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Development of a rational model range of hydrodynamic torque transformers based on their key parameters: existing approaches overview

Introduction (problem statement and relevance). Today's scientific papers on hydrodynamic torque transformers are related to the topic of optimising their design in order to decrease the cost of manufacture with improvement or insignificant degradation of transforming properties and fuel economy at the same time. However, no attention is paid to the issue of building rational model ranges of hydrodynamic torque transformers.The purpose of the study is to analyze the existing approaches to development of model ranges of hydrodynamic torque transformers and to search for criteria for development of a higher-quality calculation method.Methodology and research methods. The study was carried out by comparing the model ranges of hydrodynamic torque transformers in question produced by various manufacturers and defining the common parameters applied to classify models in a model range.Scientific novelty and results. As a result of the analysis of model ranges of hydrodynamic torque transformers and existing methods of development of model ranges of hydrodynamic torque transformers, classification of approaches to their development has been carried out. Recommendations were also given regarding the parameters to be considered when developing model ranges of hydrodynamic torque transformers.The practical significance consists in the systematization of information about the model ranges of hydrodynamic torque transformers of different manufacturers. It is shown that building model ranges of hydrodynamic torque transformers according to the known methods does not take into account correspondence of their key parameters with the characteristics of the range of internal combustion engines applied together therewith. The paper offers the approach, which takes this aspect into account.

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Dihydrofolate reductase and membrane translocation: evolution of a classic experiment: Classic landmark papers, irrespective of their age, can teach students how best science is practiced and inspire new experiments.

Any PhD student or postdoc, who scrambles to write and submit a publication before getting scooped, can testify that science is a fast‐moving endeavor. Given our limited time and the ever‐increasing pace with which scientific studies are published, few students and postdocs—and PIs as a matter of fact—have time to keep up with the literature. “Reading” a manuscript often means just skimming through the abstract, having a quick glimpse at the figures and searching the PDF file for keywords of immediate interest. Notwithstanding these constraints, I would argue that the scientific literature is a treasure trove of information and ideas that go beyond contemporary papers to include classical publications. However, it can be difficult to motivate students and postdocs to read old landmark publications that reported groundbreaking discoveries and opened up new avenues of research. Many think that these papers are of merely historic interest and have little to contribute to scientists expected to use cutting‐edge methods to produce high‐impact publications. > Reading a manuscript often means just skimming through the abstract, having a quick glimpse at the figures and searching the PDF file for keywords of immediate interest. However, classic papers still have a lot to offer. For once, they withstood the test of the time, as the reported results have shown to be correct and reproducible. This is unfortunately not the case for many high‐impact publications today, which, owing to the hype of selling it to the highest impact factor journal, just tell a cool story that in reality may be much less clear‐cut than reported. Furthermore, classic scientific publications often impress by a conceptual clarity and in many cases simplicity and thereby offer valuable lessons of how best science should be practiced. These are qualities I miss in many of today's papers that contain exceedingly large data sets …

Wrangling math from Microsoft Word into JATS XML workflows

The majority of today's scholarly papers are authored in Microsoft Word. Some of those papers include simple and/or complex math. Authors have at their disposal multiple means to insert equations in Word documents, including several of Word's native equation editors and third‐party applications, such as Design Science's MathType. Building workflows that smoothly and accurately transform all of these formats into the appropriate XML markup for use in multiple rendering environments has many challenges. This paper clarifies the different forms of equations that can be encountered in Word documents and discusses the issues and idiosyncrasies of converting these various forms to MathML, LaTeX, and/or images in the JATS XML model. It also touches on workflow alternatives for handling equations in various rendering environments and how those downstream requirements may affect the means of equation extraction from Word documents.

The social contract of peer review revisited and reinforced: An idea to reduce the strain for reviewers

The social contract of peer review revisited and reinforced: An idea to reduce the strain for reviewers

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