Effect of doped wax on the rheological properties and chemical structure of ultraviolet aged bitumen by Mingyuan Chen, Jiuguang Geng, Leilei He, Huaxin Chen, Yongju Hu

“…Furthermore, the addition of wax and the aging procedure led to the growth of sulfoxide index and wax index, accompanied by good linear relationships. …”
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Non-Ampullary Duodenal Tumors by Yeonjin Je, Young Hoon Youn

“…An increase in the numbers of patients undergoing endoscopy during medical checkups and technological advances in endoscopic procedures, including high-resolution and image-enhanced endoscopy have led to an increase in detection rates of duodenal tumors recently. …”
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Rupture Process of the Mw 3.3 Earthquake in the St. Gallen 2013 Geothermal Reservoir, Switzerland by E. Király‐Proag, C. Satriano, P. Bernard, S. Wiemer

“…We carry out a two‐step procedure: (1) path effects are deconvolved from the seismograms using an empirical Green's function, resulting in relative source time functions at all seismic stations; (2) the relative source time functions are back‐projected to the corresponding isochrones on the fault plane. …”
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<i>Mycobacterium fortuitum</i> Infection Mimicking an Odontogenic Abscess: Report of a Pediatric Case with Relevant Literature Analysis by Giuseppe Barile, Luisa Limongelli, Marta Forte, Tommaso Corsalini, Saverio Capodiferro, Massimo Corsalini

“…The possible relationship between NTM infections and dental procedures is still unclear. The authors reported a rare manifestation of NTM infection occurring in a 6-year-old girl who developed sub-mandibular swelling related to a necrotic tooth, thus mimicking an abscess of odontogenic origin. …”
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Assessing the Business Needs and Readiness of Palestinian Municipalities to Adapt GIS to Promote Public Services by Sana Qasim, Ihab Hijazi, Abdel Nasser Arafat, Ali Abdelhamid, Ahmed R.Ghodieh, Rani El Meouche

“…This paper uses a case study approach to explore the extent to which the municipalities in Palestinian cities are ready to adopt GIS in their business procedures to improve service delivery and planning activities. …”
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Structural identifiability of parameters of Anand material model by Jaroslav Rojíček, Jakub Cienciala, Martin Fusek

“…Abstract This article explores the structural identifiability of parameters within non-linear physical models, focussing specifically on the Anand material model. The proposed procedure is structured in two key steps: first, a local analysis identifies the most suitable parameters for testing. …”
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Methods оf Expert Evaluations in Applied Information Economics for the Analysis оf Efficiency Investments in Development of Information Systems by E. V. Vasileva, E. A. Deeva

“…The authors show the possibility of including the Delphic procedures in calculation method for the formation of a list of criteria, as well as the application of the method of the index group of expert opinion to determine the weights of the criteria. …”
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Using the ASTER GDEM v.2 global digital elevation model to identify areas of possible activation of karst processes in the Arkhangelsk region (Russia) by E.V. Polyakova, Y.G. Kutinov, A.L. Mineev, Z.B. Chistova, T.Ya. Belenovich

“…Errors (depressions) eliminated by the hydrological correction procedure are not always false. They can be natural landforms, especially in karst areas. …”
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Cryopreservation of Bulk-Produced Primary Rat Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells by Hanki Kim, Ramsha Afzal, Bum Kim, Hyo Cho, Jun Choi

“…In this protocol, we describe a step-by-step procedure for detaching and cryopreserving primary rat oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), followed by the thawing, proliferation, and differentiation of the cryopreserved OPCs. …”
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HEMOSTATIC DISORDERS IN LIVER DISEASES by A. F. Minov, A. M. Dzyadzko, O. O. Rummo

“…Usually therapy for coagulation disorders in liver disease is needed only during bleeding or before invasive procedures. In patients with end stage liver disease liver transplantation is the only treatment available, which can restore normal hemostasis, and correct genetic clotting defects. …”
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Contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with acute coronary syndrome: clinical significance, diagnosis, prophylaxis by O. V. Demchuk, I. A. Sukmanova, I. V. Ponomarenko, V. A. Elykomov

“…Risk factors for CIN can be associated both with the patient and directly with the x-ray procedures. The diagnosis is mainly based on the pre- and postprocedural determination of creatinine. …”
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THE COGNITIVE MODELING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL-ECONOMY ACTIVITY OF THE ORGANIZATION by A. N. Vetrov

“…The increase in the efficiency of functioning of the (credit) organization due to the realization of procedure of the horizontal, vertical and trend (microscopic) financial analysis based on the formed innovative analytical coefficients system in the parametrical cognitive models block. …”
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Equalization of bearing loads on running wheels of overhead crane load trolley when applying multi-purpose layout drawing by Goncharov K.A., Denisov I.A.

“…The paper deals with the approach to design of the equalization procedure of bearing loads on running wheels of a load trolley. …”
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Autopsy methodology in the process of confronting COVID-19 by Teresita Montero González, José Domingo Hurtado de Mendoza Amat, Yusleidis Fraga Martínez, Yamile Torres Gómez, Liem Laguna Oliva

“…Luis Díaz Soto, carrying out the procedures under biosafety conditions, the diagnostic work and discussion of the results. …”
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Fast SAR Image Change Detection Using Bayesian Approach Based Difference Image and Modified Statistical Region Merging by Han Zhang, Weiping Ni, Weidong Yan, Hui Bian, Junzheng Wu

“…The statistical region merging (SRM) approach is first introduced to change detection context. A new clustering procedure with the region variance as the statistical inference variable is exhibited to tailor SAR image change detection purposes, with only two classes in the final map, the unchanged and changed classes. …”
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Sengstaken Tube Removal under Direct Hemodynamic Monitoring after Post Transplantation Venous Occlusion by A. L. Colón, L. Rodríguez-Bachiller, E. Velasco, B. Díaz-Zorita, D. Rincón, J. A. López-Baena, J. Ferreiroa

“…The surgical procedure for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is well standardized, and most groups use the retrohepatic caval preservation or piggyback technique to improve hemodynamic tolerance. …”
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Pilot implementation of speech recognition technology in the endoscopic centers of Moscow Healthcare Department by A. V. Shabunin, V. V. Bedin, I. Yu. Korzheva, S. Yu. Orlov, E. K. Osmak, I. V. Vasiliev, D. V. Nesterov, A. A. Alepko

“…The study demonstrated that the protocols of endoscopic examinations developed as the result of the project allow endoscopists to reduce the time for writing medical reports as well as the overall time of procedure.…”
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Using Akaike Information Criterion to Select the Optimal Isotherm Equation for Adsorption from Solution by Martín M. Dávila-Jiménez, María P. Elizalde-González, Esmeralda García-Díaz, Mario González-Perea, María R.G. Guevara-Villa

“…The Gibbs free energy of adsorption was evaluated using the equilibrium constants obtained by several procedures and the results were found to be inconsistent.…”
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Spontaneous Ad Hoc Mobile Cloud Computing Network by Raquel Lacuesta, Jaime Lloret, Sandra Sendra, Lourdes Peñalver

“…The paper shows the network procedures and classes that have been designed. Our simulation results using Castalia show that our proposal presents a good efficiency and network performance even by using high number of nodes.…”
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Link Trustworthiness Evaluation over Multiple Heterogeneous Information Networks by Meng Wang, Xu Qin, Wei Jiang, Chunshu Li, Guilin Qi

“…We present an effective method to evaluate and select informative pairs across HINs and an integrated training procedure to balance inner-HIN and inter-HIN trustworthiness. …”
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