The Effect of Rural Guide Plan on Objective Quality of Life among Rural Communities in Fariman County by Aliakbar Anabestani, Hamdollah Sojasi Qeidari, Fahime Jafari

“…According to the results of Pearson's correlation tests, the findings of present study showed a significant and strong correlation between implementation of rural guide plan and the mental facet of life quality by a 0.75 correlation coefficient, so that rural guide plan explained 57% of the variation of dependent variable, and among guide plan dimensions the changing environmental rural affected the objective improvement of life quality of villagers by 29 percent. …”
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Manufacturing of Rotational Toroidal Shells in Coin Minting by Luís M. Alves, Paulo Alexandrino, Sónia Pereira

“…Through finite element modeling and experimentation, key process variables were identified, ensuring sound hollow toroidal shells with efficient rotation.…”
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Effects of Indoor Air Quality on Human Physiological Impact: A Review by Tong Nie, Guofu Zhang, Yinan Sun, Wenhao Wang, Tianai Wang, Haoyan Duan

“…Through an analysis of cardiovascular biomarkers (heart rate variability, blood pressure), respiratory parameters, and neurological indicators (electroencephalogram patterns), we identify the mechanisms linking air quality degradation to impaired physiological functioning. …”
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Center of Largest Area Defuzzifier Vnit VLSI Architecture by Asim Majeed Murshid, Ahmed Chalak Shakir, Sarmed Nihad Mohammed

“…The functional analysis has revealed that the proposed architecture is implementing COLA based defuzzifier efficiently and accurately. …”
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Bankruptcy rules and sustainable water management: A MODSIM-NSGAII simulation multi-objective optimization framework for equitable transboundary water allocation by Bentolhoda Asl-Rousta, S. Jamshid Mousavi

“…This study addresses these challenges by introducing a new optimal bankruptcy rule (OpPro rule) through a simulation-optimization model (MODSIM-NSGAII), where MODSIM simulates the spatial and temporal variability of water resources, and the NSGA-II optimization algorithm includes two objective functions of maximizing basin-wide ecological sustainability and maximizing economic efficiency reflecting ''equitable and reasonable utilization'' of water. …”
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Enhanced Stability and Control of Solar Powered EV Charging Stations Using Disturbance Observer-Based Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for DC Voltage Stabilization by Surabhi Bagherwal, Subhasish Mahapatra

“…To address the chattering issue, a barrier function based SMC (BFSMC) approach is proposed. The distinctive aspects of this BFSM control approach is its capability to stabilize the designed sliding variable to a predefined neighbourhood around the origin within a limited duration, eliminating the need for prior understanding of the maximum limit of the lumped disturbance. …”
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Effect of short-term dietary intervention on fecal serotonin, gut microbiome-derived tryptophanase, and energy absorption in a randomized crossover trial: an exploratory analysis by Eiichi Yoshimura, Yuka Hamada, Yoichi Hatamoto, Takashi Nakagata, Hinako Nanri, Yui Nakayama, Chiharu Iwasaka, Takanori Hayashi, Ippei Suzuki, Takafumi Ando, Kazuko Ishikawa-Takata, Shigeho Tanaka, Rei Ono, Michihiro Araki, Hitoshi Kawashima, Yi-An Chen, Jonguk Park, Koji Hosomi, Kenji Mizuguchi, Jun Kunisawa, Motohiko Miyachi

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Mechanical Properties and Statistical Damage Constitutive Model of Rock under a Coupled Chemical-Mechanical Condition by Yun Lin, Feng Gao, Keping Zhou, Rugao Gao, Hongquan Guo

“…To investigate the mechanical damage evolution process of rock under a coupled chemical-mechanical (CM) condition, an improved statistical damage constitutive model was established using the Drucker-Prager (D-P) strength criterion and two-parameter Weibull distribution. The damage variable correction coefficient and chemical damage variable which was determined by porosity were also considered in the model. …”
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Optimization of Configuration Design for Underwater Dam Defect Detection Vehicles by Hong-Xia Cheng, Mei-Jie Cao, Peng-Fei Xu, Yan Kai, Zi-Peng Wang, Gang Wan, Qiao Hu

“…Additionally, various configurations were generated using a free deformation method. An optimization function was established with resistance and stability as the objectives, and the optimal result was derived based on the function’s calculation outcomes. …”
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Causal relationships of vegetation productivity with root zone water availability and atmospheric dryness at the catchment scale by G. W. Abeshu, H.-Y. Li, M. Shi, L. R. Leung

“…These findings underscore the need for a comprehensive functional framework that integrates catchment water supply, atmospheric demand, and vegetation productivity to enhance our understanding and predictive capabilities with regard to ecosystem responses to climate change.…”
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Simultaneous single-sample determination of NMNAT isozyme activities in mouse tissues. by Giuseppe Orsomando, Lucia Cialabrini, Adolfo Amici, Francesca Mazzola, Silverio Ruggieri, Laura Conforti, Lucie Janeckova, Michael P Coleman, Giulio Magni

“…Final assay validation was achieved in a tissue extract by comparing the activity and expression levels of individual isozymes, considering their distinctive catalytic efficiencies. Furthermore, considering the key role played by NMNAT activity in preserving axon integrity and physiological function, this assay procedure was applied to both liver and brain extracts from wild-type and Wallerian degeneration slow (Wld(S)) mouse. …”
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Reliability and validity of a Japanese version of life-space assessment in institutionalized settings by Tomoyuki Shinohara, PhD, Shota Saito, MS, Ayumi Maruyama, Yuta Yabana, Yosuke Tomita, PhD, Klaus Hauer, PhD

“…Purpose: A reduction in life space (LS) is associated with a negative impact on medical and functional status during hospitalization, with potential consequences after discharge. …”
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Development of data-driven machine learning models and their potential role in predicting dengue outbreak by Bushra Mazhar, Nazish Mazhar Ali, Farkhanda Manzoor, Muhammad Kamran Khan, Muhammad Nasir, Muhammad Ramzan

“…This involves gathering data on various climatic factors, including temperature, rainfall, relative humidity, and wind speed, along with monthly records of dengue cases. The study functions as an efficient warning system, enabling the anticipation of dengue outbreaks. …”
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Two Weighted Fuzzy Goal Programming Methods to Solve Multiobjective Goal Programming Problem by Mousumi Gupta, Debasish Bhattacharjee

“…Here, the relative weights represent the relative importance of the objective functions. The proposed methods involve one additional goal constraint by introducing only underdeviation variables to the fuzzy operator λ (resp., 1-λ), which is more efficient than some well-known existing methods such as those proposed by Zimmermann, Hannan, Tiwari, and Mohamed. …”
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A Particle Swarm Optimization-Guided Ivy Algorithm for Global Optimization Problems by Kaifan Zhang, Fujiang Yuan, Yang Jiang, Zebing Mao, Zihao Zuo, Yanhong Peng

“…In recent years, metaheuristic algorithms have garnered significant attention for their efficiency in solving complex optimization problems. …”
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ECOLOGICAL TOLERANCE OF THE SPRING BARLEY VARIETY ‘PRERIYA’ ON THE BLACKEARTH (CHERNOZEM) OF THE ROSTOV REGION by I. N. Ilinskaya, M. I. Rychkova

“…The study has found that the cultivation of the spring barley variety ‘Prerie’ is ecologically stable in a five-crop rotation sequence, the structure of which includes peas, winter wheat, sunflower and perennial grasses with subsoil plowing with the use of 1 kg/ha mineral fertilizers N90Р40К90, which provides a minimum variability in yield (10%) and the highest coefficient of environmental stability of the studied variety (0.58). …”
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Spatial-temporal Evolution and Driving Factors of Ecological Environment Quality in Weihe River Basin Based on Remote Sensing Ecological Index by Wu Mengyue, Li Yu

“…The average value of the variation coefficient of RSEI in Weihe River Basin is 0.211, showing a low fluctuation as a whole, and the low fluctuation changes are distributed in mountainous areas such as the Qinling mountains, Qianshan, Guanshan and Ziwuling mountains, mainly in areas with high ecosystem functions and relatively stable community structure. …”
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Estimation of mineral content in forages by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy by Andrej LAVRENČIČ, Bruno STEFANON, Andrej OREŠNIK

“…On the contrary, NIRS did not estimate Na content very accurately (R2 = 0.52; coefficient of variability of cross validation (CVSECV) = 35.5%), suggesting that Na is not closely associated with organic functional groups or that the amount of the mineral is below the level of NIRS detection. …”
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Morphological and biochemical characterization of Moroccan Opuntia dillenii fruit: Natural source of bioactive compounds by Sofia ZAZOULI, Ghizlane Kabiri

“…Methods:The morphological traits, biochemical parameters, and antioxidant content of the Moroccan O. dillenii fruit fractions, namely peel, juicy pulp, and seeds, were investigated. Results: The coefficient of variation of the morphological traits oscillated between 16.03 % for fruit weight and 51.83 % for seed weight, indicating a broad level of morphological variability. …”
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Empirical Validation of a Streamlined Three-Repetition Sit-to-Stand Protocol Using MAI Motion by Yan Wen, Tanvi Verma, Jonathan P. Whitehead, Paul Lee

“…MAI Motion is a motion capture system designed to assess lower-limb biomechanics during functional movements like the sit-to-stand (STS) test. …”
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