Validation and Application of CFD Methodology for Core Inlet Flow Distribution in APR1000 Reactor by Sung Man Son, Won Man Park, Dae Kyung Choi, Choengryul Choi

“…The core inlet flow distribution in the APR1000 reactor is critical for ensuring the reactors safety and efficient operation by maintaining uniform coolant flow across fuel assemblies. …”
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Failure Law of Sandstone and Identification of Premonitory Deterioration Information Based on Digital Image Correlation–Acoustic Emission Multi-Source Information Fusion by Zhaohui Chong, Guanzhong Qiu, Xuehua Li, Qiangling Yao

“…Efficiently extracting effective information from the massive experimental data from physical mechanics and accurately identifying the premonitory failure information from coal rock are key and difficult points of intelligent research on rock mechanics. …”
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Metabolite Profiling, Pharmacokinetics, and In Vitro Glucuronidation of Icaritin in Rats by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Mass Spectrometry by Beibei Zhang, Xiaoli Chen, Rui Zhang, Fangfang Zheng, Shuzhang Du, Xiaojian Zhang

“…Moreover, icaritin glucuronidation in rat liver microsomes was efficient with CLint (the intrinsic clearance) values of 1.12 and 1.56 mL/min/mg for icaritin-3-O-glucuronide and icaritin-7-O-glucuronide, respectively. …”
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Multi-period optimisation of flexible natural gas production network infrastructure with an operational perspective: A mixed integer linear programming approach by Noor Yusuf, Roberto Baldacci, Ahmed AlNouss, Tareq Al-Ansari

“…With the increased complexities in end markets, advanced quantitative tools became essential for efficient decision-making. …”
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Competitive advantage and sustainability in Ghanaian microfinance institutions: the mediating role of strategic capabilities by Mensah Marfo, Abiel Ashitey ARMAH, Eleazer Fianko Ofei, Isaac Sewornu Coffie, Linda Adadevoh, Sanjeet Kumar Pattnaik, Carl Asante Reindoph, Edward Annan

“…Abstract This study explores the effect of competitive advantage on sustainability within Ghanaian microfinance institutions (MFIs), emphasizing the mediating role of strategic capabilities. We conducted a quantitative analysis using survey data from 500 managers representing 150 MFIs in Ghana, analyzed through structural equation modeling. …”
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Comprehensive and Dedicated Metrics for Evaluating AI-Generated Residential Floor Plans by Pengyu Zeng, Jun Yin, Yan Gao, Jizhizi Li, Zhanxiang Jin, Shuai Lu

“…A comparison of RFP-A and existing metrics was conducted both qualitatively and quantitatively, and it was revealed that RFP-A provides more robust, interpretable, and computationally efficient assessments of the accuracy and diversity of generated plans. …”
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The Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Academic Learning Practices: A Comprehensive Approach by Gabriela Alina Anghel, Cristina Mihaela Zanfir, Florentina Lavinia Matei, Camelia Delia Voicu, Ramona Adina Neacșa

“…The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in education has profoundly transformed the learning landscape, offering significant opportunities for personalized, flexible, and efficient educational practices. This study explores the impact of AI on academic learning, focusing on the perceptions and behaviors of students from Valahia University of Târgoviște, Romania (N = 250). …”
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Simultaneous determination of 13 non-phthalate plasticizers in strong-flavor Baijiu by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry by RAN Yifan, HE Cheng, WANG Ming, AO Zonghua, LIAO Yuan, YANG Qin, DONG Liang, LI Chenyang, LIU Yalan

“…The method was accurate, efficient, rapid and simple, and could be used for the qualitative and quantitative detection of a variety of non-phthalate plasticizers in Baijiu.…”
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SCAT: Shift Channel Attention Transformer for Remote Sensing Image Super-Resolution by Yingdong Kang, Xuemin Zhang, Shaoju Wang, Guang Jin

“…Channel attention (CA)-based Transformers offer an efficient approach with linear complexity by computing self-attention across the channel dimension. …”
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MFGC-Net: Bridging and Fusing Multiscale Features and Global Contexts for Multitask Sea Ice Fine Segmentation by Tianen Ma, Xinwei Chen, Linlin Xu, Pengfei Ma, Peilin Yu

“…Subsequently, a context transformer block based on efficient multihead self-attention was developed to model remote dependencies across spatial and channel dimensions, thereby enhancing the extraction of multiscale global contextual information. …”
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Evaluating YOLOv8-Based Distance Estimation: A Comparison of OpenCV and Coordinate Attention Weighting in Blind Navigation Systems by Erwin Syahrudin, Ema Utami, Anggit Dwi Hartanto, Suwanto Raharjo

“…Conclusion: The findings suggest that with proper optimization, OpenCV can match or exceed CAW in key performance aspects, making it a viable and efficient alternative for real-time distance estimation in blind navigation systems. …”
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Multimodal Fusion Mamba Network for Joint Land Cover Classification Using Hyperspectral and LiDAR Data by Haizhu Pan, Ruixiang Zhao, Haimiao Ge, Moqi Liu, Quanxiu Zhang

“…The spatial–spectral adaptive Mamba combines two distinct scanning methods to efficiently extract spatial and spectral features from HSI data. …”
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Dipole-Based Wavelet Superposition for Accurate Design and Analysis of Metasurface by Hongjun Chu, Jiaran Qi, Jinghui Qiu

“…We further define quantitatively an effective zone, within which the proposed DWS offers sufficiently accurate results comparable to the full-wave simulation. …”
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Reliability Analysis of High-Pressure Tunnel System Under Multiple Failure Modes Based on Improved Sparrow Search Algorithm–Kriging–Monte Carlo Simulation Method by Yingdong Wang, Chen Xing, Leihua Yao

“…Then, the improved sparrow search algorithm (ISSA) is used to optimize the hyper-parameters of the Kriging surrogate model, in order to improve the computational efficiency and accuracy of the reliability analysis model. …”
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Transient Response and Steady-State Analysis of the Anode of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells Based on Dual-Site Kinetics by Lei Xing, Keith Scott, Yan-Ping Sun

“…The dimensionless distributions of methanol concentration, overpotential, and current density and the efficiency factor were calculated quantitatively. The models can be used to give accurate simulations for the polarisations of methanol fuel cell.…”
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Evaluation of Particle Size and Friction Coefficients in Sintered Metal Process Development by Discrete Element Simulation by Naoki Yashiro, Natsuko Sugimura, Hitoshi Washizu

“…In the experiment, the additives increased the apparent density by 6.7%, whereas in the simulation, it increased by 7.1%, showing that the differences in the friction coefficients can be qualitatively and quantitatively reproduced in the simulation. These results indicated that this simulation method can contribute to increasing the efficiency and speed of materials and manufacturing process development of sintered metal products.…”
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PENERAPAN STRATEGI JURNAL KATA DALAM MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN MENEMUKAN GAGASAN UTAMA DI KELAS V SD by Ersila Devy Rinjani

“…Kata kunci: keterampilan menemukan gagasan utama, jurnal kata Abstract One of the goals of learning Indonesian is that learners have the ability to communicate effectively and efficiently in accordance with the applicable ethic, both orally and writing. …”
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Health outcomes in those who have been victims of knife crime: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Joht Singh Chandan, Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, James Martin, Illin Gani, Anna Pathmanathan

“…Covidence will be used to efficiently manage data. A data extraction form has been developed which will summarise key aspects of each study that will be included in the review. …”
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Quantifying variation of non-point source pollution and its impact factors: A study of Nansi Lake Basin. by Jiachen Liu, Yuan Tian, Rongqiang Ma, Wenhui Xie, Dongchao Wang, Luoan Yang, Xinyu Wang, Le Yin, Baolei Zhang

“…To compensate for this deficiency, this study simulated the river runoff based on the Long-Term Hydrological Impact Assessment (L-THIA) model, and applied the simulation results to the quantitative calculation of agricultural NPS pollution loads after verifying the model reliability through accuracy calibration. …”
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Conversion of Wheat Bran into Target Biosynthetic Products by Natalya A. Pogorelova, Natalya B. Gavrilova

“…A more efficient bioconversion of renewable plant resources is a priority in modern biotechnology. …”
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