Development of Dynamic Impact Factor Expressions for Skewed Composite Concrete-Steel Slab-On-Girder Bridges by Iman Mohseni, Amin Ashin, Won Choi, Junsuk Kang

“…In order to take into account the dynamic effects of moving vehicles, bridges are designed to carry static loads that are increased by dynamic impact (IFs) factors (or dynamic amplification factors) that are a function of either the span or the first flexural natural frequency of the bridge. …”
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Advances in Nanoscale Study of Organomineral Complexes of Termite Mounds and Associated Soils: A Systematic Review by Peter N. Eze, Atlasaone Kokwe, Juliet U. Eze

“…In view of the numerous roles termite mounds play in the environments, agriculture, and engineering, there is no better time to channel much research into understanding how they function at nanoscale.…”
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Significant enhancement of Rashba spin–orbit interaction using metastable heavy metal interface by Taishiro Yamazaki, Sora Obinata, Riku Iimori, Kazumasa Yamada, Takashi Kimura

“…The discovery of a large spin Hall angle in metastable heavy metals has significantly enhanced the potential of SOT-based devices. …”
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Patellofemoral pain syndrome – a review of causes, diagnosis and management by Aneta Tkaczyk, Alicja Czyszczoń, Bartosz Maczkowski, Szymon Mikler, Magdalena Mandyna, Marek Dróżdż, Wiktoria Boral

“…State of knowledge: The main factors of PFPS are biomechanical disorders (e.g. increased Q angle, VMO weakness). Conservative treatment (physiotherapy, education, taping) is the basis. …”
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A new model for plasmapause locations derived from IMAGE RPI and Van Allen Probes data by Banyś Daniela, Feltens Joachim, Jakowski Norbert, Berdermann Jens, Hoque Mainul M., Zandbergen René, Enderle Werner

“…The suggested model provides a simple ellipse-based approach determined by the semi-major axis, the eccentricity, and the orientation angle of the semi-major axis. The modelled Lpp varies as a function of the Dst index and magnetic local time MLT. …”
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A New Model to Study Fatigue in Dental Implants Based on Probabilistic Finite Elements and Cumulative Damage Model by María Prados-Privado, José Antonio Bea, Rosa Rojo, Sérgio A. Gehrke, José Luis Calvo-Guirado, Juan Carlos Prados-Frutos

“…Probability cumulative function was also evaluated for both connection types. …”
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Characterizing aging-related genetic and physiological determinants of spinal curvature by Frances M. Wang, J. Graham Ruby, Anurag Sethi, Matthew A. Veras, Natalie Telis, Eugene Melamud

“…Using Mendelian randomization, we show that genes fundamental to the maintenance of musculoskeletal function (COL11A1, PTHLH, ETFA, TWIST1) and cellular homeostasis such as RNA transcription and DNA repair (RAD9A, MMS22L, HIF1A, RAB28) are likely involved in increased spinal curvature. …”
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Boundary transitions from a single round of measurements on gapless quantum states by Yue Liu, Sara Murciano, David F. Mross, Jason Alicea

“…Projective measurements on the cluster state are known to convert the wave function, after post-selection or decoding, into a long-range-ordered Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state. …”
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Temperature Energy Influence Compensation for MEMS Vibration Gyroscope Based on RBF NN-GA-KF Method by Huiliang Cao, Yingjie Zhang, Chong Shen, Yu Liu, Xinwang Wang

“…This paper proposed three methods to compensate the temperature energy influence drift of the MEMS vibration gyroscope, including radial basis function neural network (RBF NN), RBF NN based on genetic algorithm (GA), and RBF NN based on GA with Kalman filter (KF). …”
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Large-scale atomistic study of plasticity in amorphous gallium oxide with ab-initio accuracy by Jiahui Zhang, Junlei Zhao, Jesper Byggmästar, Erkka J. Frankberg, Antti Kuronen

“…Structural analysis shows similarities between a- $${\text {Ga}_{2}\text {O}_{3}}$$ and amorphous alumina (a- $${\text {Al}_{2}\text {O}_{3}}$$ ) in many aspects, including pair distribution function, coordination distribution, and bond angle distribution. …”
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Vibration and Buckling Analysis of Skew Sandwich Plate using Radial Basis Collocation Method by Jigyasa Singh, Ram Prasad

“…The GDEs obtained are discretized using radial basis function (RBF), which is a meshfree based numerical method. …”
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PSO-Based Robust Control of SISO Systems with Application to a Hydraulic Inverted Pendulum by Michael G. Skarpetis, Nikolaos D. Kouvakas, Fotis N. Koumboulis, Marios Tsoukalas

“…In the second stage, a Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm (PSO) is applied to find suboptimal solutions for the controller parameters in these regions, with respect to a suitable performance cost function. The application of the approach to a hydraulic actuator, driving a cart with an inverted pendulum, satisfies the goal of achieving precise control of the pendulum angle, despite the system’s inherent physical uncertainties.…”
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A Unique Case of Negative Weight-bearing Line Ratio in a Young Male Adult: Insights and Implications by Chang-Lin Wu, Chen-Heng Hsu, Chieh-An Chung, Yi-Sheng Chan, Kuo-Yao Hsu, Alvin Chao-Yu Chen, Joe Chih-Hao Chiu, Cheng-Pang Yang

“…Combining OWHTO with meniscus autograft transplantation can be a feasible solution for complex cases presenting with negative WBLR, offering improved patient outcomes and function at 6-month follow-up. Further research is needed to validate these findings in larger patient cohorts.…”
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Research on the Optimization of TP2 Copper Tube Drawing Process Parameters Based on Particle Swarm Algorithm and Radial Basis Neural Network by Fengli Yue, Zhuo Sha, Hongyun Sun, Dayong Chen, Jinsong Liu

“…To address the problem of the large number of finite element model meshes and low solution efficiency, the wall thickness uniformity was predicted using a radial basis function (RBF) neural network, and parameter optimization was performed using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. …”
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Investigation into rolling contact fatigue and wear of high-speed train wheels on long steep slope track by ZHOU Chen, ZHENG Jing, QIAO Qingfeng, ZOU Xiaolong, CHEN Jiaming, TAO Gongquan

“…The wheel rolling contact fatigue prediction model was composed of a vehicle dynamics model and a damage function. The wheel wear prediction model included a vehicle dynamics model, a wheel-rail local contact model, a wear model, and smoothing and updating strategy. …”
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A Novel Algorithm for Enhancing Terrain-Aided Navigation in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles by Dan Wang, Liqiang Liu, Yueyang Ben, Liang Cao, Zhongge Dong

“…Finally, the ICCP, using the Mahalanobis distance as the objective function, is applied for the third matching, leveraging the ICCP’s fine search capabilities. …”
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Robust Strategy Generation for Automatic Navigation of Unmanned Surface Vehicles through Improved DDPG Algorithm by Wei Wang, Subin Huang, Huabin Diao

“…Second, we ensure the decision adaptability of the USV by constraining the extent of action change between adjacent time-steps by using a reward-function, which improves the USV-action smoothly. Finally, we design typical USV-automatic-navigation-scenarios to validate the performance of the Algorithm. …”
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Study on Influence of Configuration of Bulges on Stall Characteristics of Two-Element Wingsails for Ships by Chen Li, Binxin Wu, Huabing Wen, Junfu Yuan

“…Based on biomimetic design, the bulge model was developed to mimic this function through cubic B-spline curve fitting, aiming to improve the stall performance of the two-element wingsail. …”
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Europejski Trybunał Praw Człowieka jako europejski sąd konstytucyjny by Marcin Szwed

“… The article presents arguments in favor of defining the European Court of Human Rights as a “European constitutional court,” and from that angle analyzes its approach to the rule of law crisis in Poland. …”
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Shape Optimization of the Cross-Section for Noncircular Hypersonic Missile Forebody by Jingfan Chen, Xiaoqiang Fan, Bing Xiong, Yi Wang

“…To find the best cross-section shape in terms of lift-drag-ratio, an efficient and robust shape optimization framework is developed. Class/shape function transformation (CST) method and power-law curve are introduced to complete the parametric modeling of the noncircular missile. …”
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