Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with physical exercise in rotator cuff tendinopathy: a protocol for a blinded randomised controlled trial by César Augusto Medeiros Silva, Clécio Gabriel de Souza, Vinicius Batista Lima, Hannely Beatriz Menezes Cosme, Romário Nóbrega Santos Fonseca, Fuad Ahmad Hazime, Rodrigo Scattone da Silva, Rodrigo Pegado de Abreu Freitas

“…Physical exercise serves as the main approach for managing this condition, aiming to restore movement patterns, optimise scapular kinematics and improve strength and local muscular endurance. …”
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Design and validation of a programmable dual-tunnel soft pneumatic origami actuator with a large maximum shrinkage rate for reciprocating motion by R. Xu, R. Xu, R. Xu, Q. Meng, Q. Meng, Q. Meng, Q. Xie, Q. Xie, Q. Xie, Y. Zheng, Y. Zheng, Y. Zheng, C. Fei, C. Fei, C. Fei, V. Parenti Castelli, H. Yu, H. Yu, H. Yu

“…A programmable design method for the proposed actuator is presented, based on its geometric parameter model and stiffness model. A kinematics model is developed to analyze the motion behavior and characteristics of the actuator's reciprocating motion. …”
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Progenitor Diversity in the Accreted Stellar Halos of Milky Way–like Galaxies by Sy-Yun Pu, Andrew P. Cooper, Robert J. J. Grand, Facundo A. Gómez, Antonela Monachesi

“…Ongoing large stellar spectroscopic surveys of the Milky Way seek to reconstruct the major events in the assembly history of the Galaxy. Chemical and kinematic observations can be used to separate the contributions of different progenitor galaxies to the present-day stellar halo. …”
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A compliant metastructure design with reconfigurability up to six degrees of freedom by Humphrey Yang, Dinesh K. Patel, Tate Johnson, Ke Zhong, Gina Olson, Carmel Majidi, Mohammad F. Islam, Teng Zhang, Lining Yao

“…These devices incorporate passive flexures and actively stiffness-changing rods to modify kinematic freedom. A rational design pipeline informs the flexures’ topological arrangements, geometric parameters, and control signals based on targeted mobilities, enabling the creation of unitary joints with up to six degrees of freedom. …”
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A Monthly Water Balance Model for Vineyard Planning and Inter-Row Management by Maria Costanza Andrenelli, Sergio Pellegrini, Claudia Becagli, Alessandro Orlandini, Rita Perria, Paolo Storchi, Nadia Vignozzi

“…For this reason, a water balance model tailored for viticulture was developed to be implemented within a Decision Support System (DSS) aimed at supporting winemakers both in the vineyard’s planning and management phase. …”
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Purification, Preliminary Structural Characterization, and In Vitro Inhibitory Effect on Digestive Enzymes by β-Glucan from Qingke (Tibetan Hulless Barley) by Jialiang Hu, Yue Wu, Huifang Xie, Wanyin Shi, Zhiyuan Chen, Dan Jiang, Hui Hu, Xiangwei Zheng, Jian Xu, Yuejun Yang, Yuancai Liu

“…The structure of the β-glucan was determined using FT-IR and 13C-NMR spectra analysis, and molecular mass by use of HPSEC-dRI-LS. The kinematic viscosity was measured. The inhibitory effects of this β-glucan on four enzymes were investigated. …”
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Collision-Free Path-Planning for Six-DOF Serial Harvesting Robot Based on Energy Optimal and Artificial Potential Field by Lufeng Luo, Hanjin Wen, Qinghua Lu, Haojie Huang, Weilin Chen, Xiangjun Zou, Chenglin Wang

“…We present and apply energy optimal and artificial potential field to develop a path planning method for six degree of freedom (DOF) serial harvesting robot under dynamic uncertain environment. Firstly, the kinematical model of Six-DOF serial manipulator was constructed by using the Denavit-Hartenberg (D-H) method. …”
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Discrete Train Speed Profile Optimization for Urban Rail Transit: A Data-Driven Model and Integrated Algorithms Based on Machine Learning by Kang Huang, Jianjun Wu, Xin Yang, Ziyou Gao, Feng Liu, Yuting Zhu

“…Traditional methods on this problem mainly focused on formulating kinematical equations to derive the speed profile and calculate the energy consumption, which caused the possible errors due to some assumptions used in the empirical equations. …”
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Slope stability and surface displacement analysis of the Kuther Landslide in the Dehar Watershed, Himachal Himalaya, Northern India by Arun Kumar, Shashi Kant Rai, Imran Khan, Manthena Prashanth, Sunil Dhar, Omkar Verma

“…An integrated approach was used, combining surface displacement monitoring with the COSI-Corr technique and slope stability assessments through methods such as rock mass rating, kinematic analysis, slope mass rating, and continuous slope mass rating. …”
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Influence of vintage and grape maturity on volatile composition and foaming properties of sparkling wine from Savvatiano (<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L.) variety by Dimitrios Miliordos, Nikolaos Kontoudakis, Aggeliki Kouki, Alexandros Kanapitsas, Despina Lola, Elli Goulioti, Yorgos Kotseridis

“… The timing of grape harvest is critical in the winemaking process of sparkling wines. It is essential for grapes to have the right amount of sugars and the optimum amount of sugars and level of acidity perfect level of acidity as they ripen. …”
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Computed Tomography Analysis of Postsurgery Femoral Component Rotation Based on a Force Sensing Device Method versus Hypothetical Rotational Alignment Based on Anatomical Landmark... by Stefan W. Kreuzer, Amir Pourmoghaddam, Kevin J. Leffers, Clint W. Johnson, Marius Dettmer

“…Rotation of the femoral component is an important aspect of knee arthroplasty, due to its effects on postsurgery knee kinematics and associated functional outcomes. It is still debated which method for establishing rotational alignment is preferable in orthopedic surgery. …”
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Numerical Investigation on Head and Brain Injuries Caused by Windshield Impact on Riders Using Electric Self-Balancing Scooters by Shi Shang, Yanting Zheng, Ming Shen, Xianfeng Yang, Jun Xu

“…Numerical vehicle ESS crash scenarios are constructed by combining the finite element (FE) vehicle model and multibody scooter/rider models. Impact kinematic postures of the head-windshield contact under various impact conditions are captured. …”
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Formula for two-sided estimation of the fundamental frequency of oscillations of a lattice truss by M. N. Kirsanov

“…By generalizing a series of solutions for trusses with a successively increasing order to an arbitrary number of panels, the desired formulas are derived by induction.Results. A case of kinematic variability of the proposed truss scheme was noticed. …”
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Bridge Structure Dynamic Analysis under Vessel Impact Loading considering Soil-Pile Interaction and Linear Soil Stiffness Approximation by Jingfeng Zhang, Xiaozhen Li, Yuan Jing, Wanshui Han

“…This paper accomplished SPI modeling for the bridge pylon impact analysis with compression-only nonlinear springs and linear dashpots. The kinematic interaction and pile group effect were incorporated into the SPI. …”
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Design and Analysis of a New Type of 3T1R Force Haptic Master Operating Parallel Mechanism by Pengcheng Zhang, Lubin Hang, Xiaobo Huang, Huibin Yang, Baojun Zhang, Lusheng Zhou, Junrong Chen, Ziyu Liu, Shisen Lin

“…The forward and inverse kinematics of the mechanism is solved by vector equation method，and furthermore the motion characteristics and workspace of the parallel mechanism are analyzed and simulated，the work space matching analysis and experimental verification are carried out for the characteristics of the deep hole detection operation at the end. …”
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Integrated Gaussian Processes for Tracking by Fred Lydeard, Bashar I. Ahmad, Simon Godsill

“…GPs can offer additional flexibility and represent non-Markovian, long-term, dependencies in the target&#x0027;s kinematics. However, a standard GP with constant or zero mean is prone to oscillating around its mean and not sufficiently exploring the state space. …”
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Effect of Common Pavements on Interjoint Coordination of Walking with and without Robotic Exoskeleton by Jinlei Wang, Jing Qiu, Lei Hou, Xiaojuan Zheng, Suihuai Yu

“…We provide a basis of parameter change of kinematics on different common grounds for the design and optimization of robotic exoskeleton for motor recovery.…”
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Motion Analysis of Sreng Traditional Game: The Ideal Technique by Achmad Setiyo Wibowo, Fajar Awang Irawan

“…The data collection techniques used in this study include surveys, observations and documentation which are then analyzed to retrieve kinematic data such as time, angle and distance. The population in this study were students of the Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Negeri Semarang who were members of KDOT as many as 20 people. …”
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Development of an information measuring and control system for a quadrocopter by V. V. Sleptsov, V. L. Afonin, A. E. Ablaeva, Ba Phuong Dinh

“…The coordinate systems (fixed and mobile) and the kinematic scheme are given, according to which a system of differential equations is presented. …”
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An Overview on the Role of Relative Humidity in Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Indoor Environments by Ajit Ahlawat, Alfred Wiedensohler, Sumit Kumar Mishra

“…Humidity affects both the evaporation kinematics and particle growth. In dry indoor places i.e., less humidity (< 40% RH), the chances of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 are higher than that of humid places (i.e., > 90% RH). …”
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