Nonlinear Behavior Study of Reinforced Concrete Coupling Beams Subjected to the Effect of Wind Loading by Sarah Bashour, Bassam Hwaija, Fadwa Issa

“…As for the parametric study, it was concluded that with axial restraint, the beam behavior was dominated by shear, and a slight increase of strength was observed. At ductility demand of 1.8θy, the beam performed well with no significant damage and minor residual rotations.…”
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A Hybrid Forecasting Model Based on Bivariate Division and a Backpropagation Artificial Neural Network Optimized by Chaos Particle Swarm Optimization for Day-Ahead Electricity Pric... by Zhilong Wang, Feng Liu, Jie Wu, Jianzhou Wang

“…The former method creatively transforms the electricity demand and price to be a new variable, named DV, which is calculated using the division principle, to forecast the day-ahead electricity by multiplying the forecasted values of the DVs and forecasted values of the demand. …”
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Development of a robust multi-objective model for green capacitated location-routing under crisis conditions with time value of money by Shima Roosta, Seyed Milad Mirnajafi Zadeh, Hamid Bazargan Harandi

“…Purpose: Location-Routing Problem (LRP) is a strategic supply chain design problem aimed at meeting customer demands. LRPs involve selecting one or more depot sites from a set of potential locations and determining the best routes to connect them to demand points. …”
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A Comparative Thermal Performance Assessment of Various Solar Collectors for Domestic Water Heating by Ali Raza Kalair, Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Muhammad Shoaib Saleem, Naeem Abas, Shoaib Rauf, Alex Stojcevski

“…Growing population, depleting fossil fuels, economic expansions, and energy intensive life style demand are resulting in higher energy prices. We use energy as of heat and electricity, which can directly be obtained from sun using thermal collectors and solar cells. …”
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A Reinforcement Learning Based Traffic Control Strategy in a Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram Region by Lingyu Zheng, Bing Wu

“…The evaluation results showed that, at different demand levels, the proposed MARL strategy outperforms the other three traffic control strategies in terms of average intersection queue length and average intersection waiting time to a different extent. …”
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Warped matrix-variate Gaussian processes with structured kernels for multi-step-ahead driving behaviour prediction by Seiya Takano, Tomohiko Jimbo

“…The increased integration of renewable energy, which is known to fluctuate owing to weather conditions, has necessitated power supply-demand adjustments using virtual power plants (VPPs) that utilize vehicle batteries. …”
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Deep Learning-Assisted Short-Term Power Load Forecasting Using Deep Convolutional LSTM and Stacked GRU by Fath U Min Ullah, Amin Ullah, Noman Khan, Mi Young Lee, Seungmin Rho, Sung Wook Baik

“…Over the decades, a rapid upsurge in electricity demand has been observed due to overpopulation and technological growth. …”
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Estimating Bus Loads and OD Flows Using Location-Stamped Farebox and Wi-Fi Signal Data by Yuxiong Ji, Jizhou Zhao, Zhiming Zhang, Yuchuan Du

“…The proposed method is evaluated empirically on an operational bus route and the results demonstrate that it provides good and detailed transit route-level passenger demand information by combining farebox and Wi-Fi signal data.…”
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Energy management of smart buildings during crises and digital twins as an optimisation tool for sustainable urban environment by Konstantinos Chatzikonstantinidis, Nicholas Afxentiou, Effrosyni Giama, Paris A. Fokaides, Agis M. Papadopoulos

“…These models are crucial for anticipating energy demand fluctuations, especially during unforeseen events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Geospatial Design of Optimal Water Distribution Network in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria by G.C. Ufoegbune, D.O. Ayodele, A.O. Eruola, A.A. Makinde, Z.O. Ojekunle, O.O. Ilevbaoje

“…A lasting solution was also proffered through the design of a water distribution network for the estimated daily water demand for the years 2019 and 2049 irrespective of the variation in water needs of the residents in the area. …”
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Influence of powdered Moringa oleifera seeds and natural filter media on the characteristics of tapioca starch wastewater by Nur Hidayat, Esti Rosaliana

“…Wastewater from tapioca starch industry, particularly in Indonesia, which contains high organic matters, was revealed by high biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) value. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Produced Water Quality from a Nearshore Oil Treatment Facility by DBM Nwokoma, KK Dagde

“…The average Biological Oxygen Demand was reduced from 986.0mg/l to 92.0mg/l. The produced water treatment facility had capability of bringing the final effluent to dischargeable limit. …”
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Exploring the Feasibility of Green Hydrogen Production Using Wind Energy in India by Garlapati Nagababu, Patel Kunj, Patel Yagna

“…India heavily relies on coal for about 70 % of its energy demand, leading to a concerning 29 % increase in CO2 emissions from 2015 to 2022. …”
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Investigating Automobile Passengers’ Comfort and Safety on Scenic Road Using Sideway Force Coefficient by Ronghua Wang, Xingliang Liu, Feijie Han

“…To satisfy passengers’ experiential demand in scenic roads, a study on passengers’ comfort in the aspect of horizontal curve design is stated in this study. …”
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Augmenting Function for Infarction from Infection: Impella 2.5 for Ischemic Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Sepsis by Praveen George, Mukta C. Srivastava, Jonathan Ludmir, Robert M. Reed, Semhar Z. Tewelde, Anuj Gupta, Michael T. McCurdy

“…The Impella is one of several novel mechanical support systems that can effectively augment cardiac output while reducing myocardial demand and serve as a bridge to recovery from severe hemodynamic compromise. …”
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Thermal Hydraulic Analysis Using GIS on Application of HTR to Thermal Recovery of Heavy Oil Reservoirs by Yangping Zhou, Fu Li, Zhiwei Zhou, Yuanle Ma

“…At present, large water demand and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have emerged as challenges of steam injection for oil thermal recovery. …”
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IMPACT OF INTERNATIONALIZATION ON THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF COMMERCIAL COMPANIES by Joanna Wyrobek, Paul Lane

“…The purpose of the publication is to draw attention to the higher demand for the debt that exists in such enterprises and to discuss the reasons for this. …”
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Structuring and restructuring COVID-19 Intensive Care Units: a systematic review by Luis Fernando Reis Macedo, Kenya Waléria de Siqueira Coelho Lisboa, Thais Rodrigues de Albuquerque, Alexandre Pazetto Balsanelli, Sarah De Lima Pinto, Izabel Cristina Santiago Lemos de Beltrão, Gyllyandeson de Araujo Delmondes

“…Background and Objectives: the COVID-19 pandemic imposed restructuring and reorganization in healthcare services, particularly in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), due to the increased demand for hospital care for the thousands of severe cases of the disease. …”
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Predictive Modeling the Turbidity Response in Al-Saray Water Distribution Network in Najaf Governorate/Middle of Iraq, Using PODDS Model by Abed Zahraa H., Jasem Hayder M., Mohammed Hayder S.

“…However, when the flow increases due to an increased demand for water, the fluid’s shear stress exceeds the material layers’ shear strength, which leads to the material becoming mobilized.…”
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Usulan peningkatan kecepatan produksi di UKM Cokelat Ibunmanis menggunakan soft system methodology by Iphov Kumala Sriwana, Muhammad Almaududi Pulungan, Annisa A. Lestari, Siwi Lintang Pertiwi

“…This problem also happens to UKM Ibunmanis in Bandung, which often fails to meet consumer demand. We have done a study to overcome this problem, aiming to make suggestions to improve production process technology,  to increase production capacity and ability to meet consumer demand. …”
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