Experimental Study on Spontaneous Imbibition Characteristics of Fracturing Fluid at Cores from Different Layers in Fuling Shale Gas Reservoir by Sidong Fang, Jing Sun, DeHua Liu, Zhiyuan Yao, Bin Nie

“…There is a typical power function relationship between the average imbibition velocity and imbibition time, and this function relationship runs throughout the whole imbibition process. Nonetheless, the imbibition process of shale core cannot be described directly by the Handy equation. …”
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Optimization of Bi2O3, TiO2, and Sb2O3 Doped ZnO-Based Low-Voltage Varistor Ceramic to Maximize Nonlinear Electrical Properties by Masoumeh Dorraj, Azmi Zakaria, Yadollah Abdollahi, Mansor Hashim, Seyedehmaryam Moosavi

“…The 5-level-3-factor central composite design, with 20 runs, was used to conduct the experiments by ball milling method. …”
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Business targeting in Iran: a hybrid simulation-optimization approach by amir mansour tehranchian, Sogand Hoseinnia Chafjiri

“…In the early 1960s, Friedman and Phelps showed, based on the model of adaptive expectations, that there is no relationship between inflation and unemployment in the long run, and that there is a substitution relationship only in the short run (Fredman, 1968; Phelps, 1967). …”
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Trimetallic ferrite functionalized by guaninium tartrate ionic liquid (Co0.2Zn0.6Cu0.2Fe2O4-SiO2@[GuaH]+[Tar]2‒[GuaH]+) as a novel inorganic-bioorganic nanostructure to promote aqu... by Zahra Khademi, Kobra Nikoofar, Mansoureh Zahedi-Tabrizi

“…The recyclability and reusability of the bio-nanocatalyst were successfully investigated for up to three runs. Moreover, the features of the recovered Co0.2Zn0.6Cu0.2Fe2O4-SiO2@[GuaH]+[Tar]2‒[GuaH]+ were examined via the EDAX analysis and FESEM images. …”
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Crude Oil Foulant Deposition Studies on a Heated Surface Using a Novel Batch Stirred Coupon Test Rig by Pragya Singh, Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Krishnaswamy Ponnani, Ankur Verma, Jaya Rawat

“…Experiments were conducted using a representative crude oil stream (obtained from a refinery) in a 2-liter batch autoclave system with a facility to immerse coupons attached to a rotating shaft into the stream during related test runs. The coupon Material of Construction (MOC) was chosen similar to the MOC of the tubes used in a refinery crude heat exchanger train. …”
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Integrative genetics and multiomics analysis reveal mechanisms and therapeutic targets in vitiligo highlighting JAK STAT pathway regulation of CTSS by Zi-yue Dong, Ming-jie He, Yong-kai Yu, Fang Wang, Peng-yuan Zhao, De-long Ran, De-shuang Fu, Qing He, Run-ping Yang, Jiang-an Zhang

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Elastic Optimization for Stragglers in Edge Federated Learning by Khadija Sultana, Khandakar Ahmed, Bruce Gu, Hua Wang

“…Simulated experiments demonstrate that our approach improves run time training performance by achieving average accuracy with less communication rounds. …”
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Efficient k-mer based curation of raw sequence data: application in Drosophila suzukii by Gautier, Mathieu

“…Analyses of a wide range of samples, representative of both target and other drosophilid species, demonstrated very good performance of the proposed approach, both in terms of run time and accuracy of sequence assignment. Of the 236 D. suzukii individuals, five were reassigned to D. simulans and eleven to D. subpulchrella. …”
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Groundwater Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment using a Dar-Zarrouk Parameter in a Proposed Aboru Residential Estate, Lagos State, Nigeria by M.A. Ayuk

“…As such, the establishment of the proposed service facilities in the study area is strongly discouraged as the nature of their operations has a high potential to contaminate and eventually pollute the sub-surface aquifers on the long-run. If however the inevitability of their establishment cannot be set-aside, then secondary measures must be taken to forestall a direct impact of their operations on the subsurface.  …”
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The Therapeutic Potential of Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound in Enhancing Gallbladder Function and Reducing Inflammation in Cholesterol Gallstone Disease by Fang Chen, Run Guo, Tian Chen, Liping Liu, Fan Ding, Gang Zhao, Bo Zhang

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Drought Analysis of Muğla City for 1960-2018 Period by Kahraman Oğuz, Muhammet Ali Pekin, Gülten Çamalan

“…Monthly total precipitation data for the period of 1960-2018 belonging to Muğla meteorological station obtained from the Turkish State Meteorological Service were used in this study. Run (Swed-Eisenhart) homogeneity test, Mann-Kendall method and Standardized Precipitation Index method were applied to precipitation data. …”
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Development and Validation of RP-HPLC Method for Simultaneous Estimation of Ramipril, Aspirin and Atorvastatin in Pharmaceutical Preparations by Rajesh Sharma, Sunil Khanna, Ganesh P. Mishra

“…UV detection was performed at 230 nm. Total run time was less then 12 min; retention time for Ramipril, aspirin and Atorvastatin were 3.620, 4.920 min and 11.710 min respectively. …”
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Smartphone-Based Automated Non-Destructive Testing Devices by V. F. Petryk, A. G. Protasov, R. M. Galagan, A. V. Muraviov, I. I. Lysenko

“…To ensure the operation of the smartphone in the ultrasonic flaw detector mode, the smartphone has software installed that runs in the Android operating system and implements the proposed algorithm of the device, and can serve as a repeater for processing data over a considerable distance (up to hundreds and thousands of kilometers) if it necessary.The experimental data comparative analysis of the developed device with the Einstein-II flaw detector from Modsonic (India) and the TS-2028H+ flaw detector from Tru-Test (New Zealand) showed that the proposed device is not inferior to them in terms of such characteristics as the range of measured thicknesses, the relative error in determining the depth defect and the object thickness. …”
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Performance analysis of yellow hydrogen production in the UAE by Ahmed Al Makky, Hasan A. Kanjo, Tareq Salameh, Abdul-Kadir Hamid, Mousa Hussein

“…This scenario has a marginally reduced LCOE of 0.1811 $/kWh and a cumulative net present cost of $72,600. The fuel cell runs largely at night, proving the efficiency of the downsizing option in decreasing capital expense. …”
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The Mediation Roles of Coping Modalities on the Relationship Between Stress and Quality of Life Among Jordanian Nurses by Wafa’a Ta’an, Yasin Yasin, Mohammed M. Al-Hammouri, Majd Aljabali, Diana Jaradat, Mohammad Suliman, Mohammed Albashtawy, Islam Oweidat, Yazid Al-Hamarneh

“…Additionally, descriptive and correlational analyses were run prior to the main analysis. The results showed that coping significantly mediated the relationship between stress and QOL with variations between PFC and EFC. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Dry and Cryogenic Friction Stir Welding of AA7075 Aluminium Alloy by A. Praveen Raj Navukkarasan, K. Shanmuga Sundaram, C. Chandrasekhara Sastry, M. A. Muthu Manickam

“…TOPSIS evaluation for the experimental run indicated tool profile stepped type, pipe rotation speed of 1000 rpm, welding speed of 50 mm/min, and axial force of 8 kN as close to unity ideal solution for dry and cryogenic friction stir welding of AA 7075 aluminium alloys. …”
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Identification of Houge type of X-linked syndromic mental retardation caused by CNKSR2 truncated variants by Si-Hua Chang, Jie-Yuan Jin, Yi-Qiao Hu, Run-Yan Wang, Rong Xiang, Xia Wang

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Determinants of South African Asset Market Co-Movement: Evidence from Investor Sentiment and Changing Market Conditions by Fabian Moodley, Sune Ferreira-Schenk, Kago Matlhaku

“…However, in the bear market regime, the co-movement of South African multi-asset markets responds positively and negatively to sentiment shocks, despite this being observed in the long run. These observations provide interesting insights to policymakers, investors, and fund managers for portfolio diversification and risk management strategies. …”
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Physicochemical properties of water quality of Imeh, Edegelem and Chokocho communities located along Otamiri-oche River in Etche Ethnic Nationality of Rivers State, Nigeria by BM Onyegeme-Okerenta, C Obia, MO Wegwu

“… Some physiochemical properties of water quality of Otamiri-oche River which runs through Imeh,  Edegelem and Chokocho Communities in Etche ethnic nationality of Rivers State, Nigeria were  investigated. …”
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The impact of digital technologies on modern society. An example of a social credit rating system in China by A. P. Klimovich

“…It has been noted that despite the fact that the basic ideas for the system are borrowed from the international practice of the financial sector, making decisions on authorizing going beyond the judicial system and transferring the classification of people in the lists of good and bad to the level of algorithms run counter to the principles of European and international law.…”
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