Growth of olive saplings in different media containing artificial and natural super absorbents at two irrigation intervals by A. Mohammadi Torkashvand, H. Shahin, M. Mohammadi

“…A factorial experiment was conducted to evaluate the impact of super absorbents and organic wastes of rice, olive marc, vermicompost and farmyard manure on the soil water holding capacity and the growth of plant based on randomized complete block design with 13 treatments at two irrigation intervals 5 and 10 days. …”
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Computer-Aided Modelling and Analysis of PV Systems: A Comparative Study by Charalambos Koukouvaos, Dionisis Kandris, Maria Samarakou

“…However, in many cases the design, analysis, and control of photovoltaic systems are tasks which are quite complex and thus difficult to be carried out. …”
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An Evaluation of Health Rocks! with a Control Group by Dan Wang, Yunqi Wang, Maria R. de Guzman, Yan R. Xia, Kieu-Anh T. Do, Zhenqiao Yang

“…, a youth substance use prevention program, with a quasi-experimental two-factor mixed evaluation design. We gathered data from 584 participants (i.e., 475 youth in the treatment group and 109 youth in the control group) and conducted paired-sample t-tests for each group to compare youth substance use-related outcomes before and after the training. …”
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Using Game Development to Teach Software Architecture by Alf Inge Wang, Bian Wu

“…In this project, university students have to construct and design a type of software architecture, evaluate the architecture, implement an application based on the architecture, and test this implementation. …”
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An Assessment of the Microbiological Quality and Physical Properties of Indoor Atmosphere in Port Harcourt by Chuku Aleruchi

“…The study revealed that no indoor atmosphere is completely free from microorganisms; rooms that carry above their original design capacity for occupancy are prone to have a high load of microorganism and indoor microorganism survive and multiply faster during the dry season compared to their growth in the rainy season. …”
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Dropping Shock Characteristics of the Suspension Cushioning System with Critical Components by Hui Li, Anjun Chen, Ningning Duan

“…It is demonstrated that both a higher frequency ratio and a system damping ratio in the specific range can exert a positive effect on the product protection and should be selected in design process of the suspension system. Furthermore, with the decrease of suspension angle, the acceleration response peak decreases, the displacement response peak increases, and the safety zone enlarges.…”
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The transition of online into limited English learning-teaching in the rural area context by Amira Wahyu Anditasari, Siti Kholija Sitompul

“…The learning and teaching barriers in turn might serve as a reflection for teachers to design more effective teaching activities. …”
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Bedside Assessment of Tissue Oxygen Saturation Monitoring in Critically Ill Adults: An Integrative Review of the Literature by Carol Diane Epstein, Karen Toby Haghenbeck

“…Future research should be based on rigorous methods of sampling and design in order to enhance the internal and external validity of the findings.…”
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The Importance of the Monitoring of Resuscitation with Blood Transfusion for Uterine Inversion in Obstetrical Hemorrhage by Seishi Furukawa, Hiroshi Sameshima

“…The aim of this study was to describe critical care for obstetrical hemorrhage, especially in cases of uterine inversion. Study Design. We extracted data for six patients diagnosed with uterine inversion concerning resuscitation. …”
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The Profile of Saudi Nursing Workforce: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mohammad Alboliteeh, Judy Magarey, Richard Wiechula

“…Methodology. A cross-sectional design was chosen to investigate the research questions. …”
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Die Linguistic Landscape einer Universität als Ort der Begegnung mit sprachlicher Diversität. Zur visuellen Mehrsprachigkeit an der Universität Oppeln/Opole by Daniela Pelka

“…The design of the texts that characterise the linguistic landscape of a university is essentially determined by the needs and expectations of the communication participants using the academic space, who today are often characterised by a relatively high degree of linguistic and cultural diversity. …”
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A Parametric Study of Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Transmission Line Structures by Li Tian, Yanming Wang, Zhenhua Yi, Hui Qian

“…The effect of multicomponent ground motions, wave passage, coherency loss, and local site should be considered for the seismic design of the transmission line structures.…”
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Perspectives and Development of Electrical Systems in More Electric Aircraft by Ahmet Yigit Arabul, Emre Kurt, Fatma Keskin Arabul, İbrahim Senol, Martin Schrötter, Róbert Bréda, Dávid Megyesi

“…Such a concept requires a total change of all on-board power systems and enables the profound change in aircraft design. This paper presents the evolution of aircraft power systems into the so-called more electric aircraft (MEA) and discusses the state-of-the-art electrical systems. …”
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A Hybrid Deep Learning Framework for Network Flow Forecasting of Power Grid Enterprise by Xin Huang, Ting Hu, Pei Pei, Qin Li, Xin Zhang

“…A GRU-xgboost block is designed to reconstruct the features of historical series. …”
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The efficiency of galvanic wastewater treatment facility 'Frad' in Aleksinac by Veličković Jasmina, Arsić Nebojša B., Stošić Ljiljana

“…The Performance Evaluation will also help for the better understanding of design and operating difficulties (aeration, blowers, etc.) in Sewage Treatment Plant. …”
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Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Associated Risk Factors among Schoolchildren in Durbete Town, Northwestern Ethiopia by Tilahun Alelign, Abraham Degarege, Berhanu Erko

“…Identifying determinants of soil transmitted helminth infection is vital to design control strategy for the disease. This study assessed the prevalence of STH infections and associated factors among schoolchildren in Durbete town, northwestern Ethiopia. …”
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Improving TCR Gene Therapy for Treatment of Haematological Malignancies by Emma Nicholson, Sara Ghorashian, Hans Stauss

“…Improvements to this include methods to generate high avidity or high affinity TCR, improvements in vector design and reduction in mispairing. Following adoptive transfer, TCR transduced T cells must be able to survive and persist in vivo to give most effective antitumour responses. …”
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An Analysis of Chinese Transport Infrastructure Loans and Investment in ICT in Nigeria by Innocent .A. Ocholi, Nnamdi .S. Okonkwo

“…Since the thrust of the paper is an enquiry after the fact, the Ex-Post-Facto research design was adopted for data collection while the theory of absolute and relative gains was applied as a theoretical framework. …”
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Limits of Depth: Over-Smoothing and Over-Squashing in GNNs by Aafaq Mohi ud din, Shaima Qureshi

“…Our findings provide valuable insights into the design of deep GNNs and offer potential avenues for future research to improve their performance.…”
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Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of the Fluted Corrugated Sheet in the Corrugated Cardboard by Zhiguo Zhang, Tao Qiu, Riheng Song, Yaoyu Sun

“…The choice of corrugated medium, flute size, combining adhesive, and linerboards can be varied to design a corrugated board with specific properties. …”
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