OBJECTIVE To examine the global prevalence and major risk factors for diabetic retinopathy
(DR) and vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy (VTDR) among people with diabetes. …

Viral hepatitis is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death worldwide. Annual
mortality from viral hepatitis is similar to that of other major infectious diseases such as HIV …

Hemostasis encompasses a set of tightly regulated processes that govern blood clotting,
platelet activation, and vascular repair. Upon vascular injury, the hemostatic system initiates a …

… position of contact point position of contact point for elements i and j ending position of
first wheel reference distance in Eq. (6.38) limit on lateral track force y a cross-sectional axis …

… Several important properties of the conservation integral, J;, are … Therefore, J can be expressed
in terms of the stress-intensity … The J-integral of the superimposed state can be shown to …

We improve the quality of quantum circuits on superconducting quantum computing systems,
as measured by the quantum volume (QV), with a combination of dynamical decoupling, …

The frequencies of vibration of bridges represent a kind of information that is most useful for
many purposes. Traditional vibration tests aimed at measuring the bridge frequencies often …

To investigate the vibration of simple beams subjected to the passage of high speed trains,
a train is modeled as the composition of two subsystems of wheel loads of constant intervals, …

Objectives: The objectives of the present study were to examine the degree and the sources
of mental distress and the coping strategies adopted by healthcare workers (HCW) of …

The objective of this study is to develop an element that is both accurate and efficient for
modeling the vehicle-bridge interaction (VBI) in analysis of railway bridges carrying high-speed …