Experimental and Reliability Analysis of Flexural Performance of CFRP Strengthened Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams by Xiang Liu

“…A calculation method is proposed for determining the bending load capacity of cracked damaged RC beams after unloading with carbon fiber cloth reinforcement; this method demonstrates high accuracy. …”
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Attention mechanism based CNN-LSTM hybrid deep learning model for atmospheric ozone concentration prediction by Jiang Yuan, Hua Dengxin, Wang Yufeng, Yang Xueting, Di Huige, Yan Qing

“…The model exhibits a high coefficient of determination (R2 = 0.971) and a root mean square error of 3.59 for a 1-hour time lag. …”
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Case Study on BIM and Value Engineering Integration for Construction Cost Control by Xiaojuan Li, Chen Wang, Ali Alashwal

“…The study proposed a framework based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the entropy method to calculate the weight and coefficient. A case study method of a high-rise building project in China was used to validate the framework and demonstrate how BIM can be integrated with VE. …”
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PREDICTING THE SHELF LIFE OF SUNFLOWER MEAL USING KINETIC MODELS by T. Matveeva, V. Papchenko, P. Petik, N. Staroselska, V. Khareba, O. Khareba

“…The issue of determining the shelf life of sunflower meal using a kinetic approach has been considered. …”
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Methodology of conducting experimental studies to assess qualitative and quantitative indicators of drawing prism formation by P. A. Grigorev, L. A. Sladkova

“…The method of processing the results of the experiment made it possible to qualitatively identify and quantitatively assess the process of formation of the drag prism when moving soil on the surface of the working body in two-dimensional space, to determine the change in the velocities of soil movement at an arbitrary point of the surface and to verify the working hypothesis and theoretical studies on the nature of the change in the velocities of soil movement in front of the dump surface.Discussions and conclusions. …”
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A study on the relationship between urinary protein-creatinine ratio and 24-hour urinary protein quantity in patients with chronic kidney disease by DENG Yang-jun, HUANG Fen-fen, XIE Xiao-hang, WAN Jia-ying, LIAO Wen-juan, XIONG Fei

“…The prediction equations of 24 h UTP obtained from PCR in morning urine and random urine were as follows: ① 24 hUTP(g)=0.793+0.793 ×PCR in morning urine+0.124 ×total cholesterol-0.177 ×serum albumin(determination coefficient R2=0.87); ②24 hUTP(g) = 0.369+0.856 × PCR in random urine+0.132 ×total cholesterol-0.092×serum albumin(determination coefficient R~2=0.92). …”
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MAIN TRENDS OF INVESTMENT AND INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES IN THE CONDITIONS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION by Olena Iastremska, Hanna Strokovych

“…Significance is determined on the basis of the use of expert survey method taking into account the predominance: for foreign investments and for domestic investments. …”
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Foam film vitrification for cryo-EM by Yue Zhang, Biplob Nandy, Kasim Sader, Christopher J. Russo, Jan Löwe

“…The method achieves uniform ice thicknesses, enables thickness control of the foam film prior to vitrification, and for some specimens enhances orientation distribution efficiency. …”
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Distinguishing the papilla of Vater during biliary cannulation using texture and color enhancement imaging: A pilot study by Kazuya Miyaguchi, Masafumi Mizuide, Yuki Tanisaka, Akashi Fujita, Ryuhei Jinushi, Katsuda Hiromune, Tomoya Ogawa, Yoichi Saito, Tomoaki Tashima, Yumi Mashimo, Hiroyuki Imaeda, Shomei Ryozawa

“…Further study of this method is necessary; it is expected to help reduce cannulation time and the incidence of pancreatitis.…”
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Interacting With Compatriots Abroad: The Experience of Saint-Petersburg and Practices Improvement by Aleksandr Vladimirovich Prokhorenko, Daria Romanovna Ilinskaia

“…The theoretical basis has allowed to develop a methodological basis of the study, including the chronological method, the network method to determine the Russian world as a single transnational essence, and forecasting method. …”
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Optimization of Noise Transfer Path Based on the Composite Panel Acoustic and Modal Contribution Analysis by Qiang Liu, Xuanyi Zhou, Jianxin Zhu, Xiaoping Gong

“…The method of panel acoustic contribution analysis (PACA) is used to reduce structure noise. …”
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Physicomathematical modeling of the formation features of fillet welds of bridge metal structures under submerged-arc welding by A. A. Mosin, V. A. Erofeev, M. A. Sholokhov

“…Comparison of the numerical analysis results with actual data on welding modes under the production of bridge metal structures shows that the existing fillet welding technologies have already reached their maximum efficiency rate. Further productivity gain is possible by forming oversized legs only with multiarc or multielectrode welding methods.…”
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Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Microplastic Contamination of Shrimp Using Visible Near-Infrared Multispectral Imaging Technology Combined with Supervised Self-Organizin... by Sureerat Makmuang, Abderrahmane Aït-Kaddour

“…The modified model achieved a high coefficient of determination (R² > 0.99) for PE and PP quantification. …”
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An Uncertainty-Aware Lane Change Motion Planning Algorithm Based on Probabilistic Trajectory Prediction Distribution by Zhiqiang Zhang, Lei Zhang, Mingqiang Wang, Cong Wang, Zhenpo Wang

“…This paper presents an overall risk assessment method for the host vehicle to achieve efficient motion planning considering uncertainties of the predicted driving behaviors of surrounding vehicles. …”
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DDoSNet: Detection and prediction of DDoS attacks from realistic multidimensional dataset in IoT network environment by Goda Srinivasa Rao, P. Santosh Kumar Patra, V.A. Narayana, Avala Raji Reddy, G.N.V. Vibhav Reddy, D. Eshwar

“…Based on the simulations, the proposed DDOSNet had an accuracy of 98.98 %, a sensitivity of 98.62 %, a specificity of 98.85 %, an F-measure of 98.86 %, a precision of 98.27 %, an MCC of 98.95 %, a Dice coefficient of 98.04 %, and a Jaccard coefficient of 98.09 %, which are better than the current best methods.…”
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Validation and reliability of the Persian version of the dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ 18) infant version for assessing mastery motivation in early childhood by Masoud Gharib, Masoud Nematpoor, Marziye Moradi Abbasabadi, Khadijeh Kazemi, George A Morgan

“…Methods: After obtaining a license from the developer of the DMQ-18 test to develop a Persian version, the method recommended by the International Commission Tests was used to ensure semantic, cultural, and conceptual consistency. …”
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Gender Diversity, Audit Committee, Ownership Structure on Financial Performance and Firm Value by Nuzula Amanda, Maryanti Eny

“…The purpose of this study is to determine whether these variables affect the performance and value of the company. …”
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Cyclopentadienyl Ruthenium(II) Complex-Mediated Oxidation of Benzylic and Allylic Alcohols to Corresponding Aldehydes by Ching-Yuh Chern, Ching-Chun Tseng, Rong-Hong Hsiao, Fung Fuh Wong, Yueh-Hsiung Kuo

“…This work reports an efficient method for the oxidation reaction of aliphatic, aromatic allylic, and benzylic alcohols into aldehydes catalyzed by the cyclopentadienyl ruthenium(II) complex (RuCpCl(PPh3)2) with bubbled O2. …”
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Forecasting Electricity Production in a Small Hydropower Plant (SHP) Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) by Dawid Maciejewski, Krzysztof Mudryk, Maciej Sporysz

“…Finally, after applying forecast quality measures of Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE), and Coefficient of Determination (R²), the most effective model was indicated. …”
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Normalization and Validation of the Persian Version of the Scale of Auditory Behaviors by Reyhane Mehboodi, Mohanna Javanbakht, Maryam Ramezani, Amir Abbas Ebrahimi, Enayatollah Bakhshi

“…Its reliability was checked through the Cronbach α method and test re-test with interclass correlation coefficient. …”
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