Hydraulic Performance Modifications of a Zeolite Membrane after an Alkaline Treatment: Contribution of Polar and Apolar Surface Tension Components by Patrick Dutournié, Ali Said, T. Jean Daou, Jacques Bikaï, Lionel Limousy

“…The contribution of the polar component to the surface tension is attributed to the presence of surface defaults, which increase the surface hydrophilicity. The estimated modifications of the surface interaction energy between the solvent (water) and the Na-mordenite active layer are in good agreement with the decrease of the hydraulic permeability observed after a mild alkaline treatment.…”
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A Fuzzy Delay Approach for HIV Dynamics Using a Cellular Automaton by R. Motta Jafelice, C. A. F. Silva, L. C. Barros, R. C. Bassanezi

“…A cellular automaton is utilized to estimate the parameters of the system. The effects of antiretroviral therapy in the cellular automaton are modeled using a fuzzy rule-based system with two inputs: the medication potency and the treatment adhesion for three hypothetical individuals. …”
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Evaluating the merit of carbon credits: Is there a lack of effectiveness in transitioning from direct payments for ecosystem services to REDD+ community-based incentives? by Virginia Hernanz, Sonia Quiroga, Cristina Suárez, José Evelio Aguiño

“…However, around 20% of farmers below the poverty line lack knowledge of carbon credits, threatening REDD + effectiveness. Current estimates suggest only a 5.76% likelihood of high awareness of carbon credits, rising to 19.43% under extreme climate conditions, stressing the need for targeted education efforts.…”
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Remaining Useful Life Prediction for Rotating Machinery Based on Optimal Degradation Indicator by Aisong Qin, Qinghua Zhang, Qin Hu, Guoxi Sun, Jun He, Shuiquan Lin

“…Finally, the expectation of the predicted RUL is calculated based on the proposed model, and the estimated mean degradation path is explicitly derived. …”
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Improving Driver Assistance in Intelligent Transportation Systems: An Agent-Based Evidential Reasoning Approach by M. Benalla, B. Achchab, H. Hrimech

“…A case study including various scenarios of experiments is introduced to estimate behavioral information based on synthetic data for prediction, prescription, and policy analysis. …”
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High-Efficiency Vibration Isolation for a Three-Phase Power Transformer by a Quasi-Zero-Stiffness Isolator by Hao Cao, Yaopeng Chang, Jiaxi Zhou, Xuhui Zhao, Ling Lu, Fei Chen, Xiaowen Wu

“…The dynamic analysis for the QZS vibration isolation system is conducted by the harmonic balance method, and the vibration isolation performance is estimated. Finally, the prototype of the QZS isolator is manufactured, and then the vibration isolation performance is tested comparing with the linear isolator under real power loading conditions. …”
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Climate Impacts of Deforestation/Land-Use Changes in Central South America in the PRECIS Regional Climate Model: Mean Precipitation and Temperature Response to Present and Future D... by Pablo O. Canziani, Gerardo Carbajal Benitez

“…Using the Regional Climate Model PRECIS, driven by ERA-40 reanalysis and ECHAM4 Baseline model for the period 1961–2000 (40-year runs), potential effects of deforestation/land-use changes in these and other neighboring ecoregions are evaluated. Current 2002 and estimated 2030 land-use scenarios are used to assess PRECIS's response during 1960–2000. …”
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Physical and mechanical aging of wood-plastic composites. Non-destructive methods for quality control by Ignacio Bobadilla Maldonado, Roberto Martínez, Hamed Matini Behzad, Everton Hillig

“…The non-destructive methods used proved to be reliable estimators of composite properties, especially ultrasound wave propagation, confirming previous findings on other materials. …”
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Simulation of Contrast Agent Transport in Arteries with Multilayer Arterial Wall: Impact of Arterial Transmural Transport on the Bolus Delay and Dispersion by Min Xu, Xiao Liu, Ang Li, Yubo Fan, Anqiang Sun, Xiaoyan Deng, Deyu Li

“…To investigate whether the unreal assumption is valid for the estimation of the delay and dispersion of the contrast agent bolus, we simulated flow and Gd-DTPA transport in a model with multilayer arterial wall and analyzed the bolus delay and dispersion qualified by mean vascular transit time (MVTT) and the variance of the vascular transport function. …”
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Network Analysis of the Integration Level of the Universities Participating in Project 5-100 in the International Higher Education Area by P. A. Zhdanov, N. A. Polikhina, E. Yu. Sema, L. V. Kazimirchik, I. B. Trostyanskaya, A. A. Barsukov

“…The effectiveness of such cooperation from the point of view of integration of the universities from this group into the international higher education area is determined through estimations of the usefulness of participation in such events made by the universities and through scientometric analysis. …”
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Increased Risk of Cancer in relation to Gout: A Review of Three Prospective Cohort Studies with 50,358 Subjects by Weijie Wang, Donghua Xu, Bin Wang, Shushan Yan, Xiaochen Wang, Yin Yin, Xuehao Wang, Beicheng Sun, Xiaoyang Sun

“…The aim of this study was to estimate the association between gout and cancer risk by meta-analysis of all relevant studies published to date. …”
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Spatial Distribution and Dietary Risk Assessment of Aflatoxins in Raw Milk and Dairy Feedstuff Samples from Different Climate Zones in China by Xueli Yang, Bolin Liu, Lei Zhang, Xiaodan Wang, Jian Xie, Jiang Liang

“…Spatial analysis indicated the contamination was mostly concentrated in the temperate monsoon climate zone. On average, the estimated dietary exposure to AFM1 from milk and dairy products for Chinese consumers ranged from 0.0138 to 0.0281 ng/kg bw/day, with the MOE values below 10,000, and liver cancer risk of 0.00004–0.00009 cases/100,000 persons/year. …”
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Simulation of water resources in ungauged region- case study in Nam Ou River Basin, Laos by Wenmei Cai, Li Ren, Li Zhang, Yutong Liu, Wenjiao Yang

“…From 1980 to 2010, the average water resources for the basin were estimated at 16.4 billion m3, with a rainy period from May to September. …”
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Assessing taxpayers’ satisfaction with tax administration e-services by Lidija Hauptman, Nika Vetrih, Alenka Kavkler

“…This research aims to estimate the relationships between satisfaction with tax administration e-services and factors such as trust, service quality, age, and gender, addressing a noted gap in the existing literature. …”
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Spatial Analysis and Socio-Environmental Determinants of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Urban Area in Northeastern Brazil by Natan Diego Alves de Freitas, Lucas José Macedo Freire, Suely Ruth Silva, Nilton Guedes do Nascimento, Pedro Cordeiro-Estrela

“…Our findings indicate heterogeneity in CVL distribution, with 1 km diameter clusters potentially connected within an estimated 4.9 km diameter by the Ripley-K statistic. …”
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An Automated Procedure for Assessing Local Reliability Index and Life-Cycle Cost of Alternative Girder Bridge Design Solutions by Ilaria Venanzi, Riccardo Castellani, Laura Ierimonti, Filippo Ubertini

“…In this framework, the paper proposes an automated procedure for the estimation of life-cycle repair costs of different bridge design solutions. …”
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Scalable Cell-Free Massive MIMO With Indoor/Outdoor Users by Felip Riera-Palou, Miquel Duran, Guillem Femenias

“…Direction-specific solutions are then provided that involve improving the channel estimation and connectivity of indoor users and modifying the power allocation so as to somehow compensate for the wall propagation indoor users have to endure. …”
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Acceleration‐based wheel slip control realized with decentralised electric drivetrain systems by Bowen Jiang, Nimananda Sharma, Yujing Liu, Chuan Li

“…Compared to traditional slip‐based traction control, the proposed method does not depend on the estimation of the vehicle speed and only relies on the driven wheel rotational acceleration. …”
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Assessment of Future Possible Meteorological Drought for Isparta Province by Tahsin Baykal, Dilek Taylan, Özlem Terzi

“…Firstly, monthly precipitation values that are likely to occur in the next 10 years were estimated using the LSTM method with the monthly total precipitation measured between 1929-2021 belonging to the Isparta meteorology station. …”
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Vision-based welding quality detection of steel bridge components in complex construction environments by Tianshi Hu, Xiuping Huang, Zuolei Yang, Zhixiong Liu, Jie Zhao, Zhao Xu

“…The contour dimensions of both filler and cover welds are identified through feature point extraction, with an estimated detection error under 0.6%. (3) This paper optimizes the feature extraction of the Faster R-CNN network based on the appearance feature and detection need of welding defects, resulting in an improvement of 28.3 in mAP. …”
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