Early-stage detection of maize seed germination based on RGB image and machine vision by Xiaohang Liu, Zhao Zhang, Yunxia Li, C. Igathinathane, Jiangfan Yu, Zhaoyu Rui, Afshin Azizi, Xiqing Wang, Alireza Pourreza, Man Zhang

“…This study demonstrates that the stripe band + boundary + color method can be used as an efficient approach for automated germination rate detection of maize and other crop seeds.…”
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THE PROFITABILITY OF LENTIL CULTIVATED AS MIXTURES WITH BARLEY OR OAT by Jolanta Bojarszczuk, Jerzy Księżak

“…The aim of the study was to evaluate the economic efficiency of lentil at different mixtures in ecological system. …”
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Process optimization for improving anti-oxidation performance of silver-coated copper powders by response surface methodology and artificial neural network by Hongbin Yin, Shiwei Fan, Kun Peng, Xiao Li, Zizhen Wang, Yuxin Chen, Ming Zhou

“…The strategy achieves superior optimization efficiency and predictive accuracy compared to individual methods by reducing experimental requirements, lowering error functions, and enhancing fitting precision. …”
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Carbon Steel A36 Planar Coupons Exposed to a Turbulent Flow Inside a 90° Pipe Elbow in a Testing Rack: Hydrodynamic Simulation and Corrosion Studies by Luis Cáceres, Genny Leinenweber, Alvaro Soliz, Esteban Landaeta

“…This work aims to characterize flow-accelerated corrosion of carbon steel A36 coupons exposed to simulated treated reverse-osmosis seawater under ambient conditions and a Reynolds number range of 6000 to 25,000 using a standard corrosion testing method. The flow behavior in the corrosion compartment and the turbulent parameters were determined by computational fluid dynamics simulation. …”
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Hanging Ball and Handpad Drill Training: Which is better in improving the ability of the instep serve in Sepak Takraw? by Ummu Amalia Ulfa, Rohman Hidayat, Didik Rilastiyo Budi, Kusnandar Kusnandar, Panuwun Joko Nurcahyo

“…This research uses an experimental method with a two-group pretest-posttest design. Determination of the sample using the Total Sampling technique. …”
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Keratorefractive Surgery for Residual Refractive Error Correction in Pseudophakic Patients by Е. P. Gurmizov, К. B. Pershin, N. F. Pashinova, А. Iu. Tsygankov

“…Conclusion. The high efficiency of the correction using the LASIK, PRK and femtoLASIK methods on pseudophakic eyes with the achievement of the target refraction in most of the studied cases was shown. …”
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Africa, an Emerging Exporter of Turmeric: Combating Fraud with Rapid Detection Systems by Wilfred Angie Abia, Simon A. Haughey, Radhika Radhika, Brandy Perkwang Taty, Heidi Russell, Manus Carey, Britt Marianna Maestroni, Awanwee Petchkongkaew, Christopher T. Elliott, Paul N. Williams

“…Priority adulterants were determined from global food safety alerts. A systematic bibliographic search on Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Science was performed to identify appropriate methods and techniques for authentication and safety. …”
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The proposed model of the body of knowledge of digital transformation for the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Samira Tahmasebi Ashtiani, Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Atefeh Sharif, Mostafa Amini

“…After conducting the content validity of the designed indicators in the next step, the construct validity was checked. To determine construct validity, confirmatory factor analysis was used, which is a sub-branch of structural equation modeling, a method for examining construct validity in studies where the measured indicators are a questionnaire with quantitative and qualitative items. …”
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Optimization of chlorophyll extraction from mulberry leaves using response surface methodology by CHEN Shao-yuan, LÜ Zhen-er, DONG Feng-li, MAO Bi-zeng

“…The statistical analysis indicated that the three variables (Table 4) and the quadratic of extraction time (C) and ratio of liquor to material (A) (Fig. 6) had significant effects on the yields, and there had the significant interaction effects between the variables of extraction temperature (B) and extraction time (C) (Fig. 7). A high determination co-efficient mathematical model was gained that could be used to optimize chlorophyll extraction. …”
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Performance evaluation model of the narrators of Rahian Noor camps. by Abbas Alwardi, Mohammad Mahdi Mohtadi, Mohammadjavad Pahlevanzadeh, Amirhossein Saffarinia, Mohammad Reza Fathi

“…Also, for the research to be more practical, providing a performance evaluation model for other people related to Rahian Noor camps and using other performance evaluation methods for goal management, behavioral rating evaluation method, sensitive event recording method, and psychological evaluation method. …”
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An approach to forecasting damage due to unfavorable circumstances associated with indistinguishability of source data by V. F. Zolotukhin, A. V. Matershev, L. A. Podkolzina

“…There is an acute problem of reduction of the likelihood of unwanted events and mitigation of possible damage. The efficiency of predicting damage to complex systems depends directly on the quality of processing methods, systematization, and the amount of input data. …”
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Integrating evolutionary algorithms and enhanced-YOLOv8 + for comprehensive apple ripeness prediction by Yuchi Li, Zhigao Wang, Aiwei Yang, Xiaoqi Yu

“…The synergistic application of these methods resulted in a significant improvement in prediction accuracy. …”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF K-MEDOIDS AND K-PROTOTYPES CLUSTERING FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HYPERTENSION DISEASE by Hardianti Hafid, Selvi Annisa

“…The Elbow and Silhouette Coefficient methods were applied to evaluate the data and determine the optimal number of clusters for dividing patients into low-risk and high-risk hypertension groups. …”
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Predicting Marshall stability and flow parameters in asphalt pavements using explainable machine-learning models by Ibrahim Asi, Yusra I. Alhadidi, Taqwa I. Alhadidi

“…The traditional method for determining the Marshall stability (MS) and Marshall flow (MF) of asphalt pavements is laborious, time consuming, and costly. …”
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Policy Insights from a Single-Operator Model for Municipal Solid Waste Management by Giacomo Di Foggia, Ugo Arrigo, Massimo Beccarello

“…Driven by the path of ecological transition, municipal solid waste management is now more than ever at the center of debates on the most efficient delivery methods. Although competition policy advocates subdivision into lots to facilitate medium-sized enterprise participation, in some cases—notably when substantial investments are required to achieve circular economy and sustainable development goals—a single-operator model may prove more efficient. …”
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Development of an artificial intelligence system for the forecasting of infectious diseases by A. A. Kuzin, R. I. Glushakov, S. A. Parfenov, K. V. Sapozhnikov, A. A. Lazarev

“…Here, we provided an overview of artificial intelligence (AI) approaches for developing a system for prediction of infectious diseases and designed a respective step-by-step protocol.Materials and Methods. Literature search in PubMed and Google Scholar and PubMed.Key Points. …”
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Synthesis of 3,3-oxaspirocycles via cobalt-catalyzed cascade C-H activation and carboamidation of alkynes by Bholanath Garai, Molla Rahamat Ali, J. Richard Premkumar, Basker Sundararaju

“…Despite significant progress in the synthesis of carbo- and hetero-spirocycles, efficient methods for constructing oxa-spirocyclic frameworks remain underdeveloped. …”
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Prevention of Cardiac Complications at Adenomectomy by Z. G. Solonyak, Ye. V. Kudryashova, A. V. Strelnikov, O. A. Serzhanina

“…Objective: to determine the efficient procedure of postoperative analgesia as a preventive means against the development of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and its associated death in the early postoperative period of adenomectomy. …”
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Development and psychometric evaluation of a questionnaire for measuring distraction due to mobile phone use in operating rooms by Mehdi Hasanshahi, Mahnaz Rakhshan, Armin Fereidouni, Seyed Alireza Moayedi, Camellia Torabizadeh

“…Sample and setting: 208 operating room nurses and doctors from five hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences participated in the study. Method: This methodological study was conducted in two stages. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization Design of Foamed Cement Mix Proportion Based on Response Surface Methodology by Kailu Liu, Wanying Qu, Haoyang Zeng

“…The results demonstrate that the regression model developed using RSM exhibits high accuracy and reliability. The correlation coefficients R² of the regression models established by the response surface method are 0.9756 and 0.9684, respectively, indicating good prediction accuracy. …”
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