Experimental Study of Laser Cladding Methods on Water Erosion Resistance to Low Pressure Blades Materials of Steam Turbine by Di Zhang, Pengfei Zhao, Wei Zhao, Yaoyuan Luo, Yonghui Xie

“…The depth of the impact area of laser cladding specimens was distributed in the range of 0.5–1.5 μm while the 17-4PH group was distributed in the range of 2.5–3.5 μm. In contrast with specimens without laser surface processing, the material processed by laser cladding has significantly higher resistance to water erosion.…”
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THE ONLINE COMMUNITY AS A MODERN MARKETING TOOL by Valeriia A. Demirova

“…The works of several Russian authors are featured, which vary in their comprehensive approaches to the challenge of establishing online communities against the backdrop of a dearth of Russian-language thematic literature, in contrast to the West, which began exploring the issues of community development more than two decades ago. …”
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Stability of the beta phase in Ti-Mo-Cr alloy fabricated by powder metallurgy by Syarif J., Rohmannudin T.N., Omar M.Z., Sajuri Z., Harjanto S.

“…The addition of Mo and Cr increased the stability of the b phase. By contrast, O promoted a phase formation upon cooling. …”
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Discrepancies in Different Precipitation Data Products in the Bay of Bengal during Summer Monsoon Season by Li Qi, Yuqing Wang

“…Significant discrepancies among different products are found in the interannual variation, as illustrated by the contrast features between 2002 and 2005. Based on the TRMM products (except for 3B42RT) and GPCP V1.2, the precipitation maximum occurred near the coast in 2002, while it was about 100–200 km offshore in 2005. …”
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Photothermal effects of gold nanorods in aqueous solution and gel media: Influence of particle size and excitation wavelength by Zendesha S. Mbalaha, David J. S. Birch, Yu Chen

“…In the aqueous solution, the temperature rise of the large gold nanorods is more than with small gold nanorods at resonance excitation. In contrast to the large gold nanorods (LGNRs), the small gold nanorods (SGNRs) were less sensitive to excitation wavelength. …”
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Ownership structure, risk taking, and financial stability of conventional rural banks: evidence from Indonesia by Muhamad Umar Mai, Sudradjat, Etti Ernita Sembiring

“…The findings show that women’s management ownership and ownership reduce risk while improving financial stability. In contrast, institutional ownership encourages excessive risk-taking, while local government ownership reduces financial stability. …”
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A New Closed-Form Solution of the Side Abutment Pressure Distribution of Roadway by Liang Cheng, Yidong Zhang

“…Afterwards, a parametric analysis of the width of the plastic zone is carried out, and the results show that the width of the plastic zone is nearly negatively linearly correlated with the friction angle and the cohesion of the coal, the interfacial cohesion, and the support strength. By contrast, it is positively linearly correlated with the roadway height and negatively exponentially correlated with the interfacial friction angle. …”
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J. Hidalgo. You survive Teletransportation / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev by A. V. Nekhaev

“…On their view, the person that emerges from the teletransporter would be a replica of you, but it wouldn’t be you. In contrast, I argue that there’s no relevant difference between teletransportation and ordinary survival. …”
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Product Design Analysis with Regard to Recycling and Selected Mechanical Properties by Jacek Diakun, Rafał Grzejda

“…Removing one bolt from the connection resulted in a stiffness reduction of almost 11%, while removing two bolts from the connection resulted in a stiffness reduction of almost 26%. In contrast, the removal of one rivet from the connection led to a stiffness reduction of about 3%, while the removal of two rivets from the connection led to a stiffness reduction of less than 5%.…”
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Vitamin D in Early Childhood and the Effect on Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Anna Jane Battersby, Beate Kampmann, Sarah Burl

“…Antimicrobial peptides are induced in conjunction with stimulation of innate pattern recognition receptors enhancing immunity to particular infections. In contrast the role of vitamin D within the adaptive immune response appears to be more regulatory in function, perhaps as a mechanism to reduce unwanted inflammation. …”
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Research on Modeling and Motion Optimization for an Underactuated Bionic Scorpion Robot Arm by Ning Cao, Jinsheng Liu, Feiling Shen, Xuming Pei, Yupu Liu, Hengyu Li

“…Flexible screen possessing a high-contrast ratio to accomplish high-definition display can be attributed to the accuracy of polarizer assembly. …”
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Anticalculi and antibacterial activity of methanol extract of Holothuria atra by Irwan Irwan, Jefri Saputra Mulia, Softyatuddin Karina, Eli Nurliza

“…The greatest level of antibacterial effectiveness against Escherichia coli was observed at a concentration of 50%, resulting in a zone of inhibition of 1.90 mm. In contrast, the most significant antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus was observed at a concentration of 25%, resulting in a zone of inhibition measuring 4.50 mm.  …”
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A Novel Approach to Supply the Water Reservoir Demand Based on a Hybrid Whale Optimization Algorithm by Alireza Donyaii, Amirpouya Sarraf, Hassan Ahmadi

“…Additionally, the average water demand and discharge volume of IWOA were 3.21 × 106 m3 and 3.03 × 106 m3, respectively. In contrast, the other algorithms yielded lower water release volumes. …”
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Systemic Inflammatory Response during Laparotomy by Ahmad Mahamid, Basel Jabarin, Gidon Almogy

“…Analysis of the data showed no significant changes in the level of plasma inflammatory mediators during the surgical procedure, except for the platelet count which showed a significant decrease (P=0.001). Conclusions. In contrast to experience with animal models, laparotomy in human patients with secondary peritonitis did not significantly increase the systemic inflammatory response. …”
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Advancement of emerging technologies for non-destructive measurement of water and non-aqueous phase liquid saturation in porous media: A review by Kapil Kumar, Harris Ramli

“…Traditional methods like drilling are invasive, slow, and costly. In contrast, Non-Destructive Methods (NDMs) such as X-rays, Electrical Resistivity Imaging, Ground-Penetrating Radar, and various imaging techniques provide faster, more cost-effective, and precise detection of NAPLs in soil. …”
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Networks on Chips: Structure and Design Methodologies by Wen-Chung Tsai, Ying-Cherng Lan, Yu-Hen Hu, Sao-Jie Chen

“…With the advent of many-core architectures, the bus architecture becomes the performance bottleneck of the on-chip interconnection framework. In contrast, network on chip (NoC) becomes a promising on-chip communication infrastructure, which is commonly considered as an aggressive long-term approach for on-chip communications. …”
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Channeled Polarimetry for Magnetic Field/Current Detection by Georgi Dyankov, Petar Kolev, Tinko A. Eftimov, Evdokiya O. Hikova, Hristo Kisov

“…It is shown that in contrast to other methods, this method allows the detection of the phase shift caused by Faraday rotation alone, making the detection independent of temperature. …”
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Diagnostic Challenges in Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Monika Pazgan-Simon, Sylwia Serafinska, Justyna Janocha-Litwin, Krzysztof Simon, Jolanta Zuwala-Jagiello

“…According to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) guidelines, which constitute diagnostic standards, the diagnosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) should be based on contrast-enhanced imaging. Lesion hyperenhancement should be observed throughout the arterial phase, followed by the washout during the venous phase. …”
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Infectious disease phylodynamics with occurrence data by Leo A. Featherstone, Francesca Di Giallonardo, Edward C. Holmes, Timothy G. Vaughan, Sebastián Duchêne

“…Using simulations, we demonstrate that birth–death phylodynamic models can employ occurrence data to eliminate bias in estimates of the basic reproductive number due to misspecification of the sampling process. In contrast, the coalescent exponential model is robust to such sampling biases, but in the absence of a sampling model it cannot exploit occurrence data. …”
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Cumulative earnings of Black, Chinese, South Asian and White individuals born in Canada by Aneta Bonikowska, René Morissette, Grant Schellenberg

“…The higher cumulative earnings of Chinese and South Asian women relative to White women can be explained mostly or entirely by cross-group differences in these observable factors, the most important being education and representation in STEM fields. By contrast, Black and White women had similar cumulative earnings over the 20-year periods considered.…”
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