Definition of trial impulses parameters on the basis of stochastic difference equations by V. E. Zoteev, M. A. Zausaeva

“…Problem of parametrical identification of sample percussion influences according to the results of their amplitude-frequent characteristic observation is studied. …”
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Five Improvisations: aspetti nonlineari di un’improvvisazione by Mirio Cosottini

“…I conduct a nonlinear analysis of a specific improvised music for winds and percussion, 2. I describe the sound characteristics of the invariants present in the improvisation, and 3. …”
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Five Improvisations: aspetti nonlineari di un’improvvisazione by Mirio Cosottini

“…I conduct a nonlinear analysis of a specific improvised music for winds and percussion, 2. I describe the sound characteristics of the invariants present in the improvisation, and 3. …”
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Micromachining of Invar Foils with GHz, MHz and kHz Femtosecond Burst Modes by Simas Butkus, Vytautas Jukna, Domas Paipulas, Martynas Barkauskas, Valdas Sirutkaitis

“…Holes were drilled by firing multiple pulses transversely onto the sample without moving the beam (percussion drilling). The utilized laser system generates a burst of a controllable number of pulses (at 1030 nm) with tunable pulse-to-pulse time spacing ranging from 200 ps to 16 ns. …”
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T4 vertebral compression fracture managed by PKP: A case report with literature review by Zhengnan Huang, Ge Yao, Shaozhen Hu, Haolin Wang, Kui Chen, Shiting Li, Jun Zhong

“…Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) is a complication of osteosis, whose main manifestations are percussion pain and limited activity. OVCF at high levels of vertebral body is rare and usually treated conservatively. …”
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Pain prevalence in hospitalized patients at a tertiary academic medical center: Exploring severe persistent pain. by Chieh-Liang Wu, Yin-Lurn Hung, Yan-Ru Wang, Hui-Mei Huang, Chia-Hui Chang, Chih-Cheng Wu, Chih-Jen Hung, Te-Feng Yeh

“…The top 3 care-related pain causes were needle pain, wound dressing, and change in position/chest percussion. Change in position/chest percussion and rehabilitation were associated with severe, persistent pain.…”
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A split-mouth clinico-radiographic comparative study for evaluation of crestal bone and peri-implant soft tissues in immediately loaded implants with and without platelet-rich plas... by Vande Aaditee Vishnu, Pronob Kumar Sanyal, Shivsagar Tewary, Kumar Nilesh, Roy Malvika Suresh Prasad, Karuna Pawashe

“…All the cases were immediately loaded and marginal bone loss, probing depth, percussion, implant mobility and peri-implantitis were assessed and compared at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. …”
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Discovery of circa 115,000-year-old bone retouchers at Lingjing, Henan, China. by Luc Doyon, Zhanyang Li, Hao Li, Francesco d'Errico

“…The second involved the fracture of weathered bone from medium size herbivores to obtain elongated splinters shaped by percussion into sub-rectangular artefacts. Traces observed on these objects indicate intensive and possibly recurrent utilization, which implies their curation over time. …”
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Reactive Hyperemia-Triggered Wrist Pulse Analysis for Early Monitoring of Young Men with High Atherosclerotic Risk by Jian-Jung Chen, Hsien-Tsai Wu, Bagus Haryadi

“…This study aimed to identify young males at risk of atherosclerosis using a noninvasive instrument and an initial application percussion entropy analysis of the wrist pressure pulse (WPP). …”
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Mechanical Properties of Mini-Implants Used in Extra-Radicular Anchorage by Gabriela Barros Lopes, Matheus Melo Pithon, Carolina Morsani Mordente, Lincoln Issamu Nojima, Martinho Campolina Rebello Horta, Dauro Douglas Oliveira, Rodrigo Vilamarim Soares

“…Pull-out, insertion torque, fracture and percussion tests were performed in order to measure the tensile strength, primary stability and fracture strength of MIs. …”
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High aspect ratio diamond nanosecond laser machining by Golota, Natalie C., Preiss, David, Fredin, Zachary P., Patil, Prashant, Banks, Daniel P., Bahri, Salima, Griffin, Robert G., Gershenfeld, Neil

“…Strong and gentle ablation regimes were observed using percussion hole drilling of type Ib HPHT diamond. Under percussion hole drilling a maximum aspect ratio of 22:1 was achieved with 10,000 pulses. …”
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An Experimental Programme for the Collection and Use of Retouching Tools Made on Diaphyseal Bone Splinters by Millán Mozota Holgueras

“…In the first series of experiments, the fragmentation step was executed by massive percussion using macro-lithic tools. The goal was to study the fragmentation stigmas and the traits of products and by-products. …”
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Temperature, Frequency, and Young’s Modulus of a Ching by Nicholas Jankovic

“…This study also demonstrates the validity of a method of determining the Young’s modulus of a material using a percussion instrument.…”
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Is humane slaughtering of rainbow trout achieved in conventional production chains in Germany? Results of a pilot field and laboratory study by Verena Jung-Schroers, Uta Hildebrandt, Karina Retter, Karl-Heinz Esser, John Hellmann, Dirk Willem Kleingeld, Karl Rohn, Dieter Steinhagen

“…Results The majority of rainbow trout farms applied manual percussion (38%) or electrical stunning (48%), while on 14% of the farms, the fish were stunned by electrical stunning which was immediately followed by manual percussion. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Kickboxers’ Impact Techniques Indicators at the Preliminary Basic Training Stage Taking Into Account the Weight Categories by Natalia Hutsul, Volodymyr Rykhal, Andriy Okopnyy, Ihor Vovk

“…The analysis of the special literature allowed to determine the most frequently performed percussion techniques in oriental martial arts. The results obtained after the experiment indicate that the indicators of technical motor actions of kickboxers in the experimental group are significantly higher (p ≤ 0.05) than in the control group. …”
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Control system design of an inertia force generator applying a vibration control system of loading platform of a push cart by Masaharu TAGAMI, Yasutaka TAGAWA, Kiyoshi IOI, Atsushi SUDA

“…Therefore, in this study, the authors aimed to address this problem using the center of percussion and active vibration control. Our conventional experiments were conducted with a push cart with three wheels, of which only one was equipped with a low shock and low vibration caster; center of percussion and active vibration control were applied. …”
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Breaking blades: Experimental programme on intentional fracturing systems of lithic tools by M. Cristina López Rodríguez, Ignacio Martín-Lerma, Juan A. Marín de Espinosa Sánchez, Carmen Gutiérrez Sáez

“…We used three types of techniques for fracturing blades: flex, direct percussion and indirect percussion, and we used different types of hammer, made of stone, antler and copper. …”
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Religious Belief through Drum-Sound Experience: Bengal’s Devotional Dialectic of the Classical Goddess and Indigenous God by Sukanya Sarbadhikary

“…It is through such empowering sensory sedimentations of the different sounds of the same percussion, that people recognize, remember, and maintain the region’s devotional dialectic and complex religious lifeworld. …”
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New evidence of Neandertal butchery traditions through the marrow extraction in southwestern Europe (MIS 5-3). by Delphine Vettese, Antony Borel, Ruth Blasco, Louis Chevillard, Trajanka Stavrova, Ursula Thun Hohenstein, Marta Arzarello, Marie-Hélène Moncel, Camille Daujeard

“…To tackle this issue, we used a zooarchaeological approach focusing on the percussion marks produced during the bone breakage process. …”
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RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE HYDRAULIC PULSE MECHANISM FOR DRILLING PILOT WELLS DURING PIPELINE LAYING by Lev A. Saruev, Anastasiya V. Shadrina, Kirill V. Melnov, Alexey L. Saruev

“…The relevance. Hydraulic percussive mechanisms are widely used in mining and other industries. …”
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