Temperature and defect-induced modulation of AC conductivity and dielectric behaviour in nickel oxide nanoparticles by R. P. Neethu, G. Madhu

“…Abstract Nanostructured Nickel Oxide (NiO) samples with particle sizes of 32–45 nm were synthesized using a simple chemical method. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed the formation of NiO with a small amount of Ni2O3, which decreased with increasing annealing temperature. …”
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CoMSeC: A Comparative Analysis of Various Service Classification Techniques by Malabika Das, Ansh Sarkar, Sujata Swain

“…This paper aims to formulate a novel classification model and conduct a comparative study to analyze the performance of base models with various classical and modern clustering algorithms. …”
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Iodixanol Development of a Laboratory-Scale Technique to Monitor the Persistence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Cheddar Cheese by J. A. Donaghy, N. L. Totton, M. T. Rowe

“…The composition of the model Cheddar produced was consistent with commercial product. …”
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Shared entanglement for three-party causal order guessing game by Ryszard Kukulski, Paulina Lewandowska, Karol Życzkowski

“…Utilizing quantum bits for communication and sharing entanglement between parties is a recognized method to enhance performance in these situations. …”
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Neutron Star Inner Crust at Finite Temperatures: A Comparison Between Compressible Liquid Drop and Extended Thomas–Fermi Approaches by Guilherme Grams, Nikolai N. Shchechilin, Théau Diverrès, Anthea F. Fantina, Nicolas Chamel, Francesca Gulminelli

“…To this aim, we employ two different treatments: the compressible liquid drop model (CLDM) and the temperature-dependent extended Thomas–Fermi (TETF) method. …”
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Land Use/Land Cover Change Impact on Hydrological Process in the Upper Baro Basin, Ethiopia by Tewodros Getu Engida, Tewodros Assefa Nigussie, Abreham Berta Aneseyee, John Barnabas

“…The Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was used for the simulation of the streamflow. …”
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Crop, semi-natural, and water features of the cotton agroecosystem as indicators of risk of infestation of two plant bug (Hemiptera: Miridae) pests by Michael J. Brewer

“…Aggregation metrics were also relevant, but composition metrics in the models were arguably more easily utilized in prioritizing insect monitoring. …”
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Effects of Brassica rapa L. Polysaccharides on Bile Acid Metabolism and Intestinal Microbiota in Humanized Mice by ZHANG Mengying, TI Jiayi, LI Wei, BI Kaiyue, WU Yuhan, LI Yanbo, ZHAO Yu, WANG Wei

“…Objective: To investigate the regulatory effect of Brassica rapa L. polysaccharides (BRAP1-1) on the metabolism of bile acids and the intestinal microbiota in a humanized mouse model. Methods: The mouse model was established by long-term oral administration of human fecal suspension, followed by intragastric administration of BRAP1-1 at low (50 mg/kg, LB) and high (200 mg/kg, HB) doses, the same volume of physiological saline as the blank control (CK) or inulin as the positive control (100 mg/kg, IN). …”
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From design to 3D printing: A proof-of-concept study for multiple unit particle systems (MUPS) printed by dual extrusion fused filament fabrication by Lee Roy Oldfield, Aaron Felix Christofer Mentrup, Stefan Klinken-Uth, Tobias Auel, Anne Seidlitz

“…Control of release can be achieved by adapting the particle composition. Despite the advantages of MUPS, only a limited number of preparations are available on the market. 3D printing could be a new advantageous method to produce MUPS tablets compared to the conventional production via tableting. …”
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Energy saving in the extractive distillation of isobutyl alcohol–isobutyl acetate with n-butyl propionate by P. S. Klauzner, D. G. Rudakov, E. A. Anokhina, A. V. Timoshenko

“…Determination of the effectiveness of using various types of heat pumps in the extractive distillation of an isobutyl alcohol–isobutyl acetate mixture with n-butyl propionate as the entrainer.Methods. As the main research method, mathematical modeling was performed using the Aspen Plus V. 9 software package. …”
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Optimal modes of side-section flow in heat-pump-assisted extractive distillation systems for separating allyl alcohol–allyl acetate mixtures with butyl propionate by P. S. Klauzner, D. G. Rudakov, E. A. Anokhina, A. V. Timoshenko

“…The local composition equation of the non-random two-liquid model was used as a model for describing the vapor–liquid equilibrium, while the Redlich–Kwong model was used to consider the non-ideal vapor phase. …”
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Focusing on scRNA-seq-Derived T Cell-Associated Genes to Identify Prognostic Signature and Immune Microenvironment Status in Low-Grade Glioma by Jiayu Wen, Qiaoyi Huang, Jiuxiu Yao, Wei Wei, Zehui Li, Huiqin Zhang, Surui Chang, Hui Pei, Yu Cao, Hao Li

“…Subsequently, according to the T cell marker genes, we screened six genes for constructing the model, namely, RTN1, HERPUD1, MX1, SEC61G, HOPX, and CHI3L1. …”
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Spectral Fingerprinting of Tencha Processing: Optimising the Detection of Total Free Amino Acid Content in Processing Lines by Hyperspectral Analysis by Qinghai He, Yihang Guo, Xiaoli Li, Yong He, Zhi Lin, Hui Zeng

“…Four pretreating methods were employed to preprocess the spectra, and partial least squares regression (PLSR) and least squares support vector machine regression (LS–SVR) models were established from the perspectives of individual processes and the entire process. …”
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Enhancing photovoltaic efficiency in Half-Tandem MAPbI3/ MASnI3 Perovskite solar cells with triple core-shell plasmonic nanoparticles by Saeed Baghaee Ivriq, Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi, Rasmus Schmidt Davidsen

“…Consequently, this research has conducted a two-dimensional (2D) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) simulation to develop an accurate model. The approach utilized in this study is based on the finite element method (FEM). …”
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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry of Volatile Organic Impurities in Whiskey by Nataliya V. Shelekhova, Tamara M. Shelekhova, Liubov I. Skvortsova, Natalya V. Poltavskaya

“…Their quality and safety control is a serious analytical task that requires new, more accurate instrumental methods, e.g., chromatography-mass spectrometry. The research involved domestic and foreign whiskey, other alcoholic beverages, and 40% water-alcohol model solutions. …”
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Effects of Long-Term Sunflower Oil vs. Linseed Oil Diets on Fatty Acids Phospholipids and Desaturases in Hepatocytes by Slavica Rankovic, Tamara Popovic, Aleksandra Nenadovic, Anica Stankovic, Jasmina Debeljak Martacic, Andjelija Ilic, Alexander Trbovich

“…The liver’s phospholipids fatty acids composition depends on the dietary intake of lipids and the efficiency of enzymatic activity in the liver. …”
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UV Hyperspectral Imaging and Chemometrics for Honeydew Detection: Enhancing Cotton Fiber Quality by Mohammad Al Ktash, Mona Knoblich, Frank Wackenhut, Marc Brecht

“…Reference cotton samples were sprayed multiple times with honey solutions to replicate the natural composition of honeydew. Comparisons were made with an alternative method where samples were soaked in sugar solutions of varying concentrations. …”
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Predicting soil organic carbon with ensemble learning techniques by using satellite images for precision farming by Shyamal Mundada, Pooja Jain

“…Abstract Soil plays a major role in the agricultural system. Soil composition detection can help farmers to take appropriate decision leading to proper crop growth. …”
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Experimental studies of natural material-based coatings for thermal protection of metallic surfaces by Alexander A. Genbach, David Yu. Bondartsev, Natalia A. Genbach, Ekaterina A. Genbach

“…The thermodynamic characteristics of thermal tools have been established in the model and experimentally; the granulometric composition of materials has been obtained; the hydrodynamic operating modes of the burners have been selected (fuel combustion method, jet length, jet angle). …”
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High-speed encrypted traffic classification by using payload features by Xinge Yan, Liukun He, Yifan Xu, Jiuxin Cao, Liangmin Wang, Guyang Xie

“…Second, HETC introduces binary features upon the previous features and performs fine-grained traffic classification by combining these payload features with a Random Forest model. The experimental results show that HETC can achieve a 94% F-measure in detecting encrypted flows and a 85%–93% F-measure in classifying fine-grained flows for a 1-KB flow-length dataset, outperforming the state-of-the-art comparison methods. …”
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