Benefit Evaluation of Comprehensive Reform in Agricultural Water Prices Based on AHP-CRITIC-Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation by LI Shu, LONG Yan, FENG Mengjuan, ZHANG Haosen, LI Youming, MA Fangping, CHEN Jianghai

“…,water conservation,economy,society,and ecology,and 14 indexes.Then,the comprehensive weight of each index is determined by the combination of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and CRITIC,and the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is used to evaluate the benefits of agricultural water price reform in Dengkou County from 2017 to 2020.The evaluation results suggest that during the four years,the benefits of agricultural water price reform in Dengkou County show a positive trend in general;among them,social benefits are the best,followed by water conservation benefits,and the economic and ecological benefits do not undergo a signficant increase.Moreover,it is pointed out that improving irrigation water efficiency and reducing agricultural water expenditure are the main influencing factors of water price reform.…”
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Volume-Returns Nexus in Emerging Gulf Markets by Ahlem NAJAH

“… Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between trading volume and stock returns in the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) and Dubai Financial Market (DFM) for 2018-2024. Method: Using a sample of 84 monthly observations for both markets from Investing.com, the research employs advanced econometric techniques, including cointegration analysis, linear regression, Granger causality testing, and Vector Autoregression (VAR) models. …”
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Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as a Novel Antioxidant Delivery System

“…The maximum GA loading capacity and entrapment efficiency were obtained 46 and 20%, respectively, determined by spectrophotometry and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis.…”
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Corruption through the prism of the theory of national security by S. M. Inshakov

“…Objective: to consider the theory of national security as a methodological basis for the study of corruption.Methods: dialectical approach to the cognition of social phenomena, allowing to analyze them in the historical development and functioning in the context of a set of objective and subjective factors, which determined the choice of the following research methods: formal-logical, comparative-legal, sociological.Results: the paper investigates the basic approaches to corruption counteraction and presents the typology of anti-corruption strategies: a) inert strategy; b) selective strategy; c) agreement strategy; d) zone strategy; e) regional strategy; e) strategy of total purification of society from corruption. …”
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Equipment and Technology Application for Washing Highly Saline Soils by F. U. Zhuraev, F. Sh. Musulmanov

“…The authors showed that due to additional tillage in case of water shortage, the flushing rate could be reduced from 6500 cubic meters per hectare to 4500 or 5500 cubic meters. They determined that the application of the proposed technology reduced energy consumption by 9.0-14.5 percent, labor costs by 7.91-14.11 percent, operating costs by 8.16-11.0 percent, increased labor productivity by 16.3-18.0 percent, and that ensured annual economic efficiency in the amount of 11.6-12.6 million soums.…”
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Segmented microwave vacuum drying process and flavor of Hezhou taro by LU Hui, LUO Yuan, GONG Yuwen, SONG Yongxin, LI Guanli, LUO Yanghe, LI Xiaochun

“…ObjectiveThis paper aims to solve the common problems in the taro industry, such as the high storage and transportation cost of taro and its quick-frozen products, the low drying efficiency of fresh taro, and the flavor loss of taro powder by investigating the conditions of segmented microwave vacuum drying process of taro and the flavor characteristics of taro powder.MethodsBy taking Hezhou taro as the research object, the microwave vacuum drying mode was determined by analyzing the characteristics of the drying curve, and the optimal process was determined by analyzing the whiteness value, drying time, and sensory evaluation results. …”
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Exploration of Homeowners' Perception Towards Green Homes Features by M. D. Krisna Adya Anindita, Natalia Suwarno, Dewi Larasati, Hanson Endra Kusuma, Daud Tjondrorahardja

“…Green homes concept implementation is one of strategies to increase energy and water efficiency in residential buildings. Currently, the concept of green homes has been adopted by the public and promoted by the government because of its benefits. …”
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Economic Optimization of Hybrid Energy Storage Capacity for Wind Power Based on Coordinated SGMD and PSO by Kai Qi, Keqilao Meng, Xiangdong Meng, Fengwei Zhao, Yuefei Lü

“…However, the inherent volatility and insufficient peak regulation capability in energy storage allocation hamper efficient grid integration. To address these challenges, this paper presents a hybrid storage capacity configuration method that combines Symplectic Geometry Mode Decomposition (SGMD) with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). …”
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High pressure turbine rotor blades heating duration experimental estimates prior to the bypass turbofan engine start for reducing thermal stresses by A. A. Ametov, B. A. Chichkov

“…A distinctive feature of this work is the application of the empirical approach to determine HPT RB heating time to evaluate the feasibility of the GTE preheating technology application prior to the start and the selection of the most efficient heating method according to the duration criterion. …”
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Machine-learning-driven feature importance analysis for guiding the protonic ceramic fuel cell manufacturing by Jinwoo Kim, Jaewan Baek, Mingi Choi

“…These results can give us guidelines for the efficient manufacturing of the PCFC.…”
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Parametric optimization of the slot waveguide characteristics using a machine-learning approach by Yadvendra Singh, Suraj Jena, Harish Subbaraman

“…Three different ML techniques, such as artificial neural network (ANN), support vector regression (SVR), and random forest (RF), were tested to compute performance parameters for the slot waveguide. The RF method outperformed the other two with mean absolute error (MAE), root mean square error (RMSE), coefficient of determination ( $$\hbox {R}^{2}$$ ), and Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) values corresponding $$\hbox {n}_{eff}$$ and $$\hbox {P}_{conf}$$ as 0.007, 0.054, 0.961, and 0.960, and 0.129, 0.185, 0.998, and 0.998, respectively. …”
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Nuclear Forensic Analysis of Rare Earth Elements in Uranium Ore Concentrates by Lan WANG, Quanli CHU, Liangsheng GE, Jianchen JI, Ming HUANG, Zhaohui WU

“…Because of the large amount of the uranium matrix effect, the ionization efficiency of rare earth elements is low when determined by ICP-MS, and the results are significantly low. …”
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Optimization of depository accounting system of stock and obligation market with application of blockchain by D. I. Kozlov

“…The application of distributed ledger technology for the purpose of unification of depository accounting systems is proposed. The analysis of efficiency of the given models is carried out and the criteria of efficiency estimation of each model are revealed. …”
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Sample Training Based Wildfire Segmentation by 2D Histogram θ-Division with Minimum Error by Jianhui Zhao, Erqian Dong, Mingui Sun, Wenyan Jia, Dengyi Zhang, Zhiyong Yuan

“…To further improve the accuracy, the combination approach is presented with both θ-division and other segmentation methods such as GMM. Our approach is tested on real images, and the experiments prove its efficiency for wildfire segmentation.…”
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Extraction of Rubidium and Cesium Ions by Adsorption–Flotation Separation in Titanosilicate-Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Bromide System by Dezhen Fang, Haining Liu, Xiushen Ye, Yanping Wang, Wenjie Han

“…This study centers on the adsorption–flotation coupling extraction of rubidium (Rb⁺) and cesium (Cs⁺) within a titanium silicate (CTS)–cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) system, systematically investigating the impacts of pH, aeration rate, CTAB concentration, and flotation time on the extraction efficiency of these elements. Single-factor experiments revealed that the optimal flotation efficiency was achieved when the pH ranged from 6 to 10, the aeration rate was set at 1000 r/min, the CTAB concentration was 0.2 mmol/L, and the flotation duration was 18 min. …”
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Development of Battery Electric Vehicle's Driving Cycle in the Mountain Environment Based on Big Data by Shujiang Zhu, Tingting Xu, Fangjia Long, Xiaorui Hu

“…The proprietary big data platform provided whole vehicle and battery data, and the short-stroke method was used to identify the kinematic fragments. …”
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Compensation of Dynamic Phase Error in the Formation of Orthogonal Components of Input Signals in Microprocessor Protections by F. A. Romaniuk, Yu. V. Rumiantsev, V. Yu. Rumiantsev, I. V. Novash

“…The reduction of the influence of these factors on the behavior of measuring elements is ensured by the use of high-speed shapers to isolate orthogonal components, as well as by compensating for dynamic phase error. The proposed method of forming orthogonal components of a signal with compensation for dynamic phase error is based on obtaining orthogonal Fourier components, followed by determining from their samples the calculated components that coincide or are shifted in phase relative to the orthogonal Fourier components, respectively, in steady-state and transient modes. …”
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Process optimization for improving anti-oxidation performance of silver-coated copper powders by response surface methodology and artificial neural network by Hongbin Yin, Shiwei Fan, Kun Peng, Xiao Li, Zizhen Wang, Yuxin Chen, Ming Zhou

“…The strategy achieves superior optimization efficiency and predictive accuracy compared to individual methods by reducing experimental requirements, lowering error functions, and enhancing fitting precision. …”
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Keratorefractive Surgery for Residual Refractive Error Correction in Pseudophakic Patients by Е. P. Gurmizov, К. B. Pershin, N. F. Pashinova, А. Iu. Tsygankov

“…Conclusion. The high efficiency of the correction using the LASIK, PRK and femtoLASIK methods on pseudophakic eyes with the achievement of the target refraction in most of the studied cases was shown. …”
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Lanthanum Recovery from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorption onto Silica Xerogel with Iron Oxide and Zinc Oxide by Ionuţ Bălescu, Mihaela Ciopec, Adina Negrea, Nicoleta Sorina Nemeş, Cătălin Ianăşi, Orsina Verdes, Mariana Suba, Paula Svera, Bogdan Pascu, Petru Negrea, Alina Ramona Buzatu

“…Although it does not have severe toxicity to the environment, its increased usage in advanced technologies and medical fields and scarce natural reserves point to the necessity also of recovering lanthanum from diluted solutions. Among the multiple methods for separation and purification, adsorption has been recognized as one of the most promising because of its simplicity, high efficiency, and large-scale availability. …”
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