A supervised machine-learning analysis of doxorubicin-loaded electrospun nanofibers and their anticancer activity capabilities by Mohammadreza Rostami, Mohammadreza Rostami, Maliheh Gharibshahian, Maliheh Gharibshahian, Mehrnaz Mostafavi, Ali Sufali, Mahsa Golmohammadi, Mohammad Reza Barati, Reza Maleki, Nima Beheshtizadeh, Nima Beheshtizadeh

“…This study employed a supervised machine-learning analysis to extract the influencing parameters of the input from quantitative data for doxorubicin-loaded electrospun nanofibers. The study also determined the significance coefficient of each parameter that influences the output results and identified the optimum points and intervals for each parameter. …”
Get full text

Adsorption of Ammonium Ions onto a Natural Zeolite: Transcarpathian Clinoptilolite by Mariya Lebedynets, Myroslav Sprynskyy, Iryna Sakhnyuk, Radoslaw Zbytniewski, Roman Golembiewski, Boguslaw Buszewski

“…The main physical properties of the clinoptilolite and the basic parameters of its porous structure were determined. Values of the specific surface area and of the pore volume occupied by sorbed substances were calculated using the relative moisture content established and the maximum sorption capacity exhibited towards ammonium ions as well as a nitrogen adsorption/desorption method. …”
Get full text

Perspectives of Insulating Biodegradable Composites Derived from Agricultural Lignocellulosic Biomass and Fungal Mycelium: A Comprehensive Study of Thermal Conductivity and Density... by Maryna Babenko, Yevhen Kononets, Petr Bartos, Ulrich Pont, Frantisek Spalek, Tomas Zoubek, Pavel Kriz

“…An applied polynomial trend analysis indicated that the most effective densities for the wheat, hemp, and flax, which were 60, 85, and 105 kg·m⁻³ respectively. It was determined that the optimal density for wheat and hemp composites corresponded to values of 0.28 and 0.20 W⁻¹·kg⁻¹·m⁴·K of the coefficient, respectively. …”
Get full text

Application of Modified Peck Formula for Metro Shield Tunneling Construction inWater-bearing Sandy Soil Layers in Nanchang by ZHOU Chenghua, WANG Shunmin, LIN Xiaoqiong, XU Kaicheng, CHEN Mengcheng, ZHANG Ji

“…The range of formation loss rate is determined through inverse calculation using Peck formula. …”
Get full text

Pod Hardness, Porosity, and Seed Viability Levels of Several Peanut Varieties by Siti Muzaiyanah, Trustinah Trustinah, Sutrisno Sutrisno

“…The second factor was the length of storage, consisting of 1, 2, 3, and 4 months, in quadruplicates, and the hardness of the pods was measured using a digital grain hardness tester meter. Porosity (P) was determined using the volume method. Viability testing includes germination viability (GV), germination rate (GR), and germination rate index (GRI). …”
Get full text

Design of highly sensitive refractive index biosensor with cobalt-glass materials for detection of glucose concentration in blood by Trupti Kamani, Shobhit K. Patel, Sana Ben Khalifa, Saleh Chebaane, Om Prakash Kumar, Ishwar Bhiradi, Ammar Armghan

“…The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor has emerged as currently the most sophisticated method for determining glucose levels. The blood glucose biosensor performance is determined by the refraction coefficient of the substance containing glucose in the form of molecules. …”
Get full text

Use of Activated Carbon from Vegetable Residual Biomass with SiO2 Nanoparticles for the Removal of Organic Compounds in Wastewater from the Hydrocarbon Sector by Adan Leon-Bermudez, Michell A. Jimenez-Caballero, Sergio F. Castellanos-Amador, Dario Pena-Ballesteros, Miller H. Salas-Rondon

“…The impregnation treatment of the activated carbons was performed using the coprecipitation method at the laboratory scale, employing ethanol solutions with 5,400 mg/L of SiO2 nanoparticles. …”
Get full text

Seismic Energy Response of SDOF Systems Subjected to Long-Period Ground Motion Records by Yu Cheng, Yao-Rong Dong, Li Qin, Yuan-Yuan Wang, Ye-Xue Li

“…If the ratio of hysteretic energy to input energy (RHEIE) is determined, the hysteretic energy which must be dissipated by a structure would be derived by the method of energy-based design. …”
Get full text

Convective Heat Exchange of Single-Row Bundles from Tubes with Rolled Aluminum Fins of Various Height at a Low Values of the Reynolds Number by A. B. Sukhotski, Е. S. Danil’chik

“…The research was carried out by the method of full thermal modeling at a specially designed experimental stand with electric heating of tubes and an exhaust shaft installed above the bundle. …”
Get full text

Gamma radiation shielding effectiveness of PbO2 doped borosilicate glasses by Mohamed Elsafi, Mohamed Y. Hanfi, Shoaa M. Al-Balawi, M. I. Sayyed

“…Several glasses with varying PbO2 concentrations (31, 33, 35 and 37 mol%) were prepared using the melt-quenching method. The density of the glasses increases from 4.579 to 5.044 g/cm3 as a result of increase the PbO2 content. …”
Get full text

An Effective Approach to Input Variable Selection for Preliminary Cost Estimation of Construction Projects by Meseret Getnet Meharie, Zachary C. Abiero Gariy, Raphael Ngumbau Ndisya Mutuku, Wubshet Jekale Mengesha

“…First, the factor analysis is used to classify and reduce the input variables and their variable coefficients are determined. Second, fuzzy AHP based on the geometric mean method is employed to determine the weights of input variables in a fuzzy environment where the subjectivity and vagueness are handled with natural language expressions parameterized by triangular fuzzy numbers. …”
Get full text

Growth Stages Discrimination of Multi-Cultivar Navel Oranges Using the Fusion of Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Vision with Deep Learning by Chunyan Zhao, Zhong Ren, Yue Li, Jia Zhang, Weinan Shi

“…Finally, growth stages are determined via the fusion of features. To validate the availability of the proposed method, various machine-learning and deep-learning models are compared for single-modal and multi-modal data. …”
Get full text

Investigation and Control of the Blasting-Induced Ground Vibration under Cold Condition by Yingguo Hu, Zhaowei Yang, Erlei Yao, Meishan Liu, Yu Rao

“…The equivalent freezing simulation method was proposed and verified with the site experiment data. …”
Get full text

IMPACT PROFILE OF ENSO AND DIPOLE MODE ON RAINFALL AS ANTICIPATION OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH SUMATRA by Melly Ariska, Hamdi Akhsan, Muhammad Muslim

“…In this study, an analysis of the effect of ENSO and DM on rainfall in the South Sumatra Region from 1981 to 2020 was carried out using a simple linear regression method and the correlation coefficient using Niño 3.4 index data and Dipole Mode with rainfall data and consecutive rainy days data. …”
Get full text

Predicting the effect of thread density on the physical and thermal properties of plain-woven fabric by using a soft computing system by Shah Md. Maruf Hasan, Md. Kamrul Hassan Chowdhury, Shamima Akter Smriti, Elias Khalil, Mahmuda Akter, Kaniz Farhana

“…Predicting production might be a more beneficial approach for industrial practitioners than using the current trial-and-error method. The root mean square, mean absolute error percentage, and coefficient of determination (R 2 ) of CLO, thermal conductivity, and thermal transmittance between the expected and experimental values were determined to be, respectively, 0.002, 0.001, 0.802; 0.857%, 2.642%, 2.359%; and 0.994, 0.969, and 0.955. …”
Get full text

Translation and Validation of receptive Expressive emergent language Test in Urdu by Dr. Nayyab Iftikhar, Ayesha Ahmad, Hina Sameeullah, Hajra Masood, Hafsa Noreen

“…This study was carried out at Riphah International University Lahore-Campus and data was collected from Lahore, Pakistan from January 2020 to July 2020 Brislin translation method was used for translation and content validity was determined by using Aiken’s Content Validity Coefficient. …”
Get full text

Modeling of Hydrogen Atom Adsorption and Diffusion in Ti₃Sb Intermetallic Crystal with A15 Cubic Structure by Salim M. Asadov, Solmaz N. Mustafaeva, Saida O. Mammadova

“…For the first time, the adsorption of hydrogen on the (110) surface of the A15 Ti₃Sb compound with a cubic structure (Cr₃Si type; space group <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>P</mi><mi>m</mi><mover accent="true"><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow><mo>¯</mo></mover><mi>n</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) for the accumulation of hydrogen H was calculated using the density functional theory method (DFT SGGA-PBE). Taking into account the relaxation of the Ti₃Sb–H system, the equilibrium positions of hydrogen on the Ti₃Sb (110) surface were determined depending on the supercell size. …”
Get full text

Cranial base angulation and linear dimensions in Class I, II and III sagittal jaw relationships in a Nigerian population: A cephalometric study by Aghimien OA, Ize-Iyamu IN

“…Materials and method: This cross-sectional descriptive study involved 209 pre-treatment lateral cephalographs comprising of 79 males and 130 females (aged 7 to 55 years). …”
Get full text

Attitudes of Students towards Peers with Disability in an Inclusive School in Nigeria by Omolara Olaleye, Oluseye Ajayi, Samson Deji, Olorunfemi Ogundele, Abiola Olaleye, Titilope Adeyanju

“…Descriptive analysis was carried out and association between variables was  determined using independent two-tailed t-tests.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Results:</strong><strong> </strong>The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the scale was 0.83.…”
Get full text

cagA gene EPIYA motif genetic characterization from Colombian Helicobacter pylori isolates: Standardization of a molecular test for rapid clinical laboratory detection. by Eliana Rocío Rodríguez Gómez, William Otero Regino, Pedro A Monterrey, Alba Alicia Trespalacios Rangel

“…Obtained amplicons were sequenced using the Sanger method and analyzed with bioinformatics tools. Additionally, a significant Spearman correlation coefficient was determined between the patients' age and the number of EPIYA-C repeats; with p values < 0.05 considered significant. …”
Get full text