A test bench with interchangeable venturi tubes was built to automatically measure the flow parameters of pneumatic valves of a wide range of sizes. This measuring stand contained components recommended by the ISO 6358 standard, an individually confi...
In the process of driving in an underground interchange, drivers are faced with many challenges, such as being in a closed space, visual changes alternating between light and dark conditions, complex road conditions in the confluence section, and den...
Background: Therapeutic interchange policies in hospitals are useful in dealing with antimicrobial shortages and minimising resistance rates. The extent of antimicrobial shortages and availability of therapeutic interchange policies is unknown among...
Loranthus micranthus Linn. (Loranthaceae) is a botanically significant hemiparasite that grows on tree branches or trunks and is used in traditional medicine. This study compares the antioxidant activity and qualitative phytochemical screening of Nig...
This study investigated co-constructed research poetry as a way to understand the lived experiences of people affected by rarer dementia and as a means to use poetry to convey those experiences to healthcare professionals. Using mixed methods, 71 peo...
This paper presents a study to evaluate the comparative positioning accuracy of Surface Vehicle (SV) using Dead Reckoning (DR), Geodetic Least-Squares Adjustment (GLSA), Geodetic Robust Adjustment (GRA), and External Kalman Filter (EKF) methods. This...
Magnetometers are important sensors with applications in the attitude determination and control systems of satellites. CubeSats have certain limitations related to power, mass, and volume. Due to this, CubeSat magnetometers are not separated from oth...
Optimisation of three-dimensional (3D) underground stope layouts is a computationally complex process since it involves the modelling of many variables and constraints. As the number of variables and constraints increases to reflect the actual mining...
The recent global COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 lasted for over three years. A key measure in combatting this pandemic involved the measurement of the monoclonal antibody (mAb)-mediated inhibition of binding between the spike receptor-bindin...
Woven fabrics are widely used for thermal protection due to their porosity, which provides thermal insulation and breathability. This research focuses on investigating the influential parameters in the thermal protective properties of layer interchan...
We propose an assessment methodology of interchanges, which is based on one of four multi-criteria decision aid method, the AHP method, allowing the ranking of interchanges from best to worst with regard to specific criteria. The selected criteria ac...
Research on the standardization of interchange BIM components is required to encourage the use of BIM technology in interchange and quicken the development and improvement of relevant standards and specifications. The depth level of the model, classi...
Counterbalanced forklift trucks (FLT) are frequently used in combination with interchangeable equipment in order to handle loads in different manners. The main risks which may arise after assembling interchangeable equipment to a FLT are related to t...
Conventional diamond interchanges are facing ever-growing challenges related to traffic operations and safety risks due to increasing traffic volumes and worsening congestions. The agencies are well aware of the high socioeconomic (e.g., user delay c...
The generation of road interchange networks benefits various applications, such as vehicle navigation and intelligent transportation systems. Traditional methods often focus on common road structures but fail to fully utilize long-term trajectory con...
Interchange is essential in a metro network. Regarding the seismic performance, a series of large-scale shaking table tests were performed on an interchange station. The interchange station was composed of a two-story section rigidly connected to a p...
In the European Union, more than 70% of the population lives in urban areas. Achieving more efficient and low-carbon mobility is crucial to ensuring urban systems are sustainable and tackling important challenges, such as reduction of CO2 emissions,...
Interchanges are the key nodes of the freeway. Due to the existence of weaving behavior, the traffic flow situation is more complicated for small spacing interchanges. Continuous auxiliary lanes are usually used to connect the entrance and exit to fo...
The utilization of autonomous maritime vehicles is becoming widespread in operations that are deemed too hazardous for humans to be directly involved in them. One of the ways to increase the productivity of the tools used during missions is the deplo...
Ensuring safe and comfortable conditions for pedestrians necessitates specific strategies at intersections and service interchanges where traffic and pedestrians interact in complex ways with other modes of transportation. This study aims to investig...
Due to the different driving characteristics of different vehicle models, inappropriate mandatory lane changes (MLCs) by heavy vehicles at interchanges often lead to serious traffic accidents. Therefore, this paper focuses on the impact of road geome...
Urban expressway interchanges, though primarily engineered for traffic efficiency, also serve as crucial ecological nodes within urban landscapes. This study evaluates the ecological functions of arborous vegetation across four typical interchange co...
An interchange is a pivotal traffic facility that connects highways and controls access. It is necessary to study their dynamic response characteristics to analyze the operational safety of ramp bridges on interchanges. Based on the numerical simulat...
Milling machines remain relevant in modern manufacturing, with tool optimization being crucial for cost reduction. Inserts for compound cutting tools can reduce the cost of operations by optimizing their lifespan. This study analyzes the flank wear o...
Background/Objectives: Facial asymmetry is gaining an increasing diagnostic interest in many clinical contexts. Several three-dimensional surface-based methods have been proposed for its assessment; however, they might provide non-equivalent data. Si...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to measure cardiac output (CO) non-invasively, which is a paramount parameter in pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients. We retrospectively compared stroke volume (SV) obtained with MRI (SVMRI) in six locali...
Riverine environmental information includes important data to collect, and the data collection still requires personnel’s field surveys. These on-site tasks still face significant limitations (i.e., hard or danger to entry). In recent years, as...
According to the principle of urban transport integration and sustainable development, in this work, we study the level of connection between urban rail transit and regular bus transport, construct an evaluation indicator system according to the char...
The study aimed to assess the agreement between OptoTab SERIES, alternating Cover Test, Modified Thorington test, and Von Graefe method in measuring heterophoria and accommodative convergence over accommodation (AC/A) ratio. In an initial step, heter...
In response to the growing safety challenges posed by large-scale and specialized freight transportation on China’s rapidly expanding highway network, this study investigates the operational characteristics of trucks in interchange diverging ar...
Seasonal velocity variations can significantly impact the total energy delivered to microgrids produced by river hydrokinetic turbines. These turbines typically use a diffuser to increase the velocity at the rotor section, adding weight and raising d...
Background: The aim of the present study was to understand hospital pharmacists’ views and practices regarding generic substitution and therapeutic interchange. Method: This was a qualitative study involving pharmacists from three Western Saudi...
Aortic valve calcification (AVC) in aortic stenosis patients has diagnostic and prognostic implications. Little is known about the interchangeability of AVC obtained from different multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) software solutions. Contrast...
It is usual in literature that power sharing among grid-forming sources of an isolated microgrid obeys their energy rating, instead of economic agreements between stakeholders, and circulating energy among them is usually avoided. However, these ener...
12 August 2022
Many small-spacing interchanges (SSI) appear when the density of the expressway interchanges increases. However, the characteristics of traffic accidents in SSI have not been explained clearly. Therefore, this paper systematically takes the G3001 exp...
Exchangeability means the possibility of the fuel changing, with conservation of the required energy and environmental criteria. The assessment of fuel exchangeability should be realized by a suitable method, which must reliably present the possibili...
Highway interchanges are vulnerable components of transport networks, often prone to congestion and crashes. Traditional monitoring methods like loop detectors or travel time queries often fail to capture the granular spatiotemporal distribution of b...
Conflicts in freeway interchange diverging areas remain poorly understood, particularly their characteristics and severity determinants. To address this gap, we extracted over 20,000 vehicle trajectories from UAV footage at 16 interchange divergence...
The introduction of alternative powertrain technologies has brought increased design freedom in spaces within a vehicle that were previously constrained by traditional ones. Such freedom will affect the overall architecture and appearance of future a...
24 June 2021
This commentary summarizes a collection of key references published within the last ten years, and identifies pharmacologic research directions to improve treatment access and success through greater biosimilar or “follow-on” biologic utilization com...
The early Sunday morning collapse of two sections of the multi-level freeway interchange, known as the MacArthur Maze, resulted in a month-long closure of the interchange, which connects several major California cities: San Francisco, Oakland, and Be...
This study evaluates the inter-device measurement properties of partial coherence interferometry (PCI) and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in measuring axial length, particularly for myopia management. We recruited 82 eyes from...
Purpose: this research compared the dissociated phoria at near and distance fixation in free space using the Howell test, alternate Cover test, and Thorington test. Methods: 220 healthy Mexican children (mean age
Tunnel–interchange connecting sections pose significant safety challenges on mountainous expressways due to their high incidence of accidents. Improving road safety necessitates a comprehensive understanding of driver behavior in such areas. Th...
Drying sand using a fluidized bed process is very common in the industries that use the material in their processes. The fluidized bed system works by introducing gas and excess air into a bed to achieve the temperature required to dry the particulat...
Road congestion in Amman City has been increasing yearly, due to the increase in private car ownership and traffic volumes. This study aims to (a) evaluate the toll road’s effects on society and the economy in Amman, Jordan, through a survey qu...
Ethologists use a variety of terminology such as “personality”, “temperament” and “behavioral syndromes” almost interchangeably to discuss the phenomenon of individuals within a population of animals consistently varying from one another in their beh...
Dispersed settlement areas (e.g., Slovenia) result in lower development of fixed public transport lines and thereby car-dependent lifestyles. To avoid congestion inside the cities and on highways in these areas, shared mobility modes e.g., carpooling...
Purpose: To compare retinal thickness measurements obtained with the Optos Monaco and Heidelberg Spectralis optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems across 9 Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) sectors in a cohort comprising normal e...
Left atrial enlargement is a key marker of disease progression and prognosis in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease. Echocardiographic assessment of left atrial volume provides a more comprehensive measure than linear dimensions, yet different...
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