Investigation of the content of unsaturated hydrocarbons in transformer oils using IR spectroscopy by M. Sh. Garifullin, Y. N. Slobodina, A. R. Bikzinurov, R. A. Giniatullin, V. A. Chernyshov

“…Study  the effectiveness of the adsorption purification of oils to remove unsaturated compounds from oils. METHODS. To  determine  the  content  in  mineral  oils  of  unsaturated  hydrocarbons  used  IR spectroscopy  in  the  near  infrared  spectral  region.  …”
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A NEW APPROACH TO THE DOSING DEGREE OF ANTERIOR TRANSPOSITION OF THE INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE SURGERY FOR VERTICAL STRABISMUS by A. V. Tereshchenko, Ju. A. Beliy, I. G. Trifanenkova, A. A. Vydrina

“…The search for the optimal methods and principles of surgical  treatment of vertical strabismus caused by hyperfunction  of the inferior oblique muscle, testifies to the relevance of developing new approaches to eliminate hypertropia  depending  on its severit y.The purpose — to  develop  a  method  of dosing  the  degree of anterior transposition of the  inferior  oblique muscle  in the  surgical treatment of vertical  strabismus caused by hyperfunction  of the  inferior oblique muscle  depending  on severit y,  and  to  evaluate  its clinical efficacy.Patients And Methods. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms and Statistical Techniques for Data Analysis in Crop Growth Monitoring with NDVI by M. Arunachalam, S. Sekar, A. M. Erdmann, V. V. Sajith Variyar, R. Sivanpillai

“…Output maps generated from these methods were compared using IoU scores. ML methods had greater efficiency in terms of replicating the steps for other fields, whereas ISODATA requires analyst intervention and interpretation.…”
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Comprehensive rehabilitation of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: results of 6-month program by Evgenia Vladislavovna Orlova, D E Karateev, A V Kochetkov

“…Objective: to evaluate the efficiency of a comprehensive rehabilitation program (CRP) in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for 6 months. …”
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A survey of neural architecture search by Mingjie HE, Jie ZHANG, Shiguang SHAN

“…Recently,deep learning has achieved impressive success on various computer vision tasks.The neural architecture is usually a key factor which directly determines the performance of the deep learning algorithm.The automated neural architecture search methods have attracted more and more attentions in recent years.The neural architecture search is the automated process of seeking the optimal neural architecture for specific tasks.Currently,the neural architecture search methods have shown great potential in exploring high-performance and high-efficiency neural architectures.In this paper,a survey in this research field and categorize existing methods based on their performance estimation methods,search spaces and architecture search strategies were presented.Specifically,there were four performance estimation methods for computation cost reduction,two typical neural architecture search spaces and two types of search strategies based on discrete and continuous spaces respectively.Neural architecture search methods based on continuous space are becoming the trend of researches on neural architecture search.…”
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The climate impact and land use of cultivated meat: Evaluating agricultural feedstock production. by Hanno Kossmann, Thorsten Moess, Peter Breunig

“…As global demand for meat continues to rise, alternative and sustainable methods of production are being explored. Cultivated meat (CM) is one such alternative that holds potential for sustainable production with less environmental impact. …”
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Ranking the Financial Inefficiency Factors of Companies with the Combined Approach of Data Envelopment Analysis and Neural Network by Mazandaran Negar Foroghi, Karimi Balal, Shahverdiani Shadi

“…In the first stage, we use the data envelopment analysis model and evaluate the efficiency of the companies. In the second stage, the efficiency score obtained for the companies is used and neural network methods are used to determine the factors of financial inefficiency in the companies admitted to the stock exchange. …”
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Early-stage detection of maize seed germination based on RGB image and machine vision by Xiaohang Liu, Zhao Zhang, Yunxia Li, C. Igathinathane, Jiangfan Yu, Zhaoyu Rui, Afshin Azizi, Xiqing Wang, Alireza Pourreza, Man Zhang

“…This study demonstrates that the stripe band + boundary + color method can be used as an efficient approach for automated germination rate detection of maize and other crop seeds.…”
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Identification and Analysis of Plastic Microparticles in the Inlet and Outlet of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Investigation of the Relationship between Different Seasons of t... by Gholamreza Darvishi, Majid Ehteshami, Naser Mehrdadi, Reza Abedini

“…In the present study, an optimized method is introduced to efficiently detect and extract microplastics from the input effluent and output waste streams of the wastewater treatment plants. …”
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Suitability of a classic wastewater treatment plant to purify the collective effluent of Oum El-Bouaghi City, North East Algeria by Dounia Dib, Miyada Ouanes, Mamoun Fellah, Bachir Khezzani, Dalila Addad, Kenza Kadi, Mounia Ouldjaoui, Abdelkader Khiari, Alejandro Perez-Larios, Benjamin Castañeda-Pimienta, Mariano Aceves-Aldrete, Souren Gregorian, Gamal A. El-Hiti

“…This study aims to demonstrate how the biological treatment methods used in Algerian plants can be applied to the domestic sewage of Oum El-Bouaghi City, located in northeastern Algeria. …”
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An extended TOPSIS technique based on correlation coefficient for interval-valued q-rung orthopair fuzzy hypersoft set in multi-attribute group decision-making by Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain, Imran Siddique, Sameh Askar, Ahmad M. Alshamrani, Dragan Pamucar, Vladimir Simic

“…Moreover, a numerical illustration is presented to clarify how the advocated decision-making methodology can be implemented in reality in evaluating bio-medical disposal techniques for hospitals. This study determines incineration as the most beneficial method for BMW disposal, demonstrating its more efficient use of alternative disposal techniques. …”
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Africa, an Emerging Exporter of Turmeric: Combating Fraud with Rapid Detection Systems by Wilfred Angie Abia, Simon A. Haughey, Radhika Radhika, Brandy Perkwang Taty, Heidi Russell, Manus Carey, Britt Marianna Maestroni, Awanwee Petchkongkaew, Christopher T. Elliott, Paul N. Williams

“…Priority adulterants were determined from global food safety alerts. A systematic bibliographic search on Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Science was performed to identify appropriate methods and techniques for authentication and safety. …”
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Nonlinear similarity characterisation and validation of dynamic response of ship stiffened plate structure under explosion load impacts by Dongyan Shi, Jiuqiang Wang, Zhikai Wang, M. K. Helal Wasim

“…Abstract The similarity test of ship stiffened plate structures under underwater explosions is a cost-effective and efficient method to evaluate the vitality of ships and guide the design of their shock resistance. …”
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A Fragile Watermarking Scheme for Authenticity Verification of 3D Models in GLB Format by Marcin Matczuk, Grzegorz Kozieł, Sławomir Cięszczyk

“…The proposed algorithm attaches a 512-bit hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) to a 3D model using the least significant bits (LSBs) modification method. The use of HMAC and LSBs has resulted in a computationally efficient algorithm that can be implemented in low-cost devices.…”
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Numerical Evaluation of Ultrasonic Detection of Solid Occlusions in CSP Molten Salt Piping by Raffaele Dragonetti, Rosario Aniello Romano, Elio Di Giulio

“…The proposed ultrasonic-based detection method thus offers a more energy-efficient and precise solution for managing solidification in CSP molten salt piping.…”
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Study on Internal Vibration Law and Vibration Reduction of Xiaoxiku Tunnel Blasting by Sheng-Lin Li, Shu-Feng Liang, Jia-Wei Lu

“…Efficient and economical drilling and blasting method is widely used in tunnel excavation projects, but the vibration problem caused cannot be ignored. …”
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3D-modeling Capabilities in Assessing Resectability of Pancreatic Head Tumors by A. S. Kudashkina, I. G. Kamyshanskaya, K. V. Pavelets, D. S. Rusanov, S. А. Kalyuzhnyy

“…This method allows to objectively determine the localization and prevalence of the tumor process on adjacent anatomical structures, as well as visually demonstrate the metastatic lesion of regional lymph nodes. …”
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Imaging Estimation for Liver Damage Using Automated Approach Based on Genetic Programming by David Herrera-Sánchez, Héctor-Gabriel Acosta-Mesa, Efrén Mezura-Montes, Socorro Herrera-Meza, Eduardo Rivadeneyra-Domínguez, Isaac Zamora-Bello, María Fernanda Almanza-Domínguez

“…Instead of using invasive methods to determine the level of damage, the proposal allows us to measure the damage in the livers. …”
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Avaliação do Kt para estimativa da evapotranspiração de referência (ETo) em Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ Evaluation of "Class A" pan coefficients to estimate the referential evapotran... by Barbara dos S. Esteves, José C. Mendonça, Elias F. Sousa, Salassier Bernardo

“…The smallest absolute mean error (0.50) was showed by Cuenca (1989) method, which also presented the highest efficiency (EF = 0,81).…”
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Optimal I-V Curve Scan Time of Solar Cells and Modules in Light of Irradiance Level by Matic Herman, Marko Jankovec, Marko Topič

“…It rests on a two-diode solar cell model extended by two bias-dependent capacitances, modelling the junction, and the diffusion capacitance. A method for determination of all extended model parameters from a quasistatic I-V curve and open-circuit voltage decay measurement is presented and validated. …”
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