Optimizing relay node selection in cooperative wireless body area networks with modified POA by A. Hena Rubavathy, S. Sundar

“…The proposed strategy integrates the Decode-and-Forward (DF) relay protocol to significantly enhance communication efficiency and reliability. The proposed method is assessed in comparison with other relay selection techniques through a Bit Error Rate (BER) analysis, evaluating the effectiveness of each approach across different Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) scenarios. …”
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Protein docking by the underestimation of free energy funnels in the space of encounter complexes. by Yang Shen, Ioannis Ch Paschalidis, Pirooz Vakili, Sandor Vajda

“…Results for standard protein docking benchmarks establish that in this space the free energy landscape is a funnel in a reasonably broad neighborhood of the native state and that the SDU strategy can generate docking predictions with less than 5 A ligand interface C(alpha) root-mean-square deviation while achieving an approximately 20-fold efficiency gain compared to Monte Carlo methods.…”
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Research on the Magnetorheological Finishing Technology of a High-Steepness Optical Element Based on the Virtual-Axis and Spiral Scanning Path by Chihao Chen, Chaoliang Guan, Meng Liu, Yifan Dai, Hao Hu

“…For aspheric optical elements whose steepness exceeds the machining stroke of the equipment, there is still no better method to achieve high-precision and high-efficiency error convergence. …”
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A Scrutiny onThe Factors Affecting the Participation of Women Doing Sports and Not Doing sports in Sportive Events by Kadir Pepe, Ali Osman Kıvrak, Barbaros Serdar Erdoğan, Şirin Pepe

“…The questionnaire’s CronbachAlpha reliability coefficient was found as 0,60. The coefficient is a valid coefficient according to the researchers as well. …”
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A multidimensional scale for evaluating food inflation’s impact on nutritional behavior by Sevinç Eşer Durmaz, Alev Keser, Cansu Ergenç

“…The items were evaluated for content validity in accordance with the Lawshe method. The scale items were determined via exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and an internal consistency coefficient. …”
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Diagnostics of Transmission Bearing Units Based on Thermal Load Study by A. G. Pastukhov, E. P. Timashov

“…(Conclusions) Since the direct measurement of the temperature in the friction zone is hardly possible without changing the bearings design, it is proposed to measure the diagnostic temperature on the unit used for mounting the temperature sensor. The coefficient of proportionality k=0.53 of the finite element model is determined. …”
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Improvement of Technologies for Isolation and Purification of Biologically Active Substances from Plant Raw Materials by G. N. Turmanidze, V. V. Sorokin, K. S. Stepanov, M. A. Ignatenko

“…A technology for the isolation and purification of hesperidin was developed, and the parameters of the processes were determined and optimized.Conclusion. As a result of the study, it was shown that it is possible to intensify the processes of extraction and dissolution of active substances by selecting mixing devices using the method of computational fluid dynamics. …”
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Attenuation correction in single-photon emission computed tomography for NURBS-based cardiac-torso phantom using dual-energy acquisition by Hossein Rajabi, Hadi Ahangari, Iraj Mohammadi, Alireza Mohammadkarim, Mohammad Tajik-Mansoury

“…After the image reconstruction, a comparison between image groups was done using optimized UIQI to determine the quality of used reconstruction methods. …”
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Modeling of hydrogen sulfide removal from Petroleum production facilities using H2S scavenger by H.A. Elmawgoud, T.M. Elshiekh, S.A. Khalil, A.M. Alsabagh, Mamoun Tawfik

“…The effect of variable parameters such as, gas flow rates, chemical injection doses, pipe diameter and length on mass transfer coefficient KGa, H2S outlet concentration and H2S scavenger efficiency has been studied. …”
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INFLUENCE OF FEEDING NORMALIZED TRACE ELEMENTS IN MINERAL AND ORGANIC FORM ON GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND METABOLISM OF YOUNG CATTLE by Ye. Yu. Zalyubovskaya

“…Based on the obtained data on the amount of nutrients consumed and excreted with feces, the digestibility coefficients of crude protein, crude fat, nitrogen-free extracts and crude fiber – animal feeding nutrients used at the farm – were determined. …”
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Identifying boundary conditions of an oil reservoir flow model from well pressure measurements. Part 1: Homogeneous reservoir by D. I. Usmanov, K. A. Potashev, D. R. Salimyanova

“…A method was outlined for determining the coefficient of third-kind boundary conditions of the piezoconductivity problem in an oil reservoir, particularly on its external contour, which has, as a rule, no specific hydrodynamic properties and is set to reduce computational costs. …”
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Moisture Adsorption and Thermodynamic Properties of California Grown Almonds (Varieties: Nonpareil and Monterey) by Li Zuo Taitano, R.P. Singh

“…Moisture adsorption characteristics of California grown almonds (Nonpareil: pasteurized and unpasteurized almonds; Monterey: pasteurized, unpasteurized and blanched almonds) were obtained using the gravimetric method over a range of water activities from 0.11 to 0.98 at 7-50ºC. …”
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Singular Value Decomposition and Ligand Binding Analysis by André Luiz Galo, Márcio Francisco Colombo

“…Here, we present a spectral data analysis method using SVD (SVD analysis) and nonlinear fitting to determine the binding characteristics of intercalating drugs to DNA. …”
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Data Transmission in the X-Ray Emission Frequency Range of Electromagnetic Radiation by G. A. Timofeev, N. N. Potrakhov, A. Yu. Gryaznov

“…To develop physical and technical foundations of data transmission systems using the X-ray frequency range of electromagnetic radiation.Materials and methods.  We used an original method of calculating the X-ray emission spectrum, taking into account the attenuation coefficient in the propagation medium.Results.  …”
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Contour Error Control for a Hybrid Robot Equipped with Grating Sensors by Xianlei Shan, Tianyu Zou, Haitao Liu, Yu Deng, Juliang Xiao

“…Accounting for the inherent pose coupling characteristics of hybrid robots, a novel contour error modeling method is proposed that employs six-dimensional exponential coordinates for error description and incorporates an efficient search algorithm for foot point determination. …”
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Energy Input-Output Analysis in Rose Oil Agriculture in Isparta Province by Fikret Demir, Osman Gökdoğan

“…In 15 plants, energy balance sheets were also determinated by observation and measurement methods in 2009 and 2010. …”
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Design and Trajectory Optimization of Traffic Cone Recovery Manipulator based on Groove Cam Joint by Yushan Li, Hairong Guo, Xiangyuan Hu, Lü Antao

“…Then, according to the optimized motion trajectory, the theoretical contour of the grooved cam is solved by analytical method, and then the actual contour of the grooved cam is obtained. …”
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AUV-Based Plume Tracking: A Simulation Study by Awantha Jayasiri, Raymond G. Gosine, George K. I. Mann, Peter McGuire

“…This paper presents a simulation study of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) navigation system operating in a GPS-denied environment. The AUV navigation method makes use of underwater transponder positioning and requires only one transponder. …”
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Chip loading on electroplated diamond wheels in trimming process for CFRPs and effects by in-process laser dressing by Keiji YAMADA, Tochi NAGANO, Kenta KUBO, Ryutaro TANAKA, Katsuhiko SEKIYA

“…In addition, an in-process laser dressing is proposed as a solution to suppress and the chip loading and to enable highly efficient machining of CFRPs. Influences of laser irradiating parameters are investigated and the feasibility of proposed method is examined.…”
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Structure, morphology, thermal and conductivity properties of gel electrolyte system based on polyvinyl chloride and LiClO4 by V. V. Klepko, V. I. Slisenko, K. M. Sukhyy, S. D. Nesin, V. L. Kovalenko, Y. O. Serhiienko, I. V. Sukha

“…The coefficients of self-diffusion of atoms and molecules are determined and a possible variant of the mechanism of charge transport in this system is proposed.…”
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