Dimensionless Numerical Approaches for the Performance Prediction of Marine Waterjet Propulsion Units by Marco Altosole, Giovanni Benvenuto, Massimo Figari, Ugo Campora

“…The first procedure is based on a generalized performance map for mixed flow pumps, derived from the analysis of several waterjet pumps by applying similitude principles of the hydraulic machines. …”
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Effects of Postinjection Application with Late Partially Premixed Combustion on Power Production and Diesel Exhaust Gas Conditioning by Marko Jeftić, Shui Yu, Xiaoye Han, Graham T. Reader, Meiping Wang, Ming Zheng

“…Additional PCCI investigations generally showed increasing CO and THC, relatively constant NOx, and decreasing smoke emissions, as the postinjection was shifted further from top dead center (TDC). …”
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A Novel Microscopic Modeling Scheme for the Shape Memory Polymer Composites with respect to the Ambient Temperature by Yang Li, Junjie Ye, Lu Liu, Baoquan Shi, Yumin He

“…Herein, the high-fidelity generalized method of cells, which represents a good ability in predicting the effective mechanical behaviors of composites, was used. …”
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An Indian Case Study on Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy by Shabana Kareem, Reemy Sara Mathai

“…Common symptoms across all three included ptosis, limited eye movements, generalized muscle atrophy, and the absence of tendon reflexes. …”
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Novel Evaluation of Fuzzy Fractional Helmholtz Equations by Meshari Alesemi, Naveed Iqbal, Noorolhuda Wyal

“…We establish the consistence of our strategy by obtaining fractional fuzzy Helmholtz equations with the initial fuzzy condition using the Caputo derivative under generalized Hukuhara differentiability. The series obtained result was calculated and compared to the proposed equations of the actual result. …”
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Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery for Undiagnosed Small Bowel Obstruction in a Patient without a History of Abdominal Surgery by Noriaki Koizumi, Hiroki Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Takagi, Kanehisa Fukumoto

“…Although open abdominal surgery has been generally performed for the treatment of small bowel obstructions, laparoscopic surgery for small bowel obstructions has been increasing in popularity due to its less invasiveness, including fewer postoperative complications and a shorter hospital stay. …”
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La Seguridad en la Producción de Alimentos en la Granja: Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas y Buenas Prácticas de Manejo – Sanidad en las Instalaciones de Empaque by Federico G. Caro, Alexandra Chang, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Keith R. Schneider

“…Las Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas (BPA) y las Buenas Prácticas de Manejo (BPM) abarcan los procedimientos generales que los productores, empacadores y procesadores de frutas y verduras frescas deben seguir para garantizar la seguridad de sus productos. …”
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Differentiation of Epileptic Brain Abnormalities among Neurological Patients at Taif Region Using MRI by Nahla L. Faizo, Amani A. Alrehaili

“…The percentage of epilepsy was generally higher in males than in females in the Taif city, and seizures were different between the studied age groups. …”
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Gamma Ray Spectrometric Analysis of Sand Samples from Selected Beaches along Kenyan Coastline by Willis Otieno Gor Odongo, Nadir Hashim, Margaret Wairimu Chege

“…The average values of outdoor and indoor annual effective dose rates were estimated as of 0.23 and 0.63 mSv/y, respectively, which are below maximum recommended limit of 1 mSv/y. Generally, these results indicate no significant radiological health hazards for the studied beaches.…”
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The Effect of Conspicuous Consumption Behavior on Wasteful Consumption Behavior: The Intermediary Role of Hedonic Consumption Behavior by İbrahim Avcı

“…The concept of consumption, which has an important place in people's lives, is generally expressed as the use of produced goods and services in line with needs. …”
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Ideas filosóficas y políticas en Rafael María Baralt by Johan Méndez Reyes, Ana María Padrón Medina

“…La mayoría de los documentos conocidos se centran en recopilar contenidos “clásicos” o proporcionar visiones generales de la vida de intelectuales reconocidos, sin explorar nuevos enfoques. …”
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Early CBC Screening for Detecting Subclinical Anemia in Adolescent Females by Saadia Saad, Raheela Pyar Ali, Uzma Najam, Uzma Shahid, Asaad Javaid Mirza

“…Anemia severity was generally mild, with only 8 (6.8%) exhibiting moderate anemia. …”
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A storage model with random release rate for modeling exposure to food contaminants by Patrice Bertail, Stéphan Clémençon, Jessica Tressou

“…We also highlight the fact that theexposure process is generally not directly observable in practice and establisha validity framework for simulation-based statistical methods by couplinganalysis. …”
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Liquid‐Amplified Electrostatically Driven Octopus Sucker‐Inspired Suction Cup by Yu Sun, Lingjun Tang, Ling Wang, Qingkai Guo, Yuxin Lv, Laihao Yang

“…Traditional pneumatic suction cups rely on bulky and noisy vacuum sources and need for preloading while electrostatic adhesion‐detachment devices generally cannot provide enough adhesion force. To address these shortcomings, a liquid‐amplified electrostatically driven suction cup is proposed inspired by octopus's sucker, including a negative pressure chamber with a wrinkle‐like membrane and a sealing ring. …”
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Comparison between digital and conventional occlusal indicators. by Wan M. Dizayee, Fahd S. Ikram

“… Background and objective: Occlusal adjustments are an integral part of any dental restorations; any occlusal discrepancy will affect the masticatory system generally and the occlusal scheme specifically. This unsolved problem may cause restoration and/or tooth fracture, and also may result in TMJ problems. …”
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An Assessment of the Utility of a Bayesian Framework to Improve Response Propensity Models in Longitudinal Data by Eliud Kibuchi, Gabriele B Durrant, Olga Maslovskaya, Patrick Sturgis

“…The potential nonrespondents can then be targeted using responsive and adaptive strategies with the aim of increasing response rates and reducing survey costs. Generally, however, RP models exhibit low predictive power, which limits their effective application in survey research to improve data collection. …”
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A fault calculation method for large-scale photovoltaic integrated transmission systems by Hongyue Ma, Tao Zheng, Tao Zhang, Zhiguo Hao

“…The fault calculation method has not yet been generalized for the transmission system of large-scale new energy resource integration due to the multivariable coupling and nonlinear characteristics present during faults. …”
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Elementary Teachers’ Experiences of Implementing Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Education in New York State by Grace Pai

“…Results show that although CRSE is not necessarily a top priority of many schools across the state, teachers generally have positive perceptions of CRSE and have been accountable in taking concrete steps towards implementing inclusive curriculum. …”
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Transfer learning for linear regression with differential privacy by Yiming Hou, Yunquan Song, Zhijian Wang

“…Abstract Transfer learning, as a machine learning approach to enhance model generalization, has found widespread applications across various domains. …”
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Kriging-Based Space Exploration Global Optimization Method in Aerodynamic Design by Wei Zhang, Zhenghong Gao, Chao Wang, Lu Xia

“…The results indicated that the KSE generally took fewer function evaluations to find the global optima or reach the target value in most test problems, holding better efficiency and robustness.…”
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