Acoustic signatures of bulbar ALS: Predictive modeling with sustained vowels and LightGBM by Zahra Farrokhi, Seyed Amirali Zakavi, Arian Sarafraz, Maryam Valifard, Salar Yousefzadeh, Zahra Mashhadi Tafreshi, Omid Anbiyaee, Navid Rostami, Mahsa Asadi Anar, Niloofar Deravi

“…This paper discusses the use of acoustic analysis of sustained vowel phonations (SVP) and machine learning in ALS detection. Methods: An SVP corpus of 128 (64 /a/ and 64 /i/) from 31 patients with ALS and 33 healthy controls (HC) was employed. 131 acoustic features, including jitter, shimmer, Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs), and Pathological Vibrato Index (PVI), were extracted. …”
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Disinfection of Surfaces Contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus by UV Radiation of Low-Pressure Mercury-Vapour Lamp by D. N. Masyakin, A. E. Alferov, S. G. Kikot’, I. A. Androshchuk, V. B. Kirillov, S. L. Kirillova, E. A. Koval’chuk, M. A. Kotov, V. А. Lopota, I. G. Rudoy, N. G. Solov’ev, A. M. Soroka, V. V. Trufanova, N. Ya. Chepurenkov, A. N. Shemyakin, M. Yu. Yakimov, S. V. Borisevich

“…Doses of UV radiation that provide disinfection of surfaces contaminated with the COVID-19 pathogen with an efficiency of 99.0 % (paper) to 99.95 % (plastic) have been determined. …”
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Numerical simulation of multi-principal elements high-entropy alloy milling based on minimal quantity lubrication by Yanwei WU, Yin LIU, Xingwei SUN, Heran YANG, Zhixu DONG, Weifeng ZHANG

“…This is due to the use of MQL technology in the milling process, which compensates for the reduced milling force caused by low friction coefficient and the increased milling force caused by weak thermal softening effect. …”
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Diagnostical meaning acute phase proteins in cerebrospinal liquid in children with neuroinfections by L. A. Alekseeva, N. V. Skripchenko, T. V. Bessonova

“…Developed method of express diagnostics of the severity of inflammatory damage of the brain in bacterial meningitis in children by determination in cerebrospinal liquid alpha-2-macroglobulin is described.…”
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LAND AND RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PROTECTED AREAS OF UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY by Mykhailo STUPEN, Tetiana KALYNA, Ruslana TARATULA, Olena KONSTANTINOVA

“…The methodical instrument for constructing cluster analysis was the method of complete linkage at the Euclidian distance to combine the most similar administrative districts of Lviv region according to standardized indicators of economic efficiency of agricultural lands use. …”
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Research of changes in electromagnetic parameters in controlled asynchronous special electric drives by V. Yu. Karandey, O. B. Popova, B. K. Popov, V. L. Afanasiev

“…The obtained conclusions for determining the electromagnetic parameters of cylindrical and axial motors of special electric drives allow us to correctly solve the problems of modeling, designing and improving the efficiency of the studied electric drives and electromechanical energy converters of cylindrical and axial designs. …”
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Hierarchical Facility Location Model for allocating cancer treatment units in interior of Rio de Janeiro by Isabella Fischer Guindani Vieira, Matheus Ferreira de Barros, Allan Cormack

“…Main findings Satisfactory results with homogeneous networks, centralized facilities in their service area and shorter distance traveled by users indicate the efficiency of the model in determining the optimum location given the number of facilities to be allocated. …”
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Effect of polymer structure and additives on silane grafting of polyethylene

“…Branchings, PDI, Mw, and MFI are all determining factors and should be considered in comparing the silane grafting efficiency between different grades of polyethylene. …”
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Interference Analysis of Very Fast Transient Overvoltages in Gas-Insulated Substations Using a Hybrid Algorithm by Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz Muhammad Azib Khan, Abdul Mueed, Kamran Liaqat Bhatti, Syed Safdar Raza, Muhammad Siddique

“… The reliable and efficient computational approach for the cable interference in gas insulated substations (GIS) is presented. …”
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Ultimate Strength Analysis of Aluminium Honeycomb Sandwich Panels Subjected to Uniaxial Compressive Loads and Lateral Pressure by Mohamed Elsaka, Yordan Garbatov

“…Ultimate strength is critical for hull structures because it determines the maximum load the structure can withstand before catastrophic failure. …”
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Selection of the optimal structure of the bearing wall of a residential building in the form of a well brickwork for the climatic conditions of Tyumen by L. I. Nikitina, I. L. Polyanskaya, L. V. Belova

“…To calculate and analyze the thermophysical properties of the well brickwork, the approximate method of K.F. Fokin was used. According to it, calculations of thermal engineering parameters with the purpose to determine the reduced resistance to heat passage were performed. …”
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Rice Plant Disease Detection using Convolutional Neural Networks by A. Bala Ayyappan, T. Gobinath, M. Kumar, A. Sivaramakrishnan

“…However, the traditional method of identifying diseases depends on human expertise, and it is prone to errors. …”
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Static Characteristics of Finger Seal considering Contact between Fingers and Rotor by Sai Zhang, Yinghou Jiao, Zhaobo Chen, Enjie Zhang

“…In view of this situation, this paper proposes a method that can quickly determine whether there is enough gas film force to lift the sealing finger at the design stage. …”
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Optimizing the Synthesis of Novel Calcium Carbonate/Cobalt Oxide Nanocomposite With Highest Antifungal Activity by Nima Fallahnia, Mohammad Salmani Mobarakeh, Hasti Sarabikia, Mohsen Safaei

“…The colony-forming unit (CFU) method was used to test the produced nanocomposites’ antifungal properties against C. albicans. …”
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Creative behavior and its relationship to the administrative leadership of secondary school principals in Al- Karkh/2 district in Baghdad governorate by Areej Nihad, Dr. Israa Fouad

“…The aim of the research was to determine the creative behavior of principals and the effectiveness of the administrative leadership of the principals. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Magnetite Nanoparticles Coated with Hydrophobic Polyethyleneimine for Oil Spill Cleaning by Abdelrahman O. Ezzat, Mohd Sajid Ali, Hamad A. Al-Lohedan

“…The prepared MNPs were characterized using FTIR, XRD, TEM, DLS, TGA, and DSA to determine their physical and chemical properties. Additionally, MNPs were applied as oil spill collectors with high efficiencies that reached 93% and 90% for NDETA/Fe3O4 and NTEPA/Fe3O4, respectively, at low magnetite to oil ratios.…”
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Analisis Belanja Daerah pada Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten Jepara by Agustiyana Lailatus Sholikhah, Nuwun Priyono

“…In addition, we also want to know the level of regional spending efficiency in Jepara Regency Regional Government. The research method used is quantitative descriptive by using the analysis of variance ratio analysis, compatibility ratio analysis, and spending efficiency ratio analysis. …”
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Optimal Integration of Multiple Shunt Reactive Compensators in Radial Distribution Systems for Loss Reduction using Modified Mountain Gazelle Optimizer (MMGO) by A. F. S. Yussif, E. Twumasi, E. A. Frimpong

“…This approach reduces the search space and improves the efficiency of the optimization process. Secondly, the proposed MMGO algorithm is applied to determine the optimal locations and sizes of the shunt compensators. …”
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Directional Pumping of Coherent Phonons and Quasiparticle Renormalization in a Dirac Nodal-Line Semimetal by Chenyu Wang, Daqiang Chen, Yaxian Wang, Sheng Meng

“…Here, we demonstrate an all-optical method to control the coherent electron and lattice excitation in a prototypical nodal-line semimetal ZrSiS. …”
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Comparison of Clustering Algorithms: Fuzzy C-Means, K-Means, and DBSCAN for House Classification Based on Specifications and Price by Dhendy Mardiansyah Putra, Ferian Fauzi Abdulloh

“…These findings suggest that K-Means is the most suitable clustering method for housing data, while Fuzzy C-Means and DBSCAN can serve as alternatives depending on the data characteristics. …”
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