Predicting Wastewater Characteristics Using Artificial Neural Network and Machine Learning Methods for Enhanced Operation of Oxidation Ditch by Igor Gulshin, Nikolay Makisha

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A noninvasive ultrasonic method for the elasticity evaluation of the carotid arteries and its application in the diagnosis of the cerebro-vascular system by Tadeusz POWAŁOWSKI, Bogumił PEŃSKO

“…The value of this coefficient was determined noninvasively from the ultrasonic measurement of the instantaneous diameter of the common carotid artery and the systolic and diastolic pressures measured with a manometer in the brachial artery. …”
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Quantitative Determination of Sucrose Adulterated in Red Ginseng by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy (THz-TDS) with Monte Carlo Uninformative Variable Elimination (MCUVE) and Sup... by Shubao Pan, Huo Zhang, Zhi Li, Tao Chen, Xianhua Yin

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Adherence to Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and its determinants among pregnant women in East Africa: Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys data from nine East African co... by Nanati Legese Alemu, Kedir Teji Roba, Henok Demeke Getaneh, Temam Beshir Raru, Alemneh Kabeta Daba, Netsanet Worku, Zeweter Abebe

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Comparison between dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and calcaneal quantitative ultrasound for determining bone mineral density in children living with HIV in uganda: A cross- secti... by Eva Natukunda, Alexander J. Szubert, Alasdair Bamford, Katja Doerholt, Diana M. Gibb, Centurio Wandera, Aidah Nakalyango, Anna Griffiths, Lara Monkiewicz, Joan J. Nangiya, Esther Nambi, Victor Musiime, Phillipa Musoke

“…Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study among CLWH as a sub-study of the CHAPAS-4 trial. …”
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Determination of Victoria blue in water samples using ultrasound-assisted liquid-phase microextraction based on deep eutectic solvents: A comparative study of spectrophotometric an... by Zahra Khalifeh, Hamid Reza Rajabi, Ali Gorjizadeh Kohvade, Ardeshir Shokrollahi

“…The method demonstrates excellent linearity (0.010–3.0 and 0.01–4.0 mg/L), high coefficient determination (R2 = 0.9996 and 0.9985), and low detection limits (3.0 and 4.2 µg/L) using both spectrophotometry and SPI. …”
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Geophysical characterization methods for sweet spots in shale oil: A case study of Niuzhuang Subsag in Shengli Oilfield by ZHANG Qiang, WANG Jing, ZHOU Haiting, LÜ Shichao

“…In view of the insufficient applicability of geophysical characterization methods for sweet spots in shale oil in Niuzhuang Subsag， the core and logging data were used to analyze the physical characteristics of different types of lithofacies based on basic research， and the combinatorial lithofacies models were established for AVO forward analysis， so as to determine the elastic parameters of different lithofacies combinations. …”
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Non-Destructive Methods Based on Machine Learning for the Prediction of Sweet Potato Leaf Area: A Comparative Approach by Joao Everthon Da Silva Ribeiro, Ester Dos Santos Coelho, Antonio Gideilson Correia Da Silva, Pablo Henrique De Almeida Oliveira, Elania Freire Da Silva, Gisele Lopes Dos Santos, Anna Kezia Soares De Oliveira, John Victor Lucas Lima, Walter Esfrain Pereira, Lindomar Maria Da Silveira, Aurelio Paes Barros

“…The coefficient of determination (R2), relative root mean squared error (RRMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), and mean bias error (MBE) were used as criteria for choosing the best methods. …”
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Simultaneous determination of nineteen azo dyes in water samples by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after Fe3O4@COF based dispersive solid phase extraction by Nazime Ebrar Karlıdağ, Sezin Erarpat Bodur, Ömer Tahir Günkara, Sezgin Bakırdere

“…Under the optimum Fe3O4@COF-DSPE-GC-MS conditions, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantitation (LOQ), linear range (LR), coefficient of determination (R2) and percent relative standard deviation (%RSD) were calculated using external calibration plots belonging to each analyte. …”
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Method for Detecting Small Aerial Objects Appearing in Field of View in Controlled Part of Celestial Sphere in Infrared Range by F. G. Agayev, H. H. Asadov, G. V. Aliyeva

“…The proposed method can be used for remote control of flight or the functioning of a group of flying thermal objects with different values of the radiation coefficient with a special procedure for selecting a controlled aircraft for observation by an element of a multi-radar system. …”
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Improving the Efficiency of Planning by E. L. Chazov, V. P. Grakhov, V. V. Krivorotov, O. L. Simchenko

“…The use of this matrix made it possible to exclude several inefficient geological and technical measures from the plan. The method of ranking based on the calculation of the integrated efficiency coefficient has been developed. …”
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Investigating factors affecting the quality of water resources by multivariate analysis and soft computing approaches by Bing Cheng, Xinyu Liu, Keke Guo, Ahmad Rastegarnia

“…Modeling results based on error value, Wilmot agreement index, A20 index, determination coefficient, and violin diagrams showed that the SVM (R2 > 0.99, RMSE < 0.04, A20 = 1.00, WAI = 1.00) achieved better than the other models. …”
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Development of a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method for the Quantification of Glucaric Acid Derivatives in Beverage Substrates by Ana Paula Craig, Christine C. Fields, John V. Simpson

“…The results demonstrated that the method should be regarded as a reliable alternative to the simultaneous determination of GL and DGuA.…”
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CPO-VMD Combined With Multiscale Permutation Entropy for Noise Reduction in GNSS Vertical Time Series in Mining Areas by Xu Yang, Xinxin Yao, Xinjian Fang, Xuexiang Yu, Yi Wu, Shicheng Xie

“…The method uses the CPO algorithm to optimize the key parameters of the VMD, determines the high-frequency components with MPE values higher than a set threshold as noise components and removes them, and then reconstructs the remaining components in order to obtain the noise-reduced time series. …”
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Energy Efficiency of Heat Pumps Heating Systems at Subsoil Waters for South-East Regions of Europe by Denysova A.E., Klymchuk O.A., Ivanova L.V., Zhaivoron O.S.

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Comparing circular and flexibly-shaped scan statistics for disease clustering detection by Lina Wang, Xiang Li, Zhengbin Zhang, Haoxun Yuan, Pengfei Lu, Yaru Li

“…The results show that the optimal MSWS parameter for SaTScan is determined through a Gini coefficient-based stepwise-threshold-reduction approach, while a K-value of 30 is ideal for FleXScan. …”
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Estimation of body measurements of sheep by Digital Image Processing by A.R. Onal

“…ABSTRACT For the determination of body measurements in sheep the classical measurement method is generally used. …”
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A correlation-based binary particle swarm optimization method for feature selection in human activity recognition by Huaijun Wang, Ruomeng Ke, Junhuai Li, Yang An, Kan Wang, Lei Yu

“…Meanwhile, correlation coefficients among the features are added to binary particle swarm optimization as a feature correlation factor to determine the position of particles, so that the feature with more information is more likely to be selected. …”
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System Reliability Analysis of Slope Stability of Earth Rock Dams Based on Finite Element Strength Reduction Method by Huibao Huang, Junchi Zhu, Zhenyu Wu, Jiankang Chen, Jichen Tian

“…System reliability is determined using Ditlevsen’s narrow bound method. Applied to a 314 m earth rockfill dam, three critical slip pathways were identified: upstream shallow (reliability index is 6.94), upstream deep (reliability index is 6.87), and downstream deep (reliability index is 7.44), with correlation coefficients between 0.26 and 0.89. …”
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A Novel Sparse Polynomial Expansion Method for Interval and Random Response Analysis of Uncertain Vibro-Acoustic System by Shengwen Yin, Xiaohan Zhu, Xiang Liu

“…The proposed SGS-IRAPC retains the accuracy and the simplicity of the traditional arbitrary polynomial chaos method, while avoiding its inefficiency. In the SGS-IRAPC, the response is approximated by the moment-based arbitrary polynomial chaos expansion and the expansion coefficient is determined by the least squares approximation method. …”
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