Impact of asymmetric L4–L5 facet joint degeneration on lumbar spine biomechanics using a finite element approach by Jun Sung Park, Tae Sik Goh, Jung Sub Lee, Chiseung Lee

“…Specifically, asymmetric degeneration occurs when one side deteriorates more rapidly due to alignment issues, subsequently impacting adjacent structures. …”
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Bayesian Adaptive Extended Kalman-Based Orbit Determination for Optical Observation Satellites by Yang Guo, Qinghao Pang, Xianlong Yin, Xueshu Shi, Zhengxu Zhao, Jian Sun, Jinsheng Wang

“…However, ground-based optical observations are constrained by limited arc-segment angular data and dynamic noise interference, and the traditional Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) struggles to meet the accuracy and robustness requirements in complex orbital environments. …”
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Urban spatial, engineering and management resilience capacity enhancement from a flood safety perspective by Junqi Li, Yue Zou, Jing Li, Shuai Si

“…The flood resilience evaluation factors are reassessed in this study to ensure that the various systems and segments of the city can prevent, effectively respond to, and efficiently recover from flood disasters while achieving sustainable development.…”
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Safe Path Planning Method Based on Collision Prediction for Robotic Roadheader in Narrow Tunnels by Chao Zhang, Xuhui Zhang, Wenjuan Yang, Guangming Zhang, Jicheng Wan, Mengyu Lei, Zheng Dong

“…The A* algorithm is modified to incorporate the robot’s motion constraints, using a segmented weighted heuristic function based on collision predictions. …”
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Real-time cooperative voltage regulation strategy of distribution network based on approximate dynamic programming by Jingjing Gu, Mingyu Guo, Ruijie Li, Jihe Xu, Yanyi Ye, Zhizhong Hu, Shichang Cui

“…Large-scale distributed renewable energy in the distribution network can result in reliability issues such as exceeding voltage limits and overloading power lines. …”
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Experimental Study on Mechanical Differences Between Prefabricated and Cast-In Situ Tunnel Linings Based on a Load-Structure Model by Li-Ming Wu, Hong-Kun Li, Feng Gao, Zi-Jian Wang, Bin Zhang, Wen-Jie Luo, Jun-Jie Li

“…With the accelerated development of urban underground spaces, prefabricated tunnel linings have become a research focus due to their advantages in construction efficiency and cost effectiveness. However, issues such as stress concentration at joints and insufficient overall stability hinder their broader application. …”
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State of Health Estimation for Lithium-Ion Battery Using Partial Incremental Capacity Curve and Transfer Learning by Sheng Huang, Xuemei Wang, Longyun Kang, Di Xie, Xi Zhang

“…First, only partial voltage segments are utilized for incremental capacity analysis, which are then fed into a stacked bidirectional gated recursive unit (SBiGRU) network, and finally, transfer learning is utilized to address issues related to limited data availability and differing data distributions. …”
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Helicobacter pylori in First Nations and Recent Immigrant Populations in Canada by Nicola L Jones, Naoki Chiba, Carlo Fallone, Alan Thomson, Richard Hunt, Kevan Jacobson, Karen Goodman

“…The diminishing prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among most segments of the Canadian population has led to changes in the etiologies and patterns of associated upper gastrointestinal diseases, including fewer peptic ulcers and their complications. …”
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The Role of Perception and Knowledge in Shaping Consumer Behaviour Toward Green Agro-Food Products in Romania and its Effect on Well-Being by Silviu Gabriel Szentesi, Florentina Simona Barbu, Radu Lucian Blaga, Luminița Bozdog, Vasile Paul Breșfelean

“…Factors such as consumer perception and knowledge of green agro-food products, the importance of age, income, and children's involvement in issues related to enhancing well-being through sustainable food consumption were analysed. …”
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A Novel Water-Flooding Characteristic Curve Based on Fractal Theory and Its Application by Ke Li, Xulin Du, Jing Li, Junzhe Jiang, Shaobin Cai

“…Consequently, practical applications often encounter issues such as curve tailing, difficulty in determining linear segments, inability to identify anomalous points, and inaccuracies in dynamic fitting and prediction. …”
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Mobile Robot Path Planning Considering Obstacle Gap Features by Hongwei Wang, Li He, Shuai Zhang, Ruoyang Bai, Yunhang Wang

“…Specifically, this method addresses the issues of low search efficiency, excessive redundant points, and poor path quality in the traditional A* algorithm for global path planning by extracting gap grids in the global grid map and incorporating their influence into the heuristic function, thereby guiding the search more effectively. …”
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Perceptions, educational expectations and knowledge gaps of patients with non-metastatic breast cancer regarding radiotherapy: Integrative review by Siret Kivistik, Eija Metsälä, Heli Virtanen

“…Methods: The included studies were analysed using a thematic analysis approach. Each segment of data was coded with open coding. The codes were gathered into subthemes as they emerged and into overarching themes, after which the data was analysed again. …”
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Cross-Subject EEG-Based Emotion Recognition Using Deep Metric Learning and Adversarial Training by Hawraa Razzaq Abed Alameer, Pedram Salehpour, Seyyed Hadi Aghdasi, Mohammad-Reza Feizi-Derakhshi

“…This loss function minimizes intra-emotion class variations of EEG segments with different subject labels while maximizing inter-emotion class variations. …”
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Corporate Bond Market: International Experience and Russian Practice by I. A. Balyuk

“…It has been concluded that, despite the unfavorable external and internal conditions, there is a steady increase in the number of issuers and corporate bonds in circulation in Russia. Active bond issue in the Russian financial market in the near future will happen not only in the corporate, but also in the public segment. …”
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Human reliability in non-destructive inspections of nuclear power plant components: modeling and analysis by Vanderley Vasconcelos, Wellington Antonio Soares, Raissa Oliveira Marques, Silvério Ferreira Silva Jr, Amanda Laureano Raso

“…An example by using qualitative and quantitative assessesments with these two techniques to improve typical NDI of pipe segments of a core cooling system of a nuclear power plant, through acting on human factors issues, is presented.…”
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Urbanização e novas relações cidade-campo: os processos com a criação do estado do Tocantins e de sua capital Palmas na Amazônia Oriental by Kelly Bessa

“…These surpluses have changed the original urban plan and urban network standards, consequently revealing new city-countryside relations and urban-rural-regional processes which call for more rigorous analyses. Addressing such issues is this study’s central aim.…”
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International Imperatives of Financial Support for the Sustainable Development of Rural Communities by Hrytsyshen Dymytrii O., Abramova Iryna V.

“…Emphasis is placed on the EU’s priorities for the implementation of the SDGs, the following such priorities are recognized as key ones: climate change and carbon neutrality, biodiversity conservation initiatives, measures to combat social inequality, to ensure gender equality, improving working conditions, involving all segments of the population in decision-making processes. …”
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Improving Bus Operations through Integrated Dynamic Holding Control and Schedule Optimization by Shuozhi Liu, Xia Luo, Peter J. Jin

“…Undesirable results such as bus overloading issues arise when the bus fleet size is limited. This paper explores analytically the relationship between the slack time and the effect of holding control. …”
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Recent Advancement in Postharvest Loss Mitigation and Quality Management of Fruits and Vegetables Using Machine Learning Frameworks by Abha Singh, Gayatri Vaidya, Vishal Jagota, Daniel Amoako Darko, Ravindra Kumar Agarwal, Sandip Debnath, Erich Potrich

“…Our approach is unique in that it segmented and predicted postharvest decay and nondecay zones in fruits separately. …”
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When Poor-Quality Data Meet Anonymization Models: Threats and Countermeasures by Abdul Majeed, Seong Oun Hwang

“…Specifically, we pinpoint eleven different threats from a small segment of data to underscore the relevance and urgency of such issues in the anonymization domain. …”
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