Rock blasting evaluation - image recognition method based on deep learning by Haibao YI, Aixiang Wu, Xiliang Zhang

“…Abstract The image analysis of rock blasting fragmentation and half-hole rates serves as a pivotal basis for evaluating the quality of geotechnical blasting and pre-splitting blasting. …”
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Breast Diagnostic Tumor Using Compact Butterfly-Shaped Antenna Signals for Medical Sensor Applications by Hiwa Taha Sediq, Mohammad Fathi, Keyhan Hosseini, Bahman Mohammadi

“…Based on numerical simulations and preliminary experimental results, it can be confirmed that the Vivaldi antenna can be used in microwave tomography for detection of breast cancer in a better manner with higher accuracy, lower false positive rates and providing high gain of 8.51dBi.…”
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Mitigating retail rice price volatility for sustainable supply chains: an optimization and regression-based approach [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Arif Shafwan Rasyid, Lucia Diawati

“…The results indicate that bimonthly rice prices increases can be effectively controlled, with maximum price change rates maintained between 0.75% and 1.14% and a standard deviation ranging from 0.20% to 0.34%. …”
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A Systematic State-of-the-Art Review of Asian Research on Principal Instructional Leadership, 1987–2024 by Philip Hallinger, Shengnan Liu, Pwint Nee Aung

“…This systematic state-of-the-art review analyzed the evolution of analytical models, research methods, and findings in Asian studies of instructional leadership that employed the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS). The authors applied content analysis to 349 Asian instructional leadership studies sourced from multiple digital databases. …”
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Decomposing decision mechanisms in female substance use disorder: drift diffusion modeling of context-dependent biases in gain and loss processing by Hao Zhang, Gavin Kader, Huoyin Zhang, Haijian Zhao, Wanke Pan, Peng Lei

“…Additionally, they showed lower drift rates in gain scenarios, indicating reduced sensitivity to non-substance rewards, but higher drift rates in loss scenarios, suggesting heightened sensitivity to negative outcomes. …”
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Sociodemographic and sex differences in the global burden of hypertensive heart disease, 1990–2021: a population-based analysis by Fangfei Nie, Xiaorong Wang, Airong Yang, Jiaolong He, Jie Bai, Ping Yan, Xiaozhou Wang

“…Methods Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 were used to evaluate age-standardized DALY rates for HHD across five socio-demographic index (SDI) levels and by sex from 1990 to 2021. …”
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Morphological, technological and biopharmaceutical studies of alginate-chitosan microcapsules with vinpocetine by Yu. A. Polkovnikova, N. A. Severinova, K. N. Koryanova, U. A. Tulskaya, M. V. Grechkina

“…Studying the effect of the concentration of a sodium alginate solution on the release rate of Vinpocetine from the microcapsule samples has shown that at the concentration of 1%, the release rate is 41.17%, and at the concentration of 2.5% it is 4.5%. …”
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Stress corrosion cracking behavior of pipeline steel due to liquid ammonia with water and oxygen impurities by Jiaqing LI, Huilong LIANG, Zhiyu FENG, Pengbo YIN, Lin TENG, Zhuwu ZHANG, Yu LUO, Lilong JIANG

“…MethodsCorrosion experiments and tensile experiments at slow strain rates were conducted using liquid ammonia with different impurities, to identify the SCC behaviors of pipeline steel. …”
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Optimizing the Design of Soil-Mixing Blade Structure Parameters Based on the Discrete Element Method by Huiling Ding, Qiaofeng Wang, Mengyang Wang, Chao Zhang, Han Lin, Xin Jin, Haizhou Hong, Fengkui Dang

“…The key structural parameters included the bending line angle (<i>α</i>), bending angle (<i>β</i>), side angle (<i>δ</i>), tangential edge height (<i>h</i>), and bending radius (<i>r</i>); the straw burial rate (<i>Y</i>₁) and straw percentage in the seeding layer (<i>Y</i>₂) were selected as evaluation indicators. …”
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Characterization of Spatially Heterogeneous Environmental Variables Through Multi‐Modal Generalized Sub‐Gaussian Distributions by Chiara Recalcati, Alberto Guadagnini, Monica Riva

“…We apply this framework to an experimental data set consisting of a collection of dissolution rate fields obtained from high‐resolution nanoscale measurements acquired through Atomic Force Microscopy and documenting the dissolution behavior of a calcite sample under continuous flow conditions. …”
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Water and Salt Dynamics in Cultivated, Abandoned, and Lake Systems Under Irrigation Reduction in the Hetao Irrigation District by Lina Hao, Guoshuai Wang, Vijay P. Singh, Tingxi Liu

“…The results indicated that before and after the reduction in irrigation and decline in groundwater levels, the migration rates of groundwater from croplands to wastelands and from wastelands to lakes remained relatively stable, averaging 78% and 40%. …”
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RENAL SAFETY OF PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS by A. I. Dyadyk, T. E. Kugler

“…Increased serum creatinine, decreased glomerular filtration rate, electrolyte disorders, pathological changes in urine tests are not highly specific indicators, but allow to suspect the development of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis. …”
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Use of a spatially distributed in-phase antenna to increase the noise immunity of signal reception by G. V. Kulikov, Yu. A. Polevoda, M. S. Kostin

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Macrostructural Analysis of the Dynamics of the Two-Sector Economy by O. S. Sukharev, E. N. Voronchikhina

“…The purpose of the study is the formation of an algorithm for macrostructural analysis of the two-sector Russian economy with the identification of the main patterns and relationships of their joint dynamics — contribution to the overall growth rate, price dynamics, and the definition of a model for further development.   …”
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Evaluation of Unmanned Multicopters’ Performance Indicators for Pesticide and Agrochemical Application by V. P. Asovskiy, A. S. Kuzmenko, O. V. Khudolenko

“…The authors analyzed the impact of working speed of up to 10 meters per second, application rates of 2-30 liters per hectare, the size and characteristics of the field plot up to 200 hectares, traffic patterns and other factors on productivity and multicopter treatment cost.  …”
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Global epidemiological trends and burden of cervical and subcervical spinal cord injuries, 1990–2021: a multidimensional analysis using global burden of disease data by Wei Liu, Azhati Samuhaer, Kunpeng Lin, Mingchen Li, Chunyu Zang, Hongwei Liu, Haixiu Fan, Ke Shi, Donghai Li

“…CSCI and SSCI cases were stratified by age, sex, and Socio-demographic Index (SDI). Age-standardized rates (ASR) and estimated annual percentage changes (EAPC) were calculated. …”
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Features of geochemical processes in the catchment area of the river Kalaus in the Stavropol territory by Anastasia Sergeevnna Bluzhina, Inna Vladimirovna Begday

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Effects of Dam Gate Geometry on Pressure Variation Aided by Map Presentation by Sheeraz M. Ameen, Thamir M. Ahmed

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Ethnic differences in CKD progression among people with type 2 diabetes and rapid eGFR decline: A secondary data analysis by Thamer Alobaid, Matthew D. L. O’Connell, Janaka Karalliedde, Salma Ayis

“…Abstract Background People with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) exhibit diverse patterns of kidney function decline. However, there is limited evidence on the impact of ethnicity and diabetic retinopathy on the rate of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline and the progression of CKD. …”
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A child born to immigrant parents at Lepenski Vir by Maxime Brami, Jens Blöcher, Yoan Diekmann

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