Corrosion behavior of NiTi alloys fabricated by laser powder bed fusion in relation to the formed passive films in Hank's solution by Yi-Fan Zhang, Liang-Yu Chen, Yong Liu, Hong-Yu Yang, Jin-Hua Peng, Chuanbo Zheng, Lina Zhang, Lai-Chang Zhang

“…Varying the parameters of the L-PBF process may result in the NiTi alloys with different ratios of B2 and B19′ phases, thereby, the different corrosion performance in the human body. …”
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Curvature Determination Method for Diverging Acoustic Lens of Underwater Acoustic Transducer by Minze Li, Mingzhen Xin, Fanlin Yang, Yu Luo, Jinpeng Liu, Niuniu Wu

“…To increase the detection range of an underwater acoustic transducer in a specific marine environment, a curvature-determining method for the diverging acoustic lens of an underwater acoustic transducer is proposed based on the acoustic ray tracing theory. The relationship equation between the original directivity indicators of the underwater acoustic transducer and the emergence angle in the specific environment is constructed, and the slope of the acoustic lens at different positions of the underwater acoustic transducer is obtained by a progressive solution. …”
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The Conceptual Integration of Quality Function Deployment and Value Engineering for Product Development: A Case Study of Water Dispenser by Rosnani Ginting, Rinaldi Silalahi, M. Alwi Marunduri

“…QFD Phase 1 gives priority to the technical requirements, which are durability, and QFD Phase 2 gives priority to critical parts, namely hoses, and thermostats. Then, based on the results of the QFD, improvements were made with VE, resulting in a type of water dispenser hose that was originally silicon that was substituted for polyethylene with a savings of 0.25 USD and a type of thermostat that initially reset KSD 301 that was substituted for a bakelite thermostat with a savings of 0.14 USD. …”
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MRI Texture Analysis in Multiple Sclerosis by Yunyan Zhang

“…It may also become a new tool to assess therapeutic efficacy if technique issues are resolved and pathological correlates are further confirmed. …”
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The psychological aspects of perinatal safety by Elena M. Savitskaya

“…Recent years are marked by psychologists’, psychotherapists’, obstetricians’, gynecologists’ and pediatricians’ growing interest to practical applications of perinatal psychologists’ theoretical achievements. But so far most patients who need perinatal psychotherapy have been unaware of the opportunities to get it. …”
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Importance of Disagreement by Alex Broadbent

“…When there is no disagreement on a certain idea, therefore, we have to consider that we’re either not assessing the idea properly, or not entertaining all opinions. …”
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The Dependence of Water and Gas Breakthrough on the Choice of Model Parameters in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Sector and Full Reservoir Models by Barham Sabir Mahmood, Mohammed Jamal Awl, Farhad Abdulrahman Khoshnaw

“…Additionally, extremely heterogeneous and anisotropic permeability distribution within the natural fractured reservoir is often caused by the complexity of a fracture network. Therefore, accurate reservoir modelling and simulation must be conducted in order to achieve ultimate recovery. …”
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Effect of Bian-stone hot ironing-massage and Chinese herbal medicine penetration combined with auricular acupoint sticking and pressing on relief of incomplete intestinal obstructi... by ZHANG Lihua (张丽华), XUE Li (薛丽), HUANG Yanping (黄砚萍), WANG Guifang (王贵芳)

“…Conclusion The Bian-stone hot ironing-massage Chinese herbal medicine penetration combined with auricular acupoint sticking and pressing is potentially effective to relieve the clinical symptoms of incomplete intestinal obstruction and improve the therapeutic effect. (目的 观察砭石熨摩中药透入法联合耳穴贴压缓解不完全性肠梗阻临床症状的效果, 总结相关护理措施。…”
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Gratitude (shukr) group intervention for promoting college students’ well-being: A quasi-experimental study by Melati Sumari, Dini Farhana Baharudin, Amira Najiha Yahya, Yusni Mohamad Yusop

“…Qualitative data from participants' reflection reports were also thematically analysed for supportive evidence. Results indicated that post-test well-being scores were significantly higher than pre-test scores (p < .05). …”
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Update on Helicobacter pylori infection study and key points of «Maastricht-V» consensus conference (2016) by A. A. Sheptulin, T. L. Lapina, V. O. Kaybysheva

“…Association of H. pylori to both gastroenterological and non-gastrointestinal diseases and optimization of eradication therapy modes were discussed at the consensus conference. …”
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Mathematical analysis for simulation of incompressible fluid flow by Rômulo Damasclin Chaves dos Santos, Jorge Henrique de Oliveira Sales

“… The omnipresence and complexity of physical phenomena drive the strong search for tools capable of simulating them, since many applications require computationally viable, reliable and, preferably, low-cost simulations. …”
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环境丰容对圈养非洲狮行为的影响 by 鄢 平 李洪文 杨佳璐 刘选珍

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苍鹭捕食小 by 刘冬平, 金崑

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Daridorexant for the Treatment of Insomnia by Christopher L Robinson, Rajesh Supra, Evan Downs, Saurabh Kataria, Katelyn Parker, Alan D. Kaye, Omar Viswanath, Ivan Urits

“…Insomnia often occurs in the presence of coexisting comorbidities making it a complex disorder that requires a multifactorial approach to therapy. First-line therapy is cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). …”
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Effect of Experimental Warming on Forage Nutritive Value and Storage in Alpine Meadows at Three Different Altitudes of Nianqing Tanggula Mountain, Northern Tibet: A Long-Term Exper... by Fusong Han, Wei Sun, Shaowei Li, Chengqun Yu, Jun Xu, Tianyu Li, Yujie Deng, Dorblha, Chuhong Chen, Dawaqiongda, Luobu, Gang Fu

“…Community EE content increased with community AGB, but community CP, ADF, NDF, EE, Ash, and WSC contents were not related to community AGB. Therefore, from the low to high elevation, the effects of warming on forage nutrition quality gradually changed from improving to inhibiting. …”
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Higher-Order Dynamic Delay Differential Equations on Time Scales by Hua Su, Lishan Liu, Xinjun Wang

“…By using the fixed-point index theory, the existence of positive solution and many positive solutions for nonlinear four-point singular boundary value problem with p-Laplacian operator are obtained.…”
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Packaging the Naked Buddhas by Dina Bangdel

“…I consider how traditional artists see themselves meeting the expectations of tourists, by constructing categories of the aesthetic tastes of the “other,” based on specific national identities in a global context. …”
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Communication performance analysis of wireless sensor network for railway environmental monitoring by Ruifeng CHEN, Ming NI, Chunjie XU, Hao HU

“…Wireless sensor network (WSN) deployed along the railway can be commonly applied to environmental monitoring.In order to lengthen the lifetime of WSN,it is essential to introduce the node sleeping mechanism.Therefore,firstly the stochastic process theory was adopted and an analytical framework was proposed to study the communication performance of WSN in railway scenarios based on the node sleeping mechanism.Furthermore,the impacts of different system factors on the reception performance of WSN were analyzed under railway scenarios,and then the relation between the optimal ratio of active nodes and other system factors could be obtained.A simulation platform was established to verify the reception performance of WSN in safety areas and hazards-prone sections respectively.Finally,practical case was presented to verify the deployment scheme based on node sleeping mechanism.The analytical results could provide the guidelines for practical deployment of WSN under railway scenarios.…”
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Traveling Wave Resonance and Simplified Analysis Method for Long-Span Symmetrical Cable-Stayed Bridges under Seismic Traveling Wave Excitation by Zhong-ye Tian, Meng-lin Lou

“…The numerical results show that the bridge’s peak seismic responses vary significantly as the apparent wave velocity decreases. Therefore, the traveling wave effect must be considered in the seismic design of long-span bridges. …”
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Libertas as an Expression of Roman Identity in Cicero and Sallust by Anna Iacoboni

“… In the late Republican period, mos maiorum, libertas and ius are no longer evoked to pursue the common good of the state, as was the case in the Rome of the maiores, but instead in an individualistic sense. Cicero theorizes a form of limited libertas of the people that does not call into question but rather further legitimizes the authority of the optimates. …”
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