Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools for Process Optimization: Case Study—Bromocresol Green Decolorization with Active Carbon by Gabriel Dan Suditu, Elena Niculina Drăgoi, Alexandra Georgiana Apostică, Andra Maria Mănăilă, Veronica Mădălina Radu, Adrian Cătălin Puițel, Mircea Teodor Nechita

“…Modeling and optimization strategies were employed to determine the working conditions leading to efficiency maximization. …”
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Alte und neue Wege in der Rheometrie der Polymer-Schmelzen by Joachim Meissner

“…Capillary rheometry is the standard method for the determination of the viscosity function up to high shear rates. …”
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Alginate-based microencapsulation enhances antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of Phyllanthus amarus and Phyllanthus muellerianus by Joy J. Adeyemi, Abayomi M. Ajayi, Tolulope O. Ajala

“…The extract-loaded microspheres were prepared using the ionotropic gelation method. The particle size, swelling index, entrapment efficiency, and FTIR spectroscopy were determined. …”
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Preparation and enhanced photocatalytic performance of N-TiO2/g-C3N4 heterostructure for Rhodamine B degradation by Xiao-xia Lin, Jie-sheng Wu, Qi Shi, Wei-xia Gu

“…The photocatalytic activity of N-TiO2/g-C3N4 in the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) was investigated, and the electrochemical method was used to determine the origin of the enhanced photoactivity of N-TiO2/g-C3N4. …”
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Antigenic properties of sARs-CoV-2/human/RUs/nsk-FRCFtM-1/2020 coronavirus isolate from a patient in novosibirsk by A. A. Chepurnov, K. A. Sharshov, E. I. Kazachinskaya, Yu. V. Kononova, E. A. Kazachkova, O. P. Khripko, K. S. Yurchenko, A. Yu. Alekseev, M. I. Voevoda, A. M. Shestopalov

“…Purification, concentration and inactivation of the viral preparation were carried out according to standard methods. The purity of the purified preparation and the profile of viral proteins were determined by electrophoresis in 10% polyacrylamide gel (PAG) with the addition of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). …”
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Optimization of the encapsulation of arazá pulp by spray drying: Physicochemical, morphological and in vitro digestion studies by Greilis Quintero-Gamero, Francis S. Sánchez-Garzón, Aureliano Rodríguez-Cortina, María Hernández-Carrión, Luz Stella Nerio

“…Yield (Y), moisture (M), water activity (aw), water solubility index (WSI), hygroscopicity, ascorbic acid and phenolics encapsulation efficiency (EEAA, EEP), and the retention efficiency of DPPH and radical scavenging capacity (DPPH, ABTS) were studied as response variables; being Y, M, aw, WSI and EAA the ones considered for optimization purposes. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Thermal and Hydraulic Characteristics of Finned Flat Tubes of the Oil Air Cooling Device by S. V. Tiunov, A. N. Skrypnik, G. S. Marshalova, V. M. Gureev, I. A. Popov, R. G. Kadyrov, A. D. Chorny, Y. V. Zhukova

“…The experimental studies of seven various samples of heat exchange sections, being different in fin pitch and height, tube section width, flat tube height and a number of inner channels, have determined the performance of each section with the use of the following criteria: thermal power, thermal efficiency, specific thermal heat transfer resistance, M. …”
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Dirac Equation in the Presence of Hartmann and Ring-Shaped Oscillator Potentials by Zahra Bakhshi

“…The importance of the energy spectrum of bound states and their restrictions in quantum mechanics due to the different methods have been used for calculating and determining the limit of them. …”
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Morphological Changes in the Aortic Wall after Blood Loss (An experimental Study) by A. A. Slavnov, V. T. Dolgikh

“…The histological sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin by the methods of Van Gieson, Verhoeff, and Veigert. Morphometric and histometric parameters, including the percentage of layers in the vascular wall and transmission capac ity coefficients, were determined.Results. …”
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Optimization Design and Test Analysis of Rice Electric Binder Knotter Based on ADAMS by Difa Bao, Jufei Wang, Zhi Liang, Chongcheng Chen, Wuxiong Weng, Shuhe Zheng, Jinbo Ren

“…At present, rice binders still face the issues of a low bundling efficiency and quality, which affect the progress of rice harvesting during the harvest season. …”
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Development of a multi-neoepitope vaccine targeting non-small cell lung cancer through reverse vaccinology and bioinformatics approaches by Elahe Asadollahi, Alireza Zomorodipour, Zahra-Soheila Soheili, Babak Jahangiri, Majid Sadeghizadeh

“…The immunoglobulin kappa (Igκ) chain signal peptide was incorporated to improve secretion efficiency. The stability of the final MNEV construct in complex with TLR3, TLR4, and TLR9 was confirmed through binding analysis and refinement of the best-predicted 3D model. …”
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Obstacles and ways of forming effective protection of rice crops from weeds by L. Tsilinko

“…Assessment of the current level of soil contamination in rice checks with weed seeds and determination of the reasons for insufficient efficiency of herbicide application to ensure high yields of rice sown in the south of our country. …”
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Prognostic algorithm for early diagnosis of subcritical conditions as predictors of sudden cardiac death by A. V. Bykov, P. S. Azarova, S. A. Parkhomenko, A. V. Bykov, A. V. Polyakova, M. V. Alymova, A. V. Vinnikov

“…The basis is to improve the efficiency of predictive algorithms.Material and methods. …”
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Chemical Stabilisation of Clayey Soil—Comparison of a Variety of Additives with Respect to Their Effects on the Soil Compressive Strength and Shear Strength by Zoran Bonić, Elefterija Zlatanović, Nemanja Marinković, Nikola Romić, Nebojša Davidović, Snežana Djorić-Veljković, Dragan M. Djordjević

“…The shear strength parameters were determined by direct shear tests. Both stages of the research were conducted at three different time intervals after the chemical stabilisation (3, 14, and 28 days) in order to determine the long-term efficiency of the chemical treatment of clayey soil. …”
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Drying characteristics of white radish slices under heat pump — Low-temperature regenerative wheel collaborative drying by Junhai Yan, Weinan Han, Ben Wei, Yin Liu, Long Gao, Longji Wang, Song Wang, Mingru Zhu, Ziheng Huo

“…To address the issues of low efficiency, high energy consumption, and poor quality associated with traditional food drying methods, this study proposes a heat pump–low-temperature regeneration wheel collaborative drying system. …”
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Probabilistic phase labeling and lattice refinement for autonomous materials research by Ming-Chiang Chang, Sebastian Ament, Maximilian Amsler, Duncan R. Sutherland, Lan Zhou, John M. Gregoire, Carla P. Gomes, R. Bruce van Dover, Michael O. Thompson

“…Abstract X-ray diffraction (XRD) is a powerful method for determining a material’s crystal structure in high-throughput experimentation, and is widely being incorporated in artificially intelligent agents for autonomous scientific discovery. …”
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Design Optimization of Key Structural Parameters for Tension Measuring Rollers in Temper Mill Units by Ji Zhang, Sihua Zhu, Zhixuan Wang, Jiahao Zhu, Zhenhua Bai

“…This leads to improved production efficiency and customer satisfaction. Ultimately, this method enhances product competitiveness and promotes industry technological progress.…”
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Cost-effectiveness of comparative survey designs for helminth control programs: Post-hoc cost analysis and modelling of the Kenyan national school-based deworming program. by Mark Minnery, Collins Okoyo, Grace Morgan, Andrew Wang, Olatunji Johnson, Claudio Fronterre, Antonio Montresor, Suzy J Campbell, Charles Mwandawiro, Peter Diggle

“…We micro-costed a survey of STH and schistosomiasis in Kenya, and linked results to precision estimates of competing survey methods to compare cost-efficiency.<h4>Methods</h4>Costs from a 2017 Kenyan parasitological survey were retrospectively analyzed and extrapolated to explore marginal changes when altering survey size, defined by the number of schools sampled and the number of samples taken per school. …”
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Design of a Mechanised Sorghum Sieving Machine Used in Agriculture Production. by Amanya, Davis

“…The simulation results verified the design's integrity and efficiency, ensuring its suitability for sorghum sieving applications. …”
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Fast Nonparametric Inference of Network Backbones for Weighted Graph Sparsification by Alec Kirkley

“…A key limitation of existing network backboning methods is that they either require the specification of a free parameter (e.g., significance level) that determines the number of edges to keep in the backbone or impose specific restrictions on the topology of the backbone (e.g., that it is a spanning tree). …”
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