Aerodynamic Performance Comparisons of Two Kinds of Variable Nozzle Vanes for a Variable Geometry Turbine by Zhuyu Jiang, Ming Qiu, Huanhuan Chen, Yunxia You

“…The influences of nozzle spherical endwalls, vane end clearances, and vane rotation angles on VGT performances were investigated. The computation results show that the nozzle spherical endwalls enhance the radial mass flow immigration in the nozzle front part and increase the turbine mass flow rate by 0.79%. …”
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Method of Helicopter Turboshaft Engines’ Protection During Surge in Starting Mode by Denys Baranovskyi, Serhii Vladov, Maryna Bulakh, Victoria Vysotska, Viktor Vasylenko, Jan Czyżewski

“…The backpropagation algorithm with hyperparameter optimization via Bayesian optimization was used to train the network. The computational experiments result with the TV3-117 turboshaft engine on a semi-naturalistic simulation stand showed that the proposed model effectively prevents compressor surge by stabilizing pressure, vibration, and gas temperature and reduces rotor speed by 29.7% under start-up conditions. …”
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Preferential Water Infiltration Path in a Slow-Moving Clayey Earthslide Evidenced by Cross-Correlation of Hydrometeorological Time Series (Charlaix Landslide, French Western Alps) by Grégory Bièvre, Agnès Joseph, Catherine Bertrand

“…Then, time series were split between “dry” and “wet” seasons and the effective rainfall was computed from the original rainfall time series. Cross-correlation results show that the phreatic water table responds identically to rainfall in both seasons. …”
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Development of <i>Aspergillus oryzae</i> BCC7051 as a Robust Cell Factory Towards the Transcriptional Regulation of Protease-Encoding Genes for Industrial Applications by Sarocha Panchanawaporn, Chanikul Chutrakul, Sukanya Jeennor, Jutamas Anantayanon, Kobkul Laoteng

“…Genome mining of the transcription factor <i>AoprtR</i> and computational analysis confirmed its deduced amino acid sequence sharing evolutionary conservation across <i>Aspergillus</i> and <i>Penicillium</i> spp. …”
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Impact of Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF) Versus Freeze-Dried Bone Allograft (FDBA) on Peri-Implant Soft and Hard Tissue in Alveolar Ridge Preservation by Mohammed A. Razi, Ankit Mahajan, Rabia Zarrin, Supratik Roy, Manoj K. Singh, Sharmila Kumari

“…Clinical measurements, such as soft tissue thickness, keratinized tissue width, and radiographic bone density, were recorded at baseline, three months, and six months after surgery. Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) was used to assess changes in hard tissue, such as the width and height of the alveolar ridge. …”
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A Measurement Scale for School Leadership Professional Development Needs for the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Omotayo A. Awodiji, Suraiya R. Naicker

“…Using Ordinal, Omega, and Guttmann Alpha approaches, statistical computing was done using R software (R Core Team, 2020) to determine the underlying factors of the scale items using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). …”
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Gravitational waves and dark matter in the gauged two-Higgs doublet model by Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf, Van Que Tran, Tzu-Chiang Yuan

“…The stochastic gravitational wave energy spectrum associated with the phase transition is computed. The results indicate that forthcoming detectors such as BBO, LISA, DECIGO, TianQin and Taiji could potentially detect the gravitational wave signals generated by the FOEWPT. …”
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Eight-element flexible MIMO antenna based on characteristics mode theory with enhanced channel capacity for sub 6 GHz 5G communications by Deepthi Mariam John, Shweta Vincent, Sameena Pathan, Kunjan D Shinde, B S Supreetha, Tanweer Ali

“…The antenna possesses a total dimension of 1.76λ × 1.76λ × 0.0013 λ (λ computed corresponding to the lower frequency of 3.92 GHz) and offers an impedance bandwidth of 25.20 % (3.92–5.05 GHz). …”
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A Novel Gridless Non-Uniform Linear Array Direction of Arrival Estimation Approach Based on the Improved Alternating Descent Conditional Gradient Algorithm for Automotive Radar Sys... by Mingxiao Shao, Yizhe Fan, Yan Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Jie Zhao, Bingchen Zhang

“…However, the performance of ANM is suboptimal in non-uniform linear arrays (NULAs), and their computational efficiency is not satisfactory. In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm for DOA estimation in NULA, drawing inspiration from the alternating descent conditional gradient algorithm framework. …”
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Evaluation of Soil Quality for Different Types of Land Use Based on Minimum Dataset in the Typical Desert Steppe in Ningxia, China by Ying Tian, Zhe Xu, Jun Wang, Zhanjun Wang

“…The nonlinear scoring method utilizing the MDS was found the most proper to compute the SQI since the maximum F statistics, coefficient of variation (CV), and correlation results are obtained. …”
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Does Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colonization Affect Exercise Capacity in CF? by Asterios Kampouras, Elpis Hatziagorou, Vasiliki Avramidou, Vasiliki Georgopoulou, Fotios Kirvassilis, John Tsanakas

“…To evaluate whether Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization status affects Exercise Capacity, LCI and High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) indices among patients with CF; to check if Pseudomonas colonization can predict exercise intolerance. …”
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Prognostic and Predictive Values of Metabolic Parameters of F-FDG PET/CT in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Chemotherapy by Xueyan Li MD, Dawei Wang BM, Lijuan Yu MD

“…The aim of this study was to explore several metabolic parameters measured by 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) as potential AI features in predicting the effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). …”
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Artery of Percheron Infarction: A Case Report of Bilateral Thalamic Stroke Presenting with Acute Encephalopathy by Charles Donohoe, Nooshin Kiani Nia, Patricia Carey, Vamsi Vemulapalli

“…This patient presented unresponsive without focal neurologic findings but with an initial Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of 7, and subsequent computed tomographic (CT) head revealed bilateral thalamic hypodensities. …”
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Flood hazard mapping in an urban area using combined hydrologic-hydraulic models and geospatial technologies by B.A.M. Talisay, G.R. Puno, R.A.L. Amper

“…On the other hand, the performance of hydraulic model during error computation was “intermediate fit” using F measure analysis with a value of 0.56, using confusion matrix with 80.5% accuracy and the Root Mean Square Error of 0.47 meters. …”
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Bringing Intelligence to the Edge for Structural Health Monitoring: The Case Study of the Z24 Bridge by Ali Dabbous, Riccardo Berta, Matteo Fresta, Hadi Ballout, Luca Lazzaroni, Francesco Bellotti

“…Results show that a model based on WaveNet reaches state-of-the-art performance, also reducing model size and computational complexity. WaveNet proves perfectly suited to interpret the bridge vibration waveforms directly in the time domain, without any specific preprocessing. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Waste Classification with Transfer Learning Using EfficientNet-B0 Model by Risfendra Risfendra, Gheri Febri Ananda, Herlin Setyawan

“…EfficientNet-B0 is designed with a compound scaling method, which uniformly scales network depth, width, and resolution, providing an optimal balance between accuracy and computational efficiency. The model was trained on a dataset containing six classes of waste—glass, cardboard, paper, metal, plastic, and residue—totalling 7014 images. …”
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Ventilación natural: estudio aerodinámico mediante CFD de extractores pasivos y captadores de viento Natural ventilation: CFD aerodynamic study about passive extractor and windcatc... by José Sanchez, José Manuel Salmerón, Francisco José Sanchez, Servando Alvarez, José Luis Molina

“…The purpose of the article is to analyze the aerodynamics of windcatchers and wind-extractors by means of computational fluid mechanics, optimizing the geometries of these elements, and giving a simplified model as a result of the work, so as to include it in the aeraulic calculation of the buildings' air conditioning systems. …”
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Continuous professional development and instructors’ beliefs about and practice of active learning method in Bahir Dar university by Mulugeta Teka Kahsay

“…The study first employed one sample t-tests which showed that, though these instructors held significantly stronger beliefs about active learning methods than the expected level, they reportedly implemented active learning methods slightly less frequently than the expected level. Then, after computing means and standard deviations for each of the two groups of respondents (31 HDP participants and 27 non-participants), multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was applied to compare the difference between HDP participants and non-participants in their beliefs and practice of active learning methods (when both dependent variables considered together). …”
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Effects of Repetitive Pitching on Trunk Muscle Endurance and Thoracic and Shoulder Kinematics by Takuya Aso, Yoshinori Kagaya

“…The positions of stride foot contact (SFC) during the early cocking phase and maximal shoulder external rotation (MER) during the late cocking phase were used to compute the thoracic and shoulder kinematics in degrees. …”
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Tolerability and efficacy of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease treatment in elderly patients by Kyota Shinfuku, Hiromichi Hara, Keitaro Okuda, Hanae Miyagawa, Naoki Takasaka, Takeo Ishikawa, Jun Araya

“…The treatment continuation group was superior to the observation group regarding symptoms change, sputum conversion rate, and chest computed tomography scores. The most common ADRs were gastrointestinal disorders, which may be related to RFP. …”
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