Management of Infected Gap Nonunion of Shaft of Femur by Ilizarov Method by Rooshad Ahmad Muhammad, Omer Ali Rafiq Barawi

“…Methods: in this prospective case series study, 13 patients with infected gap nonunion of femoral shaft were treated surgically with meticulous debridement and bone transport through application of Ilizarov ring fixator. …”
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Multi-Criterion Stability Evaluation and Surface Boundary Method for Slopes by Lier Lu, Hao Yang, Yingfa Lu, Shiqi Zhang

“…The case study of the Dianzhan slope located in the Wufeng County in Hubei Province shows that the multi-criterion stability evaluation approach adopting PSRM and SBM can better describe the evolution of various slope stability and failure characteristics. …”
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A Method for Software Requirement Volatility Analysis Using QFD by Yunarso Anang, Masakazu Takahashi, Yoshimichi Watanabe

“…And then, after determining the potential for changes of the design elements, the degree of volatility of the software requirements is calculated. In this paper the method is described using a flow diagram and illustrated using a simple example, and is evaluated using a case study.…”
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Full Downwind Turbine Simulations Using Actuator Line Method by A. Matiz-Chicacausa, Omar D. Lopez

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Research on Underwater Echo Generation Method Based on Small Sample by Chen-yu WANG, Li-wen LIU, Gang LIU, Bo LI, Yun-chuan YANG

“…However, the traditional GAN model is unsuitable for underwater echo samples and cannot be used directly for sample data generation. Therefore, this study proposed an underwater echo signal generation method based on an improved GAN for a small sample to address the problem of insufficient underwater target data. …”
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Substructure elimination and binding method for bending vibration analysis of beams by Keisuke YAMADA

“…This study proposed a vibration analysis employing the substructure elimination and binding method to evaluate the bending vibration of beams. …”
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Current experience and future potential of facilitating access to digital NHS primary care services in England: the Di-Facto mixed-methods study by Gary Abel, Helen Atherton, Jon Sussex, Nurunnahar Akter, Abodunrin Q Aminu, Wiktoria Bak, Carol Bryce, Christopher E Clark, Emma Cockcroft, Hamish Evans, Evangelos Gkousis, Georgia Jenkins, Caroline Jenkinson, Nada Khan, Jeffrey Lambert, Brandi Leach, Christine Marriott, Jennifer Newbould, Sarah Parkinson, Jo Parsons, Emma Pitchforth, Laura Sheard, Stephanie Stockwell, Chloe Thomas, Bethan Treadgold, Rachel Winder, John L Campbell

“…Design Observational mixed-methods study (literature review, surveys, ethnographic observation and interviews); formal synthesis of findings. …”
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Urban Road Network Emergency: An Integrative Vulnerability Identification Method by Huaikun Xiang

“…This paper proposes an integrative vulnerability identification method for urban road networks, which mainly relates to the vulnerability connotation and characteristics analysis of urban road networks during emergency, and vulnerability comprehensive evaluation indices design based on urban road network connectivity, traffic efficiency and performance, and an empirical study on a vulnerability identification method of an urban road network. …”
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A simple method for automatic recreation of railway horizontal alignments by Alberte Castro, Gerardo Casal, Duarte Santamarina, Miguel E. Vázquez-Méndez

“…The main results obtained applying this methodology are presented to show its performance and to prove its practical usefulness: an academic example used to compare with other methods, and a case study of a railway section located in Parga (Spain) in which the geometry of its horizontal alignment is successfully recovered.…”
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An Empirical Research on Study Success in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic – a Case Study by Christin Voigt, Jonas Kötter, Natallia Kukharenka

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Pharmaceutical Public Health: A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Pharmacy Professionals’ Advanced Roles in Public Health, Including the Barriers and Enablers by Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Roeann Osman, Adeola H. Ayeni, Eleanor J. Harvey, Maria Nasim, Emma Wright, Christina Narh, Uju Okereke, Tasmin Harrison, Christopher Garland, Cecilia Pyper, Andrew Evans, Marion Bennie

“…The analyses of this mixed-methods study makes a series of important recommendations for future action. …”
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An Effective Method to Identify Heritable Components from Multivariate Phenotypes. by Jiangwen Sun, Henry R Kranzler, Jinbo Bi

“…The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated in simulations and by a case study of cocaine dependence. Our approach was computationally efficient and derived traits of higher heritability than those by other methods. …”
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Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of SWRO Process Based on Simultaneous Method by Aipeng Jiang, Qiang Ding, Jian Wang, Shu Jiangzhou, Wen Cheng, Changxin Xing

“…Validation of the formulated model and solution method is verified by case study on a SWRO plant. …”
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Multi-Source Information Fusion Diagnosis Method for Aero Engine by Kai Yin, Yawen Shen, Yifan Chen, Huisheng Zhang

“…Data from gas path and vibration subsystems are separately processed to extract fault features, and a decision-level fusion strategy is employed to achieve comprehensive diagnoses. A case study based on real operational data from a two-shaft aero engine demonstrates that the proposed method significantly improves diagnostic performance. …”
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Applying citizen science method for odor measurement in urban areas by Yasmine Amkieh, Ibtehal Youssef El-Bastawissi, Mary Felix

“…The objective of this research is to present the various methods in measuring odors adopted in chemical and environmental studies to achieve an applicable odor measurement method in the urban design field. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD FOR ANALYZING TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF BONE STRUCTURES by Hanna Abramova, Oleh Avrunin

“…In this case, it is advisable to provide modules for both two-dimensional and three-dimensional visualization with methods of processing and segmentation of vertebral bodies, as well as correcting the results obtained in an interactive mode. …”
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Polynomial Method for Constructing Equilibrium Configurations of Point Vortices in the Plane by M. V. Demina, N. A. Kudryashov

“…The problem of constructing and classifying stationary and translating configurations of point vortices with an arbitrary choice of circulations is studied. The polynomial method enabling one to find any such configuration is described in detail. …”
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System Elements Identification Method for Heat Transfer Modelling in MBSE by Patrick Jagla, Georg Jacobs, Vincent Derpa, Lukas Irnich, Gregor Höpfner, Stefan Wischmann, Joerg Berroth

“…The developed method is demonstrated through a case study of a thermal management system (TMS) of an electric truck. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Hydraulic Fracture Extension Based on the Meshless Method by Chaoneng Zhao, Yongquan Hu, Jinzhou Zhao, Qiang Wang, Pei He, Anbang Liu, Pengju Song

“…Due to the limitation of mesh refinement, it is difficult to obtain the real crack propagation path using conventional numerical methods. Meshless methods (MMs) are an effective method to eliminate the dependence on the computational grid in the simulation of fracture propagation. …”
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Fault Recognition Method and Application Based on Generative Adversarial Network by Shuiliang Luo, Yongmei Huang, Yun Su, Shengkui Wang, Qianqian Liu, Yingqiang Qi, Fuhao Chang

“…The experimental results show that compared with the traditional deep learning method, this method shows significant advantages in fault recognition. …”
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