Study on the Generalized Displacement Boundary and Its Analytical Prediction for Ground Movements Induced by Shield Tunneling by Qianlong Tang, Fudong Chen, Mingfeng Lei, Binbin Zhu, Limin Peng

“…The methods estimating convergence deformation around tunnel opening is summarized. Then, a universal pattern of displacement boundary condition around the tunnel cavity is originally introduced, which is solved as the combination of three fundamental deformation modes, namely, uniform convergence, vertical translation, and ovalization. …”
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Development of Alumina-Titania Composite Layers on Stainless Steel through the Detonation Spray Method and Investigation of Salt Spray Corrosion Behavior along with Surface Examina... by A. Surya, R. Prakash, P. Senthil Kumar, G. Bharath Balji

“…The clear differences between coated and uncoated SS have been observed based on the SEM images. The XRD pattern indicates that the Al2O3-TiO2 coating on SS has been successfully deposited. …”
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Water-Polymer Perturbation Characterization and Rules of Polymer Flooding in Offshore Heavy Oilfield by Yuyang Liu, Xiaodong Kang, Zhijie Wei, Xudong Wang, Zhen Zhang

“…Water injectors and polymer injectors coexist after well pattern infilling in some offshore oilfields, which exerts a deep impact on oil exploitation. …”
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Sonoelectrochemical Synthesis of Antibacterial Active Silver Nanoparticles in Rhamnolipid Solution by Mariana Shepida, Orest Kuntyi, Martyn Sozanskyi, Yuriy Sukhatskiy

“…The character of the UV-Vis pattern of AgNPs colloidal solutions in RL (with an absorption maximum of 415 nm) is the same over a wide range of nanoparticle concentrations. …”
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Praetorius’ Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619). Diatonische Logik und Skalenlogik in mehrchörigen und konzertierenden Werken des Frühbarocks by Christophe Guillotel-Nothmann, Anne-Emmanuelle Ceulemans

“…The analyses uncover harmonic pattern which are only fully grasped almost a century later by theoretical discourse, especially in the context of the ›octave rule‹.…”
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Chronic Pain in Children: A Look at the Referral Process to a Pediatric Pain Clinic by Giovanni Cucchiaro, Jennifer Schwartz, Alec Hutchason, Beatriz Ornelas

“…We reviewed the referral pattern of children with chronic pain to a specialized pediatric pain clinic. …”
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Retracted: Design and Performance Evaluation of OAM-Antennas: A Comparative Review by Omar A. Saraereh

“…A single structure that has the ability to change between one or a number of features, such as frequency, pattern, and polarization, is referred to as a reconfigurable antenna. …”
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Recovering Uniform Coverage in a 3D Survey: Case Study from Onshore Southern India by K. Shukla, P. Jaiswal, C. S. Singh

“…The survey was designed in a brick pattern with six shots in a round, a line repeat interval of 2, and offset and skid grid of 300 m × 300 m. …”
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SP-Loc: A crowdsourcing fingerprint based shop-level indoor localization algorithm integrating shop popularity without the indoor map by Jie Wei, Fang Zhao, Haiyong Luo

“…Moreover, a shop-level hierarchical indoor localization framework is proposed, and high robustness features based on Wi-Fi sequences variation pattern in the same shop analysis are designed to avoid the received signal strength fluctuations. …”
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Ultrasmall Dual-Band Metamaterial Antennas Based on Asymmetrical Hybrid Resonators by Ji-Xu Zhu, Peng Bai, Jia-Fu Wang

“…The latter antenna advances in many aspects such as an ultrasmall size of only 0.16λ0×0.08λ0, versatile radiation patterns with a monopolar pattern at f0=2.4 GHz (Bluetooth), and a dipole one at f+1=3.5 GHz (Wimax) and also comparable antenna gains. …”
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Analysis of Flexural Bearing Capacity and Failure Mode of Precast LSFRC Pavement Slab by Zi-Jian Wang, Yi-Xuan Ban, Wen-Yu Luo, Han-Xiu Fan, Bin Zhang, Li-Ming Wu, Si-Chang Wang

“…To promote practical use of the top-and-bottom layered steel fiber reinforced concrete (LSFRC) plates, an appropriate constitutive model is selected using ABAQUS software to analyze the bearing capacity, failure pattern, and deformation of the LSFRC plates. An LSFRC plate model is established for the analysis and calculation. …”
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Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Patient with Antisynthetase Syndrome by D. A. Vargas-Gutiérrez, F. Solís-Jiménez, K. I. Arias Callejas, L. Cano Cruz, R. Zapata Arenas, A. O. Acero López, P. Puente Rodríguez, S. Velázquez de la Paz

“…The study protocol was completed with the result of a myopathic pattern showed in electromyography. This patient presented a good response to steroids and disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD).…”
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Synthesis, Characterization and Swelling Characteristics of Graft Copolymerized Isotactic Polypropylene Film by Teena Sehgal, Sunita Rattan

“…The evidence of grafting was carried out by Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTIR), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) before and after grafting, respectively. The swelling pattern was characterized by two distinct stages, an initial diffusion-controlled fast swelling, followed by a subsequent slower process controlled by the relaxation of polymer fragments. …”
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Analysis of antibacterial agents consumption in a Brazilian southeastern hospital complex from 2018 to 2021 by Giuliana Amanda de Oliveira, Adriano Max Moreira Reis

“…In turn, the consumption of antibacterial agents in the reserve category also increased. The pattern of antimicrobial consumption in the hospital complex showed increased consumption in medical clinics and intensive care units, with a predominance of carbapenems, penicillins + beta-lactamase inhibitors, beta-lactamase-resistant penicillins, glycopeptides, fluoroquinolones, and polymyxin B, reflecting the care profile and influence of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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An Appearance Invariant Gait Recognition Technique Using Dynamic Gait Features by Hajra Masood, Humera Farooq

“…We propose a Dynamic Gait Features extraction technique that preserves the spatiotemporal gait pattern with motion estimation. The Dynamic Gait Features under different Use Cases of clothing and carrying conditions are adaptable for gait verification and recognition. …”
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Two new species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil by Leandro Melo de Sousa, Erilda Barbosa de Sousa, Renildo de Oliveira Ribeiro, Mark H. Sabaj, Jansen Zuanon, Lúcia Rapp Py-Daniel

“…Analysis of Hypancistrus specimens from the middle and lower Xingu detected two new species that can be separated from its congeners based on color pattern and body size of adults, and that are well known from the ornamental fish trade. …”
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An Experimental Study with Model Calibration for the Permanent Strain of Granite Residual Soil Subgrade under Drying-Wetting Cycles by Xuefei Yang, Dongxia Chen, Yue Liu, Sheng Zhang

“…This criterion illustrates that with the increase of D-W cycles number, the permanent strain evaluation pattern of GRS is gradually changing from plastic stabilization to plastic creep. …”
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Prevalence and Clinical Spectrum of Liver Disease in Nepalese HIV-Sero-Positive Patients Undergoing Antiretroviral Therapy: A Cross-Sectional Hospital Based Study by Roshan Kumar Jha, Shiv Kumar Sah

“…However, gender significantly linked with liver injury as well as the pattern of liver injury (P<0.05). Conclusion. The study revealed high rate of liver injury in a substantial proportion of HIV individuals, stressing that a regular clinic follow-up is necessary for the HIV individuals who are undergoing ART.…”
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Biaxial Loading Capacity of H-Type Reinforced Concrete Electric Poles by Abolfazl Eslami, Moein Ramezanpour, Ehsan Hematpoury Farokhy, Mohammad Dehghani Sanij

“…The experimental results were described in terms of load-displacement curves, developed strains, cracking pattern, failure modes, and biaxial loading interaction curve. …”
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Strategic insights into penalty kick execution: A comprehensive analysis of observable behaviors in the German Bundesliga by Pascal Feber, Guilherme Pinheiro

“…The differentiation between penalty kick patterns provides scientific and practical insights as it enables researchers to identify patterns in the German Bundesliga. …”
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