A Rapid Assessment of Microalgal Concentration Using Turbidity Measurement for Shellfish Hatchery Seed Production by Huiping Yang, Jayme C. Yee

“… The goal of this study was to develop a rapid assessment of microalgal concentration using a turbidity meter to serve commercial shellfish hatcheries for feeding shellfish larvae and broodstock. We used four commonly used algal species, Tetraselmis suecica, Isochrysis galbana, Chaetoceros calcitrans, and Chaetoceros gracilis, generating serial dilutions of each and measuring cell concentrations and turbidity of each sample. …”
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Optimization Design of Dynamic Thermal Boundary Carburizing Quenching Process for Spiral Bevel Gear by Liu Fuyang, Liu Ganhua, Xie Xianfeng, Zou Yang

“…In order to solve the problem that the drum length is too large and the hardness of the tooth surface is less than the requirement of noise,vibration and acceleration of the gear pair,the DEFORM-HT finite element software is used to simulate the spiral bevel gear. The effects of the four main parameters such as the temperature of the cooling medium,the inlet speed of the quenching tank,the temperature of the gear insulation and the carbon potential of the cooling and diffusion stage on the drum length and tooth surface hardness are studied. …”
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Hidden geographies of social justice in an urban environment: The particularities of naturally-occurring arts districts by Peter KUMER

“…Drawing on 26 interviews with actors and stakeholders of arts districts in Ljubljana, this paper explores the role of arts districts in creating a just city. Four dimensions of such districts, which represent the meaningful themes that emerged from the data, are examined. …”
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Examining the Impact of Bank Cost Efficiency on Non-Performing Loans in a Dollarised Economy: Evidence from Zimbabwe by Blessing Katuka, Calvin Mudzingiri, Edson Vengesai, Juniours Marire

“…The obtained results revealed that: (i) the average cost efficiency score for the Zimbabwean banking industry is 81.36%, (ii) improvement in cost efficiency leads to an increase in NPLs but begins to fall for a cost inefficiency level of 7.14% and below, (iii) the effect of bank cost efficiency on NPLs is prominent and highly significant at a higher quantile (90th), (iv) the interaction effect between cost efficiency and bank size on NPLs is negative and significant. …”
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Electricity Load Forecasting Using Support Vector Regression with Memetic Algorithms by Zhongyi Hu, Yukun Bao, Tao Xiong

“…Experimental results confirm that the proposed FA-MA based SVR model can not only yield more accurate forecasting results than the other four evolutionary algorithms based SVR models and three well-known forecasting models but also outperform the hybrid algorithms in the related existing literature.…”
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A Case Report of Acupuncture Treatment on Antiphospholipid Syndrome Complicated by Cerebral Infarction by Chaoji XU, Jian ZHENG

“…In total, the patient underwent 24 session of acupuncture along with regular therapies.Results:After four acupuncture sessions, the patient regained spontaneous breathing, weaned off mechanical ventilation subsequently and successfully extubated. …”
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Gas Chromatographic, and Molecular Statistical Study of the Cluster Adsorption of Water and Methanol Molecules onto Lyophilic Centres on a Generally Lyophobic Adsorbent Surface by Yuri I. Tarasevich, Eugene V. Aksenenko, Albina I. Zhukova, Svitlana V. Bondarenko

“…It was shown that the micro-clusters formed during the adsorption process possess a cyclic structure involving four to five molecules, similar to that found earlier in liquid water and at the silver iodide surface. …”
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Trajectory Planning of Crossed Roller Bearing Automatic Assembly Robotic Arms Based on the Improved Gray Wolf Optimizer by Hu Jiangtao, Dang Yugong, Zhou Zhigang, Zhang Yupeng

“…For crossed roller bearings, manual assembly has problems such as low efficiency, high cost and large error, a four-degree-of-freedom robotic arm was designed to automatically assemble cross roller bearings. …”
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Subjective Outcome Evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S.: Qualitative Findings Based on the Experiences of Program Participants by Daniel T. L. Shek, Rachel C. F. Sun

“…Based on the schools' evaluation reports, results of secondary data analyses on four open-ended questions showed that: (a) students felt that they had learned things at the personal, interpersonal, familial, and societal levels; (b) they appreciated the program design, instructors' performance, learning process, and program effectiveness; (c) they generally had positive comments on instructors attitude and teaching process; and (d) they made some suggestions on how the program and its implementation could be improved. …”
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Channel-Hopping Sequence and Searching Algorithm for Rendezvous of Spectrum Sensing by Young-June Choi, Young-Sik Kim, Ji-Woong Jang

“…Notably, when there is only one common channel, the new scheme with the m-sequence achieved approximately four times the improvement in the ETTR compared to the conventional scheme.…”
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Analisis Verbal Abuse Pada Tingkat Emosional Remaja Awal di SMP N I Huristak by Nurmina Wati Hasibuan, Dika Sahputra

“…Research findings have shown that the 6 (six) subjects had different emotional conditions, this was viewed from the aspects of behavior, emotions and social relationships, namely four subjects had bad emotional behavior and two subjects had good emotional behavior. …”
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Üniversite Sıralamasında Akademik Teşvik Puanlarının Kullanılması: Devlet Üniversiteleri Fakülteleri Sıralaması [DÜS-2018] by Cemil Yücel, Cünety Belenkuyu, Engin Karadag

“…Devlet üniversiteleri akademikteşvik sistemi temelinde sıralandığında ilk beş üniversitesi; (i) İzmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü, (ii) İskenderun Teknik Üniversitesi, (iii) Ege Üniversitesi, (iv) Hacettepe Üniversitesi ve (v) Akdeniz Üniversitesi’dir.…”
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Development of Empirical Fragility Curves in Earthquake Engineering considering Nonspecific Damage Information by Jung J. Kim

“…Seismic damage data classified by four damage levels were used for a case study. The resulted possibility-based fragility information expressed by two monotone measures, “possibility” and “certainty,” are compared with the conventional fragility curves based on probability. …”
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FACTORS AFFECTING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IMPLEMENTATION OF VIETNAMESE SMALL-MEDIUM ENTERPRISES by Nguyễn Thị Lành, Phạm Thị Ngọc Trâm

“…This study explores potential factors which affect CSR implementation in small-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. This study tests four factors of human resources, capital, domestic regulation and knowledge of CSR by Binary Logistic. …”
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The global Multidimensional Poverty Index: Harmonised level estimates and their changes over time by Nicolai Suppa, Usha Kanagaratnam

“…Our database covers estimates for 84 countries and 814 subnational regions for up to four points of observation. The estimates are based on 211 individual survey datasets, provided primarily by the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). …”
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Hotel Assessment through Social Media: The case of TripAdvisor by Sebastian Molinillo, José Luis Ximénez-de-Sandoval, Antonio Fernández-Morales, Andres Coca-Stefaniak

“…Using data submitted by customers on TripAdvisor, this study analyzes the customer satisfaction ratings posted for 2,211 hotels. The study provides four key contributions to our knowledge on this subject. …”
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A Normative Modeling Method for Complex Gear Coupled Rotor-bearing System Dynamics by Xia Boqian, Jiang Xi, Zhang Zebin

“…Based on the basic principle of gear meshing, this study establishes the geometric coupling model (or called kinematic coupling model) of the spur gear pair, helical gear pair, spur bevel gear pair and spiral bevel gear pair; and by using the transformation matrix of the coupling model, a unified, convenient and normative modeling method for the dynamic study of arbitrary complex gear-rotor-bearing coupled system including the above four kinds of gear pairs is given, which provides convenience for the dynamic study of complex gear shafting.…”
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Evaluation of Slope Stability Based on Fuzzy Mathematics with Combination Weighting Method of Game Theory by ZHOU Jintao

“…In order to accurately evaluate the stability of the slope and reduce the risk of landslides,taking the Jiangjiatang slope project in Xingshan,Hubei as an example,this paper selects four first-level indexes namely topography and geomorphology,geological structure,rock and soil properties,and occurrence environment and 16 second-level indexes including slope height,joint development,internal friction angle,and atmospheric rainfall to establish a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model,weights the slope stability evaluation index system by the combination weighting method of game theory based on the analytic hierarchy process and entropy weight method,and obtains the final weight value of the evaluation index by solving the model.The results show that the index weights obtained by the combination weighting method of game theory are between those calculated by the subjective and objective weighting methods,and the evaluation results of slope stability are consistent with the actual situation,which prove that this method is reasonable.…”
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Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for the Prediction of Mechanical Stress in Three-Phase Power Transformer Winding Conductors by Fausto Valencia, Hugo Arcos, Franklin Quilumba

“…This research compares four machine learning techniques: linear regression, support vector regression, random forests, and artificial neural networks, with regard to the determination of mechanical stress in power transformer winding conductors due to three-phase electrical faults. …”
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EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ PRACTICES AND PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF REFLECTIVE LEARNING by Athiyyah Inaayah, Rahmah Fithriani

“…This research was done by using a qualitative, descriptive case study approach, the participants were 33 students and the participants for the interview were four women and two men enrolled in an Indonesian university from the English Education Department in the seventh semester and the same class. …”
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