A Machine Vision Approach for Grain Quality Control During Separation by Serhii Stepanenko, Alvian Kuzmych, Serhii Kharchenko, Boris Andrey, Viktor Dnes, Daryna Volyk, Roman Kalinichenko

“…The developed method for evaluating the quantitative content of fractions in grain material allowed for determining the contamination of grain in the separation processes using the experimentally evaluated relative weight coefficients of the main five fractions for wheat grain materials. …”
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Validity and reliability of the Iranian force plate by Sepideh Latifi, Elham Shirzad, Narges Pirmohammadi, Mojtaba Gohari

“…Pearson's correlation coefficient was employed to determine the validity of the force plate, while the internal consistency coefficient (ICC) was used to assess the force plate's reliability.Results: The study findings indicated a significant and high level of reliability between the maximum force obtained from the force plate device and manual dynamometer devices and load cell. …”
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SIMULATION OF AN ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC SIGNAL CONVERTER FOR ADAPTIVE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TASKS by Olha Yeroshenko, Igor Prasol, Oleh Datsok

“…The following tasks were solved in the article: determining the effect of electrode width and electrode spacing on crosstalk; formation of the electrode-skin model and the input circuit of the transducer, obtaining theoretical relations for calculating the rejection coefficient, construction of the transducer circuit and its computer simulation. …”
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Angular selective light transmission characteristics of a grating optical filter ** by Rustam Sabirovich Zakirullin

“…A graphic-analytical method is developed to determine the angular characteristic of the filter light transmission in the form of the dependence of the light transmission coefficient on the beams incidence angle. …”
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Design and testing of a RealSense-based variable spraying control system for field kale by Yahui Luo, Wen Li, Pin Jiang, Kaiwen Tang, Zhiluo Liang, Yixin Shi

“…A flow on/off test model was designed for the solenoid valve duty cycle, determining the correlation decision coefficient for spraying. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Enhanced Oil Recovery Mechanism of CO₂ Huff and Puff in Saturated Heavy Oil Reservoirs by Xiaorong Shi, Qian Wang, Ke Zhao, Yongbin Wu, Hong Dong, Jipeng Zhang, Ye Yao

“…Therefore, the optimal injection speed, injection volume, and soak time should be determined in conjunction with reservoir characteristics. …”
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Thoracic CT Angiographies in Children Using Automated Power Injection with Bolus Tracking Versus Manual Contrast Injection: Analysis of Contrast Enhancement, Image Quality and Radi... by Jochen Pfeifer, Deborah Driulini, Katrin Altmeyer, Gudrun Wagenpfeil, Martin Poryo, Christian Giebels, Arno Bücker, Alexander Massmann, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Peter Fries

“…We analyzed the method of CM administration (power injection with bolus tracking (PI) or manual injection (MI)), injection routes, volumes and flow rates of CM. …”
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Synthesis and preliminary biological evaluation of a novel PET tracer for α-synuclein PET imaging by WANG Ce, PAN Donghui, TAN Siyi, WANG Lizhen, WANG Xinyu, YAN Junjie, CHEN Chongyang, XU Yuping, ZOU Lianghua

“…The in vitro stability and octanol-water partition coefficient of 18F-YM were determined. Finally, small animal Micro PET imaging was employed to assess the affinity of 18F-YM for α-synuclein, and autoradiography, pathological analysis, and biodistribution were used to validate the results of small animal Micro PET imaging.ResultsObserved results show that 18F labeled small molecule compound is prepared in nearly 1 h with an undecayed yield greater than 10% and a radiochemical purity greater than 95%. …”
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Obtaining monotonic transient process in a system with an interval characteristic polynomial by Sergey A. Gaivoronsky

“…Dependent parameters define the segment of the dominant pole, and free ones arrange the segments of the remaining poles in a given region based on the A-partition method.…”
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Detection of Short-Circuit Location in Distribution Mains Line within Functions of Micro-Processor Current Protection by F. A. Romaniuk, A. A. Tishechkin, O. A. Gurjanchik

“…The paper considers a method for improvement of micro-processor current protection lines that permits to expand a zone of instantaneous short-circuit cut-off  and decrease a number of discriminating elements. …”
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Client Oriented Approach for Assisting Business Improvement Decision Making by Diana Pitic, Lucian Pitic

“…The research highlights the practical method of determining the priority processes for increasing customer satisfaction, taking into account the satisfaction targets and the nature of the necessary actions in order to maximize the created value and to minimize the costs of these processes.…”
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Signal Preemption Control of Emergency Vehicles Based on Timed Colored Petri Nets by Haibo Mu, Linzhong Liu, Xiaojing Li

“…The calculation method of the travelling speed of EV on road sections is presented, and the methods of determining the actual green time of current phase and the other phase are given. …”
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Evaluation of nickel adsorption from plating wastewater by nanographite by Toktam Shahriari, Abdolreza Karbassi, Maryam Shirazinejad

“…In present research, nanographite was utilized as efficient adsorbent in order to remove Ni ions.Material and methods: In order to investigate the adsorption process, nanographite with a purity of 99.9% and a specific surface area of ​​18-24 m2/g and a plate morphology was prepared from Pishgaman Iranian Nanomaterials Company and used as an adsorbent. …”
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Thermophysical Studies of Chlorpheniramine with 1-Propanol at 303 K, 308 K, and 313 K in the Atmospheric Pressure by Sampandam Elangovan

“…A binary liquid system that consists of chlorpheniramine and 1-propanol is prepared at various concentrations by the mole fraction method. The density (ρ), viscosity (η), and ultrasonic velocity (U) of the system are observed at 303 K, 308 K, and 313 K. …”
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Modal Analysis of a Discrete System in the Form of a Rocket Launcher Installed on a Motor Vehicle by Zbigniew DZIOPA, Maciej NYCKOWSKI

“…An analytical form of particular integrals was assumed for equations describing proper vibrations and the amplitude distribution coefficients were calculated. Four forms of proper vibrations of the considered system were obtained on the basis of the determined eigenvectors.…”
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Chitosan Nanoparticles Enhance the Antiproliferative Effect of Lapachol in Urothelial Carcinoma Cell Lines by Tatiane Roquete Amparo, Kamila de Fátima da Anunciação, Tamires Cunha Almeida, Lucas Resende Dutra Sousa, Viviane Flores Xavier, Janaína Brandão Seibert, Ana Paula Moreira Barboza, Paula Melo de Abreu Vieira, Orlando David Henrique dos Santos, Glenda Nicioli da Silva, Geraldo Célio Brandão

“…The nanoformulations were characterized in terms of particle size and polydispersity index (PDI) using photon correlation spectroscopy, and zeta potential by electrophoretic mobility. Encapsulation efficiency was determined by ultracentrifugation, and the drug release was analyzed using the dialysis method. …”
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How are the characteristics of national educational systems related to social inequality? by M. L. Agranovich, A. A. Dreneva

“…In particular, the authors observed a relationship between the social inequality index and such groups of educational indicators as the level of education (the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient varies from -0,68 for the level of upper-secondary vocational education to 0,51 for the level of upper-secondary general education), participation of the population in education (the correlation coefficient with the integral indicator of participation in education, the average number of years of learning, was -0,64), the quality of education (a positive relationship with the proportion of students, who have not reached the second level of reading literacy in the Programme for International Student Assessment – PISA, reflected in the correlation coefficient equal to 0,56), the organisation of the educational process (positive correlation coefficient with class size equal to 0,61) and the indicators of education financing (negative correlation coefficients for primary and secondary education – -0.48, as well as for tertiary education – -0.57). …”
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Evaluating the reliability and validity of the geriatric assessment of disability scale in older adults undergoing hemodialysis by Jia Wanning, He Wenwen, Yang Liu, Lu Haitao, Wang Haifeng, Dong Wan

“…Split-half reliability, as measured by the Spearman–Brown coefficient, was 0.940 for the overall scale, with corresponding coefficients of 0.943, 0.891, and 0.947 for personal life, family life, and social activity functions, respectively. …”
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The Objectivity of Nonexistent in the View of Mu'tazila and an Analysis of Received Criticisms on it by Aflatoon Sadeghi

“…This study examines this theory and its criticisms using a descriptive-analytical method. Keywords: Mu'tazila, Objectivity, Nonexistent, Eternity of the World, Eternal Knowledge. …”
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Structural, Optical and Photocatalytic Properties of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles by Anbuvannan Mari, Maria Vinosel Vincent, Dhatshanamurthi Pachiyappan, Ramesh Mookkaiah, Uvarajan Sambath

“…The crystal structure of cubic fluorite and its average particle size range between 10- 20 nm, as determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The diameters of the cerium dioxide nanoparticles in the range of 23.52 nm were determined using high-resolution scanning electron microscopy. …”
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