Atmospheric Sounding from Fengyun-3C GPS Radio Occultation Observations: First Results and Validation by Shuanggen Jin, Chao Gao, Junhai Li

“…Carrying global positioning system (GPS) radio occultation (RO) receiver, Chinese meteorological satellite Fengyun-3C (FY-3C) was launched on September 23, 2013, which provides new observation data for observations and studies of weather and climate change. …”
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Predicting Olympic Medal Trends for Southeast Asian Countries Using the Facebook Prophet Model by Bagus Al Qohar, Yulizchia Malica Pinkan Tanga, Putri Utami, Maylinna Rahayu Ningsih, Much Aziz Muslim

“…The evaluation results show that this prediction model can provide a good value in predicting the total medals earned. …”
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Satellite Observations of the Seasonal Evolution of Total Precipitable Water Vapour over the Mediterranean Sea by J. L. Palau, F. Rovira, M. J. Sales

“…This study shows satellite observations and new findings on the time and spatial distribution of the Total Precipitable Water (TPW) column over the Mediterranean Sea throughout the year. …”
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Enhanced Bioactivity of Pomegranate Peel Extract following Controlled Release from CaCO3 Nanocrystals by Francesca Baldassarre, Viviana Vergaro, Federica De Castro, Francesca Biondo, Gian Paolo Suranna, Paride Papadia, Francesco P. Fanizzi, Domenico Rongai, Giuseppe Ciccarella

“…Antioxidant activity, measured also in intracellular environment, highlighted a protective action of extract-adsorbed nanocrystals twice than free extract, providing a possible application for new nutraceutical formulations.…”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines in Modified Tai Chi Therapy for Post-stroke Dyskinesia by Heilongjiang Association of Rehabilitation Medicine, TANG Qiang, LI Baolong, LI Hongyu, WANG Xue, MU Zichen, PANG Ruifeng, SHA Sha, ZHU Luwen

“…The modified Tai Chi training program is helpful to explore a new path for rehabilitation of post-stroke motor dysfunction by organically integrating the traditional exercise therapy and modern rehabilitation techniques. …”
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A Planar Acoustic Field Reconstruction Method Based on Fast Wave Superposition Spectrum and Sparse Sampling by Yang Zhang, Yu-Jiang Wang, Yu Xiang, Zi-Yu Shi, Shao-Jie Fan, Jing Lu

“…Based on the fast Fourier wave superposition spectrum method, a new equivalent source method (ESM) with a sparse sampling technique is proposed. …”
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Adaptive Image Denoising Method Based on Diffusion Equation and Deep Learning by Shaobin Ma, Lan Li, Chengwen Zhang

“…Moreover, it has better PSNR than other excellent denoising algorithms at different noise standard deviations. The PSNR of the new algorithm is greatly improved compared with the classical algorithm, which can effectively suppress the noise and protect the image edge and detail information.…”
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An Indirect Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination of Trifluoperazine Hydrochloride in Pharmaceutical Formulations Based on Chelate Formation with Palladium(II) by Ameen W. Qasim, Zuhair A. A. Khammas

“…A new application of an indirect atomic absorption spectrometric (AAS) method was offered for the assay of low concentration of trifluoperazine hydrochloride (TFPH) in pure and pharmaceutical dosage form with good accuracy and precision. …”
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Development of p-y Curves of Laterally Loaded Piles in Cohesionless Soil by Mahdy Khari, Khairul Anuar Kassim, Azlan Adnan

“…The model tests were subjected to lateral load in Johor Bahru sand. The new p-y curves were evaluated based on the experimental data and were compared to the existing p-y curves. …”
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A Vibration Model of Ball Bearings with a Localized Defect Based on the Hertzian Contact Stress Distribution by Fanzhao Kong, Wentao Huang, Yunchuan Jiang, Weijie Wang, Xuezeng Zhao

“…The numerical signals and experimental signals are compared in the time and frequency domains, and good correspondence between the numerical and experimental results is observed. …”
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SiO2/TiO2 Composite Coating on Light Substrates for Photocatalytic Decontamination of Water by Hana Bíbová, Lenka Hykrdová, Hiep Hoang, Milan Eliáš, Jaromír Jirkovský

“…We demonstrated satisfactory photocatalytic activity, long-term stability, and reusability of the new floating photocatalyst. The photoefficiency to mineralize oxalic acid in water under sunlight was estimated as 6.7% under the applied conditions.…”
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Neo-traditionalism as a factor of neoconservative modernization: specificity of the evolution of power and control by Valentin Tyan

“…Since the continuity of political traditions is important for the development of the state, the continuation of good traditions is the ethical basis of power. The new traditionalism is the renewal of the traditional old schemes and methods of management. …”
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PCR-Based Identification of Oral Streptococcal Species by Jeffrey A. Banas, Min Zhu, Deborah V. Dawson, Huojun Cao, Steven M. Levy

“…The results with S. oralis and S. mitis were used to identify new primer sets that expanded the utility of the approach to other oral streptococcal species. …”
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Streptomyces-derived nano-doxorubicin: Clinical status and patents granted by Kaur Prabhjot, Bhandari Divya Dhawal, Chopra Hitesh

“…Nanoparticle delivery systems present a good solution to avoid adverse effects. Some nano-based formulations have reached the clinics, while many new ones in the pipeline show promising results. …”
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Development of the Proactive Behavior Scale for Mid-Career Nurses: a reliability and validity study by Satomi Koyama, Yumiko Miyoshi, Kimie Takehara

“…Conclusions: The Proactive Behavior Scale for Mid-Career Nurses has good reliability and validity.…”
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Numerical modelling of interaction of cemented natural fractures and hydraulic fractures by Haiyang Wang, Peiyao Xiao, Desheng Zhou, Qingqing Wang

“…The numerical model results are in good agreement with published experimental results, indicating the reliability of the model. …”
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Novel sequential proximal iliopsoas compartment block: A four-in-one block as a primary anaesthetic technique for intramedullary femoral nailing surgery: A retrospective study by Carlos Rodrigues Almeida

“…This retrospective study presents a new primary anaesthetic method for intramedullary femoral nailing (IMFN) surgery in the context of hip fracture: the sequential proximal iliopsoas compartment (SPIC) block. …”
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Is the Iron Silk Road Really So Important? Rail Freight Use on China’s “Silk Road Economic Belt” by P. Bucsky, T. Kenderdine

“…This article provides numerous data sources and estimates on China–Europe rail freight traffic and demonstrates that the actual transported quantity of goods is probably lower than anticipated or reported. …”
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Design and Implementation of Multifunction Relay Based on Microcontroller by Ali Abdulsattar Hameed, Ahmed Jasim Sultan, Mehdi F. Booneya

“…The setting of the multi-function relay configuration done using a new design based on the MATLAB GUI environment. …”
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Global Warming: The Balance of Evidence and Its Policy Implications by Charles Keller

“…Of particular interest are advances that seem to explain why satellites do not see as much warming as surface instruments, how we are getting a good idea of recent paleoclimates, and why the 20th century temperature record was so complex. …”
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