Models to Assess the Effects of Nonsmooth Control and Stochastic Perturbation on Pest Control: A Pest-Natural-Enemy Ecosystem by Xuewen Tan, Wenjie Qin, Guangyao Tang, Changcheng Xiang, Xinzhi Liu

“…This study helps us to understand the impact of random factors on pest-outbreak frequency by theoretical derivations and numerical simulations; the results have directive significance in the design of an optimal control strategy for the department of ecological agriculture.…”
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Structural Determinants of Photoreactivity of Triplex Forming Oligonucleotides Conjugated to Psoralens by Rajagopal Krishnan, Dennis H. Oh

“…However, the functional consequences of these differing structures on psoralen photoreactivity are unknown. We designed TFO sequences with DNA and 2′-O-methyl RNA backbones conjugated to psoralen by 2-carbon linkers and examined their ability to bind and target damage to model DNA duplexes corresponding to sequences within the human HPRT gene. …”
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A Continuous Approximation Approach Based on Regular Hexagon Partition for the Facility Location Problem under Disruptions Risk by Jiguang Wang, Yucai Wu

“…Therefore, it is critical to account for disruptions during designing supply chain networks. To accomplish planned outcomes and greater supply chain resiliency, this article proposes a continuous approximation approach based on regular hexagon partition to address the reliable facility location problems with consideration of facility disruptions risk. …”
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Safety Management in Sea Reclamation Construction: A Case Study of Sanya Airport, China by Jinchao Ma, Wei Zhong, Xiaoliu Zhu

“…This paper proposes a systemic approach to the complete safety management process in sea reclamation engineering, including safety system design, analysis, control, and assessment, using the Sanya Sea Reclamation Airport, Hainan Province, China, as a case study. …”
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A Mathematical Programming Approach for Joint Optimization of Wind Farm Layout and Cable Routing Based on a Three‐Dimensional Gaussian Wake Model by Ziwei Cao, Longwen Chen, Ke Li, Guoqing Huang, Ruili Liu

“…The optimization of the wind farm layout and the cable layout are two important elements in the design of wind farms. Since increasing the distance between turbines can reduce wake loss but increase cable cost, these two optimizations are coupled and jointly affect the revenue of wind farms. …”
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Predictive learning as the basis of the testing effect by Haopeng Chen, Cathy Hauspie, Kate Ergo, Cristian Buc Calderon, Tom Verguts

“…To investigate this, we developed an associative memory network incorporating Hebbian and/or predictive learning, together with an experimental design where human participants studied or tested English-Swahili word pairs followed by recognition. …”
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When customers strike back: examining the impact of psychological contract violation on customers' switching behaviour by David Amani

“…The study utilised a quantitative-based cross-sectional design involving 399 customers from three selected pay television companies in Tanzania's media industry. …”
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FIRM ATTRIBUTES AND PROFIT MANIPULATION AGGREGATE AMONG QUOTED NIGERIAN INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES by Samson Oyewole OLABISI

“…The study adopted ex-post facto design. Published facts were collected from the financial statements of 56 purposively selected quoted industrial organisations in Nigeria from 2003 to 2020 to achieve this objective. …”
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Peran Self-Compassion terhadap Dimensi-dimensi Kualitas Hidup Kesehatan pada Remaja Panti Asuhan by Annisa Zahra Kawitri, Ratih Arruum Listiyandini, Rina Rahmatika

“…The study used quantitative method with cross-sectional design. The sample were 140 teenagers recruited using convenience sampling technique from several foster care in Bekasi and Jakarta. …”
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Survival rate and growth performance of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) exposed in polyvinyl chloride microplastics by Bagus Dwi Hari Setyono, Wiwin Iky Soenarky, Zaenal Abidin, Rangga Idris Affandi

“…This study was conducted in a completely randomized design (CRD) consisting of four treatments with three replications. …”
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Computer Simulation of Water Flow Animation Based on Two-Dimensional Navier-Stokes Equations by Rushi Cao, Ruyun Cao

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A Computation Complexity Reduction of the Size Decision Algorithm in 3D-HEVC Depth Map Intracoding by Hamza Hamout, Abderrahmane Elyousfi

“…A new video format called a multiview video plus depth map is recently designed as the most efficient 3D video representation. 3D-high efficiency video coding (3D-HEVC) is the international standard for 3D video coding finalized in 2016. …”
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Effects of Shade and Biochar Application on the Quercetin Content of Longevity Spinach in Inceptisol by Angga Prasetya, Sri Nuryani Hidayah Utami, Eko Hanudin

“…This research was arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with two factors. The first factor was the administration of biochar at four doses, consisting of B0 (without biochar), B10 (biochar 10 tons/ha), B15 (biochar 15 tons/ha), and B20 (biochar 20 tons/ha). …”
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Timber Portal Frames vs Timber Truss-Based Systems for Residential Buildings by Harry Far, Claire Far

“…Using the design information and data gathered through talks with industry professionals, both methods of construction were compared on cost and overall time duration. …”
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Nonlinear Speed Control of Switched Reluctance Motor Drives Taking into Account Mutual Inductance by M. Alrifai, M. Zribi, R. Krishnan, M. Rayan

“…The effects of mutual coupling between two adjacent phases and their contribution to the generated electromagnetic torque are considered in the design of the proposed control scheme for the motor. …”
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PANEL STUDY OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT DIMENSIONS AND LOAN PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN BANKS by Oloruntoba Oyedele, A. O Ahmed

“…The study adopted a quantitative approach that employed the ex-post facto research design that focused on the panel data study. The population consisted of the entire 22 listed banks in Nigeria according to the report made by CBN (2019). …”
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Health Pods for Automated Triage Improve Efficiency and Satisfaction in Nurses and Patients by Giuseppe Andreoni, Alessandra Santangelo, Riccardo Sannicandro, Alessandro Nizardo Chailly

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Surface Feature Prediction Modeling and Parameter Optimization for Turning TC17 Titanium Alloy by Zhibo Deng, Zhe Wang, Xuehong Shen

“…Data obtained from the Box-Behnken design experiments were used to develop the response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN) models. …”
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Budgetary deficits and macro budgetary components- examining ‘Law of Contiguity’ through spatial analysis of Indian states by Avik Ghosh

“…I find strong spatial dependence by implementing a fixed effect panel regression design followed by a spatial regression approach to assess fiscal health in Indian states over 22 years. …”
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THE PROFILE OF DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE COLLES' TYPE AT DR. SOETOMO HOSPITAL IN 2013 by Devina Gabriella Nugroho, Sulis Bayusentono, Nancy Margaritta Rehatta

“…If this situation keeps going, it will have impacts on the lack of preventive measures and recovery methods. The study was design as descriptive and used secondary data from medical records in Orthopedics and Traumatology Department of Dr. …”
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