Mechanism and Stability Analysis of Deformation Failure of a Slope by Yingfa Lu, Gan Liu, Kai Cui, Jie Zheng

“…The results show that progressive failure can be well represented and the safety factor can be well described by the main thrust method (MTM), comprehensive displacement method (CDM), and surplus displacement method (SDM), which can be used to feasibly evaluate slope stability.…”
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Studying behavior of the asymptotic solutions to P-Laplacian type diffusion-convection model by Habeeb Aal-Rkhais, Ruba Qasim

“…The rescaling method is presented to allow us to establish nonnegative local solutions to the evolution of the Cauchy problem (CP) of the nonlinear degenerate parabolic p-Laplacian process with conservation laws that are posed in one-dimensional space. …”
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IMPACT OF INTRA-OPERATIVE INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION ON THE COURSE OF POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD IN THE PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER by I. V. Shlyk, A. A. Zakharenko, V. A. Panafidina, A. A. Trushin, O. A. Ten

“…Currently, the majority of colorectal surgeries is performed using laparoscopic and minimal invasive methods, providing the best outcomes in the soonest post-operative period and equal oncological safety when compared to traditional open surgeries. …”
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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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Establishing Sitafloxacin Epidemiological Cut-off Values (ECOFFs) for Clinical Bacterial Isolates by Zhang J, Li X, Jia X, Li Y, Zheng B, Yu Y, Hu F, Sun Z, Chen Z, Zhang G, Kang W, Wang T, Li J, Gao H, Yi Q, Yu W, Chu X, Xu Y, Yang Q

“…Jingjia Zhang,1,2,* Xue Li,1,* Xinmiao Jia,3,* Yun Li,4 Bo Zheng,4 Yunsong Yu,5 Fupin Hu,6 Ziyong Sun,7 Zhongju Chen,7 Ge Zhang,1 Wei Kang,1 Tong Wang,1 Jin Li,1 Haotian Gao,1 Qiaolian Yi,1 Wei Yu,1,8 Xiaobing Chu,1,8 Yingchun Xu,1 Qiwen Yang1,9 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Clinical Biobank, Biomedical Engineering Facility of National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China; 3Department of Medical Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe & Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 4Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 6Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 7Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China; 8Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 9Key Laboratory of Pathogen Infection Prevention and control (Peking Union Medical College), Ministry of Education, Beijing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Qiwen Yang, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Email yangqiwen81@vip.163.comObjective: To establish the epidemiological cut-off values (ECOFFs) of sitafloxacin against Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, and Streptococcus pneumoniae.Methods: We collected 2264 clinical isolates from five different labs located in four cities in China. …”
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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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Analysis and simulation of the workspace of a tomato harvesting manipulator by LIANG Xi-feng, WANG Yong-wci, MIAO Xiang-wen, CUI Shao-rong

“…In addition, Monte Carlo method can straightforwardly and visually describe manipulator workspace with high speed.…”
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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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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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Habitat Characteristics and the Species Response of Astragalus curvirostris Boiss. to the Environmental Factors in Lorestan Rangelands by Reza Siahmansour, Nadia Kamali, Hamid Reza Mirdavoodi, Javad Motamedi

“…Extended Abstract IntroductionTo analyze complex ecological data, it is necessary to employ flexible and robust analytical methods that can handle non-linear relationships, interactions, and missing data control. …”
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Waiting Time Distribution of Supra-arcade Downflows by Zichao Yang, Rui Liu

“…In six of the seven flares, the SADs are identified and tracked in previous studies by two different methods, and in the seventh flare, they are identified and tracked by our optimized manual method. …”
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Dynamic Micro-Vibration Monitoring Based on Fractional Optical Vortex by Fucheng Zou, Dechun Liu, Le Wang, Shengmei Zhao, Jialong Zhu

“…When the topological charge (TC) of the FOV beam is less than or equal to one, a single-petal structure is generated, significantly reducing the complexity of angular tracking compared to traditional multi-petals OAM-based methods. …”
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Does trust mediate the determinant factor of airplane e-ticket purchase decisions using mobile applications? by Edy Sulistiyawan, Suharyanto Suharyanto, Indra Kurniawan, Bisma Arianto, Siti Samsiyah

“…Purpose – This study aims to analyze the influence of information quality, social media marketing, and perceived ease of use on e-ticket purchasing decisions using the tiket.com mobile application mediated by trust. Method – This research applied quantitative methods and a causally associative approach. …”
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Experimental therapy of epilepsy with transcranial magnetic stimulation: lack of additional benefit with prolonged treatment by Brasil-Neto Joaquim P., Araújo Doralúcia P. de, Teixeira Wagner A., Araújo Valéria P., Boechat-Barros Raphael

“…OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of three months of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatment in intractable epilepsy. METHODS: Five patients (four males, one female; ages 6 to 50 years), were enrolled in the study; their epilepsy could not be controlled by medical treatment and surgery was not indicated. rTMS was performed twice a week for three months; patients kept records of seizure frequency for an equal period of time before, during, and after rTMS sessions. rTMS was delivered to the vertex with a round coil, at an intensity 5 % below motor threshold. …”
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