New Method for High Water Pressure Tunnel Design Based on Machine Learning for Smart Grid Energy Management and Groundwater Environmental Balance by Xiaoming You, Gongxing Yan, Zhengqiang Yang

“…The problems of large buried depth and high water pressure have posed major challenges to the safety of segmented structures. The load-bearing capacity and damage of segmented structures under high water pressure features have always attracted attention. …”
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Microbial composition on microplastics mediated by stream impairment by Anne L. Gilewski, Saurav Shrestha, Sharon N. Kahara, Nikolas M. Stasulli

“…Conclusions Our results indicate impaired waterbodies with a microplastic burden may retain greater fecal coliform bacterial loads than unimpaired waterbodies. Increased microplastic loads in compromised lotic systems may have an additive impact. …”
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Optimization of Wear Process Parameters of Al6061-Zircon Composites Using Taguchi Method by R. Vijayakumar, J. S. Srikantamurthy, Shanawaz Patil, S. Rudresha, A. Manjunatha, T. Hemanth Raju, A. Haiter Lenin

“…According to the outcomes, the factor with the major impact is the load, followed by speed, sliding distance, and the percentage of reinforcement. …”
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AI-based model for Prediction of Power consumption in smart grid-smart way towards smart city using blockchain technology by Emran Aljarrah

“…Data can be collected using a smart city in a power-consumed smart grid data and pre-process using a Z-Score normalization technique. It can extract features using a Spatial-Temporal Correlation (STC) to assess smart grid power usage within the context of a smart city using large-scale, high-dimensional data. …”
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Multimodal bearing fault classification under variable conditions: A 1D CNN with transfer learning by Tasfiq E. Alam, Md Manjurul Ahsan, Shivakumar Raman

“…Under the baseline condition (1500 rpm, 0.7 Nm load torque, and 1000 N radial force), the model reaches an accuracy of 96% with addition of L2 regularization. …”
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AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT OF A SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT FOR MICROSERVICES IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING TECHNOLOGY STACK by Денис Олексійович Золотарьов

“…Each element is described in detail, its functional load is shown and its role in the overall system is substantiated. …”
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Flexural Performance of Emulsified-Asphalt-Modified ECC for Expansion Joint Use by Quan Mao, Zhigang Zhang, Hui Ma

“…Engineering cementitious composites (ECC), a kind of high-performance concrete featuring the prominent ductility and durability, are a promising material for transition zone of expansion joint. …”
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Effect of Cenosphere Fillers on Mechanical Strength and Abrasive Wear Resistance of Carbon–Glass Polyester Composites by K. H. Pulikeshi, Dayanand M. Goudar, R. V. Kurahatti, Deesy G. Pinto

“…These variations were explained by examining the worn-out surfaces under an SEM and correlating the features observed with the mechanical properties.…”
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Fault Detection System of Photovoltaic Based on Artificial Neural Network by Ali Salman Zamzeer, Mansour S. Farhan, Haider TH. ALRikabi

“…This model determines four parameters (V-load in Volts, I-load in Amps, Irradiance in W/m2, and Temperature in Celsius) under varying situations (five temperature values, three irradiance values, and three-time events), which are repeated for all faults evaluated. …”
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Risk Factors and Seroprevalence of Syphilis Among Naive HIV Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Tertiary Center by Hulya Ozkan Ozdemir, Selma Tosun, Ilter Bozaci

“…We aimed to investigate the rates of syphilis coinfection, social-demographical features, viral and immunological properties among naive HIV/AIDS patients.Methods:Socio-demographical data, CD4+ T lymphocyte counts, HIV viral load, syphilis antibody results and physical examinations at the time of diagnosis of naive HIV infected patients who were admitted to our center between January 2017 and January 2021, were evaluated retrospectively from the medical records.Results:Three hundred-two naive HIV patients were enrolled in the study. …”
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Clinical Profile and Limitations in the Management of HBV Patients Attending Clinic at a District Hospital in Ghana by Amoako Duah, Yvonne A. Nartey

“…Patient demographic and clinical features were abstracted using a standardized questionnaire. …”
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Commercial Vehicle Ride Comfort Optimization Based on Intelligent Algorithms and Nonlinear Damping by Shuilong He, Keren Chen, Enyong Xu, Wei Wang, Zhansi Jiang

“…The developed model is studied in a pilot commercial vehicle, and the results show that the optimization method proposed in this paper is more practical and features improvement over previous models.…”
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Modern approaches to the treatment of joint pathology: the value of hyaluronic acid by M. M. Shamuilova, Yu. V. Sedyakina, G. Yu. Knorring

“…These effects are due to the rheological features of hyaluronic acid, which not only improve lubricating properties and sliding in the affected joint, but also protect the articular cartilage from shock loads. …”
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Synergistic enhancement in mechanical properties of graphene/MWCNT reinforced Polyaryletherketone – carbon fiber multi-scale composites: Experimental studies and finite element ana... by Sarath Kumar Painkal, Meera Balachandran, Karingamanna Jayanarayanan, Nagaarjun Sridhar, Sanjeev Kumar

“…FTIR revealed the chemical interactions while HRTEM, XRD and 3D X-ray microscopy gave insight into nanofiller dispersion and microstructural features. The functional groups on nanofillers along with structural features integrated various components of the multi-scale composites by formation of graphene/MWCNT/CF complex network that provided larger interfacial area, bridging effect and physico-chemical interaction with PAEK while restricting its segmental mobility. …”
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Current-sensorless robust sliding mode control for the DC-DC boost converter by Said Oucheriah, Abul Azad

“…An extended state observer is developed to estimate a lumped uncertainty that comprises the uncertain load and input voltage, the converter parasitics, and the component uncertainties, and also to estimate the derivative of the output voltage. …”
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Simultaneous Laparoscopic Hernioplasty in Urgent Pediatric Surgery by V. P. Gavrilyuk, E. V. Donskaya, D. A. Severinov, Yu. A. Zubkova

“…The described observation demonstrates the features of the intraoperative picture and surgical treatment, and describes in detail the effective treatment tactics and the course of surgical intervention.The described variant of simultaneous treatment of surgical diseases does not affect the course of the surgical period, and also made it possible to avoid repeated intervention (hernioplasty), reduced the anesthetic load (general anesthesia) and neutralized possible surgical stress.…”
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Gradient cement pastes with efficient energy dissipation and electromagnetic wave absorption by Yihao Xiao, Yajing Miao, Xin Zhang, Yahui Xue

“…This gradient design enhances toughness and impact resistance by optimizing microstructural features and interfacial interactions, which facilitate efficient load transfer and stress delocalization. …”
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CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR TIMBER FRACTURE USED FOR FE SIMULATION OF LVL ARCH by Eliška Šmídová, Petr Kabele

“…Results show that the model successfully reproduces the increasing part of the load-displacement response. Furthermore, the model can capture the most distinctive features of the crack pattern.…”
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The Application of Digital Holographic Speckle Pattern Interferometry to the Structural Condition Study of a Plaster Sample by Kyriaki Kosma, Vivi Tornari

“…The body is heated by infrared radiation for two different time windows and the cooling process that follows is monitored in time by the so-called interferograms that are developed and are the result of the superposition of the holographic recordings of the sample prior to the thermal load and at variable time intervals during the cooling process. …”
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On the method of calculation of buckling and post-buckling behavior of laminated shells with small arbitrary imperfections by Mykola Semenyuk, Volodymyr Trach, Natalia Zhukova

“…On the basis of obtained equations, the technique of calculation of a non-linear pre-buckling state, limiting loads and bifurcation, and also initial post-buckling behavior of laminated cylindrical shells at an axial compression and external pressure have been worked out. …”
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