The impact of different DNA extraction kits and laboratories upon the assessment of human gut microbiota composition by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. by Nicholas A Kennedy, Alan W Walker, Susan H Berry, Sylvia H Duncan, Freda M Farquarson, Petra Louis, John M Thomson, UK IBD Genetics Consortium, Jack Satsangi, Harry J Flint, Julian Parkhill, Charlie W Lees, Georgina L Hold

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Determining bacterial community structure in fecal samples through DNA sequencing is an important facet of intestinal health research. …”
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Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Supervision Evaluation and Supervisory Competence Scale by Zou Hongrong, Xu Jun, Wang Jing, Zhang Ya

“…Item analysis was conducted to assess item discrimination， with critical ratio method applied to determine which items retention. …”
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Structure Formation as a Process of Mutual Adaptation of a Product and Material by Valeriy Vyrovоу, Svitlana Semenova, Diana Zenchenko, Aleksej Aniskin

“…The methods of image analysis and damage coefficient assessment allow us to quantitatively evaluate the adaptive capabilities of the material. …”
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THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL PHENOMENON OF THE OATH: A LEGAL RUDIMENT OR AN UNDERVALUED PUBLIC LAW PROCEDURE? by LATYPOV Vadim Sagit'yanovich

“…In the course of the study, the method of historical analysis is used, which makes it possible to determine the role and significance of the oath in criminal proceedings in different periods; the comparative legal method based on the analysis of criminal procedure legislation of some foreign countries; as well as the method of legal modeling, which allows to determine what transformations are required in the existing regulatory basis of the swearing-in procedure for individual participants in Russian criminal proceedings. …”
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Quantum Chemical Study on the Corrosion Inhibition of Some Oxadiazoles by Hong Ju, Li Ding, Can Sun, Jie-jing Chen

“…Quantum chemical calculations based on DFT method were performed on three nitrogen-bearing heterocyclic compounds used as corrosion inhibitors for the mild steel in acid media to determine the relationship between the molecular structure of inhibitors and inhibition efficiency. …”
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Laser Self-Mixing Grating Interferometer for MEMS Accelerometer Testing by Dongmei Guo, Haiqing Jiang, Liheng Shi, Ming Wang

“…Given its stability, simplicity, and efficiency, the proposed system has the potential to be adopted as an alternative method to test accelerometers for industrial applications.…”
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Inward Processing Regime Promotion System in Vegetable Oil Industry: A Case Study of Turkey by Sinan Duru, Dilşat Bozdoğan Konuşkan, Oğuz Parlakay

“…Also, SWOT analysis was used to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the sector, and relationship among some variables were examined with correlation coefficient. …”
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Nanoengineered polyaniline/carbon black VXC 72 hybridized with woven abaca for superior electromagnetic interference shielding by Martin Guillermo C. Fernandez, Muhammad Luthfi Hakim, Zufar Alfarros, Gil Nonato C. Santos, Muhammad Akhsin Muflikhun

“…Electrical resistivity was determined using the four-point probe method, and EMI shielding effectiveness (SE) was evaluated in the ultrahigh frequency (UHF) range of 500 MHz to 4500 MHz using a Vector Network Analyzer (VNA). …”
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Improving the Productivity of Conical Mills by Using External Vibrations by Ivan S. Kartsev

“…Materials and Methods. To obtain the data necessary for the calculation, there were carried out numerical simulation, modal analysis in ANSYS, and determination of the natural frequencies of barley grain vibrations. …”
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Towards precision in bifacial photovoltaic system simulation: a model selection approach with validation by Eva-Maria Grommes, Maximilian Koch, Jean-Régis Hadji-Minaglou, Holger Voos, Ulf Blieske

“…This study employs a number of validation metrics, including relative error, coefficient of determination and Normalized Root Mean Square Error, to assess the accuracy of the simulations. …”
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Modeling and Key Parameter Interaction Analysis for Ship Central Cooling Systems by Xin Wu, Ping Zhang, Pan Su, Jiechang Wu

“…To achieve efficient prediction and optimization of the energy consumption of ship central cooling systems, this paper first constructed and validated a high-precision multi-physical domain simulation model of the ship central cooling system based on fluid heat transfer principles and the physical network method. …”
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Tunnel water inflow prediction using explainable machine learning and augmented partially missing dataset by Shengdong Ju, Guangzhao Ou, Tao Peng, Yanning Wang, Quanlin Song, Peng Guan

“…The results indicate that: (1) The constructed BO-XGBoost model exhibited exceptionally high predictive accuracy on the test set, with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 7.5603, mean absolute error (MAE) of 3.2940, mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 4.51%, and coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.9755; (2) Compared to the predictive performance of support vector mechine (SVR), decision tree (DT), and random forest (RF) models, the BO-XGBoost model demonstrates the highest R2 values and the smallest prediction error; (3) The input feature importance yielded by SHAP is groundwater level (h) &gt; water-producing characteristics (W) &gt; tunnel burial depth (H) &gt; rock mass quality index (RQD). …”
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RATIONAL SUPPORTIVE THERAPY FOR CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED ANEMIA: A PHARMACO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ERYTHROPOIETIN THERAPY IN CANCER PATIENTS IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION by V. B. Larionova, I. S. Krysanov, A. V. Snegovoy, P. A. Zeinalova, V. S. Krysanova, V. Yu. Ermakova

“…Modern anticancer therapy due to its intensity and molecular biology orientation allows achieving higher efficiency and theoretically reducing the incidence of complications. …”
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Prediction of Single Event Effect in Inverter Circuit Based on Deep Learning by Jin Huang, Rong Zhao, Shulong Wang, Xingyuan Yan, Hao Zhou, Liutao Li, Shupeng Chen, Hongxia Liu

“…The accuracy of the peak of transient current <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(I_{peak})$ </tex-math></inline-formula> predicted by this method is 96.45%, the accuracy of total collected charge <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(Q_{total})$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is 97.86%, and the determination coefficient of drain transient current pulse (It) is 0.97717. …”
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The characteristic of patulous eustachian tube patients diagnosed by the JOS diagnostic criteria. by Yoshinobu Kawamura, Ryoukichi Ikeda, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Hiromitsu Miyazaki, Tetsuaki Kawase, Yukio Katori, Toshimitsu Kobayashi

“…<h4>Objective</h4>The objective is to describe characteristics of patients diagnosed with patulous Eustachian tube (PET) using the Diagnostic Criteria proposed by Japan Otological Society, and to evaluate the efficiency of objective tests to determine patent Eustachian tube.…”
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Optimization Problem for Probabilistic Time Intervals of Quasi-Deterministic Output and Self-Similar Input Data Packet Flow in Telecommunication Networks by G. I. Linets, R. A. Voronkin, G. V. Slyusarev, S. V. Govorova

“…From the literature, methods of balancing the network load are known, which, with the problem indicated above, contribute to increasing the efficiency of telecommunication systems. …”
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The Effect of Twin Date Events and Ease of Use Access on Purchase Decisions (Case Study on Shopee E-Commerce in Tangerang) by Lailatul Uyun, Anggi Irawan, Sulfarid Sulfarid

“…And with the results of the simultaneous coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.940, which means that 94% of purchasing decisions in Shopee e-commerce are influenced by twin date events and ease of access to use, while the remaining 6% is influenced by other variables not included in this study. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF E-COMMERCE, BRAND IMAGE, PRODUCT QUALITY ON PURCHASING DECISIONS FOR PORTO SANDALS AT SHOPEE LASBIO FOOTWEAR by Azrina Amalia, Ihdina Gustina, Dedy Lazuardi

“…Among the three variables, Product Quality has the most dominant influence. The coefficient of determination (R²) value of 0.482 indicates that 48.2% of the variation in Purchasing Decisions can be explained by the three independent variables, while the rest is influenced by other factors not examined. …”
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Analysis of Customer’s Decision to Choose Sharia Banking in Surakarta by B Sudarwati, Burhanuddin Ahmad Yani

“…To test the hypothesis, the researcher uses multiple regression analysis, t-test, F test, and determinant coefficient by using SPSS. The finding of the research is that there is significant influence among variable profit-sharing system (X1), the security of funds (X2), facilities (X3), and service (X4) toward Customer’s decision to choose sharia banking (Y). …”
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Optimization of Residual Hexane in Edible Oils Analysis Using Static Headspace Gas Chromatography by Azrul Hisyam Samsuri, May Yen Ang, Shean Yeaw Ng

“…This study aims to determine the residual hexane in four edible oils in Malaysia using a simple, rapid, and automated method in order to improve the efficiency and productivity of the analysis. …”
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