Integrated Prediction of Gas Metal Arc Welding Multi-Layer Welding Heat Cycle, Ferrite Fraction, and Joint Hardness of X80 Pipeline Steel by Chen Yan, Haonan Li, Die Yang, Yanan Gao, Jun Deng, Zhihang Zhang, Zhibo Dong

“…Considering the inefficiency of welding experiments and the complexity of welding parameters, we designed a set of processes from temperature field analysis to microstructure prediction and finally hardness prediction. Firstly, we calculated the thermal cycle curve during welding through multi-layer welding numerical simulation using the finite element method (FEM). …”
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Analysis on Aircraft Brake Squeal Problem Based on Finite Element Method by Ming Zhang, Ran Xu, Hong Nie

“…Two methods have been compared, considering accuracy and calculation consumption. Then, the effect of different parameters such as coefficient of friction, stiffness, and brake force fluctuation frequency on squeal phenomenon has been analyzed. …”
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Heat and mass transfer performance of power-law nanofluid flow with thermal radiation and joule heating aspects: Surface heat flux analysis by Mhamed Benaissa, Zia Ullah, A. Dahshan, Md Mahbub Alam, Khadijah M. Abualnaja, Hanaa Abu-Zinadah, Abdullah A. Faqihi, Nidhal Ben Khedher

“…The values of skin friction coefficient Cf, Sherwood number Shx and Nusselt number Nux are calculated in tables and compared with publish results for good harmony. …”
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Shell Thickness-Dependent Strain Distributions of Confined Au/Ag and Ag/Au Core-Shell Nanoparticles by Feng Liu, Honghua Huang, Ying Zhang, Ting Yu, Cailei Yuan, Shuangli Ye

“…The shell thickness-dependent strain distributions of the Au/Ag and Ag/Au core-shell nanoparticles embedded in Al2O3 matrix have been investigated by finite element method (FEM) calculations, respectively. The simulation results clearly indicate that there is a substantial strain applied on both the Au/Ag and Ag/Au core-shell nanoparticles by the Al2O3 matrix. …”
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Current and projected incidence rates of pancreatic cancer in 43 countries: an analysis of the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents database by Jie He, Yi Li, Rui Liu, Xing Zhang, Baojin Hua, Bo Pang, Songting Shou, Xiaochen Jiang, Fudong Liu, Xiyuan Zhang, Geer En, Zhiqing Pu

“…Based on available data, we calculated age-standardized incidence rates (ASRs) per 100 000 people for 1988–2012. …”
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Highly conductive graphene@phosphotungstic acid nanocomposite for sensitive electrochemical detection of acetaminophen based on analysis induction strategy in foods by Ruiyu He, Jingjie Zhang, Shixin Li, Yuzhen Yang, Yaru Xu, Zhixiang Xu, Yufeng Sun

“…The electrochemical performance of the obtained sensor (GR@PWA/GCE) was investigated by cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The calculated effective active area of GR@PWA/GCE was 2.22 times than that of bare glassy carbon electrode. …”
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The Social Return on Investment in programs designed for young people living with a family member who experiences mental health challenges: study protocol by Andrea Erika Reupert, Nerelie Claire Freeman, Nivedita Nandakumar, Rochelle Hine, Rebecca Cain, Kim Foster

“…Other SROI steps are presented, including how impact was established, and the proposed method of calculating the SROI. The limitations and potential benefits of this economic measurement approach are also discussed.…”
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Association of Dietary Habits and Interest for Food and Science versus Weight Status in Children Aged 8 to 18 Years by Els Vanderhulst, Aicha Faik, Johan Vansintejan, Inès Van Rossem, Dirk Devroey

“…The weight status of the children was identified using the growth charts and the calculated BMI. Results. In total, 525 children were included: 290 children in the reference group, 194 in the food group, and 41 in the science group. …”
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Steering acidic oxygen reduction selectivity of single-atom catalysts through the second sphere effect by Haiyuan Zou, Siyan Shu, Wenqiang Yang, You-chiuan Chu, Minglun Cheng, Hongliang Dong, Hong Liu, Fan Li, Junhui Hu, Zhenbin Wang, Wei Liu, Hao Ming Chen, Lele Duan

“…Proton inventory studies and theoretical calculations reveal that the introduced pendant amine acts as a proton relay and promotes the protonation of *O2 to *OOH on the Co–N4 active site, facilitating H2O2 production. …”
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Mechanisms of transverse cracking induced by adjacent ply matrix cracks in composite laminates by Carrère, Nicolas, Doitrand, Aurélien, Conan, Mathilde, Martin, Eric

“…Cracking in composite laminates containing θ-plies adjacent to 90° plies is studied experimentally and numerically using the coupled criterion and finite element calculations. Different damage mechanisms are considered, namely transverse cracking in 90°, cracking in θ-plies, or debonding between adjacent misoriented plies. …”
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Complete Mode Spectrum Decomposition of Complex‐Structured Light by Computer‐Generated Holography by Yunfei Ma, Zilong Zhang, Yuqi Wang, Hongzhi Yang, Wei He, Lingyu Kong, Suyi Zhao, Xiaotian Li, Yetong Hu, Changming Zhao

“…Currently, there are numerous methods for calculating the weight and analyzing the amplitude of structured light eigenmodes, particularly on orbital angular momentum light field. …”
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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 early-age variation regularity of the vertical and horizontal expansion and shrinkage strains for the core concrete with the diameter of steel tube, development time, temperature, the pouring pressure, expansion stress, and so on is given. The calculation model of its early-age deformation strains is presented in this paper, which is in good agreement with the experimental results. …”
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Effect of Injector Needle Tip Shape on Jet Flow for Pelton Turbine by Chun Zhang, Chao Wang, Qianhe Tian, Quanwei Liang, Yilin Zhu, Yexiang Xiao, Yong Bai, Zhaoning Wang, Hengte Zhou, Xianwu Luo

“…Three types of needle tip breakage loss combined with normal needle tip were selected for numerical calculation and analysis, focusing on the influence of needle tip on the high-speed jet flow characteristics. …”
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Advances in the estimation of body fat percentage using an artificial intelligence 2D-photo method by Tathiany J. Ferreira, Igor C. Salvador, Carolina R. Pessanha, Renata R. M. da Silva, Aline D. Pereira, Maria A. Horst, Denise P. Carvalho, Josely C. Koury, Anna P. T. R. Pierucci

“…The Bland–Altman plots, Lin’s Correlation Coefficient of Agreement (CCC), and error analyses were calculated. AI-2D photos demonstrated substantial agreement with DXA presenting the highest agreement (CCC ≥ 0.96) among all the investigated methods. …”
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The investigation of marek disease, lenfoid leucosis and reticuloendotheliosis by elisa and histopathologic methods in chickens in konya province by Uçkun Sait Uçan, Mehmet Ateş, M. Metin Kıran, H. Hüseyin Hadimli, Mustafa Ortatatlı, E. Özlem Kuyucuoğlu

“…In this study, some epidemiological data were calculated following analysis of blood and serum samples by serological and histo pat ho logical techniques, There was statistically correlation between the histopathologic examination and ELISA (p<0,05). …”
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A novel buffering fault‐tolerance approach for network on chip (NoC) by Nima Jafarzadeh, Ahmad Jalili, Jafar A. Alzubi, Khosro Rezaee, Yang Liu, Mehdi Gheisari, Bahram Sadeghi Bigham, Amir Javadpour

“…As the major novelty, the authors implemented a router on a synchronised network and calculated the network buffering fault tolerance by injecting error in the buffer. …”
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An Android-Based Heart Monitoring System for the Elderly and for Patients with Heart Disease by Paola Pierleoni, Luca Pernini, Alberto Belli, Lorenzo Palma

“…The system developed by our team uses sophisticated algorithms to detect stress states, detect and classify arrhythmia events, and calculate energy consumption. It is suitable for use by elderly subjects and by patients with heart disease (e.g., those recovering from myocardial infarction) or neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. …”
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Enhanced DET-Based Fault Signature Analysis for Reliable Diagnosis of Single and Multiple-Combined Bearing Defects by In-Kyu Jeong, Myeongsu Kang, Jaeyoung Kim, Jong-Myon Kim, Jeong-Min Ha, Byeong-Keun Choi

“…To early identify cylindrical roller bearing failures, this paper proposes a comprehensive bearing fault diagnosis method, which consists of spectral kurtosis analysis for finding the most informative subband signal well representing abnormal symptoms about the bearing failures, fault signature calculation using this subband signal, enhanced distance evaluation technique- (EDET-) based fault signature analysis that outputs the most discriminative fault features for accurate diagnosis, and identification of various single and multiple-combined cylindrical roller bearing defects using the simplified fuzzy adaptive resonance map (SFAM). …”
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Thermodynamic evaluation of intermolecular interaction selectivity in separation of binary mixtures based on the activity coefficients at infinite dilution by Bakusele Kabane, Balungile Gasa, Nirmala Deenadayalu

“…Selectivity and capacity values were calculated to determine the feasibility of the solvents in separating industrial binary mixtures. …”
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The corpus callosum in people with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) by Eileen Luders, Debra Spencer, Caitlin Dale, Ieuan A. Hughes, Ajay Thankamony, Umasuthan Srirangalingam, Helena Gleeson, Helen Simpson, Melissa Hines, Florian Kurth

“…To bridge that gap in the literature, we investigated callosal morphology in 53 individuals with CAH and 53 matched controls (66 women, 40 men). In addition to calculating areas for seven callosal subsections, we estimated the callosal thickness at 100 equidistant points. …”
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