Methods of public management in the National police of Ukraine: a general theoretical approach by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…Among organizational and administrative methods of public management, it is advisable to distinguish active and passive methods. In turn, organizational and regulatory methods should be divided into regulation and norming, which can be methodical and imperative by the nature of its implementation. …”
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Wavelet Transform-Based Damage Identification in Bladed Disks and Rotating Blades by P. Rajendran, N. Jamia, S. El-Borgi, M. I. Friswell

“…In this study, experiments were conducted to obtain BTT measurements on rotating blades at 100 rpm using three different sensors: an active eddy current sensor, a passive eddy current sensor, and an optical sensor. …”
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Acoustic Emission Technique for Battery Health Monitoring: Comprehensive Literature Review by Eliška Sedláčková, Anna Pražanová, Zbyněk Plachý, Nikola Klusoňová, Vaclav Knap, Karel Dušek

“…Importantly, AE is a non-destructive technique and belongs to the passive method category, as it does not introduce any external energy into the system but instead detects naturally occurring acoustic signals during the battery’s operation. …”
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Alpine, Variscan, eo-Variscan belts: comparison between hot and cold orogens from the examples of French segments by Faure, Michel

“…Jurassic or Early Ordovician break-up of Pangea or Pannotia megacontinents led to the formation of passive continental margins, and the opening of Liguro-Piemonte, or Rheic, Tepla-Le Conquet, and Medio-European oceans, respectively. …”
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Regulation of Murine Ovarian Epithelial Carcinoma by Vaccination against the Cytoplasmic Domain of Anti-Müllerian Hormone Receptor II by Cagri Sakalar, Suparna Mazumder, Justin M. Johnson, Cengiz Z. Altuntas, Ritika Jaini, Robert Aguilar, Sathyamangla V. Naga Prasad, Denise C. Connolly, Vincent K. Tuohy

“…AMHR2-CD vaccination significantly inhibited ID8 tumor growth when administered either prophylactically or therapeutically, and protection against EOC growth was passively transferred into naive recipients with AMHR2-CD-primed CD4+ T cells but not with primed B cells. …”
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A Computational Model of Hybrid Trunk-like Robots for Synergy Formation in Anticipation of Physical Interaction by Pietro Morasso

“…The proposed modeling approach is based on the passive motion paradigm (PMP), originally conceived for addressing the degrees of freedom problem of highly redundant, articulated structures. …”
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Methods to Kill Hostages or Kidnapped Persons by T. V. Bilyk

“…Based on the research, the author has offered to define the method of killing hostages or kidnapped persons as a set of techniques and interrelated actions (active or passive) of a person committing a crime aimed at committing a criminal act, consisting of a set of forensic elements that assist the fastest investigation of a crime. …”
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Smartphone Household Wireless Electroencephalogram Hat by Harold Szu, Charles Hsu, Gyu Moon, Takeshi Yamakawa, Binh Q. Tran, Tzyy Ping Jung, Joseph Landa

“…Spatial sparseness is addressed by close proximity between active electrodes and desired source locations and using an adaptive selection of N active among 10N passive electrodes to form m-organized random linear combinations of readouts, m≪N≪10N. …”
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Case Report: Combination of focal vibration therapy and botulinum toxin injections to treat equinus gait in a child with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy by Christophe Boulay, Christophe Boulay, Christophe Boulay, Jacques-Olivier Coq, Morgan Sangeux, Morgan Sangeux, Guillaume Authier, Guillaume Authier, Alexis Ulian, Alexis Ulian, Maud Pradines, Maud Pradines, Marjolaine Baude, Marjolaine Baude, Béatrice Desnous, Jean-Luc Jouve, Jean-Luc Jouve, Bernard Parratte, Emilie Peltier, Sébastien Pesenti, Jean-Michel Gracies, Jean-Michel Gracies

“…The child was treated with a two-month program of alternating dorsiflexor and plantar flexor focal vibration therapy (FVT) and botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) injections into plantar flexors, alongside conventional physiotherapy.Results and discussionClinical evaluations during the two-month program showed (i) improved walking speed (ii) decreased ankle dorsiflexor paresis and ankle plantar flexor overactivity, especially spastic co-contraction and spasticity, (iii) improved passive extensibility in plantar flexors, and (iv) reduced pain. …”
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Carbon injection potential of the mesopelagic-migrant pump in the Southern Ocean during summer by Katherine Baker, Katherine Baker, Svenja Halfter, Svenja Halfter, Ben Scoulding, Kerrie M. Swadling, Kerrie M. Swadling, Shane A. Richards, Matthieu Bressac, Matthieu Bressac, Caroline A. Sutton, Philip W. Boyd, Philip W. Boyd

“…The passive sinking flux of particles, termed the biological gravitational pump (BGP), is an important component of the ocean’s biological carbon pump. …”
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Application of Neural Network in the Stability of Biped Robot and Embedded Control of Walking Mode by Jianrui Zhang, Zhaohui Yuan, Huan Geng, Sheng Dong, Fuli Zhang, Jingchao Li

“…Based on this model, the motion characteristics of the biped robot’s walking mode and the local stability of joints are studied, and the motion mode of passive walking under the control of the neural network is deeply analyzed, using a neural network to control the stability of biped robot motion and adopting the research method of the embedded control system in walking mode. …”
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Effects of Storage Time on Total Protein and Globulin Concentrations in Bovine Fresh Frozen Plasma Obtained for Transfusion by D. Proverbio, E. Spada, L. Baggiani, G. Bagnagatti De Giorgi, N. Roggero, A. Belloli, D. Pravettoni, R. Perego

“…This study has shown IgG protein fraction stability in bovine fresh frozen plasma collected for transfusion; therefore, bovine fresh frozen plasma seems to be suitable for the treatment of hypogammaglobulinemia (failure of passive transfer) in calves when stored for 12 months at −20°C.…”
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The Joint Research Centre’s Expertise in Nuclear Safeguards Sample Analysis by Hernández Ana María Sánchez, Buda Razvan, Casteleyn Karin, Commin Lorelei, D’Amati Francesco, Horta Joan, Le Terrier Arnaud, Mühleisen Artur, Stohr Sarah, Schorlé Hélène, Toma Magdalena, Zuñiga Martin Vargas, Wojnowski Denis, Zsigrai Jozsef, Mayer Klaus

“…We employ a range of analytical methods, including active and passive radiometric techniques and mass spectrometry, to ensure the lowest possible uncertainty in our results. …”
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PLGA confers upon conventional nonfluorescent molecules luminescent properties to trigger 1O2-induced pyroptosis and immune response in tumors by Lan Zou, Rujing Wang, Mengnan Zhao, Yuke Li, Chen Sun, Jinjin Xie, Yan Chen, Qian Jing, Dandan Mi, Sanjun Shi

“…This exploration revealed that surface passivation atoms play a dominant role in governing the fluorescence emission of PLGA-NPs. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Impact Characteristics of Rigid Retaining Wall for Blocking Landslides: A Case Study of the Shum Wan Road Landslide by Yunyun Fan, Feng Zhang, Ying Liu, Dongyang Ma

“…For situations where the location of possible landslides is difficult to determine, or the potential landslides areas are widely distributed and scattered, passive protective structural measures need to be adopted to relieve the threat of landslides. …”
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Use of wood-plastic composites in 4D printing technology by Daša Krapež Tomec, test test, Aleš Straže, Matevž Kokot, Manja Kitek Kuzman, Mirko Kariž

“…To monitor the change in shape, or curvature, we fabricated composite test specimens using the bimetal principle (actuators), in which we used PLA for the passive layer and wood-PLA for the active layer in different thickness ratios and exposed them to laboratory and external conditions. …”
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Enhancing thermal performance of two-phase closed thermosyphons by inhibiting geyser boiling: Synergistic effects of carbon nanotube nanofluids by Seungyeop Baek, Cheol Park, Seunghyeon Lee, Yonmo Sung

“…Two-phase closed thermosyphons (TPCTs) are passive heat transfer devices utilized in various applications owing to their simple, effective heat transfer ability. …”
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Quality of the Selection of Patients with Respiratory Symptoms According to the Risk of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Yuri Arnold Domínguez

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> the program for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis is based on cases detection by passive and active searching. The latter focuses on patients with respiratory symptoms spontaneously visiting medical consultation, which is very important to know to select patients at risk for tuberculosis.…”
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A Compact, Bistatic Antenna System with Very High Interport Isolation for 2.4 GHz In-Band Full Duplex Applications by Haq Nawaz, Nosherwan Shoaib, Ahmad Umar Niazi, Shabbir Majeed Chaudhry

“…The 3 dB/180° coupler performs as a passive self-interference cancellation (SIC) circuit for the presented antenna. …”
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Corelation between Machines Assisted Endodontic Irrigant Agitation and Apical Extrusion of Debris and Irrigant: A Laboratory Study by Jatin Gupta, Vineeta Nikhil, Padmanabh Jha

“…Samples were randomly divided into closed or open chamber sets which were further subdivided into 6 groups, based on the agitation techniques: no agitation (control), canalBrush, lentulospiral, passive ultrasonic agitation (PUA), EndoActivator, and EndoVac. …”
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