Dynamics and Control of Adaptive Shells with Curvature Transformations by H.S. Tzou, Y. Bao

“…An adaptive piezoelectric laminated cylindrical shell composite with continuous curvature changes is studied, and its natural frequencies and controlled damping ratios are evaluated. …”
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OPTIMIZATION OF GRAPE PEELS PARTICLE SIZE AND FLOUR SUBSTITUTION IN WHITE WHEAT FLOUR DOUGH by SILVIA MIRONEASA, MĂDĂLINA IUGA, DUMITRU ZAHARIA, COSTEL MIRONEASA

“…The optimum value of formulation factors was found to be composite grape peels-wheat flours containing 4.67 % GPF of small particle size when desirability function method was applied.…”
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Zeolites for the environment by Qiaolin Lang, Peng Lu, Xiaobo Yang, Valentin Valtchev

“…Zeolites are characterized by their microporous, crystalline structures with a four-connected framework with variable compositions, predominantly aluminosilicates. …”
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Optimization of Edge Banding Process Parameters Used for Particle Board and Medium Density Fiberboard by Kucuk Huseyin Koc, Ender Hazir, Sedanur Seker

“…A central composite design (CCD) was used to investigate the optimal process parameters to achieve a maximum peeling strength for medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and particle board (PB). …”
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Sustainability disclosure and the relationship with board characteristics and assurance by Nickolas Patrick Garcia Duarte, Rodrigo Vicente dos Prazeres, Umbelina Lagioia, Juliana Gonçalves de Araújo, Luiz Carlos Marques dos Anjos

“…The objective is to assess the effects of the external assurance variable on the compliance of sustainability information. …”
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Development and Optimization of Osmotically Controlled Asymmetric Membrane Capsules for Delivery of Solid Dispersion of Lycopene by Nitin Jain, Rashmi Sareen, Neeraj Mahindroo, K. L. Dhar

“…Membrane characterization by scanning electron microscopy showed inner porous region and outer dense region. Central composite design response surface methodology was applied for the optimization of AMCs. …”
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Vision-related Quality of Life (VRQOL) and its determinants among the Elderly in rural blocks of Haryana, India by Mona Duggal, Ankita Kankaria, Latika Rohilla, Harashish Jindal, Limalemla Jamir, Parul Chawla Gupta, Debarati Sarkar, Vaibhav Miglani, Akash Kumar, Drishti Sharma, Neha Dahiya, Siddhartha Sharma, Sandeep Grover

“…Chi-Sq. test or Fisher's for categorical variables and multivariable linear regression model was run to calculate the determinants of the VFQ composite score. …”
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Panel data regression approach on inclusive green growth by E. Juniardi, S. Amar, H. Aimon

“…The novelty of this study is the use of environmental quality variables to replace environmental degradation in calculating the composite variable of inclusive green growth.  …”
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Optimasi Proses Ekstraksi Oleoresin Jahe (Zingiber officinale Rosc) Menggunakan Ultrasonik by Sri Hartuti, Muhammad Dani Supardan

“…Response surface design method with Central Composite Design (CCD) was used to obtain a mathematical model which describes the relationship between the yield of ginger oleoresin and influencing variables. …”
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Improved active vibration control of a cantilever beam using MFC actuators with Hammerstein model-based hysteresis modeling and VSS-FxLMS control algorithm by Hafiz Muhammad Umar, Lei Zhang, Ruichen Yu, Zhiyuan Gao

“…This study aims to enhance active vibration control in a cantilever beam using macro fiber composite (MFC) actuators. To address the challenge of accurately modeling the complex hysteresis behavior of MFC actuators, an advanced hysteresis modeling technique is employed, integrating a non-symmetric Bouc–Wen model with an Auto-Regressive model with eXogenous inputs (ARX). …”
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CONSUMER DECISION-MAKING STYLES AND YOUNG-ADULT CONSUMERS: AN INDIAN EXPLORATION by Anubhav Anand MISHRA

“…Factor analysis has been employed to summarise the 38 variables identified into smaller sets of linear composites that preserved most of the information in the original data. …”
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Dynamic Topology Optimization of Constrained Damping Plates considering Frequency and Temperature Characteristics Based on an Efficient Strategy by Fan Wu, Pu Xue

“…The frequency- and temperature-dependent characteristics of viscoelastic materials significantly affect the vibration response of the damped composite structures. In this paper, an efficient strategy of hybrid expansion combined with dynamic reduction is developed to solve the steady-state response of the frequency- and temperature-dependent viscoelastic structure characterized by nonproportional system, and the sensitivity analysis is carried out based on the adjoint variable method. …”
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A new Maxwell model and its application in researching the compressive creep properties of recombinant bamboo. by Shanshan Shen, Qifeng Gao, Xiaolin Gong, Songsong Sun, Jiahong Fu

“…Fiber-reinforced composite materials manufactured through gluing techniques, such as recombinant bamboo, usually exhibit obvious creep behavior during service. …”
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Item performance of the scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia in rare and ultra‐rare genetic ataxias by Alzahra Hamdan, Andrew C. Hooker, Xiaomei Chen, Andreas Traschütz, Rebecca Schüle, ARCA Study Group, EVIDENCE‐RND consortium, Matthis Synofzik, Mats O. Karlsson

“…SARA is now considered a primary end point in several ataxia treatment trials, but its underlying composite item measurement model has not yet been tested. …”
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Variations over 20 Years in Vegetation Dynamics and Its Coupled Responses to Individual and Compound Meteorological Drivers in Sichuan Province, China by Qian Deng, Chenfeng Zhang, Jiong Dong, Yanchun Li, Yunyun Li, Yi Huang, Hongxue Zhang, Jingjing Fan

“…The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) was calculated using monthly precipitation and temperature data from 45 meteorological stations to examine the influence of composite climatic factors on vegetation growth, while the time lag effects between the NDVI and various climatic variables were also explored. …”
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Pilot project to study the association of troponin I with cardiovascular events in the population of Russian region by S. A. Shalnova, O. M. Drapkina, A. V. Kontsevaya, E. B. Yarovaya, V. A. Kutsenko, V. A. Metelskaya, A. V. Kapustina, Yu. A. Balanova, O. A. Litinskaya, M. S. Pokrovskaya

“…It was shown that cTnI itself or its logarithm is significantly associated with hard and composite endpoints. The cTnI cut-off point of 12/10 pg/ml (males/females) was associated with hard endpoint, and 6/4 pg/ml — with composite one. …”
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Nile Red Staining for Oil Determination in Microalgal Cells: A New Insight through Statistical Modelling by Ronald Halim, Paul A. Webley

“…In its first phase, this study examined the dependence of microalgal Nile red fluorescence (Tetraselmis suecica) in terms of its most pertinent staining variables. A quadratic surface model that successfully described the Nile red fluorescence intensity as a composite function of its variables was generated (r2=0.86). …”
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Growth and yield of strawberry plants fertilized with nitrogen and phosphorus by Reinaldo F. Medeiros, Walter E. Pereira, Rummenigge de M. Rodrigues, Ronaldo do Nascimento, Janivan F. Suassuna, Tony A. G. Dantas

“…The treatments, using Box's central composite design, were distributed in randomized blocks with four replicates and consisted of five N doses (0.16, 0.37, 0.88, 1.4 and 1.6 g plant-1) and five P doses (0.3, 0.58, 1.2, 1.8 and 2.1 g plant-1), in the presence (1.67 g plant-1) and absence of K. …”
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LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN FOR OVERHAUL TOOLING SUPPORT SEAT BASED ON TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION AND SIX SIGMA ROBUSTNESS by WANG ZiNing, WU JianJun, XIANG JianMing, WANG BaiSong, JIN YingQi

“…Support seat’s topology structures was extracted based on topology optimization with variable density method. The response surface model was established based on the central composite design method and the finite element numerical simulation technique. …”
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A Fast Prediction Model of Supercritical Airfoils Based on Deep Operator Network and Variational Autoencoder Considering Physical Constraints by Mengxin Liu, Yunjia Yang, Chenyu Wu, Yufei Zhang

“…Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods usually require a considerable amount of computational resources and time. In this study, a composite model based on deep learning is proposed for flow field prediction. …”
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