Survival and Acidification Potential of Lactobacillus Plantarum MNC 21 Stored in Air-Dried Sorghum Flours by Yusuf Byenkya Byaruhanga, Stellah Byakika, Ivan Muzira Mukisa

“…Two sorghum varieties (malted and un-malted) were used. To determine their fermentation efficiency during storage, sterile sorghum malt slurries were inoculated with the dried culture and fermented at 30°C for 24 h. …”
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Flood resilience assessment of region based on TOPSIS-BOA-RF integrated model by Guofeng Wen, Fayan Ji

“…Secondly, the combined indicator weights are determined using quadratic programming combined with the EWM-Delphi method. …”
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Phenol recovery and removal from aqueous solutions by emulsion liquid membranes by Durdu Topkara, Janarbek Izakov, Nurzat Shaykieva, Osman Tutkun

“…Emulsiontype liquid membrane process is a new and effective method for separation ofmixtures with applications in the nuclear industry, hydrometallurgy andwastewater treatment. …”
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Directed evolution of α-ketoisovalerate decarboxylase for improved isobutanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol production in cyanobacteria by Hao Xie, Afshan Begum, Laura H. Gunn, Peter Lindblad

“…PCC 6803 (Synechocystis) enables microbial production of IB and 3M1B through the 2-keto acid pathway, with KivdS286T identified as a key bottleneck limiting production efficiency. Results To address this limitation, a high-throughput screening method based on the consumption of the substrate 2-ketoisovalerate was successfully established. …”
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ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS’ EXAMINATION WITH UNSATISFACTORY ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT RESULTS OF HARD TISSUES OF TEETH AND DENTAL ROWS OF NON-REMOVABLE DENTURES by I.N. Yarina

“…The main aim of the study was to improve the quality of patients’ treatment by identifying the causes of treatment complications by an orthopedist using the method of comparative analysis during the examination of patients with unsatisfactory results of dentures using permanent dentures. …”
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Opportunities of aluminum sludge dredging with soft magnetic conditioner for dewaterability enrichment by Manasik M. Nour, Maha A. Tony, Woo Hyoung Lee, Hossam A. Nabwey

“…The optimal values for ZSF-Conditioner, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and pH were determined to be 43 mg L− 1, 430 mg L− 1, and 3.5, respectively, achieving a CST reduction efficacy of 74 ± 3%, which was consistent with the predicted efficiency from the polynomial model. …”
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Results of experimental studies of a mobile energy vehicles in a transport unit with an elastic damping mechanism by Senkevich S.Ye., Godzhaev Z.A., Sergeev N.V., Ilchenko Ye.N., Alekseyev I.S.

“…Taking into account the relevance of the topic under discussion in this article, it is necessary to determine the effect of the elastic-damping mechanism installed in the tractor transmission on its operation with a transport trailer, based on the field measurements carried out using the method of correlation — spectral analysis. …”
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The effect of linseed oil supplementation on performance, fatty acid composition and oxidative status of rabbits by Tina TREBUŠAK, Alenka LEVART, Mojca VOLJČ, Urška TOMAŽIN, Tatjana PIRMAN

“…Live weight, weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency were recorded. The fatty acid composition of muscle, adipose tissue and liver was determined by the in situ transesterification method and gas chromatography-flame ionisation detection (GC-FID). …”
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JUSTIFICATION OF PARAMETERS OF ROBOTIC MEANS WITH SPRAYER AND MODULE MAGNETIC-PULSE PROCESSING OF PLANTS IN HORTICULTURE by A. Yu. Izmaylov, D. O. Khort, I. G. Smirnov, R. A. Filippov, A. I. Kutyrev

“…., track width of forward wheels of 1260 mm, back ones - 1410 mm, a ground clearance height - 350 mm, the total length of the unit is 4900 mm, the smallest turning radius is 5.6 m. Feasibility and efficiency of implementation combined method of plants processing (spraying and magnetic-pulse processing) by robotic means. …”
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Performance Ratio Estimation for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics—Thermal and Angular Characterisation by Ana Marcos-Castro, Carlos Sanz-Saiz, Jesús Polo, Nuria Martín-Chivelet

“…Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) requires tools that improve and facilitate simulating and predicting the system’s output energy. The efficiency of a photovoltaic (PV) system can be determined by the performance ratio (<i>PR</i>), which relates the actual system’s output energy to the theoretical output according to the installed power and the solar irradiation, thus accounting for the power losses the PV system undergoes. …”
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Maximizing the combustion phenomenon with reduced emission of a compression ignition engine fulled with Dunaliella salina biodiesel and hydrogen blends by V. Hariram, R. Sathishbabu, J. Godwin John, Nandagopal Kailiappan, K. Vijayakumar, E. Sangeeth Kumar, K. Kamakshi Priya

“…One stage base catalysed process of transesterification with 1:8 mol ratio of methanol to oil, 0.6% w/w NaOH catalyst, reaction temperature of 50 °C and reaction time of 120 min yielded 612 ml Dunaliella salina biodiesel in 6 batches with 94.8% efficiency in transesterification. Physio-chemical properties of the produced biodiesel were determined to be as per ASTM specifications. …”
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Sensitivity analysis of reliability constrained, eco optimal solar, wind, hydrogen storage based islanded power system by Nishant Thakkar, Priyanka Paliwal, Deepa Kaliyaperumal, V. Ravikumar Pandi, Narayan Prasad Gupta, Marco Merlo

“…The optimal sizing is attained through a metaheuristic optimization method called Butterfly-PSO. Reliability assessment is carried out using Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) and two key reliability indices, namely ENS and LOLE are taken under analysis. …”
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Bacterial Gibberellins Induce Systemic Resistance of Plants by I. N. FEKLISTOVA, I. A. GRINEVA, T. L. SKAKUN, L. E. SADOVSKAYA

“…Gibberellins concentration in the medium was determined by fluorometric method.</p><p>Elicitor activity of bacterial metabolites – gibberellins – was analyzed in model system of artificial inoculation of oilseed rape germs with phytopathogenic fungi <em>Alternaria brassicicola</em>. …”
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Optoelectronic optimization of graded-bandgap CdTeSe thin-film solar cells by Faiz Ahmad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Peter B Monk

“…The transfer-matrix method was used to calculate the electron-hole-pair (EHP) generation rate, and a one-dimensional drift-diffusion model was used to determine the EHP recombination rate, open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current density, power-conversion efficiency, and fill factor. …”
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YOLOv8-Based Estimation of Estrus in Sows Through Reproductive Organ Swelling Analysis Using a Single Camera by Iyad Almadani, Mohammed Abuhussein, Aaron L. Robinson

“…A new data point was classified as “estrus” if the majority of the nearest neighbors were labeled as estrus; otherwise, it was classified as “non-estrus”. This method provided a robust approach for automated classification, which aided in more accurate and efficient detection of the estrus states. …”
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Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning Based on Parallel Recombination Networks by Manlu Liu, Qingbo Zhang, Weimin Qian

“…The proposed method efficiently learns the relationships between tasks from parallel recombination networks and determines the optimal path for a task through a weight network. …”
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基于尺寸综合图的曲柄摇杆刚体导引 by 王光明, 陈志秋, 陈山林, 史立新

“…Rigid body guidance design of crank rocker mechanism with four positions based on the optimal transmission angle is discussed.Dimension synthesis map method to salve such problems is proposed.Based on the method,designers can quickly determine optimal solution of force transmission in a set of possible mechanism synthesis results,so the design efficiency will be greatly improved.…”
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High Power Density IGBT Loss Calculation Model and Analysis by Feng Wang, Yifan Song, Wang Dou, Zhaolei Zheng, Zhuangzhuang Li, Biao Li, Jun Liu

“…The study aims to address the significant influence of IGBT losses on the energy efficiency and reliability of electric vehicles. A simulation model was built using the SVPWM modulation strategy to drive a three-phase inverter, and the average loss method was employed to determine both conduction and switching losses. …”
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Trypsin Digestion Pretreatment of Kelp Samples and the Iodine Speciation Analysis of Iodate, Iodide, MIT, and DIT by HPLC-ICP-MS by Tong Chen, Wanjing Cui, Ziwei Bi, Yafei Guo, Guoliang Zhu, Xiuyun Pan, Zhiqiang Cui, Zhen Yang, Tianlong Deng

“…The analysis of iodine content in kelp is mainly focused on determining total iodine content, which lacks a rapid and sensitive analytical method for iodine species corresponding to iodate, iodide, monoiodotyrosine (MIT), and diiodo-tyrosine (DIT). …”
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Multi-hop clustering routing algorithm based on fuzzy inference and multi-path tree by Yanshan Tian, Qingguo Zhou, Fangqin Zhang, Jinjuan Li

“…In this article, we propose a multi-hop clustering routing method with fuzzy inference and multi-path tree. The algorithm identifies the best path from the source node to the destination node by following two steps: (1) dividing the wireless sensor nodes by an efficient clustering routing method and (2) determining the optimal path by a combination of the fuzzy inference approach and multi-path method, taking into account the remaining energy, the minimum hops, and the traffic load of node. …”
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