Pedestrian Exposure to Air Pollution in Cities: Modeling the Effect of Roadside Trees by Jorge Humberto Amorim, Joana Valente, Pedro Cascão, Vera Rodrigues, Cláudia Pimentel, Ana I. Miranda, Carlos Borrego

“…For each individual, the model calculates the instantaneous exposure at each time frame and the mean value for a given period. Results show a general benefit induced by the trees over the mean exposure of the student in each route. …”
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Assessing Land Cover Changes Using the LUCAS Database and Sentinel Imagery: A Comparative Analysis of Accuracy Metrics by Beata Hejmanowska, Piotr Kramarczyk

“…In this study, the effectiveness of using pre-existing reference data on land cover gathered as part of the Land Use–Land Cover Area Frame Survey (LUCAS) database of the Copernicus program was analyzed. …”
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SOCIAL AND ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF MOTORCYCLE PROTECTIVE ISOLATION SHIELD FOR REDUCING COMMUNITY SPREAD OF COVID-19 by OLUKAYODE O. OYESIKU, OLASUNKANMI O. AKINYEMI, BASHIR O. ODUFUWA, BABATUNDE O. ADETIFA

“…Anthropometry data used for the MPIS frame were sitting height (SH) and popliteal height (PH) of both motorcycle riders and passengers while seat depth (SD) of motorcycle riders and buttock knee length (BKL) of motorcycle passengers were used to locate the position of the MPIS mounted on the motorcycle. …”
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Mechanism Underlying Tissue Cryotherapy to Combat Obesity/Overweight: Triggering Thermogenesis by Suvaddhana Loap, Richard Lathe

“…We report that (i) single sessions of tissue cryotherapy lead to significant loss of tissue volume in the time frame of hours and (ii) multiple daily procedures lead to a cumulative decline in AT, as assessed by waist circumference, body weight, and BMI, confirmed by whole-body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometric scanning. …”
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TR Jets above Magnetic X-Type Null Points by Ehsan Tavabi, Mehri Heidari, Azam Mollatayefeh

“…The results are discussed in the frame of different models implying reconnections with the inference of the dynamical phenomena occurring near several null points, including the oscillatory behavior.…”
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Argument by Numbers: the Normative Impact of Statistical Legal Tech by L. Diver, P. McBride

“…In this contribution we describe the normative effects of legal tech application design, how they are (in)compatible with law and the Rule of Law as normative orders, particularly with respect to legal texts which we frame as the proper source of “lossless law”, uncompressed by statistical framing. …”
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Validation of NEPTUNE-CFD Two-Phase Flow Models Using Experimental Data by Jorge Pérez Mañes, Victor Hugo Sánchez Espinoza, Sergio Chiva Vicent, Michael Böttcher, Robert Stieglitz

“…The validation work is performed in the frame of the European NURISP Project and it was focused on the steady state and transient void fraction tests. …”
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Supervised exercise-based rehabilitation for people with intermittent claudication-Study protocol for a Danish implementation process (StRiDE). by Sara Fredslund Hajdú, Helle Bøgard, Thomas Vedste Aagaard, Stine Gundtoft Roikjær, Charlotte Simonÿ, Anne Dalhoff, Kim Houlind, Alexander Luijk, Ida Ulriksen, Lotte Therkildsen Jensen, Søren T Skou, Lars Hermann Tang

“…The study uses a convergent mixed-methods prospective clinical cohort design, and the theoretical frame of this implementation process follows the framework for Adapting an existing intervention to a new context (ADAPT). …”
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Analysis of the Seismic Demand of High-Performance Buckling-Restrained Braces under a Strong Earthquake and Its Aftershocks by Luqi Xie, Jing Wu, Qing Huang, Chao Tong

“…A combination of three continuous excitations with the same ground motion is used to simulate the affection of a strong earthquake and its aftershocks. A six-story HPBRB frame (HPBRBF) is taken as an example to conduct the incremental dynamic analysis (IDA). …”
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THE DYNAMICS OF STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN NIGERIA by OGBONNA Emmanuel Chijioke, ALUKO Bayode, ADEYANJU Joseph

“…It draws from Easton's system theory as an analytical frame, underscoring the essence of democratisation as a continuum requiring the active input of critical citizens to impact on. …”
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A Review of Environmental Perception Technology Based on Multi-Sensor Information Fusion in Autonomous Driving by Boquan Yang, Jixiong Li, Ting Zeng

“…In addition, this paper explores the critical role of sensor calibration, focusing on methods to align data in a unified reference frame to improve fusion results. Finally, this paper discusses recent advances, especially the application of machine learning in sensor fusion, and highlights the challenges and future research directions required to further enhance the environmental perception of autonomous systems. …”
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Bicycle-inspired simple balance control method for quadruped robots in high-speed running by Shoei Hattori, Shoei Hattori, Shoei Hattori, Shoei Hattori, Shura Suzuki , Akira Fukuhara , Takeshi Kano , Akio Ishiguro 

“…Bicycles maintain stability and change direction by intuitively steering the handle, which induces yaw motion in the body frame and generates an inertial effect to support balance. …”
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Discovery of novel tepovirus genomes with a nucleic acid-binding protein homolog by systematic analysis of plant transcriptome data by Dongjin Choi, Hyerin Park, Seungwoo Baek, Myeung Seok Choi, Sylvain Legay, Gea Guerriero, Jean-François Hausman, Yoonsoo Hahn

“…Notably, five of these newly identified tepoviruses contain a NABP-like open reading frame (ORF). Sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis of NABP homologs suggest these tepoviruses independently acquired a NABP-like ORF from diverse sources. …”
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Stroke Lesion Prediction by Bille-Viper-Segmentation with Tandem-MU-net Model by Beevi Fathima, N Santhi Dr, N Ramasamy Dr

“…The results show that the suggested model performs substantially better than existing methods, achieving an amazing accuracy rate of 75%, recall rate of 83%, F1 score of 98%, Dice score of 98%, and precision of 73%, all while operating effectively in a time frame of 250 seconds.…”
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Management Practices and Effectiveness of Universities at Lifelong Learning Realization by I. A. Korshunov, N. N. Shirkova, E. S. Szhenov, I. A. Efremov, G. A. Chakhoyan

“…They contribute to increasing the role of higher education organizations in the implementation of lifelong learning programs and ensure the financial stability of organizations. Within the frame of the article, the data of the “New Opportunities for Everyone” federal project realization collected during a survey of university leaders were analyzed. …”
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Aquaporin 12 Is Expressed in the Stomach and Liver of the Spiny Dogfish (<i>Squalus acanthias</i>) by Christopher P. Cutler, Jade Bender, Sarah Conner, Esosa Omoregie

“…The AQP12 nucleotide sequence had an open reading frame of 300 amino acids, which included one or more N-glycosylation sites. …”
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Public health policies for children and youth with special health care needs in OECD member countries and Brazil: A scoping review protocol. by Ângela Cristina Rocha Gimenes, Elenir Rose Jardim Cury

“…<h4>Method</h4>A scoping review protocol was developed as per the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) manual and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses-Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist, for application to the Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, PubMed, and Embase databases;to theLatin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS)multilingual thesaurus; and to gray literature.The review will map the principal documents (irrespective of time frame or language) addressing public health policies for CYSHCN up to 19 years old. …”
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Educational Technologies aimed at promoting parental care of premature newborns at home: an integrative review by Luciana Ribeiro de Carvalho, Marcelo Victor Freitas Nascimento, Marcia Teles de Oliveira Gouveia, Carla Daniele Araújo Feitosa

“…Methods: Integrative review based on primary studies published in full, in all languages, with no defined time frame, in the following databases: National Library of Medicine; Scopus, Web of Science, Embase and Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde Brasil. …”
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Design and finite element analysis of an extractor machine for castor oil biodiesel production by Linus Adache Adache, Taye Stephen Mogaji, Mohammed Olabanji Olayinka, Zephaniah Ayodeji Olagoke

“…With a total load distribution of 729 kN resulting from the screw shaft and the weight of other accessories, the behaviour of the frame material under different loading conditions was stated. …”
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Co-creation of social innovations for healthy ageing in rural Europe – a process evaluation of a volunteer-led guided conversation toolkit using Normalisation Process Theory (NPT)... by Basharat Hussain, Mahrukh Mirza, Shukru Esmene, Catherine Leyshon, Michael Leyshon, Arunangsu Chatterjee

“…Further, the paper discusses how social innovation research helps frame co-designing such interventions with local communities. …”
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