A Calculation Method for Stress and Deformation of Loess Slope Retaining Piles Considering Pile-Soil Relative Displacement by LI Hao, ZHU Wuwei, DU Qinwen, YAO Yi

“…[Methods] The deformation and stress laws of anti-slide piles supporting loess slopes were investigated through theoretical analysis and field experiments, a calculation method for pile deformation considering pile-soil relative displacement was proposed, and further analyses of relevant influencing parameters were conducted. …”
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Microstrip Patch Sensor for Characterizing Saline Solution Based on Complimentary Split-Ring Resonators (SC-SRRs) by Hussein Jasim, Sadiq Ahmed, Iulia Andreea Mocanu, Amer Abbood Al-Behadili

“…This article presents a novel microstrip patch sensor featuring four rectangular rings represented by single complementary split-ring resonance (SC-SRR) to calculate the complex permittivity of saline solutions within the range of 0 ppt to 100 ppt. …”
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Cuptorul de olar din secolul al VIII lea p.Chr. de la Sighişoara – Dealul Viilor by Spânu, D., Gáll, E.

“…From within the kiln, 235 sherds were collected, documented and statistically evaluated. …”

Detection of defects in printed circuit boards by the acoustic emission method by S. U. Uvaysov, N. T. Luu, C. D. Nguyen, Th. H. Vo, A. V. Dolmatov

“…Experimental studies were also conducted to examine the AE method applicability for detecting defects of various sizes and quantities.Conclusions. …”
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The Rh-1 Full-Size Humanoid Robot: Design, Walking Pattern Generation and Control by M. Arbulú, D. Kaynov, L. Cabas, C. Balaguer

“…At first, the robots’ weights were calculated in order to obtain the inverse dynamics and to select the actuators. …”
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A Novel Magnetic Flux Leakage Method Incorporating TMR Sensors for Detecting Zinc Dross Defects on the Surface of Hot-Dip Galvanized Sheets by Bo Wang, San Zhang, Jie Wang, Liqin Jing, Feilong Mao

“…The multi-path scanning method with a single probe was used to simulate the array measurement to detect a rectangular area of 30 × 60 mm. Ten zinc dross defects were detected across eight measurement paths with 4 mm intervals, and the positions of these zinc dross defects were successfully reconstructed. …”
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High-resolution regional sea-ice model based on the discrete element method with boundary conditions from a large-scale model for ice drift by Andrei Tsarau, Wenjun Lu, Raed Lubbad, Sveinung Løset, Yuan Zhang

“…Model predictions were compared with satellite observations for ice drift and deformation parameters. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Static Performance of Novel Precast Concrete Composite Slab–Composite Shear Wall Connections by Xiaozhen Shang, Ming Zheng, Yutao Guo, Liangdong Zhuang, Huqing Liang

“…In this novel connection, rectangular slots are introduced at the ends of the precast slabs, and lap-spliced reinforcement is placed within the slots to enable force transfer across the joint region. …”
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Volumetric stability of moldable octacalcium phosphate in guided bone regeneration: a CBCT-based ex vivo study by So-Ra Lee, Jooseong Kim, Woong Kim, Seok-Jun Kim, Yong-Gun Kim, Won-Pyo Lee

“…Methods A total of 60 standardized rectangular-shaped bone defects were created in the alveolar ridges of mandibles from 5–6-month-old pigs (20 defects per group), and implants (4.0 mm in diameter, 10.0 mm in height) were placed into each defect. …”
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Laboratory dynamic accuracy evaluation method and system verification for gravity gradiometer by Da Li, Chengsuo Li, Wei Gao, Zishan Zhang, Li Wu, Zhong Li

“…Validation experiments were conducted in the laboratory using a self-developed gravity gradiometer. …”
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Impact of emergent vegetation on three-dimensional turbulent flow properties and bed morphology in a partially vegetated channel by Pritam Kumar, Anurag Sharma

“…Presence of flexible vegetation in the river and its interaction with the flow are of great significance in understanding the momentum and mass transport in the flow. Experiments were conducted in a straight, tilting rectangular flume with staggered emergent vegetation covering half of the channel width. …”
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Non-uniform interaction effect of flow and rigid submerged vegetation on turbulent flow characteristics by Mohammad Hadi Fattahi, Mohammadhadi mohammadi, Amin Rostami Ravari

“…The experiments of this research were carried out in a straight rectangular channel with a length of 14 meters, a width of 90 cm and a depth of 60 cm under a constant flow rate of 31.7 liters per second. …”
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Comparative study of structural behavior of CFRP tubes and traditional steel for pile and column applications compliance with international codes by Mahmoud El Gendy, Ibrahim El Arabi, Ahmed ELbarbary, Mohamed Hamed

“…The focus is on circular CFRP sections under bending and axial loads, which are more complex than rectangular sections. By comparing design requirements for general properties, bending, and column provisions, this paper aims to identify significant differences in design procedures. …”
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Parametric Investigation of Separating RBCs from Platelets using Dielectrophoresis by Mahdi Aliverdinia, Mohammadmahdi Eskandarisani, Vahid Mollania Malekshah, Ermia Azari Moghaddam, Arash Karimian, Mahdi Moghimi Zand

“…Various microchannel serpentine geometries were studied, and electrodes embedded along the microchannels applied a non-uniform electric field on the particles. …”
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RGB imaging-based detection of rice leaf blast spot and resistance evaluation at the canopy scale by XIE Pengyao, FU Haowei, TANG Zheng, MA Zhihong, CEN Haiyan

“…Preprocessing and labeling of the input images were then performed. A Mask-RCNN model for the recognition of rice leaf blast spots was developed to perform the rectangular frame detection, mask segmentation and classification. …”
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Effects of coupled application of magnetoelectric activated water and amendments on photosynthetic physiological characteristics and yield of maize in arid regions by Qingyuan Lei, Wanghai Tao, Fan Yang, Jianqi Liu, Zixuan Xi, Quanjiu Wang, Mingjiang Deng

“…With the coupling of improvement agents, the rectangular hyperbola correction model showed a good fit for the light response curve (R2>0.992). …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Coil Shape on Planar Eddy Current Sensor Characteristic for Blade Tip Clearance by Lingqiang Zhao, Yaguo Lyu, Fulin Liu, Zhenxia Liu, Ziyu Zhao

“…To achieve this, various coil shapes—specifically circular, square, rectangular wave, and triangular wave—were designed and fabricated, featuring different numbers of turns for the experiment at room temperature. …”
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Small-size spectral features for machine learning in voice signal analysis and classification tasks by D. S. Likhachov, M. I. Vashkevich, N. A. Petrovsky, E. S. Azarov

“…An experimental analysis of the  accuracy and stability of the spectrum representation of a test signal with a known spectral composition has been carried out using the envelopes. The envelopes were calculated using  proposed generative method and using discrete Fourier transform with different analysis windows (rectangular window and Hanna window).  …”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning Object Tracking Based on Actor-Double Critic Network by Jing Xin, Jianglei Zhou, Xinhong Hei, Pengyu Yue, Jia Zhao

“…In offline training phase, the actor network moves the rectangular box representing the object location according to the input sequence image to obtain the action value, that is, the horizontal, vertical, and scale transformation of the object. …”
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Modeling of Unsteady Flow through the Canals by Semiexact Method by Farshad Ehsani, Seyed Ghorban Hosseini, Hossein Soury

“…The basic equations expressing hydraulic principles were formulated in the 19th century by Barre de Saint Venant and Valentin Joseph Boussinesq. …”
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