Quantifying the Long and Short Axes of the External Iliac Lymph Nodes Using Dual-Energy Computed Tomography: A Potential Diagnostic Approach for Periprosthetic Joint Infection &nda... by Yang Y, Zhou H, Kang R, Zhao C, Li J, Li F, Shen Y, Chen Y, Huang W, Qin L

“…Yaji Yang,1– 3,* Haotian Zhou,1– 3,* Runxing Kang,1– 3 Chen Zhao,1– 3 Jia Li,4 Feilong Li,1– 3 Yidong Shen,1– 3 Yuelong Chen,5 Wei Huang,1– 3 Leilei Qin1– 3 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 2Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Regeneration and Translational Medicine, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 3Orthopaedic Research Laboratory of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 5Hospital of Chongqing University, Chongqing University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wei Huang; Leilei Qin, Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People’s Republic of China, Email huangwei68@263.net; qinleilei@stu.cqmu.edu.cnPurpose: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a severe complication following joint replacement surgery, and there is a current lack of rapid, accurate, and non-invasive diagnostic methods. …”
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Improved ADRC With ILC Control of a CCD-Based Tracking Loop for Fast Steering Mirror System by Quanrui Dong, Yongkai Liu, Yuliang Zhang, Shijie Gao, Tao Chen

“…This method has a very high application value in the field of visual axis stability, adaptive optics, and other fields.…”
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PENGARUH KOMUNIKASI PEMASARAN TERHADAP PENINGKATAN JUMLAH NASABAH ASURANSI BUMI ASIH JAYA MEDAN by Ardial Ira Yustina

“…The issues of this research is: " How far the iInfluence of marketing communications to make-up of the amount of client at Glorious Earth Asih Insurance?" Research Method used by method korelasional, while technique of data collecting is by propagating enquette. …”
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Correlation between Age and Surgical Approach for Thoracic and Lumbar Hemivertebra by Alexandrina Nikova, Varvara Chatzipaulou, Belkis Malkots, Reichan Molla Mustafa, Christina Valsamidou, Theodosis Birbilis

“…Its management is surgical and it is of great importance for the physician to choose the right approach at the right time, due to its deteriorative prognosis. Methods Due to the interest of the subject, the authors investigated the world literature between 1990 and 2018 and found 45 articles, reporting thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbar HV in children and its postsurgical outcome, aiming to show whether the approaches are equal in terms of the final outcome. …”
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Security Enhancement for Smartphone Using Biometrics in Cyber-Physical Systems by Seung-Hoon Chae, Daesung Moon, Kyeong-Ri Ko, JuHyun Shin, Sung Bum Pan

“…To evaluate the proposed minutiae-ridge based fingerprint verification performance in smartphones, its performance was compared with existing fingerprint verification methods in terms of Equal Error Rate (EER), False Non-Match Rate (FNMR), and required number of cycles. …”
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Establishment and Implementation of the Point-of-Care RT-RAA-CRISPR/Cas13a Diagnostic Test for Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype O in Pigs by Ping Meng, Bo Ni, Chenyu Li, Zhou Sha, Chunju Liu, Weijie Ren, Rong Wei, Fuxiao Liu, Jinming Li, Zhiliang Wang

“…In this study, a RT-RAA-CRISPR/Cas13a method was developed for the detection of FMDV serotype O in pigs. …”
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An Improved COLD Approach for Monitoring Construction Dynamics Using HLS and LULC Data: A Case Study in the New Capital of Egypt by M. Abdallah, M. Abdallah, M. Abdallah, E. Ali, E. Ali, X. Ding, X. Ding, S. Wu, S. Wu

“…The Continuous Monitoring of Land Disturbances (COLD) algorithm is a widely used method for detecting rapid ground changes using Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel (HLS) data. …”
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The incidence of inflow and drain pain and associated risk factors for patients on peritoneal dialysis by Shun Hua, Peiyi Cao, Guanji Zhang, Guanglan Li, Simin Jiang, Yiping Xu, Jianbo Li, Jianwen Yu, Naya Huang, Jianxiong Lin, Xiao Yang, Wei Chen, Haiping Mao, Zhong Zhong

“…Age, gender, and the method of catheter implantation were identified as independent factors influencing the incidence of inflow or drain pain within the first postoperative week.…”
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Intelligent partial discharge sensing system for power grid equipment based on Internet of things by FANG Zheng

“…Aiming at the problem that the traditional manual inspection method and wired communication method are difficult to meet the demand for partial discharge (PD) detection of large-scale power equipment, this paper designs an intelligent partial discharge sensing system for power grid equipment based on the Internet of things. …”
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Design and Development of an Application for Recording Income and Expenditure Data at Darrel's Cake Shop Prabumulih City by Nadyah Seftivia, Muchlis, Nurmayanti

“…Waterfall development method. This application was built on the basis of the Visual Basic programming language. …”
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Comparing the Effect of Strengthening the Square Lumbar Muscle in Increasing the Record Number of Squats of Volleyball Players in Ardabil Province by Amir Jafarnezhadgero, Mehrdad Moharramzadeh, Aydin Ali Khiavi, Farzad Nobakht

“…The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of strengthening the lumbar quadriceps muscle in increasing the record number of squats of male volleyball players in Ardabil province. Methods: A total of 60 healthy volleyball athletes from Ardabil province were randomly divided into two equal groups of 30 intervention and control. …”
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Efficiency of regional catheter-guided thrombolysis in treatment of late total and subtotal deep vein thrombosis by B. S. Sukovatykh, A. V. Sereditsky, V. F. Muradyan, A. M. Azarov, M. B. Sukovatykh, A. R. Khachatryan, A. A. Lapinas

“…The  OBJECTIVE   was   to  assess the  effectiveness  of  the  developed  method  for  treating   DVT  with  fibrinolytic agent injection  via  a  catheter with  multiple  openings along  the  length  of  entire  thrombus.METHODS  AND MATERIALS. …”
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Estimation of Fractal Dimensions and Classification of Plant Disease with Complex Backgrounds by Muhammad Hamza Tariq, Haseeb Sultan, Rehan Akram, Seung Gu Kim, Jung Soo Kim, Muhammad Usman, Hafiz Ali Hamza Gondal, Juwon Seo, Yong Ho Lee, Kang Ryoung Park

“…However, until now, disease classification has mostly been performed by manual methods, such as visual inspection, which are labor-intensive and often lead to misclassification of disease types. …”
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Dynamic Coherent Diffractive Imaging with Modulus Enforced Probe and Low Spatial Frequency Constraints by Yingling Zhang, Zijian Xu, Bo Zhao, Xiangzhi Zhang, Ruoru Li, Sheng Chen, Shuhan Wu

“…Using this method, we achieved a temporal resolution of 20 Hz and a spatial resolution of 13.2 nm, which were verified by visualized experimental results. …”
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Hybrid Huff-n-Puff Process for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Integration of Surfactant Flooding with CO₂ Oil Swelling by Abhishek Ratanpara, Joshua Donjuan, Camron Smith, Marcellin Procak, Ibrahima Aboubakar, Philippe Mandin, Riyadh I. Al-Raoush, Rosalinda Inguanta, Myeongsub Kim

“…With increasing energy demands and depleting oil accessibility in reservoirs, the investigation of more effective enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods for deep and tight reservoirs is imminent. …”
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Semi-analytical dynamic modeling and impact mechanism analysis of a hard-coating cylindrical shell with arbitrary circular perforations by Jian Yang, Yue Zhang

“…Abstract In this paper, an innovative axial domain decomposition method, which uniquely integrates axial and circumferential perforation parameters, is developed for semi-analytical modeling of free vibration of a hard-coating cylindrical shell with arbitrary axial and circumferential perforations, based on the Love’s first-order shear deformation theory and Rayleigh-Ritz method. …”
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Computational Model of Outer Circle and Inner Ellipse Shield Tunnel Lining Structure by Shuancheng Gu, Guanlin Sun, Peili Su

“…We used the stiffness step discounting method to obtain the calculation coefficients used in the force method formulas and established the calculation model of the outer circle and inner ellipse shield tunnel linings. …”
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The Estimation of Exergy Efficiency and Exergy Losses in Air Conditioning Systems of Operating Cleanrooms by a Grassmann Diagram by Dmytro Harasym, Volodymyr Labay

“…It provides the possibility to estimate the absolute and relative energy losses and to reveal equipment and processes with the highest losses. However, this method makes the values of all kinds of energy equal, thermal energy in particular, which is wrong according to the second law of thermodynamics, because any kind of energy can be completely converted into thermal energy, while the reverse process is accompanied by unavoidable losses. …”
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Research on Control Stability of Cascade Air-source Heat Pump by Chen Jianbo, Yao Jingshan, Kang Youli, Han Xing, Li He, Wang Yu

“…The proposed method and control strategy were implemented by highly applicable Proportion Integration Differentiation (PID) algorithm and Programmable Logic Controller(PLC).A test was conducted, and it showed that the control method was sensitive, stable and accurate with various outside conditions and indoor loads.…”
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Color Rendering Correctness Estimation of Aerial and Satellite Images and Restoration of Color Balance by I. Anikeeva, A. Chibunichev

“…The criterion for evaluating the image’s color imbalance, a method for it’s determining and experimental verification of the developed method by correcting the image’s color balance are shown.…”
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