Deformation Response and Safety Evaluation of Buildings Affected by Subway-Station Construction by Chunlei Feng, Dingli Zhang, Hualao Wang, Xuan Zhang

“…Results show that the horizontal distance s between the building and foundation pit and stiffness of the building itself have a clear impact on the differential settlement δij and relative deflection Δ, and the degree of deformation of the building near the corner of the foundation pit is complex. Simultaneously, based on numerical simulation results, the deformation characteristics and degree of deformation of the building under different relative position relationships with the foundation pit are analyzed. …”
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A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam by Anh Van Pham, Thomas Ziegler, Cuong The Pham, Thao Ngoc Hoang, Hanh Thi Ngo, Minh Duc Le

“…Scincella truongi sp. nov. is characterized by a combination of the following characters: size medium (SVL up to 59.4 mm); primary temporals 2; external ear opening without lobules; loreals two; supralabials seven or eight; infralabials six or seven; nuchals in three pairs; midbody scales in 28 rows; dorsal scales smooth, in six rows across the back; paravertebral scales 60–67, not widened; ventral scales in 60–70 rows; ten smooth lamellae beneath finger IV and 13–15 beneath toe IV; toes not reaching to fingers when limbs adpressed along body; dorsal surface of body and tail bronze brown with few black spots, a dark stripe running from nostril to eye and extending from posterior corner of eye along upper part of flank to the middle of the tail. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of the Guiding Shoe considering Contact Gap and Pose Disturbance by Lirong Wan, Jinwei Wang, Dejian Ma, Qingliang Zeng

“…The results indicate that the swing around the x-axis has the most significant impact on the guiding shoe, with stress concentration primarily occurring near the corner of the trench. The posture of swinging solely around the y-axis weakens the supporting effect of the guide shoe, resulting in stress concentration on the end face of the left side face. …”
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Performance analysis of 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion USA National Team by Aydin Senturk, Gizem Baskaya

“…Technical parameters such as the distribution of the goals scored in terms of time intervals, ball possession percentage for first half and whole matches, the number of shots, the number of shots on target, corner kicks, off sides, and some other parameters such as the considering the rights of player substitutions were analyzed. …”
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Thermal comfort in green Malaysian office: Objective versus subjective evaluation by Lakhiar Muhammad Tarique, Sanmargaraja Shalini, Olanrewaju Abdul Lateef, Lim Chong Hooi, Ponniah Vignes, Mathalamuthu Anselm Dass

“…It was found that, although the PMV model suggested a slightly cool atmosphere occupants experienced a cooler sensation than expected. The divergence highlights the inadequacies of measuring thermal comfort solely based on objective measures and stresses the necessity of incorporating occupant feedback into the assessment process. …”
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Compression Load Tests on Composite Foundations of Spread Footing Anchored by Helical Anchors by Mingqiang Sheng, Zengzhen Qian, Xianlong Lu

“…Soil pressure cells at the center, near the edge, and at the corner of the footing represent a distribution from the lower, middle, and higher ranges of incremental soil pressures underneath the footing. …”
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Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scolytidae) by James R. Meeker, Wayne N. Dixon, John L. Foltz, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…These fungi colonize xylem tissue and block water flow within the tree, also causing tree mortality (Thatcher and Conner 1985). Consequently, once SPB have successfully colonized a tree, the tree cannot survive, regardless of control measures. his document is EENY-176 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 369), one of the Featured Creatures series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Digital Camouflage Pattern Design Based on the Biased Random Walk by Yuanying Gan, Chuntong Liu, Zhenxin He, Hongcai Li, Zhongye Liu

“…Firstly, the original background is preprocessed, and the background texture’s direction, corner, step length, and pixel intensity difference are statistically analyzed, and the boundary probability between pixel nodes is estimated. …”
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Adaptive Vibration Control System for MR Damper Faults by Juan C. Tudón-Martínez, Ruben Morales-Menendez

“…A robust LPV observer is proposed to estimate the lack of force caused by a damper leakage in a vehicle corner. Once the faulty damper is isolated in the vehicle and the fault is estimated, an Adaptive Vibration Control System is proposed to reduce the fault effect using compensation forces from the remaining healthy dampers. …”
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A data envelopment analysis approach for evaluating high-speed freight transportation efficiency by Paulo Chenrrim, Susana Relvas

“…The methodology in this article is based on the use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) through the BCC (Banker, Charnes, and Cooper) model and VRS (Variable Returns Scale) approach with an input orientation and the global Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) to assess the efficiency of the freight transport option on high-speed networks, with the aim of contributing to more informed decision-making.The proposed methodology was applied to the Portuguese context. …”
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Investigation on the Crack Initiation of V-Shaped Notch Tip in Precision Cropping by Lijun Zhang, Shengdun Zhao, Zhenwei Wang

“…By the finite element method, the influence of machining precision of V-shaped notch bottom corner on the crack initiation location is analyzed and it is pointed out that the crack initiation point locates in the place at the maximal equivalent stress change rate on V-shaped notch surface. …”
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Investigation of Multifrequency Piezoelectric Energy Harvester by Andrius Čeponis, Dalius Mažeika

“…Square type harvester has seismic masses at every corner. These masses are placed under specific angle in order to reduce natural frequencies of the system and to create additional rotation moments in the body of harvester. …”
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Un aménagement de berge antique sur l’Auron, pour la villa de Lazenay à Bourges (Cher) by Alain Ferdière, Emmanuel Marot

“…The port development consists of a “quay” with a wooden frame and a rubble stone structure, forming the corner of a small basin set back from the left bank of the Auron river. …”
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Compact Four-Port Dual-Sense Circularly Polarized Stack-Up Patch Antenna for UHF/MW-RFID MIMO System by Enze Zhang, Jinghui Qiu

“…Four inverted-F radiating elements fed with a 90° phase-delay feeding network realize the CP radiation at the FCC UHF-RFID band (0.902–0.928 GHz). The corner-truncated square slot and patch are implemented to obtain CP modes at the MW-RFID band. …”
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Internet of Vehicles: From intelligent grid to autonomous cars and vehicular fogs by Eun-Kyu Lee, Mario Gerla, Giovanni Pau, Uichin Lee, Jae-Han Lim

“…The next step in this evolution is just around the corner: the Internet of Autonomous Vehicles. Pioneered by the Google car, the Internet of Vehicles will be a distributed transport fabric capable of making its own decisions about driving customers to their destinations. …”
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Research on the Fatigue of Small Impulse Turbine Blade Based on the Numerical Simulation and Experimental Tests by Shijie Liu, Guozhu Liang, Jichao Liu, Yichuan Yang, Hui Wang

“…Results show that (1) different from the aviation field, the specimen is unable to be machined with the welding method because it destroys the crucial details and the mechanical properties; (2) the maximum plastic strain is present at the leading edge close to the hub, at which a 760 μm corner crack appears at the 10113th fatigue cycle. …”
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Effect of the Unsteadiness on the Diffuser Flow in a Transonic Centrifugal Compressor Stage by N. Bulot, I. Trébinjac

“…The observed change in the flow field from hub to tip is due to migration of the low momentum fluid contained in the wake toward the pressure side/hub corner.…”
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Spatial variations in urban woodland cooling between background climates by Liu J, Dennis M, Lindley S. J

“…Nevertheless, associations between local LST and urban woodland composition and configuration are highly heterogeneous across cities, especially in cooler climates. Thus, to unravel the complexities of urban woodland cooling, systematic analysis of contemporaneous local and regional factors is required.…”
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Decarburization of ferrochrome and high alloy steels with optimized gas and slag phases towards improved Cr retention by Wang H., Nzotta M.M., Teng L., Seetharaman S.

“…Besides, CO2 reacts with carbon in melt is an endothermic reaction, introduction of CO2 could be a cooler during the refining process, hence the temperature could be controlled by controlling the diluting gas amount, in this case, the over heat of bath refractory could be prevented and the lifetime of refractory could be extended.…”
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Eco-driving optimal control for electric vehicles with driver preferences by Roberto Lot, James Fleming, Boli Chen, Simos Evangelou

“…An optimal control formulation of an eco-driving system for front-wheel drive electric vehicles is proposed in this paper, demonstrating that including an optimal control model of driver preferences in such systems can successfully blend the objective of energy-efficiency with the subjective goals of human drivers, including desired following distances and time headways, a desired vehicle speed, smooth vehicle acceleration, and a comfortable corner negotiation speed. This builds on previous works that developed driver preference models for optimal control, but did not apply them to a realistic model of an EV powertrain to evaluate potential energy savings in practice. …”
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