Polyhedral Model of Carbon Nanotubes Analytically Describing their Geometry by L. Chkhartishvili, N. Maisuradze, N. Mamisashvili

“…For carbon nanotubes, there is constructed a geometric model of polyhedral type, which allows the expressing their key structural parameters analytically, as functions of C–C bonds length and nanotube indices. …”
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Global well-posedness and energy decay for a one dimensional porous-elastic system subject to a neutral delay by Houssem Eddine Khochemane, Sara Labidi, Sami Loucif, Abdelhak Djebabla

“…Then, based on the energy method with some appropriate assumptions on the kernel of neutral delay term, we construct a suitable Lyapunov functional and we prove that, despite of the destructive nature of delays in general, the damping mechanism considered provokes an exponential decay of the solution for the case of equal speed of wave propagation. …”
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A High Efficient Modeling Method for Three-level Converter Based on Simulink Multiport Switch Module by LI Jianghong, HU Zhaowen

“…After pointing out that a bridge arm of three-level converter is functionally equivalent to a multiport switch, it analyzed DC bus potential, neutral point current and phase current of the converter, developed their Simulink modules, and provided an efficient way for constructing a Simulink model of three-level converter. …”
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Motivation - A Stimulating Factor for Increasing Human Resource Management Performance by Emanoil MUSCALU, Silvana MUNTEAN

“…Individual and constructional performance is in direct relationship with the direct implementation of the management of human resources. …”
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Application of Hierarchical Two-Level Spectral Preconditioning Method for Electromagnetic Scattering from the Rough Surface by D. Z. Ding, G. M. Li, Y. Y. An, R. S. Chen

“…The higher-order hierarchical Legendre basis functions combining the electrical field integral equations (EFIE) are developed to solve the scattering problems from the rough surface. …”
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On Hamilton-Jacobi Approaches to State Reconstruction for Dynamic Systems by A. Alessandri

“…First, the classical formulation based on the minimization of an estimation functional is analyzed. Second, the structure of the resulting estimator is taken into account to study the global stability properties of the estimation error by relying on the notion of input-to-state stability. …”
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Hořava-Lifshitz Scalar Field Cosmology: Classical and Quantum Viewpoints by Fatimah Tavakoli, Babak Vakili, Hossein Ardehali

“…The resulting quantum wave functions are then used to investigate the possibility of the avoidance of classical singularities due to quantum effects which show themselves important near these singularities.…”
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Network pharmacology and molecular analysis of mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of Rhubarb in treating atherosclerosis and abdominal aortic aneurysm by Huilin Xu, Jun Huang, Youjie Zeng, Xia Wang, Huilin Lian, Siyi Zhang, Ren Guo

“…The targets, biological functions and signaling pathways of Rhubarb in AS/AAA were further investigated. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Vietnamese version of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) in patients with knee osteoarthritis by Thanh-Van Le, Massimo Penta, Thi Bich Hanh Tran, Long Bien Tran, Minh Sang Nguyen, Bénédicte Schepens

“…Results: KOOS-V exhibited excellent content validity (CVI = 0.86–1.00), satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.70–0.98) and good to excellent test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.77–0.90). Construct validity was confirmed by moderate to strong correlations with SF-36 Physical Functioning (Spearman's ρ = 0.66 to 0.82) and moderate correlations with NPRS (ρ = −0.49 to −0.62). …”
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Treated large posterior fossa vestibular schwannoma and meningioma: Hearing outcome and willingness‐to‐accept brain implant for unilateral deafness by Nicole T. Jiam, Danielle M. Gillard, Ramin A. Morshed, Abhishek S. Bhutada, Ethan D. Crawford, Steve W. Braunstein, Jennifer Henderson Sabes, Philip V. Theodosopoulos, Steven W. Cheung

“…Abstract Background/Objective To compare functional hearing and tinnitus outcomes in treated large (~ 3 cm) vestibular schwannoma (VS) and posterior fossa meningioma cohorts, and construct willingness‐to‐accept profiles for an experimental brain implant to treat unilateral hearing loss. …”
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Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Toronto extremity salvage score system into Arabic and its validity by Ibrahim Alshaygy, Musab Alageel, Abdulrahman Alaseem, Motaz Alogayyel, Anthony Griffin, Mahmoud Shaheen, Abdulaziz Alsudairi, Khalid Murrad, Sarah Alqahtani, Rana Alqahtani, Furqan Alawami, Nizar Algarni, Waleed Albishi, Fawzi Aljassir

“…The Toronto Extremity Salvage Score system (TESS) is a patient-filled questionnaire that measures the functional status of patients with MSK tumors who underwent limb-salvaging procedure. …”
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Measuring neurological severity and complexity in acute setting: the modified Neurological Impairment Scale by Alessandro Padovani, Andrea Pilotto, Andrea Morotti, Ilenia Libri, Stefano Gipponi, Nicola Zoppi, Giulia Ceccardi, Lynne Turner-Stokes, Chiara Agosti, Valentina Mazzoleni, Debora Pezzini, Irene Mattioli, Tiziana Comunale, Cinzia Zatti, Enis Guso, Marcello Catania, Davide Arici, Marco Bolchini, Luca Colombo, Marco Di Cesare, Michele Di Pasquale, Lucia Ferullo, Bianca Gumina, Beatrice Labella, Alessandro Lupini, Emanuele Olivieri, Maria Teresa Piscitelli, Leandro Purin, Mattia Quaccini, Elisabetta Rolla, Chiara Silvestri, Maddalena Toffali, Silvio Zampini, Andrea Zancanaro, Daniele Zanola

“…The mNIS showed strong construct validity for total and subscores compared with other clinical scales (r 0.47–0.97, p<0.001) and 52.7% of patients scored at least one in one of the four newly listed items. …”
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Development and Testing of a Patient Outcome Measure for Interprofessional Tuberculosis Care: A Delphi Study by Bau D. Ardyansyah, Reinie Cordier, Margo Brewer, Dave Parsons

“…We aimed to develop a patient outcome measure to quantify the functional impact of interprofessional care on tuberculosis patients. …”
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Chinese Mathematical Knowledge Entity Recognition Based on Linguistically Motivated Bidirectional Encoder Representation from Transformers by Wei Song, He Zheng, Shuaiqi Ma, Mingze Zhang, Wei Guo, Keqing Ning

“…In order to improve the accuracy of mathematical knowledge entity recognition and provide effective support for subsequent functionalities, this paper adopts the latest pre-trained language model, LERT, combined with a Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (BiGRU), Iterated Dilated Convolutional Neural Networks (IDCNNs), and Conditional Random Fields (CRFs), to construct the LERT-BiGRU-IDCNN-CRF model. …”
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Liver Transplantation Utilizing Mixed Biologic and Synthetic Arterial Conduits by Marcio F. Chedid, Tomaz J. M. Grezzana-Filho, Aljamir D. Chedid, Luiz Pedro P. Hendges, Ian Leipnitz, Mario R. Alvares-da-Silva, Ariane N. Backes, Matheus J. Reis, Cleber Dario P. Kruel, Cleber R. P. Kruel

“…Arterial conduits are necessary in nearly 5% of all liver transplants and are usually constructed utilizing segments of donor iliac artery. …”
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THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ROCK-FORMING OXIDES, α-Al2O3, Cr2O3, α-Fe2O3, AND Fe3O4 AT HIGH TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES by P. I. Dorogokupets, T. S. Sokolova, A. M. Dymshits, K. D. Litasov

“…Equations of state of corundum (α-Al2O3), eskolaite (Cr2O3), hematite (α-Fe2O3), and magnetite (Fe3O4) are constructed based on the Helmholtz free energy by simultaneous optimization of ultrasonic, X-ray diffraction, dilatometric, and thermochemical measurements. …”
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Shock Thermal Resistance of Parachute Fabrics by Jiří Militký, Jakub Wiener, Dana Křemenáková, Mohanapriya Venkataraman

“…The use of polyester and polyamide fabrics for parachute constructions has a great advantage because, in comparison with classical silk-based parachutes, they are more durable and suitable for absorbing higher mechanical shocks. …”
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Measuring enablers and indicators of employee engagement: Internal validity of the Flow@Work engagement survey by Melinde Coetzee, Dieter Veldsman, Ingrid L. Potgieter, Nadia Ferreira

“…The study redresses this shortcoming by examining the internal construct validity and reliability of the Flow@Work Engagement Survey (FWES) as applied to a global aggregated cross-sectional data set of (N = 39 310) clients. …”
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Cancer cell membrane-coated siRNA-Decorated Au/MnO2 nanosensitizers for synergistically enhanced radio-immunotherapy of breast cancer by Diyu Wang, Subin Lin, Tuanwei Li, Xiaohu Yang, Xiang Zhong, Qian Chen, Guoqin Jiang, Chunyan Li

“…In the integrated nanosensitizer, the cancer cell membrane (CM) derived from 4T1 breast cancer cells is utilized for targeted functionality, while Au/MnO2 is designed to improve X-ray absorption and alleviate tumor hypoxia. …”
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The underlying molecular mechanisms and biomarkers of Hip fracture combined with deep vein thrombosis based on self sequencing bioinformatics analysis by Guanghua Shi, Xiaocui Shi, Meng Zhang, Rui Cheng, Mengqing Hu, Yu Zhao, Shimei Li, Xiuxiu Li, Haiyun Ma, Pengcui Li

“…Results Seven candidate genes were selected, with functional enrichment analysis linking them to the autophagosome and PPAR signaling pathways. …”
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