Optimized Blade Design of Counter-Rotating-Type Pump-Turbine Unit Operating in Pump and Turbine Modes by Jin-Woo Kim, Jun-Won Suh, Young-Seok Choi, Kyoung-Yong Lee, Toshiaki Kanemoto, Jin-Hyuk Kim

“…The pump and turbine mode efficiencies of the unit were selected as the objective functions and they combined into a single specific objective function with the weighting factors. …”
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Multimodality Data Integration in Epilepsy by Otto Muzik, Diane C. Chugani, Guangyu Zou, Jing Hua, Yi Lu, Shiyong Lu, Eishi Asano, Harry T. Chugani

“…Moreover, an effort was made to derive quantitative variables (such as the spatial proximity index, SPI) characterizing the relationship between complementing modalities on a more generic level as a prerequisite for efficient data mining strategies. …”
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Analysis of Heat Transfer Performance in a Brayton Cycle Recuperator by Elvis Falcão de Araújo, Guilherme Borges Ribeiro, Lamartine Nogueira Frutuoso Guimarães

“…Thermodynamic cycles are currently the most wanted means of converting nuclear power into available work due to the higher conversion efficiencies provided. Rankine cycles have been greatly applied for terrestrial reactors and nuclear submarines, while a lot of space projects have been using Brayton cycles for power conversion mainly due to mitigation in power-to-radiator area ratio. …”
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Modeling and Numerical Prediction on Mechanical Behaviors of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bio Composites Using Fuzzy Logic Algorithm by Vinoth Viswanathan, Sathiyamurthy Subbarayan, Ananthi Narayanaswamy, Devi Panneerselvam, Prabhakaran Jayasankar

“…A triangular membership function was employed to define all these variables. …”
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Parameter Calculation and Rotor Structure Optimization Design of Solid Rotor Induction Motors by Hao Xu, Jinghong Zhao, Sinian Yan

“…On this basis, with efficiency, power factor, starting torque and starting current as the optimization objectives, and the number of slots, slot depth, slot width, squirrel cage material and end ring thickness as the optimization variables, the optimization schemes of slotted rotor and squirrel cage rotor are obtained by using the three-dimensional finite element method. …”
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Sustitución parcial de alimento balanceado comercial por saccharina rústica en pollo de engorde by Dixon Fabián Flórez-Delgado, Jesús Esteban Fonseca-García, Dubel Reinaldo Cely-Leal

“…Polynomial regression and the derivative of a quadratic function were used to determine the optimal saccharina level. …”
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Risk-averse Robust Interval Economic Dispatch for Power Systems with Large-scale Wind Power Integration by Zhenjia Lin, Haoyong Chen, Jinbin Chen, Jianping Huang, Mengshi Li

“…Based on the available probability distribution function (PDF), wind power curtailment and load shedding are quantified as the operational risk and incorporated into the decision-making process. …”
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Drug Release Analysis and Optimization for Drug-Eluting Stents by Hongxia Li, Yihao Zhang, Bao Zhu, Jinying Wu, Xicheng Wang

“…Kriging surrogate model is used to build an approximate function relationship between the drug distribution and the coating parameters, replacing the expensive FEM reanalysis of drug release for DES in the optimization process. …”
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Safety Prediction Using Vehicle Safety Evaluation Model Passing on Long-Span Bridge with Fully Connected Neural Network by Yang Yang, Lin Yang, Bo Wu, Gang Yao, Hang Li, Soltys Robert

“…Many research studies have been done to find convenience and efficiency measures. A vehicle safety evaluation model passing on a long-span bridge is presented in this paper based on fully connected neural network (FCN). …”
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Magnetic Field Effects on Convective Heat Transfer of Ferrofluid from a Heated Sphere in Porous Media by Ayesha Aktar, Sharaban Thohura, Md. Mamun Molla

“…For increasing Ha, the figure of streamlines seems to depict functions with more gradual changes, and for isotherms, it represents functions with sharper, exponential-like increases. …”
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Optimum System Design Using Rough Interval Multi-Objective De Novo Programming by Iftikhar Hussein, Hegazy Zaher, Naglaa Ragaa Saeid, Hebaa Sayed Roshdy

“…This paper suggested a new approach for solving uncertainty of De novo programming problems (DNP) using a combination model consisting of a rough interval multi-objective programming (RIMOP) and DNP, where coefficients of decision variables of objective functions and constraints are rough intervals (RIC). …”
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Multiple metabolic requirements for size homeostasis and initiation of division in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Shivatheja Soma, Kailu Yang, Maria I. Morales, Michael Polymenis

“…Furthermore, we show that adenylate kinase, encoded by ADK1, is a significant determinant of the efficiency of size control mechanisms. Finally, our data argue strongly that the cell size at division is not necessarily a function of the rate cells increase in size in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. …”
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Spatiotemporal changes of ecosystem health and the impact of its driving factors on the Loess Plateau in China by Xuepeng Zhang, Taixia Wu, Qiqi Du, Ninglei Ouyang, Wei Nie, Yang Liu, Peng Gou, Guangchao Li

“…Based on this idea, a new framework for assessing EH is proposed. The efficient machine learning model (light gradient boosting machine model) and the variable explanation model (SHapley Additive exPlanation model) are combined to quantify the functional relationships between various driving factors and EH, thereby exploring the impacts of climatic factors, socioeconomic development (SED), and ecological restoration projects (ERP) on EH. …”
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Dynamic multicriteria optimization of household heating and cooling system for reusing fuel-cell waste heat at optimal thermodynamic conditions while considering climatic effects by Sara Azamian

“…Energy system structures are evolving toward increasing cost benefits, efficiency, and environmental sustainability. Achieving these goals is contingent upon the utilization of renewables. …”
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Multi‐objective and multi‐stage low‐carbon planning of park integrated energy system considering random outages from superior power grid by Xunpu Jiang, Zhejing Bao, Jianwei Chen, Miao Yu

“…Then, the fuzzy membership function is used to determine the optimal compromise solution, resulting in a planning scheme that balances economic efficiency and supply reliability. …”
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An Optimization Strategy for Generator Start-up Sequence After Blackouts Considering the Cyber System Fault by Mingming LI, Lei SUN, Yinghao MA

“…An optimal start-up sequence model of generators is proposed with the expectation of maximum power systems’ total generation as objective function, and taking into account the constraints including the start-up time constraint of generator units, the auxiliary variables constraint related to the cyber system fault, and the start-up power constraint of generator units. …”
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Designing and implementing a Web-based real time routing service for crisis management (a case study for district 11 of Tehran) by javad sadidi, seyed hassan hosseini sajedi

“…According to the obtained results, the path’s length and traffic’s volume variables have the most important role in target function formation (travel cost) therefore the specific path will be selected as the optimal path, with the minimized distance between the destination and the traffic volume. …”
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Identifying confounders and estimating the causal effect of antenatal care on age-specific childhood vaccination by Ashagrie Sharew Iyassu, Ashagrie Sharew Iyassu, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Zelalem G. Dessie, Zelalem G. Dessie, Temesgen T. Zewotir

“…BackgroundImmunization is an efficient and cost-effective public health program. …”
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Early Predictive Value of the Glucose‐to‐Lymphocyte Ratio for the Occurrence of Stroke‐Associated Pneumonia by Fuqiang Zhou, Liju Ma, Min Li, Haijiang Li, Heying Yang, Ye Xu, Kuankuan Dang, Fengchen Gao, Haimei Sun

“…The GLR was converted into a categorical variable for trend testing, and compared the predictive efficiency of GLR through the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and Bonferroni correction analysis. …”
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Improving Electrical Distance Accuracy for Cable Fault Location Based on the Prony Method by Xiang Ren, Zhiqiang Feng, Kai Zhou, Xueming Zhou, Jianjun Yuan, Yefei Xu, Li Zhang

“…By establishing a frequency-variable coupling model containing the transfer function of the cable with double joint structure, studying the mapping relationship between the cable attenuation constant and the electromagnetic wave velocity, and adopting the Prony estimation method combined with the singular value decomposition noise reduction algorithm to achieve the extraction of the attenuation constant and the decoupling of the segmented wave velocity, thus improving the electrical accuracy of fault location. …”
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