Background: Rib fractures are a common cause of morbidity in trauma patients. The surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) has gained increasing attention as a therapeutic option; however, evidence from multiple meta-analyses remains heterogene...
To avoid stick-slip vibration, one of the most important forms of self-excited vibrations in deep hole drilling, this paper studies the stability and bifurcation characteristics of a drilling system based on a two-degree-of-freedom discrete model. It...
Cefazolin is a first-generation cephalosporin used to treat severe infections of the respiratory tract, urinary tract, skin, and soft tissues. This study presents the optimal conditions for the determination of cefazolin by thin-layer chromatography...
This study presents stability analyses and a cable bolt support design for a typical deep large-span stope (1-1# stope) at the Hongtoushan mine in China, using an integrated empirical and numerical method. Detailed field work including quantification...
The release of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes is an environmentally friendly and effective strategy for suppressing wild mosquito populations. This paper investigates the finite-time stability of a class of impulsive reaction–diffusion mosquito...
The ever-increasing applications of metabarcoding analyses for environmental samples demand a well-designed assessment of the stability of DNA and RNA contained in cells that are deposited or buried in marine sediments. We thus conducted a qPCR quant...
The identification of wheat genotypes with balanced grain yield, stability, and antioxidant response to abiotic stress is crucial for creating adaptable varieties in changing climates. The research was conducted as a multi-environment trial (MET) acr...
The structural stability of haloselenonyl azides was investigated by quantum mechanical Møller-Plesset perturbation theory of second order and density functional theory calculations. The 6-311+G** basis set was used to include polarization and diffus...
Analytical and numerical investigations were performed to study the influence of the Soret and Dufour effects on double-diffusive convection in a vertical porous layer filled with a binary mixture and subject to horizontal thermal and solute gradient...
In this work, we numerically investigate a three-dimensional nonlinear reaction-diffusion susceptible-infected-recovered hepatitis B epidemic model. To that end, the stability and bifurcation analyses of the mathematical model are rigorously discusse...
Slope stability in open-pit mining is not a static condition but evolves continuously as excavation progresses and geomechanical conditions change. In this study, an integrated approach combining ground-based radar monitoring, satellite-based InSAR t...
Traditional technical solutions for slope stabilization are generally costly and very impacting on the natural environment and landscape. A possible alternative for improving slope stability is based on the use of naturalistic engineering techniques,...
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) is a proven tool for monitoring population-level infection events. Wastewater contains high concentrations of inhibitors, which contaminate the total nucleic acids (TNA) extracted from these samples. We found that...
The aim of the study was to determine the impact of the use of isogrid stiffeners on the stress and displacement distribution of a thin-walled cylindrical shell made of layered composites subjected to torsion. It also strives to define criteria for a...
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Fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) is a potential cause of preterm birth. Inconsistent findings from observational studies have motivated researchers to conduct more studies, but some degree of study heterogeneity is inevitable. The conseq...
Background/Objectives: Lipid oxidation is a major factor limiting the shelf life and nutritional quality of edible vegetable oils. Enhancing the oxidative stability of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) through natural antioxidants is of increasing intere...
Blending is a commonly utilized technique for enhancing the oxidative stability, nutritional quality, and physicochemical properties of vegetable oils. This study explored the potential of a vegetable oil blend consisting of common seed oils (sunflow...
Strawberries are grown worldwide, and the fruit is known for its flavor, pleasant aroma, and the presence of important nutraceutical compounds. Under temperate conditions, the species is octaploid and presents a complex inheritance. Exploring polyplo...
The normal operation of the Yulangpei tailings reservoir is affected by landslide stability. In this paper, taking the main and side slopes near the dam bank of the Yulangpei ditch as an example, the water–soil coupling theory is applied to com...
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) is a multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogen. There are an increasing number of case reports on S. maltophilia infections in recent years, and the species is becoming a public health concern. Many stud...
In the study of the seepage characteristics of layered rock slope under rainfall conditions, the majority of previous research has considered the hydraulic conduction to be isotropic, or only considered the anisotropy ratio of the hydraulic conductiv...
In this paper, we study a type of disease that unknowingly spreads for a long time, but by default, spreads only to a minimal population. This disease is not usually fatal and often goes unnoticed. We propose and derive a novel epidemic mathematical...
Tailings from metalliferous ore processing are stored in tailing-storage facilities. Fresh tailings contain high content of water, and this may contribute to the instability of the facilities. One way of depositing tailings into the facilities is to...
Climate change and environmental variability pose major challenges to sustainable wheat production, highlighting the need for stable and high-yielding cultivars. This study evaluated fifteen bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes across twelve...
In this study, NiO nanoparticle–reinforced PMMA nanocomposites were fabricated by melt blending, and the influence of extrusion mixing time on structural and thermal properties was examined. Mixing durations of 6 and 12 min were applied, and th...
Tunnels are commonly constructed in water-bearing zones, which necessitates stability analyses of saturated tunnels based on the upper bound of the plastic theory. Previous kinematical approaches have the following drawbacks: (1) using an empirical a...
Over the last few decades, benefitting from the sufficient sensitivity, high specificity, nondestructive, and rapid detection capability of the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique, numerous nanostructures have been elaborately designed...
Assessment of welfare effects of macroprudential policy seems the most important application of the Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) framework of macro-modelling. In particular, the DSGE-3D model, with three layers of default (3D), was d...
This paper concerns the development and analysis of multigeneration systems based on hybrid sources such as biomass and wind. Industry requires different types of sources to provide several outputs, so the goal of this research was to fulfill the ind...
Slope stability in vegetated hillslopes depends on groundwater, geometry, external loading, soil properties, and root reinforcement. This study evaluated a low-plasticity clayey silt (CL–ML) from Loja, Ecuador, under bare soil, Eucalyptus, Pine...
This paper presents a three-dimensional slope stability limit equilibrium solution for translational planar failure modes. The proposed solution uses Bishop’s average skeleton stress combined with the Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion to describe soil s...
In recent years, various attempts have been made to meet the increasing demand for high energy density of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The increase in voltage can improve the capacity and the voltage platform performance of the electrode materials....
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important agricultural commodity in Indonesia. The combination of stability analysis on yields was considered accurate in selecting superior genotypes. The objectives of this study were as follows: identify the effects of...
Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is a vital leguminous crop farmed worldwide. Pea plays an essential role in China’s crop rotation system, but the major restrictions to its cultivation are stability and low yield. Breeding for promising cultivars with a...
Breeding programs rely on genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI) to recommend cultivars for specific locations. GEI describes how different genotypes perform under varying environmental conditions. Several methods were proposed to assess adaptabil...
Onion (Allium cepa) is a major source of rural income in the tropical semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil. Nevertheless, local farmers still depend heavily on imported hybrid seeds. We assessed genotype-by-environment (G×E) interaction and ide...
Foods enriched with nutritional compounds and biological activities, especially antioxidants, are considered healthier for human and/or animal consumption. Seaweeds are rich sources of biologically active metabolites and are used as functional foods....
Background: Dried blood spots (DBSs) enable the study of serological markers of various pathogens without the need to obtain serum/plasma through venipuncture. Methods: Sixty-four blood samples were prepared on Whatman™ 903 cards using specimen...
This study aimed to assess the changes occurring during the storage of tablets of three effervescent preparations available in Polish pharmacies containing calcium and quercetin from various manufacturers under stressful conditions (45 °C, UV rad...
This study aimed to evaluate the staining sensitivity and surface changes in recent composite resins (Herculite Ultra XRV (Kerr, Bolzano, Italy), G-ænial A’CHORD (GC Corp, Tokyo, Japan), and Omnichroma (Yamaguchi, Japan)) when exposed to...
Massive deformation often occurs when deep coalmine roadways pass through a fault zone due to the poor integrity of rock mass and high tectonic stress. To study deformation characteristics of the surrounding rock in the fault zone of a coalmine, a ro...
Controlling stability of dynamical systems is one of the most important challenges in science and engineering. Hence, there appears to be continuous need to study and develop numerical algorithms of control methods. One of the most frequently applied...
Given the standard substances of zeaxanthin and its homologues obtained from Lycium barbarum L. (LB) are extremely scarce and unstable, a novel quantitative analysis of carotenoids by single marker method, named QAMS, was established. Four carotenoid...
The acetabular cup (AC) implant stability is determinant for the success of cementless hip arthroplasty. A method based on the analysis of the impact force applied during the press-fit insertion of the AC implant using a hammer instrumented with a fo...
A novel semi-analytical computational approach is formulated and assessed for the dynamic aeroelastic stability analysis of flexible slender thin wings in incompressible flow, which can boost the preliminary airframe design and optimisation of lightw...
The phenomenon of increasing tuition fees is one of the factors which reinforce the increasingly consumerist attitudes among students towards the product (understood as a whole process of university education) they receive from universities. The aim...
This paper discusses Bayesian model averaging (BMA) in Stochastic Frontier Analysis and investigates inference sensitivity to prior assumptions made about the scale parameter of (in)efficiency. We turn our attention to the “standard” prio...
It is vital to study the stability of power systems under small perturbations to prevent blackouts. This study presents a load-shedding strategy that has been incorporated within the swing equation to reduce instability and delay the onset of chaotic...
Due to the emissions of air pollutants, acid rain in southern China poses a great threat to terrestrial ecosystems. However, its influences on ecological processes such as litter decomposition and soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation are still not...
Generalized incommensurate fractional differential systems (GIFDSs) unify classical fractional frameworks via weight functions, capturing non-uniform multicomponent system dynamics. This paper fills a critical research gap by analyzing GIFDSs for bot...
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