A Review of Stall Detection in Subsonic Axial Compressors by Kellie N. Wilson, Golam Gause Jaman, Anish Thapa, Amirthavarshini Vivekananda, Mitchell Lowe, Zachary Grima, Marco P. Schoen

“…As such, development of algorithms along with active control could lower cost, reduce emissions, improve safety, and increase market competitiveness. To gain an understanding of these stall phenomena, past and current research has focused on modeling axial compressors as dynamic systems, with a focus on obtaining descriptive formulations of the physical aspects of stall. …”
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Additive Manufacturing Technologies: An Overview about 3D Printing Methods and Future Prospects by Mariano Jiménez, Luis Romero, Iris A. Domínguez, María del Mar Espinosa, Manuel Domínguez

“…Additive manufacturing techniques provide major competitive advantages due to the fact that they adapt to the geometrical complexity and customised design of the part to be manufactured. …”
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Does 5-minute training improve VO2max and agility? A study of situational game training in futsal by Agus Himawan, Haryo Mukti Widodo, Heni Yuli Handayani, Fajar Hidayatullah, Khoirul Anwar, Septyaningrum Putri Purwoto, Tutur Jatmiko, I Dewa Made Aryananda Wijaya Kusuma, Muhamad Syamsul Taufik

“…The implications of this research suggest that integrating this training method can be an effective strategy to enhance aerobic capacity and motor response of futsal players, better preparing them for the physical and tactical demands of actual competitions. …”
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Improving the Performance of Whale Optimization Algorithm through OpenCL-Based FPGA Accelerator by Qiangqiang Jiang, Yuanjun Guo, Zhile Yang, Zheng Wang, Dongsheng Yang, Xianyu Zhou

“…Meanwhile, other two classic algorithms including particle swarm optimization (PSO) and competitive swarm optimizer (CSO) are adopted for comparison. …”
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Run-Time Value Chain Analysis and Cost Accounting via Microservices in Agile Manufacturing by Salman Javed, Cristina Paniagua, Imran Javed, Jan van Deventer, Jerker Delsing

“…The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in providing detailed insights into costs and production times, enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of agile manufacturers.…”
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Study of thermal management system for battery box for formula student electric racing car by Yawen Han, Yuxing Bai, Weixin Zhang, Song Cui, Liguo Zang, Liguo Zang, Hongshan Ding

“…In Formula Student Electric (FSE) racing competitions, battery overheating is a common challenge due to inadequate thermal dissipation at high discharge rates, negatively impacting the performance of the racing vehicle. …”
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Development of a Gluten Standard from Relevant Sources of Wheat and Investigation into Gluten Content of Supplemental Enzymes Generated During Fermentation by Pyeongsug Kim, Natasha Kim Leeuwendaal, Jonathon Niño Charari, Joan Colom, John Deaton, Kieran Rea

“…The PT3 calibrant, a hydrolyzed version of the Complete Gluten Mix, was found to be the most suitable, as it contained <50 kDa gluten peptides and gave similar absorbance readings to the majority of ELISA kit standards tested, and overlaid the GlutenTox^® Competitive G12 antibody calibration curve, which was designed against the 33-mer immunogenic peptide from wheat. …”
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Targeting AI-2 quorum sensing: harnessing natural products against Streptococcus suis biofilm infection by Shuji Gao, Shuo Yuan, Yingying Quan, Wenjie Jin, Yamin Shen, Rishun Li, Baobao Liu, Yuxin Wang, Li Yi, Shaohui Wang, Xiaogai Hou, Yang Wang

“…SAA and RH inhibit AI-2 synthesis through noncompetitive and competitive binding to S-ribosylhomocysteinase (LuxS). …”
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Selective Herbicides for Cultivation of Eucalyptus urograndis Clones by Patrick J. Minogue, Anna Osiecka

“…Competition control is essential for successful eucalyptus plantation establishment, yet few selective herbicides have been identified. …”
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Sensory characterization of the Ethiopian germplasm of Coffea arabica L. conserved in the Colombian Coffee Collection by Juan Carlos Arias-Suárez, Luisa Fernanda López-Monsalve, Rubén Darío Medina-Rivera, Claudia Patricia Flórez-Ramos

“…The sensory quality of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) has become increasingly important and is considered the best way to increase the competitiveness and profitability of the sector. Given the narrow genetic base cultivated, the use of its genetic resources conserved in germplasm banks is particularly relevant, especially for germplasm collected in Ethiopia, the country from which coffee originated and the center of its diversity of profiles. …”
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Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay for Rapid, Sensitive Detection of the Herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid in Juice and Water Samples by Liliya I. Mukhametova, Marya K. Kolokolova, Ivan A. Shevchenko, Boris S. Tupertsev, Anatoly V. Zherdev, Chuanlai Xu, Sergei A. Eremin

“…The optimized FPIA in a competitive format was characterized by the LODs of 2,4-D 8 and 0.4 ng/mL and the working ranges 30–3000 ng/mL and 3–300 ng/mL for juice and water, respectively. …”
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Explainable machine learning framework for cataracts recognition using visual features by Xiao Wu, Lingxi Hu, Zunjie Xiao, Xiaoqing Zhang, Risa Higashita, Jiang Liu

“…Experiments on a clinical AS-OCT-NC dataset demonstrate that the proposed framework not only achieves competitive performance through comparisons with DNNs, but also has a good explanation ability, meeting the requirements of clinical diagnostic practice.…”
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Open eco-innovations in sustainable product development: Model framework of design thinking in quality life cycle assessment (DT-QLCA) by Dominika Siwiec, Bożena Gajdzik, Remigiusz Gawlik, Radosław Wolniak, Andrzej Pacana

“…Its objective is to develop a holistic framework that facilitates sustainable innovation while maintaining market competitiveness. An interdisciplinary DT-QLCA framework, integrating quality and sustainability metrics into the early stages of product development was developed. …”
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Development of Entrepreneurial Activity Using the Integration of Human Capital and Green Technologies to Optimize the Sustainable Development of the Territories by Alma Karshalova, Aidos Akpanov, Santay Tleubayeva, Anuar Belgibayev, Askar Makhmudov, Aigul Atchabarova, Margarita Zholayeva

“… The development of the tourism sector faces serious challenges, which are related to its environmental transformation, digitalization, and integration of new technologies, as well as competitiveness. Tourists' behavior is also changing. …”
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Corticosterone rapidly modulates dorsomedial hypothalamus serotonin and behavior in an estrogen- and progesterone-dependent manner in adult female rats: potential role of organic c... by Jamie L. Scholl, Joshua T. Rogers, Na Feng, Gina L. Forster, Michael J. Watt, Jazmine D. W. Yaeger, Michael W. Buchanan, Christopher A. Lowry, Kenneth J. Renner

“…This effect of corticosterone on DMH 5-HT was replicated by local perfusion of the organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) competitive inhibitor normetanephrine. Intra-DMH infusions of either corticosterone or normetanephrine also reversibly suppressed lordosis responses in E2 + P-primed females. …”
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Screening and evaluation of novel DPP-IV inhibitory peptides in goat milk based on molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation by Kuo Dang, Jing Lan, Yanli Wang, Daodong Pan, Lihui Du, Shikun Suo, Yali Dang, Xinchang Gao

“…Both GPFPLL and LPYPY stably bound to S1 and S1’ in DPP-IV, and both demonstrated competitive inhibition of DPP-IV. The inhibition of DPP-IV by GPFPLL and LPYPY after in vitro digestion reached 31.90 % ± 1.80 % and 39.37 % ± 0.90 %, respectively. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory therapeutic potential of Bungur (Lagerstroemia speciosa L.) leaves ethanolic extract against LPS-activated macrophage through TLR4/MD2 signaling: A computational... by Rosyadah Nuraini, Dwijayanti Dinia Rizqi, Annisa Yuslinda, Kamila Fairuz Sarah, Widyananda Muhammad Hermawan, Ulfa Siti Mariyah, Widodo Nashi

“…In silico studies identified luteolin, luteolin 7-sulfate, and quercetin as the three best compounds, which acted as potent competitive inhibitors of TLR4 activation. Therefore, compounds contained in bungur leaf exhibited promising anti-inflammatory activity through TLR4 inhibition.…”
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What Drives Youth to Shop for Local Fashion Online? Extending the Planned Behavior Theory and Ethnocentrism by Dwi Kartikasari, Sri Zuliarni, Shinta Wahyu Hati, Ria Anggraini, Desi Ratna Sari, Nur Rahmah Andayani

“…Novelty: This research shows that consumers react differently to the opposite sign of consumer ethnocentrism when they deal with subjective norms as an outside factor because of competitive mediation. Limitations: The generalizability of our findings to different countries, situations, and product categories is limited, so we suggest future research expand beyond our scope. …”
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Emission prediction and optimization of methanol/diesel dual-fuel engines based on ITransformer-BiGRU and NSGA-III by Mingzhang Pan, Xinxin Cao, Changcheng Fu, Shengyou Liao, Xiaorong Zhou, Wei Guan

“…Compared with the unoptimized MESR46, the CO, HC, and NOx emissions of the optimized scheme are reduced by at least 45.17 %, 15.30 %, and 17.32 % respectively, which can significantly reduce the CO, HC, and NOx emissions, and comparison and analysis with the most advanced optimization technologies show a competitive optimization effect.…”
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Molecular Crosstalking among Noncoding RNAs: A New Network Layer of Genome Regulation in Cancer by Marco Ragusa, Cristina Barbagallo, Duilia Brex, Angela Caponnetto, Matilde Cirnigliaro, Rosalia Battaglia, Davide Barbagallo, Cinzia Di Pietro, Michele Purrello

“…Such a hidden network of RNA-RNA competitive interactions pervades and modulates the physiological functioning of canonical protein-coding pathways involved in proliferation, differentiation, and metastasis in cancer. …”
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