A linear hydraulic fracture with tortuosity and fluid–slip at the fluid–rock interface by M.R.R. Kgatle-Maseko, T.L. Vetezo

“…The mathematical model is formulated using a modified Reynolds flow law and a linear crack law. The Perkins-Kern-Nordgren (PKN) approximation is used to close the model. …”
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A review on financial and non-financial measures of supply chain performance by Baraka Israel, Leticia Mahuwi, Beny Mwenda

“…Throughout the review, the study found inventory turnover ratio, supply chain and logistics costs and cash flows reflected in terms of ROI, ROE, ROA, profit margin, working capital and assets as the prime financial measures of supply chain performance. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF ROUNDABOUTS EMPIRICAL CAPACITY MODEL – CASE STUDY OF HUNGARY by Haitham AL HASANAT, Juhasz JANOS

“…The capacity that a roundabout can handle is an important factor in ensuring smooth traffic flow at a particular location. Therefore, various models have been developed to describe traffic conditions and driver behaviour at different sites or countries. …”
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Impact of a wavy wall triangular porous cylinder on diffusive-mixed convection in a lid-driven triangular cavity by Duna T. Yaseen, Amani J. Majeed, Sahib S. Ahmed, Muneer A. Ismael

“…The study examines how porosity (ε), Darcy number (Da), undulation number (N), and wave amplitude (A) affect fluid flow, heat transfer and concentration distribution. …”
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Spatial Dimension Analysis and Judgement of Abnormal Rainfalls by GAO Yueming, LIN Qinghua, LIU Shupiao, XU Chaoyang

“…The automatic reporting system of water levels and rainfalls is widely used in flood control,hydrology,and meteorology in China.The automatically measured rainfall data is one of the conditions triggering flood control early warning,and its quality and accuracy directly affect the credibility of the warning.In order to avoid false warnings,it is necessary to analyze and filter abnormal rainfalls in real time.This paper explored the correlation of rainfalls in spatial planes and compared the application effects of four statistical methods including the Pauta criterion,Chauvenet criterion,Grubbs test,and Dixon test in the spatial dimension,so as to infer whether the rainfall at a certain point is abnormal.Specifically,the Chauvenet criterion has the optimal comprehensive performance,and its accuracy,precision,recall rate,and F1 score are 0.86,0.78,0.83,and 0.80,respectively.In addition,the Grubbs test and Dixon test obtain similar results,but they both are slightly worse than the Chauvenet criterion since there may be many abnormal rainfalls in regional groups.The Pauta criterion has the worst performance,but its precision is the highest,which is 0.97.In addition,it is effective to optimize rainfalls that have been judged to be abnormal many times by algorithm flows,and the algorithm precision can be significantly improved.It has been proved that it is feasible to judge whether the rainfall at a certain point is abnormal from the spatial plane,which can effectively help water conservancy supervision departments to improve the quality of early warning and reduce labor costs.…”
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Sweat Cortisol and Cortisone Determination in Healthy Adults: UHPLC-MS/MS Assay Validation and Clinical Application by Syed N. Alvi, Kafa Abuhdeeb, Muhammad M. Hammami

“…In an isocratic condition, the mobile phase was delivered at a flow rate of 0.3 ml/minute. A positive electrospray ionization interface with multiple-reaction monitoring mode was used to provide simultaneous quantification of cortisol, cortisone, and internal standard at transitions of 363.11 to 121.00, 361.18 to 163.11, and 367.19 to 121.24, respectively. …”
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Age-associated alterations in immune and inflammatory responses in captive olive baboons (Papio anubis) by Michele M. Mulholland, Bharti P. Nehete, Ashley DeLise, Angela M. Achorn, Lisa M. Pytka, Pramod N. Nehete, Pramod N. Nehete

“…Here, we explore the utility of the olive baboon (Papio anubis) in studying age-related changes to the immune system and understanding mechanisms of immunosenescence.MethodsWe examined immune cell, inflammatory responses, cytokines, and cortisol levels using hematology and flow cytometry, mitogen stimulation, multiplex cytokine assay, and cortisol immunoassay.Results and DiscussionOur results reveal significant age effects on numerous immune and inflammatory responses. …”
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La mise en politique des services environnementaux : la genèse du Programme de paiements pour services environnementaux au Costa Rica by Jean-Francois Le Coq, Denis Pesche, Thomas Legrand, Géraldine Froger, Fernando Saenz Segura

“…We show that the introduction of the notion of ES resulted from an original policy windows, which derived from 4 factors: 1) the pre-existence of an identified problem of deforestation, 2) the existence, for more than two decades, of instruments supporting forestry sector and of interest groups structured in the forestry sector, 3) the development of flows of ideas inside Costa Rican elites inserted in international networks, 4) the presence of policy entrepreneurs that were able to take advantage of the national and international context to build a compromise leading to the new Costa Rican forestry policy.…”
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Study on factors influencing sand migration in wellbores by Liu Shanshan

“…Based on the simulation results and dimensional analysis, a prediction model for the volume concentration of sand particles in the wellbore was established, which is convenient for engineering applications to quickly determine the flow state of the wellbore. An engineering method for determining the critical non-deposition velocity of sand particles in wellbore was proposed, and the critical non-deposition velocity of sand particles under three effective particle sizes, three sand production concentrations, and three fluid viscosities was obtained. …”
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Multicellular Tumor Spheroids as an in Vivo–Like Tumor Model for Three-Dimensional Imaging of Chemotherapeutic and Nano Material Cellular Penetration by Hui-li Ma, Qiao Jiang, Siyuan Han, Yan Wu, Jin Cui Tomshine, Dongliang Wang, Yaling Gan, Guozhang Zou, Xing-Jie Liang

“…Next, pairing high-resolution optical characterization techniques with flow cytometry, we quantitatively compared the penetration of doxorubicin, quantum dots, and synthetic micelles into 3D HeLa spheroid versus HeLa cells grown in a traditional two-dimensional culturing system. …”
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Étude des modes d’approvisionnement en eau potable et des stratégies de réhabilitation des points d’eau modernes ruraux en zone tropicale humide : cas de la Commune de Mvangan au C... by Victor Dang Mvongo, Théophile Fonkou, Célestin Defo

“…The irregularity of monitoring, the weak functionality of the Committees of Water Points Management (CWPMs), the weak structuring of the maintenance chain, the low financial flows generated by the water commercialization, and the lack of culture of water sale in the community were the main constraints that affect the sustainability of water services in Mvangan Council. …”
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Exploring brain perfusion in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin: A promising role for arterial spin labeling imaging by Léa Arti, Kirsten Gnirs, Stella Papageorgiou, Yannick Ruel, Albert Agoulon, Nathalie Boddaert, Hugues Gaillot

“…Brain perfusion characteristics were assessed visually and by cerebral blood flow (CBF) measurements. Perfusion characteristics were compared pre‐ and post‐treatment. …”
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Real‐Time Lactate Detection in A Dynamic Environment Using Micrsensing Needles by Yuan‐Sin Tang, Ting‐Wei Huang, Tung‐Lin Yang, Huei‐Ying Cheng, Yu‐Ting Cheng, Hsiao‐En Tsai, Yung‐Chieh Lo, Y. S. Chen

“…The sensor maintains its performance at flow rates up to 500 mL min−1. Overall, this flexible and inkjet‐printed lactate sensor represents a significant advancement in real‐time clinical monitoring technology.…”
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Approximate CNN Hardware Accelerators for Resource Constrained Devices by P Thejaswini, Gautham Suresh, V. Chiraag, Sukumar Nandi

“…The performance of our proposed architectures demonstrates significant acceleration and reduced power consumption compared to popular edge machine learning framework - TinyML TensorFlow Lite. FHA achieves a significant accuracy improvement of 6.2% along with a speedup of 1.07x and AFHA achieves accuracy enhancement of 4.3% and an impressive speedup of 1.42x.…”
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Application of continuous nursing in the postoperative management of patients following coronary artery stenting (延续性护理在冠状动脉支架植入术后患者康复管理中的应用现状)... by WANG Zhaojia (王兆嘉)

“…Stent implantation is an effective treatment for coronary heart disease, effectively keeps the artery open, improves blood flow to the heart and relieves symptoms like chest pain. …”
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Itraconazole promotes melanoma cells apoptosis via inhibiting hedgehog signaling pathway-mediated autophagy by Shunqiao Jin, Shunqiao Jin, Xiaojiao Liu, Xiaojiao Liu, Lingqin Cai, Lingqin Cai, Jiayu Yan, Ling Li, Hongjun Dong, Yuxue Gao, Xicong Zhu, Cong Zhang, Xuezhu Xu

“…Apoptosis and cell cycle in melanoma cell lines A375 and A2058 were assessed via flow cytometry. Western blot analysis was performed to examine autophagy and associated signaling proteins, while autophagy flux and autophagosome formation were visualized using fluorescence microscopy. …”
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Hyperglycaemia after dolutegravir-based antiretroviral treatment in people living with human immunodeficiency virus: A case series by Keerthana Sagadevan, Pilla S. Surya Durga Devi, Katikatala Swaroopa, P. Sathish Sreenivas, R. Srinivasa Rao

“…These cases were reported to AMC and uploaded to VigiFlow. Whenever a patient has been started on a DTG-based ART regimen, the treating physician should counsel the patient about warning signs of hyperglycaemia, recommended to do periodic screening of blood sugar levels which helps in the early diagnosis and treatment of such cases.…”
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Sustainable lightweight self-compacting concrete with coal bottom ash as aggregate and cement replacement by Ibtissam Boulahya, Abdelkadir Makani, Ahmed Tafraoui

“…To evaluate the workability of the LWSCC mixtures, slump flow, L-box, and sieve segregation tests were performed. …”
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Helmet Ventilation in a Child with COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Ke-Yun Chao, Chao-Yu Chen, Xiao-Ru Ji, Shu-Chi Mu, Yu-Hsuan Chien

“…In pediatric patients with severe COVID-19, if the respiratory support provided using high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) becomes insufficient, no definitive evidence exists to support the escalation to noninvasive ventilation (NIV) or mechanical ventilation (MV). …”
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A novel sensitizer reduces EGFR-TKI resistance by regulating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway and autophagy by Jue Zhang, Zhipeng Qu, Xi Xiao, David L. Adelson, Funeng Wang, Aisheng Wei, Yuka Harata-Lee, Jian Cui, Dongying He, Le Xie, Lingling Sun, Jing Li, Zijing Huang, Thazin Aung, Hong Yao, Lizhu Lin

“…Methods: In this study, flow cytometry and transcriptome sequencing were used in vitro to explore the anticancer effect of Yifei-Sanjie pill (YFSJ) on EGFR-TKI-resistant cell lines and to identify potential molecular mechanisms associated with the inhibition of drug resistance. …”
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