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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,389 Views
16 Pages

8 May 2023

In response to the lack of plasma bag-breaking equipment and time-consuming manual recovery of plasma in China, this study focuses on the distal end cutting of a plasma bag residual-input tube and designs a machine-vision-based plasma bag residual-in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,096 Views
22 Pages

5 January 2018

Simulation of cutting is essential for many applications such as virtual surgical training. Most existing methods use the same triangle mesh for both visualization and collision handling, although the requirements for them in the interactive simulati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Computer Graphics, Geometric Modeling, and Virtual and Augmented Reality)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,242 Views
16 Pages

26 August 2021

Five-axis flank milling has been applied in industry as a relatively new method to cut spiral bevel gears (SBGs) for its flexibility, especially for the applications of small batches and repairs. However, it still has critical inferior aspects compar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in High-Performance Non-ferrous Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,282 Views
34 Pages

New Approach to High-Speed Multi-Coordinate Milling Based on Kinematic Cutting Parameters and Acoustic Signals

  • Petr M. Pivkin,
  • Mikhail P. Kozochkin,
  • Artem A. Ershov,
  • Ludmila A. Uvarova and ,
  • Alexey B. Nadykto and
  • Sergey N. Grigoriev
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

In this work, a new approach to high-speed multi-coordinate milling was developed. The new approach is based on a new model of trochoidal machining; this is, in turn, based on the theoretical thickness of a chip and its ratio to the cutting edge&rsqu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,192 Views
14 Pages

Cut-Edge Detection Method for Rice Harvesting Based on Machine Vision

  • Zhenqian Zhang,
  • Ruyue Cao,
  • Cheng Peng,
  • Renjie Liu and ,
  • Yifan Sun,
  • Man Zhang and
  • Han Li
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 April 2020

A cut-edge detection method based on machine vision was developed for obtaining the navigation path of a combine harvester. First, the Cr component in the YCbCr color model was selected as the grayscale feature factor. Then, by detecting the end of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Precision Agriculture for Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,686 Views
20 Pages

Purchase intention is the key to popularizing battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and to developing the industry. This study combines classical theoretical and qualitative research, and applies fault tree analysis (FTA) methods to study factors that hin...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,847 Views
16 Pages

18 January 2023

Contour parallel tool paths have been proved to be a preferred machining strategy for their advantage of less tool retractions and less sharp turns. The traditional geometrical algorithm-based tool path generation method often makes it hard to simply...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Manufacturing and Surface Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,885 Views
21 Pages

Modeling of Convex Surface Topography in Milling Process

  • Xiaole Hao,
  • Caixu Yue,
  • Xianli Liu,
  • Lihui Wang and ,
  • Steven Y. Liang and
  • Yuechong Nan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 September 2020

Cr12MoV die steel is a typical high-strength and high-hardness material. Because of the high hardness of Cr12MoV die steel, which is approximately 50–65 HRC after quenching, and the tool’s weak rigidity, cutting vibration, and tool deform...

(This article belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,331 Views
19 Pages

31 May 2023

The reduction of train-induced ground vibrations by different railway lines and by mitigation measures in the propagation path is analysed in a unified approach by two-dimensional finite element calculations where the reduction is expressed as the am...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Vehicle-Track-Ground Coupling Dynamics and Railway-Induced Ground Vibration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,923 Views
12 Pages

Comparative Study on Wood CNC Routing Methods for Transposing a Traditional Motif from Romanian Textile Heritage into Furniture Decoration

  • Antonela Lungu,
  • Mihai Ispas,
  • Luminiţa-Maria Brenci,
  • Sergiu Răcăşan and
  • Camelia Coşereanu

22 July 2021

This paper presents experimental research on the Computer Numerical Control (CNC) routing of a traditional motif collected from Ţara Bârsei (Transylvania region) using two methods, namely, engraving (Engrave) and carving (V-Carve). The analysis of th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Wood Engineering and Forestry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,017 Views
22 Pages

2 March 2020

This work deals with technological considerations required to optimize the cutting data and tool path pattern for finishing the milling of free-form surfaces made of steel in a hardened state. In terms of technological considerations, factors such as...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization and Simulation in Alloy Cutting Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,222 Views
15 Pages

1 April 2021

One class of cooperative differential games on networks is considered. It is assumed that interaction on the network is possible not only between neighboring players, but also between players connected by paths. Various cooperative optimality princip...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Game Theory 2021)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,371 Views
15 Pages

Developmental and Experimental Study on a Double-Excitation Ultrasonic Elliptical Vibration-Assisted Cutting Device

  • Gaofeng Hu,
  • Wendong Xin,
  • Min Zhang,
  • Junti Lu and ,
  • Yanjie Lu,
  • Shengming Zhou and
  • Kai Zheng
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Ultrasonic elliptical vibration-assisted cutting (UEVC) has been successfully applied in the precision and ultra-precision machining of hard and brittle materials due to its advantages of a low cutting force and minimal tool wear. This study develope...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,269 Views
20 Pages

17 May 2022

This paper presents research on the influence of material anisotropy caused by the technological process of its manufacturing on the plastic properties of the material. In the experimental study, samples cut from an AISI 304L rolled sheet in the roll...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,933 Views
15 Pages

Assessment of the Cutting Performance of a Robot Mower Using Custom Built Software

  • Luisa Martelloni,
  • Marco Fontanelli,
  • Stefano Pieri,
  • Christian Frasconi and ,
  • Lisa Caturegli,
  • Monica Gaetani,
  • Nicola Grossi,
  • Simone Magni,
  • Michel Pirchio and
  • Andrea Peruzzi
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

Before the introduction of positioning technologies in agriculture practices such as global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), data collection and management were time-consuming and labor-intensive tasks. Today, due to the introduction of advanced...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Precision Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
922 Views
17 Pages

Crawler-type combine harvesters feature labor-intensive operation, tough steering and complex environments in paddy fields, necessitating reliable automatic operation to ensure efficient and complete harvesting. An error threshold-based autonomous na...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,115 Views
22 Pages

28 August 2025

Blisks are complex thin-walled parts with specific structures that have narrow channels and a large degree of bowed-twisted blades. Five-axis machining technology critically influences blisk surface quality and production efficiency, as the toolpath...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,035 Views
11 Pages

The Effect of Vertex and Edge Removal on Sombor Index

  • Aysun Yurttas Gunes,
  • Hacer Ozden Ayna and
  • Ismail Naci Cangul

1 February 2024

A vertex degree based topological index called the Sombor index was recently defined in 2021 by Gutman and has been very popular amongst chemists and mathematicians. We determine the amount of change of the Sombor index when some elements are removed...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,600 Views
16 Pages

3 October 2022

Thin-walled elements, thanks to their good properties, are increasingly used in structural applications, especially in the aircraft and building industries. These kinds of structures are often perforated for reducing weight and to ease servicing and...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanics of Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,974 Views
11 Pages

3 September 2022

Interconnection network topology is critical for the overall performance of HPC systems. While many regular and irregular topologies have been proposed in the past, recent work has shown the promise of shortcut-augmented topologies that offer multi-f...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,434 Views
10 Pages

Pre-Compensation of Thermal Error for Laser-Assisted Diamond Turning

  • Kaiyuan You,
  • Guangyu Liu,
  • Guangpeng Yan,
  • Fengzhou Fang and ,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Li Du and
  • Jiexiong Ding
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

27 September 2023

The laser-assisted diamond turning (LADT) method can effectively improve the machinability of hard and brittle materials based on the laser heating effect, resulting in prolonged diamond tool life and better surface integrity. However, due to the inc...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Materials and Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,632 Views
16 Pages

3 June 2024

Self-driving car research can effectively reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents, but when encountering sudden people or obstacles cutting into the lane, how to reduce the damage hazard to traffic participants and make ethical decisions is the ke...

(This article belongs to the Collection Accident Prevention and Risk Management for Safe and Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
533 Views
22 Pages

Study on Wellbore Pressure Distribution Characteristics in Double-Wall Drill Pipe Reverse Circulation Drilling

  • Mingming Geng,
  • Hui Zhang,
  • Yiming Ma,
  • Geng Zhang and ,
  • Baokang Wu,
  • Long Chen and
  • Yiwen Huang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

24 May 2026

Double-wall drill pipe reverse circulation drilling is expected to alleviate cutting-transport difficulties and the high risk of lost circulation during the shallow-section drilling of ultra-deep wells. Based on wellbore hydraulics theory and a trans...

(This article belongs to the Section Petroleum and Low-Carbon Energy Process Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,487 Views
21 Pages

18 January 2025

Virtual simulation of high-resolution multi-axis machining processes nowadays plays an important role in the production of complex parts in various industries. In order to improve the surface quality and productivity, process parameters, such as spin...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
413 Views
27 Pages

Effect of Artificial Saw-Cut Notch Depth on the Bond–Slip Behavior and Modeling of CFRP-to-Concrete Interfaces

  • Fan Mo,
  • Zhenwen Lai,
  • Jianrui Li,
  • Jian Wang and ,
  • Jie Xiao,
  • Ben Yang and
  • Haibo Jiang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

5 August 2026

Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are widely used for strengthening concrete structures, but the bond behavior of CFRP–concrete interfaces in cracked concrete remains insufficiently understood. This study investigates the effect...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Recent Developments in Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,635 Views
17 Pages

An Improved FFIP Method Based on Mathematical Logic and SysML

  • Jian Jiao,
  • Shujie Pang,
  • Jiayun Chu,
  • Yongfeng Jing and
  • Tingdi Zhao

15 April 2021

In recent years, the model-based safety analysis (MBSA) has been developing continuously. The Functional Failure Identification and Propagation (FFIP) method is a graphics processing technology which supports the analysis of fault propagation paths b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from IMETI 2020)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,543 Views
16 Pages

Multistep Prediction Analysis of Pure Pursuit Method for Automated Guided Vehicles in Aircraft Industry

  • Biling Wang,
  • Gaojian Fan,
  • Xinming Zhang,
  • Liangjie Gao and ,
  • Xiaobo Wang and
  • Weijie Fu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 December 2024

The pure pursuit (PP) method has been widely employed in automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to address path tracking challenges. However, the traditional pure pursuit method exhibits certain limitations in tracking performance. For instance, selecting...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Dynamics and Motion Control of Unmanned Aerial/Underwater/Ground Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,821 Views
21 Pages

2 November 2021

The tunneling work belongs to the group operation of semi-closed space, and the work is difficult with a high risk coefficient. It is an urgent requirement of coal mining to achieve unmanned and intelligent tunneling work. The path rectification plan...

(This article belongs to the Topic Interdisciplinary Studies for Sustainable Mining)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,236 Views
22 Pages

8 December 2020

Time-varying dynamic behaviors are essential to investigate the stability in the thin-walled workpiece milling process, which is usually affected by material removal and position-dependent characteristics of the workpiece along with the tool feed dir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,085 Views
32 Pages

Research on Real-Time Improvement Methods for Aircraft Engine Onboard Models

  • Lin Guo,
  • Rong Wang,
  • Ying Chen,
  • Wenxiang Zhou and
  • Jinquan Huang

28 December 2025

Onboard models serve as the foundation for the advanced control and fault diagnosis of aero-engines. Currently, to address the issues of high computational complexity and insufficient real-time performance in component-level aero-engine models, three...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,500 Views
20 Pages

Multi-Objective Power Supply Restoration in Distribution Networks Based on Graph Calculation and Information Collected by Multi-Source Sensors

  • Jian Dang,
  • Shaopeng Zhang,
  • Yile Wang,
  • Yunjiang Yan and ,
  • Rong Jia and
  • Guangyi Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 January 2025

With the increasing complexity of the distribution network structure, enhancing the efficiency and reliability during fault restoration has become a focal point. Based on the multi-source information collected by traditional sensors, such as CT and P...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensor and Sensorless Technology with Renewable Energy and Flexible Load Participation in Active Distribution Network)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,706 Views
29 Pages

8 November 2023

Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are one of the core technologies for building unmanned autonomous integrated automated electric meter verification workshops in metrology centers. However, complex obstacles on the verification lines, frequent AGV cha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing: Recent Applications—Second Volume)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,086 Views
15 Pages

6 October 2021

Braking time in a moving train at standard speeds has become a critical variable that increasingly concerns the industry. The present paper discusses the possible option of temperature variation to cut down the response time of the whole pneumatic br...

(This article belongs to the Section Heat and Mass Transfer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,229 Views
17 Pages

11 July 2023

This study investigated thin-walled plate elements with a central cut-out under axial compression. The plates were manufactured from epoxy/carbon laminate (CFRP) with an asymmetric layup. The study involved analyzing the buckling and post-buckling be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Methods and Modeling Applied for Composite Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
1,866 Views
23 Pages

31 October 2024

In a recent contribution, we identified possible points of contact between the asymptotically safe and canonical approaches to quantum gravity. The idea is to start from the reduced phase space (often called relational) formulation of canonical quant...

(This article belongs to the Section Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Gravity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
104 Citations
7,254 Views
17 Pages

Green Communication for Wireless Body Area Networks: Energy Aware Link Efficient Routing Approach

  • Muhammad Anwar,
  • Abdul Hanan Abdullah,
  • Ayman Altameem,
  • Kashif Naseer Qureshi and ,
  • Farhan Masud,
  • Muhammad Faheem,
  • Yue Cao and
  • Rupak Kharel
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

26 September 2018

Recent technological advancement in wireless communication has led to the invention of wireless body area networks (WBANs), a cutting-edge technology in healthcare applications. WBANs interconnect with intelligent and miniaturized biomedical sensor n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors for Green Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
144 Views
23 Pages

A Runge–Kutta Enhancement Strategy Based on the Return Mapping Method

  • Xiangxian Dou,
  • Li Wan,
  • Jinlong Xie,
  • Qianhui Liu and
  • Yuzhen Yu

21 October 2026

Accurate stress integration at large strain increments requires control of both trajectory error and yield-surface drift. This study presents RK-RM, a hybrid strategy combining explicit Runge–Kutta integration with cutting-plane return mapping....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Analysis and Simulation in Computational Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,256 Views
16 Pages

Intelligent Prediction of Private Information Diffusion in Social Networks

  • Yangyang Li,
  • Hao Jin,
  • Xiangyi Yu,
  • Haiyong Xie and ,
  • Yabin Xu,
  • Huajun Xu and
  • Huacheng Zeng
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

In the information age, leaked private information may cause significant physical and mental harm to the relevant parties, leading to a negative social impact. In order to effectively evaluate the impact of such information leakage in today’s s...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,209 Views
19 Pages

Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Wet Dust Removal in High-Gravity Countercurrent Rotating Packed Bed

  • Shuwei Guo,
  • Youzhi Liu,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Chengqian Zhang and ,
  • Shufei Wang,
  • Yuliang Li and
  • Shangyuan Cheng
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

25 January 2024

High-gravity wet dust removal technology has attracted much attention because of its potential to cut liquid into smaller liquid droplets and lower energy consumption. However, the complex structure and the high-speed rotation of the rotating packed...

(This article belongs to the Section Air Pollution Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,878 Views
21 Pages

Agricultural spatial analysis has the potential to offer new ways of analyzing crop data considering the spatial information of the measurements. Moving from farmers’ estimates and crop-cuts techniques to interpolation is a new challenge, and a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
10,807 Views
18 Pages

Digital Twins for High-Tech Machining Applications—A Model-Based Analytics-Ready Approach

  • Albrecht Hänel,
  • André Seidel,
  • Uwe Frieß,
  • Uwe Teicher and ,
  • Hajo Wiemer,
  • Dongqian Wang,
  • Eric Wenkler,
  • Lars Penter,
  • Arvid Hellmich and
  • Steffen Ihlenfeldt
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

This paper presents a brief introduction to competition-driven digital transformation in the machining sector. On this basis, the creation of a digital twin for machining processes is approached firstly using a basic digital twin structure. The latte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Progress in Digital Twin Integration for Smart Machining)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,033 Views
19 Pages

Experimental Investigation of Deformable Gel Particles (DGPs) for Plugging Pan-Connected Interlayer Channels in High-Water-Cut Reservoirs

  • Wenjing Zhao,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Tianjiang Wu,
  • Ronald Omara Erik and ,
  • Zhongyang Qi and
  • Huiqing Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 August 2025

Pan-connected interlayers are widely present in oil reservoirs, forming flow channels at different positions. However, conventional profile control agents struggle to plug deep interlayer channels in reservoirs, limiting the swept volume of injected...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Gels for Enhanced Oil Recovery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,794 Views
21 Pages

The Effect of Preloaded Compressive Stress and Curvature of Defect on Blast-Induced Fracture Behavior by Caustic and Numerical Models

  • Chen Huang,
  • Zong-Xian Zhang,
  • Adeyemi Aladejare,
  • Xianbo Guan and ,
  • Bingbing Yu and
  • Liyun Yang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 November 2023

In this study, the effects of preloaded uniaxial compressive stress and defect (prefabricated by laser cutting) curvature on blast-induced cracks and stress wave propagation were investigated in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) specimens using caustics...

(This article belongs to the Section E2: Control Theory and Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,727 Views
13 Pages

(1) Background: Brain–computer interface (BCI) technology represents a cutting-edge field that integrates brain intelligence with machine intelligence. Unlike BCIs that rely on external stimuli, motor imagery-based BCIs (MI-BCIs) generate usabl...

(This article belongs to the Section Computational Neuroscience, Neuroinformatics, and Neurocomputing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,181 Views
11 Pages

Analysis of the Azimuth Ambiguity and Imaging Area Restriction for Circular SAR Based on the Back-Projection Algorithm

  • Bang Du,
  • Xiaolan Qiu,
  • Lijia Huang,
  • Songlin Lei and ,
  • Bin Lei and
  • Chibiao Ding
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 November 2019

Circular synthetic aperture radar (CSAR) has a 360° observation capability on the central observation scenario. A typical way to process CSAR imaging is to cut data into small sub-apertures because most targets are only coherent at a very small o...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,758 Views
22 Pages

A Point Cloud Registration Algorithm Based on Weighting Strategy for 3D Indoor Spaces

  • Wenshan Lv,
  • Haifeng Zhang,
  • Weiren Chen,
  • Xiaoming Li and
  • Shengtian Sang

17 June 2024

Point cloud registration is a technology that aligns point cloud data from different viewpoints by computing coordinate transformations to integrate them into a specified coordinate system. Many cutting-edge fields, including autonomous driving, indu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,961 Views
12 Pages

Tumor Stroma Area and Other Prognostic Factors in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients Submitted to Surgery

  • Maria João Amaral,
  • Mariana Amaral,
  • João Freitas,
  • Rui Caetano Oliveira and ,
  • Marco Serôdio,
  • Maria Augusta Cipriano and
  • José Guilherme Tralhão
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a dense stroma, responsible for up to 80% of its volume. The amount of stroma can be associated with prognosis, although there are discrepancies regarding its concrete impact. The aim of this work was to st...

(This article belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,787 Views
11 Pages

Fully Reconfigurable Photonic Filter for Flexible Payloads

  • Annarita di Toma,
  • Giuseppe Brunetti,
  • Nabarun Saha and
  • Caterina Ciminelli

5 January 2024

Reconfigurable photonic filters represent cutting-edge technology that enhances the capabilities of space payloads. These advanced devices harness the unique properties of light to deliver superior performance in signal processing, filtering, and fre...

(This article belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
95 Views
22 Pages

2 November 2026

With the continuous improvement of China’s electricity trading mechanism, encouraging renewable-energy sources to jointly participate in the energy-only spot market represents an inevitable trend for future development. Nevertheless, when renew...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power System Operation, Energy Management, and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,033 Views
17 Pages

24 August 2019

The high temperature oxidation performance of nitride thin films has become an important issue when they are used as protective coatings on dry cutting tools or on die casting molds. In this study, the high temperature oxidation behaviors of CrNx and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Coating for High Temperature Applications)

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