Moisture Susceptibility of Asphalt Mixtures Modified by Recycled Polypropylene by Maha M. Abdulghafour, Mohammed Q. Ismael

“…The Marshall mix design method was utilized to establish the optimal asphalt content for the specific aggregate gradation both the control and modified mixtures were tested for moisture damage. …”
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Evaluating the temperature profile and pressure drops in gas-lift wells via coupled temperature–pressure analysis by Derong Jing, Jie Wang, Chengyu Xia

“…Abstract The gas-lift technique is a widely implemented artificial lifting method that has been optimized through operational parameter adjustments and structural improvements. …”
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An Intelligent Collaborative Charging System for Open-Pit Mines by Jinbo Li, Lin Bi, Zhuo Wang, Liyun Zhou

“…The experimental results demonstrate that the intelligent cooperative charging method for open-pit mines achieves an 18% improvement in operational efficiency through intelligent collaboration among its modular components, while simultaneously realizing automated and intelligent charging operations. …”
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Coffee Plantation Agrotourism Development Strategy with SWOT Analysis in Penggung Village, Pacitan Regency by Jenvia Rista Pratiwi, Rita Parmawati, Luchman Hakim

“…This study aims to analyze the factors that become strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to developing coffee plantation agro-tourism and can determine the best strategy for achieving success in the development of coffee plantation agro-tourism in Penggung Village, Nawangan District, Pacitan Regency. The method used is a mixed (quantitative and qualitative) SWOT analysis by evaluating strengths and weaknesses as internal factors (IFE), while opportunities and threats as external factors (EFE). …”
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Effect of bis(triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide (TESPT) on properties of carbon nanotubes and conductive carbon black hybrid filler filled natural rubber nanocomposites by Y. Nakaramontri, C. Kummerloewe, N. Vennemann, S. Wisunthorn, S. Pichaiyut, C. Nakason

“…This correlates well with estimates of physically and chemically bound rubber from swelling method and morphological properties. It was also found that the optimal electrical conductivity, percolation threshold concentration and dielectric constant of the composites were effectively improved by addition of TESPT. …”
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Experimental qudit state estimation via point tomography by D. Martínez, L. Pereira, K. Sawada, P. González, J. Cariñe, M. Muñoz, A. Delgado, E. S. Gómez, S. P. Walborn, G. Lima

“…Point tomography is an approach to the problem of state estimation, which is arguably the most efficient and simple method for modern high-precision quantum information experiments. …”
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Thermodynamic assessment of hybrid solar-geothermal organic Rankine cycle: An exergy and energy-based analysis by Mohammad Alrbai, Ahmad Al Masri, Sura Abu-Dabaseh, Mosa Abusorra, Hassan Hayajneh

“…The problem is approached by analyzing exergy destruction within key components, using the entropy method, and evaluating the impact of different working fluids. …”
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Future perspectives on internet of vehicles resource management: digital twin-enabled edge computing frameworks by Jihong Xie, Gui Wu, Xiang Zhou, Shanshan Deng

“…Clustering groups of vehicles and devices to manage resources while assigning resources by mapping demand and availability. …”
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Demystifying CyberKnife Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Interventional Radiologists by Azzam Khankan, Saif Althaqfi

“…Although their implantation can be technically demanding, it can be performed using various techniques with varying success; however, percutaneous implantation under image guidance by interventional radiologists is the most common method. Close collaboration between interventional radiologists and radiation oncologists with understanding of the technical aspects of CyberKnife SBRT and FMs implantation has important implications for optimal delivery of therapy and direct impact on the interventional radiology practice in selected patients proposed for CyberKnife SBRT.…”
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Strategi keuangan, corporate governance, dan nilai perusahaan: Peran mediasi profitabilitas by Gita Purwanda, Umi Muawanah

“… Purpose - This research examines the influence of Financial Strategy (Working Capital and Capital Structure) and Corporate Governance on Firm Value, with profitability as an intervening variable. Method - The research was conducted on companies listed in the Kompas 100 Index on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2021-2022. …”
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Study of some hormones and Partial purification of prolidase from serum of women with polycystic ovary syndrome by Reemy M. Mohamed Saleh, , Firas T . Maher, Nagham Q. Kadhim

“…The degree of purification (15.1) fold, enzyme yield (95.5%) and specific activity (0.00176 IU/I), were carried out .Kinetics studies for the partial purified enzyme technique showed optimal concentration of substrate which was 5 mmol/l Km = 0.66ng and Vmax =0.80 mM, while optimum Temperature was (35C°) and optimum pH was (8). …”
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Vibration monitoring and health status recognition technology of machine tool electric spindle by Xiaopei Tao, Yanping Zhao, Yanwei Chen

“…Abstract This paper proposes a vibration monitoring and health status recognition model for machine tool electric spindles to optimize efficiency. Laser Doppler technology is used to obtain vibration signals, which are analyzed through wavelet transform. …”
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DSGD++: Reducing Uncertainty and Training Time in the DSGD Classifier through a Mass Assignment Function Initialization Technique by Aik Tarkhanyan, Ashot Harutyunyan

“…Although DST-based algorithms offer significant benefits, they face challenges in terms of efficiency. We present a method for the Dempster-Shafer Gradient Descent (DSGD) algorithm that significantly reduces training time—by a factor of 1.6—and also reduces the uncertainty of each rule (a condition on features leading to a class label) by a factor of 2.1, while preserving accuracy comparable to other statistical classification techniques. …”
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Target Detection and Image Enhancement for Underwater Environment: Research on Improving YOLOv7 by Yang Luo, Wen Feng

“…Experimental results show that on the URPC2020 dataset, the method in this paper improves mAP@0.5 by 2% compared to YOLOv7 while reducing the computational complexity by 14.4%.…”
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Impact of tax revenue on economic growth: A study from Cambodia by Kong Chantha

“…The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method is applied to test the cointegration between variables. …”
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Fecal microbiota transplantation in pigs: current status and future perspective by Rajibur Rahman, Camila Schultz Marcolla, Benjamin P. Willing

“…Abstract Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is gaining attention as a method to modulate the gut microbiome in pigs, with the goal of enhancing health and production outcomes. …”
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Performance Analysis of the Sleep Mode in WiMAX 2 Networks with Multimedia Application by Shunfu Jin, Wuyi Yue, Xiaofei Zhang

“…We also develop a cost function to determine the optimal length of the sleep cycle in order to maximize the energy saving ratio while satisfying the Quality of Service (QoS) constraint on the average response time of data packets. …”
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Multimodal intelligent biosensors framework for fall disease detection and healthcare monitoring by Iqra Aijaz Abro, Shuaa S. Alharbi, Naif S. Alshammari, Asaad Algarni, Nouf Abdullah Almujally, Ahmad Jalal, Ahmad Jalal, Hui Liu, Hui Liu, Hui Liu

“…IntroductionIn the field of human action recognition, the fusion of multi-modal data from RGB and inertial modalities provides a valid technique for identifying activities of daily life and falls.MethodsOur approach uses two reference datasets: UR-Fall Detection and UMA_Fall Detection for ADL and Fall Events. …”
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Dynamic Characterization of Microscopic Pore Structure in Medium–High Permeability Sandstones During Waterflooding by Jiayi Wu, Wenbo Gong, Qingyu Wang, Yuhang He, Junhui Guo, Yi Bao, Shuai Shao, Rubin Li

“…Understanding the microscopic characteristics and evolutionary patterns of pore structures during high-PV waterflooding is critical for improving the accuracy and efficiency of oil field development. While previous studies have primarily emphasized the geometric and morphological features of overall pore structures, they often overlook local pore-scale properties and their relationship with fluid transport capacity. …”
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Tissue gene expression analysis approach in a context of high technical and biological heterogeneity by Evan Bagley, Souvik Seal, Lauren R. Fanning, Jean-Sebastien Anoma, Tami Crawford, Benjamin G. Vincent, Elizabeth L. Barry, Martha J. Shrubsole, Erin Kirk, John A. Baron, Dale C. Snover, David N. Lewin, Todd A. Mackenzie, Xiaohua Gao, Melissa A. Troester, Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Kristin Wallace

“…Abstract Background Immune expression profiling in colorectal lesions may provide insights into the origins of antitumor immunity and senescence. Optimal approaches for analyzing samples with lower quality RNA from molecularly diverse lesions are lacking. …”
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