Fatigue loading characteristic for the composite steel-concrete beams by Ahmed I.Hassanin, Hesham M. Fawzy, Ahmed I. Elsheikh

“…Hence, in this study we have focused on several factors affecting mode of failure of these beams under the fatigue loads, and the common element in all stages of failure was the shear stud, specifically the welding collar at the base of this stud as it is a structurally weak region.…”
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Advances in Corticosteroid Therapy for Ocular Inflammation: Loteprednol Etabonate by Timothy L. Comstock, Heleen H. DeCory

“…Elevations in IOP are infrequent with LE, and the absence of a C-20 ketone precludes formation of Schiff base intermediates with lens proteins, a common first step implicated in cataract formation with ketone steroids.…”
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Water Use for Seepage-Irrigated Watermelon with Plastic Mulch in Florida by Sanjay Shukla, Niroj K. Shrestha

“…Seepage irrigation under plastic mulch is a common production system used to produce watermelon in south and northeast Florida where the water table is shallow. …”
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Collaborative Penalized Least Squares for Background Correction of Multiple Raman Spectra by Long Chen, Yingwen Wu, Tianjun Li, Zhuo Chen

“…However, in real applications, there are commonly multiple spectra collected from the close locations of a sample or from the same analyte with different concentrations. …”
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Personalized recommendation model with multi-level latent features by Qing SHEN, Wenbin GUO, Jungang LOU, Qiangguo YU

“…Personalized recommendation has become one of the most effective means to solve information overload, and it is also a hot technology in the research field of massive data mining.However, traditional recommendation algorithms often only use the user’s rating information on the item, and lack a comprehensive consideration of the potential characteristics of the user and the item.The factorization machine, wide neural network, crossover network and deep neural network were combined to extract the shallow latent features, low-order nonlinear latent features, linear cross latent features, and high-order nonlinear latent features of users and items.Thus, a new deep learning personalized recommendation model with multilevel latent features was established.The experimental results on four commonly used data sets show that considering the multi-level potential features of users and items can effectively improve the prediction accuracy of personalized recommendations.Finally, the influence of factors such as the dimensions of the embedding layer and the number of neurons on the prediction performance of the new model was studied.…”
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Automated Evaluation of Crithidia luciliae Based Indirect Immunofluorescence Tests: A Novel Application of the EUROPattern-Suite Technology by Stefan Gerlach, Kai Affeldt, Lena Pototzki, Christopher Krause, Jörn Voigt, Johanna Fraune, Kai Fechner

“…Anti-dsDNA antibodies are an important immunological hallmark of SLE and their occurrence represents a major criterion for the diagnosis. Among the commonly applied test systems for determination of anti-dsDNA antibodies, the indirect immunofluorescence test (IIFT) using the flagellated kinetoplastida Crithidia luciliae is considered to be highly disease specific at moderate sensitivity. …”
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Plummer Vinson Syndrome: A Rare Syndrome in Male with Review of the Literature by Priyadarshini Karthikeyan, Nalini Aswath, Ramesh Kumaresan

“…Plummer Vinson syndrome also known as Paterson Brown-Kelly syndrome is a syndrome associated with the triad of symptoms comprising microcytic hypochromic anemia, oesophageal strictures, and dysphagia. PVS is commonly found in women of middle age especially in the fourth and fifth decade of life and is rarely reported in males. …”
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Sex-specific ultrasound imaging biomarkers of neurodegeneration in a mouse model by Mark B. Russell, Drew P. Locke, Haley M. Adams, Alexander R. Pelley, Rojan Saghian, Rojan Saghian, Alexandre S. Maekawa, Darcie Stapleton, Grace V. Mercer, John G. Sled, John G. Sled, John G. Sled, Lindsay S. Cahill, Lindsay S. Cahill

“…The highly reproducible progression of neurodegeneration in the decrepit (dcr) mouse allows investigation of early biomarkers and mechanisms of brain injury.MethodsUsing high-frequency ultrasound, the common carotid arteries of female and male dcr and control mice were imaged longitudinally at time points bracketing the disease progression (50, 75, and 125 days of age) (n = 6 mice/group/sex).ResultsOver the disease time course, the female dcr mice demonstrated increased carotid artery blood flow and pulse wave velocity while the male dcr mice had a decrease in heart rate and no change in carotid artery ultrasound parameters. …”
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Cognitive Impairment and Fall Risk in Multiple Sclerosis: A Review Study by Negar Balali, Ashkan Irani, Seyed Mansoor Rayegani

“…Background and Objectives: Falls are a common issue among persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), and cognitive function is variably affected by the disease. …”
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Application of HF Radar in Hazard Management by Mal Heron, Roberto Gomez, Bernd Weber, Anna Dzvonkovskaya, Thomas Helzel, Nicolas Thomas, Lucy Wyatt

“…The newly launched Tsunami Warning Center in Oman includes a network of phased-array HF radars to provide real-time tsunami monitoring. …”
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Hydrodynamic relationships between gravel pit lakes and aquifers: brief review and insights from numerical investigations by Jost, Anne, Wang, Shuaitao, Verbeke, Thomas, Colleoni, François, Flipo, Nicolas

“…Supply of aggregate materials for every construction requires mining of sand and gravel, which leads to the formation of a myriad of freshwater lakes, a now common feature of the landscape in the valleys of large rivers. …”
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Stepwise order in protein complex assembly: approaches and emerging themes by Michael T. Brown, Michael A. McMurray

“…Here, we integrate a review of the methodological approaches commonly used to query assembly order within a discussion of studies of the 20S proteasome core particle, septin protein complexes, and the histone octamer. …”
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Dynamic Traffic Congestion Simulation and Dissipation Control Based on Traffic Flow Theory Model and Neural Network Data Calibration Algorithm by Li Wang, Shimin Lin, Jingfeng Yang, Nanfeng Zhang, Ji Yang, Yong Li, Handong Zhou, Feng Yang, Zhifu Li

“…Traffic congestion is a common problem in many countries, especially in big cities. …”
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Provenance of late Pleistocene loess in central and eastern Europe: isotopic evidence for dominant local sediment sources by K. Fenn, I. L. Millar, A. Bird, D. Veres, Doris Wagner

“…The results dispute the commonly held assumption that the Sahara was a sediment contributor to loess in central-eastern Europe as North African contributions are not needed to explain loess signatures. …”
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The Neuroactivation of Cognitive Processes Investigated with SPECT by Daniela Montaldi, Andrew R. Mayes

“…The paper aims to describe and counter common misunderstandings regarding potential limitations of the SPECT technique, to explain and illustrate which SPECT procedures best fulfill the requirements of a neuroactivation study, and how best to obtain information about normal brain function (whether using normal healthy subjects or patients) and finally to highlight SPECT’s potential future role in the functional mapping of the human brain.…”
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Mitochondrial DNA: A New Predictor of Diabetic Kidney Disease by Yajing Huang, Jingwei Chi, Fanxiang Wei, Yue Zhou, Yihai Cao, Yangang Wang

“…Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a common cause of end-stage renal disease, and diagnosis and treatment in time can help delay its progress. …”
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The Impact of Shared Auditors and Same Signing Auditors on Merger and Acquisition Decision-making by Lin Du

“…The regression results reveal that firms with common auditors are more likely to achieve successful acquisitions. …”
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Measuring quality for destination marketing: local public stakeholders’ perceptions in Portugal by Andreia Filipa Antunes Moura, Lisete Santos Mendes Mónico, Maria do Rosário Campos Mira

“…A self-administered survey was conducted with a sample of Portuguese municipalities including, more specifically, 134 local public stakeholders commonly considered local destination marketing organisations, as well as public policy- and decision-makers. …”
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Computational Evaluation of Tridax Procumbens Phytoconstituents in Wound Healing Process by M. Jeevitha, Kaarthikeyan Gurumoorthy, M. Navarasu

“…Tridax procumbens is a very important natural plant that is commonly found in the tropical region and has a wide range of pharmacological actions. …”
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Useful Image-Based Techniques for Manual and Automatic Counting Using ImageJ for Horticultural Research by Lillian Pride, Shinsuke Agehara

“…., number of leaves, fruits, seeds, or plants) are a common type of data gathered in horticultural research. …”
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