Local Path Planning for Unmanned Surface Vehicle Collision Avoidance Based on Modified Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization by Guoqing Xia, Zhiwei Han, Bo Zhao, Xinwei Wang

“…This study proposes a local path planning algorithm based on the velocity obstacle (VO) method and modified quantum particle swarm optimization (MQPSO) for USV collision avoidance. …”
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Prognostic value of remnant-like particle cholesterol in ischemic heart failure patients following percutaneous coronary intervention by Xin Huang, Tienan Sun, Biyang Zhang, Meishi Ma, Zheng Chen, Zehao Zhao, Shutong Dong, Yujie Zhou

Subjects: “…Remnant-like particle cholesterol…”
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Multi-Item Multiperiodic Inventory Control Problem with Variable Demand and Discounts: A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm by Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, S. T. A. Niaki, Ardeshir Bahreininejad, Siti Nurmaya Musa

“…In order to solve the model, a multiobjective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) approach is applied. …”
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STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF MODIFIERS WITH ULTRADISPERSED PARTICLES IN THE COATING OF THE ELECTRODE FOR MANUAL ARC WELDING ON THE TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN MANUFACTURE OF THE ELECTRODE by N. I. Urbanovich, V. V. Melnichenko, K. E. Baranovsky, E. V. Rozenberg, A. A. Radchenko, Z. V. Ignatovich

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Multistrategy Cooperation Particle Swarm Optimization for FEM Model Update of the Continuous Warren Truss Steel Railway Bridge by Yiqiang Li, Liming Zhou

“…Therefore, multistrategy cooperation particle swarm optimization (MCPSO) that balances exploration and exploitation of particle swarm is proposed. …”
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Combined in Situ Zymography, Immunofluorescence, and Staining of Iron Oxide Particles in Paraffin-Embedded, Zinc-Fixed Tissue Sections by Eyk Schellenberger, Akvile Haeckel, Lena Schoenzart, Franziska Appler, Joerg Schnorr, Matthias Taupitz, Bernd Hamm

“…Superparamagnetic iron oxide particles are used as potent contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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Surface prereacted glass-ionomer particles incorporated into resin composites promote biocompatibility for restoration of subgingival dental defects by Yueyi Yang, Jing Huang, Xuchen Hu, Meiling Jing, Yujie Zhang, Chenci Xu, Wenduo Tan, Xiaoyu Liu, Chenguang Niu, Zhengwei Huang

“…To achieve greater biocompatibility, resins are generally modified with bioactive particles that can release specific components. Surface prereacted glass ionomer (S-PRG) is a novel glass particle characterized by a three-layered structure and the release of multiple ions with bioactive potential. …”
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Effect of Shale Sample Particle Size on Pore Structure Obtained from High Pressure Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry by Zhiye Gao, Longfei Duan, Qinhong Hu, Shuling Xiong, Tongwei Zhang

“…However, the pore structure obtained from HPMIP could be significantly affected by the sample particle size used for the analyses. This study mainly investigates the influence of shale sample particle size on the pore structure obtained from HPMIP, using Mississippian-aged Barnett Shale samples. …”
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Bow Flare Water Entry Impact Prediction and Simulation Based on Moving Particle Semi-Implicit Turbulence Method by Fenglei Han, Jingzheng Yao, Chunhui Wang, Haitao Zhu

“…Prandtl’s mixing length method and the k-epsilon method are introduced into the Moving Particle Semi-Implicit (MPS) method for the purpose of modeling turbulence effects associated with water entries of two-dimensional (2D) bow flare section. …”
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Electrically Controlled Rotor Blade Vortex Interaction Airloads and Noise Analysis Using Viscous Vortex Particle Method by Taoyong Su, Yang Lu, Jinchao Ma, Shujun Guan

“…To investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of an ECR in blade-vortex interaction (BVI) condition, an analysis model based on the viscous vortex particle method, ECR blade pitch equation, and the Weissinger-L lifting surface model is established. …”
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Rigorous Solution to Plane Wave Scattering by an Arbitrary-Shaped Particle Embedded into a Cylindrical Cell of Similar Material by Constantine A. Valagiannopoulos

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Study on Blasting Characteristics of Soft-Hard Rock Strata Based on Energy Fields and Particle Expansion Loading Algorithm by Jianbin Cui, Liangfu Xie, Yongjun Qin, Xuejun Liu, Wei Qiao, Zeyu Hu, Liming Wu, Liewang Qiu, Ke Huang

“…In order to explore the influence of soft-hard rock strata on rock blasting characteristics, based on PFC2D software, combined with particle expansion loading algorithm, the numerical simulation blasting experiments are carried out. …”
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Effect of volumetric modification with nanosized zirconium dioxide particles on structure and mechanical properties of composite material based on polytetrafluoroethylene by A. V. Gulkin, A. A. Teploukhov, N. A. Semenyuk, A. P. Sazankov, A. E. Kartashova, D. V. Skakun

“…The article demonstrates the influence of the concentration of nanosized particles of zirconium dioxide ZrO2 applied as a bulk modifier-filler on the structure and strength characteristics of polytetrafluoroethylene-based composite. samples with concentrations of 0 %, 4 %, 8 % and 26 % of ZrO2 nanosized zirconium dioxide particles were obtained by the sintering method in a mould in conditions of volumetric limitation of thermal expansion. …”
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Injectable Chitosan Hydrogel Particles as Nasal Packing Materials After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for Treatment of Chronic Sinusitis by Yusuke Yamashita, Kei Hosoya, Yukio Fujiwara, Yoichi Saito, Masahiro Yoshida, Shoji Matsune, Kimihiro Okubo, Takayuki Takei

“…Additionally, we applied the injectable chitosan hydrogel particles as nasal packing materials to patients with bilateral chronic sinusitis undergoing ESS in a pilot clinical study. …”
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Tracking Star-forming Cores as Mass Reservoirs in Clustered and Isolated Regions Using Numerical Passive Tracer Particles by Shingo Nozaki, Hajime Fukushima, Kazuki Tokuda, Masahiro N. Machida

“…We implemented passive tracer particles in clump-scale numerical simulations with turbulence strengths of ${{ \mathcal M }}_{{\rm{rms}}}=2,10$ . …”
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β-Glucan-modified nanoparticles with different particle sizes exhibit different lymphatic targeting efficiencies and adjuvant effects by Wen Guo, Xinyue Zhang, Long Wan, Zhiqi Wang, Meiqi Han, Ziwei Yan, Jia Li, Ruizhu Deng, Shenglong Li, Yuling Mao, Siling Wang

“…Particle size and surface properties are crucial for lymphatic drainage (LN), dendritic cell (DC) uptake, DC maturation, and antigen cross-presentation induced by nanovaccine injection, which lead to an effective cell-mediated immune response. …”
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Assessment of Indoor Air Pollution through Fine Particle Capturing Potential and Accumulation on Plant Foliage in Delhi, India by Ankita Katoch, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

“…The number of PM deposited on the foliar surfaces of indoor plants was also estimated and divided into PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 based on their size because particle count is more appropriate than particle mass for estimation of finer PM. …”
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A MD Simulation and Analysis for Aggregation Behaviors of Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron Particles in Water via MS by Ying Zhao, Dongmei Liu, Huan Tang, Jing Lu, Fuyi Cui

“…Molecular dynamics simulations and Materials Studio software are used to investigate the microaggregation behaviors of NZVI particles. Two scenes are involved: (1) particle size of NZVI in each simulation system is the same, but initial distance of two NZVI particles is different; (2) initial distance of two NZVI particles in each simulation system is the same, but particle size of NZVI is different. …”
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The particle size distribution (PSD) as criteria for comparison of silver powders obtained by different methods of synthesis and by conditions of electrolysis by Avramović Lj., Bugarin M., Milanović D., Conić V., Pavlović M.M., Vuković M., Nikolić N.D.

“…Silver powders produced by both electrochemical (galvanostatic (DC) and potentiostatic (POT) regimes of electrolysis) and chemical processes were examined by scanning electron microscope, and particle size distribution (PSD) of the obtained particles was done. …”
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Preparation of Nanosized α-Al2O3 Particles Using a Microwave Pretreatment at Mild Temperature by Hyun Soo Kim, No-Kuk Park, Tae Jin Lee, Myeong-Heon Um, Misook Kang

“…The microwave pre-treating of the synthesized powders at 1,000∘C produced rhombohedral structured α-Al2O3 with high specific surface area and dispersion; however the structure accumulated among the particles was seen above 1,200∘C when the microwave did not pretreated.…”
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