Structural Characterizations and Biological Evaluation of a Natural Polysaccharide from Branches of <i>Camellia oleifera</i> Abel by Shengjia Lu, Yali Zhang, Yanghui Ou, Jianghui Xin, Hongliang Yao, Litao Guan

“…Objectives: In this work, we obtain a natural polysaccharide from the branches of <i>C. oleifera</i> and optimize its extraction using Box–Behnken design (BBD), which is a statistical method commonly used in response surface methodology. …”
Get full text

Composite solid sand reinforcement grouting material preparation and diffusion characteristics of slurry-water replacement grouting by Xianxiang Zhu, Qi Zhang, Dongxiang Hu, Linhua Zhong, Zixu Li, Lei Jin

“…This eco-friendly material combines calcined coal gangue powder and fly ash as Material A with a chemical slurry of silica sol as Material B, enhanced with curing agents and catalysts. Utilizing the Box-Behnken design within the response surface methodology, the physical and chemical properties of the raw materials were thoroughly investigated. …”
Get full text

PhpCNF-Y transcription factor infiltrates heterochromatin to generate cryptic intron-containing transcripts crucial for small RNA production by Manjit Kumar Srivastav, H. Diego Folco, Patroula Nathanailidou, Anupa T Anil, Drisya Vijayakumari, Shweta Jain, Jothy Dhakshnamoorthy, Maura O’Neill, Thorkell Andresson, David Wheeler, Shiv I. S. Grewal

“…PhpCNF-Y collaborates with a Zn-finger containing TF to bind repeat promoter regions with CCAAT boxes. Mutating either the TFs or the CCAAT binding site disrupts the transcription of heterochromatic repeats. …”
Get full text

Synthesis and Optimization of 2,5-Dihydroxyterephthalic Acid in a Slurry Reactor by Reza Pirdadeh Beiranvand, Saeed Ovaysi

“…An additional 14 more experiments devised by the Box–Behnken design scheme are performed to determine a quadratic model for the DHTA yield against the three parameters mentioned above. …”
Get full text

Evolution of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Expanding Solar Wind: Residual Energy and Intermittency by Chen Shi, Nikos Sioulas, Zesen Huang, Marco Velli, Anna Tenerani, Victor Réville

“…To account for the spherical expansion of the solar wind, we implement the expanding box model. The initial turbulence comprises uncorrelated counterpropagating Alfvén waves and exhibits an isotropic power spectrum. …”
Get full text

Plucking Point and Posture Determination of Tea Buds Based on Deep Learning by Chengju Dong, Weibin Wu, Chongyang Han, Zhiheng Zeng, Ting Tang, Wenwei Liu

“…The plucking points and the central points of the tea bud’s bounding box were calculated and matched as pairs using the nearest point method (NPM) and the point in range method (PIRM) proposed in this study. …”
Get full text

High-Level Design and Implementation of a Configurable Cryptosystem With a Novel Chaos-Enhanced Function by Medien Zeghid, Hassan Yousif Ahmed, Akhtar Nawaz Khan

“…Thereafter, by applying chaos theory to address the limitations of default cipher parameters, and operating modes and to control S-boxes, permutation functions, key schedules, data masking, we introduce nonlinearity and diffusion, making the block ciphers more resistant to attacks. …”
Get full text

Improving the thermal performance of PVC windows with pultruded thermoplastic reinforcement by Kirill Minchenkov, Sergey Gusev, Ivan Sergeichev, Alexander Safonov

“…The results of the hot box test show that the U-value of the window sash and frame with the composite reinforcement is 12% lower than that of a window with a steel reinforcement. …”
Get full text

Estimation of neutral beam injector power transferred to KSTAR plasmas by Jong-Gu Kwak, J.H. Jeong, S.C. Hong

“…Lastly. when the ion source tun on or turn off in condition other ion sources are operated, the beam transmission power is also affected because of sharing the beam box for ion sources so that the careful power estimation is necessary for such kind of beam power modulation experiments in KSTAR.…”
Get full text

Modeling and Optimization of the BSCF-Based Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm by Minh-Vien Le, Tuan-Anh Nguyen, T.-Anh-Nga Nguyen

“…The empirical regression models, such as artificial neural networks (ANNs), can be used as a black-box tool to simulate systems without solving the complicated physical equations merely by utilizing available experimental data. …”
Get full text

Decreased Circulating T Regulatory Cells in Egyptian Patients with Nonsegmental Vitiligo: Correlation with Disease Activity by Doaa Salah Hegab, Mohamed Attia Saad Attia

“…Regulatory T cells (Tregs), specifically CD4+CD25+ and Forkhead box P3+ (FoxP3+) Tregs, acquired notable attention because of their role in a variety of autoimmune pathologies. …”
Get full text

Investigation of thermal conductivity of Prosopis juliflora / Acacia leucophloea / Acacia nilotica fibers / ceramic fillers / epoxy composites by Cholapancheri Krishnaswamy Hemalatha, Gopalan Venkatachalam, Mohan Bhuvaneshwari

“…The prepared samples are tested for thermal conductivity and the optimisation of parameters is scrutinized using the Box–Behnken Design (BBD). ANOVA via Minitab is used to develop regression correlation and for optimization respectively. …”
Get full text

Fracture Resistance of Endodontically Treated Maxillary Premolars Restored by Various Direct Filling Materials: An In Vitro Study by Jozef Mincik, Daniel Urban, Silvia Timkova, Renata Urban

“…The specimens were randomly divided into 8 groups, 8 specimens each: group A intact teeth, group B unfilled cavity, group C composite made by oblique layering technique, group D composite with 2 mm cusp coverage, group E bulk-filled posterior composite, group F glass-ionomer, group G amalgam, and group H composite with proximal boxes. The specimens were subjected to an axial compression load with the mean values of fracture resistance in group A: 1289 N, group B: 181.75 N, group C: 445.38 N, group D: 645.88 N, group E: 355.13 N, group F: 352.00 N, group G: 191.38 N, and group H: 572.00 N. …”
Get full text

Exploring the optimal reconstruction strategy for Enneking III defects in pelvis bone tumors: a finite element analysis by Jiazhuang Zhu, Jianping Hu, Kunpeng Zhu, Xiaolong Ma, Zhen Huang, Chunlin Zhang

“…Methods FEA models were generated for three types of Enneking III defects in the pelvis, replacing all the defect areas in region III with a sizable solid box for topology optimization (TO). Based on the defect location and TO results, three reconstruction schemes were designed for each type of defect. …”
Get full text

Microscale search-based algorithm based on time-space transfer for automated test case generation by Yinghan Hong, Fangqing Liu, Han Huang, Yi Xiang, Xueming Yan, Guizhen Mai

“…Abstract Automated test case generation for path coverage (ATCG-PC) is a major challenge in search-based software engineering due to its complexity as a large-scale black-box optimization problem. However, existing search-based approaches often fail to achieve high path coverage in large-scale unit programs. …”
Get full text

A Facile Electrode Modification Approach Based on Metal-Free Carbonaceous Carbon Black/Carbon Nanofibers for Electrochemical Sensing of Bisphenol A in Food by Jin Wang, Zhen Yang, Shuanghuan Gu, Mingfei Pan, Longhua Xu

“…Recovery tests were conducted on canned peaches and boxed milk, yielding satisfactory recoveries of 86.0–102.6%. …”
Get full text

A Marine Object Detection Algorithm Based on SSD and Feature Enhancement by Kai Hu, Feiyu Lu, Meixia Lu, Zhiliang Deng, Yunping Liu

“…When the classical Single-Shot MultiBox Detector (SSD) algorithm is applied to the detection of sea urchins, it also has disadvantages of being inaccurate to small targets and insensitive to the direction of the sea urchin. …”
Get full text

Effects of Strength Training on Muscle Properties, Physical Function, and Physical Activity among Frail Older People: A Pilot Study by Atle Hole Saeterbakken, Hilde Bremseth Bårdstu, Anine Brudeseth, Vidar Andersen

“…Thirty participants were randomly assigned (by sex) to a control group (CON) or a strength training group (ST) performing a supervised training programme using elastic bands, box-lifting, and body weight exercises twice per week. …”
Get full text

Functional feature extraction and validation from twelve-lead electrocardiograms to identify atrial fibrillation by Wei Yang, Rajat Deo, Wensheng Guo

“…However, the process remains a “black box” and does not help clinicians in understanding the electrocardiographic changes at an individual level. we propose a nonparametric feature extraction approach to identify features that are associated with the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). …”
Get full text

Study on Influence of Diversified Parameters of Vehicle and Track on Wheel Hollow Wear by Yongjie Lu, Zongyu Gao, Jianxi Wang

“…The results show that the damping of antihunting motion damper of the vehicle is the most sensitive to the maximum cumulative wear power dissipation of the wheel, followed by the longitudinal stiffness of tumbler journal box node, lateral stiffness of air-spring suspension, vertical damping of primary suspension, vertical stiffness of track, and vertical damping of track. …”
Get full text