On Harvesting Energy from Tree Trunks for Environmental Monitoring by Cleonilson P. Souza, Fabrício B. S. Carvalho, Filype A. N. Silva, Hening A. Andrade, Nathália de V. Silva, Orlando Baiocchi, Ivan Müller

“…As the trunk of a living tree can be divided into isothermal subvolumes, which are generally referred to as annual rings, and the trunk is a good heat storage material, depending on the tree dimensions and its species, it can potentially offer different temperature gradients according to the tree trunk depths. …”
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Construction and Testing of Lightweight and Low-Cost Pneumatically Inflated Solar Concentrators by F. M. I. De Los Santos-García, Y. Nahmad-Molinari, J. Nieto-Navarro, C. Alanís-Ruiz, Felipe Patiño-Jiménez

“…The concentrator system is lightweight and inexpensive since it was made of polymeric membranes and was pneumatically inflated to acquire its cylindrical shape achieving good optical quality. Further implementation of a flat and a cylindrical extension of the concentrating mirror as secondary mirrors was incorporated into the concentrator design in order to compensate for seasonal variations of collected radiation. …”
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Conscientious Objection Based on Patient Identity by John Dinelli

“…The patient’s benefit has multiple elements, such as the medically defined good outcome, the patient’s definition of a good outcome, what is dignifying to the patient, and what is considered universally good.[11] If a physician acts against a patient’s good or the physician does not exemplify virtue in their own life, the physician would be considered unvirtuous.  …”
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Hybrid Vibration Control under Broadband Excitation and Variable Temperature Using Viscoelastic Neutralizer and Adaptive Feedforward Approach by João C. O. Marra, Eduardo M. O. Lopes, José João de Espíndola, Walter Antônio Gontijo

“…Since temperature variations affect directly and considerably the performance of the passive control system, composed of a viscoelastic dynamic vibration neutralizer (also called a viscoelastic dynamic vibration absorber), the associative strategy of using an active-adaptive vibration control system (based on a feedforward approach with the use of the FXLMS algorithm) working together with the passive one has shown to be a good option to compensate the neutralizer loss of performance and generally maintain the extended overall level of vibration control. …”
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Non-Enzymatic Electrochemical Glucose Sensors Based on Metal Oxides and Sulfides: Recent Progress and Perspectives by Haibing Zhu, Feng Shi, Maoying Peng, Ye Zhang, Sitian Long, Ruixin Liu, Juan Li, Zhanjun Yang

“…Therefore, it is of significance to integrate MOs and MSs with metal/carbon/conducive polymers to modify electrodes for compensating the aforementioned deficiency. This review introduces the recent developments in non-enzymatic electrochemical glucose sensors based on MOs and MSs, focusing on their preparation methods and how their structural composition influences sensing performance. …”
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The Study on Early-Age Expansion and Shrinkage Model of Massive Self-Compacting Concrete Pumped in Steel Tube Column by Zhen-jun He, Meng-jia Ding, Zhen-wei Wang, Xue-sheng Zhang, Mei-gen Cao, Ming-wei Lei

“…The calculation model of its early-age deformation strains is presented in this paper, which is in good agreement with the experimental results. It provides the basis of experimental and theoretical analyses for shrinkage compensation of massive self-compacting concrete pumped in steel tube columns.…”
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The Messinian (Late Miocene) coral reefs in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar UNESCO Global Geopark by Juan Braga, Jose Martin, Gloria Garcia-Hoyo, Lucia Tejero-Trueque

“…The lower reefs consist of coral patches of varying dimensions comprising Porites and Tarbellastraea, which grew on carbonate ramps. …”
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Construction of a Multimodal Neuroimaging Data Fusion System and Evaluation of Mental Fatigue Using Nonlinear Analysis by Rui Chen, Zhenzhong Li, Yi Lai

“…The state of human brain fatigue will make the brain function network more complicated. The fractal dimension with more network edges is around 2.2, while the fractal dimension with fewer network edges is around 1.6. …”
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Dual-Frequency Miniaturized Substrate Integrated Waveguide Quarter-Mode Cavity-Backed Antenna Based on Minkowski Fractal Gap with Orthogonal Polarization Radiation Characteristics by Zihao Fu, Tianliang Zhang, You Lan, Tianhai Wu, Wenxing Huang, Leilei He

“…Hence, the cavity size is further reduced. The dimension of designed antenna is 0.26λ0×0.26λ0 (λ0 is the wavelength in free space; in this paper, the corresponding wavelength is 3.6 GHz). …”
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Ka-Band Slot-Microstrip-Covered and Waveguide-Cavity-Backed Monopulse Antenna Array by Li-Ming Si, Yong Liu, Yongjun Huang, Weiren Zhu

“…The 2×32 slot-microstrip elements are formed by a metal clad dielectric substrate and slots etched in the metal using the standard printed circuit board (PCB) process with dimensions of 230 mm  ×  10 mm. The proposed monopulse antenna array not only maintains the advantages of the traditional waveguide slot antenna array, but also has the characteristics of wide bandwidth, high consistence, easy of fabrication, and low cost. …”
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Traffic Flow Parameters Collection under Variable Illumination Based on Data Fusion by Shaojie Jin, Ying Gao, Shoucai Jing, Fei Hui, Xiangmo Zhao, Jianzhen Liu

“…The experimental results show that the method proposed has good adaptability and robustness at natural daytime and nighttime scenes.…”
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Experience on clinical simulation in physiotherapy students by Santos Lucio Chero Pisfil, Aimeé Yajaira Díaz Mau, Milagros Nohely Rosas Sudario, Pierre Alberto Huamani Escudero, Jhosely Quispe Nina, Rosmy Gagliuffi Artica

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> a new scenario was used that ensures competencies in the clinical field based on simulation for the training of physiotherapy students, with good acceptance of the experience carried out.</p>…”
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Numerical Analysis of Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide-Based Solar Cells by SCAPS-1D by S. Ouédraogo, F. Zougmoré, J. M. Ndjaka

“…We used a one-dimensional simulation program Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator in 1 Dimension (SCAPS-1D) to investigate Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide- (CIGS-) based solar cells properties. …”
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Hierarchical Task-Parameterized Learning from Demonstration for Collaborative Object Movement by Siyao Hu, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

“…The robot then maximizes its expected performance in a new situation by either selecting a good existing model or requesting new demonstrations. …”
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Kaji Perbandingan Karakteristik Respon Dinamik Suspensi Sepeda Motor dengan Memakai Peredam Viscous Oli Sintetis dan Minyak Nabati by N Nusyirwan

“…This vehicle is able to meet the needs of users because it is cheap, fuel-efficient is also very dynamic to reach places that are difficult to reach by four-wheeled vehicles that have large dimensions. In addition to the many advantages of two-wheeled vehicles should also be taken into account in terms of comfort and safety. …”
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Giant triple negative pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) in a young woman: From diagnosis to therapy step by step: A case report by Micol Bottalico, Cristiana Boldrini

“…This case study reports a 36-year-old woman in good general health, who received histological diagnosis of breast cancer during her pregnancy after presenting for self-detection of an enormous palpable breast mass. …”
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Experimental and Modeling Study of Soil Water Retention Curves of Compacted Bentonite considering Salt Solution Effects by Yong He, Ke-neng Zhang, Dong-yu Wu

“…Due to its low hydraulic conductivity, high swelling capacity, and good adsorption properties, the Gaomiaozi (GMZ) bentonite has been selected as potential buffer/backfill materials for construction of engineered barriers in the deep geological repository for disposal of high-level nuclear waste (HLW) in China. …”
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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES IN VIETNAM: AN IDEOGRAPHIC LENS by Yolanda Sarason, Kristi Yuthas, Linh Nguyen

“…We use Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory as an orienting framework for understanding cultural differences between the countries. …”
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Synthetic Network and Search Filter Algorithm in English Oral Duplicate Correction Map by Xiaojun Chen

“…The comparative experiment shows that the method in this paper has achieved relatively good results.…”
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Decoupled level and flow rate control of a two-tank system in beverage production: A comparative analysis of Fuzzy-PID and GA-PID for minimum time operation. by Tamiru Demelash Kassie, Mebratu Sintie Geremew, Kassahun Ashagrie Chanie

“…The decoupling control scheme (Pre-compensator (dynamic) decoupling) is used to reduce the correlation between the controlled and manipulated variables by diagonalizing the system. …”
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