Abstract: Water utilities across the globe are concerned with the inspection and replacement of buried metallic water pipes due to corrosion-related structural damages. Internal pipe linings are ...

India’s fertility rate has for the first time fallen below the level needed to stop the population from shrinking, raising concerns about future labour shortages and an ageing society. For decades, ...

In a rare and highly advanced hand reconstruction procedure, doctors successfully restored movement and function in the hand of a 46-year-old mechanical engineer who was left unable to bend his ...

Delhi had the lowest Total Fertility Rate at 1.2, followed by Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal with TFRs of 1.3, as per the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report of 2024. This ...

Background Exercise treatment is recommended for all patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA), but its effect on the long-term need for total hip replacement (THR) is unknown. Methods We conducted a long ...

We introduce a new three-parameter lifetime model called the Lindley Weibull distribution, which accommodates unimodal and bathtub, and a broad variety of monotone failure rates. We provide a ...

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SINGAPORE – Robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty, or knee replacement surgery, has grown in popularity worldwide due to its greater precision and improved outcomes, but it also risks complications ...

Abstract: Identifying defective software entities is essential to ensure software quality during software development. However, the high dimensionality and class distribution imbalance of software ...

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Lent is a 46-day period (40 regular days plus six Sundays) in the Christian liturgical calendar meant to commemorate Jesus’s 40-day fast in the wilderness. It spans from Ash Wednesday until Easter ...

Fluorspar (CaF 2) is the most used flux in hot metal desulfurizing mixtures. However, its use can cause refractory wear and environmental contamination, prompting research efforts to develop ...