IoT-enabled stepped basin solar stills: Advanced optimization with PSO and ABC algorithms by McLuret, S. Joe Patrick Gnanaraj, Vanthana Jeyasingh

“…The Taguchi orthogonal array minimized experimental runs, while PSO and ABC algorithms refined parameter selection. …”
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An Enhanced Supervisory Control Strategy for Periodicity Mutual Exclusions in Discrete Event Systems Based on Petri Nets by Zhongyuan Jiang, Huan Wang, Xiaoliang Chen, Mingwei Tang, Jianhong Ye

“…Mutual exclusion problems widely exist in discrete event systems in which several processes will compete for the common resource for maintaining their normal running. This competition is mutually exclusive. However, a special behavior, that is, periodic mutual exclusion behavior, is important for many discrete event systems. …”
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Ultrastructure Organization of Collagen Fibrils and Proteoglycans of Stingray and Shark Corneal Stroma by Saud A. Alanazi, Turki Almubrad, Ahmad I. A. AlIbrahim, Adnan A. Khan, Saeed Akhtar

“…The corneal stroma of both the stingray and shark consisted of parallel running lamellae of CFs which were decorated with PGs. …”
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Analysis of Antideformation and Antivibration Effect of Different Track Beds under Subway Train Vibration by Jin Zhang, Chuanhao Xi, Yanhua Sun, Guangsheng Li, Junwei Liu, Mengxue Wang

“…Running metro trains would inevitably influence the vibration deformation in the lower part of the roadbed structure. …”
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Transparent Runtime Migration of Loop-Based Traces of Processor Instructions to Reconfigurable Processing Units by João Bispo, Nuno Paulino, João M. P. Cardoso, João Canas Ferreira

“…The ability to map instructions running in a microprocessor to a reconfigurable processing unit (RPU), acting as a coprocessor, enables the runtime acceleration of applications and ensures code and possibly performance portability. …”
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Online Identification and Verification of the Elastic Coupling Torsional Stiffness by Wanyou Li, Zhuoye Chai, Mengqi Wang, Xinhuan Hu, Yibin Guo

“…Besides, this method provides a convenient and practical approach to examine the dynamic behavior of the long running elastic coupling.…”
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Effect of Thermal Processing on Simultaneous Formation of Acrylamide and Hydroxymethylfurfural in Plum Purée by Oana Emilia Constantin, Kristina Kukurová, Ľubomír Daško, Nicoleta Stănciuc, Zuzana Ciesarova, Constantin Croitoru, Gabriela Rapeanu

“…The contaminants content was determined on thirteen running variants in the temperature range of 59.3-200.7 °C, and heating time between 5.9 and 34.1 minutes. …”
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Arduino based platform for process control learning by Bruna Couto Molinar Henrique, Leonardo Couto Molinar Henrique, Humberto Molinar Henrique

“…PID controllers based on internal model control, minimization of the integral of time-weighted absolute error, Ziegler-Nichols, and others were tuned for setpoint and load changes and real-time runs were carried out in order to make real-time use of  control theory learned in academy. …”
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Influence of Quantity and Quality of Bonding Phases on Strength of Iron Ore Sinters by Zhigang Que, Laixin Wang, Yinxuan Fu, Fan Gu, Jinming Shi

“…Sinter is the main raw material of blast furnaces, and its strength influences its running condition. Nevertheless, there is no comprehensive definition of the influencing mechanisms of the strength of the sinter. …”
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Monitoring Evaluasi Penerapan Sistem Pengembangan Manajemen Kinerja Klinis Di Rumah Sakit Tk. III Dr. Reksodiwiryo Padang by Mona Ariestia, Yulihasri, Supiyah

“…For hospitals to implement evaluation monitoring so that nursing documentation runs smoothly in accordance with nursing procedures, the Head of nursing needs to improve the nurses' clinical performance skills with regular seminars. …”
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Modelling Low-Salinity Water Flooding as a Tertiary Oil Recovery Technique by Oluwasanmi Olabode, David Alaigba, Daniel Oramabo, Oreofeoluwa Bamigboye

“…For the second case, low-salinity water flooding starts five years after secondary water flooding and runs till the end of the field production life. For the third case, low-salinity water flooding starts five years after secondary water flooding, but low-salinity water flooding is injected in measured pore volumes for a short period of time; then, high-salinity water flooding was resumed till the end of the field production life. …”
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The Semidiurnal Tidal Response of the Low Latitude Ionosphere to Northern Hemisphere Polar Vortex Strength (2020–2023) From COSMIC‐2 Global Ionospheric Specification by Deepali Aggarwal, Jens Oberheide, Nicholas Pedatella, Benjamin C. Martinez

“…The study compares solar/geomagnetic forcing and vortex impacts using SD‐WACCM‐X (Specified Dynamics Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with thermosphere and ionosphere extension) model runs. Findings suggest tidal modulation of the E‐region dynamo as the coupling mechanism. …”
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Optimization of Process Parameters for Friction Stir Welding of Different Aluminum Alloys AA2618 to AA5086 by Taguchi Method by G. Sasikala, V. M. Jothiprakash, Bhasker Pant, R. Subalakshmi, M. Thirumal Azhagan, K. Arul, Wadi B. Alonazi, M. Karnan, S. Praveen Kumar

“…The tensile strength of the joint was used to identify the best procedure parameters. Runs with the ideal settings confirmed the projected optimal tensile strength value. …”
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Combustion Characteristics and NO Formation Characteristics Modeling in a Compression Ignition Engine Fuelled with Diesel Fuel and Biofuel by Jean Paul Gram Shou, Marcel Obounou, Rita Enoh Tchame, Mahamat Hassane Babikir, Timoléon Crépin Kofané

“…In this work, we perform a theoretical study of steam injection being applied into a single-cylinder four-strokes direct-injection and naturally aspirated compression ignition engine running with diesel and biodiesel fuels in order to improve the performance and reduce NO emissions by using a two-zone thermodynamic combustion model. …”
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High-Performance 3D Compressive Sensing MRI Reconstruction Using Many-Core Architectures by Daehyun Kim, Joshua Trzasko, Mikhail Smelyanskiy, Clifton Haider, Pradeep Dubey, Armando Manduca

“…We demonstrate that a CUDA-based code running on an NVIDIA Tesla C2050 GPU can reconstruct a 256 × 160 × 80 volume from an 8-channel acquisition in 19 seconds, which is in itself a significant improvement over the state of the art. …”
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Iron Contamination Mechanism and Reaction Performance Research on FCC Catalyst by Zhaoyong Liu, Zhongdong Zhang, Pusheng Liu, Jianing Zhai, Chaohe Yang

“…These nodules intensify the attrition between catalyst particles and generate plenty of fines which severely influence units’ smooth running. A dense layer could be formed on the catalysts’ surface after iron contamination and the dense layer stops reactants to diffuse to inner structures of catalyst. …”
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Relay Protection Device Reliability Assessment Through Radiation, Fault Injection and Fault Tree Analysis by Hualiang Zhou, Hao Yu, Zhiyang Zou, Zhantao Su, Zheng Xu, Weitao Yang, Chaohui He

“…Additionally, this study examines the soft error probability when the target processor runs both general workloads and specific application workloads. …”
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A Simulation Tool for Hurricane Evacuation Planning by Daniel J. Fonseca, Gary P. Moynihan, Jordan Johnston, Jordan Jennings

“…This paper describes the development of a simulation model to analyze the movement of vehicles through I-65, a major US Interstate highway that runs north off the coastal City of Mobile, Alabama, towards the State of Tennessee, during a massive evacuation originated by a disastrous event such a hurricane. …”
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Design of an efficient magnetic brush solid acid and its catalytic use in organic reactions by Akbar Mobaraki, Mohsen Hajibeygi, Hesam Moradi, Mahdi Pirasteh, Ahmad Takallou

“…The Fe3O4@VS-APS brush solid acid has special features, such as easy reusability when a simple magnet is used for four reaction runs, an appropriate balance between hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties on the catalyst surface, and effective catalytic performance in the production of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-one(thione) derivatives, 2-phenyl-2-(phenylamino)acetonitrile and octyl acetate.…”
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Simultaneous Optimization of Train Timetabling and Platforming Problems for High-Speed Multiline Railway Network by Qin Zhang, Xiaoning Zhu, Li Wang, Shuai Wang

“…A 0-1 integer programming model is proposed, whose objective is to minimize the total weighted train running costs. The construction of a set of incompatible vertexes and links facilitates the expression of difficult constraints. …”
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