A multicenter retrospective study protocol comparing thoracoscopic anatomical lesion resection and lobectomy in children with congenital lung malformations by Yong Lv, FanKe Shu, DengKe Luo, Ru Jia, Miao Yuan, Chang Xu

“…Abstract Thoracoscopic anatomical lesion resection (TALR) and lobectomy (TL) are the main surgical procedures for congenital lung malformations (CLMs). …”
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Soil moisture sensor for agricultural applications inspired from state of art study of surfaces scattering models & semi-empirical soil moisture models by Amit Kumar Shakya, Ayushman Ramola, Akhilesh Kandwal, Anurag Vidyarthi

“…Models using the “Bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF)” are focussed in this study. …”
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Experimental Study on Tunnel Failure Mechanism and the Effect of Combined Anti-Dislocation Measures Under Fault Dislocation by Jiaxuan Du, Songhong Yan, Weiyu Sun, Mingxing Cao, Yuxiang Li

“…Under a 50 mm fault displacement, the continuous tunnel experiences severe damage, leading to a complete loss of function. The damage is mainly characterized by circumferential shear and is concentrated within the fault fracture zone. …”
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Tuning, Impedance Matching, and Temperature Regulation during High-Temperature Microwave Sintering of Ceramics by Sylvain Marinel, Nicolas Renaut, Etienne Savary, Rodolphe Macaigne, Guillaume Riquet, Christophe Coureau, Thibault Gadeyne, David Guillet

“…This technology provides a rapid and a volumetric heating of material. However, the main issues that prevent microwave technology from being widespread in material processing are temperature control regulation and heating distribution within the sample. …”
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Performance Improvement of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell by a New Coupling Channel in Bipolar Plate by Qingsong Song, Shuochen Yang, Hongtao Li, Yunguang Ji, Dajun Cai, Guangyu Wang, Yuan Liufu

“…The geometric design of flow channels in bipolar plates is one of the critical features of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), as it determines the power output of the fuel cell and has a significant impact on its performance and durability. The function of the bipolar plate is to guide the transfer of reactant gases to the gas diffusion layer and catalytic layer inside the PEMFC, while removing unreacted gases and gas–liquid byproducts. …”
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Structure of Small and Medium-Sized Business: Results of Total Statistic Observations in Russia by Iuliia S. Pinkovetskaia, Igor V. Balynin

“…Modeling the differentiation of the values of the number of employees per enterprise was based on the development of density normal distribution functions. According to the hypothesis it is assumed that the differentiation of the number of employees working in enterprises depend on six main types of economic activity and on the subjects of Russia. …”
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Wind Field Characteristics of the 13 June 2014 Downburst Event in Beijing Based on Meteorological Tower Records by Shi Zhang, Yibo Wang, Zengzhi Qian, Kexin Guo, Xiaoda Xu, Daxing Zhou, Qing Cao

“…The probability density distribution function of the reduced fluctuating wind speed matches the standard Gaussian distribution curve. …”
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OPINIONS OF SENIOR SCHOOLCHILDREN ON DRUGS IN THE INTERNET: RESULTS OF A PILOT RESEARCH by A. A. Glukhova, A. A. Iudin, D. A. Shpilev

“…Objective: to identify the level of engagement of schoolchildren in the process of distribution of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues via information and telecommunication networks of common use.Methods: the dialectical approach to cognition of social phenomena, allowing to analyze them in historical development and functioning in the context of the totality of objective and subjective factors that determined the choice of the following research methods: systematic-structural, comparative-legal, sociological.Results: the analysis was made of the involvement of schoolchildren in the process of distribution of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues through information-telecommunication network on the territory of the Russian Federation (by the example of Nizhny Novgorod region). …”
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Multi-Objective Optimal Trajectory Planning for Woodworking Manipulator and Worktable Based on the INSGA-II Algorithm by Jiaping Yi, Changqing Zhang, Sihan Chen, Qinglong Dai, Hang Yu, Guang Yang, Leyuan Yu

“…The improved NSGA-II algorithm markedly enhanced both the uniformity of the population distribution and convergence speed. In practical applications, selecting suitable weightings to construct a normalized weight function can identify the optimal solution from the Pareto frontier curve. …”
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New multifactor spatial prediction method based on Bayesian maximum entropy by YANG Yong, ZHANG Chutian, HE Liyuan

“…Thus, it is very important to study how to integrate these two methods, so that the spatial correlation among sampling points and the relationship between soil and environmental factors can both be used to improve the prediction accuracy.We propose a new spatial prediction method based on the theory of Bayesian maximum entropy (BME), which is one of the most well-known modern spatiotemporal geostatistical techniques. The main objective is to incorporate the results of classical geostatistics and quantitative soil-landscape model in the BME framework.The result of ordinary Kriging was taken as the priori probability density function (pdf), as well as the sampling data as hard data, and the results of environmental correlation as soft data. …”
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Site Selection Optimization Strategy for Independent Secondary Device Integrated Center Based on Improved Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm by Xiaoping XIONG, Shaolei HAO, Di SUN, Guangyang LIN, Hang LI

“…For this reason, an optimal site selection model is built for the ISDIC by combining the conventional substation site selection schemes and the specific center requirements, which mainly considers such three factors as information delay, resident influence and load distribution. …”
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An Optimum Design of a Subsonic Aircraft Wing due to the Aerodynamic Loading by Ibtisam J. Ismeal, Mehmet Bakirci, Muhsin J. Jweeg

“…In many aviation accidents, the failure of the wing is the main cause of disasters, as it is considered the main surface that generates the necessary lift for the aircraft in addition to its other functions in controlling the transverse stability. …”
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Climate Change Risk, Performance, and Value Added in Agricultural Sector by Ramin Amani, Zanko Ghorbani, Zana Mozaffari

“…Methodology The general definition of quantile regression states that if the linear regression model is assumed as the following equation, we have: yi=ˊxiβτ+uτi.  0<τ<1                                                                                 (1) Quantτ(yi|xi)=xiβτ                                                                                  (2) Equation (2) shows the τth conditional quantile function of the y distribution under the condition of random variables x in which the following condition holds: Quantτ(uτi|xi)=0                                                                                              (3) In the quantile regression structure, the effect of observable features on the conditional distribution is estimated through the process of minimizing the absolute value of the error element. …”
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Expressing the Author's Position in the English-Language Network Film Review by I. V. Kononova, T. A. Klepikova, E. A. Klenova

“…Based on the methods of quantitative and contextual analysis the distribution of modus types verbalized by “subject-predicate” models with personal subject-representing pronouns was carried out; the distribution of personal and possessive pronouns as the main method of self-nomination in the discourse of the network English-language professional film review was revealed; on the basis of the analysis of the semantics of evaluative adjectives of the corpus, the types of evaluative meanings in the genre under study were identified. …”
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Urban Road Network Emergency: An Integrative Vulnerability Identification Method by Huaikun Xiang

“…The method presented here not only considers the impact of network topology changes on road network traffic function during emergency but also considers the impact of dynamic changes in road network traffic demand on vulnerability; therefore, it is closer to the actual distribution of urban road network traffic vulnerability.…”
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Measuring. Monitoring. Management. Control by A.S. Efremov, L.V. Lukichev

“…The purpose of the work is to develop a set of models for the construction аnd functioning of a departmental system of verification bodies, which takes into account the main structural and functional parameters of the system of verification bodies. …”

Evaluation of a single-use bioartificial liver (BAL) biocartridge consisting of cryopreservable alginate encapsulated liver cell spheroids as a component of HepatiCan™, a novel bio... by Eloy Erro, Tom Brookshaw, Barry Fuller, Sweta Chandel, Joana Mendonca da Silva, Elizaveta Zotova, Sherri-Ann Chalmers, Alfie Watt, Clare Selden

“…Sustained biological function for AELS after PTR was demonstrated. One remarkable advantage of this biocartridge is the recovery of functional AELS biomass after cryopreservation. …”
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National survey on pediatric respiratory physiotherapy units: primary ciliary dyskinesia and non-CF bronchiectasis by Beatrice Tani, Nicola Ullmann, Paola Leone, Alessandra Boni, Eugenio Barbieri, Matteo D’Angelo, Sara De Dominicis, Beniamino Giacomodonato, Stefania Monduzzi, Irene Piermarini, Chiara Pizziconi, Beatrice Ferrari, Renato Cutrera

“…The survey was distributed to all healthcare providers via an online platform, and a descriptive data analysis was performed. …”
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The nrfA-type microbial communities are widespread in hot springs of the Tibet-Yunnan geothermal zone by Xi Chen, Geng Wu, Zhicheng Yu, Fangming Li, Hongchen Jiang

“…Investigating the distribution of DNRA-functional bacteria is of great significance to understanding the source of biological nitrogen production in geothermal environments. …”
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Redefining the spliceosomal introns of the sexually transmitted parasite Trichomonas vaginalis and its close relative in columbid birds. by Francisco Callejas-Hernández, Mari Shiratori, Steven A Sullivan, Frances Blow, Jane M Carlton

“…Our results revealed some conservation of the main features (total intron count, sequence, length distribution, and motifs) of these two closely related species, although differences in their functional annotation and duplication suggest alternative splicing machinery in T. vaginalis.…”
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