Investigating key factors influencing the success of construction projects at international level by Büşra Göküz, İlknur Akıner

“…The research was conducted using a systematic literature review method. Using the PRISMA method, 32 articles obtained from the searches conducted with the keywords "construction projects" and "project success" were examined and eight publications focusing on critical success factors were included in the detailed analysis from these studies. …”
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PRINCIPLES OF RE-ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY FOR TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS IN PROCESSING OF RAW MATERIAL COMPONENTS WHILE PRODUCING CEMENT AND SILICATE PRODUCTS by I. A. Busel, P. I. Busel

“…Grinding process is characterized by high energy consumption and low productivity. Nowadays efficiency of the ball mills applied for grinding is rather low. …”
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Quantitative Ultrasound Texture Analysis of Breast Tumors: A Comparison of a Cart-Based and a Wireless Ultrasound Scanner by David Alberico, Lakshmanan Sannachi, Maria Lourdes Anzola Pena, Joyce Yip, Laurentius O. Osapoetra, Schontal Halstead, Daniel DiCenzo, Sonal Gandhi, Frances Wright, Michael Oelze, Gregory J. Czarnota

“…Cross-system statistical testing using the Mann–Whitney U test was performed on benign and malignant patient cohorts to assess the level of feature estimate agreement between systems, and the Bland–Altman method was employed to assess feature sets for systematic bias introduced by differences in imaging method. …”
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Walnut Shell as a bio-activated carbon for elimination of malachite green from its aqueous solution: Adsorption isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamic studies by Lekaa Hussein Abid, Zainab Haider Mussa, Issa Farhan Deyab, Lubna Raad Al-Ameer, Haider Falih Shamikh Al-Saedi, Fouad Fadhil Al-Qaim, Hesam Kamyab, Saravanan Rajendran, Ahmed Falah Imran, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…The kinetics of adsorption, with a determination coefficient (R2) of 0.9943, closely followed a pseudo-second-order kinetic model. …”
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Preparation of TPM–NCs–gel and its effect on subcutaneous abscess caused by Staphylococcus aureus by Quanwei Xie, Feirong Zhou, Runan He, Lianbao Ye, Zonghao Lin, Xiangyu Nie, Yuanzheng Wei, Chuqin Yu

“…The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of TPM–NCs–gel were determined with the microdilution method. The susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to mupirocin ointment, TPM–NCs–gel, and TPM–gel was evaluated by the disk diffusion method. …”
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Optimization of Surface Quality and Power Consumption in Machining Hardened AISI 4340 Steel by Dennis Ochengo, Li Liang, Zhao Wei, He Ning

“…Finally, regression coefficients were determined as a mathematical model, and it was observed that this estimated model yielded results that were very similar to those achieved via real experiment (correlation values: 97.64% for surface roughness and 98.72% for energy consumption).…”
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Uncertain tax positions and benefits of tax reconciliation: international experience by A. A. Aksent’ev

“…The purpose of the study is to analyse the experience of the United States of America and Great Britain in terms of regulation of requirements for the preparation of a report on uncertain tax positions (hereinafter referred to as UTP report) as a tool to improve the efficiency of tax administration. The objectives are the comparative characterisation of individual requirements imposed by the American and British tax authorities to the provision of the report as well as determination of the benefits of tax reconciliation on the UTP. …”
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PENGARUH ELECTRONIC WORD OF MOUTH DAN BRAND IMAGE TERHADAP MINAT BELI CARASUN by Ni Putu Anjelina Dewi

“…This research uses quantitative research method. The analysis method that is used in this research is  validity test, reliability test, classical assumption test, multiple linear regression analysis, F test, t test, determination coefficient test, and correlation coefficient. …”
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Accurate irrigation decision-making of winter wheat at the filling stage based on UAV hyperspectral inversion of leaf water content by Xuguang Sun, Baoyuan Zhang, Menglei Dai, Cuijiao Jing, Kai Ma, Boyi Tang, Kejiang Li, Hongkai Dang, Limin Gu, Wenchao Zhen, Xiaohe Gu

“…The SPA-RF model was found to be the most effective, with determination coefficients (R²) of 0.95 and 0.96, root mean square errors (RMSE) of 3.00 % and 2.70 %, and normalized root mean square errors (NRMSE) of 6.47 % and 6.01 %, respectively. …”
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An Entropy Optimizing RAS-Equivalent Algorithm for Iterative Matrix Balancing by Chlebus, Edward, Kasapu, Viswatej

“…We have shown that our approach is suitable for efficient balancing both dense and sparse matrices.…”
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Microtomographic Measurements of Total Air‐Water Interfacial Areas for Soils by Mark L. Brusseau, Juliana B. Araujo, Matt Narter, Justin C. Marble, Matt Bigler

“…Interfacial areas determined with the thermodynamic method were used to benchmark the XMT measurements. …”
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THE MODERN POSSIBILITIES OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN THE VISUALIZATION OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS by A. A. Litvin, E. G. Knyazeva, A. A. Filatov

“…At the present stage, perfusion CT of the  pancreas, threedimensional modeling of digital images, determination of anisotropy of pancreatic tissue allow improving the diagnostic efficiency of CT in patients with acute pancreatitis.…”
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On the criteria for the severity of Infectious mononucleosis in hospitalized children by N. S. Pospelova, N. O. Postanogova, M. O. Satyukova, A. Yu. Deryusheva, A. V. Permyakova

“…Justification of the practical application of laboratory criteria marking the severity of infectious mononucleosis in hospitalized children.Materials and methods. A comparative prospective clinical study involved 54 children, aged 2 to 13 years, median age 5 years [3.0; 8.7]. …”
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SHAP-Based Feature Selection for Enhanced Unsupervised Labeling by Mary Anne Walauskis, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar

“…Furthermore, we compare our method to an unsupervised baseline and show significant improvements. …”
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Nowcasting Solar EUV Irradiance With Photospheric Magnetic Fields and the Mg II Index by Kara L. Kniezewski, Samuel J. Schonfeld, Carl J. Henney

“…However, the original forecasting method required a recent observation of each SIFT model output to determine and apply a 0‐day offset. …”
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Encapsulation of Rice Bran Oil (RBO) by Complex Coacervation Using Glutaraldehyde as Crosslinking Agent by Fadilah Fadilah, Elfira Diah Ayu Febriani, Elvina Kurniasari, Refanza Nurfikhri, Tiurmasi Saulina Sirait

“…This study aims to determine the effect of the use of glutaraldehyde crosslinking agent on rice bran oil microencapsulation by utilizing the natural polymers of kappa carrageenan, glucomannan, and chitosan as encapsulants using the coacervation method. …”
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From operator product expansion to anomalous dimensions by Rijun Huang, Qingjun Jin, Yi Li

“…In this method, the renormalization Z-factors are determined by the ultraviolet finiteness of Wilson coefficients in the dimensional regularization scheme. …”
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Dynamic gas supply mechanism and theoretical production modes of free gas-rich deep coal reservoirs by Shida CHEN, Taiyuan ZHANG, Dazhen TANG, Hao XU, Shu TAO, Song LI, Shuling TANG

“…Objective and Methods The production processes of adsorbed and free gases and the dynamic partitioning mechanism behind the production efficiency of both gas types are critical scientific issues to be addressed urgently in the exploration and production of deep coalbed methane (CBM). …”
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Statistical Modeling and Probable Calculation of the Strength of Materials with Random Distribution of Surface Defects by Roman Kvit, Petro Pukach, Tetyana Salo, Myroslava Vovk

“…The probability of failure, along with the mean value, the dispersion, and the variation coefficient of the plate’s strength, taking into account the surface defects under different types of stress, were determined. …”
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Machine Learning for Predicting Required Cross-Sectional Dimensions of Circular Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns by Anton Chepurnenko, Samir Al-Zgul, Vasilina Tyurina

“…The third model showed high efficiency over the entire range of wall thicknesses (correlation coefficient R = 0.99974). …”
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