Radiometric Characterization of Pandeiros River Basin (Minas Gerais - Brazil) by Lucas Daniel Cunha de Paula, Rubens Martins Moreira, Cláudio José Chagas, Carlos Alberto de Carvalho Filho, Eduardo Duarte Marques, Fernando Machado de Mello

“…No substantial evidence of sediment transport was identified through radiometric measurements during the analyzed time intervals. The definition of the RVs for these variables can play an essential role as baselines in future investigations. …”
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Model predictive control for quad active bridge DC-DC converter for more electric aircraft applications by Ahmed Hamed Ahmed Adam, Jiawei Chen, Minghan Xu, Salah Kamel, Guma Ali

“…The developed approach predicts phase shift values through the converter model, ensuring fast dynamic performance and eliminating steady-state errors in control variables. …”
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Linking Inca Terraces with Landslide Occurrence in the Ticsani Valley, Peru by Gonzalo Ronda, Paul Santi, Isaac E. Pope, Arquímedes L. Vargas Luque, Christ Jesus Barriga Paria

“…Since the times of the Incas, farmers in the remote Andes of Peru have constructed terraces to grow crops in a landscape characterized by steep slopes, semiarid climate, and landslide geohazards. …”
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Method for Calculating Transients in a Gas Pipeline by A. S. Fikov

“…Such a problem arises when studying the regularity of alterations in the instantaneous values of pressure and gas flow in main gas pipelines, for example, during startups and shutdowns of large gas consumers. …”
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Study and Evaluation of Stored Drinking Water Characteristics Using Three Types of Roof Water Tanks in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq by Abdulkhaleq K Mahmood, Ali A Kamal, Ako R Hama

“…It was not easy to only depend on the results of this study to believe that any one type of water tank was better than the other, as the values of most of the variables studied had varied from one type to other. …”
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Enhancing the Nutritional Composition and Phenolic Compound Content of Sprouted Chickpeas Using Sucrose and Chitosan as Elicitors by Alejandra Linares-Castañeda, Luis Jorge Corzo-Ríos, Ana Elena Cedillo-Olivos, Xariss M. Sánchez-Chino, Rosalva Mora-Escobedo, Cristian Jiménez-Martínez

“…For this purpose, soaking time, elicitor concentration (CH or SU), and sprouting time were optimized to obtain maximum values for the response variables. …”
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Household physical activity contributions to total physical activity and its associations with cardiometabolic risk factors: a Brazilian adult population analysis by Luciana L. S. Barboza, Mario R. Azevedo, Danilo R. Silva, Luiz G. Grossi Porto

“…Methods Data from the 2019 Brazilian National Health Survey were used (n = 87,678). PA variables were constructed based on the weekly time spent on PA in all PA domains. …”
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Neural Network-Based State Estimation for a Closed-Loop Control Strategy Applied to a Fed-Batch Bioreactor by Santiago Rómoli, Mario Serrano, Francisco Rossomando, Jorge Vega, Oscar Ortiz, Gustavo Scaglia

“…The lack of online information on some bioprocess variables and the presence of model and parametric uncertainties pose significant challenges to the design of efficient closed-loop control strategies. …”
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An industrially applicable processing method for reducing AGEs in bread based on RSM design by Guanhua Jiang, Haili Yu, Liangkai Chen, Yan Zhang, Liegang Liu

“…Employing response surface methodology (RSM), we established relationships and interactions among process variables. Optimal conditions (0.6 % yeast, 23 % sucrose, 210 °C baking temperature, and 15 min baking time) minimized protein-bound CML and CEL accumulation to 24.57 ± 3.82 mg/kg and 24.74 ± 3.09 mg/kg, respectively, in the bread crust, closely aligning with predicted values derived from the RSM model.…”
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Impact of a Multidisciplinary Functional Recovery Program on Post-Lung Transplant Outcomes: A One-Year Follow-Up by Diana-Lidia Tache-Codreanu, Iuliana David, Dan Corneliu Blendea, Ana-Maria Tache-Codreanu, Maria-Veronica Morcov, Andrei Tache-Codreanu, Corina Sporea

“…DLCOc and KCO showed inter-individual variability, with one patient sustaining values >80% and others experiencing partial recovery. …”
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Potential Impacts of Diversification of Food Retail Working Hours on Consumer Behaviour and the Benefits for Local Producers in Latvia by Liga Proskina, Lana Janmere, Sallija Cerina, Irina Pilvere, Aija Pilvere, Aleksejs Nipers, Daniela Proskina

“…The research applied a quantitative approach to identify the main trends in society (<i>n</i> = 2738), with a survey including 31 variables to quantify consumer behaviour, values, and opinions and seven socio-demographic variables. …”
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Echographic criteria for the assessment of the optic nerve condition in intracranial hypertension by V. V. Neroev, T. N. Kiseleva, E. K. Eliseeva, A. V. Baeva, K. V. Lugovkina

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Evaluation of In-Situ Low-Cost Sensor Network in a Tropical Valley, Colombia by Laura Rojas González, Elena Montilla-Rosero

“…As a result, the correlation coefficient R² of the sensor reached values of 0.8 and 0.9 after calibration. For all network stations, rescaled data agrees with official historical reports on the behavior of pollutant concentrations and meteorological variables. …”
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Risk Assessment of Urban Water-Logging Disaster Based on Weight-improved AHP Method-Taking Haojiang District of Shantou City as an Example by ZHOU Jiaqi, LIN Kairong, XIE Xue, CHEN Haiyan, GAO Xin

“…Under the background of global climate change,the frequency of extreme rainfall events increases,and the urban water-logging disaster occurs frequently.The risk assessment of water-logging disaster can effectively reduce the loss.Taking Haojiang District of Shantou City as case study,this paper improves the weights of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) by neural network,expands the traditional nine-point scaling,and constructs the water-logging disaster risk evaluation model.The results show that the water-logging disaster risk in Haojiang District is generally high in the south-central region and low in the northwest region.Especially,Yuxin Street,Binhai Street,Majiao Street and Dahao Street have higher risk values,which need to take preventive measures.After verification of evaluation results with historical data,it is shown that about 80% of historical flood disaster points are distributed in high-risk areas,which is consistent with the verification results of historical disaster points.The weight determination method of AHP is improved by neural network,the intermediate variables of the traditional nine-point method is expanded to three decimal places,and the weight is determined by the computer to reduce subjectivity to a certain extent.The results of risk assessment can provide technical support for flood warning and flood control scheduling within a certain time limit.…”
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Dynamic Early Warning Method for Major Hazard Installation Systems in Chemical Industrial Park by Yaguang Kong, Chenfeng Xie, Song Zheng, Peng Jiang, Meng Guan, Fang Wang

“…In the production system of MHIs, its dangerous degree is mainly determined by key parameters, and abnormal key parameters often lead to accidents. To predict the real-time risk values of MHIs and improve accident prevention ability of CIP, we need a method that can combine dynamic prediction and assessment. …”
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Machine learning approaches for predicting the structural number of flexible pavements based on subgrade soil properties by Asadullah Ziar

“…Input variables included moisture content, dry unit weight, weighted plasticity index, and the number of freeze and thaw cycles. …”
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Seepage Evolution Model of the Fractured Rock Mass under High Seepage Pressure in Dam Foundation by Erfeng Zhao, Yufeng Jiang

“…Afterwards, an innovative evolution equation of the permeability coefficient considering the creep damage is proposed. It can indicate the time effect of the porosity, the permeability, and damage variables of the fractured rock mass under the long-term infiltration action of the hydraulic pressures. …”
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Three-Dimensional Copulas: A Generalized Convex Mixture Copulas Strategy by Christophe Chesneau

“…Among these gaps, the possible values of the involved parameter that make it valid are revisited. …”
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Effects of public expenditure assignment by regions in Kazakhstan to reduce infant and child mortality by Yolanda Pena-Boquete, Aizhan Samambayeva, Olzhas Zhorayev

“…In this period, Kazakhstan experiences a sharp decrease in infant and child mortality reaching the target values from sustainable development goals (SDG). We evaluate several variables to capture the effects of public health resources assignment, such as expenditure per capita, expenditure depending on previous year mortality rates as well as health facilities resources for children by region. …”
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Malignant hypertension: current challenges, prevention strategies, and future perspectives by Abate Wondesen Tsige, Siraye Genzeb Ayele

“…At the same time, there are a number of alternatives available for treating MHT. …”
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