Crack initiation life in notched Ti-6Al-4V titanium bars under uniaxial and multiaxial fatigue: synthesis based on the averaged strain energy density approach by Giovanni Meneghetti, Alberto Campagnolo, Filippo Berto, Keisuke Tanaka

“…The experimental fatigue test results have been re-analysed by using the local strain energy density (SED) averaged over a structural volume having radius R0 and surrounding the notch tip. Finally, the use of the local strain energy density parameter allowed us to properly correlate the crack initiation life of Ti-6Al-4V notched specimens, despite the different notch geometries and loading conditions involved in the tests…”
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Effect of Aluminum Powder Content on Air Blast Performance of RDX-Based Explosive Grenade Charge by Kun Zhang, Xuesong Feng, Juan Zhao, Bo Feng, Xiao jun Feng, Xiaofeng Wang

“…Then, RDX-based explosive grenade charges of L-1 and L-2 where the aluminum powder content was 20% and 25% were selected for air blast and static blasting fragments velocity tests. Finally, the energy release mechanism of the air blast was deduced via calculation. …”
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Diagnosis of Bearing Defects based on the Analysis of Vibration Images Using the RKEM SIFT Descriptor Method by Zohreh Hashempour, Hamed Agahi, Azar Mahmoodzadeh

“…In addition, for each descriptor, the best features are selected using the non-linear principal component analysis method. Finally, the selected features are combined and four classification methods are applied to achieve the best classification performance and after comparison, the best classification method is selected. …”
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Reflections on multimodality: Making the most of Kairotic moments by M. Rebecca Genoe, Darla Fortune, Colleen Whyte

“…Subsequently, we connected with artists and knowledge mobilisation specialists to bring our collective vision to life. Finally, we aimed to make our study findings more accessible by sharing them through our website and engaging with various types of media. …”
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Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Models for Assessment of Education Quality in Water Resources Engineering by Mohammad Kazem Ghorbani, Nasser Talebbeydokhti, Hossein Hamidifar, Mehrshad Samadi, Michael Nones, Fatemeh Rezaeitavabe, Shabnam Heidarifar

“…Second, these coefficients were transferred to the TOPSIS environment, where the previously prioritized criteria were utilized to select the ideal solution. Finally, the relative closeness of universities (CC) as a performance evaluation criterion in the form of CC(IUST) = 0.54, CC(AUT) = 0.49, CC(SU) = 0.45, and CC(KUT) = 0.39 was obtained. …”
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EBR-YOLO: A Lightweight Detection Method for Non-Motorized Vehicles Based on Drone Aerial Images by Meijia Zhou, Xuefen Wan, Yi Yang, Jie Zhang, Siwen Li, Shubo Zhou, Xueqin Jiang

“…Secondly, the C2f module is reconstructed using part of the convolutional PConv to reduce the network’s computational volume and improve the detection speed. Finally, the downsampling operation is reshaped by combining with the introduced ADown module to further reduce the computational amount of the model. …”
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Damage Evolution of Rocks Containing a Set of Cross-Joints Based on Acoustic Emission Characteristics by Xiao Li, Xinquan Wang, Kangyu Wang, Hongguo Diao, He Zhang

“…Then, the uniaxial compression mechanical properties and acoustic emission (AE) evolution characteristics of different jointed rocks are analyzed. Finally, the damage evolution characteristics of jointed rocks are discussed based on the damage variable defined by AE counts. …”
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Classical and quantum algorithms for many-body problems by Ayral, Thomas

“…After describing a method based on natural orbitals for shortening, and thus making more reliable, quantum circuits to prepare fermionic states, we present a method based on slave spins for using a platform of Rydberg atoms to simulate lattice models of fermions. Finally, we show how these same Rydberg platforms can be used to solve combinatorial problems, and how decoherence influences the quality of the results obtained. …”
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A 3D discrete model for soil desiccation cracking in consideration of moisture diffusion by Chengzeng Yan, Tie Wang

“…Subsequently, an example of moisture migration in a medium with one crack is provided to illustrate the crack hindering effect on moisture migration. Finally, combining the 3D moisture diffusion discrete model with the finite-discrete element method (FDEM), the moisture diffusion-fracture coupling model is built to study the desiccation cracking in a strip soil and the crack pattern of a rectangular soil. …”
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Thermal analysis of transient MHD ferrofluid flow and natural convection in a Porous cavity with a cylindrical barrier by Pan Zhang, Hassan Roshani, Payam Jalili, Bahram Jalili, Hammad. Alotaibi, Davood Domiri Ganji

“…The range of Rayleigh numbers studied in the article is 103≤Ra≤105, Darcy number 10−5≤Da≤10−3 and Hartmann number Ha=20,100, and finally, their effect on heat transfer and flow behavior has been investigated. …”
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Endocrine and Metabolic Signaling in Retroperitoneal White Adipose Tissue Remodeling during Cold Acclimation by Aleksandra Jankovic, Aleksandra Korac, Biljana Buzadzic, Vesna Otasevic, Ana Stancic, Milica Vucetic, Milica Markelic, Ksenija Velickovic, Igor Golic, Bato Korac

“…The expression profiles of adiponectin, resistin, 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase α (AMPKα), hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), and key enzymes of glucose and fatty acid metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation in rat retroperitoneal white adipose tissue (RpWAT) during 45-day cold acclimation were examined. …”
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Response Surface Optimization of a Rapid Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction Method for Simultaneous Determination of Tetracycline Antibiotics in Manure by Lanqing Li, Mingxing Sun, Hui Zhou, Yun Zhou, Ping Chen, Hong Min, Guoqing Shen

“…The proposed procedure demonstrated clear reductions in extraction time and elimination of cleanup steps. Finally, the applicability to tetracyclines antibiotics determination in real samples was evaluated through the successful determination of four target analytes in swine, cow manure, and mixture of animal manure with inorganic fertilizer.…”
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Small face detection based on improved YOLOv5s by ZHOU Lifang, HU Zhen, LIU Bo

“…Subsequently, we incorporated the SKNet attention mechanism into the model, which can adaptively adjust receptive field sizes across multiple scales and enhance the detection efficacy of small face. Finally, EIoU was utilized as the loss function, which directly reduced the width and height discrepancies between predicted and actual bounding boxes, and FReLU was utilized as the activation function, which could enhance the nonlinear expressiveness of feature maps to improve the precision and stability of small face detection. …”
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Myofibroblast-derived exosomes enhance macrophages to myofibroblasts transition and kidney fibrosis by Wenqiang Yu, Jinfang Song, Shuangquan Chen, Jiayi Nie, Chujun Zhou, Jiamin Huang, Hua Liang

“…Mice treatment with myofibroblast-derived exosomes (Myo-Exo) exhibited severe fibrotic lesion and more abundant MMT cells in kidneys with folic acid (FA) injury, which was negated by TANK-banding kinase-1 inhibitor. Furthermore, suppression of exosome production reduced collagen deposition, extracellular matrix protein accumulation, and MMT in FA nephropathy. …”
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Colonial breeding impacts potentially fitness-relevant cognitive processes in barn swallows by Angela Medina-García, Ellen Scherner, Molly T. McDermott, Mark E. Hauber, Rebecca J. Safran

“…Birds breeding in larger colonies were also less risk averse, deciding to return more quickly to their nests after a predator approach paradigm. Finally, birds that showed higher selective attention hatched more eggs and birds that returned to their nests more quickly after a predator intrusion had more nestlings. …”
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Protein dielectric characterization using a tetra square-shaped DNG metamaterial as a differential microwave sensor by Shihabun Sakib, Ahasanul Hoque, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Md. Shabiul Islam, Mohamed S. Soliman, Haitham Alsaif

“…The decrease of dielectric loss factor due to the denaturation of whey protein can be analyzed by sensing the reflection coefficient S11 through the proposed differential sensor. Finally, we have shown the Q-factor analysis and plotted the fitting curve for the protein samples to justify the sensor’s sensitivity. …”
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FEVT-SAR: Multicategory Oriented SAR Ship Detection Based on Feature Enhancement Vision Transformer by Minding Fang, Yu Gu, Dongliang Peng

“…Moreover, a selective CopyPaste augmentation paradigm is designed to rebalance ship data distribution through data sampling. Finally, the performance of the FEVT-SAR is evaluated on two typical SAR ship datasets, namely SRSDD and HRSID. …”
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Evolution Pattern of Paddy Temperature Field in Quasi-low Temperature Storage in Flat Stores by WU Qiang, ZHU Dou-dou, XIONG Hong, DUAN Hai-jing, JIN Li-bing

“…A numerical model of the temperature field in quasi-low-temperature storage was developed and validated against experimental results. Finally, the temperature profile of paddy over 26 months was predicted by the proposed numerical model. …”
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Nuclear energy consumption, low-carbon transition and factor productivity in South Korea by Muhammad Yousaf Raza, Yingchao Chen

“…(iii) Annual decoupling indexes of individual factors present the expansive negative, weak and strong decoupling in which decoupling relationship between expansive and weak was gradually dominated by strong decoupling and estimated between −0.11 % and 0.54 %, respectively. Finally, based on novel mechanisms, including environmental factors, industrial contribution and transition towards nuclear energy that favor energy and economic sustainability can be implemented in the future.…”
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Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence: Computer-aided Detection of Colorectal Polyps by Yuya Hiratsuka, Takashi Hisabe, Kensei Ohtsu, Tatsuhisa Yasaka, Kazuhiro Takeda, Masaki Miyaoka, Yoichiro Ono, Takao Kanemitsu, Kentaro Imamura, Teruyuki Takeda, Satoshi Nimura, Kenshi Yao

“…A missed lesion was defined as a newly detected colorectal polyp by the second endoscopy. Finally, the AMR was compared between the two groups. …”
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