zhou, Yulong Yin

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DOMAIN ASSESSMENT OF BALI SARDINELLA RESOURCES THROUGH ECOSYSTEM APPROACH AT ARCHIPELAGO FISHING PORT (PPN) PENGAMBENGAN by Rakhma Fitria Larasati, Iya Purnama Sari, Made Mahendra Jaya, Liya Tri Khikmawati, Noar Muda Satyawan, Yulia Estmirar Tanjov, Muth Mainnah, Muh. Arkam Aziz, Noveldesra Suhery, Wulandari Sarasati, Suratna Suratna

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Constructions of Space: Exploring Photographic Images in Forest School by Ange Garden

“…Children’s perspectives of the Forest School space captured what was important to them on camera (Garden, 2022c). …”
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Comparative performance of disability measures. by Scott D Landes, Jean P Hall, Bonnielin K Swenor, Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich

“…One idea being discussed is expanding/supplementing the question sets commonly used to capture disability status in order to better capture a broader segment of the disabled population. …”
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Monitoring Spruce Budworm with Light Traps: The Effect of Trap Position by Marc Rhainds, Edward G. Kettela

“…Captures at light traps deployed in tree canopies were 4–400 times greater than those in forest clearings, especially for males. …”
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Electromagnetic deformable mirror fabricated using silicon micromachining and stress-resilient assembly by Wenkuan (Kevin) Man, Thomas Bifano

“…Introduction: This work presents a prototype electromagnetic actuation deformable mirror (DM) assembly with stress-resilient face sheet design.Methods: The DM face sheet design includes slender micromachined silicon pillars that are integrated with a silicon face sheet to reduce unpowered face sheet surface distortion caused by actuator adhesion stress.Results: The assembled deformable mirror prototype allowed bi-directional actuation with total stroke exceeding 20 μm. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Vertical Plunging Jet Using a Hybrid Multifluid–VOF Multiphase CFD Solver by Olabanji Y. Shonibare, Kent E. Wardle

“…Models are implemented for variable bubble size capturing and dynamic switching of interface sharpened regions to capture transitions between the initially fully segregated flow types into the dispersed bubbly flow regime. …”
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Secant Kumaraswamy Family of Distributions: Properties, Regression Model, and Applications by Salifu Nanga, Shei Baba Sayibu, Irene Dekomwine Angbing, Mubarika Alhassan, Abdul-Majeed Benson, Abdul Ghaniyyu Abubakari, Suleman Nasiru

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