Effects of Photopatterning Conditions on Azimuthal Surface Anchoring Strength by Nilanthi P. Haputhanthrige, Mojtaba Rajabi, Oleg D. Lavrentovich

“…The azimuthal surface anchoring coefficient, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>W</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, is determined by analyzing the splitting of integer disclinations into half-integer disclinations at prepatterned substrates. …”
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A Sea Horse Optimization-Based Approach for PEM Fuel Cell Model Parameter Estimation by Ali Erduman, Gizem Hazar, Evrim Baran Aydın

“…Overall, the SHO algorithm is demonstrated to be an efficient, robust, and promising alternative to conventional methods for parameter identification in PEMFC modeling.…”
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Novel Approximations to the Damped Parametric Driven Pendulum Oscillators by Weaam Alhejaili, Alvaro H. Salas, S. A. El-Tantawy

“…The first approximation is determined using the ansatz method while the second one is derived using He’s frequency formulation. …”
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Quantification of intra-amniotic inflammation in late preterm prelabour rupture of membranes by Marie Vajrychova, Jaroslav Stranik, Rudolf Kupcik, Michaela Sadibolova, Rudolf Kukla, Radka Bolehovska, Marian Kacerovsky

“…Levels of amniotic fluid proteins determined by MS were put into the correlation with IL-6 concentration determined by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay method (ECLIA). …”
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Ceftriaxone-Loaded Liposomal Nanoparticles for Pulmonary Delivery Against Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Development and Characterization by Vijay Kumar Panthi, Kathryn E. Fairfull-Smith, Timothy J. Wells, Tony Wang, Nazrul Islam

“…Using a twin-stage impinger (TSI), the in vitro aerosolization of the formulations were carried out at a flow rate of 60 ± 5 L/min and CTX was determined by a validated HPLC method and the prepared liposomal formulations produced promising fine particle fraction (FPF) between 47 and 62%. …”
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Effect of Grain Sizes on Temperature Hysteresis of Ceramic Barium Titanate by I. L. Mylnikov, I. P. Soshnikov, A. I. Dedyk, Yu. V. Pavlova, A. S. Anokhin, A. V. Es’kov, P. Yu. Belyavskiy, A. S. Antonova, A. A. Semenov

“…One promising cooling method employs the electrocaloric effect as the most accessible and simple phenomenon among all caloric effects to implement. …”
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Predicting the effectiveness of methotrexate therapy based on basal expression of the AMP-activated protein kinase gene in the blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis by E. V. Chetina, N. V. Demidova, G. A. Markova, E. P. Salyanova

“…To evaluate the radiological progression of RA, the Sharp method modified by van der Heijde was used. Gene expression in peripheral blood cells was determined by reverse transcriptase reaction and real-time polymerase chain reaction.Results and discussion. …”
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Construction on training course and training quality evaluation index system of chronic disease medication therapy management service (MTMs) in China: A Delphi study. by Wenting Cai, Yao Yao, Wenpu Lei, Huixin Li, Simin Yan, Qiuhui Wu, Jian Wang, Weihong Ge, Jinping Zhang

“…The Delphi method was used to solicit expert opinions, evaluate and improve the evaluation index system. …”
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Bacteriophage efficacy in carbenemase-producing and colistin-resistant K.pneumoniae isolated from immunosuppressive patients by Serap Süzük Yıldız, Hilal Başak Erol, Özlem Ünaldı, Mert Emre Ölmez, Tuba Dal, Banu Kaşkatepe

“…The host ranges of the isolated phages and our culture phage isolates were determined using the spot test method. The next day, the planting areas were examined for bacterial growth. …”
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Relationship between Quality of Life and Using Smart Phones in the Elderly by Nooshin Yoshany, Somaye sadat Seyed khameshi, Mohammad Rezaei, Najme Baghin, Zohreh Karimian kakolaki

“…Instruments & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 408 elderly people who were covered by the retirement center of Yazd in 2019. …”
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METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVITIES IN THE MILITARY SECTOR UNDER CONDITIONS OF ENSURING FINANCIAL SECURITY by Myroslav Kryshtanovych, Oleksandr Nazarenko, Serhii Bazyka, Oleksii Vasyliev, Anna Munko, Yaroslav Panas

“…A methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of anti-corruption activities in the military sphere has been proposed. The basis is the coefficient evaluation method, which is used to describe methods that are based on the application of certain coefficients for determining assessments or ranking objects, alternatives, or parameters. …”
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Sentinel-1 Noise Suppression Algorithm for High-Wind-Speed Retrieval in Tropical Cyclones by Dechen Ge, Lihua Wang, Weiwei Sun, Hongmei Wang, Wenjing Jiang, Tian Feng

“…Subsequent sea surface wind speed retrievals using the denoised cross-pol data exhibit significant improvements: wind speed bias is reduced from −2.69 m/s to 0.65 m/s, accuracy is improved by 2.04 m/s, and the coefficient of determination (R²) increases to 0.88. …”
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Design, Optimization, Manufacture and Characterization of Milbemycin Oxime Nanoemulsions by Ze-En Li, Yang-Guang Jin, Shao-Zu Hu, Yue Liu, Ming-Hui Duan, Shi-Hao Li, Long-Ji Sun, Fan Yang, Fang Yang

“…The region of O/W nanoemulsions was identified by constructing a pseudo-ternary phase diagram and, based on this, was screened by determining the droplet size, polydispersity coefficient, and zeta potential of each preparation. …”
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Diseño y validación de un cuestionario de percepciones de estudiantes sobre la enseñanza a través de analogías en docentes de ciencias del deporte. (Design and validation of a ques... by Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista, Eduar Alonso Ceballos-Bernal, Luis Rafael Hutchison-Salazar

“…Reliability was determined through the α-Cronbach and ω-McDonald's coefficients. …”
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Design of C-band 9 MeV Small Focus Standing Wave Electron Linear Accelerating Structure by LI Shilin, YANG Jinghe, FAN Yuxuan, WANG Bo, YANG Yu, LEI Han

“…The physical design of the accelerating structure was carried out by the combination of RF phase focusing method and electrostatic focusing method, the beam dynamics simulation design was carried out by Superfish and Parmela, and then the whole tube cavity chain was determined by equivalent circuit analysis and CST electromagnetic field simulation. …”

An Entropy Optimizing RAS-Equivalent Algorithm for Iterative Matrix Balancing by Chlebus, Edward, Kasapu, Viswatej

“…Our method has been successfully used to obtain two different solutions by maximizing the entropy of a desired matrix and by minimizing its Kullback–Leibler divergence from the initial probability distribution. …”
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The Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor and ITS Soluble Receptors in Myelosuppression Developing in B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia by Barilka V., Matlan V., Prymak S., Vygovska O., Shalay O.

“…Determining the concentration of TNF was carried out by the biological methods, using mouse fibroblasts cell culture line L929. …”
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Socio-Economic Factors of Population Reproduction in Russia and in the Context of Federal Districts by T. I. Gulyaeva, E. V. Takmakova, V. I. Savkin

“…In the course of the work, such statistical research methods as tabular and graphical methods, analysis of indexes of dynamics series were used.Results. …”
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System Design and Reliability Improvement of Wireless Sensor Network in Plant Factory Scenario by Wenhao Luo, Yuan Zeng, Ximeng Zheng, Lingyan Zha, Weicheng Cai, Qing Wang, Jingjin Zhang

“…The results indicated that the coefficient of determination (R²) for the prediction model was 0.9962. …”
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High-Resolution Mapping of Topsoil Sand Content in Planosol Regions Using Temporal and Spectral Feature Optimization by Jiaying Meng, Nanchen Chu, Chong Luo, Huanjun Liu, Xue Li

“…The study first analyzed the prediction performance of single-time-phase images, screened the optimal time-phase (May), and constructed a single-time-phase model, which achieved significant prediction accuracy, with a coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.70 and a root mean square error (RMSE) of 1.26%. …”
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