High Step-Up ZVT Converter Based on Active Switched Coupled Inductors by Yu Tang, Haisheng Tong, Raheel Afzal, Yingjun Guo

“…To meet the requirements of high voltage boosting and high efficiency, a novel high step-up zero voltage transition (ZVT) DC/DC converter based on active switched-inductor (ASL) is proposed. …”
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The Role of Financial Technology on the Nexus Between Demographic, Socio-economic, and Psychological Factors, and the Financial Literacy Gap by Samira Ben Belgacem, Ghousia Khatoon, Hussaini Bala, Abad Alzuman

“…Besides, marital status, income, spouse’s educational background, as well as psychographic characteristics like “present financial situation,”“meet monthly payments,”“future is hopeless,” and “don’t expect change” have a bearing on the financial literacy gap. …”
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A review on surface modification of nanofibrous textiles for diverse applications: Focus on medical uses by Rasool Shabanloo, Majid Montazer, Ali Farahani, Nesa Karimi

“…Moreover, it emphasizes the importance of functionalizing nanofibers to meet the most important specific requirements and the potential of electrospun nanofibers in various biomedical applications.…”
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A Case of a Nonpetrous Cholesterol Granuloma Presenting as a Temporal Mass by Nathaniel Reeve, Jacob Kahane, Matthew Ng

“…This case supports the theory of pathogenesis of such lesions typically occurring where pneumatized air spaces interface with bone marrow, in this case, where the reaches of pneumatized cells in the squamous portion of the temporal bone meet diploic bone.…”
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Enhancing Compressed Earth Block Performance: Effects of Gelatinized Starch and Fiber Reinforcement on Mechanical Properties by Gabo Cyprien Bailly, Yassine El Mendili, Athanas Konin, Eliane Khoury

“…This study highlights the potential for integrating sustainable materials into construction practices to meet both structural and environmental objectives. …”
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Construction and Layout of Coordinated Multirobots System Based on Parallel Thought by Wanqiang Xi, Yaoyao Wang, Yadong Ding, Bai Chen

“…The weight ratio is used to express the importance of the three objectives to meet the requirements of different scenes. Afterwards, based on the theory of C set, the three translational (3T) operational requirements that can be extended to other degree of freedom (DOF) are analyzed. …”
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A Model Predictive Control Framework for Combining Energy Arbitrage and Power Quality Applications From Energy Storage Systems by Ujjwol Tamrakar, Niranjan Bhujel, Tu A. Nguyen, Raymond H. Byrne, Babu Chalamala

“…Energy storage systems (ESSs) are a flexible resource that will be vital to meet the aggressive clean energy targets of the future. …”
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An open‐source LED lamp for use with the LI‐6800 photosynthesis system by Aarón I. Vélez‐Ramírez, Juan de Dios Moreno, Uriel G. Pérez‐Guerrero, Antonio M. Juarez, Hector Castillo‐Arriaga, Josefina Vázquez‐Medrano, Ilane Hernández‐Morales

“…Testing and calibration show that the lamp meets the quality needed to estimate photosynthesis parameters. …”
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UAV–UGV Formation for Delivery Missions: A Practical Case Study by Leonardo A. Fagundes-Júnior, Celso O. Barcelos, Amanda Piaia Silvatti, Alexandre S. Brandão

“…The existence of an obstacle between the two UGVs makes it impossible for them to meet each other. Thus, the lifting, transport, and delivery of the load from one UGV to the other are performed by a UAV with a suspended electromagnet actuator. …”
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Multidisciplinary Oral Rehabilitation of a Severely Compromised Dentition by Carlo Maiorana, Dario Andreoni, Paola Polacco, Pier Paolo Poli

“…The patient was satisfied with the final outcome. In conclusion, to meet the patient’s expectations particularly in complex clinical situations, the interdisciplinary approach becomes essential from the early phases in order to identify the ideal treatment plan with the correct time sequence.…”
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Study on Hot Deformation Behavior of 7085 Aluminum Alloy during Backward Extrusion Process by R. B. Mei, Y. X. Du, L. Bao, X. Y. Zhang, B. Zhang, Z. J. Zhou

“…The deformation in the region of top of wall is too small to meet the mechanical properties of requirements and the metal usually needs to be trimmed. …”
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G/M/N Queuing Model-Based Research on the Parking Spaces for Primary and Secondary School by Yi Zhao, Zhen Zhou, Qilong Pan, Tianhua Zhou

“…And the proposed scale of the parking space can well meet the actual parking demand.…”
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High-Level Design Space and Flexibility Exploration for Adaptive, Energy-Efficient WCDMA Channel Estimation Architectures by Zoltán Endre Rákossy, Zheng Wang, Anupam Chattopadhyay

“…Our experiments with various design points show that the resulting architectures meet the performance constraints of WCDMA and a wide range of options are offered for tuning such architectures depending on power/performance/area constraints of SDR.…”
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Activities of government bodies and socio-political organizations on the creation of territorial autonomy of the Siberian Tatars (1989–1997) by M. S. Novikov

“…The author’s research is conducted using a wide range of sources: documents of authorities and public organizations, reference materials, printed publications of authorities and public organizations, published memoirs of participants in the movement for the revival of Siberian Tatars and data obtained during meetings with them, materials of journalistic investigations. …”
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The Effect of Audit Committee, Independent Commissioners, Leverage, Audit Quality, and Audit Tenure on the Integrity of Financial Reports (Empirical Study on Mining Companies in th... by Sulaeman Al Rasid, Yudhi Herliansyah, Suharmadi Suharmadi

“…The sample of this study is 92 samples from 23 companies that meet the sampling criteria. The purposive sampling method was used in this study. …”
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Providing a structural model of lean sustainable supply chain with total quality management approach in the automotive industry by Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Shayan Naghdi Khanachah, Mostafa Zahedi

“…On the other hand, considering the existence of the automobile industry in Iran and the presence of many parts manufacturing industries to meet the needs of automobile manufacturers, the implementation of the lean approach in the supply chain of organizations active in this field is essential and creates a competitive advantage in them. …”
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Review of Digital Construction of UHV Projects Based on Building Information Modeling Technology by QI Lizhong, LIU Ding, ZHANG Zhuoqun, XIE Rongzhen, RONG Jingguo, ZHANG Su, YUAN Bo, SUN Yi

“…As major national infrastructure projects， UHV projects are key to ensuring power grid security， promoting energy consumption， and optimizing resource allocation. To better meet the requirements of "large-scale centralized construction， high-intensity innovation and research， and high-quality transformation and upgrading" of UHV projects， conducting digital construction of UHV projects based on building information modeling （BIM） technology is imperative. …”
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A Blockchain-Based Protocol for Fair Delivery for Receipts by M. Francisca Hinarejos, Josep-Lluis Ferrer-Gomila, Andreu-Pere Isern-Deyà, Gerardo-Francisco Chévez-Alvarado

“…However, an analysis of these proposals reveals that they have one or more of the following drawbacks: failure to meet confidentiality requirements, the use of TTPs, and susceptibility to attacks that make them unfair. …”
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ARQ Protocols for Two-Way Wireless Relay Systems: Design and Performance Analysis by Zhenyuan Chen, Qiushi Gong, Chao Zhang, Guo Wei

“…Two-way relay (TWR) communication, a new cooperation paradigm that allows two terminals to share one relay node to communicate with each other in two phases, has played an increasingly valuable role in wireless networks to meet the stringent throughput requirement. In this paper, we focus on the designing of automatic repeat-request (ARQ) protocols for the two-way wireless relay systems. …”
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Raman Spectroscopy of Amorphous Carbon Prepared by Pulsed Arc Discharge in Various Gas Mixtures by M. Marton, M. Vojs, E. Zdravecká, M. Himmerlich, T. Haensel, S. Krischok, M. Kotlár, P. Michniak, M. Veselý, R. Redhammer

“…To meet various application requirements, it is important to enable an improvement of a-C structure and properties, such as hardness, adhesion, and wear resistance. …”
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