Guided Wave Energy Transfer in Composite Sandwich Structures and Application to Defect Detection by Siavash Shoja, Viktor Berbyuk, Anders Boström

“…The results are also obtained for the delamination within the skin and compared with the healthy material. Finally, for the guided waves in the low range of frequencies, it is possible to use the homogenization methods to create the finite element models and reduce the solution time.…”
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Government Low-Carbon Regulations Based on Supply Chain Members’ Behavior and Consumers’ Channel Preference in a Dual-Channel Supply Chain by Bingquan Liu, Xuran Chang, Boyang Nie, Yue Wang, Lingqi Meng

“…Moreover, for decentralized decision-making mode, increasing low-carbon subsidies for retailers can achieve a win-win result between the supply chain and the government; and, finally, channel competition is good for improving the supply chain and social benefits. …”
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Orbit Determination of China’s Space Station Using Real ISL Measurements of the Tianzhou-6 Spacecraft by Haijian Fang, Fan Wang, Xueming Yu, Baohua Wang, Jiasong Wang, Yufan He, Minzhang Han, Dan Wang, Jingqi Huang

“…Realistic force, ISL measurements, and reference frame models are utilized to account for additional major error sources. Finally, the estimated solutions then are compared to the precision orbit ephemerides (POEs) of CSS. …”
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Neural Terminal Sliding-Mode Control for Uncertain Systems with Building Structure Vibration by Jianhui Wang, Wenli Chen, Zicong Chen, Yunchang Huang, Xing Huang, Wenqiang Wu, Biaotao He, Chunliang Zhang

“…The proposed method is combined with a terminal sliding-mode and a hyperbolic tangent function to ensure that the considered system can be stabilized in finite-time without chattering. Finally, the control effect of the proposed method is compared with that of LQR (linear quadratic regulator) control and switching function control. …”
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THE HISTORICAL FOOTPRINT OF INDIA-MUSLIMS IN NORTH SUMATRA: History and Management of the Al-Mukhlish Tebingtinggi Mosque by Hasan Asari, Harun Al-Rasyid, Muaz Tanjung, Muhammad Rifqi Irsyad

“…The mosque activities include worship, Islamic education, and general social activities. Finally, its Indian identity remains socially acknowledged because of the presence of the Indian-Muslim community as its organizer and funder. …”
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Research on the System of Keyway Geometrical Deviation Control by Li Zhaogang, Dong Jianfeng, Zhu Rupeng

“…The concrete method of datum embodiment and definition of relevant terms were given. Finally, the Chinese reference translations of the English entries of three important features in the national geometrical tolerance standard were given, and the definition symbol of symmetry tolerance was changed from <italic>t</italic> to 2<italic>t</italic>.…”
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Research of Conceptual Design and Kinematic Characteristic of a 3-PRS Parallel Kinematic Machine by Tang Tengfei, Zhang Jun

“…Based on the inverse kinematics solution,by considering the geometrical constraints,the reachable workspace search process is constructed,and the reachable workspace mapping of 3-PRS PKM is given. Finally,a sensitivity analysis is carried out to reveal the influences of some major dimensional parameters on the reachable workspace of 3-PRS PKM. …”
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Simultaneous Optimization of Train Timetabling and Platforming Problems for High-Speed Multiline Railway Network by Qin Zhang, Xiaoning Zhu, Li Wang, Shuai Wang

“…The construction of a set of incompatible vertexes and links facilitates the expression of difficult constraints. Finally, example results verify the validity and practicability of our proposed method, which can generate conflict-free train timetables with a station track allocation plan for multiple railway lines at the same time.…”
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Spatial transcriptomics of healthy and fibrotic human liver at single-cell resolution by Brianna R. Watson, Biplab Paul, Raza Ur Rahman, Liat Amir-Zilberstein, Åsa Segerstolpe, Eliana T. Epstein, Shane Murphy, Ludwig Geistlinger, Tyrone Lee, Angela Shih, Jacques Deguine, Ramnik J. Xavier, Jeffrey R. Moffitt, Alan C. Mullen

“…Integrating spatial information from MERFISH with the more complete transcriptome produced by single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq), also reveals zonally enriched receptor-ligand interactions. Finally, MERFISH and snRNA-seq analysis of fibrotic liver samples identify two hepatocyte populations that expand with injury and do not have clear zonal distributions. …”
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An overview of V2X communications by Jian FANG, Daquan FENG, Haijun DUAN, Canjian ZHENG, Gongbin QIAN

“…,has been considered as a promising technology to solve the road safety problems.With the advanced information and communication technologies,V2X can greatly improve driving safety,enhance traffic efficiency and comprehensively provide various information services.Thus,it brings unprecedented historical opportunities and challenges to the automobile industry.The state-of-art research on V2X communications was overviewed.Firstly,the background and the characteristics and application scenarios of V2X communication were briefly introduced.Secondly,the development course of V2X communication were outlined.Then,the technical standard of V2X was presented,with emphasis on LTE-V2X and the 5G V2X.Finally,some open problems such as high reliability and low latency,vehicle safety and privacy protection and driving safety of 5G V2X were discussed and concluded.…”
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Schemata und Systemcharakter by Stefan Rohringer

“…Against this background the status of schemata within Schema Theory is discussed and compared with the analytical ‘Figuren’ of Schenkerian Analysis. Finally, Robert O. Gjerdingen’s analysis of the sketches of Joseph Haydn’s Hob. …”
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Privacy self-correlation privacy-preserving scheme in LBS by Weihao LI, Jin CAO, Hui LI

“…The prevalence of mobile intelligent terminals gives the location-based service (LBS) more opportunities to enrich mobile users’ lives.However,mobile users enjoy the convenience with the cost of personal privacy.The side information and mobile user’s recent requirement records were considered,which were obtained or stored by the service provider.Based on the existence of recent requirement records,adversary can employ the inference attack to analysis mobile user’s personal information.Therefore,two schemes were proposed,including of basic privacy self-correlation privacy-preserving scheme (Ba-2PS) and enhanced privacy self-correlation privacy-preserving scheme(En-2PS).In En-2PS,the privacy-preserving scheme was designed from two dimensions of aspects of time factor and query region,which increased the uncertainty inferring out the real information.Finally,the privacy analysis was illustrated to proof En-2PS’s privacy degree,then the performance and privacy evaluation results indicate that En-2PS is effective and efficient.…”
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Gallbladder Agenesis without Additional Biliary Tracts Abnormality by Seyed Mostafa Meshkati Yazd, Hamidreza Bayati, Sara Sadat Nabavizadeh, Reza Shahriarirad

“…The laparoscopy was terminated, and the patient was referred for magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) to confirm the diagnosis. Finally, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and sphincterotomy were performed to alleviate symptoms. …”
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Numerical modelling of intergranular fracture in polycrystalline materials and grain size effects by M. Paggi, P. Wriggers

“…Failure is the result of a diffuse microcrack pattern leading to a main macroscopic crack after coalescence, in good agreement with the experimental observation. Finally, testing microstructures characterized by different average grain sizes, the computed peak stresses are found to be dependent on the grain size, in agreement with the trend expected according to the Hall-Petch law.…”
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Optimized design of sensing transmission and computing collaborative industrial Internet by Jingbo LI, Li MA, Yang LI, Yingxun FU, Dongchao MA

“…In view of the new scenario and time-sensitive requirements of sensing-transmission end to computing end in the industrial Internet, and to solve the problem of end-to-end delay in applications that were not up to standard, a network optimized design scheme for sensing-transmission cooperative computing was proposed.First, the sensing-transmission computing cooperative network architecture based on cloud-edge-end was proposed to promote the deep integration of multidimensional systems and heterogeneous resources.Secondly, the network topology construction mode was optimized to reduce the average path length of the network, shorten the propagation distance, and offset the problem of signal decay due to the use of higher frequencies.Finally, the routing method was improved, and an integrated algorithm of topology optimization and routing strategy was designed to reduce the queuing delay in the network, control the end-to-end delay within a bounded range, and weaken the “long tail phenomenon”.The experimental results show that the scheme reduces the end-to-end delay and ensures the real-time and reliability of the network by optimizing the network topology and routing strategy and integrating the design.…”
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Unresolved Questions Regarding Lawyers’ Fees and the Restriction of Competition by Fabio Ferraro

“…This is a complex issue and one that has not yet been finally resolved, especially in a difficult context such as that of the Italian market, which is characterised by an extremely large number of lawyers, which in itself entails the risk of deterioration in the quality of services provided, with services being offered at a discount. …”
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Post-Occupation Evaluation of Industrial Heritage Transformation into a Mixed-Mode Park Within the Context of Urban Renewal: A Case Study of Hebei, China by Xiaowei Chen, Yijing Chen, Yuchen Liu

“…The research finds out the shortcomings of the commonalities and differences of mixed-mode industrial heritage parks, finally putting forward optimization suggestions for the problems, in order to provide theoretical reference and practical guidance for the renovation projects of the same type of industrial heritage in the urban renewal stage.…”
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Comment mesurer la relation humain-technologies-organisation ? by Éric Brangier, Sonia Hammes

“…The presentation of this 3-fold man/technology/organization symbiotic model led to the creation of a questionnaire given to a sample of 172 individuals. Finally, the analyses emphasize the fact that the symbiotic approach provides very interesting explanatory levels mainly by highlighting the importance of the linkage between man and machine, and by thus revealing that the links that weave the man-organization-machine relationship, which can be said to be mutually dependent. …”
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Practical Hybrid Machine Learning Approach for Estimation of Ultimate Load of Elliptical Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns under Axial Loading by Tien-Thinh Le

“…The accuracy of the present work was found superior to the results published in the literature (R2 = 0.776 or 0.768) when predicting the load capacity of elliptical CFST columns. Finally, sensitivity analysis showed that the thickness of the steel tube and the minor axis length of the elliptical cross section were the most influential parameters. …”
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Carotenoids in Potato Tubers: A Bright Yellow Future Ahead by Monica Sturaro

“…The following section describes the structural genes involved in carotenoid metabolism and storage known to have a major impact on carotenoid accumulation in potato, together with the strategies that harnessed their expression changes to increase tuber carotenoid content. Finally, the little information available on the regulation of carotenoid metabolism and the desirable future advances in potato carotenoid biofortification are discussed.…”
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