Mapping History; Surveying the Unfathomable in Pynchon’s Mason & Dix by Marwan Maho Abdi, Sherzad Shafie Babo

“…Through a close examination of Pynchon's non-linear and complex narrative structure, this article highlights the manners in which Mason & Dixon counters the conventional notions of truth, hence inviting the reader to question any constructed nature either, maps or historical representation. …”
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Correlation between Cohesive Energy Density, Fractional Free Volume, and Gas Transport Properties of Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) Materials by Piotr Kubica, Aleksandra Wolinska-Grabczyk

“…The transport properties of the poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (EVA) materials to He, N2, O2, and CO2 are correlated with two polymer molecular structure parameters, that is, cohesive energy density (CED) and fractional free volume (FFV), determined by the group contribution method. …”
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Application of the Double Approximation Method for Constructing Stiffness Matrices of Volumetric Finite Elements by P. P. Gaidzhurov, N. A. Saveleva

“…Moreover, the error of the numerical solution increases drastically in the case when the structure, in comparison to conventional deformations, undergoes significant displacements as a rigid whole. …”
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The Fatigue Life Prediction of Welded Joints in Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks Considering Weld-Induced Residual Stress and Its Relaxation Under Vehicle Loads by Wen Zhong, Youliang Ding, Yongsheng Song, Sumei Liu, Mengyao Xu, Xin Wang

“…The welded joints in steel bridges have a complicated structure, and their fatigue life is mainly determined by the real stress under the coupling effect of vehicle load stress, as well as weld-induced residual stress and its relaxation. …”
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The impact of different DNA extraction kits and laboratories upon the assessment of human gut microbiota composition by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. by Nicholas A Kennedy, Alan W Walker, Susan H Berry, Sylvia H Duncan, Freda M Farquarson, Petra Louis, John M Thomson, UK IBD Genetics Consortium, Jack Satsangi, Harry J Flint, Julian Parkhill, Charlie W Lees, Georgina L Hold

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Determining bacterial community structure in fecal samples through DNA sequencing is an important facet of intestinal health research. …”
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Predictors of Fruits and Vegetable Consumption in Adolescent Girls Based on Social Cognitive Theory by Leila Zeinivanmoghadam, Mohsen Jalilian, Amin Mirzaei

“…Overall, social cognitive structures predicted 20.9% of behavior variance. However, only self-regulation predicted behavior significantly (p=0.001), and other structures did not predict behavior significantly. …”
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Dynamic Response of a Single-Layer Reticulated Dome during Aircraft Impact Based on S-J Modeling Method by Li Lin, Bo Huang, Yunhui Sun, Yu Zhu, Duozhi Wang

“…S-J and B-P methods were used to model the reticulated shell structures. Comparing the numerical analysis results of the drop hammer impact of the two developed methods with experimental results verified the accuracy of the S-J modeling method. …”
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Mentorship to strengthen health system leadership: A case study of the Walungu rural health zone in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. by Rosine Bigirinama, Ghislain Bisimwa, Samuel Makali, Aimé Cikomola, Janvier Barhobagayana, Jean-Corneille Lembebu, Christian Chiribagula, Pacifique Mwene-Batu, Abdon Mukalay, Denis Porignon, Albert Tambwe

“…IHFs are unregulated healthcare structures operating on the fringes of the law, and claiming to offer cheaper, higher-quality care to the local population. …”
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Mechanical and finite element models of corneal keratoprostheses by A. N. Soloviev, N. I. Glushko, A. N. Epikhin, M. Swain, О. N. Lesnyak, А. Е. Ivanov

“…Mathematical models of the structures under consideration are the boundary value problems of the linear elasticity theory. …”
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Electrosoliton dynamics in a thermalized molecular chain by V. N. Kadantsev, A. N. Goltsov, M. A. Kondakov

“…The suggested mechanism of emergent of macroscopic dissipative structures in the form of electrosolitons in α-helical proteins is discussed in connection with recent experimental data on long-lived collective protein excitation in the terahertz frequency region.…”
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Modeling of Static Stress Identification Using Electromechanical Impedance of Embedded Piezoelectric Plate by Xianfeng Wang, Hui Liu, Guoxiong Liu, Dan Xu

“…Working stress is an important indicator reflecting the health status of structures. Passive-monitoring technology using the piezoelectric effect can effectively monitor the dynamic stress of structures. …”
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Predictive Model for Erosion Rate of Concrete Under Wind Gravel Flow Based on K-Fold Cross-Validation Combined with Support Vector Machine by Yanhua Zhao, Kai Zhang, Aojun Guo, Fukang Hao, Jie Ma

“…In the Gobi region, concrete structures frequently suffer erosion from wind gravel flow. …”
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Smartphone LIDAR can measure tree cavity dimensions for wildlife studies by Jessica M. Stitt, Leona K. Svancara, Lee A. Vierling, Kerri T. Vierling

“…Accuracy was most influenced by taking photos from a large oblique viewing angle, high target height, and large distance from the target combined, based on results from generalized linear models. Spike proved to be a low‐cost, portable technology that can noninvasively measure structures that are small and difficult to access. …”
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Comparison of Fuzzy-AHP and ANP Decision Making Methods to Assess the Ecological Capability of Ecotourism Application (Case study: Dehloran National Natural Monuments) by Mohsen Tavakoli

“…Then, to combine the layers, the model of overlapping index or linear weight composition was used. 3-Results and Discussion Using the GIS on the slope of the linear reduction subscription function, the trajectory linear membership function layer and the temperature layer, an incremental linear membership function was applied. …”
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Affine Tensor Product Model Transformation by József Kuti, Péter Galambos

“…The proposed model form describes the affine geometric structure of the parameter dependencies by a nearly minimum model size and enables a systematic way of geometric complexity reduction. …”
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Optimal Control of Two-Wheeled Self-Balancing Robot with Interval Uncertainties Using Chebyshev Inclusion Method by Navid Razmjooy, Mehdi Ramezani

“…Since two-wheeled and self-balancing robot has a complicated and non-linear structure, its model has some uncertainties. …”
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Magnetic Nonlinear Energy Sink for Vibration Attenuation of Unbalanced Rotor System by Hongliang Yao, Dasheng Zheng, Bangchun Wen

“…Firstly, the nonlinearity of the magnet spring is analyzed and the structure of the NES is introduced. Then, the dynamic model of the rotor system with the NES is built, and the responses and stabilities of the system are studied by applying Complexification-averaging method. …”
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On the distribution of unique range sets and its elements over the extended complex plane by S. Mallick

“…In the paper, we discussed the distribution of unique range sets and its elements over the extended complex plane from a different point of view and obtained some new results regarding the structure and position of unique range sets. These new results have immense applications like classifying different subsets of C to be or not to be a unique range set, exploring the fact that every bi-linear transformation preserves unique range sets for meromorphic functions, providing simpler and shorter proofs of existence of some unique range sets, unfolding the fact that zeros or poles of any meromorphic function lie in a unique range set, in particular, identifying the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra to a more specific region and many more applications. …”
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Determining the acoustic field distribution of ultrasonic multi-element probes by Krzysztof Opieliński, Tadeusz Gudra

“…On the basis of an analysis of calculation results the size of electronically switched transmitting sector was optimized (in the sense of the number of concurrently radiating elementary transducers) for a linear and a ring ultrasonic multi-element probes from the point of view of their use for visualizing the inside of a biological structure by means of UTT.…”
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Design and analysis of innovative multi-frequency ultrasonic probe characteristics by Yu-Lin Song, Tzu-Zin Lin, Shih Hsun Tu, Alexander Stiegler

“…Finite element simulations were employed to determine the resonance conditions of the layered piezoelectric structure, informing the probe’s design and fabrication process. …”
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