Partial Control of a Continuous Bioreactor: Application to an Anaerobic System for Heavy Metal Removal by M. I. Neria-González, P. A. López-Pérez, R. Aguilar-López

“…A mathematical model, experimentally corroborated for cadmium removal, was employed as a benchmark for the proposed controller. …”
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Daygurt: A functional drink combining dadih and yoghurt from cow’s milk using response surface methodology by Gusnedi, Ahmad Habibi Nur, Sartika Wiwi, Darwel, Tristi Utami Citra

“…Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize the formulation of Daygurt, a functional drink combining dadih and yogurt made from cow's milk. …”
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Free Vibration Analysis of Rings via Wave Approach by Wang Zhipeng, Liu Wei, Yuan Yunbo, Shuai Zhijun, Guo Yibin, Wang Donghua

“…Then, assembling these matrices, characteristic equation of natural frequency is obtained. Wave approach is employed to study the free vibration of these ring structures. …”
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Myxoid Chondrosarcoma of Maxilla in a Pediatric Patient: A Rare Case Report by Pranali Nimonkar, Nitin Bhola, Anendd Jadhav, Anuj Jain, Rajiv Borle, Rajul Ranka, Minal Chaudhary

“…This report encompasses the entire gamut of clinicopathological, radiological, and treatment modalities employed for chondrosarcoma.…”
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Analysis and Optimization of Passenger Flowlines at Zhongchuan High-Speed Railway Station by Hualan Wang, Baoli Wang, Jiaying Xu, Zunjie Hu

“…The station capacity after optimization is compared with the original by employed the simulation model. The result shows, after optimization, although the walking distance of passengers who are entering the ticket hall to buy ticket is increased but the flowline separation effect is achieved, the flowlines become more clear, the cross interferences are reduced, and the station capacity is increased.…”
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A terapia comunitária enquanto instrumento para a construção de práticas de cuidado: uma abordagem a partir das redes sociais by Breno Augusto Souto Maior Fontes

“…The methodology used employs qualitative methods, with direct observation, semi-structured interviews and also the construction of indicators of socio-centered networks of people participating in the Communitarian Therapy activities.…”
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Fatigue Life Prediction of the Zirconia Fixture Based on Boundary Element Method by Y. W. Wang, J. J. Ye, W. P. He, G. G. Cai, B. Q. Shi

“…On this basis, Paris Law is employed in the boundary element model to further study the crack growth and stress distributions in the zirconia fixture under cyclic loads. …”
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Foreign training in Jordan’s international hotel chains: a quantitative investigation by Samer Al-Sabi, Mousa Masadeh, Bashar Maaiah, Mukhles Al-Ababneh

“…This paper draws on the perceptions of middle managers in Jordan to identify what determines upper management’s decision in International Hotel Chains (IHC) to invest in out-of-country training (OCT). A model employing the presence of relationships between ‘attitudes’, ‘benefits and usefulness’, ‘barriers’ and ‘IHC’s decision’ to invest in OCT, was proposed and examined. …”
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A Modified Phase Cycling Method for Complex-Valued MRI Reconstruction by Wei He, Yu Zhang, Junling Ding, Linman Zhao

“…Furthermore, an operation used in SFISTA is employed to update the magnitude and phase images for better solutions. …”
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On Delay-Range-Dependent Stochastic Stability Conditions of Uncertain Neutral Delay Markovian Jump Systems by Xinghua Liu, Hongsheng Xi

“…To begin with the nominal systems, a novel augmented Lyapunov functional which contains some triple-integral terms is introduced. Then, by employing some integral inequalities and the nature of convex combination, some less conservative stochastic stability conditions are presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities without introducing any free-weighting matrices. …”
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The Fracture Characteristic of Three Collinear Cracks under True Triaxial Compression by Jianjun Liu, Zheming Zhu, Bo Wang

“…In the numerical study, the Abaqus code was employed. The effect of crack orientation and the confining stress on cracked specimen compressive strength were investigated. …”
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Study of Dust-Acoustic Multisoliton Interactions in Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas by Najah Kabalan, Mahmoud Ahmad, Ali Asad

“…In the theoretical study, a reductive perturbation technique was used to derive the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation and employ the Hirota bilinear method to obtain multisoliton solution. …”
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NON-UNIFORM INTERCONNECTEDNESS PATTERNS AND DYNAMICS: EVIDENCE FROM EMERGING STOCK MARKETS by Anca-Adriana SARAOLU (IONĂȘCUȚI)

“…Therefore, the paper aims to analyse interconnectedness between emerging stock markets. The methodology employed is the “Wavelet Local Multiple Correlation” as it allowed to introduce the dominance feature and to capture the time-varying shifts in correlations, as well as the nonuniform frequencies over time. …”
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Kinetics and mechanisms of 4-chloroguaiacol removal by adsorption onto a novel amorphous carbon thin film synthesized from Hamelia patens leaves by Zaharaddeen N. Garba, Chavalit Ratanatamskul

“…This work developed Hamelia patens Jacq leaves (an agricultural waste) as a novel amorphous carbon thin-film (HPL-ACTF) adsorbent, which was successfully employed in removal of 4-chloroguaiacol (4CG) from wastewater. …”
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A Dual-Controller of Quadrotor UAV Elastic Hanging Model Based on Event-Triggered Mechanism and Its Control Design by Sen Yang, Hang Guo, Jigang Tong, Tian Xie, Jingyi Yan

“…The energy based control law is employed for the accurate positioning task near the equilibrium point, and sliding mode control law is used to avoid the swing of the hanging payload during the transporting process. …”
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Successful Management of Coronary Artery Rupture with Stent-Graft: A Case Report by Berkay Ekici, Aycan Fahri Erkan, Utku Kütük, Hasan Fehmi Töre

“…According to the type of coronary perforation, various methods of correction are employed, ranging from conservative approach to emergency cardiac surgery. …”
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Compressed Sensing Based Fingerprint Identification for Wireless Transmitters by Caidan Zhao, Xiongpeng Wu, Lianfen Huang, Yan Yao, Yao-Chung Chang

“…Feature selection utilizing minimum redundancy maximum relevance (mRMR) is employed to obtain the optimal feature subsets for identification. …”
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Study of the Boson Peak and Fragility of Bioprotectant Glass-Forming Mixtures by Neutron Scattering by F. Migliardo, S. Magazù, M. A. Gonzalez, C. Mondelli

“…In addition, these systems are employed in different industrial fields, such as pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, as additives in mixtures for cryopreservation and in several formulations. …”
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Finite-Time Nonfragile Dissipative Control for Discrete-Time Neural Networks with Markovian Jumps and Mixed Time-Delays by Ling Hou, Dongyan Chen, Chan He

“…Finally, two numerical examples are employed to show the effectiveness of the obtained methods.…”
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Preparing students for diverse careers in the poultry industry by Elizabeth L. Karcher, J. Marcos Fernandez, Christine Z. Alvarado, Nada Tamim, Drew Benson

“…Symposium Summary: Careers in the poultry industry are ever evolving to address global challenges and include collaborations with others from diverse backgrounds and cultures from around the world. Employers are seeking college graduates who are prepared to use novel approaches to address local and global industry challenges. …”
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