Ultra-Compact Waveguide-Integrated TE-Mode Converters With High Mode Purity by Designing Ge/Si Patterns by Han Ye, Fengyi Yu, Yumin Liu, Zhongyuan Yu, Jing Li, Danfeng Zhu, Bida Su, Wenbin Xu

“…The Ge areas with continuous boundaries are determined by topology optimization that combines finite element method, geometric projection method, and method of moving asymptotes. …”
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Results of experimental studies of sunflower oil purification by means of electric field in an electrostatic precipitator by Ukraintsev Maxim Mikhailovich, Lipkovich Igor Eduardovich, Gulyaev Pavel Vladimirovich, Korchagin Pavel Timofeyevich, Pyatikopov Sergey Mikhailovich, Yudaev Igor Viktorovich

“…Modern development of sunflower oil purification technologies involves improvement of existing and development of new methods and technical means, environmentally safe, accompanied by minimum energy consumption and characterised by increased indicators of technological efficiency, providing the possibility of separation of unnecessary impurities and preservation of valuable components extracted from the oil for their further use. …”
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Pressure Sensor Placement for Pipe Roughness Calibration Based on Graph-Based Surrogate Model Coupled with Genetic Algorithm by Mohammad Rajabi, Mohsen Hajibabaei, Massoud Tabesh, Robert Sitzenfrei

“…Furthermore, the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II) determines the end node of the WDN’s critical paths for sensor placement to maximize monitoring network efficiency to calibrate the model and avoid additional data collection. …”
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Sum-Power Minimization in Multiuser Single-DF-Relay Networks with Direct Links by Shiguo Wang, Haixia Peng, Xianru Liu

“…Forming cooperation through relay's assistance is a promising method to realize green communication by reducing transmission power. …”
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New improved hybrid genetic algorithm for optimizing facility layout design of reconfigurable manufacturing system by Xiaoxiao Wei, Jiafan Sun, Haojin Jiao

“…Finally, through comparison of experimental results and algorithms, it can be concluded that the proposed method is superior to traditional methods in terms of both accuracy and efficiency.…”
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Perception of operational environment conditions and situations as a prediction of adaptive potential in servicemen by V. V. Kalnysh, A. V. Shvets, O. V. Maltsev, I. K. Sereda, A. Yu. Kikh, K. Yu. Marushchenko

“…The HRV parameters of the studied servicemen were determined by standard methods using computer rhythmograph. …”
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Rancang Bangun Kompor Biomassa Otomatis Berbasis Sensor Suhu dan Mikrokontroler by Mareli Telaumbanua, Ahmad Ridho Kurniawan, Agus Haryanto, Raizummi Fil’aini, Febryan Kusuma Wisnu, Winda Rahmawati

“…The results showed that the stove temperature value with the coefficient of determination value from sensor calibration 1 was R2 = 0.9945, sensor calibration 2 obtained the value R2 = 0.9956, the R2 value in sensor calibration 3 was 0.9946, and sensor calibration 4 obtained the value R2 = 0.9927. …”
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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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Effects of The Shell Thickness On The Directional Deformation And Buckling On The Cylindrical Steel Water Tanks Under The Kobe Earthquake Loading by Ahmet Celal Apay, Ali İhsan Çelik, Mehmet Metin Köse, Tahir Akgül

“…Dimensions of cylindrical open-top, flat-closed and torispherical-closed top tanks were determined for 3D-finite element method (FEM) models in an ANSYS workbench software. …”
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Clarifying Differences in the Manifestation of Young Men’s Motor Fitness Components in the Absence of Compulsory Physical Activity by Volodymyr Banakh, Gennadii Iedynak, Lesia Galamanzhuk, Oksana Blavt, Volodymyr Faidevych, Oleh Hrebik, Olena Musiyenko

“…The somatotype was determined using the modified Stefko-Ostrovsky method. …”
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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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Scalable AP Clustering With Deep Reinforcement Learning for Cell-Free Massive MIMO by Yu Tsukamoto, Akio Ikami, Takahide Murakami, Amr Amrallah, Hiroyuki Shinbo, Yoshiaki Amano

“…To address this, we propose an AP clustering method using distributed DRL. The model focuses on determining the AP cluster for every single UE to prevent model size expansion. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Treatment Capacity and Operating Limits of Alkali/Surfactant/Polymer (ASP) Flooding Produced Water Treatment Process in Oilfields by Jiawei Zhu, Mingxin Wang, Keyu Jing, Jiajun Hong, Fanxi Bu, Zhihua Wang

“…The breakthrough of ASP chemical agents poses challenges to the green and efficient separation of oilfield produced water. In this paper, sedimentation separation of produced water was simulated using the Eulerian method and the RNG k–ε model. …”
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Optimum Height and Tilt Angle of the Solar Receiver for a 30 kWe Solar Tower Power Plant for the Electricity Production in the Sahelian Zone by Kory Faye, Ababacar Thiam, Mactar Faye

“…The concentrated solar flux at the input of the receiver was determined using Soltrace software by the Monte Carlo ray tracing (MCRT) method. …”
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The influence of knowledge absorptive capacity on the knowledge-based enterprises performance by explaining the mediating role of innovation strategy and open innovation activities by Seyed Reza Seyed Javadin, Rasoul Nosratpanah, Aref Ashrafzadeh

“…Purpose: Today, the methods of value creation have been transformed by the dynamics of competition. …”
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An effective parameter estimation on thermoelectric devices for power generation based on multiverse optimization algorithm by Luis Fernando Grisales-Noreña, Vanessa Botero-Gómez, Rubén Iván Bolaños, Faustino Moreno-Gamboa, Daniel Sanin-Villa

“…The modeling of these modules is complex due to nonlinear differential equations and the challenge of determining the actual values of thermoelectric properties like electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity, and one of the most relevant parameters, the Seebeck coefficient. …”
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Configurational Comparison of a Binary Logic Transmission Unit Applicable to Agricultural Tractor Hydro-Mechanical Continuously Variable Transmissions and Its Wet Clutch Optimizati... by Wenjie Li, Zhun Cheng, Mengchen Yang

“…This study confirms the rationality of the modeling method, identifies Configuration 1 as optimal, and determines the optimal range for clutch design values under light-load and heavy-load conditions, respectively.…”
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Complexes of polyvinylpyrrolidone and polyethylene glycol with palladium(II) ions: characterization and catalytic activity by Dina N. Akbayeva, Indira A. Smagulova, Azhar Timurkyzy, Botagoz S. Bakirova

“…The composition of the complex compounds was determined by potentiometric and conductometric titration. …”
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Satellite retrieval of bottom reflectance from high-spatial-resolution multispectral imagery in shallow coral reef waters by Benqing Chen, Yanming Yang, Mingsen Lin, Bin Zou, Shuhan Chen, Erhui Huang, Wenfeng Xu, Yongqiang Tian

“…By visually comparing to the subsurface reflectance images and validating with the field-measured reflectance data, we demonstrated that the satellite derived bottom reflectance in the blue and green bands was accurate in both magnitude and shape by the proposed method. Finally, the impacts of the spatial inhomogeneity of the water properties, purity of sampling pixels for estimating the band ratio of the total diffused attenuation coefficients, and errors in the radiometric correction on the bottom reflectance retrieval were discussed and analyzed.…”
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