Numerical Simulation of the Influence of Width of a Prefabricated Crack on the Dimensionless Stress Intensity Factor of Notched Semi-Circular Bend Specimens by Sheng Zhang, Longfei Wang, Mingzhong Gao

“…To analyze the effect of the width of a prefabricated crack on the dimensionless stress intensity factor of notched semi-circular bend (NSCB) specimens, ABAQUS software was employed to perform numerical calibration of the crack tip stress intensity factor for the width of prefabricated cracks in the range of 0.0∼2.0 mm. …”
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The Impact of Electronic Reading Devices on Reading Speed and Comfort in Patients with Decreased Vision by Henry L. Feng, Daniel B. Roth, Howard F. Fine, Jonathan L. Prenner, Kunjal K. Modi, William J. Feuer

“…A prospective study involving a convenience sample of 167 patients at a single retina practice from January 2011 to December 2012. Participants were asked to read five different excerpts on five different media in a randomly assigned order. …”
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Widening access to isotretinoin in primary care: an evaluation of New Zealand national dispensing data for isotretinoin for acne, 2008–2023 by Bruce Arroll, Diarmuid Quinlan, Peter Moodie, Rachel Petronella Roskvist, Jason Arnold

“…Objectives To identify what changes in the prescribing of isotretinoin have occurred since funded prescriber access was widened in 2009 from ‘dermatologist only’ prescribing to include ‘general practitioners (GPs) and nurse practitioners working within their scope of practice’.Design Evaluation of isotretinoin dispensing data from 2008 to 2023 using the national annual prescribing data obtained from the New Zealand Pharmaceutical National Collection database.Setting All New Zealand citizens prescribed and dispensed funded isotretinoin for acne from 2008 to 2023 were included.Main outcome measures The prescribing data were analysed to identify the total number of prescriptions per year by prescribing clinician type, patient ethnicity and deprivation levels.Results In 2008, nearly 100% (26 897) of dispensed prescriptions were written by a dermatologist, while in 2023, 79% (39 432) were written by primary care clinicians. …”
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Motion Deblurring in Image Color Enhancement by WGAN by Jiangfan Feng, Shuang Qi

“…Also, its image processing speed is approximately 1.75 times faster than the best competitor.…”
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Bioelectronic osteosynthesis plate to monitor the fracture bone healing using electric capacitive variations by Diogo G. Pires, Nuno M. Silva, A. Completo, Marco P. Soares dos Santos

“…Over the past few decades, a sustained increase in the number of incidents and prevalent cases have been reported, as well as in the years lived with disability. …”
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Study on the Dynamic Response of Gravel Soil Low Embankment under a Long-Time Dynamic Loading Based on Model Test by Dapeng Liu, Jing Wang, Feng Du

“…In the paper, a 1 : 1 full-scale low embankment model was established and tests of 100000 loading cycles with 50 kN peak value were carried out, taking into account three kinds of foundation moisture contents: 18%, 23%, and 28%. …”
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The effect of absorbable collagen suture for oral implant repair on wound healing and inflammation factors of gingival crevicular fluid by Jingjing Feng, Qiaolong Yu, Xiaoqing Liu

“…The incision healing time, postoperative pain degree, incision healing grade, patient satisfaction, and the levels of tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a), interleukin-8 (IL-8) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in gingival crevicular fluid were compared between the two groups. Results: The absorbable group had faster incision healing times and lower postoperative pain scores on days 1 and 2, all with significant differences (P<0.05). …”
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Experimental opisthorchiasis: a study of blood cells, hematopoiesis and startle reflex in laboratory animals by D. F. Avgustinovich, I. A. Orlovskaya, L. B. Toporkova, G. B. Vishnivetskaya, A. V. Katokhin, M. N. Lvova, E. V. Kashina, N. P. Bondar, N. A. Feofanova, V. A. Mordvinov

“…Mouse acoustic startle reaction differed from hamster one too. The expression of the startle reaction and the value of pre-pulse inhibition were discriminated in animals of two species. …”
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Complex System of Vertical Baduanjin Lifting Motion Sensing Recognition under the Background of Big Data by Yan Zhang, M. M. Kamruzzaman, Lu Feng

“…Nowadays, the development of big data is getting faster and faster, and the related research on motion sensing recognition and complex systems under the background of big data is gradually being valued. …”
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Study on the Effect of Soft and Hard Coal Pore Structure on Gas Adsorption Characteristics by Xun Zhao, Tao Feng, Ping Wang, Ze Liao

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Performance Analysis of Grid-Connected Distributed Generation System Integrating a Hybrid Wind-PV Farm Using UPQC by Tongfei Lei, Saleem Riaz, Noor Zanib, Munira Batool, Feng Pan, Shaoguo Zhang

“…A comprehensive analysis of flow of the AP through the converters is done to ensure a proper understanding of how Wind-PV-UPQC works. …”
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A Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Multi-Compartment Vehicle Routing Problem by Ning Guo, Bin Qian, Rong Hu, Huai P. Jin, Feng H. Xiang

“…The multi-compartment vehicle routing problem (MCVRP) has been applied in fuel or food delivery, waste collection, and livestock transportation. …”
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A Novel Parallel Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Warehouse Path Planning by Junqi Yu, Ruolin Li, Zengxi Feng, Anjun Zhao, Zirui Yu, Ziyan Ye, Junfeng Wang

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Effect of Topically Administered Chitosan-N-acetylcysteine on Corneal Wound Healing in a Rabbit Model by Corinna Fischak, Robert Klaus, René M. Werkmeister, Christine Hohenadl, Martin Prinz, Leopold Schmetterer, Gerhard Garhöfer

“…Administration of C-NAC containing eye drops twice daily leads to a faster corneal wound healing in a rabbit model of corneal debridement as compared to placebo. …”
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Waterlogging of soil induces diverging rates of senescence in Svalbard reindeer forage plants by Emilie K. S. Andersen, Samantha P. H. Dwinnell, Leif Egil Loe, Caroline Iveland, René van der Wal

“…As climate change is unfolding faster in the Arctic than in any other biome, thermal and hydrological changes are predicted to reshape Arctic ecosystems. …”
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Risk-Aware Stochastic Vehicle Trajectory Prediction With Spatial-Temporal Interaction Modeling by Yuxiang Feng, Qiming Ye, Eduardo Candela, Jose Javier Escribano-Macias, Bo Hu, Yiannis Demiris, Panagiotis Angeloudis

“…An ablation study and safety analysis were also conducted to evaluate the proposed risk-awareness kernel function. …”
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Comparison of Manual, Automatic, and Voice Control in Wheelchair Navigation Simulation in Virtual Environments: Performance Evaluation of User and Motion Sickness by Enrique Antonio Pedroza-Santiago, José Emilio Quiroz-Ibarra, Erik René Bojorges-Valdez, Miguel Ángel Padilla-Castañeda

“…Automatic control consistently achieved faster navigation times and fewer collisions, particularly in the supermarket. …”
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Design and Application of a Data-computation Integrated Database for Meteorological Grid Data by Wang Shu, Xu Yongjun, He Wenchun, Wu Huanping, Gao Feng, Liu Yuanyuan, Liu Bei, Lü Guanru, Ni Xuelei

“…Meteorological gridded data is typically stored in file formats within distributed file repositories, such as network-attached Storage (NAS). …”
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Endoscopic Submucosal Tunnel Dissection for Large Gastric Neoplastic Lesions: A Case-Matched Controlled Study by Xiuxue Feng, Enqiang Linghu, Ningli Chai, Zhongsheng Lu, Xiangdong Wang, Ping Tang, Jiangyun Meng, Hong Du, Hongbin Wang

“…The cases were individually matched at a 1 : 1 ratio to other patients performed with ESD according to lesion location, ulcer or scar findings, resected specimen area, operation time and operators, and the matched cases constituting the ESD group. …”
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Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm Integrating Differential Evolution and L&#x00E9;vy Flight for Engineering Optimization by Feng Qin, Azlan Mohd Zain, Kai-Qing Zhou, Norfadzlan Bin Yusup, Didik Dwi Prasetya, Rozita Abdul Jalil, Zaheera Zainal Abidin, Mahadi Bahari, Yusri Kamin, Mazlina Abdul Majid

“…HSA-DELF leverages multi-mutation strategies of DE and LF random walk combined with weighted individuals to improve exploration and exploitation based on population fitness standard deviation comparison, and adopts pairwise iterative updates of the population to achieve faster convergence and higher solution quality. Extensive experiments were conducted to validate performance on 23 classic benchmark functions and 12 CEC 2022 benchmark functions, followed by comprehensive testing on 7 engineering problems, demonstrating the superiority of HSA-DELF. …”
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