Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties and Seepage Laws of Raw Coal under Variable Loading and Unloading Rates by Kangwu Feng, Kequan Wang, Dongming Zhang, Yushun Yang

“…This manuscript studied the effects of variable axial pressure loading rate and variable confining pressure unloading rate on the deformation behavior and seepage characteristics of raw coal under alternate loading and unloading of axial pressure and confining pressure. …”
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RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF BONE RESORPTION RATES OF DENTAL IMPLANTS IN RELATION TO THE TIME OF INSERTION: IMMEDIATE VERSUS DELAYED by Cosmin Ionuț Lixandru

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Iterative Approximation of the Minimal and Maximal Positive Solutions for Multipoint Fractional Boundary Value Problem on an Unbounded Domain by Guotao Wang, Sanyang Liu, Lihong Zhang

“…By employing the monotone iterative method, this paper not only establishes the existence of the minimal and maximal positive solutions for multipoint fractional boundary value problem on an unbounded domain, but also develops two computable explicit monotone iterative sequences for approximating the two positive solutions. …”
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Effect of Temperature and pH on Early Hydration Rate and Apparent Activation Energy of Alkali-Activated Slag by Ping Li, Jianhui Tang, Xudong Chen, Yin Bai, Qiyao Li

“…The early hydration rate of slag was significantly affected by temperature and pH of activator solution. …”
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Quadruple Therapy Offers High SVR Rates in Patients with HCV Genotype 4 with Previous Treatment Failure by Yousry Esam-Eldin Abo-amer, Rehab Badawi, Mohamed El-Abgeegy, Heba Fadl Elsergany, Ahmed Abdelhaleem Mohamed, Sahar Mohamed Mostafa, Hatem Samir Alegaily, Shaimaa Soliman, Sally Elnawasany, Sherief Abd-Elsalam

“…Retreatment of HCV genotype 4 patients with quadruple therapy is a good therapeutic option and achieves high response rates with minimal side effects.…”
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Quantized State-Feedback Stabilization for Delayed Markovian Jump Linear Systems with Generally Incomplete Transition Rates by Yanbo Li, Peng Zhang, Yonggui Kao, Hamid Reza Karimi

“…This paper is concerned with the robust quantized state-feedback controller design problem for a class of continuous-time Markovian jump linear uncertain systems with general uncertain transition rates and input quantization. The uncertainties under consideration emerge in both system parameters and mode transition rates. …”
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Love bites? Pre-copulatory behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia by Christine Barry, Christine Barry, Christine Barry, Emily Lester, Micheal P. Doane, Luciana C. Ferreira, Michele Thums, Adrian C. Gleiss, Adrian C. Gleiss, Mark G. Meekan

“…Here, we describe field observations of courtship behaviour by a whale shark at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. We witnessed and recorded following and biting behaviours by a sexually mature male of a smaller female. …”
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Understanding Exchange Rates: A Weakening U.S. Dollar--Good, Bad, or Indifferent for Florida Farmers and Agribusinesses? by Edward A. Evans

“… This publication explains the concept of fluctuating currency exchange rates, defines common terms used (such as strengthening or weakening of the dollar), discusses factors that determine the exchange rate, considers the potential implications of a weak U.S. dollar on U.S. and South Florida agriculture in general, and makes a few suggestions regarding what farmers and agribusinesses can do to protect themselves from currency fluctuations. …”
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Two accelerated gradient-based iteration methods for solving the Sylvester matrix equation AX + XB = C by Huiling Wang, Nian-Ci Wu, Yufeng Nie

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Digoxin Use to Control Ventricular Rate in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure Is Not Associated with Increased Mortality by Surbhi Chamaria, Anand M. Desai, Pratap C. Reddy, Brian Olshansky, Paari Dominic

“…Digoxin is used to control ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation (AF). There is conflicting evidence regarding safety of digoxin. …”
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Constant Strain Rate Uniaxial Compression of Green Sandstone during SHPB Tests Driven by Pendulum Hammer by S. H. Li, W. C. Zhu, L. L. Niu, F. Dai

“…The strain at peak stress tended to increase with rising strain rate and the dynamic strength of green sandstone showed an apparent rate dependency.…”
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Improved completion rates and characterization of drug reactions with an intensive Chagas disease treatment program in rural Bolivia. by Jeffrey A Tornheim, Daniel F Lozano Beltran, Robert H Gilman, Mario Castellon, Marco A Solano Mercado, Walter Sullca, Faustino Torrico, Caryn Bern

“…Rates of ADEs were lower among prospective than historical patients (56.8% vs. 66.9%). …”
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Relationship between Serum Levels of OPG and TGF-β with Decreasing Rate of BMD in Native Chinese Women by Xi-Yu Wu, Yi-Qun Peng, Hong Zhang, Hui Xie, Zhi-Feng Sheng, Xiang-Hang Luo, Ru-Chun Dai, Hou-De Zhou, Xian-Ping Wu, Er-Yuan Liao

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum levels of OPG, TGF-β1, and TGF-β2 and BMD decrease rate (BDR) in native Chinese women. This cross-sectional study was performed on 465 healthy native Chinese women aged 35–80 years. …”
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Video Superresolution Reconstruction Using Iterative Back Projection with Critical-Point Filters Based Image Matching by Yixiong Zhang, Mingliang Tao, Kewei Yang, Zhenmiao Deng

“…To improve the spatial resolution of reconstructed images/videos, this paper proposes a Superresolution (SR) reconstruction algorithm based on iterative back projection. In the proposed algorithm, image matching using critical-point filters (CPF) is employed to improve the accuracy of image registration. …”
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Electrocardiogram Parameters That Affect the Success Rate of Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients with Outflow Tract Ventricular Premature Complexes by Zhen Ye, Zhe Xu, Kezeng Gong, Xuehai Chen, Weiwei Wang, Jianhua Chen, Lianglong Chen, Feilong Zhang

“…Results. The highest success rate was found in patients with VPCs from the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), and the lowest success rate was evident among patients with complexes from both the RVOT and the left ventricular OT (LVOT). …”
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RAEF: An Imputation Framework Based on a Gated Regulator Autoencoder for Incomplete IIoT Time-Series Data by Jianyong Zhao, Jiachen Qiu, Danfeng Sun, Baiping Chen

“…In a comparison of the state-of-the-art time-series imputation frameworks at a range of different missing rates, RAEF yielded fewer errors than all its counterparts.…”
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Strain Rate Effect on Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Energy Mechanisms of Karst Limestone under Uniaxial Compression by Qingsong Wang, Jianxun Chen, Jiaqi Guo, Yanbin Luo, Yao Li, Hongyu Wang, Qin Liu

“…In this paper, the strain rate effect on mechanical properties, failure modes, acoustic emission (AE) characteristics, and energy mechanism of the karst limestone was analyzed based on uniaxial compression tests with different strain rates (5 × 10−6–5 × 10−4/s). …”
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Day-to-day dynamics of fetal heart rate variability to detect chorioamnionitis in preterm premature rupture of membranes by Aline Taoum, Guy Carrault, Caroline Tesson, Maxime Esvan, Bruno Laviolle, Linda Lassel

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Higher-Order Iterative Learning Control with Optimal Control Gains Based on Evolutionary Algorithm for Nonlinear System by Yun-Shan Wei, Xiaofen Yang, Wenli Shang, Ying-Yu Chen

“…For the nonlinear discrete-time system, higher-order iterative learning control (HOILC) with optimal control gains based on evolutionary algorithm (EA) is developed in this paper. …”
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Effect of Oxygen Flow Rate on the Optical, Electrical, and Mechanical Properties of DC Sputtering ITO Thin Films by Chuen-Lin Tien, Hong-Yi Lin, Chih-Kai Chang, Chien-Jen Tang

“…The oxygen flow rate was varied from 10 to 50 sccm. The ITO thin films deposition under different oxygen flow rates exhibits different properties. …”
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