Research on Damage Assessment of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Column Subjected to Near-Field Blast Loading by Ying Cui, Meimei Song, Zhan Qu, Shanshan Sun, Junhai Zhao

“…Using pressure-impulse damage theory and the validated numerical simulations, two pressure-impulse damage evaluation curves for NSS and CFDST columns were established separately by analysing the experimental and simulation data. Finally, based on the two pressure-impulse damage evaluation curves, the two pressure-impulse damage criteria for these two different fixed-end CFST columns were defined based on the deflection of the surfaces facing the explosives. …”
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Evaluating and mapping the evidence that screening for diabetic foot disease meets the criteria for population-wide screening: a scoping review by Patricia M Kearney, Claire M Buckley, Sean F Dinneen, Caroline McIntosh, Paul Kavanagh, Lauren Connell, Jennifer A Pallin

“…Moreover, while consensus exists on what screening tools should be used to screen for risk factors, there is no agreement on threshold values. Finally, there is no available information on the potential budgetary, organisational or societal implications of a whole-population diabetes-related foot screening programme.Conclusion Existing evidence does not support the introduction of an organised population-wide screening programme in the context of World Health Organisation screening principles. …”
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Phage display as a tool for identifying HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies by A. N. Chikaev, A. P. Rudometov, Yu. A. Merkulyeva, L. I. Karpenko

“…We provide an outline of phage display technology, briefly describe the design of antibody phage libraries and the affinity selection procedure, and discuss the biology of HIV-1-specific broadly neutralizing antibodies. Finally, we summarize the studies aimed at identification of broadly neutralizing antibodies using various types of phage libraries.…”
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Automatic Classification of Difficulty of Texts From Eye Gaze and Physiological Measures of L2 English Speakers by Javier Melo, Leigh Fernandez, Shoya Ishimaru

“…These findings support refining subjective difficulty detection models and their implementation in adaptive language learning systems. Finally, this work contributes to the field of cognitive science and technology by laying the foundation for innovative approaches to cognitive state detection.…”
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Evaluation of the Production-Education Integration Performance of the High-Tech Industry: An Empirical Comparison between Three Urban Agglomerations in China by Quan Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Zhuomei Li, Sifeng Li, Tianzhen Tang

“…The main conclusions are as follows: (1) the GHKM Greater Bay Area is far better in education and industry development than YRD Urban Agglomeration and BTH Urban Agglomeration; (2) the PEI performance of the high-tech industry in GHKM Greater Bay Area was evaluated as high level with industry in lead, that in YRD Urban Agglomeration as moderate level with education in lead, and that in BTH Urban Agglomeration high-tech industry PEI as moderate level with industry in lag. Finally, several countermeasures were proposed for the urban agglomerations to further enhance the PEI performance of the high-tech industry: GHKM Greater Bay Area should improve the weak link of education development; YRD Urban Agglomeration should give full play to its advantages in higher education; BTH Urban Agglomeration should focus on high-quality industry development. …”
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Cumbre de Sistemas Alimentarios de la ONU 2021: Desmantelando la democracia y restableciendo el control corporativo de los sistemas alimentarios by Matthew Canfield, Molly D Anderson, Philip McMichael

“… Este artículo analiza el desarrollo y la organización de la Cumbre de Sistemas Alimentarios de las Naciones Unidas (UNFSS), que está siendo convocada por el Secretario General de la ONU, António Guterres, a finales de 2021. Aunque pocas personas discutirán que los sistemas alimentarios globales necesitan transformación, ha quedado claro que la Cumbre es, en cambio, un esfuerzo de una poderosa alianza de corporaciones multinacionales, organizaciones filantrópicas y países orientados a la exportación para subvertir las instituciones multilaterales de gobernanza alimentaria y capturar la narrativa global de la “transformación de los sistemas alimentarios”. …”
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The serum levels of gasdermin D in uremic patients and its relationship with the prognosis: a prospective observational cohort study by XiaPing Zhang, Bo Yang

“…Additionally, ROC curves showed that the serum levels of GSDMD could be a potential predictive biomarker of moderate/severe VC and prognosis in patients with ESKD. Finally, the results of logistic regression indicated that GSDMD and AACS scores were risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with ESKD.Conclusion Serum GSDMD levels were remarkably elevated in patients with ESKD with moderate/severe calcification. …”
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Aeroacoustic Attenuation Performance of a Helmholtz Resonator with a Rigid Baffle Implemented in the Presence of a Grazing Flow by Di Guan, Dan Zhao, Zhaoxin Ren

“…The generation of the 12 dB transmission loss peak at 400 Hz is shown to attribute to the sound and structure interaction. Finally, varying the neck shape from the conventional one to an arc one leads to the dominant resonant frequency being increased by approximately 20% and so the secondary transmission loss peak by 2-5 dB. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Glycemic Control and Its Associated Factors among Diabetes Mellitus Patients by Daniel Asmelash, Netsanet Abdu, Samson Tefera, Habtamu Wondifraw Baynes, Cherie Derbew

“…SPSS version 20 was used for descriptive and logistic regression analysis, and finally, the variables were summarized and presented using tables and graphs. …”
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Profile to frontal face recognition in the wild using coupled conditional generative adversarial network by Fariborz Taherkhani, Veeru Talreja, Jeremy Dawson, Matthew C. Valenti, Nasser M. Nasrabadi

“…The authors have evaluated the performance of cpCNN and ADDA and compared it with the proposed cpGAN. Finally, the authors have also evaluated the authors’ cpGAN for reconstruction of frontal faces from input profile faces contained in the VGGFace2 dataset.…”
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Epigene functional diversity: isoform usage, disordered domain content, and variable binding partners by Leroy Bondhus, Aileen A. Nava, Isabelle S. Liu, Valerie A. Arboleda

“…Additionally, we assessed the specificity of their expression profiles and showed epigenes are more ubiquitously expressed consistent with their enrichment in pediatric syndromes with intellectual disability, multiorgan dysfunction, and developmental delay. Finally, in the L1000 dataset, we identify drugs that can potentially be used to modulate expression of these genes. …”
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A novel approach to analyzing the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 based on visualization and clustering of large genetic data compactly represented in operative memory by A. Yu. Palyanov, N. V. Palyanova

“…Our implementation of such data represen­tation resulted in a 1:1500 compression ratio (for comparison, compression of the same data with the popular WinRAR archiver gives only 1:62) and fast access to genomes (and their metadata) and comparisons between different genome variants. …”
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Grouting Design of Rich Water Tunnels and the Calculation of Distance between Annular Blind Pipes by Helin Fu, Pengtao An, Kai Li, Guowen Cheng, Jie Li, Xiaohui Yu

“…At the same time, the design parameters of the grouting circle are optimised, and then the formula of annular blind pipe spacing is derived according to the design value of the antiwater pressure of the secondary lining structure and the allowable seepage discharge of the tunnel. Finally, based on the case study of the Hongtu extra-long tunnel under construction, it is verified by field monitoring data. …”
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Synergies and trade-offs among key ecosystem services in Maze National Park and its environs, southwestern Ethiopia by Mestewat Simeon, Desalegn Wana

“…Therefore, understanding the relationships between ecosystem services is crucial for developing effective ecosystem protection strategies and addressing the effects of anthropogenic disturbances in protected areas and beyond. Finally, we recommend future studies to incorporate additional provisioning, regulating, and cultural services to fully represent the region's ecosystem services status in trade-offs and synergy analyses.…”
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Ensayos a compresión y tensión diagonal sobre muretes hechos a base de papel periódico reciclado y engrudo de almidón de yuca Compression and diagonal tension test on walls made us... by José C Chanchí Golondrino, Diego F Bonilla Campos, John A Gaviria Rojas, John J Giraldo López

“…A discussion about the behaviour of the wall speciments and conclusions about the behaviour in the real context are presented. Finally, a feasibility analysis related to the structural application of the walls in the construction field of the civil engineering is argued.…”
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Study on Mechanical Properties of Gravelly Sand under Different Stress Paths by Dongjie Zhang, Fei Luo, Zhanyuan Zhu, Jiaming Liu, Jing Li, Bailin Li, Tianlang Xue

“…To describe the strain hardening and strain softening characteristics of gravelly sand in different stress paths, a new dilatancy equation was obtained by introducing the characteristic state stress ratio Mc into the dilatancy equation of the modified Cam-Clay model based on the state-dependent dilatancy theory. Finally, an elastoplastic constitutive model of gravelly sand was established by applying a nonassociate flow rule. …”
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Forming a national community of practice of food system planning initiatives aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by Konstantinos Zougris, Albie F. Miles, Rose Benjamin, Ella Geismar

“…The findings further indicate that in the process of developing a national community of practice, the principles and functions of shared governance, mutual trust and collective fundraising are essential to supporting credible and coordinated activities that promote equity, reinforce capacity building, promote research on food system measurements, and strengthen advocacy for systemic transformation aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Finally, our study revealed a rampant interest in collaboration and knowledge sharing in various stages of the formation of a national community of practice. …”
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Color Confinement, Hadron Dynamics, and Hadron Spectroscopy from Light-Front Holography and Superconformal Algebra by Stanley J. Brodsky

“…One obtains empirically viable predictions for spacelike and timelike hadronic form factors, structure functions, distribution amplitudes, and transverse momentum distributions. Finally, I address the interesting question of whether the momentum sum rule is valid for nuclear structure functions.…”
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An Investigation of Infrared Small Target Detection by Using the SPT–YOLO Technique by Yongjun Qi, Shaohua Yang, Zhengzheng Jia, Yuanmeng Song, Jie Zhu, Xin Liu, Hongxing Zheng

“…Furthermore, x-small detection heads are added, the understanding of the overall characteristics and structure of the target is enhanced much more, and the representation and localization of small targets have been improved. Finally, the cross-entropy loss function in the original network model is replaced by an adaptive threshold focal loss function, forcing the model to allocate more attention to target features. …”
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Identification of new genes regulating nodule development in Medicago truncatula: an in-silico approach by Mahboobeh Azarakhsh, Sara Eslami, Maryam Moghadas, Zahra Ataei

“…This results in the formation of structure named infection thread and initiation of cell division in root cortex and finally formation of functional nodules. Due to the importance of biological nitrogen fixation to improve soil fertility, the molecular mechanism of nodule development is studied extensively. …”
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