Leaching of lead from sphalerite concentrate direct leaching residue by hydrochloric acid and sodium chloride for preparation of lead oxides by Fan Y.-Y., Liu Y., Niu L.-P., Jing T., Zhang T.-A.

“…The purpose of this study was to select and propose an applicable method for extracting lead from sphalerite concentrate direct leaching residue. …”
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Application of PHM Technology on LKJ-15C Train Operation Control System by SUN Zeyong, ZHOU Zhifei

“…The PHM technology was initially applied on LKJ-15C train operation control system.…”
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Framing and power in public deliberation with climate change: Critical reflections on the role of deliberative practitioners by Gwendolyn Blue, Jacquie Dale

“…Drawing on the experiences of a deliberative practitioner and critical social scientist involved in the planning, production and implementation of a deliberative initiative on climate change, this paper reflects on nuances of framing and power in practical settings. …”
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The Role of C11-Choline-PET/CT-Guided Secondary Lymphadenectomy in Patients with PSA Failure after Radical Prostatectomy: Lessons Learned from Eight Cases by Thomas Martini, Roman Mayr, Emanuela Trenti, Salvatore Palermo, Evi Comploj, Armin Pycha, Maria Zywica, Michele Lodde

“…Because 50% of our patients showed an initial PSA response, our data suggest that positive 11C-choline-PET/CT after RP and BF could help to select patients that could benefit from secondary LAD.…”
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Local Outlier Detection Method Based on Improved K-means by Yu ZHOU, Hao XIA, Xuezhen YUE, Peichong WANG

“…This property makes it suitable for outlier detection, as outliers significantly affect the clustering process. However, selecting initial cluster centers and determining the number of clusters is crucial as they directly impact the clustering effectiveness. …”
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Resolving spatial subclonal genomic heterogeneity of loss of heterozygosity and extrachromosomal DNA in gliomas by Michelle G. Webb, Frances Chow, Carmel G. McCullough, Bohan Zhang, John J. Y. Lee, Rania Bassiouni, Norman E. Garrett, Kyle Hurth, John D. Carpten, Gabriel Zada, David W. Craig

“…We identify focally amplified extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) in four of the eleven initial gliomas, with subclonal tumor heterogeneity in two EGFR-amplified grade IV glioblastomas. …”
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An Adaptive Variance Adjustment Strategy for a Static Background Error Covariance Matrix—Part I: Verification in the Lorenz-96 Model by Lilan Huang, Hongze Leng, Junqiang Song, Dongzi Wang, Wuxin Wang, Ruisheng Hu, Hang Cao

“…Accurate initial conditions are crucial for improving numerical weather prediction (NWP). …”
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Adsorptive removal of Congo Red dye from its aqueous solutions by tetraethylenepentamine modified peanut husks composite beads by Kah-Tong Chan, Siew-Teng Ong, Sie-Tiong Ha

“…In batch adsorption studies, various parameters such as contact time, initial dye concentration, pH, dosage and agitation rate were included to study their influence towards the adsorption process. …”
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Fault location method for multi-section hybrid lines considers velocity uncertainty by Liwei Xie, Youpeng Wang, Yang Xiao, Xiangjun Zeng, Yan Mo, Zhuo Long

“…Besides, in order to search for the optimal value, a selected opposition-based grey wolf optimizer (SOGWO) is employed. …”
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A Novel Method for the Accurate Evaluation of Poisson’s Ratio of Soft Polymer Materials by Jae-Hoon Lee, Sang-Soo Lee, Jun-Dong Chang, Mark S. Thompson, Dong-Joong Kang, Sungchan Park, Seonghun Park

“…In the proposed method, the initial positions of the four vertices of an arbitrarily selected quadrilateral from the sample surface were first measured to generate a 2D 1st-order 4-node quadrilateral element for finite element numerical analysis. …”
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Hepatectomy for rapidly growing solitary liver metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer: a case report by Hiroyuki Hakoda, Yasuharu Sekine, Hideo Ichimura, Kazumitsu Ueda, Shigeo Aoki, Hideyuki Mishima, Akihiro Sako, Keisuke Kobayashi, Akiko Sakata, Yukio Sato

“…Conclusions Although there is no reliable clinical indicator for selecting oligo-recurrence, hepatectomy could be an option for solitary liver metastasis from NSCLC for patients who are in good health.…”
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Urgent Carotid Surgery: Is It Still out of Debate? by C. Battocchio, C. Fantozzi, L. Rizzo, F. Persiani, S. Raffa, M. Taurino

“…Ten patients (62.5%) of group A experienced an improvement in their initial neurological deficit while in 4 cases (26%) the deficit remained stable. …”
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RETRACTED: A viability study using conceptual models for last mile drone logistics operations in populated urban cities of India by Parth Rameshbhai Gabani, Umang Bipin Gala, Vaibhav S. Narwane, Rakesh D. Raut, Usharani Hareesh Govindarajan, Balkrishna E. Narkhede

“…Furthermore, vital factors are discussed to enable stakeholders to select a model for drone logistics systems planning and experimentations.…”
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Fracturing and deformation in the Chicxulub crater – Complex trace analysis of instantaneous seismic attributes by Eduardo Salguero-Hernández, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Luis Ramírez-Cruz

“…Large complex impact craters form by collapse from initial excavation stage of a deep narrow bowl-shaped transient cavity. …”
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Improved Algorithm to Detect Clandestine Airstrips in Amazon RainForest by Gabriel R. Pardini, Paulo M. Tasinaffo, Elcio H. Shiguemori, Tahisa N. Kuck, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, William R. Gyotoku

“…Tests in a selected area of the Amazon showed that the modified algorithm resulted in a recall drop of approximately 1% while reducing false positives by 26.6%. …”
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The Effect of Surface Roughness on Supersonic Nozzle Flow and Electron Dispersion at Low Pressure Conditions by Pavla Šabacká, Jiří Maxa, Robert Bayer, Tomáš Binar, Petr Bača

“…To this end, an experimental chamber was designed to explore aspects of this low-pressure regime, characterized by a varying ratio of inertial to viscous forces. The initial experimental results obtained using pressure sensors from the fabricated experimental chamber were utilized to refine the Ansys Fluent simulation setup, and in this combined approach, initial analyses of supersonic flow and shock waves in low-pressure environments were conducted. …”
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Preliminary study of Acacia dealbata logs for use in construction: Visual characterization and non-destructive testing by Manuel Suazo Uribe, Alexander Opazo Vega, Claudio Montero, Dante Marranzini, Beatrice Faggiano, José Luis Louzada, Jorge Branco

“…Although dynamic properties increased post-kiln drying, initial dynamic modulus of elasticity values were lower due to elevated initial moisture content. …”
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An Adaptive Layering Dual-Parameter Regularization Inversion Method for an Improved Giant Trevally Optimizer Algorithm by Chao Tan, Menghao Sun, Wei Liu, Wenrui Tan, Xiaoling Zhang, Chengang Zhu, Da Li

“…Firstly, a layered model is established based on prior information, and an initial inversion model is constructed by preliminarily selecting the layering values for each segment of the layered model. …”
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Investigation on characterization of different types of coals and preparation of coal-derived activated carbon by Barnasan Purevsuren, Jargalsaikhan Namkhainorov, Sanjaa Batbileg, Soninkhuu Jargalmaa

“…The most important technical properties of initial coal samples and activated carbons and their microporous properties, such as iodine number in percentage, methylene blue adsorption mg/g and surface area (BET)-m2/g were determined and characterized. …”
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The variation characteristics of axial force of bolts under alternating temperature by Fan Gao, Lihuan Wang, Yaning Ren, Fenghua Huang, Chongkai Fan, Hao Hu

“…The temperature distribution characteristics of various regions in China were considered, and a typical alternating temperature load (0∼25 °C) was selected. Eight sets of bolt connections were designed with different bolt strength grades, specifications and initial torques, and the experimental study on the variation characteristics of bolt axial force under alternating temperature was conducted. …”
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