Optimization of Shear-Thickening Polishing Parameters for Optical Glass Based on Grey Relational Analysis by Yunxiao Han, Yangsi Yang, Binghai Lyu, Wei Hang, Xu Wang, Julong Yuan

“…Sixteen orthogonal experiments were conducted to assess the effects of polishing speed (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>V</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), angle (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>θ</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), and slurry concentration (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>C</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) on the material removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness (Ra). …”
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La Habana en Juan de los muertos (2011): ciudad, cine de género y crítica sociopolítica by Rafael Menéndez Fernandez, Begoña Gutiérrez San Miguel

“…La emigración, como vía de escape, y la peculiar forma de vida de la población habanera para afrontar la situación económica que vive el país vehiculan la narración, convirtiendo al antihéroe en héroe: la realidad no se transforma ni se mejora huyendo y buscando imaginados “paraísos exteriores”, sino luchando en su ciudad. …”
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Identification of Biomechanical Properties of Temporomandibular Discs by Edward Kijak, Jerzy Margielewicz, Małgorzata Pihut

“…The selection of research material in the form of porcine discs was due to the similarity to human discs. …”
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Osteopetrosis and Its Relevance for the Discovery of New Functions Associated with the Skeleton by Amélie E. Coudert, Marie-Christine de Vernejoul, Maurizio Muraca, Andrea Del Fattore

“…Osteopetrosis comprises a heterogeneous group of diseases as several forms are known with different models of inheritance and severity from asymptomatic to lethal. …”
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Agreement Between Tele- and Face-to-Face Assessment of Neuromotor Development in High-Risk Children by Ana Isabel Rubio-López, Marie Carmen Valenza, Julia Raya-Benítez, Geraldine Valenza-Peña, Irene Cabrera-Martos, Laura López-López, Ángela Benítez-Feliponi

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of agreement between the face-to-face assessment and tele-assessment of neuromotor development in high-risk children between 0 and 18 months of age. Methods: Forty-five children at high risk of developmental delays were included in this study (33% female, mean gestational age of 35.31 ± 4.03 weeks). …”
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Evaluation, Energy Optimization, and Spectrum Analysis of an Artificial Noise Technique to Improve CWSN Security by Javier Blesa, Alvaro Araujo, Elena Romero, Octavio Nieto-Taladriz

“…In this work, the scenario is formally modeled and the optimization according to the simulation results and the impact analysis over the frequency spectrum are presented.…”
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Entre el río y la montaña: José María Arguedas, César Calvo y una mismidad de saberes en la Amazonía peruana by Cinthya Torres

“…En una segunda sección exploro la filiación entre Calvo y Arguedas desde tres temas compartidos: la legitimidad de las ontologías amerindias y otras formas de relacionamiento con el mundo natural, las posibilidades significativas de las textualidades amazónicas y la propuesta hacia una nación intercultural. …”
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The Role of Traditional Leadership in Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Seke Community, Zimbabwe by Blessing Hodzi

“…The paper argues that traditional leaders have a role in addressing GBV in rural communities and posits that given the limited presence of formal institutions in rural communities, traditional leaders actively address and prevent GBV in their localities. …”
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Needlework and John Ruskin’s “acicular art of nations” by Rachel M. W. DICKINSON

“…Mapping a shift in Ruskin’s knowledge and use of needlework, particularly as negotiated through learning about plain sewing and embroidery from Stanley, it demonstrates how Ruskin takes a traditionally feminine form of work and uses it to teach universal lessons.…”
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Pre-Commercial Thinning Loblolly Pines – Does It Pay? by Rick A. Williams, Kimberly Bohn, Justin McKeithen

“…Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, June 2008. …”
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Oxidative stress and DNA lesions: the role of 8-oxoguanine lesions in Trypanosoma cruzi cell viability. by Pedro H N Aguiar, Carolina Furtado, Bruno M Repolês, Grazielle A Ribeiro, Isabela C Mendes, Eduardo F Peloso, Fernanda R Gadelha, Andrea M Macedo, Glória R Franco, Sérgio D J Pena, Santuza M R Teixeira, Leda Q Vieira, Alessandra A Guarneri, Luciana O Andrade, Carlos R Machado

“…The main consequence of oxidative stress is the formation of DNA lesions, which can result in genomic instability and lead to cell death. …”
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Smart Strawberry Advisory System for Mobile Devices by Clyde W. Fraisse, Natalia A. Peres, José Henrique Debastiani Andreis

“… Like the web-based SAS, the SAS: Strawberry Advisory System mobile app monitors real-time and forecast weather conditions that increase the risk for Botrytis (gray mold) and anthracnose fruit rots, providing risk level information for each disease. …”
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Effect of Body-Weight-Based Resistance Training on Balance Ability and Fear of Falling in Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Women by Zhenyue Liu, Shuji Sawada, Pengyu Deng, Hisashi Naito, Shuichi Machida

“…Results: Significant interactions were observed in the CS-30 (F = 9.503, <i>p</i> < 0.01, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msubsup><mi>η</mi><mi>p</mi><mn>2</mn></msubsup></semantics></math></inline-formula> = 0.312), OLST-O (F = 5.211, <i>p</i> < 0.05, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msubsup><mi>η</mi><mi>p</mi><mn>2</mn></msubsup></semantics></math></inline-formula> = 0.199), and OLST-C (F = 5.257, <i>p</i> < 0.05, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msubsup><mi>η</mi><mi>p</mi><mn>2</mn></msubsup></semantics></math></inline-formula> = 0.200), though significant simple main effects from pre to post were observed only in the LRT group. …”
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Investigations on the Blade Vibration of a Radial Inflow Micro Gas Turbine Wheel by Shijie Guo

“…Secondly, turbine blades suffer many excitations during operation, such as pressure fluctuations (unsteady aerodynamic forces), torque fluctuations, and so forth. Meanwhile, they have many kinds of vibration modes, typical ones being blade-hub (disk) coupled modes and blade-shaft (torsional, longitudinal) coupled modes. …”
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Spherical Pendulum Small Oscillations for Slewing Crane Motion by Alexander V. Perig, Alexander N. Stadnik, Alexander I. Deriglazov

“…The analytical expression and numerical estimation for cable tension force have been proposed. The numerical computational results, which correlate very accurately with the experimental observations, have been shown.…”
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Research on the development and business trend of holographic technology under 6G network by Wenjun HOU, Bing BAI, Benzhi YANG

“…Research on 6G has been carried out on a global scale.Focusing on holographic interactive services under 6G, the requirements for future network performance by studying holographic interactive scenarios and services were analyzed.A basis for business requirements for the design and research and technological evolution of 6G networks was provided.The holographic technology and application status, holographic communication and holographic interaction scenarios, as well as the technical indicators and network performance requirements of the scene business were studied.The holographic technology development stage, development maturity, holographic industry chain under 5G, and holographic technology application field distribution were defined.A holographic scene pool and scene characteristics were constructed, and six types of application scenes were formed based on the characteristics.Through the calculation of technical indicators, the bandwidth performance requirements of holographic portrait transmission were proposed.…”
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FRAGSTATS: A Free Tool for Quantifying and Evaluating Spatial Patterns by Benxin Chen, Basil V. Iannone III

“…Iannone III and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation introduces one such resource, a free software called FRAGSTATS. …”
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Anatomical Variations of the Circulus Arteriosus in Cadaveric Human Brains by S. A. Gunnal, M. S. Farooqui, R. N. Wabale

“…Circulus arteriosus of 150 formalin preserved brains were dissected. Dimensions of all the components forming circles were measured. …”
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Foucault in Sulawesi: Challenging the Roots of Ethnic Discourse in South Sulawesi by Muh Adnan Malewa

“…This article attempts to answer how this metanarrative was formed by reviewing and questioning the narrative of the birth of ethnicity in South Sulawesi and by revisiting the two narratives of the great war between what ethnographers call the Bugis and the Makassar. …”
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Assessing Africa's child survival gains and prospects for attaining SDG target on child mortality. by Sunday A Adedini, Seun Stephen Anjorin, Jacob Wale Mobolaji, Elvis Anyaehiechukwu Okolie, Sanni Yaya

“…Our results from Local indicator of spatial autocorrelation (LISA) cluster maps show that 7 countries (mainly in West/Central Africa) formed the high-high clusters (hotspots for U5M) and may not achieve the SDG target 3.2 unless urgent and appropriate investments are deployed. …”
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