A Fractal Model to Interpret Porosity-Dependent Hydraulic Properties for Unsaturated Soils by Annan Zhou, Yang Fan, Wen-Chieh Cheng, Junran Zhang

“…The new fractal model removes the empirical fitting parameters that have no physical meaning from existing models for porosity-dependent water retention and hydraulic behaviour and employs parameters of fractal dimensions that are intrinsic to the nature of the fractal porous materials. …”
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Framework for Holistic Online Optimization of Milling Machine Conditions to Enhance Machine Efficiency and Sustainability by Alexander Bott, Simon Anderlik, Robin Ströbel, Jürgen Fleischer, Andreas Wortmann

“…The research method involved the development of the framework for the realisation and analysis of measurement data from milling machines, focusing on six machine parts and employing a machine learning system for optimization and evaluation. …”
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“Three Crossings” Compensations of the High Speed Moving MIMO Radar by Cheng Luo, Zishu He

“…Lastly, the phantom antenna array is employed in the simulations, the working model of “sparse transmitting dense receiving” is applied to the simulation of crossing-beam, and the results of simulations demonstrate the validity and the practicability of the method of combining the preprocess and the FrFT to compensate “Three Crossings.”…”
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Examining the Bus Ridership Demand: Application of Spatio-Temporal Panel Models by Moshiur Rahman, Shamsunnahar Yasmin, Ahmadreza Faghih-Imani, Naveen Eluru

“…Specifically, two spatial models, Spatial Error Model and Spatial Lag Model, are estimated for boarding and alighting separately by employing several exogenous variables including stop-level attributes, transportation and transit infrastructure variables, built environment and land use attributes, and sociodemographic and socioeconomic variables in the vicinity of the stop along with spatial and spatiotemporal lagged variables. …”
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Solving “Antenna Array Thinning Problem” Using Genetic Algorithm by Rajashree Jain, G. S. Mani

“…It will be required to employ some type of search algorithm which can lead to a practical solution in an optimal. …”
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Estimating Compressive Strength of High Performance Concrete with Gaussian Process Regression Model by Nhat-Duc Hoang, Anh-Duc Pham, Quoc-Lam Nguyen, Quang-Nhat Pham

“…This research carries out a comparative study to investigate a machine learning solution that employs the Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) for modeling compressive strength of high-performance concrete (HPC). …”
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Does Insurance Sector Matter for Economic Complexity? by Folorunsho M. Ajide, Tolulope T. Osinubi, Titus A. Ojeyinka

“…This finding is further substantiated after employing panel co-integrating regression and method of moment quantile regression (MM-QR). …”
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A Wideband End-Fire Conformal Vivaldi Antenna Array Mounted on a Dielectric Cone by Zengrui Li, Xiaole Kang, Jianxun Su, Qingxin Guo, Yaoqing (Lamar) Yang, Junhong Wang

“…The characteristics of a novel antipodal Vivaldi antenna array mounted on a dielectric cone are presented. By employing antipodal Vivaldi antenna element, the antenna array shows ultrawide bandwidth and end-fire radiation characteristics. …”
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Analysis of the implications of digital voting through neutrosophic Delphi modeling by Diego Pablo Palma Rivera, Silvio Amable Machuca Vivar, Bolívar Enrique Villalta Jadan, Misael Abisai Valarezo Bracho

“…This study analyzed key elements to ensure the viability and impact of electronic voting within the local electoral system, employing the neutrosophic Delphi method. Findings indicated that trust in electronic voting is bolstered when security measures are in place, and transparent access to information is provided. …”
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THE IMPACT OF DATA SECURITY ON THE INTENTION OF VIETNAMESE CONSUMERS TO USE E-WALLETS by Thi Thu Huong Hoang, Hoang Nam Vu, Thi Khanh Chi Nguyen

“…Covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) was employed to test the proposed hypotheses. Research results show that security trust has the greatest impact on the intention to use e-wallets, followed by perceived privacy risk, social influence, and information sensitivity. …”
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Optimization of Forging Process Parameters and Prediction Model of Residual Stress of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy by Xiurong Fang, Liu Liu, Jia Lu, Yang Gao

“…Finally, the multiple regression analysis was employed to propose multivariate regression models for the prediction of the average equivalent residual stress. …”
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Reanalysis of sequences of alleged Javan tiger highlights the difficulties in studying big cats and the need for high-throughput sequencing by Anubhab Khan, Yulianto Yulianto, Sabhrina Gita Aninta, Wirdateti Wirdateti

“…Big cats are of conservation concern throughout their range, and genetic tools are often employed to study them for various purposes. However, there are several difficulties in using genetic tools for big cat conservation that could be resolved by modern methods of DNA sequencing. …”
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On the Ulam stability and existence of $ L^p $-solutions for fractional differential and integro-differential equations with Caputo-Hadamard derivative by Abduljawad Anwar, Shayma Adil Murad

“…In this paper, we investigate the existence and uniqueness of $ L^p $-solutions for nonlinear fractional differential and integro-differential equations with boundary conditions using the Caputo-Hadamard derivative. By employing Hölder's inequality together with the Krasnoselskii fixed-point theorem and the Banach contraction principle, the study establishes sufficient conditions for solving nonlinear problems. …”
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Internationalization Strategies in Music Festivals by Amélia Maria Pinto da Cunha Brandão, Rodrigo Ferreira de Oliveira

“…Another goal is to fill an academic gap between internationalization theories and cultural management, contributing with the compilation and description of the main techniques employed by the market through a qualitative approach to the methodology and content analysis on decision-makers’ interviews. …”
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Recognition principle for course allocations in higher institutions based on intuitionistic fuzzy correlation coefficient by Paul Ejegwa, Idoko Onyeke, Victoria Adah

“…To effectively evaluate relationships in uncertain environments, such as in decision-making, the idea of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Correlation Coefficient (IFCC) is employed. Several authors have provided many methods of IFCC, but their methods have some setbacks in correctness and accuracy. …”
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Command Filtering and Barrier Lyapunov Function-Based Adaptive Control for PMSMs with Core Losses and All-State Restrictions by Xiaoling Wang, Jinpeng Yu

“…Furthermore, to make sure that all the state variables are confined into certain ranges, we employed the barrier Lyapunov function (BLF) at every step of the controllers construction. …”
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Compact Penta-Band Dual ZOR Antenna for Mobile Applications by Jae-Gon Lee, Dong-Jin Kim, Jeong-Hae Lee

“…Moreover, a bended patch and a band-stop filter (BSF) are employed to increase efficiency and bandwidth, respectively. …”
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Software as a Service: an effective platform to deliver holistic Hotel Performance Management Systems by Nuno Antonio, Francisco Serra

“…To achieve the study objective, design science research methodology was employed in the development of a prototype. This prototype was deployed in four hotels and its results evaluated. …”
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Removal of Cadmium Ions from Water by Synthetic Niobia by Érika S. Melo, Kele T.G. Carvalho, Luiz C.A. Oliveira

“…The results obtained suggest that niobia may be employed as an efficient material for the removal of Cd 2+ ions from aqueous solution.…”
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Estimation of Hydraulic Diffusivity of a Confined Limestone Aquifer at the Xiluodu Dam by Mingwei Li, Zhifang Zhou, Hailong Huang, Jianxin Liao

“…Then, the method was employed to estimate the hydraulic diffusivity of a limestone aquifer in the Xiluodu reservoir and was verified by the FEFLOW software. …”
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