An Investigation of Damage Mechanism Induced by Earthquake in a Plate Girder Bridge Based on Seismic Response Analysis: Case Study of Tawarayama Bridge under the 2016 Kumamoto Eart... by Mya Nan Aye, Akira Kasai, Mitsuhiro Shigeishi

“…For the dynamic response analysis, the recorded earthquake acceleration data of Ozu Station were applied for both undamped and damped conditions considering both east-west (EW) and north-south (NS) directions simultaneously and the damped condition for these directions separately. …”
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Assessing Product Use Behavior and Exposure: Definitions and Methods by Yuki Dai, Giles Lesley, Scherer Max, Pluym Nikola, Ljung Tryggve, Mason Elizabeth, Newland Kirk, Chrea Christelle, Djoko Donatian Tafin, MaKena Patrudu, Cahours Xavier, Prasad Krishna

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Evaluation of naked oat accessions from the VIR collection for their qualitative characteristics in Kazakhstan by A. I. Abugalieva, I. G. Loskutov, T. V. Savin, V. A. Chudinov

“…The study of naked oat accessions from VIR in the environments of the southeastern Kazakhstan showed higher average values of protein content in grain than under the conditions in the north. As a result of the study, naked oat accessions with increased and stable indicators of the content of protein, starch, amylose, fat, individual fatty acids and β-glucans were identified for the conditions of the southeastern and northern regions of Kazakhstan. …”
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Common and unique network basis for externally and internally driven flexibility in cognition: From a developmental perspective by Ziyi Huang, Dazhi Yin

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Assessing self-determined motivation for drinking alcohol via the Comprehensive Relative Autonomy Index for Drinking by Jimikaye Beck Courtney, Jimikaye Beck Courtney, Michael A. Russell, David E. Conroy, David E. Conroy

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Does Daily Physical Activity Differ Between Patients with Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome and Patients with Hip Dysplasia? A Cross-Sectional Study in 157 Patients and 60 Heal... by Lisa C. U. Reimer, Signe Kierkegaard, Inger Mechlenburg, Julie S. Jacobsen

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Os recursos hídricos do Rio Grande do Norte: uma análise da vulnerabilidade territorial ao colapso no abastecimento de água by Adriano Lima Trolei, Bruno Lopes da Silva

“…The result of the integrated analysis of the variables characterized Rio Grande do Norte with only two levels: one level with 20 municipalities which presented medium vulnerability to hydric collapse located in the East coast and in the center north region of the state and the other level composed of 147 municipalities with high vulnerability to hydric collapse. …”
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An Efficiency Optimized Direct Model Predictive Control of Induction Machine Drive by Adeola Balogun, Sodiq Agoro, Sunday Adetona, Ayobami Olajube, Frank Okafor

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Responses of a soil-inhabiting collembolan (Entomobrya proxima Folsom) to organic fertilizer addition illustrated by functional traits and gut bacterial community by Xinyue Yang, Gang Li, Weiming Xiu

“…However, there is a dearth of research examining the correlation between functional traits and intestinal microorganisms in response to organic fertilizer.MethodsIn this study, we selected Entomobrya proxima Folsom, a predominant soil collembolan species found in cropland across North China, as our subject of study. We set treatments with no organic fertilizer (CK) and three different concentrations of organic fertilizer at 1% (O1), 6% (O2), and 10% (O3). …”
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The Intra- and Inter-rater Reliability of an Arm Care Screening Tool in High School Baseball Coaches by Kyle A. Matsel, Stephanie N. Brown, Matt C. Hoch, Robert J. Butler, Philip M. Westgate, Terry R. Malone, Tim L. Uhl

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Habitat preference of the dinosaurs from the Ibero-Armorican domain (Upper Cretaceous, south-western Europe) by Bernat Josep Vázquez López, Albert Sellés, Albert Prieto-Márquez, Bernat Vila

“…Abstract Paleoenvironmental preferences for Cretaceous dinosaurs at a regional scale have been mainly assessed in North America. In south-western Europe, the dinosaur-bearing formations ranging the late Campanian to the latest Maastrichtian encompass coastal and lowland environments that produced hundreds of fossil localities with evidence of titanosaurian sauropods, maniraptoran and abelisauroid theropods, and nodosaurid ankylosaurs, together with rhabdodontid and hadrosauroid ornithopods. …”
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Augmented Feedback Response Prediction by Peak Vertical Ground Reaction Force in Adolescent Female Athletes by Hannah Jaime, Drew Rutherford, Becky Heinert, C. Nate Vannatta, Sherwin Toribio, Thomas W Kernozek

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Designing and evaluating a patient decision aid for patients with locally advanced or locally recurrent rectal cancer: a national multicentre mixed methods study protocol by Martyn Evans, Hayley Anne Hutchings, Dean Anthony Harris, Deena Harji, Anwen Williams

“…Interviews will be analysed using thematic analysis.Ethics and dissemination Research ethics approval from North of Scotland Research Ethics Service 19/NS/0056 (IRAS 257890) has been granted. …”
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Optimization of Urban-Scale Sustainable Energy Strategies to Improve Citizens’ Health by Mohammad Anvar Adibhesami, Hirou Karimi, Ayyoob Sharifi, Borhan Sepehri, Hassan Bazazzadeh, Umberto Berardi

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Hip and Groin Problems in Female Team-Sport Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Juan Diego Stadelmann, Freddy Reichmann, Romana Franceschini-Brunner, Andrea Mosler, Nicola A. Maffiuletti, Mario Bizzini

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Transformer-Based Ionospheric Prediction and Explainability Analysis for Enhanced GNSS Positioning by He-Sheng Wang, Dah-Jing Jwo, Yu-Hsuan Lee

“…The model achieved positioning accuracies of −1.775 m, −2.5720 m, and 2.6240 m in the East, North, and Up directions respectively, with standard deviations of 0.3399 m, 0.2971 m, and 1.3876 m. …”
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Quadriceps Strength following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Normative Values based on Sex, Graft Type and Meniscal Status at 3, 6 & 9 Months by Nicole A. Schwery, Michael T. Kiely, Christopher M. Larson, Corey A. Wulf, Christie S. Heikes, Ryan W. Hess, M. Russell Giveans, Braidy S. Solie, Chrisopher P. Doney

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Not All SLAPs Are Created Equal: A Comparison of Patients with Planned and Incidental SLAP Repair Procedures by Mark C. Dougherty, J. Erik Kulenkamp, Haroutioun Boyajian, Jason L. Koh, Michael J. Lee, Lewis L. Shi

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State Power Legitimacy Crisis in the Era of Globalization by I. I. Osvetimskaya

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Subject Advisors’ Understanding of their Curriculum Leadership Roles for Mathematics Improvement in South African Schools by Thabo France Sithole, Simon Adjei Tachie, Tafirenyika Mafugu

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