Flexural and Shear Behavior of FRP Strengthened AASHTO Type Concrete Bridge Girders by Nur Yazdani, Farzia Haque, Istiaque Hasan

“…The differences in flexural versus shear FRP strengthening and comparison with available design guidelines are also beneficial to design professionals. …”
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Effects of the Scientific Argumentation Based Learning Process on Teaching the Unit of Cell Division and Inheritance to Eighth Grade Students by Ceyda Balci, Nilgun Yenice

“…The study employed the design of pretest-post test matched control group design which is part of semi-experimental design techniques. …”
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Holomorphic embedding method for large-scale reverse osmosis desalination optimization by Junzhi Chen, Tao Wang, Jiu Luo, Hongbo Chen, Yi Heng

“…Abstract Large-scale optimal design problems involving nonlinear differential equations are widely applied in modeling such as craft manufacturing, chemical engineering and energy engineering. …”
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Load Balanced Routing for Lifetime Maximization in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks by Saifullah Khalid, Ashraf Masood, Faisal Bashir Hussain, Haider Abbas, Abdul Ghafoor

“…Challenge of efficient protocol design for energy constrained wireless sensor networks is addressed through application specific cross-layer designs. …”
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Influence of Compaction, Gradations, and Stress Levels on Fatigue Performance of SMA-13 Mixtures by Jinshun Xue, Yingjun Jiang

“…The fatigue characteristics of the stone-mastic asphalt (SMA) mixture and pavement structure are the basis of SMA mixture pavement design. However, the fatigue performance of the SMA mixture compacted by a vertical vibration compaction method (VTM) has been rarely studied. …”
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Study on the Optimization of Hub-and-Spoke Logistics Network regarding Traffic Congestion by Wei Xu, JinCan Huang, YanZhao Qiu

“…The design of the hub-and-spoke network has wide applications in the freight transportation system. …”
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Optimum Synthesis of Pencil Beams with Constrained Dynamic Range Ratio by Marko Matijascic, Maja Jurisic Bellotti, Mladen Vucic, Goran Molnar

“…In antenna array design, low dynamic range ratio (DRR) of excitation coefficients is important because it simplifies array’s feeding network and enables better control of mutual coupling. …”
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Terahertz Harmonic Operation of Microwave Fresnel Zone Plate Lens and Antenna: Frequency Filtering and Space Resolution Properties by Hristo D. Hristov

“…A microwave FZP lens antenna (FZPA) radiates both at design (90 GHz) and terahertz (THz) odd harmonic frequencies. …”
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Property Optimisation of EPDM Rubber Composites Using Mathematical and Statistical Strategies by Sivaldo Leite Correia, Denilso Palaoro, Ana Maria Segadães

“…The results demonstrate that statistical design of experiments and particle swarm optimisation (PSO) algorithms are promising methods to design composition variables. …”
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Emotions in the Electronic Educational Space by E. Yu. Novikova

“…The concepts of “emotional design” are of methodological importance for the study of emotions in the electronic educational space. …”
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Bridging Photonics and Optoelectronics Curriculum for the Solar Photovoltaic and LED Industries by Yu-Shan Su, Han-Chao Chang

“…We also found the currently curriculum design in Taiwanese universities rarely fit into theory of education objectives from the results of multiple regression analysis. …”
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Seismic Test and Simulation of Spring Vibration Isolated Foundation for Turbo-Generator by Dong An, Tianwang Liu

“…The foundation design is also reasonable, safe, and reliable.…”
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Relaxed State and Fault Estimation for Vehicle Lateral Dynamics Represented by T–S Fuzzy Systems by N. El Youssfi, R. El Bachtiri, T. Zoulagh, H. El Aiss

“…This paper deals with the problem of observer design of the vehicle model which is represented by Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy systems with the presence of uncertainties. …”
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Drag Losses of Wet Brakes and Clutches—A Scoping Review by Lukas Pointner-Gabriel, Katharina Voelkel, Karsten Stahl

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Development of Ultra-Broadband Base Station Antenna for All Mainstream LTE 700/800/900 MHz Frequency Bands by Doudou Samb, Zhonglin Wu, Mulin Liu, Hu Bin Jie

“…In the design process, rigorous algorithm based on swarm method is developed to tune the electrical performances under strict base station antenna requirements. …”
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High-Gain Quad Array of Nonuniform Helical Antennas by Jelena Lj. Dinkić, Dragan I. Olćan, Antonije R. Djordjević, Alenka G. Zajić

“…We present a design of a high-gain quad array of nonuniform helical antennas. …”
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Compensation of active filter using p-q theory in photovoltaic systems by Farzane Soleimani Rudi, Mohammad Naser Hashemnia

“…This work proposes an active shunt filter design for grid-connected solar systems, utilizing the p-q instantaneous power theory technique to minimize grid harmonics and reduce reactive power. …”
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Optimal Power Flow Algorithm Based on Second-Order Cone Relaxation Method for Electricity-Gas Integrated Energy Microgrid by Fan Zhang, Zhuzheng Shen, Wen Xu, Guofeng Wang, Biyi Yi

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Angularly Resolved Deep Brain Fluorescence Imaging Using a Single Optical Fiber by Israel J. De La Rosa, Mehdi Azimipour, Patrick K. Cullen, Fred J. Helmstetter, Ramin Pashaie

“…In vivo experiments show that the new device, despite the simplicity of the design, provides valuable information particularly useful in optogenetic stimulation experiments where the exact position of the fiber tip and the radiation orientation can change the outcome of a test.…”
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Recognition and optimization of landscape genes in traditional settlements: a case of Meishan area by Huasha Xia, Feihu Chen

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