Optimum Height and Tilt Angle of the Solar Receiver for a 30 kWe Solar Tower Power Plant for the Electricity Production in the Sahelian Zone by Kory Faye, Ababacar Thiam, Mactar Faye

“…The concentrated solar flux at the input of the receiver was determined using Soltrace software by the Monte Carlo ray tracing (MCRT) method. …”
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Comparative Study of Discounted Cash Flow and Energy Return on Investment: Review of Oil and Gas Resource Economic Evaluation by J. Yan, L. Feng, A. N. Steblyanskaya, S. Fu

“…The authors suggest using a new assessment method that determines the energy return on investment (EROI). …”
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Patient-Specific Instrumentation Benefits for INBONE II Total Ankle Arthroplasty by Charlotte Jones BS, Allison Boden MD, Patricia Friedmann MS, Suzy Wang MS, Ricardo Villar MD, Constantine Demetracopoulos MD, Jonathan Deland MD, Elizabeth Cody MD, Matthew Conti MD, Jensen Henry MD, Scott Ellis MD

“…This study aimed to determine the accuracy of PSI regarding implant alignment and implant size, and compare outcomes between PSI implantation and the traditional jig method. …”
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Evaluating Variational Quantum Eigensolver Approaches for Simplified Models of Molecular Systems: A Case Study on Protocatechuic Acid by Gleydson Fernandes de Jesus, Erico Souza Teixeira, Lucas Queiroz Galvão, Maria Heloísa Fraga da Silva, Mauro Queiroz Nooblath Neto, Bruno Oziel Fernandez, Amanda Marques de Lima, Eivson Darlivam Rodrigues de Aguiar Silva, Clebson dos Santos Cruz

“…Subsequently, all VQE results were compared to those obtained with the CISD and FCI methods. The results demonstrate that Ansatzes, like Unitary Coupled Cluster Singles and Doubles (UCCSD) and variations of Hardware-Efficient Ansatzes, generally achieve accuracy close to that of FCI. …”
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AN EFFECT OF UNIVERSITY LEADER’S CONFIDENCE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A UNIVERSITY by D. A. Endovitskiy, Yu. A. Bubnov, K. M. Gaidar

“…The conditions of the traditional resources limitation compel the universities to improve their efficiency by means of transition from extensive to intensive development, i.e. by using the internal resources.The purpose of the article is the analysis of the situations when the effectiveness of a university is mostly determined by the socio-psychological determinants, such as personality of a University head, his (her) characteristics, experience, professional competence, and others. …”
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Towards Boosting Power by Encapsulating Tranexamic Acid into Emulsified Particles by Ming-Hsi Huang, Yuan-Yi Lu, Yung-Sheng Lin

“…In aesthetic medicine, during a course of skin whitening treatment, injections must be frequently administered to achieve a strong curative effect. To develop a method to prevent long-term harm due to injections, this study applied a novel technology for the delivery of whitening agents that achieved long-term slow release of agents, thereby reducing the danger of frequent injections. …”
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Proposal for semi-automatic control reflecting operator heuristics using fuzzy logic and image detection with monocular camera images by Kaoru Obayashi, Yoshiaki Saito, Koichi Osuka, Yuto Miyahara

“…Automation of construction machinery is being advanced to enhance the efficiency of construction work and address the shortage of skilled operators. …”
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Synthesis, Structural Analysis, and Biological Activities of Some Imidazolium Salts by Gühergül Uluçam, Murat Turkyilmaz

“…The in vitro biological activities of the salts on the selected bacteria and cancer cell lines were determined by using the broth dilution method according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. …”
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Labour rights of the rare diseases population ‒ breaking the glass ceiling by Sanja Stojković Zlatanović, Marta Sjeničić, Ranko Sovilj

“…Considering the specificity of the medical and, consequently, social status of the people affected, the appropriate labour-law measures need to be determined. Applying the comparative and normative method along with the contemporary anti-discrimination principle, the labour status of the rare diseases population has been analysed based on the proposed classification in legal terms. …”
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Treelike process tensor contraction for automated compression of environments by Moritz Cygorek, Brendon W. Lovett, Jonathan Keeling, Erik M. Gauger

“…The generality of the ACE method comes at high numerical cost. Here, we demonstrate that orders-of-magnitude improvement of ACE is possible by changing the order of PT-MPO contraction from a sequential to a treelike scheme. …”
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Optimization Analysis for Innovative Inputs under the Objective Discrepancy between Government and Enterprise by Wu Kai, Zhang Huiying

“…The practical significance is to provide a precise method of resource allocation from the microlevel of enterprise project, which alleviates the objective discrepancy between the government and enterprise.…”
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Development of Optimal Size Range of Modules for Driving of Automatic Sliding Doors by Ivo Malakov, Velizar Zaharinov, Hasan Hasansabri

“…Size range optimization will lead to increase in the competitiveness of the manufactured products and the efficiency of their application. To solve the problem, a developed approach is used, composed of several stages: determining the main parameter of the product; market demand study; selection of an optimality criterion—the total costs for production and operation; determining the functional dependence between the costs and the influencing factors; and building a mathematical model of the problem. …”
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Lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of COVID-19-associated pneumonia by A. A. Balabanova, A. P. Kurazhov, V. D. Zavadovskaya

“…Currently, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, lung ultrasound is widely used due to its high diagnostic efficiency, which is comparable with classical radiography and X-ray computed tomography (CT) by a number of parameters.The article describes the method of lung ultrasound and the radiographic pattern of COVID-19-associated pneumonia. …”
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Selective chelating precipitation of palladium metal from electroplating wastewater using chitosan and its derivative by Qiaoling Xie, Gaojie Liang, Tao Lin, Fuming Chen, Dandan Wang, Bo Yang

“…Thus, it can be concluded that the combined utilization of chitosan and its water-soluble derivative is a promising approach method for the removal of different forms of palladium from real electroplating wastewater.…”
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Mucilage Extracted from Dragon Fruit Peel (Hylocereus undatus) as Flocculant for Treatment of Dye Wastewater by Coagulation and Flocculation Process by Oanh Thi Hoang Le, Le Nhat Tran, Van Thi Doan, Quang Van Pham, Anh Van Ngo, Huan Huu Nguyen

“…So far, the most simple method for treatment of this type of wastewater has been coagulation and flocculation. …”
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Combining UAV Multispectral Imaging and PROSAIL Model to Estimate LAI of Potato at Plot Scale by Shuang Li, Yongxin Lin, Ping Zhu, Liping Jin, Chunsong Bian, Jiangang Liu

“…Compared to the tedious and time-consuming manual measurements of the LAI, remote sensing has emerged as a valuable tool for rapid and accurate estimation of the LAI; however, the empirical inversion modeling methods face challenges of low efficiency for actual LAI measurements and poor model interpretability. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposite Poly-o-anisidine Sn(IV) Arsenophosphate: Its Analytical Applications as Pb(II) Ion-Selective Membrane Electrode by Asif Ali Khan, Umme Habiba, Anish Khan

“…The membrane electrode is mechanically stable, with a quick response time, and can be operated over a wide pH range. The selectivity coefficients were determined by mixed solution method and revealed that the electrode is sensitive for Pb(II) in presence of interfering cations. …”
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Numerical Study of Complex Heat Transfer in Blown Impassable Channels of Heating Mains by V. A. Sednin, T. V. Bubyr

“…Research of processes of heat exchange between a stream of air and pipelines of network water on the one hand and between a stream of air and walls of the channel on another hand is a determinant for realization of the presented technology of increase of efficiency of operation of the considered heating mains. …”
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Novel Liposome–Gel Formulations Containing a Next Generation Postbiotic: Characterization, Rheological, Stability, Release Kinetic, and In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity Studies by Halise Betül Gökçe, İsmail Aslan

“…Finally, the antimicrobial activities of the postbiotics and the optimum gel formulation LG1 were evaluated on <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>, <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Enterococcus hirae</i>, and <i>Candida albicans</i> strains using disk diffusion and microdilution methods. The optimum liposome formulation L1 was determined to have a particle size of 185.32 ± 0.80 nm, a polydispersity index of 0.206 ± 0.012, a zeta potential of 35.0 ± 0.5 mV, and an encapsulation efficiency of 17.52%. …”
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Research on Lightweight Technology of Hydraulic Components for Integrated Fast Reactor Main Pump by PU Enshan1, ZHAI Xiao1, GU Jipin1, LIU Simin1, ZHANG Xu2

“…The hydraulic performance of different numbers of suction ports (10, 6, and 4) was analyzed using CFD numerical simulation methods. On the premise of ensuring that the hydraulic performance meets the requirements, the optimization scheme was determined. …”
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