Modeling of the Physicochemical and Nutritional Composition of <i>Musa paradisiaca</i> (Williams Variety) at Different Ripening Stages in Ecuador by María Fernanda Garcés-Moncayo, Fabricio Guevara-Viejó, Juan Diego Valenzuela-Cobos, Purificación Galindo-Villardón, Purificación Vicente-Galindo

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Development of objective test functions for modeling and sensitivity analysis of the mechanical behaviour of aluminum-agro-marine waste composites by Obinna Onyebuchi Barah, Stephen Ndubuisi Nnamchi, Milon Dennison Selvam, Mustafah Muhamad Mundu, Abubakar Abdulkarim

“…Objective Test Functions (OTFs) were derived using physical modeling and sensitivity analysis to filter impactful variables. …”
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Defining critical quality attributes and composition parameters for burn wound dressings: Antibiotic-anesthetic films as a model by María Florencia Sanchez, Laura Carolina Luciani-Giacobbe, Fiamma Barbieri, María Eugenia Olivera

“…This underscores the imperative need to establish precise critical quality attributes, a task undertaken within this study using an antibiotic-anesthetic film as a model. The aim was to establish the influence of critical composition and process parameters and optimize the formula.First, the quality target product profile was defined, and critical quality attributes were identified. …”
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Influence of genetic adaption of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed with alternative protein sources based on Arthrospira platensis and Hermetia illucens on disease resistance... by Anne-Carina Miebach, Mikolaj Adamek, Julia Bauer, Marek Matras, Carsten Dietz, Jakob Gährken, Simon Rosenau, Stephan Wessels, Jens Tetens, Angela Sünder, Magdalena Stachnik, Michal Reichert, Verena Jung- Schroers, Dieter Steinhagen

“…Thus, the current study aims at making use of the genetic variability of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in order to gain new insights into their adaptability to innovative raw materials. …”
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Antiviral Activity of Double-Stranded Ribonucleic Acid and Interferon Alpha Composition in the Model of Experimental Influenza Infection of Mice by S. G. Gamaley, М. O. Skarnovich, E. V. Makarevich, О. Yu. Mazurkov, L. N. Shishkina, О. S. Ivanova, G. M. Levagina, Е. D. Danilenko

“…The aim of this work was to study antiviral activity of intranasal forms of the pharmaceutical compositions containing yeast dsRNA and recombinant human interferon-alpha-2b in a model of lethal influenza infection in mice. …”
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Impact of chemical composition on metabolizable energy and its prediction models in brewer's spent grains for broilers at different ages by Mingqiang Song, Kai Tian, Cong Ren, Youyou Liu, Xiaomeng Ye, Yuming Wang, Jingjing Xie, Feng Zhao

“…This study aimed to investigate the relationship between chemical composition and metabolizable energy (ME) in brewer’s spent grains (BSG), and to develop ME prediction models for fast-growing white feathered broilers at different ages. …”
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Predicting 3-year all-cause mortality in rectal cancer patients based on body composition and machine learning by Xiangyong Li, Zeyang Zhou, Xiaoyang Zhang, Xinmeng Cheng, Chungen Xing, Yong Wu

“…SHAP values revealed that subcutaneous adipose tissue index (SAI), visceral adipose tissue index (VAI), skeletal muscle density (SMD), visceral-to-subcutaneous adipose tissue ratio (VSR), and subcutaneous adipose tissue density (SAD) were the five most important variables influencing all-cause mortality post-LaTME.ConclusionBy integrating body composition, multiple ML predictive models were developed and validated for predicting all-cause mortality after rectal cancer surgery, with the XGBoost model exhibiting the best performance.…”
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Logging Evaluation of Mixed-sediments Reservoirs of the Lower Cambrian Canglangpu Formation in Penglai Gas Area, Central Sichuan Basin by WANG Haiqing, WANG Zeyu, LAI Qiang, LI Shurong, WU Yuyu, ZHANG Mingyong, WANG Yaqing

“…Results show that, the dimensionality reduction method and other methods have solved the problem of calculating the composition and content of more than four kinds of minerals, and the calculation results are highly consistent with the Litho Scanner logging data, the porosity calculated by variable matrix parameters on the basis of tri-porosity logging curves and the permeability calculated by subdivision model are in good agreement with those from core analysis, the electrical imaging logging combined with acoustic remote detection and acoustic velocity tomography has a good application effect to judge the pore space type characteristics and reservoir effectiveness. …”
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Bias in the estimated association between all-cause mortality and long-term exposure to a specific chemical component of fine particulate matter: The example of black carbon by Jianyu Deng, Ning Kang, Xueqiu Ni, Hong Lu, Meng Wang, Mingkun Tong, Pengfei Li, Mingjin Tang, Tao Xue, Mei Zheng, Tong Zhu

“…Based on the classical OVB formula, we developed a post hoc adjusted model and verified its performance via a simulation study. …”
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Comparison of the Symmetric and Asymmetric Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) Models in Forecasting the 2018-2023 Jakarta Composite Index by Yenni Angraini, Adelia Putri Pangestika, I Made Sumertajaya

“…Hence, it is interesting to compare the forecasting accuracy of symmetric and asymmetric Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH) models in various data conditions. The research aimed to compare the accuracy of the symmetric ARCH/ Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) and asymmetric TGARCH models in forecasting weekly Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) data on January 1st, 2018, to April 24th, 2023, by involving the influence of COVID-19 as a covariate variable and applying several validation scenario models to training and testing data. …”
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A predictive model for body water and fluid balance using 3D smartphone anthropometry by Austin J. Graybeal, Abby T. Compton, Sydney H. Swafford, Caleb F. Brandner, Molly F. Johnson, Maria G. Kaylor, Hunter Haynes, Jon Stavres

“…Fluid overload and imbalance were determined using ECF/TBW and ECF/ICF, respectively, and subsequently predicted from the retained variables using receiver operating characteristic curve analyses and logistic regression.ResultsEstimates from each of the newly-developed prediction models were not significantly different from the estimates produced using BIS (all p ≥ 0.70) and revealed acceptable agreement (TBW: R2 = 0.91, RMSE = 3.24 L; ECF: R2 = 0.94, RMSE = 1.10 L; ICF: R2 = 0.87, RMSE = 2.29 L) when evaluated in the testing sample (n = 66), although proportional bias was observed (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Fatigue Design Research on Notch–Stud Connectors of Timber–Concrete Composite Structures by Zuen Zheng, Shuai Yuan, Guojing He

“…Using residual slip as the damage variable, a two-stage fatigue damage evolution model was constructed from the damage–cycle ratio relationship, offering a new method for shear connector fatigue damage calculation in timber–concrete composites and enabling remaining life prediction for similar composite beam connectors. …”
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Anisotropic model observing pulsars from Neutron Star Interior Composition with modified Van der Waals equation of state by S. A. Mardan, A. Khalid, Rubab Manzoor, Muhammad Bilal Riaz

“…Abstract This paper is designed for heavy pulsars coming from the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer. The research model is describe by Einstein field equations for anisotropic fluid configuration with spherical symmetry. …”
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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. The effectiveness of the nonlinear regression analysis and fuzzy logic model was evaluated through confirmatory experiments. …”
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Evaluating microstructural and machine learning predictive models for friction drilling of sustainable snail shell reinforced aluminium matrix composites by Rajesh Jesudoss Hynes Navasingh, R. Sankaranarayanan, Priyanka Mishra, Angela Jennifa Sujana J, Jebasingh Jeremiah Rajesh, Jana Petru

“…The present work investigates the effects of significant process variables such as spindle speed, feed rate, workpiece thickness, and drill diameter on bushing length, bushing thickness, and roundness. …”
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COMPOSITE LEVER METHOD FOR POWER FLOW ANALYSIS OF LOOP-TYPE COMPOUND EPICYCLIC GEAR SYSTEM by XU Lin, LIU Kai, CUI YaHui, WANG HongJiang, ZHANG BaoFeng, LIU XiaoLin

“…Based on the lever model of a single epicyclic gear train, combined with the structural characteristics of the coupled system, used the superposition principle, a composite lever model reflecting the characteristics of the loop system is established. …”
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WHAT IF PRICES CHANGE? ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL TOURIST MARKET SEGMENTS' COMPOSITION IN THE FACE OF INFLATION FLUCTUATIONS by Jesús Barreal Pernas, Julio Vena Oya, Juan Antonio Parilla González

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La déforestation au prisme des terroirs villageois en situation de mosaïque forêt-savane, République Démocratique du Congo by Christophe Demichelis, Johan Oszwald, Clélia Gasquet-Blanchard, Victor Narat, Jean-Christophe Bokika, Tamara Giles-Vernick

“…This inter-village variability made it possible to highlight a village typology directly linked to the landscape composition of the terroirs, and thus to highlight different socio-ecological situations within a small area. …”
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Study of the Geographical Distribution, Ecological–Biological Characteristics, and Economic Value of <i>Rosa acicularis</i> Lindl., <i>Rosa laxa</i> Retz., and <i>Rosa spinosissima... by Alevtina N. Danilova, Tatyana A. Vdovina, Yuriy A. Kotukhov, Olga A. Anufriyeva, Andrey A. Vinokurov, Elena A. Isakova, Olga A. Lagus, Aidar A. Sumbembayev

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Effect of toolpath in large-format additive manufacturing with bio-derived composites by Eonyeon Jo, Katie Copenhaver, Halil Tekinalp, Tyler Smith, Hsin Wang, Uday Vaidya, Soydan Ozcan, Seokpum Kim

“…While numerical modelling has been extensively employed to simulate numerous manufacturing processes, its application in LFAM with bio-derived composites remains limited. …”
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