Energy Consumption of Self-Compacting Concrete during Mixing and Its Impact on the Yield Stress Measured in the Ready-Mix Concrete Plant by V. Arularasi, P. Thamilselvi, Siva Avudaiappan, Erick I. Saavedra Flores

“…When the impeller rotates in a coaxial cylinder filled with concrete, the power is measured by a clamp meter. Torque is obtained through the power relationship, which is an essential factor in determining the yield stress. …”
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Estimation of the Bid-Ask Prices for the European Discrete Geometric Average and Arithmetic Average Asian Options by Xiankang Luo, Tao Chen

“…Conic finance is a new and exciting development in quantitative finance, which is widely applied to several topics in finance. The theory of conic finance extends the law of one price to the law of two prices, which yields closed forms for bid-ask prices of European options. …”
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QD/SnO₂ Photoactivated Chemoresistive Sensor for Selective Detection of Primary Alcohols at Room Temperature by Maria Yu. Skrypnik, Vadim B. Platonov, Daria A. Kurtina, Oleg G. Sinyashin, Marina N. Rumyantseva, Roman B. Vasiliev

“…Sensors based on nanocomposites of quantum dots (QDs) and wide-gap metal oxides are of exceptional interest for photoactivated detection of toxic and pollutant gases without thermal heating. …”
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Spatiotemporal clusters of acute respiratory infections associated with socioeconomic, meteorological, and air pollution factors in South Punjab, Pakistan by Munazza Fatima, Ibtisam Butt, Shahab MohammadEbrahimi, Behzad Kiani, Oliver Gruebner

“…Results Our results indicate that in the central and northern regions of Pakistan, two spatial clusters of ARI were present, accounting for 28.5% of the total cases. A spatiotemporal cluster with a relative risk of 1.57 was discovered in the northeastern area. …”
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A Semi-portable Enclosure to Measure Emission Rates from Small Fugitive Sources: Leaf Blower Dust Example by Dennis Fitz, David Pankratz, Sally Pederson, James Bristow

“…Emission rates were determined as a function of surface type and cleaning tool used. The method would be appropriate for many types of small fugitive dust sources.…”
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Weak Solutions and Optimal Control of Hemivariational Evolutionary Navier-Stokes Equations under Rauch Condition by Hicham Mahdioui, Sultana Ben Aadi, Khalid Akhlil

“…In this paper, we consider the evolutionary Navier-Stokes equations subject to the nonslip boundary condition together with a Clarke subdifferential relation between the dynamic pressure and the normal component of the velocity. …”
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Effects of thermal cycles and immersion in different beverages on color, translucency and hardness of different composite resins by Ömer Sağsöz, Pınar Gül

“…Six light-cured dimethacrylate-based composite (Clearfil Majesty Esthetic, Clearfil Majesty Posterior, Grandio, Grandio Flow, Arabesk Top, Valux Plus), an ormocer (Admira) and a silorane-based composite (Filtek Silorane) were tested in this study. …”
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A Novel MAGDM Approach Based on Cubic q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Power Generalized Maclaurin Symmetric Mean Operator by Qaisar Khan, Harish Garg, Hizbullah Khattak, Abdulhakim A. Al-Babtain, I. Elbatal, Mohammed Elgarhy

“…By the degrees of INVq-ROFS and q-ROFS, Cq-ROFS exposes fuzzy judgement, and this is one of the advanced mathematical tools to handle more complicated assessment information in multiple attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) problems. …”
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Comparing adsorption of bisphenol A and similar compounds in aqueous solution by syringe filters by Nathaniel Godby, Alfred Conklin

“…Bisphenol A and similar compounds are being extensively examined for their toxicity. This study serves to characterize common syringe filters and their effects on analytical results. …”
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Depression and Anxiety among Patients with Epilepsy and Multiple Sclerosis: UAE Comparative Study by Taoufik Alsaadi, Khadija El Hammasi, Tarek M. Shahrour, Mustafa Shakra, Lamya Turkawi, Wassim Nasreddine, Mufeed Raoof

“…To test this hypothesis, we screened for depression and anxiety 186 and 160 patients attending the epilepsy and MS clinics, respectively, using standardized screening tools to determine the rates of both depression and anxiety, comparing these rates to 186 age, sex matched controls. …”
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EdgeNet: An End-to-End Deep Neural Network Pretrained with Synthetic Data for a Real-World Autonomous Driving Application by Leanne Miller, Pedro J. Navarro, Francisca Rosique

“…To train the architecture, RGB and depth images were used together with inertial data as inputs to predict the driving speed and steering wheel angle. …”
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Are very high rates of exogenous carbohydrate ingestion (>90 g/hr) sufficient or indeed necessary to run a sub-2hr marathon? An analysis of the model predictions of Lukasiewicz and... by Timothy D. Noakes, Philip J. Prins

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Crystallization Behavior and Microstructural Analysis of Lead-Rich (𝐏𝐛𝑥𝐒𝐫1−𝑥) TiO𝟑 Glass Ceramics Containing 1 mole %𝐋𝐚𝟐𝐎𝟑 by C. R. Gautam, Devendra Kumar, Om Parkash

“…Differential thermal analysis (DTA) patterns show one or more exothermic crystallization sharp peaks, which shift towards higher temperature with increasing concentration of SrO. …”
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关于超大航站楼建筑设缝问题的调查与研究 by 隋庆海

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Análisis y caracterización de la variabilidad climática en algunas regiones de Uruguay by G. TISCORNIA, A. CAL, A. GIMÉNEZ

“…Según los resultados obtenidos se puede concluir que para todas las variables estudiadas y en todas las localidades y períodos analizados, la variabilidad interanual es la de mayor incidencia.…”
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Spontaneous Pneumothorax as an Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis: A Case Report with Emphasis on the Imaging Findings by Mariana Leite Pereira, Edson Marchiori, Gláucia Zanetti, Guilherme Abdalla, Nina Ventura, Carolina Pesce Lamas Constantino, Viviane Brandão, Pedro Martins, Rodrigo Canellas, Antonio Muccillo, Romulo Varella de Oliveira

“…Chest X-ray showed a small right pneumothorax, bilateral nonhomogeneous opacities, and emphysematous areas in the lung base. Chest computed tomography showed consolidation in both lungs, with architectural distortion, nodules, interlobular septal thickening, and emphysema, in addition to the right pneumothorax. …”
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ROLE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN ENCOURAGING DISTANCE EDUCATION AND OTHER METHODS TO REDUCE COSTS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION by Walter W. Buchanan

“…This past year student debt surpassed the total of credit card debt in the United States to the tune of over one trillion dollars. …”
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Designing and implementing more effective Integrated Early Warning Systems in mountain areas: a case study from Northern Italy by Carolina García

“…A follow-up survey demonstrates that significant variations in vulnerability within a given community over time, occur together with changes in traditional livelihood activities, economic systems and population demographics.…”
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Les constructions complexes d'une langue en danger : une étude du composé et des syntagmes nominaux du bὲrέ by Assouan Pierre ANDRDOU

“…Ces deux procédés de création lexicale, étroitement lies, sont difficiles à distinguer. En effet, tous les deux consistent à réunir au moins deux lexèmes. …”
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DEVLETİN ETKİN KONTROLÜNÜN BULUNMADIĞI SİBER ALANDA İNSAN HAKLARI YÜKÜMLÜLÜKLERİ NELERDİR? by Berkant Akkuş

“…Siber alanda insan haklarının korunması sadece ülkesel Devleti değil, aynı zamanda uluslararası toplumu da kapsayan ortak bir sorumluluktur.…”
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