Producing Sustainable Lightweight Geopolymer Concrete Using Waste Materials by Hilal Ameer A., Nader Awaz S., Kurji Badoor M.

“…Six geopolymer mixes were designed and produced using different source materials (fly ash F, fly ash C and zeolite) and alkaline solution of sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide. …”
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Quorum Systems towards an Asynchronous Communication in Cognitive Radio Networks by Sylwia Romaszko, Petri Mähönen

“…New RDV protocols must be designed in such a way that there is a guarantee that all nodes meet periodically within reasonable periods of time. …”
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A Reassessment of Well-Being in Vocational Preparation: A New Model Focusing on Psychological Resilience and Occupational Identification in Tourism Education by Mehmet Düzgün

“…This study, which was designed in accordance with the causal screening model, was conducted with 393 students studying tourism. …”
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Speaking of users: on user discourses in the field of public libraries by Ase Hedemark, Jenny Hedman, Olof Sundin

“…These phases include designations of users, user categories, themes within which users are described and user discourses. …”
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THERMAL-STRUCTURE COUPLING ANALYSIS OF HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL ROLLER BEARING FOR CONE BIT by HAN ChuanJun, Li Ying, ZHANG Jie, YAN JiaWei

“…These results can provide useful references in designing and optimizing the bearing of cone bit,and benefit the application of cone bit in high temperature deep well.…”
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NVH Performance Improvement Method of the Three-in-one Electric Drive System Based on Structural Topology Optimization by Ge Hailong, Zhao Zhiguo, Chen Zhixin

“…In order to improve the NVH performance of a three-in-one electric drive system, the structural transmission path is designed and optimized. Firstly, the weak components with the highest NVH contribution to the electric drive assembly were identified by analytical method, frequency positioning method and plate contribution analysis method. …”
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East and West: global challenges to achieving carbon neutrality by S. S. Belikova, A. V. Belikov

“…The main objective of the research is to study the mechanism of cross-border carbon regulation aimed at protecting European producers from environmental dumping and designed to reduce the risks of migration of carbon-intensive industries to countries with a less stringent climate policy. …”
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Human Settlements Interactions and Deforestation in Gambari Forest Reserve located in Oluyole Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State, Nigeria by E.O. Toyinbo, R.A. Fasasi, C.F. Agbor, C.O. Fakorede

“… This study was designed to examine changes in land cover types and the interaction of human settlements with the forest and impact of such interaction on the reserve. …”
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Dynamic computing offloading strategy in LEO constellation edge computing network by GAO Yufang, JI Zhi, ZHAO Kanglian, LI Wenfeng, HU Peicong

“…In order to achieve NE in a distributed manner under dynamic environment, an intelligent stochastic learning algorithm based on the stochastic learning was designed to efficiently achieve NE for the proposed stochastic game. …”
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Prognostic Factors and Outcome of Patients with Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated with the Hyper-CVAD Regimen: A Retrospective Study by Zahra Malakoutikhah, Farzaneh Ashrafi, Ali Derakhshandeh

“…The Hyper-CVAD regimen has shown promising results for adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), as designed by the MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC). …”
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Development of a Video-Test of Emotional Intelligence for Teachers (ViTIED) by María-Pilar Berrios-Martos, Raquel Palomera

“…The test comprises 12 video scenes designed to elicit intra- and interpersonal processes, as well as both positive and negative emotions. …”
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Signal Timing Optimization for Corridors with Multiple Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Using Genetic Algorithm by Yifeng Chen, Laurence R. Rilett

“…Standard traffic signal optimization programs are not designed to work on roadway networks that contain multiple HRGCs, because their underlying assumption is that the roadway traffic is in a steady-state. …”
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Non-cooperative signal modulation recognition algorithm based on joint feature parameter extraction by Haifei SI, Xingliu HU, Zhen SHI, Shiyong LI

“…Aiming at the problem that in the current electromagnetic environment,the modulation method is complicated,the frequency-consuming equipment increases,the spectrum is congested,and the electromagnetic environment interference increases,the algorithm of OFDM signal detection and subcarrier identification in the background of non-cooperative communication were deeply studied.Using the different distribution states of OFDM signals and single carrier signals in the time domain,a joint characteristic parameter was proposed to solve the existence problem of OFDM in the received signal.For the phase shift and frequency offset problems caused by the channel transmission to the signal,by using the periodic stability the blind parameter estimation was performed to obtain the signal prior information.On the basis of the obtained signal prior information,a multi-level classification and recognition method for non-cooperative OFDM signal sub-carrier signals was proposed.Therefore,a model based on non-cooperative communication system OFDM signal detection and subcarrier modulation identification was designed,and finally modulation identification of unknown signals was completed.Simulation experiments show that in non-cooperative communication systems,OFDM signals and single-carrier signals can be accurately identified,and ideal modulation recognition effects can be achieved on empty subcarriers,QPSK,and 16QAM in the receiver OFDM signal subcarriers,overcoming the channel transmission band The problems of phase shift and frequency offset have improved the accuracy of modulation mode identification.…”
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Ant colony algorithm of partially optimal programming based on dynamic convex hull guidance for solving TSP problem by Xuesen MA, Shuai GONG, Jian ZHU, Hao TANG

“…To solve basic ant colony algorithm’s drawbacks of large search space,low convergence rate and easiness of trapping in local optimal solution,an ant colony algorithm of partially optimal programming based on dynamic convex hull guidance was proposed.The improved algorithm dynamically controlled the urban selection range of the ants,which could reduce the search space of ants on basis of helping the algorithm to jump out of local optimal solution to global optimal solution.Meanwhile,the delayed drift factor and the convex hull constructed by the cities to be chosen were introduced to intervene the current ants’ urban choice,it could increase the diversity of the early solution of the algorithm and improve the ability of ants’ partially optimal programming.Then the pheromone updating was coordinated by using construction information of convex hull and the complete path information that combined local with whole,it could improve the accuracy of the algorithm by guiding the subsequent ants to partially optimal programming.The pheromone maximum and minimum limit strategy with convergence was designed to avoid the algorithm’s premature stagnation and accelerate the solving speed of the algorithm.Finally,the proposed algorithm was applied to four classic TSP models.Simulation results show that the algorithm has better optimal solution,higher convergence rate and better applicability.…”
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DETERMINATION OF YIELD AND QUALITY PARAMETERS OF SOME SAFFLOWER (CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS L.) VARIETIES GROWN IN VAN ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS by Lutfi Nohutcu, Ezelhan Selem, Ruveyde Tuncturk, Murat Tuncturk

“…The registered varieties including Ayaz, Asol, Olas, Yenice, Remzibey-05, Balci, Gokturk, Linas were studied in Completely Randomized Block designe with three replicates. Several parameters such as plant height, first branch height, number of main and secondary branches per plant, table number, seed number per head, thousand seed weight, hectolitre weight, seed yield, crude oil ratio as well as crude oil yield were measured. …”
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A new statistical approach with simulation study: Its implementations in management sciences and reliability by Zhidong Liang

“…This methodology, which merges the cosine function with the weighted T-X strategy, is designated as the cosine weighted-G (CW-G) family. We focus on the cosine weighted-Weibull (CW-Weibull) distribution, obtained through the CW-G method. …”
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Analysis and Experimental Research of Gear Whine of 2nd Gear of Transmission based on Gear Modification by Zhou Xinjian, Li Guangxing, Mao Le

“…Based on the original simulation results of gear modification parameters,two new designs are proposed,plan A and B,to make sure per unit length load and contact stress concentrated in the center of the gear and the Peak to peak transmission error（ PPTE） values are the minimum. …”
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Offloading strategy with edge optimization of time delay and energy consumption in integrated satellite-terrestrial relay network by Meinan ZHANG, Mingqi ZHANG, Fei DING, Hengheng ZHUANG, Hairong MA

“…The integrated satellite-terrestrial relay network (ISTRN) is a necessary part of the next-generation wireless communication system, and has important practical significance for accelerating the construction of my country's air-space-terrestrial integrated network system.In the traditional ISTRN architecture, a large amount of signaling needs to be forwarded to the ground control center for processing, which increases the delay of network control and management.A new cloud fog computing architecture was proposed, which constructs a sub-regional edge fog computing layer between the ground access and the central cloud to improve the flexibility of business flow management and control.Under the cloud network framework, a Q-learning based edge computing offloading strategy was designed, and the offloading performance was evaluated by time delay and energy consumption.Simulation results show that, compared with Min-min algorithm and backtracking algorithm, Q-learning based computational offload algorithm has better performance in terms of time delay and energy consumption, and can achieve a balance between the joint optimization of time delay and energy consumption.…”
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Analysis and Establishment of the Isothermal Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Model of the Cylindrical Gear with Arcuate Tooth Trace by Zhou Bo, Hou Li, Wei Yongqiao, Li Bo

“…The cylindrical gear with arcuate tooth trace has advantages of high bearing capacity,high contact strength and steady transmission,etc.But there are also failure modes such as the wear of tooth surface,pitting and scuffing when it drives,it is mainly because of the bad lubricating condition.So ensuring that it is always in good lubricity would be critical.After analyzing the meshing contact process of cylindrical gears with arcuate tooth trace,the contact model of gears is simplified.Based on the elastohydrodynamic lubrication theory,the physical and mathematical model of isothermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication for the cylindrical gear with arcuate tooth trace are established.Through the direct iterative method and Fortran procedure,the numerical solution of the model is solved and the characteristic curves of oil film are got.The influences that entrainment velocity,load and viscidity bring to lubrication characters of the cylindrical gear with arcuate tooth trace are analyzed and compared.The results show the entrainment velocity is the most important cause for the oil film thickness,the viscidity has important influences both on the oil film pressure and thickness,and the load influences less relative to other two factors.Besides,using the oil film thickness ratio,the lubrication state of gears could be estimated,which helps keeping gears approach the elastohydrodynamic lubrication state when designing.…”
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An Immunoinformatics Study to Predict Epitopes in the Envelope Protein of SARS-CoV-2 by Renu Jakhar, S. K. Gakhar

“…This virus has caused a huge problem in the world as millions of people are affected by this disease. We aimed at designing a peptide vaccine for COVID-19 particularly for the envelope protein using computational methods to predict epitopes inducing the immune system. …”
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