Multi-objective design optimization of a transonic axial fan stage using sparse active subspaces by Richard Amankwa Adjei, Chengwei Fan

“…Active subspace was used to compute the active variables via singular value decomposition and a hybrid polynomial correlated function expansion was used to construct a surrogate model on the active subspace. …”
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A Gradient Grating Period Guided-Mode Resonance Spectrometer by Hsin-Yun Hsu, Yi-Hsuan Lan, Cheng-Sheng Huang

“…The GMR is specially designed to exhibit gradient grating periods (GPPs) laterally to ensure that the GMR functions as a linear-variable bandstop filter. Each period corresponds to a resonant wavelength such that this wavelength is reflected back at its corresponding resonant period and transmitted to all other periods. …”
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Flow Characteristics of Distinctly Viscous Multilayered Intestinal Fluid Motion by S. K. Pandey, M. K. Chaube, Dharmendra Tripathi

“…The effects of power law index and viscosities on pressure across one wavelength, mechanical efficiency, and trapping are discussed numerically. …”
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Stability and vibration analyses of tapered columns resting on one or two-parameter elastic foundations by Masoumeh Soltani, Foudil Mohri

“…Then, the shape functions are obtained exactly by deriving the deformation shape of the column as power series form. …”
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Economic and environmental power dispatch for energy management systems applied to microgrids with wind energy resources and battery energy storage systems by Jhon Montano, John E. Candelo-Becerra, Cristian Escudero-Quintero, Juan Pablo Guzmán

“…The results show that the approach ensures technical efficiency while minimizing economic and environmental requirements. …”
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A Novel Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Regression Analysis by Zhiming Song, Maocai Wang, Guangming Dai, Massimiliano Vasile

“…The result shows that MMEA-RA outperforms RM-MEDA and NSGA-II on the test instances with variable linkages. At the same time, MMEA-RA has higher efficiency than the other two algorithms. …”
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Introducing the MESMER-M-TPv0.1.0 module: spatially explicit Earth system model emulation for monthly precipitation and temperature by S. Schöngart, S. Schöngart, L. Gudmundsson, M. Hauser, P. Pfleiderer, Q. Lejeune, S. Nath, S. I. Seneviratne, C.-F. Schleussner, C.-F. Schleussner, C.-F. Schleussner

“…Owing to their runtime efficiency, emulators are especially useful when large amounts of data are required, for example, for in-depth exploration of the emission space, for investigating high-impact low-probability events, or for estimating uncertainties and variability. …”
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High resolution satellite imaging 0.5U-size freeform telescope for CubeSat by Jacek Wojtanowski

“…The proposed design algorithm proved to be computationally efficient. It enabled to obtain the excellent imaging of the designed telescope, which from mathematical perspective becomes a challenging multi-variable optimization task, unattainable with the standard optimization procedures included in the commercial optical design software.…”
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Research on Side Lobe Suppression of Time-Modulated Sparse Linear Array Based on Particle Swarm Optimization by Lei Liang, Jie Sun, Hailin Li, Jialing Liu, Yachao Jiang, Jianjiang Zhou

“…An efficient pattern synthesis approach is proposed for the synthesis of a time-modulated sparse linear array (TMSLA) in this paper. …”
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Soil moisture and precipitation intensity jointly control the transit time distribution of quick flow in a flashy headwater catchment by H. Türk, C. Stumpp, M. Hrachowitz, K. Schulz, P. Strauss, G. Blöschl, M. Stockinger

“…The results showed that accounting for both soil moisture and precipitation intensity to define the shape of SAS functions for preferential flow improved the tracer simulation in streamflow (increasing the Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency from 0.31 to 0.51). …”
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p53 transactivation and the impact of mutations, cofactors and small molecules using a simplified yeast-based screening system. by Virginia Andreotti, Yari Ciribilli, Paola Monti, Alessandra Bisio, Mattia Lion, Jennifer Jordan, Gilberto Fronza, Paola Menichini, Michael A Resnick, Alberto Inga

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Given the many factors that might influence p53 function, including expression levels, mutations, cofactor proteins and small molecules, we expanded our previously described yeast-based system to provide the opportunity for efficient investigation of their individual and combined impacts in a miniaturized format. …”
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An inclusive solution based on grey water footprint for performance evaluation of industrial wastewater treatment systems by Keivan Arastou, Ali Dehnavi, Shervin Jamshidi

“…These advantages are critical for assessing an industrial WWTP treating complex wastewater, with hazardous pollutants and variable inflow. Moreover, we introduced four innovative criteria based on GWF and improved it as a multi-functional index. …”
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Fuzzy rank fusion of deep neural networks for weed identification in groundnut crop by Akshay Dheeraj, Rajnish Kumar Chaturvedi, Sapna Nigam, Md. Ashraful Haque, Sudeep Marwaha

“…The accurate identification of weed type and density is crucial for its efficiency. In this study, we propose the ensemble of the lightweight deep neural networks, namely EfficientNetV2B0 and DenseNet121 for weed identification in the groundnut crop. …”
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Research on Ship Heave Motion Compensation Control Under Complex Sea State Environment Based on Improved Reinforcement Learning by ZHANG Qin, ZHOU Jingyi, WANG Xingyue, HU Xiong

“…Thus, in the quest to address these concerns and bolster the efficiency and safety of maritime endeavors, researchers actively explore and pioneer diverse techniques aimed at compensating for the vertical motion of vessels. …”
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Estimation of Stochastic Frontier Models with Fixed Effects through Monte Carlo Maximum Likelihood by Grigorios Emvalomatis, Spiro E. Stefanou, Alfons Oude Lansink

“…This paper proposes a procedure for choosing appropriate densities for integrating the incidental parameters from the likelihood function in a general context. The densities are based on priors that are updated using information from the data and are robust to possible correlation of the group-specific constant terms with the explanatory variables. …”
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Effects of shading on photosynthetic characteristics and shade-tolerance evaluation of three Ranunculaceae plants by HAN Ruiting, ZHAO Dandan, WANG Weiyi, ZHANG Gexiang*

“…The light saturation point(LSP), light compensation point(LCP)and dark respiration rate(Rd)of the three plants decreased gradually.(3)The original fluorescence(Fo)decreased first and then increased, while the maximum fluorescence(Fm), variable fluorescence(Fv), maximum photochemical efficiency of PS Ⅱ(Fv/Fm)and potential activity of PS Ⅱ(Fv/Fo)values increased first and then decreased; the quantum ratio of heat dissipation(φDo)and the energy dissipated per unit reaction center(DIo/RC)decreased first and then increased, while electron transport quantum yield(φEo), light energy absorbed per unit reaction center(ABS/RC), light energy captured per unit reaction center(TRo/RC), energy used to transfer electrons per unit reaction center(ETo/RC), photosynthetic performance index(PIabs)and comprehensive performance index(PItotal)increased first and then decreased.(4)Comprehensive analysis on 20 single indicators by using analysis methods such as principal component analysis and membership function method showed that the shade-tolerance of the three plants ranked as Thalictrum fortunei > Delphinium anthriscifolium var. savatieri > R. japonicus. …”
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A non-dominated sorting based multi-objective neural network algorithm of ethylene glycol hydrogenation reactor in energy reduction by Fakhrony Sholahudin Rohman, Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi, Dinie Muhammad, Muhamad Nazri Murat, Ashraf Azmi

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to various ethylene glycol (EG) production aspects to improve efficiency, quality, and overall process optimization. …”
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Revolutionizing proton exchange membrane fuel cell modeling through hybrid aquila optimizer and arithmetic algorithm optimization by Manish Kumar Singla, S. A. Muhammed Ali, Ramesh Kumar, Pradeep Jangir, Mohammad Khishe, G. Gulothungan, Haitham A. Mahmoud

“…These parameters function as decision variables, and the objective function aimed for minimization is the sum square error (SSE) between the predicted and actual measured cell voltages. …”
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Investigation, Optimization of Energy Consumption and Yield Modeling of Two Paddy Cultivars with Genetic-Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm by S. Sharifi, N. Hafezi, M. H. Aghkhani

“…IntroductionEfficient use of energy in paddy production can lower greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard agricultural ecosystems, and promote the growth of sustainable agriculture. …”
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Establishing a novel model to assess exercise capacity in chronic heart failure based on stress echocardiography by Huan Cen, Sinan Chen, Shen Feng, Xiankun Chen, Huiying Zhu, Wei Jiang, Han Zhang, Hongmei Liu, Bo Liu, Weihui Lu, Pengtao Sun

“…The analytical features of all patients in the four phases (rest, warm‐up, peak and recovery phases) of ESE included the following parameters: left ventricular (LV) systolic function, LV systolic function reserve, LV diastolic function, LV diastolic function reserve and right ventricular function. …”
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