Investigation on Foaming Ability of Modified Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Composites Prepared Using Compression Molding by Hua-yong Liao, Jing Gao, Guo-liang Tao, Chun-lin Liu

“…An investigation was conducted on the foaming formula and production technique of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using orthogonal design analysis and Box–Behnken response surface analysis. PET was combined with polyolefin elastomer (POE) and filled with surface-treated mica, quartz, and graphene oxide (GO). …”
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BROILER CARCASS QUALITY AND SLAUGHTERHOUSE HYGIENE ASSESSMENT IN BLIDA (ALGÉRIA) by Djamila Baazize-Ammi, Redha Djezzar, Karima Benamirouche-Harbi, Nadia Hezil, Seddik Kebbal, Ismail Gharbi, Djamel Guetarni

“…The carcass contacts surfaces showed contamination for TS1 and TS2 for the microbial groups sought while at the MS level the Fecal coliforms were absent from the Manipulators hands, Knife, carts and Carcass box. Regarding the quality of the carcasses (neck skin), the average contamination for Total aerobic mesophilic is 7,782±0,050 log CFU/g and 4,795±0,034 log CFU/g and 3,545±0,088 log CFU/g average load The Total coliforms is 4,371±0,075 log CFU/g and 2,302±0,184 log CFU/g and 1,593±0,207 log CFU/g for carcasses from TS1, TS2 and MS respectively. …”
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Image-Based Detection and Classification of Malaria Parasites and Leukocytes with Quality Assessment of Romanowsky-Stained Blood Smears by Jhonathan Sora-Cardenas, Wendy M. Fong-Amaris, Cesar A. Salazar-Centeno, Alejandro Castañeda, Oscar D. Martínez-Bernal, Daniel R. Suárez, Carol Martínez

“…Parasite detection used high-intensity region selection and adaptive bounding boxes, followed by a custom convolutional neural network (CNN) for candidate identification. …”
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APLICACIÓN DE LA TEORÍA BASADA EN LOS RECURSOS EN EL AGROPARQUE AHUALULCO, S.A DE C.V. by José Vargas Hernandez, Pablo A. Magaña Sánchez, Daniel Hernandez Medina

“…Your breakeven point indicates that Ahualulco AgroPark products have a high margin of profit contribution; this works as a reserve to the normal risks with companies in the agricultural field, comparatively to the company to cover its fixed costs are relatively few boxes that need to sell. Finally the possibility of a halt in production caused by the company supplies its products to only one customer is identified. …”
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Perubahan Pola Pikir Basis Implementasi Kompetensi Konselor by Kusnarto Kurniawan

“…Perubahan dari menghafal teori kompetensi dengan kepala diganti dengan hati, sekedar mengikuti pelatihan menjadi terlibat dalam pelatihan, budaya instan menjadi pembelajar serta berani berpikir bebas dan kreatif atau out of the box.…”
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Enhancing air quality predictions in Chile: Integrating ARIMA and Artificial Neural Network models for Quintero and Coyhaique cities. by Fidel Vallejo, Diana Yánez, Patricia Viñán-Guerrero, Luis A Díaz-Robles, Marcelo Oyaneder, Nicolás Reinoso, Luna Billartello, Andrea Espinoza-Pérez, Lorena Espinoza-Pérez, Ernesto Pino-Cortés

“…Model performance underwent meticulous evaluation, utilizing metrics such as the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), Ljung-Box statistical tests, and diverse statistical indicators. …”
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Over 20‐Year Global Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation of Earth's Magnetosphere by Ilja Honkonen, Max van deKamp, Theresa Hoppe, Kirsti Kauristie

“…Our extensive results can serve, for example, as a foundation for combined physics‐based and black‐box approach to real‐time prediction of near‐Earth space, or as input to other physics‐based models of the inner magnetosphere, upper and middle atmosphere, etc.…”
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Indirect determination of hemoglobin A2 reference intervals in Pakistani infants using data mining by Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, Sibtain Ahmed, Saba Farrukh, Shahnawaz Bayunus

“…RIs were computed using an indirect KOSMIC algorithm, which assumes non-pathologic samples follow a Gaussian distribution after Box-Cox transformation. Results A total of 88,690 specimens were analyzed for HbA2. …”
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Optimizing Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Carbohydrate from Scenedesmus sp. Cultivated in Domestic Wastewater by Yeong Hwang Tan, Mee Kin Chai, Ling Shing Wong, Mei Yin Ong, Ranjithkumar Rajamani

“…Therefore, this research aimed to optimize MAE through response surface methodology (RSM) coupled with Box-Behnken design (BBD) to extract carbohydrate from Scenedesmus sp. cultivated in local unsterilized domestic wastewater. …”
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HABITUS COMO ASSUNTO E FERRAMENTA: reflexões sobre tornar-se um boxeador by Loïc Wacquant

“… O presente artigo expõe mais detalhadamente como me engajei no uso do método etnográfico e como entrei acidentalmente numa academia de boxe de Chicago, que tornou-se palco e ator central do meu estudo de campo sobre lutadores no gueto negro americano,  levando  ao lançamento do livro Corpo e Alma que buscou tanto utilizar metodologicamente quanto elaborar empiricamente o conceito de Habitus, central na obra de Pierre Bourdieu. …”
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OsBBX2 Delays Flowering by Repressing <i>Hd3a</i> Expression Under Long-Day Conditions in Rice by Yusi Yang, Jiaming Wei, Xiaojie Tian, Changhua Liu, Xiufeng Li, Qingyun Bu

“…Members of the B-Box (BBX) family of proteins play crucial roles in the growth and development of rice. …”
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A Study on the Differences in Optimized Inputs of Various Data-Driven Methods for Battery Capacity Prediction by Kuo Xin, Fu Jia, Byoungik Choi, Geesoo Lee

“…However, because most models are regarded as black-box models, different methods may show different dependencies on specific features given the inherent differences in their internal structures. …”
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Efficient Removal of 2,4-DCP by Nano Zero-Valent Iron-Reduced Graphene Oxide: Statistical Modeling and Process Optimization Using RSM-BBD Approach by Qi Jing, Shuo Qiao, Wenyu Xiao, Le Tong, Zhongyu Ren

“…A three-level, four-factor Box-Behnken design (BBD) of the response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the influencing factors including NZVI-rGO dosage, 2,4-DCP initial concentration, reaction time and initial pH. …”
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Occupational Therapy Interventions and Their Impact on Work Performance and Activities of Daily Living in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis by Denis Arsovski

“…Statistical analyses included Chi-Square tests, correlation analysis, calculations of standard deviation and variance, Box Plots, and ANOVA tests. Results. The study found that 65% of participants reported reduced working hours, 78% performed fewer activities than desired, and 66% experienced limitations in work tasks or daily activities due to MS. …”
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Evaluation of Contralateral Limb Cross Education and High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Functional Indices of the Affected Upper Limb in Subacute Phase... by Katayoon Rezaei, Amin Kordi Yoosefinejad, Farzaneh Moslemi Haghighi, Mohsen Razeghi

“…Significant differences were found in the Fugl-Meyer scale between “A” and “C” (P=0.01), “A” and “D” (P=0.02), and “B” and “C” groups (P=0.01). In the box-block test, there were significant differences between “A” and “B” (P=0.01), “A” and “C” (P<0.001), “B” and “D” (P=0.001), and “B” and “C” groups (P=0.01). …”
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Public safety in the conditions of martial law and mental warfare by S. O. Tkachenko, A. S. Diadin

“…It is necessary to attract to work in the information space specialists who are able to think outside the box and see the world from a different angle, to get out of the format of leaflets, wall newspapers and linear thinking, when information technologies have immersed the entire active population in the virtual world of percent for 80 % of their free time.…”
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Lightweight Small Target Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOv8 Network Improvement by Xiaoyi Hao, Ting Li

“…Thirdly, it presents the FocalEloU-Loss function, which significantly enhances detection accuracy by refining bounding box predictions. Finally, the Std detection layer is integrated into YOLOv8n, thereby enhancing the model&#x2019;s ability to accurately detect small targets. …”
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Assessment of heavy metal contamination in surface sediments: Seasonal influence in the Majes-Camaná basin of the Arequipa region, Peru by María Claudia Cáceres Obada, María Eduarda Fernanda Zegarra Oliveira, Naysha Yamelit Meza Elguera, Stephanie Elena Sosa Pulcha, Abdel Alejandro Portocarrero Banda, Jhon Alfredo Quispe Ortiz, Verónica Salinas Murillo, Hugo Guillermo Jiménez Pacheco

“…A comparison was made with the values proposed by the Interim Freshwater Sediment Quality Guidelines (ISQGs) and Probable Effect Levels (PELs) from the Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life, allowing a quantitative evaluation of the environmental impact of 07 heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Cr, Ni, As, Pb, and Cd) along the study points, and to distinguish the possible sources of contamination using box and whisker concentration profiles, mining registries, and vegetation cover by anthropogenic activities. …”
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Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of pressure riveting connection using the smoothed particle Galerkin method by Jianhui Zhang, Tongxiang Huang, Xuan Qin, Changcheng Yin, Xianchao Yan

“…Pressure-riveting connections are extensively used in the high-voltage distribution boxes of electric vehicles, and the quality of these connections is crucial for ensuring vehicle safety. …”
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Real-Time Plant Health Detection Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Mahnoor Khalid, Muhammad Shahzad Sarfraz, Uzair Iqbal, Muhammad Umar Aftab, Gniewko Niedbała, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf

“…It captured the entire image in one shot and forecasted adjacent boxes and class certainty. A random dataset image served as the model’s input via a cell phone. …”
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