Estimating Amount of Forage in Hay Fields and Pastures by Tim Wilson, Cindy Sanders, Jacque Breman, Lynn Sollenberger

“…This 2-page fact sheet contains instructions for a simple method to determine the approximate amount of forage in hay fields and pastures. …”
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The comparative study of the specific heat capacity of uranium dioxide according to the fractal structure by Tural Mehmetoglu

“…The two well-known theoretical method were investigated in this work the advantages of accurate and efficient calculation results of heat capacities of uranium dioxide for wide temperature ranges. …”
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Asset management using an extended Markowitz theorem by Paria Karimi

“…Markowitz theorem is one of the most popular techniques for asset management. The method has been widely used to solve many applications, successfully. …”
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Dynamic Motion of a Vane in Six Degrees of Freedom and Its Effect on Wear in a Rotary-Vane Compressor Considering Fluid Lubrication by Gwanghee Hong, Youngjun Park, Gunhee Jang

“…The proposed method overcomes the limitations of the previous three-degrees-of-freedom analyses of the vane and will contribute to developing a robust and efficient rotary-vane compressor.…”
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Desymmetric esterification catalysed by bifunctional chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes provides access to inherently chiral calix[4]arenes by Vojtěch Dočekal, Ladislav Lóška, Adam Kurčina, Ivana Císařová, Jan Veselý

“…Here, we address this challenge by presenting a simple, efficient, and metal-free protocol for organocatalytic desymmetrisation of prochiral diformylcalix[4]arenes. …”
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Application of real-time PCR for analysis canine meat (Canis lupus familiaris) in goat's satay for halal authentication study by Lily Arsanti Lestari, Wan Nurul Aini, Marlyn Dian Laksitorini, Yuny Erwanto, Agustina Ari Murti Budi Hastuti, Mohammad Zainal Abidin, Nurulia Hidayah, Muhammad Jefriyanto Budikafa, Abdul Rohman

“…The designed primer was specific over other meat DNAs applying the annealing temperature (Tm) of 57.8 °C. Results: RT-PCR method produced an acceptable amplification efficiency (E) of 109.7% with the coefficient of determination (R2) for the correlation between Cq and log DNA concentration of 0.999. …”
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Comparative Pharmacokinetic Study of 5 Active Ingredients after Oral Administration of Zuogui Pill in Osteoporotic Rats with Different Syndrome Types by Jiawei Qiu, Yaoyao Zhu, Jing Xing, Ling Wang, Jianhua Zhang, Hua Yin

“…Zuogui Pill is a kidney-yin-tonifying formula in traditional Chinese medicine that is widely used to manage osteoporosis with kidney-yin-deficiency in China. Herein, an efficient and accurate high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method was developed to determine the concentrations of 5 bioactive compounds in rat plasma following oral administration of Zuogui Pill. …”
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Functional assessment of disease-associated regulatory variants in vivo using a versatile dual colour transgenesis strategy in zebrafish. by Shipra Bhatia, Christopher T Gordon, Robert G Foster, Lucie Melin, Véronique Abadie, Geneviève Baujat, Marie-Paule Vazquez, Jeanne Amiel, Stanislas Lyonnet, Veronica van Heyningen, Dirk A Kleinjan

“…While technological advances have led to easy identification of disease-associated CRE variants, robust methods for discerning functional CRE variants from background variation are lacking. …”
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Enhancement of the Quality of Onion Drying Using Tray Dryer by Siska Nuri Fadilah, Achri Isnan Khamil, Maktum Muharja, Rizki Fitria Darmayanti, Viqhi Aswie

“…This indicates that the method can be an effective and efficient solution to optimize the drying of the commodity. …”
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A Suggested Point Search Algorithm for Circle Detection in Binary Images by Sundus Ebraheem

“…The proposed algorithm was more efficient, where the average ratio of the running time for the proposed algorithm to HT method was 1:646, and the accuracy of the proposed algorithm was 100% for circles detection. …”
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Non-Destructive Testing for Evaluation of Young’s Modulus by Using Free Vibration Response of Composite Materials by Mirela-Roxana Apsan, Ana-Maria Mitu, Catalin-Andrei Neagoe, Nicolae Pop, Tudor Sireteanu

“…This article presents a non-destructive method, based on the response to free vibrations, which can be used with efficiency and reliability to determine the Young’s modulus of polymer composite materials reinforced with natural or synthetic fibers. …”
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Intelligent system for monitoring and controlling the technical condition of mechatronic process facilities by A. K. Tugengol'd, E. A. Luk'yanov, R. N. Voloshin, V. F. Bonilla

“…The method of the neuro-fuzzy system is used to determine the aggregate criterion of criticality. …”
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Effect of Dynamic Injection Velocity and Mixed Wettability on Two-Phase Flow Behavior in Porous Media: A Numerical Study by Wei Hui, Le Wang, Xurui Liu, Yueshe Wang

“…As the difference between the maximum and minimum injection velocity increases, the recovery efficiency initially decreases and then increases. Recovery efficiency is higher under piecewise linear injection velocity changes. …”
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Antimicrobial Effects of Thonningianin a (TA)-Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles Encapsulated by a PF-127 hydrogel in Diabetic Wound Healing by Lin Q, Zhu F, Shiye A, Liu R, Wang X, Ye Z, Ding Y, Sun X, Ma Y

“…Although considerable progress has been made in drugs and materials for treating it, it’s still an urgent clinical problem as the materials and drugs have potential therapeutic drawbacks, such as low delivery efficiency and poor tissue permeability. To promote diabetic wound healing, a composite of thonningianin A (TA)-loaded chitosan nanoparticles (CNPS) encapsulated by a Pluronic F-127 (PF-127) hydrogel (TA-CNPS-PF) was developed in this study.Methods: TA-CNPS was prepared by ionic gelation method and TA-CNPS was thoroughly dispersed into PF-127 hydrogel to prepare TA-CNPS-PF. …”
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Fluoride ion removal from mine water via nucleation crystallization pelleting process by Xiyu ZHANG, Shuning DONG, Hao WANG, Pengkang JIN, Xiaodong WANG, Qiangmin WANG, Tao ZHANG

“…To overcome the bottlenecks including low efficiency and weak anti-interference of traditional methods for fluoride removal, this study designed a setup for fluoride removal using the nucleation crystallization pelleting (NCP) processing and proposed a novel fluoride removal method—NCP chemical precipitation. …”
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Foam film vitrification for cryo-EM by Yue Zhang, Biplob Nandy, Kasim Sader, Christopher J. Russo, Jan Löwe

“…The method achieves uniform ice thicknesses, enables thickness control of the foam film prior to vitrification, and for some specimens enhances orientation distribution efficiency. …”
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Interacting With Compatriots Abroad: The Experience of Saint-Petersburg and Practices Improvement by Aleksandr Vladimirovich Prokhorenko, Daria Romanovna Ilinskaia

“…The theoretical basis has allowed to develop a methodological basis of the study, including the chronological method, the network method to determine the Russian world as a single transnational essence, and forecasting method. …”
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Spectroscopic Properties and Continuous Wave Laser Performances at 1064 nm of Nd3+: LuAG Transparent Ceramic by Chaoyang Ma, Jiangfeng Zhu, Zhongqi Hu, Zicheng Wen, Jiaqi Long, Xuanyi Yuan, Yongge Cao

“…A transparent 2 at&#x0025; Nd^3&#x002B;-doped Lu₃Al₅O₁₂ (LuAG) ceramic was fabricated by using tape-casting method and solid-state sintering technology. Based on the room temperature absorption spectrum, the three J&#x2013;O intensity parameters were calculated with Judd&#x2013;Ofelt analysis, and then, the radiative transition rates and branching ratios of transitions from ⁴<bold>F</bold>_3&#x002F;2 manifold to the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">${}^4{{\rm {\mathbf I}}_{ \mathbf{{J}^{\prime}}}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathbf{{ J}^{\prime}} = \ 13/2,\;11/2,\;9/2$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) lower lying multiple manifolds were determined. …”
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Prediction and optimization of robot processing technology based on neural network and genetic algorithm by Fusen WU

“…This study aims to explore the optimal processing methods for stone industrial robots' grinding operations using BP neural networks and genetic algorithms, taking the processing of sandstone as an example.MethodsTaking the KUKA KR60L30HA industrial robot equipped with a brazed flat grinding head as the representative, the effects of different grinding process parameters on grinding force signals were systematically analyzed by the orthogonal test method. …”
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The characteristic of patulous eustachian tube patients diagnosed by the JOS diagnostic criteria. by Yoshinobu Kawamura, Ryoukichi Ikeda, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Hiromitsu Miyazaki, Tetsuaki Kawase, Yukio Katori, Toshimitsu Kobayashi

“…<h4>Objective</h4>The objective is to describe characteristics of patients diagnosed with patulous Eustachian tube (PET) using the Diagnostic Criteria proposed by Japan Otological Society, and to evaluate the efficiency of objective tests to determine patent Eustachian tube.…”
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