A novel Parrot Optimizer for robust and scalable PEMFC parameter optimization by Mohammad Aljaidi, Pradeep Jangir, Arpita, Sunilkumar P. Agrawal, Sundaram B. Pandya, Anil Parmar, Gulothungan G., Ali Fayez Alkoradees, Mohammad Khishe, Reena Jangid

“…Abstract The use of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) in sustainable energy applications depends on their high efficiency levels along with their ability to produce low emissions and operation without noise. …”
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Optimizing a Bayesian Method for Estimating the Hurst Exponent in Behavioral Sciences by Madhur Mangalam, Taylor J. Wilson, Joel H. Sommerfeld, Aaron D. Likens

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Geographic gradients in a functional trait: variation of body size and size diversity in ground beetle Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera, Carabidae) by Raisa A. Sukhodolskaya, Sergey L. Luzyanin, Teodora M. Teofilova, Vladimir Landgraf, Nadezhda L. Ukhova, Tamara A. Avtaeva, Kirill Yu. Maksimovich, Andrey D. Belosludcev, Roman P. Gorbunov

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Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Visit-to-Visit HbA1c Variability Predict Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Preserved Kidney Function by Akiko Takenouchi, Ayaka Tsuboi, Miki Kurata, Keisuke Fukuo, Tsutomu Kazumi

“…Subclinical atherosclerosis and long-term glycemic variability predict deterioration of chronic kidney disease (as defined by incident or worsening CKD) in type 2 diabetic patients with preserved kidney function.…”
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Pectin extraction from cocoa husk of different genotypes and stages of ripeness by Enrique Arévalo-Gardini, Cesar Oswaldo Arévalo-Hernández, Virupax Baligar, Dapeng Zhang

“…Results showed that genotype and ripeness significantly affect extraction efficiency and pectin functionality. The highest pectin yield was 77.7% for IMC-67 (ripe) and 72.6% for CCN51 (semi-ripe) at optimal conditions (pH 1.5–1.6, 80 °C, 75 minutes). …”
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West Nile Virus Vaccine Design by T Cell Epitope Selection: In Silico Analysis of Conservation, Functional Cross-Reactivity with the Human Genome, and Population Coverage by Frances M. Waller, Pedro A. Reche, Darren R. Flower

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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and loss-of-function of the protein underlie the X-linked epilepsy associated with the W356× mutation in synapsin I. by Maila Giannandrea, Fabrizia C Guarnieri, Niels H Gehring, Elena Monzani, Fabio Benfenati, Andreas E Kulozik, Flavia Valtorta

“…Given that the NMD efficiency is highly variable among individuals and cell types, we investigated also the effects of expression of the mutant protein and found that it is expressed at lower levels compared to wild-type synapsin I, forms perinuclear aggregates and is unable to reach presynaptic terminals in mature hippocampal neurons grown in culture. …”
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STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY OPTIMIZATION DESIGN OF REINFORCED SHELL MODEL BASED ON ADAPTIVE SURROGATE MODEL by LIU YuZhuo, CAO LiXiong, WU JianGuo, LI HaiBo

“…Reinforced shell structure is widely used in aerospace load-bearing structures because its high specific stiffness and specific strength.By considering the uncertainty and risk factors in the structural parameters，the Reliability-Based Design Optimization （RBDO） can avoid the overly conservative design of the structure and ensure its reliability and safety.An efficient RBDO method based on adaptive agent model was proposed.This method solves the problem of lightweight design of reinforced shell structure under buckling reliability constraints.The adaptive addition of sample points was implemented through the expected feasibility function criterion，and the discrete variables was continued by constructing piecewise functions.This increases optimization efficiency while ensuring the reliability of design results.Finally，the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by comparing the RBDO results with the deterministic optimization results.…”
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Robust Group Identification and Variable Selection in Regression by Ali Alkenani, Tahir R. Dikheel

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Effects of Mental Fatigue on Gait Performance and Variability by Ali Zardosht, Jessie Daw, Lee T Atkins, C Roger James, Hyung Suk Yang

“…OBJECTIVES Mental fatigue has been shown to negatively impact physical performance, including motor skills and neuromuscular function. This study aimed to investigate the effects of mental fatigue on gait performance and variability in healthy young male adults. …”
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Resolving structural variability in network models and the brain. by Florian Klimm, Danielle S Bassett, Jean M Carlson, Peter J Mucha

“…Large-scale white matter pathways crisscrossing the cortex create a complex pattern of connectivity that underlies human cognitive function. Generative mechanisms for this architecture have been difficult to identify in part because little is known in general about mechanistic drivers of structured networks. …”
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Features of minimizing total electrical losses in high-voltage electromechanical systems for stationary industrial fan installations by A.V. Synetskyi, I.M. Kotsur

“…The target function, initially dependent on three variables, has been transformed into a function of a single variable. …”
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On the Generalized $ \overline{\theta({\tt{t}})} $-Fibonacci sequences and its bifurcation analysis by Rajiniganth Pandurangan, Sabri T. M. Thabet, Imed Kedim, Miguel Vivas-Cortez

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Eficiência técnica na suinocultura: efeitos dos gastos com meio ambiente e da renúncia fiscal Technical efficiency in swine breeding: effect of the expenses with the environment an... by Benedito D. Pereira, João C. de S. Maia, Rosalina Camilot

“…After estimating the technical efficiency indices with data of ten properties situated in Mato Grosso from production functions, whose dependent variable is represented by the production of swine and the independent ones are the consumption of water, electricity and the amount of workers directly tied with the productive process. …”
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Sinusoidal regression model for assessment of mudflows dynamics by B. A. Ashabokov, A. A. Tashilova, L. A. Kesheva, N. V. Teunova

“…The article shows that the use of the sinusoidal regression function makes it possible to identify the cyclicity of time series, which will help in assessing the dynamics of mudflows taking into account long-term changes in climate variables. …”
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Multiyear Measurements of the Aerosol Absorption Coefficient Near the Surface in a Small-Sized Urban Area in Portugal by Sérgio Nepomuceno Pereira, Frank Wagner, Ana Maria Silva

“…Also, a strong negative correlation between the aerosol absorption coefficient and the wind speed was verified, and an exponential decay function was found to fit very well to the data. …”
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Multiobjective optimization of Murta (Ugni molinae Turcz) juice lactic acid fermentation with monocultures and cocultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactiplantibacillus plant... by C.J. Gomes-Lobo, R. Luna, A. Rodríguez-Machado, J.R. Pérez-Correa, W. Franco

“…These findings highlight the practical utility of MOO-MCDM for designing efficient multiobjective fermentation processes in functional food development.…”
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ON AN INITIAL BOUNDARY–VALUE PROBLEM FOR A DEGENERATE EQUATION OF HIGH EVEN ORDER by Akhmadjon K. Urinov, Dastonbek D. Oripov

“…An estimate for solution of the problem was obtained, which implies its continuous dependence on the given functions.…”
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Exploring the potentials of mango-orange leaf extract as an inhibitor on carbon steel in an acidic medium: Optimization, kinetics, and thermodynamics by Elijah Emeteveke Aghogho, Prosper Eguono Ovuoraye, Innocent Oseribho Oboh, Oluwafemi Osarhiemen Olayebi

“…The effects of optimized variables on corrosion inhibition were examined. The result confirmed optimum inhibition efficiency of 96 % corresponding to MOEx concentration, temperature, and time of 450 ppm, 30 0C, and 3 h recorded at an optimum acid concentration of 1.3 M of H2SO4. …”
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THE COMPUTER-AIDED CONTROLLING OF TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL PLANTS IN THE WAVELET MEDIUM by Fedosenkov D.B., Tokarev S.V., Simikova A.A., Iskhakov R.R., Fedosenkov B.A.

“…Methods of formalizing material flows created in certain knots of structure-and-functional diagram of the mixture producing aggregate are considered, that are founded on transforming one-dimensional initial flow signals into multi-dimensional ones. …”
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