Testing the Level of Alternative Institutions as a Slowdown Factor of Economic Development: the Case of Montenegro by Mimo Draškovic, Sanja Bauk, Dalia Streimikiene, Veselin Draskovic

“…For that purpose, besides the theoretical considerations, the paper comprises quantitative analysis of affecting the inability of economic development, and reproduction of crisis, by the following factors: (a) non-market enrichment and log-rolling structures, (b) parties’ monopolies and lobbyism, and (c) systemic corruption. Multiple regression linear approach is applied on a sample of 300 selected respondents in five towns in Montenegro: Podgorica, Niksic, Cetinje, Herceg Novi, and Kotor. …”
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Ultrasound-assisted DLLME with natural deep eutectic solvent and smartphone-based colorimetry for Pb(II) detection in water by Nayyer Azhdari, Biuck Habibi, Zahra Ayazi, Elaheh Rahimpour

“…Finally, the current method was successfully applied to quantify the Pb(II) in mineral, tap and river water samples, achieving relative recoveries between 94.0 % and 102.5 %, confirming its reliability and suitability for analyzing real water samples.…”
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Comparison of FASP and iST Enzymatic Digestion Strategies: Impact of Protein Input Amount by Ao LU, Huan-yue LIAO, Tian-tian CHU, Yang ZHAO, You JIANG, Zi-hong YE, Bo MENG

“…With the rapid development of mass spectrometry technology, it has been widely used in proteomic analysis of trace protein samples. To date, the effectiveness of filter-aided sample preparation (FASP) and in-stage tip (iST) protocols in microprotein sample repreparation has not been thoroughly investigated. …”
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Bayesian Analysis of the Doubly Truncated Zubair-Weibull Distribution: Parameter Estimation, Reliability, Hazard Rate and Prediction by Zakiah I. Kalantan, Mai A. Hegazy, Abeer A. EL-Helbawy, Hebatalla H. Mohammad, Doaa S. A. Soliman, Gannat R. AL-Dayian, Mervat K. Abd Elaal

“…Under the squared-error and linear–exponential loss functions, the Bayes estimators are derived. …”
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Change of electrical characteristics of rubber in the process of “swelling–deswelling” by L. A. Kovaleva, N. Ya. Ovsyannikov, A. A. Zuev

“…It was established that the linear change of the samples upon swelling in the indicated solvents varies according to the length and thickness of the samples. …”
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Power Spectral Density and Default Mode Network Connectivity in Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes: What to Expect from Drug-Resistant Patients by Cătălina Elena Bistriceanu, Georgiana-Anca Vulpoi, Alin Ciubotaru, Iulian Stoleriu, Dan Iulian Cuciureanu

“…Reduced linear connectivity between regions of the DMN was found for DR-IGE. …”
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DESIGN OF LENS ANTENNA WITH PLANAR ORTHOMODE TRANSDUCER FOR 28 GHZ FIXED SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS by Andrey V. Mozharovskiy

“…Development of the integrated lens antenna with the ability to operate on two orthogonal linear polarizations to separate the transmitted and received signals by polarization and, therefore, to create more efficient use of the spectrum. …”
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Determinants of Ecological Decisions of Users of Single-Family Houses in Poland in the Field of Energy Generation by Łukasz Kuźmiński, Joanna Dynowska, Rafał Nagaj, Sergiy Kozmenko, Tomasz Norek, Marcin Rabe, Andrzej Gawlik, Katarzyna Widera

“…To solve this research problem, the authors conducted a nationwide survey on a representative sample of single-family house users. In turn, the results were analyzed using log-linear analysis. …”
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β-cyclodextrin cross-linked metal organic frameworks as a new sensing candidate for donepezil hydrochloride potentiometric sensors by Rehab O. El-Attar, Reda M. Abdelhameed, Elmorsy Khaled

“…The fabricated disposable sensors exhibit theoretical Nernstian compliance value of 60.7 ± 1.5 mV decade−1 within a linear dynamic concentration range from 10–6 to 10–2 mol L−1 and limit of detection 7.0 × 10 −7 molL−1. …”
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Exploring a green and precise approach based on graphene oxide-cobalt ferrite nanocomposite for detection and quantification of vitamin B9 and antibacterial assessment by Zahra Khaleghi, Rouhollah Khani, Maryam Moudi

“…Under optimized conditions, the linear range, limit of detection, intra-day (repeatability) and inter-day (intermediate) precision were obtained 15–750 ng mL−1, 3.96 ng mL−1, 3.3–3.8%, and 4.2–4.9%, respectively. …”
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A Bayesian Approach to Step-Stress Partially Accelerated Life Testing for a Novel Lifetime Distribution by Mervat K. Abd Elaal, Hebatalla H. Mohammad, Zakiah I. Kalantan, Abeer A. EL-Helbawy, Gannat R. AL-Dayian, Sara M. Behairy, Reda M. Refaey

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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Chronic Kidney Disease: Incidence, Outcomes, and Risk Factors in a National Cohort by Mingyue He, Avrum Gillespie

“…Study Design: A retrospective study using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database. Setting & Participants: Adult patients nonelectively admitted with PRES from 2016 to 2019. …”
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Diverse representation-guided graph learning for multi-view metric clustering by Xiaoshuang Sang, Yang Zou, Feng Li, Ranran He

“…Additionally, many methods exploit Euclidean distance as a similarity metric, which may inaccurately measure linear relationships between samples. To tackle these challenges, we develop a novel diverse representation-guided graph learning for multi-view metric clustering (DRGMMC). …”
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Length–Weight Relationship and Spatiotemporal Distribution Pattern of Three Schizothoracinae Fishes Along the Nujiang River in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China by Mingdian Liu, Weitong Xu, Fengyue Zhu, Xinbin Duan, Shaoping Liu, Daqing Chen

“…In contrast, seasonal variation on <i>S. thermalis</i> showed greater influence than spatial heterogeneity. According to the linear mixed effect model (LMM), both spatial factors and seasons had influence on fish growth in the QTP. …”
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Analytical and Clinical Validation of a Plasma Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 ELISA Kit Using an Automated Platform in Steatotic Liver Disease by Makito Tanaka, Shingo Tanaka, Ryo Kobayashi, Ryosei Murai, Satoshi Takahashi

“…Validation included intra- and inter-assay precision, dilution linearity, spike recovery, lower limit of quantification (LLOQ), interference testing, and sample stability analysis. …”
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Effect of Ni-doping on the electronic bandgap and thermal conductivity of calcium hydroxide: Experimental and theoretical investigation by Basit Ali, Aamir Khan, Faheem Amin

“…Theoretically, the material is examined by using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) scheme as implemented in the WIEN2K Simulation package. …”
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Rapid Determination of Trace Impurity Elements in Pure Molybdenum by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Based on the Online-Standard-Addition Method by Yichuan TANG, Yuanyuan FENG, Tao ZHOU, Yanjie CUI, Jianying ZHANG

“…The ratio of intensities for simultaneous sample injection to the sum intensities of A and B injection respectively was about 1.RESULTSMethodological parameters for ICP-MS method based on online-standard-addition were evaluated in terms of method detection limit (MDL), linearly dependent coefficient, precision and accuracy. …”
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Prediction of technological properties of wheat flour by combination of UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis methods by R. A. Platova, E. V. Zhirkova, D. A. Metlenkin, A. A. Lysenkova, Yu. T. Platov, V. A. Rassulov

“…The spectra database was used to build a classification model for grading wheat flour into quality groups using a combination of principal component analysis and linear discriminant analysis (PCA-LDA) methods. The achieved results indicate that the classification model built on the training sample is able to distinguish wheat flour spectra by quality groups with an accuracy of 96.49%. …”
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PCA-FSA-MLR Model and Its Application in Runoff Forecast by GUO Cunwen, CUI Dongwen

“…To improve the accuracy of runoff forecast,and establish a runoff forecast model combining principal component analysis (PCA),future search algorithm (FSA),and multiple linear regression (MLR),this paper reduces the dimensionality of the sample data by PCA,selects 8 standard test functions and simulates and verifies FSA under different dimensional conditions,optimizes MLR constant terms and partial regression coefficients by FSA,proposes a PCA-FSA-MLR runoff forecast model,constructs PCA-LS-MLR,PCA-FSA-SVM,and PCA-SVM models with dimensionality reduction processing by PCA and FSA-MLR,LS-MLR,FSA-SVM,and SVM without dimensionality reduction processing as a comparison model,and verifies each model through forecasting the annual runoff and monthly runoff in December of Longtan station in Yunnan Province.The results show that:①FSA has better optimization accuracy and global extremum search ability under different dimensional conditions;②The average absolute relative error of the annual runoff and monthly runoff in December of Longtan station through PCA-FSA-MLR model are 1.63% and 3.91% respectively,and its forecast accuracy is better than the other 7 models,with higher forecast accuracy and stronger generalization ability;③For the same model,the forecast accuracy after dimensionality reduction processing by PCA is better than that without dimensionality reduction processing,so the data dimensionality reduction by PCA is helpful to improve the forecast accuracy of models.…”
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Study on the vibration prediction model of step group hole blasting considering non-stationarity by LI Hongchao, ZHANG Qipeng, HUANG Guoquan, SHI Yulian, HUANG Yonghui, HAN Haoxuan, YI Jiaxin, QU Chenliang

“…In order to eliminate the effect of model randomness, the 95% confidence interval is used to determine the optimal number of cycles (500 times), and the measured waveforms in the field as a sample, through the residual similarity to quantify the match between the simulated waveforms and the measured waveforms. …”
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