Variable-Rate Incremental-Redundancy HARQ for Finite Blocklengths by Yu Fu, Angel Lozano, Hongwen Yang

“…The optimization relies on a finite-blocklength information-theoretical analysis, whereby the block error rate emerges as a function of the channel capacity and the channel dispersion. …”
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Energy-Efficient Office Renovation by Minyoung KWON

“… This research aims to develop user-focused design principles for energy-efficient office renovations. The goal of this is to improve the quality and comfort of workspaces without compromising on energy-saving goals. …”
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Variable Selection and Parameter Estimation with the Atan Regularization Method by Yanxin Wang, Li Zhu

“…Many variable selection techniques may be implemented by penalized least squares using various penalty functions. …”
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Genetics of Physiological Variation Within and Between Larval Wild-Type AB and Backcrossed NHGRI-1 Zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>) by Gil Martinez-Bautista, Moira Ryann Cartee, Dyuksha Kunder, Crystelle Lee, Karol Tang, Neha Nagarajan, Pamela Padilla, Warren Burggren

“…To explore the role of genetics in physiological variation, we assessed variation of cardiac function (heart rate, stroke volume, and cardiac output), oxygen consumption, yolk conversion efficiency, and cost of development in embryonic and larval AB wild-type and NHGRI-1 zebrafish (low heterozygosity line backcrossed from AB wild-type) exposed to different temperature and oxygen regimes. …”
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Modular and efficient assembly of CRISPR vectors and construction of an apple gene editing efficiency evaluation system by HOU Feifan, HUANG Chuanmi, HAO Pengbo, CONG Liu, BAI Tuanhui, SHI Jiangli, WANG Miaomiao, LIU Yu, ZHAO Yujie, WAN Ran, SHEN Yawen, ZHANG Hengtao, ZHANG Kunxi, ZHENG Xianbo, JIAO Jian

“…Furthermore, vacuum infiltration mediated transient transformation of apple leaves confirmed PDS gene editing through RT-PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing of target loci, and preliminarily evaluated the editing efficiency of gRNAs targeting the apple PDS gene. The experimental data demonstrated variable editing efficiencies among distinct gRNAs. …”
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MONITORING OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF STUDENTS AS A MEANS OF INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESS by M. V. Alyushin, L. V. Kolobashkina

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Investigating the stability of the yield strength of the friction stir welding joint of similar amorphous thermoplastic based on the Ordered Weighted Averaging operators by N. Sadeghian, A.R. Chaji

“…The pin of the tools consists of cylindrical and conical profiles. Due to frictional heat and severe displacement, fusion weld occurs. …”
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Investigation on Free Vibration of Rotating Cylindrical Shells with Variable Thickness by Liu Xiangdong, Hou Xiaoli, Bai Bin, Zeng Maolin

“…In order to improve the performance and efficiency of the rotating cylindrical shell (RCS), one of the effective ways reduces the mass of the RCS. …”
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The acoustic wave generation by a thin layer with variable temperature by Roman DYBA, Bronisław ŻÓŁTOGÓRSKI

“…It was shown that, in view of the low efficiency of the temperature—pressure conversion, it is necessary to generate large layer temperature changes to obtain the mean values of sound intensity, whereas the maximum of the modulus of the transmittance function of the source occurs even for very thin layers. …”
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Development of an Artificial Neural Network Model to Predict the Tensile Strength of Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar Materials Using Cryogenic Processes by Mingoo Cho, Jinsu Gim, Ji Hoon Kim, Sungwook Kang

“…The objective of this study was to develop an artificial neural network (ANN) model for predicting the tensile strength of friction stir welding (FSW) joints between dissimilar materials, with a particular focus on aluminum and copper, using cryogenic processes. …”
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Bistable variable stiffness laminates - novel manufacturing and modeling strategies by P.M. Anilkumar, A. Haldar, G. Clancy, S. Scheffler, B.N. Rao, P.M. Weaver, R. Rolfes

“…Bistable laminates offer a path to energy-efficient and multi-functional structures, with potential applications in various engineering domains. …”
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Refined matrix completion for spectrum estimation of heart rate variability by Lei Lu, Tingting Zhu, Ying Tan, Jiandong Zhou, Jenny Yang, Lei Clifton, Yuan-Ting Zhang, David A. Clifton

“…Heart rate variability (HRV) is an important metric in cardiovascular health monitoring. …”
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NIRSpredict: a platform for predicting plant traits from near infra-red spectroscopy by Axel Vaillant, Grégory Beurier, Denis Cornet, Lauriane Rouan, Denis Vile, Cyrille Violle, François Vasseur

“…Summary Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has become a popular tool for investigating phenotypic variability in plants. We developed the Shiny NIRSpredict application to get predictions of 81 Arabidopsis thaliana phenotypic traits, including classical functional traits as well as a large variety of commonly measured chemical compounds, based from near-infrared spectroscopy values based on deep learning. …”
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ANALYSIS OF SOME ECONOMIC VARIABLES IN SLOVENIAN FARMS USING FADN DATASET by Nicola GALLUZZO

“…The purpose of this paper was to investigate by a quantitative approach, over the time 2004-2013, in the FADN dataset main correlations among different economic variables, such as financial subsidies allocated by the CAP on Slovenian farms stratified in function of the main typology of farming which is a dummy variable of the productive specialization. …”
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An Algorithm for the Conditional Distribution of Independent Binomial Random Variables Given the Sum by Kelly Ayres, Steven E. Rigdon

“…The acceptance probability in the MH algorithm always involves the probability mass function of the proposal distribution. For the random walk MH algorithm, we take this distribution to be uniform across all possible proposals. …”
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Eficiência de uso da radiação solar na produtividade do trigo decorrente da adubação nitrogenada Solar radiation use efficiency on the wheat grain yield as a function of nitrogen f... by Alexandre B. Heinemann, Luís F. Stone, Agostinho D. Didonet, Maria da G. Trindade, Bruno B. Soares, José A. A. Moreira, Abelardo D. Cánovas

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Effects of Peanut Processing on Masticatory Performance during Variable Appetitive States by Fiona McKiernan, Richard D. Mattes

“…To explore the relationship between peanut form and processing and masticatory function. Subjects/Methods. Thirty nine adults (16 M, 23 F; BMI: 30.4±4.0 kg/m2; age: 27±8 y) with healthy dentition chewed four different forms of peanuts until they would normally swallow and then expectorated the bolus. …”
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The impact of gradient variable temperature fermentation on the quality of cigar tobacco leaves by Qianying Zhang, Qianying Zhang, Yang Huang, Yang Huang, Hongyue An, Hongyue An, Shuanghong Yang, Shuanghong Yang, Jinshan Lei, Jinshan Lei, Yue Wang, Yue Wang, Pinhe Li, Pinhe Li, Hongfei Zhang, Wen Cai, Wen Cai, Wen Cai, Yun Jia, Yun Jia, Yongqiang Pang, Dongliang Li, Dongliang Li

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Intelligent trajectory tracking algorithm for autonomous robots under membrane computing by YAO Jiangyun, WU Fangyuan

“…Finally, based on the multi-step parallel membrane structure, a feasible autonomous robot trajectory path was found, and a sliding mode variable structure function was used to design the control rate. …”
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Price discovery and market efficiency of cardamom in India by A.N. Vijayakumar

“…Besides, this study did not find the role of cardamom futures contracts intended to serve the economic function of price discovery and price risk management. …”
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