Determination of Optimized Mix Design of Reactive Powder Concrete by Abbas Moslehi, Mohammad Ali Dashti Rahmatabadi, Hosein Arman

“…Also, results from the 27 mix designs investigated by the Taguchi method revealed the optimized mix design for the maximum compressive strength with 146.7 MPa and the optimized mix design for the minimum water absorption with 0.89%. …”
Get full text

Optimized sensorless control systems for cargo movement mechanisms by A. V. Sinyukov, T. V. Sinyukova, E. I. Gracheva, M. Kolcun, S. Valtchev

“…Investigation of the control system of the cargo movement mechanism when using different variants of sensorless control. The search for the optimal option, in which the formation of the speed is identical to the data obtained from the speed sensor. …”
Get full text

Determinants of Dynamic Capital Structure and the Speed of Adjustment to Optimal Leverage: A Study on Financial Institutions in Turkey by Hülya Yılmaz

“…Using the dynamic panel data analysis method GMM-SYS, the speed of adjustment to optimal capital structure is determined to be 26%; however, during the global financial crisis (2007–2010), when financial institutions’ total debt ratios declined, this speed plummeted to 19%. …”
Get full text

Optimization of time and temperature of dam construction for thermal analysis of roller compacted concrete dam by Ramtin Sobhkhiz Foumani, Alireza Mardookhpour, Forouzan Saberi

“…Each analysis is based on the start of the project from different months of the year to achieve the optimal constructing time based on the maximum temperature in the concrete of the dam and the stresses created by it by collecting the information and using the perceptron network algorithm. …”
Get full text

Chemical Reaction Optimization for Minimum Weight Dominating Set by A. Pritam Khan Boni, B. Md. Rafiqul Islam

“…The performance is measured from different graphs of the benchmark datasets. It can be mentioned that the proposed method takes minimal running time to obtain the minimum weight compared to other benchmark methods.…”
Get full text

Buckling optimization of elastic IPE and circular sections columns considering boundry condition effects by M. Mirtaheri, H. Asadi, M. Nazeryan, M. Mirjalaly

“…Precise results and numerical examples have been shown and useful diagrams have been developed for the cases of simple, clamped and clamped free supported by different types of cross-sectional areas. The model has succeeded in arriving at the global optimal column designs possessing the absolute maximum buckling load without violating the economic feasibility requirement. …”
Get full text

MULTI–CRITERIA OPTIMIZATION OF A PRODUCT RECIPE COMPOSITION by Marina A. Nikitina, Irina M. Chernukha

“…The use of the IT-technologies realized by the methods of multi-criteria structure optimization and mathematical programming allows correcting and optimizing food recipes by different criteria of the non-linear character, structuring the obtained set of alternatives and detecting the optimal food recipe option with the targeted quality, composition and properties or a diet for a particular population category with consideration for the therapeutic and prophylactic direction.…”
Get full text

Fusion-Optimized Multimodal Entity Alignment with Textual Descriptions by Chenchen Wang, Chaomurilige, Yu Weng, Xuan Liu, Zheng Liu

“…To effectively overcome this limitation, this paper proposes a fusion-optimized multimodal entity alignment method, FMEA-TD. …”
Get full text

Advancing skin cancer detection integrating a novel unsupervised classification and enhanced imaging techniques by Md. Abdur Rahman, Nur Mohammad Fahad, Mohaimenul Azam Khan Raiaan, Mirjam Jonkman, Friso DeBoer, Sami Azam

“…In this study, the authors aim to explore the potential of unsupervised learning methods in classifying different types of skin lesions in dermatoscopic images. …”
Get full text

Effects of Urban Park Construction Period on Plant Multidimensional Diversities, Landscape Patterns of Green Spaces, and Their Associations in Changchun City, Northeast China by Xiao Yao, Dan Zhang, Yuhang Song, Hongjian Zhang, Xiaolei Zhang, Yufei Chang, Xinyuan Ma, Ziyue Lu, Yuanyuan Wang

“…Taking Changchun, a provincial city, as an example, a total of 240 plots were surveyed using the stratified random sampling method. We studied the effects of the urban park construction period on plant multidimensional diversities, landscape patterns of green spaces, and their associations in Changchun City, Northeast China. …”
Get full text

Cooling Rate Measurement and System Optimization for Cryotop Device by Li Weijie, Zhou Xinli, Dai Jianjun, Zhang Defu, Liu Baolin, Wang Haisong

Get full text

Impact of farmer training on potato yield: a case of smallholder potato farmers in Malawi by Ednah Kangogo, David Jakinda Otieno, Julius Okello, Obed Mwenye, Eliya Kapalasa

“…This study applied the difference-in-difference method with inverse probability-weighted regression to analyze the impact of farmer training on potato yield. …”
Get full text

Multilevel Thresholding Segmentation Based on Harmony Search Optimization by Diego Oliva, Erik Cuevas, Gonzalo Pajares, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Perez-Cisneros

“…The proposed algorithm encodes random samples from a feasible search space inside the image histogram as candidate solutions, whereas their quality is evaluated considering the objective functions that are employed by the Otsu’s or Kapur’s methods. Guided by these objective values, the set of candidate solutions are evolved through the HSA operators until an optimal solution is found. …”
Get full text

Changes in Respiratory Function Before and After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children with Congenital Heart Disease with Increased or Decreased Pulmonary Blood Flow by Liang L, Hou A, Xi H, Yang J, Liu C

“…This study aims to examine the changes in respiratory function before and after CPB in children under 12 years diagnosed with CHD with different types of shunts.Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 60 pediatric patients with CHD admitted to the hospital between January 2022 and December 2023. …”
Get full text

Optimal dose of resistance training to improve handgrip strength in older adults with sarcopenia: a systematic review and Bayesian model-based network meta-analysis by Li Hua-Rui, Huang Shouliang, Yv Zhengze, Jiang Ning, Li Peihua, Zhai Yifei, Peng Fenglin

“…Therefore, the aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate the dose-response relationship between different doses of resistance training and grip strength in older adults.MethodsThis systematic review and network meta-analysis included a search in PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library for randomized controlled trials from inception to 19 October 2024 of resistance training for patients with senile sarcopenia. …”
Get full text

Selection Optimization of Variable Pitch Motor Based on Load by LIU Runrui, YU Yong, LI Tao, LIU Zhe, LI Gaoyu

Get full text

A novel reindeer cyclone optimization algorithm (RCOA) by Gopal Chaudhary, Bharat S. Rawal

“…The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test confirms the statistical significance of RCOA’s performance, indicating its robustness and reliability in handling diverse optimization landscapes. The findings suggest that RCOA is a competitive optimization method suitable for a wide range of real-world applications.…”
Get full text

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION. INTRODUCTION by V. Sarancha, K. Vitale, S. Oreskovic, V. Sulyma

“…Modelling of environmental and technological inputs allows optimizing performance of the system. Various factors and parameters that may influence effectiveness of different sectors in healthcare system are detected. …”
Get full text

Optimization of Electrode Configuration for 3-D Brain EIT by Siyuan Bai, Yitong Guo, Weichen Li, Lei Wang, Xuetao Shi

“…However, a reference method for selecting high-performance electrode configurations has not been proposed. …”
Get full text

The integration of optimizing train timetables with EMU route plans by Wenjun Li, Lu Tong, Lang Xiao, Peiwen Han

“…To verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed model and method, a case study was conducted on the EMU circulation plan and draft train timetable for the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, with the results analyzed accordingly.…”
Get full text