Modeling deforestation drivers in the Brazilian Amazon: a comparison of quantitative approaches by Alisson Castro Barreto, Tailon Martins, Adriano Mendonça Souza

“…This study analyzes deforestation dynamics using various quantitative approaches, including linear regression, univariate time series models, and multivariate dynamic time series models. …”
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Tooling systems with integrated sensors enabling data based process optimization by Friedrich Bleicher, Christoph Ramsauer, Martin Leonhartsberger, Matthias Lamprecht, Philipp Stadler, Dominik Strasser, Clemens Wiedermann

“…This paper provides an overview of the utilization of sensor data for the purpose of condition monitoring, model fitting and real-time control coping with stochastic effects. Examples of sensor integration in fields of injection molding, roll forming and heavy-duty milling comprise the state of the art of sensor implementation, data evaluation and possible feedback loops in the respective application scenarios.…”
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Filamentary Electron-beam Heating in Solar Flares by Michalina Litwicka, Petr Heinzel, Jana Kašparová

“…Various studies suggest that the flare loops have a certain intrinsic, multithread internal structure, which is still not resolved by current telescopes. …”
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Achieving strength-ductility synergistic improvement in Mg alloy via non-uniform precipitate-induced nanoscale-microzone heterostructure by Zehua Li, Jinghuai Zhang, Bin Sun, Shujuan Liu, Xin Qiu, Liyuan Liu, Gejie Zhi, Yuying He, Qiang Yang, Hao Gu, Ruizhi Wu

“…The nanoscale-microzone heterostructure unit is composed of the soft zone with slender sheet-like precipitates along dislocation lines and the hard zone with β’ precipitate arrays on dislocation loops/arrays. The Mg-9.9Gd-0.25Ag-0.19Zr alloy with nanoscale-microzone heterostructure achieves ultra-high strength (YS: 441 MPa, UTS: 475 MPa) and improved uniform elongation (UEl: 6.0%, 7.5 times that before aging treatment). …”
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Robots in drinking water: A pipe dream? by Elisabeth A. Shrimpton, Dexter Hunt, Chris D.F. Rogers

“…Through this study, suggestions are made to improve the regulatory regime, including a separate authorisation process for novel or complex products, built-in feedback loops to encourage learning and reflection and the need for early engagement by innovators in the regulatory process. …”
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An Efficient Method to Estimate Admittance of Black-boxed Inverter-based Resources for Varying Operating Points by Weihua Zhou, Bin Liu, Nabil Mohammed, Behrooz Bahrani

“…Admittance measurements, relying on electromagnetic transient simulation or laboratory settings, are not only time-intensive but also operationally inflexible, since various non-linear control loops make IBRs' admittance models operating-point dependent. …”
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HETEROGENIOUS BLOCKED ALL-PAIRS SHORTEST PATHS ALGORITHM by A. A. Prihozhy, O. N. Karasik

“…For more efficient work with the cache memory, variants of permutation of the basic loops k-i-j in the algorithms of calculating the blocks of the cross (C1 and C2) and the updated blocks (U3) are proposed. …”
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Analytical Model of Structural Damping in Friction Module of Shell Shock Absorber Connected to Spring by Ivan Shatskyi, Andrii Velychkovych

“…The shock absorber contains two spring sections and a friction module with an open shell and an elastic filler; at the same time, the spring sections and the friction module work in parallel. …”
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Validation of noninvasive indices of right ventricular diastolic function. Simultaneous echocardiography and pressure-volume catheterization studies by Candelas Pérez del Villar, Raquel Prieto-Arévalo, Jorge García-Carreño, Pablo Martínez-Legazpi, Daniel Rodríguez-Pérez, Yolanda Benito, Antonia Delgado-Montero, J. Carlos Antoranz, M. Mar Desco, Cristian Herrera Flores, Rafael Corisco Beltrán, Francisco Fernández-Avilés, Javier Bermejo

“…Methods We obtained simultaneous high-fidelity pressure-volume loops and echocardiographic data in separate animal and clinical settings: (1) a porcine model of acute hemodynamic interventions (n = 13), and (2) patients with Fallot tetralogy and pulmonary hypertension (n = 9). …”
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Surgical strategy in a patient with an aggressive tumor of the gastrointestinal tract in the fourth portion of the duodenum by Tomás Ariel Lombardo Vaillant

“…The surgical procedure was resection of the duodenum fourth portion and the first jejunal loops, with restoration of intestinal function through duodenum (second portion) lateral jejunostomy. …”
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Coconut leaf midrib skewer as a cause for small bowel obstruction and perforation: A case report by Orlando O. Ocampo, Siegfredo R. Paloyo, Ferri P. David-Paloyo, Leonard Christopher T. Sena, Emmanuel T. Limpin, Eduardo C. Ayuste, Jr

“…Intraoperatively, adhesions were seen in the ileum with note of the foreign body perforating two bowel loops that was not identified in preoperative imaging. …”
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Development and application of a qualitative rapid analysis framework in a hybrid trial within primary care by Paul Wilson, Amy Mathieson, Rebecca Elvey

“…Context In the context of iterative feedback loops to support real-time policy decision making, and an emphasis on speeding up adoption of evidence-based interventions, qualitative healthcare researchers are increasingly expected to produce rapid results and products. …”
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Embedding Ethics Into Artificial Intelligence: Understanding What Can Be Done, What Can't, and What Is Done by Clayton Peterson

“…Given the impact of autonomous technologies on individuals and society, it is worth taking the time to assess and manage the ethical aspects and possible consequences of our technological endeavors. …”
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The short story of the miraculous daily resurrection of life in us by Vukoman Jokanović

“…The development of modern science in various fields today often exceeds the limits and ideas of the bravest philosophers and scientists of our time. And certainly the most intriguing areas of research are those based on the molecular basis of life processes. …”
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The Role of Inherent Safety in the Selection of Sustainable CO2 Capture Options by Francesco Zanobetti, Gianmaria Pio, Alessandro Dal Pozzo, Valerio Cozzani

“…The inherent safety assessment revealed significant performance differences, with amine scrubbing demonstrating a hazard level at least 15 times higher than alternative catpure technologies. …”
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Anomalous electromagnetic induction induced by a 2π jump in Berry flux by Wei Luo, Wei Chen, D. Y. Xing

“…Consequently, the induced electric field maintains finite values under time averaging, manifesting itself as a directional pumping current. …”
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Conditions for cognitive self-organisation implied by visual-word processing by Pieter H. de Vries

“…In simulations, the role of a critical threshold of cell-assemblies is shown and the selective propagation of activation loops at task-dependent time scales. Requirements for prospective studies on cognitive self-organisation and relations with new empirical work on visual-word processing are discussed.…”
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Numerical Monitoring of Natural Gas Distribution Discrepancy Using CFD Simulator by Vadim E. Seleznev

“…The paper describes a new method for numerical monitoring of discrepancies in natural gas supply to consumers, who receive gas from gas distribution loops. This method serves to resolve the vital problem of commercial natural gas accounting under the conditions of deficient field measurements of gas supply volumes. …”
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A Survey of Autonomous Robotic Ultrasound Scanning Systems by Khushboo Munir, Abdullah F. Al-Battal, Ammar Alsheghri, Harald Becher, Michelle Noga, Kumaradevan Punithakumar

“…Notably, several systems now integrate reinforcement learning, image-guided visual servoing, and real-time feedback loops to enable intelligent trajectory planning and adaptive force control. …”
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Sub-synchronous oscillation damping of series-compensated DFIG wind farm using TID controller by Mahmoud A. El-Dabah, Mohamed H. Abdo, Mohamed Abdeen, Salah Kamel

“…The controller, TID, is added to the rotor-side converter (RSC) inner current loops of DFIG. The effectiveness and capability of the developed method for mitigating the SSO have been tested by both the time-domain simulation and small-signal analysis at different SSO types (variable wind speeds, different compensation levels, and sub-synchronous control interaction). …”
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