Retention proposal in complex cavities. by Pedro Alvarez Rodríguez, Eduardo M. Curbeira Hernández, Eduardo Duarte Marrero, Yisell Peláez Rivas, Aracelis Navarro Sánchez

“…From a proximal-occlusal cavity, the preparations were extended in a box-like shape towards the bucal or lingual region and the additional retainers were substituted for a surcus which was performed in the gingival wall of the preparation. …”
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Liposome-like encapsulation of fish oil-based self-nano emulsifying formulation for improved bioavailability by Iqbal Ahmad, Aparana Dogra, Tanya Nagpal, Chandvi Sharma, Sudhakar Singh, Nikhil Shaiva, Gaurav Saini, Kanishk Luhach

“…This study aimed to develop a novel liposome-like self-micro emulsifying drug delivery system (SMEDS) to enhance the bioavailability of fish oil-based EPA and DHA. A Box-Behnken design was employed to optimize the formulation, assessing the impact of lecithin, polyethylene glycol (PEG), propylene glycol ester, and polysorbate on particle size, polydispersity index (PDI), and zeta potential. …”
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YOLO-TC: An Optimized Detection Model for Monitoring Safety-Critical Small Objects in Tower Crane Operations by Dong Ding, Zhengrong Deng, Rui Yang

“…Additionally, we propose the HA-PANet architecture to achieve progressive feature fusion, addressing scale disparities and prioritizing small object detection while reducing noise from unrelated objects. To improve bounding box regression, the MPDIoU Loss function is employed, resulting in superior accuracy for small, critical objects in dense environments. …”
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Gorilla Troops Optimizer Combined with ANFIS for Wire Cut EDM of Aluminum Alloy by Elango Natarajan, V. Kaviarasan, Wei Hong Lim, S. Ramesh, K. Palanikumar, T. Sekar, V. H. Mok

“…This research has attempted to machine aluminum alloy for which experimental design was prepared using Box-Behnken design. Different combinational options of pulse-on time (P1), pulse-off time (P2), servo wire feed (WF), and current (I) were investigated and surface roughness after machining was observed. …”
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Optimizing Self-compacting Concretes with Recycled Plastic Aggregate: Fresh and Hardened Properties – Experimental Study and Modeling by Said ZAOUAI, Rachid RABEHI, Mohamed RABEHI

“…Fresh properties were evaluated using slump flow (D, T500), J-ring (D, DH), V-funnel (TV), L-box tests (L=H2/H1), and sieve stability (Π). Hardened properties, including density (ρSCC), water absorption (Absi), ultrasonic pulse velocity (Vult), compressive strength (CS), tensile strength (TS), and dynamic modulus of elasticity (Ed), were measured at various curing ages up to 84 days. …”
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An Adversarial Attack via Penalty Method by Jiyuan Sun, Haibo Yu, Jianjun Zhao

“…Unlike traditional methods, it generates white-box <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\ell _{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\ell _{1}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> adversarial examples by progressively increasing the penalty parameter instead of employing binary search. …”
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Inventory optimization model using Artificial Neural Network method and Continuous Review (s,Q) by Hanny Setyaningrum, Iphov Kumala Sriwana, Ilma Mufidah

“…The medical device industry company experienced the problem of prolonged accumulation of finished goods in the warehouse, causing one of the safety box items to be defective and damaged. Therefore, this study aims to plan demand forecasting and design inventory policies that consider repair items caused during the buildup of finished goods in the warehouse to minimize total inventory costs using ANN and Continuous Review (s,Q) methods. …”
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Invasion dynamics of Acer negundo L. in ribbon forests of the Altai Krai: ecological impacts and predictive habitat modeling by Natalia V. Ovcharova, Marina M. Silantyeva, Alexey V. Vaganov, Anastasia A. Masanina

“…This study examines the invasion dynamics of ash-leaved maple (box elder, Acer negundo L.) in the ribbon forests of Altai Krai, Russia, where it has become one of the dominant invasive species over the past thirty years. …”
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Retrofitting of a Multi-Span Simply Supported Bridge into a Semi-Integral Bridge by Zhen Xu, Xiaoye Luo, Khaled Sennah, Baochun Chen, Yizhou Zhuang

“…To address these problems, one approach is to retrofit them by converting the simply supported box beams into continuous structures over the piers and jointless bridges over the abutments. …”
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Multi-objective optimization of SUS430C steel turning process using hybrid machine learning and evolutionary algorithm approach by Nguyen Van-Canh, Nguyen Anh-Thang, Pham Ngoc-Linh, Nguyen Thuy-Duong

“…The predictive capability of XGBoost models was validated using experimental data from a Box-Behnken design, achieving high accuracy with R2 values exceeding 0.93 across all performance metrics. …”
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A UAV perspective based lightweight target detection and tracking algorithm for intelligent transportation by Quan Wang, Guangfei Ye, Qidong Chen, Songyang Zhang, Fengqing Wang

“…Firstly, the performance of detecting small targets in occluded scenes is enhanced by adding a MODConv to the small-target detection head and increasing its size; In addition, excessive deletion of prediction boxes is prevented by utilizing LSKAttention mechanism to adaptively adjust the target sensing field at the downsampling stage and combining it with the Soft-NMS strategy. …”
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Influence of Marble Powder and Polypropylene Fibers on the Strength and Durability Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) by Atizaz Ali, Zahoor Hussain, Muhammad Akbar, Ayub Elahi, Samiullah Bhatti, Muhammad Imran, Pu Zhang, Nembo Leslie Ndam

“…Properties of marble powder-based fiber reinforced SCC at fresh state were studied by means of slump flow diameter and flow time, V-funnel, and L-box test. The concrete properties at the hardened state were examined regarding compressive strength, split tensile strength, and flexural strength. …”
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Preferences for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Non-Stimulant Treatment Characteristics Among Children and Adolescents With ADHD and Their Caregivers by Emuella Flood, Kavita Gajria, Vanja Sikirica, Paul Hodgkins, M. Haim Erder, Frank Lopez, Daniel Connor

“…Based on importance ratings, the most influential attributes for both caregivers and children/adolescents were chance of somnolence, efficacy, and for caregivers, effect on oppositionality and black box warning. Most caregivers (95.3%) and children/adolescents (93.8%) preferred GXR over ATX. …”
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EMG-Based Continuous Estimation of Index Finger Movements With Varying Interjoint Coordination Patterns by Modeling Musculoskeletal Dynamics by Trenton A. Gilstrap, Mada M. Alghamdi, Thanh Phan, Sang Wook Lee

“…Generally, &#x2018;black-box&#x2019; models with high complexity such as neural networks (NN) were used to improve prediction accuracy, which may not reproduce other important movement characteristics such as smoothness or kinematic similarity. …”
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Algae extract-based nanoemulsions for photoprotection against UVB radiation: an electrical impedance spectroscopy study by Aura Rocío Hernández, Lady Sepulveda, Yoshie Hata, Leonardo Castellanos, Sebastian Björklund, Tautgirdas Ruzgas, Marcela Aragón

“…This study aimed to develop oil-in-water photoprotective nanoemulsions containing marine macroalgae extract. A Box–Behnken experimental design was used to identify the most promising formulation composition, resulting in optimal physical properties. …”
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Influences of Solar Wind Parameters on Energetic Electron Fluxes at Geosynchronous Orbit Revealed by the Deep SHAP Method by Jianhang Wang, Zheng Xiang, Binbin Ni, Deyu Guo, Yangxizi Liu, Junhu Dong, Jingle Hu, Haozhi Guo

“…Recently, a feature attribution method, Deep SHapley Additive exPlanations (Deep SHAP) is proposed to open black boxes of machine learning models. In this study, we use the Deep SHAP method to quantify contributions of different solar wind parameters with an artificial neural network (ANN) model. …”
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Storage Resistance and Volatile Matter Changes in Two Varieties of Raspberries by Chao GE, Peng ZHANG, Jiangkuo LI, Xiaoyu JIA, Di WU, Chunyuan LI, Ling LIU

“…After harvesting, the raspberries were stored in air-conditioned boxes at 0 ℃. The sensory scores and nutritional indexes of both varieties were determined and the changes in volatile substances were analyzed using GC-IMS and GC-MS techniques. …”
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Estrogen-mediated modulation of sterile inflammatory markers and baroreflex sensitivity in ovariectomized female Wistar rats by Md. Iqbal Alam, Naba Sami, Aftab Alam, Sheema Wazib, Neha Dhyani, Sher Afghan, Mairaj Ahmed Ansari

“…Plasma levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and nitric oxide (NO) were measured, along with those of the inflammatory markers tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and high mobility group box-1 (HMGB-1). Results: The OVX group, compared with the sham-operated group, displayed significantly altered hemodynamic parameters and baroreflex sensitivity, along with elevated MDA levels and decreased SOD and NO levels. …”
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MLL-AF4 upregulates 5-lipoxygenase expression in t(4;11) leukemia cells via the ALOX5 core promoter by Marius Hyprath, Maximilian Molitor, Ilona Schweighöfer, Rolf Marschalek, Dieter Steinhilber

“…Using reporter assays, we first identified the tandem GC box within the ALOX5 promotor sequence as the main target of MLL-AF4. …”
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A Feasibility Analysis of Wind Energy Potential and Seasonal Forecasting Trends in Thatta District: A Project to Combat the Energy Crisis in Pakistan by Jahangeer Khan Bhutto, Zhijun Tong, Tayyab Raza Fraz, Mazhar Baloch, Haider Ali, Jiquan Zhang, Xingpeng Liu, Yousef A. Al-Masnay

“…Betz’s law was employed to assess wind turbine power density. Box–Jenkins ARIMA and SARIMA models were applied to predict future wind patterns. …”
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