Refined Vehicle-Bridge Interaction Analysis Using Incompatible Solid Finite Element for Evaluating Stresses and Impact Factors by Qing Xie, Wanshui Han, Yangguang Yuan

“…By virtue of the mass-spring-damper vehicle model, the interaction between vehicle and bridge is simulated with point-to-point contact assumption and the coupled dynamic equations are solved via nonlinear iteration. …”
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Comparative and analysis study of pool fire radiant heat models under different view factor calculations by Weixin Wang, Gang Tao, Lijing Zhang

“…According to the provisions on fire separation distance between industrial and civil buildings in the latest 'General Code for Fire Protection of Buildings and Constructions' (GB 55037-2022). …”
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Exploring the accessibility creative continuum on streaming platforms: A contrastive multimodal analysis of subjectivity and objectivity in audio description by Alejandro Romero-Muñoz

“…Secondly, our findings point to dissimilarities when comparing the frequency of objective and subjective elements that interact in each platform’s AD. …”
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What degree of deformity resulting from upper auricular wedge resection in elderly patients is acceptable? by Masaki Fujioka, Kohei Fujiwara, Kazufumi Koga, Nao Hiyoshi, Keiko Nishizono

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A study on the deposit (within the meaning of Art. 177 of the COT), the actual forfeiture (art. 178 of the COT), and the resolutive penalty (the last paragraph of Art. 179 of the C... by Efe Can Yıldırır

“…In particular, the first section will discuss the provisions of the German Civil Code concerning deposits and their compatibility with Turkish law. …”
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Upper German Dialects as a Linguo-Cultural Phenomenon by G. А. Baeva, A. A. Ponomareva

“…The lack of studies on dialects from the linguo-cultural point of view – modern cultural linguistics is mostly focused on standard languages and national cultural codes – determines the novelty and relevance of this issue. …”
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SUCCESSORAL CAPACITY PECULIARITIES OF THE ROMANIAN ECLESIASTICAL STAFF – A CASE OF ANOMALOUS INHERITANCE by Veronica STOICA, Tiberiu Nicușor CHIRILUȚĂ

“…Using the systemic method, the authors submitted to interpretation both the provisions of the Civil Code and some norms with a special character, which represent a reference point in the analyzed issue. …”
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Estimating Shape Parameters of Piecewise Linear-Quadratic Problems by Zheng, Peng, Ramamurthy, Karthikeyan Natesan, Aravkin, Aleksandr Y.

“…We show that basic first-order methods can be immediately brought to bear, and design specialized extensions of interior point (IP) methods for PLQ problems that can quickly and efficiently solve the joint problem. …”
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Deep generative abnormal lesion emphasization validated by nine radiologists and 1000 chest X-rays with lung nodules. by Shouhei Hanaoka, Yukihiro Nomura, Naoto Hayashi, Issei Sato, Soichiro Miki, Takeharu Yoshikawa, Hisaichi Shibata, Takahiro Nakao, Tomomi Takenaga, Hiroaki Koyama, Shinichi Cho, Noriko Kanemaru, Kotaro Fujimoto, Naoya Sakamoto, Tomoya Nishiyama, Hirotaka Matsuzaki, Nobutake Yamamichi, Osamu Abe

“…Finally, the moved point is mapped back to the image space and the corresponding emphasized image is created. …”
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Cavitating Flow Calculations in Industry by Philippe Dupont, Tomoyoshi Okamura

“…This paper presents the experiences of two pump manufacturers with numerical cavitation prediction methods available in commercial computational fluid dynamic software or in codes developed in-house. The intention of the authors is to evaluate these methods and their capabilities in predicting the cavitating performance of pumps from an industrial point of view.…”
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QEDetr: DETR with Query Enhancement for Fine-Grained Object Detection by Chenguang Dong, Shan Jiang, Haijiang Sun, Jiang Li, Zhenglei Yu, Jiasong Wang, Jiacheng Wang

“…Next, we propose a new attention mechanism for extracting finer-grained features by constraining the angle of sampling points during the attentional process, ensuring that the sampling points are more evenly distributed across the object features. …”
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A GPU parallelization of the neXtSIM-DG dynamical core (v0.3.1) by R. Jendersie, R. Jendersie, C. Lessig, C. Lessig, T. Richter

“…Additionally, we explore the use of lower-precision floating-point types on the GPU, showing that switching to single precision can further accelerate sea-ice codes.…”
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Formal Verification of Three-Valued Digital Waveforms by Nina Yu. Kutsak, Vladislav V. Podymov

“…The three-valuededness means that at any given time, besides basic logical values 0 and 1, a signal may have a special undefined value: one of the values 0 and 1, but which one of them is either not known, or not important. An edge point of a signal is a time point at which the signal changes its value. …”
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A SAM-adapted weakly-supervised semantic segmentation method constrained by uncertainty and transformation consistency by Yinxia Cao, Xin Huang, Qihao Weng

“…Given this challenge, this study introduces sparse point labels, a type of cost-effective weak labels, for semantic segmentation. …”
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Stakeholder Perspectives on the Role of Peer Mentors in the Implementation of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy for Use by Adolescents and Young People in Western Kenya: Findings... by Salim Bakari DipPsych, Biegon Whitney DipPsych, Munyoro Dennis Cert, Shukri Hassan MPHc, Caitlin Bernard MD, MSCI, Eunice Kaguiri BSc, MPH, Mehar Maju MDc, Edith Apondi MMED, Edwin Were MD, MBChB (O/G), MPH, Rena C. Patel MD, MPH, MPhil

“…Additionally, they can serve as early adopters, help navigate service points, and provide messaging on the benefits and drawbacks of LA ART. …”
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Non-Contact Rapid Neck Socket Depth and Shoulder Width Measurement for Pillow Design by Xihang Li, Ming Li, Xianguo Cheng, Fang Chen

“…In this paper, we first propose an automated non-contact measurement pipeline based on the combination of deep learning and region of interest (ROI) geometric analysis, which can calculate the neck socket depth and shoulder width directly from a partially backside body point cloud wearing clothing. The core of the method is the proposed Internal Body ROI Recognition Network (IBROI-RNet), which realizes ROI label prediction and backside internal point cloud reconstruction through a two-branch cascade architecture. …”
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Color as a High-Value Quantitative Tool for PET/CT Imaging by Michail Marinis, Sofia Chatziioannou, Maria Kallergi

“…The pilot application of the proposed mapping codes yielded CT and PET images where it was easier to pinpoint variations in anatomy and metabolic activity and offered a potentially better starting point for the subsequent fully automated quantitative analysis of specific regions of interest or observer evaluation. …”
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On the applicability of Miner’s rule for multiaxial fatigue life calculations under non-proportional load histories by Marco Antonio Meggiolaro, Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro, Samuel Elias Ferreira, Hao Wu

“…Fatigue design routines and computer codes must use some damage accumulation rule to deal with variable amplitude loadings (VAL), usually Palmgren-Miner (or Miner’s) linear rule for lack of a clearly better option. …”
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Survey the effect of acupressure on sixth spleen pointon primary dysmenorrheal relief by Zohreh Sadat, Mahboobeh Kafaei Atrian, Maliheh Sarvieh, Nahid Sarafraz, Fatemeh Abbaszade, Mohammad Jafarabadi, Tahereh Dehdari

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Dose-rate constant and air-kerma strength evaluation of a new 125I brachytherapy source using Monte Carlo by Camila de Oliveira Primo

“…Dose-rate constant and air-kerma strength are parameters that depends on intrinsic characteristics of the source, i.e. geometry, radionuclide, encapsulation, and together they define the dose-rate to the reference point, defined as the dose-rate to a point 1 cm away from the geometric center of the source, in its transverse plane. …”
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