Field heterogeneity of soil texture controls leaf water potential spatial distribution predicted from UAS-based vegetation indices in non-irrigated vineyards by L. Delval, J. Bates, J. Bates, F. Jonard, F. Jonard, M. Javaux, M. Javaux

“…Understanding how edaphic, topographic, and climatic conditions impact grapevine water status heterogeneity at the field scale, in non-irrigated vineyards, is essential for winemakers as it significantly influences wine quality. …”
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Marker-Less Video Analysis of Infant Movements for Early Identification of Neurodevelopmental Disorders by Roberta Bruschetta, Angela Caruso, Martina Micai, Simona Campisi, Gennaro Tartarisco, Giovanni Pioggia, Maria Luisa Scattoni

“…Automatic motion tracking was performed using deep learning to capture infants’ body landmarks and extract a set of kinematic parameters. <b>Results:</b> Our findings revealed significant differences between infants later diagnosed with NDD and typically developing (TD) infants in three lower limb features at 10 days old: ‘Median Velocity’, ‘Area differing from moving average’, and ‘Periodicity’. …”
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Established Numerical Techniques for the Structural Analysis of a Regional Aircraft Landing Gear by F. Caputo, A. De Luca, A. Greco, A. Marro, A. Apicella, R. Sepe, E. Armentani

“…Moreover, the landing gears are usually investigated also under a kinematic point of view, through the multibody (MB) methods, which allow achieving the reaction forces involving each subcomponent in a very short time. …”
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Potential Interfering Substances and Potentiometric Antioxidant Activity Tests in Food Systems by Aleksey V. Tarasov, Natalia V. Zavorokhina, Olga V. Chugunova

“…The industrial use of indigo carmine is limited due to its poor light stability, while sulfites are popular components in winemaking. Sulfite interference is of particular concern in the analysis of white wines and is typical of other antioxidant activity methods. …”
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Nerve regeneration using a Bio 3D conduit derived from umbilical cord-Derived mesenchymal stem cells in a rat sciatic nerve defect model. by Terunobu Iwai, Ryosuke Ikeguchi, Tomoki Aoyama, Takashi Noguchi, Koichi Yoshimoto, Daichi Sakamoto, Kazuaki Fujita, Yudai Miyazaki, Shizuka Akieda, Tokiko Nagamura-Inoue, Fumitaka Nagamura, Koichi Nakayama, Shuichi Matsuda

“…<h4>Results</h4>The mean angle of attack value in the kinematic analysis was significantly better in the Bio 3D group (‒20.1 ± 0.5°) than in the silicone group (‒33.7 ± 1.5°) 8 weeks after surgery. …”
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Characterization of the Liquid Fuel Produced from Catalytic Depolymerization of Polymeric Waste Using Batch Reactor by O. L. Rominiyi, M. A. Akintunde, E. I Bello, L. Lajide, O. M. Ikumapayi, O. T. Laseinde and B. A. Adaramola

“…The results of the physiochemical properties of the samples show that the density, API gravity, Kinematic viscosity and Flash point vary from 0.76-0.83 (g/cm3), 38.98-54.68, 17-2.80 (cm2/s) and 50.0-70.0 (°C) respectively while Cloud point, Pour point, Fire point and Cetane index range from -20-15.0 (°C), -23-7 (°C), 61.0-79.0 (°C) and 38.50-47.0. …”
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Fast Rate Production of Biodiesel from Neem Seed Oil Using a Catalyst Made from Banana Peel Ash Loaded with Metal Oxide (Li-CaO/Fe2 (SO4)3) by Ismail J. Madai, Yusufu Abeid Chande Jande, Thomas Kivevele

“…It is important to note that the physicochemical properties of biodiesel in this study such as initial boiling points, flash point, pour point, cloud point, density, kinematic viscosity, final boiling points, and cetane index met ASTM D-6751 and EN 14214 standards. …”
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Measurement and Analysis of Gait Pattern during Stair Walk for Improvement of Robotic Locomotion Rehabilitation System by Sang-Eun Park, Ye-Ji Ho, Min Ho Chun, Jaesoon Choi, Youngjin Moon

“…The measured marker data were converted into joint kinematic data by using an algorithm that included resampling and normalization. …”
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Wearable Smartphone-Based Multisensory Feedback System for Torso Posture Correction: Iterative Design and Within-Subjects Study by Amanda Polin Pereira, Olibario Jose Machado Neto, Valeria Meirelles Carril Elui, Maria da Graca Campos Pimentel

“…After adjustments and a kinematic assessment using the Vicon Gait Plug-in system, the third version became the Postural SmartVest. …”
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Synthesis of glass-based catalysts for biodiesel production from a blend of beef tallow and waste cooking oil by M. Mashamba, L. Tshuma, L.B. Moyo, N. Tshuma, G.S. Simate

“…Furthermore, the produced biodiesel was characterised to evaluate its fuel properties: the tested parameters kinematic viscosity, density, flash point and acid value were within the desirable limits for biodiesel according to American and European standards . …”
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Tibiofemoral Joint Contact Force Estimation Based on OpenSim Musculoskeletal Modeling by WANG Xiaoling, JIAN Jiawei, XIE Qiurong, LIAN Zhanghui, GUO Chunming, GUO Jiemei, LI Yurong

“…Through the model scale, inverse kinematics, inverse dynamics analysis, residual reduction processing and muscle control and analysis, medial/lateral tibiofemoral contact force is estimated during walking gait, considering the contribution of external force and internal muscle strength. …”
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MICROSATELLITES-BASED EVALUATION OF THE PEAR CULTIVARS SELECTED FROM NIKITSKY BOTANICAL GARDENS GERMPLASM BY THEIR ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE CHARACTERISTICS by Y. V. Plugatar, R. D. Babina, I. I. Suprun, T. S. Naumenko, Y. I. Alekseev

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Imaging the wakes of jets with energy-energy-energy correlators by Hannah Bossi, Arjun Srinivasan Kudinoor, Ian Moult, Daniel Pablos, Ananya Rai, Krishna Rajagopal

“…We find that hadrons originating from wakes are the dominant contribution to the three-point correlator in the kinematic regime in which the three points are well-separated in angle, forming a roughly equilateral triangle. …”
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Pain Reduction in Patellofemoral Knee Patients During 3-Month Intervention with Biomechanical and Sensorimotor Foot Orthoses: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study by Steven Simon, Andreas Heine, Jonas Dully, Carlo Dindorf, Oliver Ludwig, Michael Fröhlich, Stephan Becker

“…Custom-made foot orthoses (FOs) are a common method of medical treatment that positively influences biomechanical factors such as the kinematics of the lower extremity and reduces pain perception in patients. …”
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The Effect of Volitional Preemptive Abdominal Contraction on Biomechanical Measures During A Front Versus Back Loaded Barbell Squat by Joseph B. McCormick, Alexander S. Drusch, Darragh J. Lynch, Gesine H. Seeber, Katherine F. Wilford, Troy L. Hooper, Brad S. Allen, Dennis G. O’Connell, Maria J. Mena-Iturriaga, Kinyata J. Cooper, Phillip S. Sizer

“…Surface electromyography (sEMG) electrodes and kinematic markers were applied. Muscles included were the internal oblique (IO), external oblique (EO), rectus abdominis, iliocostalis lumborum (ICL), superficial multifidi, rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, biceps femoris, and gluteus maximus. …”
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Clinical Study of MOTOmed Intelligent Training System Combined with Weight Support Gait Training on Improving Hemiplegic Gait of Stroke Patients with Hemiplegia by LI Na, LIANG Xueqin, PAN Fangfang, DUAN Yanan, ZHANG Xiangyu

“…ObjectiveTo observe the kinematic effects of MOTOmed intelligent training system combined with weight support gait training on extensor synergistic hemiplegic gait in stroke patients with hemiplegia.MethodsA total of 90 stroke patients with hemiplegia who were hospitalized in Cangzhou People's Hospital from December 2021 to December 2022 were recruited and randomly divided into MOTOmed intelligent training group (control group) and MOTOmed intelligent training system combined with weight-support gait training group (experimental group), with 45 patients in each group. …”
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Estimating hip impact velocity and acceleration from video-captured falls using a pose estimation algorithm by Reese Michaels, Tiago V. Barreira, Stephen N. Robinovitch, Jacob J. Sosnoff, Yaejin Moon

“…This is the first study to validate the use of a pose estimation algorithm for identifying the hip impact kinematics in video-captured falls among older adults. …”
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Role of Intraplate Strike-Slip Earthquakes in Accommodating Convergence Across the Eastern Himalayan Plate Boundary System by Dibyajyoti Chaudhuri, Rupak Banerjee, Ajay Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Supriyo Mitra

“…We combine these mechanisms with previous earthquake source studies, GPS-geodetic-velocity vectors, and GPS-derived strain-rate field, to build a kinematic model. Majority of the earthquakes have strike-slip to oblique-slip (thrust) motion and originate in the middle-to-lower crust. …”
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Patellofemoral Joint Loading During Bodyweight One-Legged and Two-Legged BOSU and Floor Squats by Rafael Escamilla, Naiquan Zheng, Toran D. MacLeod, Rodney Imamura, Kevin E Wilk, Shangcheng Wang, Robert Asuncion, Irwin S. Thompson, Arnel L. Aguinaldo, Glenn S Fleisig

“… # Methods Sixteen healthy participants performed one-legged and two-legged BOSU and floor squats. Kinematic and ground-reaction force data were used to calculate resultant knee force and torque using inverse-dynamics, with electromyographic data employed in a knee muscle model to predict resultant knee force and torque at every 10° between 10°-100° knee-angles during the squat-descent and squat-ascent. …”
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MODELING OF ROUGH ROTARY MILLING OF CRANKSHAFT PINS by Kacper CIEŚLAR, Stanisław PŁONKA

“…Based on the design documentation of the crankshaft of the 4C90 type diesel engine and the documentation of the Steyr internal disc milling cutter, their CAD models have been developed, and the both models were linked together with suitable kinematic dependencies. In the next step, the crankpin having a length of 25 mm was divided by planes (in quantity lp=21) into 1.25 mm sections. …”
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