Evaluation Method of Roof Damage Degree and a Case Study in Maoping Lead-Zinc Mine, Yunnan by Jun Yang, Linke Qiao, Zhixiu Wang, Han Wang

“…The complex geological conditions have led to varying degrees of roof damage, especially the frequent occurrence of roof collapse accidents in metal mines, causing huge losses to mining enterprises. How to evaluate the risk of roof subsidence, falling, and even collapse under different geological conditions has become the primary issue. …”
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A Safe and Secured Medical Textual Information Using an Improved LSB Image Steganography by Roseline Oluwaseun Ogundokun, Oluwakemi Christiana Abikoye

“…The application was executed and established by utilizing MATLAB 2018a, and it used a logical bit shift operation for execution. …”
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A ChIP-Seq Data Analysis Pipeline Based on Bioconductor Packages by Seung-Jin Park, Jong-Hwan Kim, Byung-Ha Yoon, Seon-Young Kim

“…Nowadays, huge volumes of chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-Seq) data are generated to increase the knowledge on DNA-protein interactions in the cell, and accordingly, many tools have been developed for ChIP-Seq analysis. …”
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Identification of Behavioral Features of Bridge Structure Based on Static Image Sequences by Guojun Deng, Zhixiang Zhou, Xi Chu, Shuai Shao

“…For these purposes, the authors put forward an intelligent NRS method that collects the holographic geometric deformation of the test bridge, using the static image sequences. Specifically, a uniaxial automatic cruise acquisition device was designed to collect the dynamic and static images on bridge facade under different damage conditions. …”
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Chaotic behaviour of the Earth System in the Anthropocene by A.E. Bernardini, O. Bertolami, F. Francisco

“…It is shown that the Earth System (ES) can, due to the impact of human activities, behave in a chaotic fashion. …”
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Bridging the cultural gap in Bible translation as a case in point by C. Nord

“…New Testament and early Christian texts refer to a culture from which we are separated by a huge cultural gap. They have been translated and re-translated many times during the past (almost) 2000 years and into almost all languages on the planet. …”
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Leveraging synthetic data to improve regional sea level predictions by Guanchao Tong, Jiayou Chao, Wenxuan Ma, Ziqi Zhong, Gaurav Gupta, Wei Zhu

“…Traditional prediction models frequently concentrate on developed regions with extensive tide gauge networks, leaving a significant gap in data and forecasts for developing countries where the tide gauges are sparse. …”
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Mathematical Physics Modelling and Prediction of Oil Spill Trajectory for a Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) System by Xuanze Ju, Zili Li, Baohui Dong, Xianwu Meng, Shuguang Huang

“…The catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) system usually moored a heavy oil tanker; due to its complex working mechanism and special working environment, oil spill accidents are easy to happen. …”
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Guest editorial: Advanced signal processing for integration of radar and communication (IRC) by Bin Liao, Wei Liu, Ziyang Cheng, Tianyao Huang

“…However, along with the fast development of radio technologies and huge demand for information, the radio frequency (RF) spectrum is becoming increasingly congested, and the spectra of the radar system will be overlaid with those of wireless communication devices. …”
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Classifying, Predicting, and Reducing Strategies of the Mesh Excitations of Gear Whine Noise: A Survey by Menglei Sun, Chihua Lu, Zhien Liu, Yi Sun, Hao Chen, Cunrui Shen

“…The wide range of research topics demonstrates that there is a huge technical challenge in understanding the source-path-receiver mechanisms deeply and predicting the gear whine noise precisely. …”
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Evaluation of four gridded climate products for streamflow and drought simulations in the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia by Hongrong Du, Mou Leong Tan, Kwok Pan Chun, Fei Zhang

“…Gridded climate products (GCPs) play a vital role in hydro-climatic modeling by overcoming the limitations of gauge data. This study compares the performance of the recently launched NASA POWER and ERA5-Land, with CHIRPS and APHRODITE, in simulating streamflow and drought from 1985 to 2015 in the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia. …”
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Causality-driven candidate identification for reliable DNA methylation biomarker discovery by Xinlu Tang, Rui Guo, Zhanfeng Mo, Wenli Fu, Xiaohua Qian

“…Abstract Despite vast data support in DNA methylation (DNAm) biomarker discovery to facilitate health-care research, this field faces huge resource barriers due to preliminary unreliable candidates and the consequent compensations using expensive experiments. …”
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Review on Deep Learning and Neural Network Implementation for Emotions Recognition by Renas Rajab Asaad

“…      Recently, we humans integrate into the world of our smart phones and our portable electronic devices to the point that that world can numb us in one way or another and separate us from the real world, so that we and the generations that come after us are fully adapted to dealing with huge amounts of digital information, so they are ready to be absorbed faster And ready to deal with it more efficiently than previous generations, but during this process of rapid adaptation and adapting to the digital age gradually begins to lose one thing, this thing is what the machine has not given it yet and it is human emotions. …”
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Vitreous Hemorrhage as Presenting Sign of Retinal Arteriovenous Malformation by Geraldine P. B. M. Accou, Fanny Nerinckx, Bart P. Leroy, Julie De Zaeytijd

“…The left eye was completely unremarkable. Examination during a 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy showed dilated, tortuous arteriovenous vessels extending from the optic disc and silver wiring of the enlarged vessels. …”
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“Que la academia salga a la calle!”: saber académico y espacio público en la revuelta chilena de 2019 by Jorge Eduardo Cáceres Riquelme, Nibaldo Acero

“… ¿Cómo generar una articulación entre academia y sociedad, la que además sea capaz de confrontar el auge de los discursos neofascistas? …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation and Decision for Goaf Based on Fuzzy Theory in Underground Metal Mine by Rongxing He, Huan Liu, Fengyu Ren, Guanghui Li, Jing Zhang, Yanjun Zhou

“…In underground metal mines, goaf brings huge safety risks. It is an important part of mine to evaluate goaf stability and determine the best goaf handling measures. …”
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The infectivity of virus particles from Wolbachia-infected Drosophila by Angelique Asselin, Karyn Johnson

“…Abstract Viruses transmitted by arthropods pose a huge risk to human health. Wolbachia is an endosymbiotic bacterium that infects various arthropods and can block the viral replication cycle of several medically important viruses. …”
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Reasonable Treatment Range of Karst Cave Encountered by Super-Large Diameter Shield Tunnel in Strongly Karst-Developed Area by Jiang Wang, Jinwen Yang, Xianglin Yan

“…When a super-large diameter shield tunnel passes through a strongly karst-developed area, in order to ensure the stability of the tunnel and economy of karst reinforcement, the reasonable treatment range for a huge number of karst caves needs to be researched. …”
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Evaluation of Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation Project Daily Precipitation Estimates over the Chinese Mainland by Zhuoqi Chen, Yaxin Qin, Yan Shen, Shupeng Zhang

“…These results implicate that it is useful to use some auxiliary data from other sensors (e.g., MODIS) to improve the quality of precipitation product.…”
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Self-Healing Materials Systems: Overview of Major Approaches and Recent Developed Technologies by B. Aïssa, D. Therriault, E. Haddad, W. Jamroz

“…Over the past few decades, there has been a huge interest in materials that can self-heal, as this property can increase materials lifetime, reduce replacement costs, and improve product safety. …”
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