Sound Quality Prediction Method of Dual-Phase Hy-Vo Chain Transmission System Based on MFCC-CNN and Fuzzy Generation by Jiabao LI, Lichi AN, Yabing CHENG, Haoxiang WANG

“…Noise acquisition tests are conducted under various working conditions, followed by subjective evaluations using the equal interval direct one-dimensional method. Objective evaluations are performed using the Mel-frequency cepstral coefficient (MFCC). …”
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A Novel Method for Constructing Main-Aftershock Sequences and Its Application in the Global Damage Accumulation Effects Analysis of Gravity Dams by Liaojun Zhang, Yafei Zhai, Binghui Cui, Yujie Tang, Zhonghui Bi

“…Therefore, for comprehensive evaluation of the cumulative damage of the gravity dam structure caused by aftershock, the dynamic damage of the dam body concrete is analyzed by many scholars through the plastic damage mechanics method, but there is little research on rock material at the dam foundation with the method utilized; thus, the simulation of the whole dynamic damage evolution is worthy of investigation of the dam body and dam foundation. …”
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Gibbs free energy of formation of Cu2In2O5 ternary phase determined by E.M.F. method by Jendrzejczyk-Handzlik Dominika, Handzlik Piotr

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Experimental Study on Dynamic Force–Thermal Loading for Multi-Stage Telescopic Wings Based on the Dynamic Multi-Point Equivalent Method by Hong Xiao, Shuailin Li, Hongwei Guo, Hualiang Liu, Guang Yang, Chunfeng Li, Jianguo Tao

“…Compared to the conventional equal-area division method, the simulation results demonstrated a significant improvement in deformation fitting accuracy using the proposed method. …”
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Real-Time Sensor for Measuring the Surface Temperature of Thermal Protection Structures Based on the Full-Time Domain Temperature Inversion Method by Yuhao Liu, Xiong Zhao, Xiangyu Wei, Pengyu Nan, Fan Zhou, Guoguo Xin, Kok-Sing Lim, Yupeng Zhang, Hangzhou Yang

“…The mean relative error of the inversion temperature decreases exponentially as the window size increases, and the optimal window duration is equal to the thermal hysteresis time. The study investigates the impact of three noise filtering methods on the inversion accuracy, finding that the Savitzky-Golay filtering significantly enhances measurement precision, reducing mean relative error from 18.4% to 6.7%. …”
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Frequency Domain Sampling Optimization of Cable Defect Detection and Location Method Based on Exponentially Increased Frequency Reflection Coefficient Spectrum by Kuangyi Jiang, Kai Zhou, Xiang Ren, Yefei Xu

“…To avoid spectral leakage caused by non-uniform sampling under exponential frequency increments, this method locally linearizes exponential sampling and uses interpolation to complete the overall frequency sampling rate, ensuring it meets the basic assumption of Fourier transform—uniform and equally spaced sampling signals. …”
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10-year stability of magnetite nanopowder prepared by the exploding wire method: is it a useful feature for environment safety and biomedical applications? by I. A. Khlusov, A. S. Omelyanchik, V. V. Rodionova, V. V. Shupletsova, O. G. Khaziakhmatova, K. A. Yurova, L. S. Litvinova, I. K. Norkin

“…To analyze the structural, magnetic, and cytotoxic features of magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) prepared by the exploding wire method and stored in a dark place at ambient temperature (65 ± 15% humidity, air pressure 760± 20 mm Hg., temperature 22 ± 4 °C) for 10 years.Materials and methods. …”
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Identification and Differentiation of Polygonum multiflorum Radix and Polygoni multiflori Radix Preaparata through the Quantitative Analysis of Multicomponents by the Single-Marker... by Ding-Qiang Luo, Pu Jia, Shan-Shan Zhao, Ye Zhao, Hai-Jing Liu, Feng Wei, Shuang-Cheng Ma

“…When the F value is greater than or equal to 1.0, the sample was identified as Polygonum multiflorum Radix, and if the F value was between 0.6 and 1.0, the sample of Polygoni multiflori Radix Preaparata was processed incompletely. …”
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StegGPT: A Novel Foundation-Model-Based Character-Level Linguistic Steganography Method Utilizing Large Language Models by Omer Farooq Ahmed Adeeb, Seyed Jahanshah Kabudian

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Re-testing as a method of implementing external quality assessment program for COVID-19 real time PCR testing in Uganda. by Erick Jacob Okek, Fredrick Joshua Masembe, Jocelyn Kiconco, John Kayiwa, Esther Amwine, Daniel Obote, Stephen Alele, Charles Nahabwe, Jackson Were, Bernard Bagaya, Stephen Balinandi, Julius Lutwama, Pontiano Kaleebu

“…Re-testing was one of the methods initiated by the UVRI to implement External Quality assessment of COVID19 molecular diagnostics.…”
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Improved ADI Iterative Algorithm With Gauss-Seidel Ideology for Efficient WLP-FDTD Method in 3-D Cylindrical Coordinate System by Da-Wei Zhu, Hai-Lin Chen, Jiachen Xu, Bo-Ao Xu, Li Zhen

“…An improved Alternating-Direction-Implicit iterative algorithm with Gauss-Seidel ideology for efficient weighted-Laguerre-polynomial finite-difference time-domain method is proposed in 3-D cylindrical coordinate system. …”
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A Predictive Method for Greenhouse Soil Pore Water Electrical Conductivity Based on Multi-Model Fusion and Variable Weight Combination by Jiawei Zhao, Peng Tian, Jihong Sun, Xinrui Wang, Changjun Deng, Yunlei Yang, Haokai Zhang, Ye Qian

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DBA-RTMDet: A High-Precision and Real-Time Instance Segmentation Method for Identification of Damaged Buildings in Postearthquake UAV Imagery by Kangsan Yu, Shumin Wang, Yitong Wang, Ziying Gu, Yuanhao Wang

“…Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing plays a crucial role in the rapid assessment of postearthquake-damaged buildings. Existing methods for automatic identification of damaged buildings based on UAV remote sensing imagery primarily focus on assessment accuracy. …”
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Analysis of influence of the item total scores on the levels of ability of respondents in the dichotomous Rasch model based on the weighted maximum likelihood method by E. B. Belov, M. V. Alekseev, N. P. Kitaev, A. I. Kuchumov

“…Differences without extreme respondents do not exceed 0.01 logit with the maximum value of the coefficient K equal to 2. Conclusion. On the basis of WML, a method is proposed for taking into account the influence of the difficulties of items on the levels of respondents’ abilities in the Rasch dichotomous model when using the item total scores. …”
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The Effect of Data Conversion Methods (Naive Bayes, C5.0 & Support Vector Machine) on the Performance of Classification Algorithms in Data Mining by Hussein Ali Attallah, Ahmed Al-Asadi, Doctor, Sadeer Sadeq

“…It was aimed to examine the effects of data transformation on naive Bayes (NB), C5.0 and support vector machines (SVM) by applying minimum-maximum and z-score normalisation and equal width and equal frequency spacing discrimination methods to different types of data produced by simulation. …”
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Methods of Increasing the Reliability of the Received Data of the Photon Counter Based on the Analysis of the Pulse Counting Rate During the Transmission of Binary Symbols «0»... by A. M. Timofeev

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Determination of the tangential component of cutting resistance during frozen sedimentary rock cutting using blocked, deeply blocked and cell cutting methods by Stanislav A. Shemyakin, Evgenii A. Shishkin

“…The numerical explanation of the choice of cell cutting in relation to blocked and deeply blocked cutting is given. For all three methods of cutting, under equal geometrical parameters of the cutting tool and the physical and mechanical properties of the frozen rock, the numerical value of the tangential component of cutting resistance is obtained. …”
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On the applicability of semi-empirical methods for calculating the operating processes of a single-stage long-stroke reciprocating compressor in the sphere of wet steam by V. L. Yusha

“…The issues of applicability of well-known semi-empirical methods for calculating the operating processes of low-speed reciprocating compressors for the theoretical study of these processes in the field of wet steam are considered. …”
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Impact and feasibility of a tailor-made patient communication quality improvement programme for hospital-based physiotherapists: a mixed-methods study by Thomas J Hoogeboom, Rudi A Steenbruggen, Marjo Maas, Paul Brand, Philip van der Wees, Linda AG van Heusden-Scholtalbers

“…Background In tailoring a quality improvement programme for hospital-based physiotherapy, the original use of video recordings was replaced by using the tracer methodology.Objective To examine the impact of a tailor-made quality improvement programme addressing patient communication on the professional development of hospital-based physiotherapists, and to evaluate barriers and facilitators as determinants of feasibility of the programme.Methods A mixed-methods study was conducted. Participants were clustered in groups per hospital and linked with an equally sized group in a nearby hospital. …”
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Effects of high-fidelity simulation and e-learning methods on nursing students’ self-efficacy in patient safety: a quasi-experimental study by Kevser Ozata, Leyla Dinc

“…Conclusion Both high-fidelity simulation and e-learning methods focusing on patient safety were equally effective in improving nursing students’ self-efficacy. …”
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