Continuity Quality of Power Supply in Detectors Powered by Renewable Energy Sources by Marek Stawowy, Jacek Paś, Krzysztof Perlicki, Stanisław Duer, Mirosław Siergiejczyk, Marta Harničárová

“…This article discusses the continuity quality of power supply (CQoPS), which takes into account numerous quality-related aspects, more than just the ones described in the standard. The method for determining CQoPS coefficients has been based on estimating uncertainty; therefore, it is devoid of such statistical evaluation disadvantages as the requirement for full knowledge of the system that is assessed. …”
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Supporting self-management with an internet intervention for low back pain in primary care: a RCT (SupportBack 2) by Adam W A Geraghty, Taeko Becque, Lisa C Roberts, Jonathan Hill, Nadine E Foster, Lucy Yardley, Beth Stuart, David A Turner, Gareth Griffiths, Frances Webley, Lorraine Durcan, Alannah Morgan, Stephanie Hughes, Sarah Bathers, Stephanie Butler-Walley, Simon Wathall, Gemma Mansell, Malcolm White, Firoza Davies, Paul Little

“…Methods The study design was a three parallel-arm, multicentre randomised controlled trial with a nested mixed-methods process evaluation. …”
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Developments in Sensitivity Methodologies and the Validation of Reactor Physics Calculations by Giuseppe Palmiotti, Massimo Salvatores

“…The sensitivity methodologies have been a remarkable story when adopted in the reactor physics field. Sensitivity coefficients can be used for different objectives like uncertainty estimates, design optimization, determination of target accuracy requirements, adjustment of input parameters, and evaluations of the representativity of an experiment with respect to a reference design configuration. …”
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The impact of targeted advertising on the consumer by E. A. Ponomareva, E. A. Popova, N. R. Ponomarev

“…The purpose of the study is to identify factors influencing the efficiency of targeted advertising, determine optimal strategies to increase its impact on consumers, and also determine its effectiveness in attracting attention, generating interest and stimulating demand for goods and services.Materials and methods. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION OF EQUATIONS’ ADEQUACY OF GEOMETRIC CONNECTIONS IN THE MUNICIPAL MACHINE WITH THE BRUSH WORKING BODY PARALLELOGRAPHIC SUSPENSION by S. D. Ignatov, S. I. Tsekhosh

“…The authors arise the question of increasing the efficiency of the municipal machine. Moreover, the influence of the clamping force of the brush body on the surface and on the brush deterioration and, as a consequence, on the quality of the roadway cleaning is highlighted in the article.Methods and materials. …”
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An algorithm for heterogeneous wireless network connections for user preferences and services by S. Dinesh Krishnan, A. Daniel, S. Ayyasamy, Balamurugan Balusamy, Shitharth Selvarajan, Taher Al-Shehari, Nasser A. Alsadhan

“…Using a multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) method that incorporates fuzzy logic and the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP), our goal is to improve the decision-making process for network selection. …”
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Enhancing Ciprofloxacin Removal: Unveiling the Potential of Graphene Oxide Synthesized from Cassava Peels through Box-Behnken Design Optimization by Rinawati Rinawati, Buhani Buhani, Widiarti Widiarti, Ahmad Isro, Elsa Fitrianingsih, Anisa Rahmawati, Agung Abadi Kiswandono, Fidelis Nitti

“…In particular, the interactions between the operational variables were evaluated using the Box-Behnken Design to determine the optimum conditions. The results indicated that the optimum conditions were achieved at pH 3, contact time of 20 minutes, using 35 mg of graphene oxide adsorbent, resulting in an adsorption efficiency of 91.71%. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater in Cham Anjir Aquifer by Maryam Aryasadr, Dariush Rahimi, Hadi Amiri, Mehran Zand

“…Pettitt's Test was utilized for homogenization to determine the turning points in the data. We used correlation coefficients and regression models to identify the most…”
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Autonomous Streaming Space Objects Detection Based on a Remote Optical System by V. S. Baranova, V. A. Saetchnikov, A. A. Spiridonov

“…Traditional image processing techniques provide sustainable efficiency in the astrometry of deep space objects and in applied problems of determining the parameters of artificial satellite orbits. …”
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A Cooperative Decision-Making and Control Algorithm for UAV Formation Based on Non-Cooperative Game Theory by Yongkang Jiao, Wenxing Fu, Xinying Cao, Kunhu Kou, Ji Tang, Rusong Shen, Yiyang Zhang, Haibo Du

“…Simulations are presented to confirm the efficiency of the proposed method.…”
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Simulation and Optimization of Conveying Parameters for Vertical Screw Conveyor Based on CFD + DEM by Xiao Mei, Xiaoyu Fang, Liyang Zhang, Yandi Wang, Yuan Tian

“…Finally, the response surface methodology was applied to optimize parameters and determine the optimal combination of screw speed and filling rate to enhance mass flow efficiency. …”
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Green-Fueled synthesis of rGO/CuO for catalytic degradation of methyl violet dye by M.C. Roopa, Sharadadevi Kallimani, K. Harish Kumar, S. Thirumala

“…Scavenger experiments were conducted to determine the active species involved in the degradation process, and total organic carbon (TOC) removal was measured to assess mineralization efficiency. …”
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Investigation of the influence of the parameters of a hydropneumatic accumulator on the operation of the device for controlling the position of a cylindrical brush of a communal ma... by Tsekhosh S.I., Zhuravskiy B.V., Sherbakov V.S.

“…One of the main parameters of the working process of a communal machine with brush working equipment, which determines the cleaning efficiency and brush life, is the brush pressing force against the surface to be cleaned. …”

Hyperbolic Paraboloid Free-Surface Breakwaters: Hydrodynamic Study and Structural Evaluation by Hamid ElDarwich, Gaoyuan Wu, Krisna A Pawitan, Maria Garlock

“…This study investigates the potential of hyperbolic paraboloid (hypar) shapes for enhancing wave attenuation and structural efficiency in Free-Surface Breakwaters (FSBW). A decoupled approach combining Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) and Finite Element Method (FEM) is employed to analyze hypar-faced FSBW performance across varying hypar warping values and wave characteristics. …”
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Research on optimal control design of displaced left turn signal at one two way and three one way traffic intersections by Ning Han, Guozhu Cheng, Jiadong Lin, Zhiyun Tang, Fei Xie

“…We then constructed a calculation method for determining the important design parameters in the DLT signal traffic organization, based on the design of the channelization form of the intersection of Haihe Road and Xuanqing Street in Harbin City, China. …”
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Characterization of Activated Coconut Shell Charcoal as a Zinc Absorbent for Used Oil Lubricant by Emi Erawati, Haryanto Haryanto, Neysa Wirantika Astuti, Annida Mitha Prasetyanti

“…So that to handle lubricating oil is used the adsorption method using coconut shell as adsorbent. This study aims to determine the efficiency of zinc adsorption on lubricating oil with stirring speed, percent solvent, mesh size, and mass of adsorbent variation; to learn the equibilium equation of adsorpsion of Zn metal ion on the activated carbon of coconut shell charcoal using Freundlich and Langmuir equilibirium; and to calculate adsorbtion kinetic constanta using the pseudo first model or pseudo second order kinetics approach. …”
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Stability analysis of grid-connected hydropower plant considering turbine nonlinearity and parameter-varying penstock model by Chen Feng, Na sun, Chuang Zheng, Yongqi Zhu, Nan Zhang, Yahui Shan, Liping Shi, Xiaoming Xue

“…The NN-based differentiation method (NND) is adopted to obtain the transfer coefficients of the linear hydro-turbine model under full operating conditions (FOC). …”
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ENHANCING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES) THROUGH LEADERSHIP, COMPENSATION AND APPRAISALS by Arti Awasthi, Farhina Sardar Khan, Syed Shahid Mazhar, Tariq Fayez M Aldhamadi, Ehsanul Haque, Ritesh Kumar Chaudhary

“…Consequently, employee engagement is a critical determinant of success for SMEs, where each employee's contribution is important. …”
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INCREASING THE INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN RUSSIA by V. A. Tsvetkov, A. A. Shut’kov, M. N. Dudin, N. V. Lyasnikov

“…The purpose of the article is to determine the main directions of increasing the investment attractiveness of the agricultural sector in the Russian Federation.We used the following methods: a content analysis of the legal framework and scientific publications on the investment attractiveness of the agricultural sector, economic, statistical, and econometric analysis of the dynamics of the industry using special software applications (STATISTICA package).Over the past three years, the dynamics of investment in fixed capital in the agricultural sector is steadily increasing, but the volume of loans attracted is almost twice as high as the volume of investment (hence, loans are attracted to solve current problems). …”
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A Study on the Power Consumption of H.264/AVC-Based Video Sensor Network by Bambang A. B. Sarif, Mahsa Pourazad, Panos Nasiopoulos, Victor C. M. Leung

“…This, in turn, determines the encoding and transmission power consumption of the node and the VSN overall. …”
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