Path Optimization in Robotic Welding of Plate Heat Exchangers: An Improved Ant Colony Approach by Xianlong Chu, Xinning Li, Hu Wu, Xianhai Yang, Liyong Yang

“…The experimental results show that the IACAG algorithm has excellent performance in welding heat exchanger path planning and can achieve lower calculation time and iteration times under the conditions of optimal solution and zero deviation, showing comprehensive advantages in solution quality, stability, and efficiency.…”
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Functional Analysis of the Differences in the Dimensions of Two Types of Boiled and Steamed Rice Grains by Mirosław Krzyśko, Waldemar Wołyński, Marek Domin, Zofia Hanusz, Leszek Rydzak, Łukasz Smaga, Andrzej Wojtyła

“…The measurements of the dimension characteristics obtained at different times of the cooking process were converted to functional data. …”
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The effect of led light sources with varied spectral composition on the <i>in vitro</i> rooting bility of garden strawberry (<i>Fragaria × ananassa</i>) by I. A. Byadovsky

“…It was established that the use of LED sources with an increased content of red light in the light flux increased the rooting percentage (1.15-1.25 times) and the number of roots per one microcutting (1.29-1.77 times) in in vitro culture, as compared with fluorescent lamp lighting. …”
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Robust Tracking Control of a Three-Phase Bidirectional Charger for Electric Vehicle by Chivon Choeung, Meng Leang Kry, Young-Il Lee

“…., charging during the peak-off times and delivering the energy back to the grid during peak times of electrical consumption. …”
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Gene Expression in Aphelid Zoospores Reveals Their Transcriptional and Translational Activity and Alacrity for Invasion by Igor R. Pozdnyakov, Alexei O. Seliuk, Kristina O. Barzasekova, Sergey A. Karpov

“…For 589 of them, expression levels were shown to be more than 10 times higher than the median level. Among the highly expressed genes with known functions, the largest functional categories were “Cellular Metabolism”, “Protein Synthesis”, “Cell State Control”, and “Nucleic Acid Processing”. …”
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Dynamic Credit Quality Evaluation with Social Network Data by Stanley Sewe, Philip Ngare, Patrick Weke

“…We investigate the filtering problem where the borrower’s time varying credit quality process is estimated using continuous time observation process and her (in this paper we refer to the borrower as female and the lender as male) ego-network data. …”
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Temporal preferences for ambiance: A study of tourist expectations across the day by Rischa Agustina, Budhi Sholeh Wibowo

“…The results suggest five distinct constructs of ambiance that reflect tourist expectations at different times of the day. The results confirm the existence of temporal preferences for ambiance across the day. …”
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Reduced-Precision Redundancy on FPGAs by Brian Pratt, Megan Fuller, Michael Wirthlin

“…A novel method is also presented for improving the error-masking ability of RPR by up to 5 times at no additional hardware cost under certain conditions. …”
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Vibroacoustic Analysis of a Rectangular Enclosure Bounded by a Flexible Panel with Clamped Boundary Condition by Yuan Wang, Jianrun Zhang, Vanquynh Le

“…The resonance frequencies and the decay times of the coupled system are obtained using the classical modal coupling theory. …”
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Improved Genetic Algorithm for Distribution System Performance Analysis by Taking Advantage of Essential Spanning Trees by Yanzhu Ji, Zhuoqun Shi, Robert M. O’Connell

“…Results of the study show that for relatively small test systems, optimum system configurations are obtained using values of N and Gen that require very small CPU times. In larger systems, optimum values of N and Gen requiring reasonable CPU times can also be found, provided that certain carefully chosen branches are removed from the pool of possibilities when producing the initial population in the algorithm. …”
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Poznámky ke vnímání řeholního života mezi barokem a osvícenstvím by Jiří Mikulec

“… The article deals with the development of attitudes to monasteries, regulars and nuns that can be observed in the minds of the members of baroque society (1650-1750) and of the leaders of intellectual elite in the times of Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century. …”
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An Enhanced Differential Evolution Algorithm with Fast Evaluating Strategies for TWT-NFSP with SSTs and RTs by Rong Hu, Xing Wu, Bin Qian, Jian L. Mao, Huai P. Jin

“…The no-wait flow-shop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times and release times (i.e., the NFSP with SSTs and RTs) is a typical NP-hard problem. …”
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PREGNANCY OUTCOME AFTER RELATED KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION (CLINICAL CASE) by Алена Васильевна Иванникова, Елена Валентиновна Гришкевич, Елена Николаевна Орлова, Елена Владимировна Рудаева, Светлана Ивановна Елгина, Кира Борисовна Мозес, Наталья Степановна Черных

“…Women of childbearing age with end-stage renal disease have fertility rates that are almost 10 times lower than healthy women. Kidney transplantation significantly improves reproductive function in such patients, increasing their fertility by about four times compared to dialysis. …”
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The influence of doctoral management and medical procedures on patient satisfaction: An analysis based on appointment and medical procedure data by Terangjaya Yadi Fakhruzein, Dewi Pramesti, Widadi Budi, Salsabila Riska Nadiya

“…Patient satisfaction is significantly impacted by waiting time, according to the results. There is a negative correlation between waiting time and satisfaction, particularly for specialists. …”
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Numerical Analysis of Discrete Switching Prey-Predator Model for Integrated Pest Management by Changcheng Xiang, Yi Yang, Zhongyi Xiang, Wenjie Qin

“…Finally, the effects of key parameters on the switching frequencies and switching times are discussed and the sensitivity analysis of varying parameter values for mean switching times has also been given. …”
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Comparison Study of Vibration Control Effects between Suspended Tuned Mass Damper and Particle Damper by Zheng Lu, Dianchao Wang, Peizhen Li

“…For this test model, the particle damper can improve primary structure’s equivalent damping ratio 19 times to the original one’s, while the tuned mass damper can be 13 times. …”
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“Ikwekwe yinja1 (a Boy is a Dog)” by Zukile Ngqeza

“…Notwithstanding, scholars like Marcia Bunge acknowledge that in the Judeo-Christian bible “infants and children are also whole and complete human beings made in the image of God” (2012:65). Many times, the ways in which children are treated in biblical texts (in so far as adults make decisions without their (children) approval, e.g., Abraham’s decision to sacrifice Isaac, Jephthah’s decision to kill her daughter in honour of his agreement with Yahweh, the killing of the boy children during the time of Pharoah and King Herod exhibit the idea that children are not fully human. …”
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PENGUKURAN MODULUS YOUNG SENAR PANCING DENGAN METODE ANALISIS FREKUENSI DAWAI by Nidar Karyati Gulo, Albertus Hariwangsa Panuluh

“…The fishing line vibration events ware displayed on the graph of the relationship between pressure and time in the Logger pro program. The graph of the relationship between pressure and time was then transformed into an FFT graph of the amplitude relationship to frequency. …”
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Impact of UV-C irradiance and wavelength on the photodegradation of dibromoacetonitrile by Lohita Rajesh, Joshua Fiorentino, Thomas Roberts, Sean T. McBeath, Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes

“…The 265 nm high-power LED resulted in 2.3-times higher quantum yield and fluence-based degradation kinetics than the 265 low-power LED and a corresponding 3.5 times lower EEO despite the same wavelength of irradiance. …”
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Sociodemographic Characteristics, Dietary Practices, and Nutritional Status of Adults with Hypertension in a Semi-Rural Community in the Eastern Region of Ghana by Esi K. Colecraft, Matilda Asante, Aaron K. Christian, Seth Adu-Afarwuah

“…The median number of times for consuming harmful food groups was 3 for salted fish and 7 times for fats and oils. …”
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