Optimization and Impact of Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction on Pomegranate Seed Oil Quality: A Comparative Study of Bioactive Potential and Oxidation Parameters by Marta Siol, Iga Piasecka, Diana Mańko-Jurkowska, Agata Górska, Joanna Bryś

“…Ultimately, this study underscores that the extraction method plays a decisive role in determining the functional quality and oxidative stability of PSO, with UAE standing out as the most efficient and environmentally favorable approach.…”
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Deep Learning-Based Positioning With Multi-Task Learning and Uncertainty-Based Fusion by Anastasios Foliadis, Mario H. Castaneda Garcia, Richard A. Stirling-Gallacher, Reiner S. Thoma

“…Lastly, we evaluate the reliability of the uncertainty estimation to determine which of the fusion methods provides the highest quality of uncertainty estimates.…”
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Large Language Model Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization for Hyperparameter Tuning for Deep Learning Models by Saad Hameed, Basheer Qolomany, Samir Brahim Belhaouari, Mohamed Abdallah, Junaid Qadir, Ala Al-Fuqaha

“…The proposed LLM-enhanced PSO method addresses the difficulties of efficiency and convergence by using LLMs (particularly ChatGPT-3.5 and Llama3) to improve PSO performance, allowing for faster achievement of target objectives. …”
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Optimization of CO2 water-alternating-gas injection parameters based on an improved hunger game search algorithm by WU Gongyi, SUN Yuxin, SUN Xiaofei, JI Hongming, ZHANG Yanyu

“…Traditional reservoir numerical simulation methods for determining optimal injection parameters are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly, and may be unfeasible in large oilfields with complex multi-well injection parameter combinations. …”
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Bead beating demonstrates enhanced bacterial detection in kidney stone culture compared to traditional mortar-pestle processing by Tyler A. On, Farhan Anwar, Austin L. Chien, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Gayatri Vedantam, William D. Lainhart, David T. Tzou

“…Further studies should evaluate the clinical implications of these findings and determine whether BB-based stone culture processing and subsequent culture results correlate with postoperative infection outcomes.IMPORTANCEThis study provides a rapid and standardized method for kidney stone culture using bead beating, which significantly improves microbial detection compared to traditional mortar-pestle techniques. …”
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A New Approach to Designing the S-Shaped Annular Duct for Industrial Centrifugal Compressor by Ivan Yurko, German Bondarenko

“…Numerical research was carried out for determination of pressure loss coefficients and velocity swirl angles using the software system ANSYS CFX. …”
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Multiobjective Optimization of Stress-Release Boot of Solid Rocket Motor under Vertical Storage Based on RBF Model by Qiuwen Miao, Huihui Zhang, Zhibin Shen, Weiyong Zhou

“…Stress-release boot can effectively improve the structural integrity of SRM (solid rocket motor), but it will also influence the loading fraction and interior ballistic performance, so the purpose of this paper is to propose a multiobjective optimization method for stress-release boot. The design variables are the front and rear depth of the stress-release boot, and four optimization variables were determined according to the analysis of SRM performance. …”
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Intelligent algorithm-based model for predicting mass transfer performance in CO2 absorption within a rotating packed bed by Wei Zhang, Hao Chen, Ke Huang, Xing Shu, Cheng Fu, Bin Huang

“…The findings of this study suggest that the integration of intelligent optimization algorithms with LSSVM offers a promising alternative to conventional methods for predicting the mass transfer coefficient in RPB systems, thereby enhancing the efficiency and reliability of CO2 absorption processes.…”
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Dual SPE–HPLC–MS/MS Platform for Cross-Class Antiparasitic Surveillance: Simultaneous Quantification of Oxyclozanide and Levamisole Hydrochloride in Ovine Tissues with Applications... by Guonian Dai, Xuzheng Zhou, Weiwei Wang, Bintao Zhai, Jiang Li, Yangling Liu, Yong Zhang, Jiyu Zhang

“…This study presents a novel high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC–MS/MS) method for simultaneous determination of oxyclozanide (OXY) and levamisole hydrochloride (LEV) residues in ovine tissues, addressing the critical gap in cross-class antiparasitic drug monitoring. …”
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Active-Margin Transmission Power Control for Wireless Sensor Networks by Byung-Hee Son, Kwang-Jin Kim, Ye Li, Young-Wan Choi

“…The transmission power is determined by the EMDS and active margin to improve the efficiency of the communication. …”
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In-situ real-time monitoring of flavonoids extraction from propolis extracts based on near infrared spectroscopy by WANG Wuli, MA Haile, LI Han, ZHANG Yong, XIA Hong

“…ObjectiveFor the residue of propolis after supercritical CO2 extraction, the content of flavonoids in the secondary extraction process was detected in real time.MethodsNear-infrared spectroscopy was used to establish a quantitative analysis model by collecting the spectral information and the corresponding chemical values of flavonoids during the extraction process, which was used to detect the changesof flavonoids content in real time and to determine the end point of extraction.ResultsThe Rc (corrected correlation coefficient) and RMSEC (corrected root mean square error) of the model constructed by the PLS (partial least squares) algorithm after normalization preprocessing were 0.999 1 and 0.044 5, respectively. …”
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Designing a Business Model in the Tourism Industry of Iran by Amirhossein Samadian, Saeid Ehdaie, kamyar Raissifar

“…Abstract The competitive environment of business is becoming more complex day by day and every business needs basic methods in creating, presenting and acquiring value in order to continue its activity, growth and development in this field. …”
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Thermal features prediction in asphalt pavements using ANFIS-based regression by Mohammad Ali Khasawneh, Hiren Mewada, Ahmad Ali Khasawneh, Ansam Adnan Sawalha

“…The transient plane source method was employed to determine the thermal properties, and volumetric parameters such as air void volume and effective binder volume were calculated. …”
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Age estimation from morphometric features of maxillary central incisors using CBCT images by Sara Hilmi Kazzaz, Tavga Mustafa Faris, Miwan Salahalddin Abdulrahman, Mohammed Taha Ahmed Baban, Ranjdar Mahmood Talabani, Kazhan Omer Abdalrahman

“…The data were analyzed using independent Student’s t-test, Mann-Whitney test, and Spearman’s and Pearson’s correlation coefficients to determine the strength of correlations. …”
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Parametric Characterization of a Tractor Engine by Specific Fuel Consumption by S. N. Devyanin, A. V. Bizhaev, Y. D. Pavlov, S. M. Vetrova, A. S. Barchukova

“…The statistical significance of the relationship between fuel consumption across the entire range of operating modes and the selected parameters was corroborated by the values of the coefficient of determination and Fisher’s criterion. …”
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Remote sensing with machine learning for multi-decadal surface water monitoring in Ethiopia by Mathias Tesfaye, Lutz Breuer

“…GTB slightly outperforms the other two machine learning methods. The estimated water cover for our study sites shows a high degree of agreement with a benchmark dataset from the Joint Research Center (JRC), as indicated by coefficient of determination (R2) > 0.9 and root mean square percentage error (RMSPE) < 1%. …”
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VOLUME OF OUTPUT AND THE LEVEL OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE REGION by Marina Aleksandrovna VOLOKHOVA

“…Extremely low wages at vacant jobs, does not even ensure the simple reproduction of an employee The empirical method of grouping Sturges is used to determine 6 groups of districts depending on the level of unemployment. …”
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Development of acceptance criteria for the results of anti-D IgG quantification in human anti-D (Rh_о) immunoglobulin preparations by enzyme immunoassay by E. V. Shvedova, S. A. Leshina, E. Yu. Kudasheva, I. V. Borisevich, V. A. Merkulov, D. V. Shvedov

“…The authors developed the acceptance criteria: the relative values of anti-D IgG content in the test sample should range within ±20% of the nominal value; the coefficient of determination (R2) should be at least 0.9; the relative standard deviation (RSD, %) of three absorbance values for each concentration should not exceed 20%. …”
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Exploring the Impact of Resource Management Strategies on Simulated Edge Cloud Performance: An Experimental Study by Nikolaos Kaftantzis, Dimitrios G. Kogias, Charalampos Z. Patrikakis

“…We evaluate four resource management algorithms in a fixed, simulated edge computing environment to determine their performance regarding their CPU usage, memory usage, disk usage, power consumption, and latency performance metrics to determine which method performs better in a fixed scenario. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of risk model-based lung cancer screening in smokers and nonsmokers in China by Tiantian Zhang, Yue Wang, Xuechen Chen, Xueer Yang, Leyao Zhang, Nagham Bazzi, Ling Bai, Aaron Finley, Jie Jiang, Jianxing He, Wenhua Liang

“…However, the cost-effectiveness of this model has yet to be determined. Methods The cost-effectiveness analysis simulates a Chinese birth cohort using a calibrated Markov model based on individual data from a prospective cohort of the Guangzhou Lung Cancer Screening Program. …”
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