Consolidation Effect of Prefabricated Vertical Drains with Different Lengths for Soft Subsoil under Vacuum Preloading by Chenhui Lou, Junfeng Ni, Jingchun Chai, Hongtao Fu, Xiuqing Hu, Donghai Xu, Youchang Lyu, Zhi Guan, Zhengde Xia, Qiang Ye

“…The degree of consolidation of the upper subsoil layers in the two model experiments calculated from the pore water pressures under boundary drainage conditions were 51% and 68%, respectively. …”
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Statistical Timing Analysis for Subthreshold Circuit Based on Bayesian Inference by Donglin Liu, Yuping Wu, Zhiqiang Li, Xuelian Zhang, Xi Tian

“…Finally, the variance and mean of the path delay are calculated using the statistical model proposed above. …”
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A High Efficiency Discontinuous Galerkin Method for 3D Ground-Penetrating Radar Simulation by Shuyang Xue, Changchun Yin, Jing Li, Jiao Zhu, Wuyang Liu

“…The results demonstrate that, for the same error level, the proposed DG method has significant advantages over the FDTD method, with less than 20% of the memory consumption and calculation time. Additionally, we evaluate the effectiveness of our method by simulating targets in an undulating subsurface, and further demonstrate its capability for simulating complex models.…”
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Enhanced Arsenic Removal from Aqueous Solution by Fe/Mn-C Layered Double Hydroxide Composite by Yaru Wang, Yingying Gao, Zongqiang Zhu, Lihao Zhang, Ningning Zhao, Yali Fang, Yinian Zhu, Guifeng Liu

“…Furthermore, the Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculation results proved that the adsorbent combining arsenic by T-site to produce a better adsorption effect for arsenic. …”
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Lead Telluride Doped with Au as a Very Promising Material for Thermoelectric Applications by Pantelija M. Nikolic, Konstantinos M. Paraskevopoulos, Triantafyllia T. Zorba, Zorka Z. Vasiljevic, Eleni Pavlidou, Stevan S. Vujatovic, Vladimir Blagojevic, Obrad S. Aleksic, Aleksandar I. Bojicic, Maria V. Nikolic

“…These experimental spectra were numerically analyzed and optical parameters were calculated. All the samples of PbTe doped with Au or Cu were of the “n” type. …”
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Structural Characterization of Prosopis africana Populations (Guill., Perrott., and Rich.) Taub in Benin by Towanou Houètchégnon, Dossou Seblodo Judes Charlemagne Gbèmavo, Christine Ajokè Ifètayo Nougbodé Ouinsavi, Nestor Sokpon

“…Tree-ring parameters such as Blackman and Green indices, basal area, average diameter, height of Lorey, and density were calculated and interpreted. Dendrometric settings of vegetation type and climate zone (Guinea, Sudan-Guinea, and Sudan) were compared through analysis of variance (ANOVA). …”
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Safety Distance of Shotcrete Subjected to Blasting Vibration in Large-Span High-Speed Railway Tunnels by Ao Li, Dingli Zhang, Qian Fang, Jiwei Luo, Liqiang Cao, Zhenyu Sun

“…Minimum safety distance between shotcrete and blasting positions was calculated based on bond failure criterion. Evolution law considering different factors including blasting charge, rock mass class, and setting time of shotcrete was also obtained, which could be applied to determine blast charge shotcrete arrangements for tunnel constructions in future. …”
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The Analysis of Anterior Facial Dimensions Among the Sample of Kurdish Population by Bayad Jaza Mahmood, Mohammed Abdalla Mahmood, Kardo Mustafa Abdalkarim, Kanar Abdaladhim Hamaamin, Omar Ali Hama Qadr, Zhyar Falah Sabr

“…The UAFH/TAFH and LAFH/TAFH ratios were also calculated. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 29. …”
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Resonant analogue configurations in atomic condensates by Muñoz de Nova, Juan Ramón, Fernández Palacios, Pablo, Alcázar Guerrero, Pedro , Zapata, Ivar, Sols, Fernando

“…As a contribution to a memorial volume, we provide a comprehensive discussion of resonant configurations in analogue gravity, focusing on its implementation in atomic condensates and combining review features with original insights and calculations. In particular, we jointly analyze the analogues of the Andreev and Hawking effects using a microscopic description based on the Bogoliubov approximation. …”
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Prediction of football injuries using GPS-based data in Iranian professional football players: a machine learning approach by Reza Saberisani, Amir Hossein Barati, Mostafa Zarei, Paulo Santos, Armin Gorouhi, Luca Paolo Ardigò, Hadi Nobari

“…The acute-tochronic workload ratio was calculated separately for each variable using a ratio of 1:3 weeks. …”
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Temporomandibular Disorders Related to Stress and HPA-Axis Regulation by Kordian Staniszewski, Henning Lygre, Ersilia Bifulco, Siv Kvinnsland, Lisa Willassen, Espen Helgeland, Trond Berge, Annika Rosén

“…To assess if the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is upregulated in TMD patients, we performed a cross-sectional study with saliva from 44 TMD patients and 44 healthy sex- and age-matched controls for cortisol (F) and cortisone (E) with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Furthermore, we calculated the F/E ratio for the evaluation of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity. …”
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NUMERICAL MODELING OF SWASH ZONE MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN COARSE-GRAINED BEACHES WITH XBEACH OPEN-SOURCE MODEL by S. Maleki Taghiabad, M. Adjami, A. Ahmadi

“…Additionally, the results show that phase errors during water infiltration/percolation into the aquifer in XBeach lead to the expansion of numerical modeling errors in calculating changes in the seabed profile and aquifer water level.…”
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Model-enhanced spatial-temporal attention networks for traffic density prediction by Qi Guo, Qi Tan, Yue Peng, Long Xiao, Miao Liu, Benyun Shi

“…In this paper, we propose a novel Model-enhanced Spatial-Temporal Attention Network (MSTAN), which constructs a spatial-temporal traffic kernel density model using the Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) method to process the spatiotemporal data and calculate the probabilities of various spatiotemporal events. …”
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TNF-α and Microalbuminuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by I.-Th. Lampropoulou, M. Stangou, A. Papagianni, T. Didangelos, F. Iliadis, G. Efstratiadis

“…Albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) was calculated in first-morning urine samples. Serum and urinary tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) levels were determined by ELISA. …”
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Sb2S3-templated synthesis of sulfur-doped Sb-N-C with hierarchical architecture and high metal loading for H2O2 electrosynthesis by Minmin Yan, Zengxi Wei, Zhichao Gong, Bernt Johannessen, Gonglan Ye, Guanchao He, Jingjing Liu, Shuangliang Zhao, Chunyu Cui, Huilong Fei

“…Density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the coordination configuration and the S dopants synergistically contribute to the enhanced 2e− ORR activity and selectivity of the Sb-N4 moieties.…”
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Fractal Analysis of Fragmentation Distribution of Rockbursts Induced by Low-Frequency Seismic Disturbances by Lihua Hu, Zhenghu Zhang, Xin Liang, Chunan Tang

“…The fractal geometry theory was applied to study rockbursts and the fractal dimensions of fragmentation distribution of different types of rockbursts were calculated. The results show that the fragmentation distributions of both the seismically induced and self-initiated rockbursts exhibit fractal behaviors. …”
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Engineering Magnetic Heterostructures with Synergistic Regulation of Charge‐Transfer and Spin‐Ordering for Enhanced Water Oxidation by Chongyan Hao, Yang Wu, Xiaobo Zheng, Yumeng Du, Yameng Fan, Weikong Pang, Anton Tadich, Shujun Zhang, Thomas Frauenheim, Tianyi Ma, Xiaoning Li, Zhenxiang Cheng

“…Experimental results and density functional theory calculations confirmed that the magnetic heterostructure exhibits both charge transfer and spin polarization. …”
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The effects of diacylglycerol edible oil intervention in patients with chronic metabolic syndrome combined with asymptomatic hyperuricemia: study protocol for a multicenter, prospe... by Gui-yu Li, Cui-feng Zhu, Zhao-qi Huang, Chun-li Piao, Jia-jun Yu, Li Wang, Qiang Zeng, Yu-yu Lei, Yue Li, Xiao-ling Zhu, Zhen-tian Zhang, Tian-hua Huang, Meng-shuang Li, Shu-zhong Lin, Nai-wen Zhang, Fangyingnan Zhang, Yong-hua Wang, Dan-ping Xu

“…The sample size for each group was calculated to be 88 cases. Discussion We will evaluate the efficacy and safety of DAG oil compared with conventional TAG oil in patients with chronic metabolic syndrome with asymptomatic hyperuricemia. …”
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An FPGA-Based Omnidirectional Vision Sensor for Motion Detection on Mobile Robots by Jones Y. Mori, Janier Arias-Garcia, Camilo Sánchez-Ferreira, Daniel M. Muñoz, Carlos H. Llanos, J. M. S. T. Motta

“…This work presents the development of an integrated hardware/software sensor system for moving object detection and distance calculation, based on background subtraction algorithm. …”
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Experiment and Analysis of Cord Stress on High-Speed Radial Tire Standing Waves by Peng-Fei Sun, Hong-Wu Huang, Shui-Ting Zhou, Yi-Jui Chiu, Meng Du, Dong-Hao Zhao

“…A similar analysis studies the change in the wavelength of sidewall standing waves at different vehicle velocities during high-speed tire rolling. The calculated value by the oblique wave approach, the value by simulation, and the experimental results demonstrate high consistency, concluding that during high-speed tire rolling, the wavelength of sidewall standing waves increases with vehicle velocity. …”
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