Investigation of Long-Term Performance of a Proposed Cost-Effective HCl Non-Dispersive Infrared Analyzer at Real Stationary Sources by Byeong-Gyu Park, Trieu-Vuong Dinh, Sang-Woo Lee, In-Young Choi, Byung-Chan Cho, Da-Hyun Baek, Jong-Choon Kim, Jo-Chun Kim

“…To achieve these improvements, the same bandpass filter technique, negligible interference bandpass filter, and optimal path length are applied to the analyzer. Laboratory inspections and long-term field trials are conducted to evaluate the performance of the analyzer. …”
Get full text

Cost-Effective Dual-Axis Solar Tracker with Enhanced Performance by Amirhossein Fathi, Hossein Yousefi, Amirmahdi Komarizadeh, Mohammad Salehi, Kianoosh Choubineh, Laleh Ghahremani

“…Online calculation of the system’s optimal position better utilizes the tracker in different regions and climates. …”
Get full text

Myocardial work assessment to improve baseline risk stratification in patients with transthyretin amyloidosis by Ana Moya, Elayne Kelen de Oliveira, Monika Beles, Dimitri Buytaert, Marc Goethals, Riet Dierckx, Jeroen Dauw, Jozef Bartunek, Ward A. Heggermont, Marc Vanderheyden

Get full text

Sustainable Growth from a Factor Dependence and Technological Progress Perspective: A Case Study of East China by Ying Liu, Wan-Ming Chen, Sheng-Yuan Wang, Xiao-Lan Wu

“…Having calculated the contribution rate of these different factors to economic growth, the paper finds that factors of production have a different elasticity that impacts the growth of different regions and industries and notes that energy and physical capital are the most significant factors for the growth of primary and secondary industries. …”
Get full text

Gender in Endocrine Diseases: Role of Sex Gonadal Hormones by R. Lauretta, M. Sansone, A. Sansone, F. Romanelli, M. Appetecchia

“…Even the clinical response to therapy may be influenced by sex hormones and gender, but further research is needed to investigate and clarify how they can affect the human pathophysiology. The path to a tailored medicine in which every patient is able to receive early diagnosis, risk assessments, and optimal treatments cannot exclude the importance of gender. …”
Get full text

Constructive layout for small rotor of straight-flow rotary ripper by V. A. Nikolaev

“…By constructing projections on the transverse-vertical plane of the knife blade at different angles  of deflection of the blade in the cutting plane the optimal shape of the knife blade has been determined, the transformation of the angle of sharpening of the blade depending on the angle of deviation of the cutting plane from the plane perpendicular to the blade, the front, back corner of the knife blade, the profile of the blade of the small rotor knife in space was revealed, a structural layout of the small rotor was made, the circumferential velocity of the point on the surface of the shaft, the angular velocity of the small rotor, the time of one revolution of the small rotor, the path of the unit for one revolution of the small rotor are calculated.…”
Get full text

Pixel-wise navigation line extraction of cross-growth-stage seedlings in complex sugarcane fields and extension to corn and rice by Hongwei Li, Hongwei Li, Xindong Lai, Yongmei Mo, Deqiang He, Tao Wu, Tao Wu

“…Ultimately, the navigation line is extracted by linear fitting, representing the autonomous vehicle’s optimal path. An assessment was conducted on a sugarcane dataset. …”
Get full text

Mathematical modeling of microwave channels of a semi-active radar homing head by N. М. Legkiy, I. V. Unchenko

“…Radar homing heads of guided missiles form a large group of radars which differ from other radars due to their specific purpose. …”
Get full text

Development of Anshun intangible cultural heritage batik based on NVivo analysis by Kun Quan, Azlin Iryani binti Mohd Noor, Jing Wang

“…It proposes a theoretical path for the optimal development of Anshun batik that integrates inheritors, digital products and batik ecological environment to complement each other.…”
Get full text

User-Centric Multi-Dimensional Modulation for Receiver Operational Cost Minimization in Non-Orthogonal Domains by Thakshanth Uthayakumar, Xianbin Wang

“…Furthermore, the operational cost of restoring orthogonality and demodulation varies across domains due to different synchronization and interference cancelation capabilities of receiver in different domains. …”
Get full text

Modeling and Analysis of Integrated Pest Control Strategies via Impulsive Differential Equations by Joseph Páez Chávez, Dirk Jungmann, Stefan Siegmund

“…Furthermore, a comprehensive parametric study of an IPM-based impulsive control scheme is carried out via path-following techniques. The analysis addresses practical questions, such as how to determine the parameter values of the system yielding an optimal pest control, in terms of operation costs and environmental damage. …”
Get full text

Mapping Soil Available Nitrogen Using Crop-Specific Growth Information and Remote Sensing by Xinle Zhang, Yihan Ma, Shinai Ma, Chuan Qin, Yiang Wang, Huanjun Liu, Lu Chen, Xiaomeng Zhu

“…The study shows that when mapping the soil AN content in arable land, different crop types, data collection time, and crop growth differences should be considered comprehensively, and the combination of specific crop types and their optimal period growth information has a greater potential to improve the accuracy of mapping soil AN content. …”
Get full text

An analytical study comparing the work done and the instantaneous speed of the ball to launch the penalty skill from the penalty mark (6 meters and 10 meters) for FUTSAL players by Dr. Diar Muhammed

“… The importance of the research lies in trying to find the best solutions to get the player to the optimal motor path by studying mechanical (kinematical) variables for one of the most important skills for the futsal soccer game, which is the scoring skill of the penalty marks (6 - 10) meters in highlighting the study of the differences between The completed work and the instantaneous speed of the ball to launch the scoring skill from the penalty mark for scoring (6 meters and 10 meters) for players in some biomechanical variables such as the vertical work done variable and the angle of the ball launch so that we can know those differences and overcome them in the stages of education and training. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of an integrated care program for thoracic surgery in Ontario, Canada: a historical cohort study by Nicholas Bakewell, Catherine Liang, Tsoleen Ayanian, Sanjana Sundaram, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Meghan O’Neill, Kathy Kornas, Lori Diemert, Megan Samantha Lowe, Melissa Chang, Laura C. Rosella

“…Results In total, 1572 patients were included (Pre-COVID IC (n = 269); COVID IC (n = 869); Historical non-IC (n = 434)), with the largest proportion enrolled in the low care path. Compared to the Historical non-IC group, both the Pre-COVID and COVID IC groups had a statistically significantly shorter mean index LOS in the low (relative mean difference (RMD): 0.74 (95% confidence interval: 0.63–0.88) [Pre-COVID]; 0.66 (0.58–0.75) [COVID]) and medium (RMD: 0.75 (0.59–0.97) [Pre-COVID]; 0.62 (0.51–0.74) [COVID]) care paths; results were similar for total LOS (including readmissions). …”
Get full text

Skull fracture detection for point-of-care diagnostics using microwave technique by Mariella Särestöniemi, Daljeet Singh, Jarmo Reponen, Mikael von und zu Fraunberg, Teemu Myllylä

“…The evaluation results show that different types of skull fractures can be detected with microwave technique. …”
Get full text

直齿锥齿轮修形齿面安装误差敏感性分析 by 曹雪梅, 娄佳佳, 马战勇

“…On the basis of establishing the straight bevel gear meshing coordinate system with installation error,the way of using Gauss curvature of different surface to indicate installation error sensitivity of the straight bevel gear modification tooth surface on the two tangent contact tooth surfaces is put forward.The contact path of modification straight bevel gear which has low sensitivity to installation errors is obtained by using penalty function method to optimize the long axis of the contact ellipse. …”
Get full text

The reduction of the standard of census route length using double lamination of sample by V. M. Glushkov

“…On 2 territories, different in areas and levels of linear density populations of moose, the number of wild animals by the trails on the route was counted. …”
Get full text

Simulation and Research Methodology for the Process of Conveying Bulk Materials by Screw Conveyors by Andrey V. Butovchenko, Anastasia P. Kopeikina, Daria E. Bastrykina, Mikhail A. Chebotarev, Fedor Yu. Zhigailov

“…There were taken into account the possibility of wide variation of technological properties of bulk materials coming for conveying and of operation kinematic modes allowing the comparison of different variants and selection of the most effective variant by the criterion of minimization of the aggregate path for movement of separate particles and minimum specific power consumption for movement. …”
Get full text

Design of polarization-independent 1 × 2 optical power splitter based on silicon nitride slot waveguide structure by Fangxu Liu, Huanlin Lv, Hongyu Zhang, Shuo Liu, Yanfeng Liang, Haoyu Wang, Yang Cong, Xuanchen Li, Qingxiao Guo

“…The device is simulated using the Frequency Domain Finite Difference (FDE) method and the Eigenmode Expansion (EME) method. …”
Get full text

Medical Students` perception Regarding Using Study Guides in Clinical Education by Shakiba Sadat Tabatabaee, Fatemeh Keshmiri

“…Introduction: Study guide is a tool that helps to direct learners on the education path as a road map and can facilitate their learning process. …”
Get full text