Passive Heat Stimuli as a Systemic Training in Elite Endurance Athletes: A New Strategy to Promote Greater Metabolic Flexibility by Sergi Cinca-Morros, Martin Burtscher, Fernando Benito-Lopez, Jesús Álvarez-Herms

“…<b>Objectives:</b> The ability to efficiently regulate body temperature is crucial during endurance activities such as trail running, especially during competitive events in hot conditions. …”
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An Optimal Hybrid Control Method for Energy-Saving of Chilled Water System in Central Air Conditioning by Yan Zhang, Xiaoli Chu, Yongqiang Liu

“…Here, an optimum control method is proposed with the principle of the minimum, by setting the minimum power consumption as the performance function in fixed time, which realizes variable control of pumps and accurate adjustment of temperature inside room. …”
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基于modeFRONTIER的离合器碟形弹簧多目标优化设计 by 潘金坤

“…Based on the analysis of the working characters of disc springs in clutch,the mathematical model of multi-objective optimal design of disc springs is established with unified objective function method,which regards the minimization of the disc spring volume and its average variable quantity of working compress force within the scope of friction lining wear as optimal objectives.The optimization calculation is presented by using the software modeFRONTIER.The results indicate that the relevant performance of disc springs is significantly improved after optimal design,with the objective function values reduced by 36% and 6% respectively.The software modeFRONTIER,with its simplicity and efficient algorithm,solves optimization problems and improves design efficiency.…”
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Design of Hall power supply based on full bridge half bridge switching digital LLC resonant converter by Xu Tinghao, Wang Shaoning, Liu Aohui

“…The LLC resonant converter is studied for half bridge full bridge dynamic topology switching and soft start, achieving high efficiency and wide range output. By establishing a fundamental model of LLC resonant converter, analyzing the characteristic curves of frequency and gain, selecting the values of K and Q, variable frequency control output voltage is achieved, and a low peak full bridge half bridge switching mode based on simultaneous frequency conversion and variable duty cycle is designed. …”
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Comparison and System Development of a Two-Coil and Three-Coil Inductive Link for Transcutaneous Power Transfer by Maarten Schelles, Ward Lievens, Laurens Goyvaerts, Frederik Ceyssens, Rikky Muller, Michael Kraft

“…Keeping all geometric constraints constant, we investigated the differences between a two-coil and three-coil inductive link, showing that the two-coil system has a higher peak efficiency of the inductive link of 84%, while the three-coil system displays a flatter efficiency curve with a peak of 78%, as a function of the variable power consumption. …”
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Some Iterative Methods Free from Derivatives and Their Basins of Attraction for Nonlinear Equations by Farahnaz Soleimani, Fazlollah Soleymani, Stanford Shateyi

“…First, we make the Jain's derivative-free method optimal and subsequently increase its efficiency index from 1.442 to 1.587. Then, a novel three-step computational family of iterative schemes for solving single variable nonlinear equations is given. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Study of a Hydrodynamic Analysis of the Periodical Fluctuation of Bio-Inspired Banded Fins by Chonglei Wang, Qihang Liu, Junhao Yang, Chunyu Guo

“…By using a method of controlling variables, such as wave number, swing angle, and frequency, where only one independent variable is changed at a time while the others remain constant, the impact on thrust coefficient function and the obtained periodic variation laws governing hydrodynamic performance are studied. …”
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Optimal Control Problem of Converter Steelmaking Production Process Based on Operation Optimization Method by Jun Zhang

“…The optimal control indicator is determined via current state of converter smelting production process, and the set values of operation variable would control converter production. Relationship between various operating variables, current temperature, and carbon content is constructed through operation analysis of a great deal of actual production data; then, the dynamic optimal control indicator is derived from historical excellent smelting data; finally, the dynamic operation optimization model is built by taking the minimum deviation between the current data—molten steel temperature and carbon content—and optimal data which are determined by the optimal control indicator as objective function. …”
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Performance assessment of water vortex power plant: Effect of material type and blade number by Hussein M. Zainal, Omer K. Ahmed

“…These results highlight that increasing the number of blades can enhance the rotation speed but may decrease efficiency, reflecting the importance of balancing design and function to achieve optimal performance.…”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES FROM ROMANIA AND REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA USING THE NONPARAMETRIC METHOD OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS by Ilie CERCEL, Gina FÎNTÎNERU, Elena TOMA, Augustin VOLCONOVICI, Alla CHIRSANOVA, Anatol RACUL

“…As a result of analyzing the academic performance rating by option variable returns to scale, it is possible to determine the resources for improving staff activity by evaluating the distance function for each causal factor.…”
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A Reliable Approach for Solving Transmission Network Expansion Planning with Objective of Planning Cost Reduction by Yongqiu Liu

“…The candidate plans are evaluated using a fitness function that considered objective function for transmission expansion planning problem is composed of two terms. …”
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Pareto Optimal Solutions for Stochastic Dynamic Programming Problems via Monte Carlo Simulation by R. T. N. Cardoso, R. H. C. Takahashi, F. R. B. Cruz

“…Instead of using the expected values of the objective function, the randomness nature of the decision variables is kept along the process, while Pareto fronts weighted by all quantiles of the objective function are determined. …”
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同轴全铰链双输出脉冲发生机构尺度综合与优化 by 杜力, 邹昌平, 冯俊, 向成宣, 黄茂林

“…In order to enhance the efficiency,stability and simplify the structure of the mechanism,the dimension synthesis of the full hinge coaxial two-output function generator is performed by using group-synthesis scheme and regarding the six-bar mechanism as the parallel mechanism of a set of basic four-bar mechanism and a set of equivalent four-bar mechanism.Firstly,a basic four-bar mechanism synthetic model is established and solved based on two position synthesis and equal instantaneous transmission ratio.Then the dimensional parameters of an equivalent four-bar mechanism（a five-bar loop） is solved by using equivalent principle of a variable link-length four-bar mechanism based on the basic four-bar mechanism.By this scheme,the dimensional synthesis of high order of motion parameter can be solved with good results,and the results show that the pulse data of the full hinge coaxial two-output function generator is only six percent.…”
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Analysis Method of Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Based on Stochastic Block Model (SBM) and Machine Learning by Yanzi Li, Cai Chen, Fuqiang Liu, Jian Wang

“…It uses the SBM direction distance function and the Luenberger productivity index to measure the agricultural efficiency, total factor productivity, and their components. …”
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A DQN-Based Algorithm for Operational Optimization of Freight Trains in Long Steep Downhill Sections by HE Zhiyu, LI Yinan, LI Hui, JI Zhijun

“…The study employed the batch collection of training samples utilizing experience replay and a double-network mechanism, along with the preprocessing of neural network state inputs, and the investigation into feasible regions within the action space using a variable ε-greedy strategy. A loss function based on the value function was then constructed, and network parameters were updated iteratively by a batch gradient descent method. …”
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Reliability analysis of landing gear operation based on improved support vector machine-based decomposed-coordinated by ZHANG Lei, CHEN Junyu, FENG Jun, FENG Yunwen, LIU Lei

“…The case results show that the proposed ISVM-DC can accurately decompose and coordinate the architecture of landing gear operational failure, and efficiently construct and solve the reliability performance function.…”
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Techno-economic assessment of low-carbon ammonia as fuel for the maritime sector by Wouter Schreuder, J. Chris Slootweg, Bob van der Zwaan

“…We incorporate three different cost levels for ammonia and a variable engine efficiency ranging from 35 % to 55 %. …”
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Incorporation of Mean/Maximum Stress Effects in the Multiaxial Racetrack Filter by Marco Antonio Meggiolaro, Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro, Hao Wu

“…The MRF efficiency is evaluated from tension-torsion experiments in 316L stainless steel tubular specimens under non-proportional (NP) load paths, showing it can robustly filter out nondamaging events even under multiaxial NP variable amplitude loading histories. …”
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Record Keeping Systems and Service Delivery in Uganda: Case Of Kabale District Local Government by Turyasingura John Bosco, agaba moses, Kabagambe Jesse David, Barigye Godfrey

“…The purpose of this study was to determine how the Kabale District Local Government's service delivery was impacted by its record-keeping procedures. The study's end variable was the provision of services, and its predictor factors were the efficiency with which the records management systems function. …”
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KERNEL DETERMINATION PROBLEM FOR ONE PARABOLIC EQUATION WITH MEMORY by Durdimurod K. Durdiev, Javlon Z. Nuriddinov

“…This paper studies the inverse problem of determining a multidimensional kernel function of an integral term which depends on the time variable \(t\) and \((n-1)\)-dimensional space variable \(x'= \left(x_1,\ldots, x_ {n-1}\right)\) in the \(n\)-dimensional diffusion equation with a time-variable coefficient at the Laplacian of a direct problem solution. …”
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