Hybrid energy harvesting using piezoelectric footsteps and solar panels to ensure clarity by O. Hussein, Waleed K．S．Al-jumaili, Faiz F．Mustafa, Esraa Al−Ali, Marwa A Mohammed

“…The tracking system is designed depending on the solar angle and direction gathered from geographical site characteristics in PV Sys 8 and prior publications relevant to the Baghdad region throughout the year, ensuring its functionality despite climatic variations. …”
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Optimal Dimensional Synthesis of Ackermann and Watt-I Six-Bar Steering Mechanisms for Two-Axle Four-Wheeled Vehicles by Yaw-Hong Kang, Da-Chen Pang, Dong-Han Zheng

“…To ensure accurate steering and minimize tire wear during cornering, adherence to the Ackermann steering condition is enforced. The objective function combines the mean squared structural error at selected steering positions with a penalty term for violations of the Grashoff inequality constraint. …”
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MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT FOR PROCESSING OF OPTICAL PARTS by I. P. Filonov, A. S. Kozeruk, Y. L. Malpica, M. I. Filonova, V. O. Kuznechik, R. O. Dias Gonsalez

“…The paper describes a functional scheme of a machine-tool for simultaneous abrasive machining of lenses with shallow high-accuracy executive surface. …”
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Frequency Analysis of Ocular Hypertension after Microinvasive Ultrasonic and Traditional Guillotine Vitrectomy 25G by B. M. Aznabaev, T. I. Dibaev, A. S. Dzinter, T. R. Mukhamadeev, A. Sh. Zagidullina

“…Non-contact tonometry (Nidek Tonoref 3, Japan) was performed with a correction according to measurements of the central thickness of the cornea on a reflective microscope with pachymetry function (Tomey, ЕМ-3000, Japan) before surgery and on days 1, 7, and 30 after vitrectomy. …”
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Kinematic calculation of micro mirror elements in micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) by D. I. Chernyavsky, D. D. Chernyavsky

“…Practical recommendations are given for choosing the optimal range of variation of the micro mirror tilt angles in order to increase the strength of its structure, as well as to reduce the power of the mechanical drive of the micro machine required to change the micro mirror tilt angles.…”
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Modeling Navigator Awareness of COLREGs Interpretation Using Probabilistic Curve Fitting by Deuk-Jin Park, Hong-Tae Kim, Sang-A Park, Tae-Yeon Kim, Jeong-Bin Yim

“…This study models navigator awareness as a probabilistic function of encounter angle, aiming to identify interpretive transition zones and cognitive uncertainty in rule application. …”
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Results of surgical treatment of posterior cranial fossa meningiomas by I. S. Kopylov, A. V. Buzunov, V. V. Stupak

“…The results obtained on the basis of the complex use of modern neuroimaging diagnostic tools, microneurosurgery, optimal surgical approaches in combination with the mandatory intraoperative physiological control of the function of the brain stem and cranial nerves in the early postoperative period indicate an improvement in the functional state, and sometimes complete regression of the neurological symptoms in 58 (57.4 %) of operated patients. …”
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Unveiling Surface Roughness Trends and Mechanical Properties in Friction Stir Welded Similar Alloys Joints Using Adaptive Thresholding and Grayscale Histogram Analysis by Haider Khazal, Azzeddine Belaziz, Raheem Al-Sabur, Hassanein I. Khalaf, Zerrouki Abdelwahab

“…Surface roughness plays a vital role in determining surface integrity and function. Surface irregularities or reduced quality near the surface can contribute to material failure. …”
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Hop Distance Symmetry Moderately Reflects Knee Biomechanics Symmetry During Landing But Not For Controlled Propulsions by Stefano Di Paolo, Naoaki Ito, Kayla D. Seymore, Haraldur B. Sigurðsson, Laura Bragonzoni, Stefano Zaffagnini, Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Karin Gravare Silbernagel

“…However, it is unclear if the horizontal hop test battery reflects knee function and biomechanics. # Hypothesis/Purpose To investigate the correlation between clinical limb symmetry index (LSI) and landing and propulsion knee biomechanics during the hop test battery using markerless motion capture…”
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Study on the characteristics of head and neck movements of geese walking in a straight line at different speeds by Jiajia Wang, Zheng Zhang, Xinming Jiang, Dongyan Huang, Wei Song, Fu Zhang, Zhihui Qian, Lei Ren, Luquan Ren

“…BackgroundThe avian cervical spine, a crucial anatomical structure connecting the cephalic and thoracic regions, serves a critical function in maintaining visual stability during locomotion. …”
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Estimating Wind Direction and Wind Speed Over Lakes With Surface Water Ocean Topography and Sentinel‐1 Satellite Observations by Katie A. McQuillan, George H. Allen, Jessica Fayne, Huilin Gao, Jida Wang

“…The estimated wind direction was then used as an input into a C‐band geophysical modeling function (GMF) to invert wind speed from Sentinel‐1 data. …”
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Characteristics of biological parameters and implantable collamer lens (ICL) size selection in moderate, high, and super-high myopia eyes by Fei Li, Yueni Ma, Wenjie Qi, Emmanuel Eric Pazo, Ruibo Yang, Shaozhen Zhao

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Developing a numerical framework to study the cavitation and non-cavitation behaviour of a centrifugal pump inducer by Seyed Ehsan Hosseini, Amin Deyranlou, Pouyan Talebizadehsardari, Hayder I. Mohammed, Amir Keshmiri

“…Moreover, the optimum value of 85o is found for the inlet tip blade angle, which improves the non-cavitation performance.…”
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Rapid surface texturing to achieve robust superhydrophobicity, controllable droplet impact, and anti-frosting performances by Qingwen Dai, Lei Chen, Jiabao Pan, Liping Shi, Dameng Liu, Wei Huang, Xiaolei Wang

“…Apparent contact angle on fabricated surfaces could reach 167°. Influences of the geometric parameters of micropillars pattern on the apparent contact angle were investigated, and the corresponding wear-resistant property was compared. …”
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Regulatory variation controlling architectural pleiotropy in maize by Edoardo Bertolini, Brian R. Rice, Max Braud, Jiani Yang, Sarah Hake, Josh Strable, Alexander E. Lipka, Andrea L. Eveland

“…In maize (Zea mays), evidence suggests a common gene network functions at boundaries of distinct organs and contributes to pleiotropy between leaf angle and tassel branch number, two agronomic traits. …”
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Nasomaxillary complex in size, position and orientation in surgically treated and untreated individuals with cleft lip and palate: A cephalometric overview by Rohit Khanna, Tripti Tikku, Jitesh Wadhwa

“…Results: Group II showed a marked reduction in the cranial base angle, maxillary base length, anterior and posterior maxillary positions, palatal plane angle, maxillary width, maxillary height, occlusal plane height, nasal width and nasal height. …”
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Cost-effective distributed FTFC for uncertain nonholonomic mobile robot fleet with collision avoidance and connectivity preservation by Xiucai Huang, Zhengguo Li, Frank L. Lewis

“…In order to guarantee the connectivity preservation and collision avoidance among the robots, some properly chosen performance functions are incorporated into the controller to per-assign the asymmetrical bounds for relative distance and bearing angle between each pair of adjacent mobile robots. …”
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Polarization Reconstruction Study of Wide Field-of-view Photoelectric Polarimeter for POLAR-2/LPD by Zu-Ke Feng, Hong-Bang Liu, Di-Fan Yi, Li-Rong Xie, Cong Dai, Huan-Bo Feng, Jian-Chao Sun, Jiang He, Yuan-Hao Wang, Rui-Ting Ma, Bin-Long Wang, Qian-Nan Mai, Jiang-Chuan Tuo, Qian Zhong, Zhen-Yu Tang, Qian Liu, Fei Xie, Shuang-Nan Zhang, En-Wei Liang

“…It was found that the reconstruction of the emission azimuthal angles of photoelectron tracks is the main factor affecting the shape of the modulation function for off-axis radiation. …”
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A novel founder variant in BEST1 gene causing autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy by Nagham Maher Elbagoury, Caroline Atef Tawfik, Asmaa Fawzy Abdel-Aleem, Heba Mahmoud Fathy, Dina Nabil Baddar, Mona Lotfi Essawi

“…The pathogenicity of the variants was tested using different in silico functional analysis tools. Results The clinical examination and investigations confirmed the ARB phenotype. …”
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Is Removal of Implants Mandatory Following Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Screw-Rod Stabilization Without Fusion for Mono-Segmental Thoracolumbar Fractures in Elderly Patients? by Zhang C, Xu C, Ruan D

“…Radiological parameters, such as the vertebral wedge angle (VWA), segmental kyphosis Cobb angle (SKCA), anterior edge height ratio (AEHR) and adjacent intervertebral height index (IHI), were measured.Results: No significant differences were observed between the two groups in the mean VAS and ODI values at 12 months and final follow-up. …”
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