Research on Longitudinal Intelligent Control of Autonomous-rail Rapid Tram by TANG Liang, SHEN Mengyu, XIAO Lei

“…According to the simulation results, using the developed longitudinal intelligent control algorithm, the test train can depart, accelerate, decelerate and stop stably following the train ahead, and automatically decelerate on curves and run passing traffic light intersections, with a speed control accuracy within ± 1 km / h, impact rate less than 0.75 m/s³, and alignment error for parking less than ± 0.21 m, demonstrating the effectiveness to reduce driving intensity for drivers, and improve the train running comfort and operating efficiency.…”
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South Africa's diminishing coal reserves by Chris Hartnady

“…Despite this doubling since to just over 8 Gt, the underlying pattern has been one of faltering growth. Hubbertarian analysis predicts a peak in production rate of about 284 Mt/yr in 2020, at which stage approximately half (12 Gt) of the total resource (23 Gt) will be exhausted. …”
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Design of a Small Modified Minkowski Fractal Antenna for Passive Deep Brain Stimulation Implants by Sara Manafi, Hai Deng

“…The performance metrics such as the return loss, the specific absorption rate (SAR), and the radiation pattern within skin and muscle-fat-skin tissues are evaluated for the designed antenna. …”
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A study on non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli: their isolation and in vitro susceptibility in a tertiary care hospital in Central India by Preeti Sharma, Varsha Wanjare, Sunanda Shrikhande Zodpey

“…The aim of this study was to determine the isolation rate of NFGNB along with its susceptibility pattern in all the clinical samples. …”
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Disentangling the roles of natural variability and climate change in Canada’s 2023 fire season by Clair Barnes, Piyush Jain, Theodore R Keeping, Nathan Gillett, Jonathan Boucher, Philippe Gachon, Dorothy Heinrich, Megan Kirchmeier-Young, Yan Boulanger

“…We find that the annual accumulated daily severity rating (DSR), a measure of weather-related fire risk) is increasing in most ecozones in response to global warming, with the largest increases in the early months of the fire season; although temperatures are increasing everywhere, this effect is offset in some regions by increased precipitation. …”
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The transcription factor PbeNAC83 positively regulates the Valsa canker resistance in apple and pear by DOU Zhiqi, CAI Minrui, DU Chenglong, HU Huanhuan, ZUO Cunwu

“…After inoculation with Vp, the spread rate of Valsa canker disease was significantly inhibited. …”
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Prediction of Key Quality Parameters in Hot Air-Dried Jujubes Based on Hyperspectral Imaging by Quancheng Liu, Chunzhan Yu, Yuxuan Ma, Hongwei Zhang, Lei Yan, Shuxiang Fan

“…To further enhance modeling accuracy, deep learning models such as bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM), bidirectional gated recurrent unit (BiGRU), and convolutional neural network–bidirectional gated recurrent unit (CNN-BiGRU) were introduced and compared comprehensively under the optimal spectral preprocessing conditions. …”
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PH INDICATORS AND MICROCRYSTALIZATION OF ORAL LIQUID IN ADOLESCENTS OF 15-18 YEARS WHO STUDY IN DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS by L.F. Kaskova, V.M. Batig, I.I. Drozda, O.V. Mytchenok

“…In college students, the micro crystallization rate corresponded to a low level of 15 and 16 years old. …”
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Selfish Node Detection in Delay Tolerant Networks Using Fuzzy Logic by Fahimeh Rashidjafari, Nahideh Derakhshanfard, Behrouz Shahrokhzadeh, Ali Ghaffari

“…Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method enhances the delivery rate by 10% and reduces the average delay by 15% and hop count by 8% when compared to existing approaches.…”
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Spatial-Temporal Characteristics of Primary and Secondary Educational Resources for Relocated Children of Migrant Workers: The Case of Liaoning Province by Dahao Zhang, Chunshan Zhou, Wenwen Xu

“…The results showed that the number of RCMW children in primary and secondary schools increased during the research period and the growth rate of children in primary schools was higher than that of children in junior high schools. …”
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Metastatic synovial sarcoma: Experience from a tertiary care center from India by K Govind Babu, Rajesh Patidar, C Lakshmaiah Kuntegowdanahalli, Lokanatha Dasappa, Linu Abraham Jacob, Suresh Babu, A H Rudresha, Lokesh N Kadabur, L K Rajeev, Deepak Koppaka, Vikas Asati

“…Thirty patients received chemotherapy with a combination of ifosfamide and doxorubicin. The overall response rate was 87% with median progression-free survival of 8 months. …”
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A novel spatial heterogeneity decay model for depicting scale-effects in urban land by Weilin Wang, Rong Wang, Yangyang Lu, Yuanyuan Meng, Zhou Zhou

“…Based on the scale-effect model, we derived characteristic indicators (maximum, minimum, fluctuation, and rate of decay) of the SHUL scale-effect and compared their variation across Chinese cities. …”
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Underwater Acoustic Communication by a Single-Vector Sensor: Performance Comparison Using Three Different Algorithms by Long-xiang Guo, Xiao Han, Jing-wei Yin, Xue-song Yu

“…In this paper, three different algorithms are used to process the experimental data and their performance are compared in terms of equalized output signal to noise ratio (OSNR) and bit error rate (BER). The three algorithms are P-DFE, B-DFE, and T-DFE, respectively. …”
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Effect of exogenous silicon on resistance of asparagus bean rust and its physiological mechanism by LI Guo-jing, LIU Yong-hua, ZHU Zhu-jun, WU Xiao-hua, WANG Bao-gen

“…The effects of root-applied silicon and inoculation with Uromyces vignae on the activities of peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), superoxide dismutase (SOD), the content of malonyldialdehyde (MDA), the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and the respiration rate in the leaves of asparagus bean (Vigna sesquipedalis Wight.) were investigated. …”
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Damage Evolution Characteristics of Rock Salt under Different Stress Conditions by Chunping Wang, Jianfeng Liu, Lu Wang

“…The damage degrees where the damage rate starts to decrease are about 0.83 in the direct tensile test, about 0.75 in the Brazilian test, and about 0.91 in the compression test. …”
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Lifestyle Issues in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Smoking by Cecilia Benoni

“…In ulcerative colitis, but not in Crohn’s disease, a dose-response pattern has been demonstrated. Changes in clinical course, in disease severity and extension, and in recurrence rate indicate substantial clinical effects of smoking with a protective effect of smoking in ulcerative colitis and an aggravating effect in Crohn’s disease. …”
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Nasal Discharge Eosinophils in Childhood Asthma Patients as a Predictive Factor for Persistent Asthma by Norihide Murayama, Kikuno Murayama

“…The evaluation of nasal discharge eosinophils in the asthma group showed a significantly higher positive rate in older age groups than in the 0–1-year-old age group (p<0.05–0.001). …”
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Experimental Study on the Diffusion Radius of Modified Slurry Used in Longwall Overburden Isolated Grouting by Dayang Xuan, Mingwei Zhang, Jian Li, Zebin Dong, Aimaiti Alimu, Jialin Xu

“…The cement-blending ratio was found to have a small effect on the density of the slurry but a significant effect on the slurry’s precipitation rate and viscosity. The slurry diffusion experimental system was established to study the diffusion radius and consolidation. …”
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Clogging of induced fracture to increase waterflood sweep efficiency by K. M. Fedorov, I. V. Vydysh, A. V. Kobyashev, N. V. Mikhailov, A. S. Gavris

“…The first one, which follows immediately after the fracture clogging, demonstrates a water cut decrease and an oil production rate increase. The second, in which the oil production declines below the base variant. …”
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Climate change concerns and fertility intentions: first evidence from Italy by Chiara Puglisi, Raya Muttarak, Daniele Vignoli

“…Abstract The impact of climate change is being felt worldwide, with Europe experiencing the fastest rate of warming among all continents. Beyond socioeconomic consequences, climate change can potentially affect demographic outcomes, including fertility, in terms of both reproductive health and fertility behavior. …”
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