Mixing Rules Formulation for a Kinetic Model of the Langmuir-Hinshelwood Semipredictive Type Applied to the Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Degradation of Multicomponent Mixtures by John Wilman Rodriguez-Acosta, Miguel Ángel Mueses, Fiderman Machuca-Martínez

“…A simplex-lattice {2,3} design experiment was adopted to perform the runs.…”
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Research on Rolling Bearing Fault Feature Extraction Based on Singular Value Decomposition considering the Singular Component Accumulative Effect and Teager Energy Operator by Longlong Li, Yahui Cui, Runlin Chen, Lingping Chen, Lihua Wang

“…Simulation data and real data from a run-to-failure experiment of a rolling bearing are adopted to validate the efficiency, and comparative analysis demonstrates the feasibility to detect the early defect of the rolling bearing.…”
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A novel RRT*-Connect algorithm for path planning on robotic arm collision avoidance by Miaolong Cao, Huawei Mao, Xiaohui Tang, Yuzhou Sun, Tiandong Chen

“…The simulations showed a 19.39% reduction in average run time and a 5% reduction in average path length compared to the existing RRT*-Connect algorithm. …”
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Development of a Positive Youth Development Program: Promoting the Mental Health of Stressful Adolescents Using Principles of Problem Solving Therapy by Daniel T.L. Shek, Joyce T.W. Chow

“…The proposed project will utilize the principles of PST as the guiding framework to run two mental health promotion courses for adolescents who are experiencing disturbing stressful responses and students who want to improve their stress management style. …”
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The diversity of local political agendas during COVID-19: A comparison of Mexican states by Enrique García-Tejeda, Juan Guillermo Vieira-Silva

“…At least for the case of COVID-19 in the short run, the size and diversity of local agendas in Mexico seem to be based on institutional factors, such as information processing according to bounded rationality, incremental solutions, and the functional labeling of local governments. …”
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Optimal Joint Expected Delay Forwarding in Delay Tolerant Networks by Jia Xu, Xin Feng, Wen Jun Yang, Ru Chuan Wang, Bing Qing Han

“…We also present an extension to allow OJEDF to run in delay constrained scenarios. We implement OJEDF as well as several other protocols and perform trace-driven simulations. …”
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ACCELERATED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION OF PHANTOM «ROZI» BY OS-SART METHOD USING ORDERED SUBSET PROJECTIONS by S. A. Zolotarev, M. M. Mieteeg, A. N. Al-Nadfa

“…The efficiency of using ordered subsets of projections was first established for sequential programs that run on the central processor of the computer (CPU). …”
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On the Effect of Estimation Error for the Risk-Adjusted Charts by Sajid Ali, Naila Altaf, Ismail Shah, Lichen Wang, Syed Muhammad Muslim Raza

“…To compute the average run length (ARL), Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations are conducted. …”
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING THE LABORATORY IN LEARNING SCIENCE by Ainun Ilmi Wahidah, Alif Mardiana, Siti Anisatul Iriani, Amalia Safitri, Asya Fikriyatun Nihaya, Mufidatul Nafiah

“…With complete facilities and infrastructure, student learning activities in observations will run smoothly.…”
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Hybrid Solar: A Review on Photovoltaic and Thermal Power Integration by T. T. Chow, G. N. Tiwari, C. Menezo

“…The final success of the integrative technologies relies on the coexistence of robust product design/construction and reliable system operation/maintenance in the long run to satisfy the user needs. This paper gives a broad review on the published academic works, with an emphasis placed on the research and development activities in the last decade.…”
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ESTIMATING TURKISH STOCK MARKET RETURNS WITH APT MODEL: COINTEGRATION AND VECTOR ERROR CORRECTION by Özge SEZGİN ALP, Fazıl GÖKGÖZ, Güray KÜÇÜKKOCAOĞLU

“…The results have revealed that significant macroeconomic variables vary upon sectors and have a long-run effect in determining stock indices. Consequently, it should be noted that empirical tests of APT have robust estimations in analyzing the Turkish stock market.  …”
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Application of Response Surface Methodology to Study the Combined Effect of Temperature, Time and pH on Antioxidant Activity of Cherry (Prunus avium) Honey by Nayik Gulzar Ahmad, Nanda Vikas

“…Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to analyze the effect of independent variables viz. temperature, time and pH on antioxidant properties of cherry honey. Seventeen runs including five replicates were used to study the combined effect of temperature (60–80°C), time (10–15 min) and pH (3 to 6) on the antioxidant properties [radical scavenging activity (DPPH-RSA), total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC)] of cherry honey. …”
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CUDT: A CUDA Based Decision Tree Algorithm by Win-Tsung Lo, Yue-Shan Chang, Ruey-Kai Sheu, Chun-Chieh Chiu, Shyan-Ming Yuan

“…However, those algorithms are developed and run on traditional distributed systems. Obviously the latency could not be improved while processing huge data generated by ubiquitous sensing node in the era without new technology help. …”
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An Artificial Intelligence Method for Asphalt Pavement Pothole Detection Using Least Squares Support Vector Machine and Neural Network with Steerable Filter-Based Feature Extractio... by Nhat-Duc Hoang

“…Experimental results obtained from a repeated subsampling process with 20 runs show that both LS-SVM and ANN are capable methods for pothole detection with classification accuracy rate larger than 85%. …”
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Good Worker Health and Hygiene Practices: Evaluation and Importance in GAPs and GMPs by Melissa Holmes-Pearce, Mark Ritenour, Amy Simonne, Jeff Brecht, Steve Sargent, Keith Schneider

“…Young children, the elderly, and people with immuno-compromising conditions such as HIV, AIDS, and cancer run even greater risk of serious illness or death related to contaminated foods. …”
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Determinants of the effective tax rate in the tourism sector: a dynamic panel data model by José Moreno-Rojas, M. Rosario González-Rodríguez, Rosario Carmen Martín-Samper

“…A dynamic model where the lagged endogenous variable ETR has been included as a regressor to identify the dynamic structure of the variable due to the existence of temporal adjustments between the short and long run in ETR payments has been estimated. The empirical analysis based on a panel data set over the 2008-2013 period explores the determinants of the ETR variable by using a Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) estimator controlling for heterogeneity in the tourism sector. …”
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL FINANCING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA by Rasaki Olufemi Kareem, Rukayat Adebunmi Arije, Zakariah Olayiwola Amoo, Hassan Yusuf Avovome

“…A Single equation cointegration test confirmed no cointegration and a short-run vector autoregressive model was used to analyze the data, after which the diagnostic test was carried out to confirm the normality of the series. …”
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EU-Compatible State Measures and Member States Interests in Public Services: Lessons from the Case of Hungary by Tamás M. Horváth, Ildikó Bartha

“…Measures examined in the paper run completely counter to the spirit of the original intention of the founders of the integration, and recent changes in EU law do not seem to raise unavoidable obstacles to such cases. …”
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Assessment of Lower Sakarya River Water Quality in Terms of Irrigation Water by Çiğdem Özer, Rabia Köklü

“…The Lower Sakarya Sub-Basin is under the influence of the industrial activities and the wastewater from settlements, agricultural and urban run-off and the geological formations it has undergone since the birth of the Sakarya River. …”
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Financial Distress Warning: An Evaluation System including Ecological Efficiency by Shuang Wu, Hui Zhang, Yuan Tian, Liyuan Shi

“…Our experiments indicate that participating in ecological efficiency improves the evaluation system of financial distress warnings, and its accuracy is much better than the traditional evaluation system in the long run. The logit model confirms the essential of ecological indicators in financial distress warning, and the behavior of observing environmental regulation will prevent enterprises from getting into financial distress. …”
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