“Green approach for corrosion inhibition for Fe-metal in acidic medium using Banaba leaves (Lagerstroemia speciosa) extract and ZnO nanoparticles” by Supriya Vykuntam, Nandhini R., Nandhini G., Anugraha J., Sakthisri R.

“…Solutions containing different concentrations (0%,30%,60%,90%) v/v of Banaba leaf extract and HCl as well as HCl and synthesized ZnO nanoparticles are used. Weight loss method is used to determine corrosion rate and inhibition efficiency. …”
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Design and Validation of a Multi-Epitope mRNA Vaccine Construct Against Human Monkeypox Virus (hMPXV) by Annotating Protein of Intracellular Mature Virus (IMV) Form of hMPXV by Mohammad Asrar Izhari, Siraj B. Alharthi, Raed A. Alharbi, Ahmad H. A. Almontasheri, Wael A. Alghamdi, Abdulmajeed Abdulghani A. Sindi, Ahmad Abdulmajed Salem, Ali Mahzari, Fahad Alghamdi, Ahmed R. A. Gosady

“…The constructed vaccine’s physiochemical and structural features (secondary and tertiary), with structural stability (confirmed by molecular docking followed by dynamic simulation with TLRs (TLR4 & TLR2) and MHCs), were determined. Additionally, cloning (using pET-28a(+) vector) was conducted to verify the vaccine’s expression potential and translation efficiency. …”
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Interior Point Algorithm in Multi-objective Portfolio Optimization: GlueVaR Approach by Elaheh Gohania, Gholamreza Mansourfar, Fahimeh Biglari

“…Results According to the research, value at risk (VaR) and conditional value at risk (CVaR) perform better than other variance risk measures in the portfolio optimization model with the GlueVaR risk measure and the internal point optimization method for determining the most effective border. …”
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Study on the Stiffness of Rail Support for Some Lines of Urban Railway in Vietnam by Tran Anh DUNG, Le Trung HIEU, Le Hai HA, Pham Van KY

“…These values are associated with bearing stiffness values of 23.1x106 N/mm, 30.8x106 N/mm, and 27.5x106 N/mm, respectively. Proper determination of rail support stiffness is crucial for efficient railway operations and maintenance. …”
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Intelligent controller design of an autonomous system using a social spider optimizer for path navigation and obstacle avoidance by Naimul Hasan, Huma Khan, Shahida Khatoon, Mohammad Sajid

“…The performance of the proposed method is compared with FLC and methods like PSO and CSO. …”
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Evaluation of Morphological Traits, Yield and Yield Components of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) under Different Levels of Chemical Fertilizers in Paddy Fields by Mohammad Rabiee, Sajjad Shaker Kouhi

“…The protein content of samples was determined by the Kejeldahl method. After measurement of the sample total nitrogen by applying factor 6.25, the seed protein content was measured. …”
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Impact of Green Initiatives on the Financial Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises: The Case of Manufacturing Firm in Central Luzon by Mª Teresa B. Alfaro, Rowell Agliones Diaz

“…The descriptive survey method used to gather data to determine the green initiative's implementation of small and medium (S.M.E.s) manufacturing enterprises. …”
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The Effect of the Use of Black and White Flashcards on Acute Pain Levels in Infants by Diler Yılmaz, Nejla Canbulat Şahiner, Zübeyde Ezgi Erçelik

“…Conclusion: We concluded that the use of black and white flashcards during the vaccination practices was efficient. In line with these results, we recommend that nurses use black and white flashcards, an easily applicable method, to decrease the pain sensitivity of infants during vaccine applications.…”
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Self-Supervised Multi-Task Learning for the Detection and Classification of RHD-Induced Valvular Pathology by Lorna Mugambi, Ciira wa Maina, Liesl Zühlke

“…This study investigated the use of self-supervised multi-task learning for automated echocardiographic analysis, aiming to predict echocardiographic views, diagnose RHD conditions, and determine severity. We compared two prominent self-supervised learning (SSL) methods: DINOv2, a vision-transformer-based approach known for capturing implicit features, and simple contrastive learning representation (SimCLR), a ResNet-based contrastive learning method recognised for its simplicity and effectiveness. …”
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Adaptive Channel Division and Subchannel Allocation for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access-Based Airborne Power Line Communication Networks by Ruowen Yan, Qiao Li, Huagang Xiong

“…Concurrently, the subchannel allocation algorithm employs a novel metric, the Subchannel Preference Score (SPS), which factors in both the signal quality and the current occupancy levels of each subchannel to determine their optimal allocation among nodes. This method ensures efficient resource utilization and maintains consistent network performance. …”
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Reinforced Concrete under the Action of Carbonization and Chloride Aggression: a Probabilistic Model for Service Life Prediction by S. N. Leonovich, E. E. Shalyi, L. V. Kim

“…The paper proposes a method for predicting a complex degradation of reinforced concrete structures with due account of various mechanisms of corrosion wear that allows to develop efficient methods for improvement of structure durability and maintainability which are operated in the marine environment. …”
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Technical and economic assessment of the parameters of thermal schemes of thermal power plants with a hydrogen generator by G. E. Marin, B. M. Osipov, A. R. Akhmetshin

“…The studies carried out show that a change in the component composition of the gas affects the energy characteristics of the engine. The method for determining the quantitative composition of COx, NOx, SOx in the exhaust gases of a gas turbine plant is presented. …”
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MB-AGCL: multi-behavior adaptive graph contrast learning for recommendation by Xiaowen lv, Yiwei Zhao, Zhihu Zhou, Yifeng Zhang, Yourong Chen

“…Furthermore, we propose an efficient adaptive graph augmentation method that integrates graph augmentation with down-stream tasks to reduce the impact of popularity bias. …”
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Application of MobileNetV2 and SVM Combination for Enhanced Accuracy in Pneumonia Classification by Eka Putra Agus Meindiawan, Muljono Muljono

“…In conclusion, the choice of feature extraction method plays an important role in determining the accuracy of an automated diagnostic system. …”
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Optimization of medium components for the production of exopolysaccharide by Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff.: Pers. using response surface methodology by MA Xiaokui, JIANG Hua, LI Junzhi, CHEN Yong, HE Xiaojing

“…At last, the validation tests were performed under the optimal conditions at shake flask scale.Firstly, Plackett-Burman experimental design (PB) was applied to implore the relative effect of several medium components on EPS yield and vitamin B1 (V_B1) was determined to affect EPS yield significantly. And combining the results of one-factor-one-time method (data not shown), three factors, namely, maltose, glutamic acid and V_B1 were further optimized for enhanced EPS yield using Box-Behnken design (BBD). …”
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Comparison of Gaussian Elimination and Cholesky Decomposition Solving A Linear System Of Equation. by Nzabonimpa, Godfrey

“…There are several methods of solving a system of linear equations. Some of which are direct methods and others are iterative methods. …”
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Independensi Aparat Pengawas Intern Pemerintah Guna Pelaksanaan Good Governance Berbasis CACM Di Lingkungan Pemerintah Daerah by Herlin Angela Dewi

“…This normative juridical research show that CACM are tools that are expected to support the implementation of audits in order to produce effective and efficient audits. The research method used is normative juridicial. …”
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IoT Monitoring and Evaluating System for the Construction Quality of Foundation Pile by Kai Wu, Peng Zhang, Jiejun Yuan, Xiaqing Qian, Runen Qi

“…The results indicate that the monitoring system is convenient and efficient, and the quality evaluation method is reliable. …”
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Advances in high-pressure materials discovery enabled by machine learning by Zhenyu Wang, Xiaoshan Luo, Qingchang Wang, Heng Ge, Pengyue Gao, Wei Zhang, Jian Lv, Yanchao Wang

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Efficacy of insecticides against wheat thrips Haplothrips tritici Kurd. in winter wheat crops by Iu. Klechkovskyi, V. Klychko, G. Khorohorina

“…Methods. The experiment was set up on winter wheat crops in 4-, 5- and 8 replications in 4x replication. …”
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