Intelligent Traffic Management Using Machine Vision Techniques in Smart Cities by Peyman Babaei

“…Smart cities integrate traditional infrastructure and public services with technology to create a more efficient, sustainable and accessible system, while meeting the needs of city residents and transforming the traditional understanding of city management. …”
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Experimental Evaluation of Residual Oil Saturation in Solvent-Assisted SAGD Using Single-Component Solvents by Fernando Rengifo Barbosa, Amin Kordestany, Brij Maini

“…Oil saturation within the steam chamber plays a critical role in determining both the economic viability and resource efficiency of SAGD operations. …”
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Characterizing Rock-Breaking Performance of PDC Cutters via Stability Metrics and Energy consumption in FDEM Simulations by Xinrui Wang, Hui Zhang, Zhuoxin Dong, Jun Li, Cheng Qin, Boyuan Yang, Yuting Zhou

“…Abstract As oil production increasingly transitions from shallow to deep formation, the need for efficient PDC cutters to drill through deep hard rock becomes paramount. …”
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AN EFFECT OF UNIVERSITY LEADER’S CONFIDENCE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A UNIVERSITY by D. A. Endovitskiy, Yu. A. Bubnov, K. M. Gaidar

“…The conditions of the traditional resources limitation compel the universities to improve their efficiency by means of transition from extensive to intensive development, i.e. by using the internal resources.The purpose of the article is the analysis of the situations when the effectiveness of a university is mostly determined by the socio-psychological determinants, such as personality of a University head, his (her) characteristics, experience, professional competence, and others. …”
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Proposal for semi-automatic control reflecting operator heuristics using fuzzy logic and image detection with monocular camera images by Kaoru Obayashi, Yoshiaki Saito, Koichi Osuka, Yuto Miyahara

“…Automation of construction machinery is being advanced to enhance the efficiency of construction work and address the shortage of skilled operators. …”
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Synthesis, Structural Analysis, and Biological Activities of Some Imidazolium Salts by Gühergül Uluçam, Murat Turkyilmaz

“…The in vitro biological activities of the salts on the selected bacteria and cancer cell lines were determined by using the broth dilution method according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. …”
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Labour rights of the rare diseases population ‒ breaking the glass ceiling by Sanja Stojković Zlatanović, Marta Sjeničić, Ranko Sovilj

“…Considering the specificity of the medical and, consequently, social status of the people affected, the appropriate labour-law measures need to be determined. Applying the comparative and normative method along with the contemporary anti-discrimination principle, the labour status of the rare diseases population has been analysed based on the proposed classification in legal terms. …”
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Treelike process tensor contraction for automated compression of environments by Moritz Cygorek, Brendon W. Lovett, Jonathan Keeling, Erik M. Gauger

“…This results in a scheme that is similar in compression efficiency and accuracy to the original ACE algorithm, yet is significantly faster. …”
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Optimization Analysis for Innovative Inputs under the Objective Discrepancy between Government and Enterprise by Wu Kai, Zhang Huiying

“…Aiming at the improvement of innovation efficiency after enterprise obtaining subsidies, this paper constructs two-stage innovation benefit model about research and development (R&D) and transformation and achieves Nash equilibrium of innovative inputs to solve the objective discrepancy of innovation between government and enterprise. …”
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Development of Optimal Size Range of Modules for Driving of Automatic Sliding Doors by Ivo Malakov, Velizar Zaharinov, Hasan Hasansabri

“…Size range optimization will lead to increase in the competitiveness of the manufactured products and the efficiency of their application. To solve the problem, a developed approach is used, composed of several stages: determining the main parameter of the product; market demand study; selection of an optimality criterion—the total costs for production and operation; determining the functional dependence between the costs and the influencing factors; and building a mathematical model of the problem. …”
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Lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of COVID-19-associated pneumonia by A. A. Balabanova, A. P. Kurazhov, V. D. Zavadovskaya

“…Currently, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, lung ultrasound is widely used due to its high diagnostic efficiency, which is comparable with classical radiography and X-ray computed tomography (CT) by a number of parameters.The article describes the method of lung ultrasound and the radiographic pattern of COVID-19-associated pneumonia. …”
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Selective chelating precipitation of palladium metal from electroplating wastewater using chitosan and its derivative by Qiaoling Xie, Gaojie Liang, Tao Lin, Fuming Chen, Dandan Wang, Bo Yang

“…Rapid chelating precipitation occurred when chitosan was added to real electroplating wastewater containing the chitosan derivative, thereby improving removal efficiency of palladium in different forms up to 95% under the optimum condition of 0.2 g/L chitosan and 0.16 mg/L derivative at pH 2.5. …”
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Optimization of a novel dental self-healing resin composite by bacteria-induced biomineralization by Yanyan Han, Yanyan Han, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Jianing Weng, Shiqi Tian, Xian Dong, Zhiheng Cai, Zhiheng Cai, Yi Zhang, Tiantian Wu, Tiantian Wu, Dan Lin, Yaqin Zhu, Yaqin Zhu

“…This method took a microscopic view of the healing process in artificial saliva, and the self-healing efficiency was determined by quantifying the scratch area.ResultsIn the final results, Bacillus sphaericus (ATCC 4525) cultured with Mn2+ exhibited the most impressive self-healing effect, while Bacillus pasteurii (B80469) had the weakest self-healing effect in the study. …”
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Perceived academic self-efficacy of adolescents and the relationship with physical activity by Neritzel Albisua, Gorka Martinez de Lahidalga Agirre, Malen Ruiz de Azua Larrinaga, Iker Etxeberria Atxa

“…Conclusions: moderate physical activity and MVPA show a greater benefit in perceived academic self-efficiency, while the rest variables show a negative relationship with academic efficiency. …”
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CFD Design Performance Analysis for a High-Speed Propeller by Marian Ristea, Adrian Popa, Octavian-Narcis Volintiru

“…The analysis proves to be an efficient procedure in determining the characteristics of a high-speed propeller before deciding its production/manufacture. …”
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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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ASSESSMENT OF THE TAX BURDEN IMPACT ON THE ENTITY'S FINANCIAL RESULTS: MICRO AND MACROECONOMIC ASPECTS by ZAHARCO, Silvia

“…Therefore, to ensure efficient activity, it is necessary to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the impact of fiscal burden on the entity's financial results. …”
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Evaluation of Landslide Susceptibility Zonation applying Fuzzy Gamma Operators in Taleghanroud Watershed of Qazvin Province by Jamal Mosaffaie, Amin Salehpour Jam, Faramarz Sarfaraz, Samad Shadfar

“…The present study has attempted to assess the efficiency of various fuzzy gamma operators for landslide susceptibility zonation in Taleghanroud watershed of Qazvin province. …”
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Evaluating yield and land equivalent ratio in mixcropping of balangu (Lallemantia royleana Benth.) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) affected by weed competition by Ebrahim Eizadi-Darbandi, Arash Maghsoudi, Elnaz Molaei

“…Introduction Intercropping is considered to be important for a lot of reasons like optimizing water and soil resource uses, increasing water use efficiency, increasing pest, diseases and weed control efficiency, decrease pesticide application, increasing total production and land equivalent ratio and sustainability in agroecosystems. …”
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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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