Efficient removal of ciprofloxacin from pharmaceutical wastewater using advanced oxidation processes on doped perovskite La₀.₅A₀.₅CoO₃ (A = Sr, Ba and Ce) nanocatalysts by Mohammad Ali Jalali, Seyed Mahdi Mousavi, Moslem Setoodehkhah

“…Results showed that by adding 0.1 g of La₀.₅Sr₀.₅CoO₃ catalyst to 100 mL of a solution containing ciprofloxacin at a concentration of 10 ppm for 120 min, 91 % of the ciprofloxacin was degraded. By optimizing the operating conditions through experimental design, the performance of this catalyst was improved to 98.5 %. …”
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Large-scale database analysis of anomalous thermal conductivity of quasicrystals and its application to thermal diodes by Takashi Kurono, Jinjia Zhang, Yasushi Kamimura, Keiichi Edagawa

“…Analytical calculations using a simple one-dimensional model showed that by selecting the optimal material, a thermal rectification ratio of 3.2 can be obtained. …”
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Ways to improve the forms and methods of increasing the competitiveness of leasing companies in Russia by A. A. Tilov

“…The main areas of increasing the competitiveness of leasing companies in Russia have been designated and specific ways of development of these areas are proposed.The proposals to improve the functional management structure of leasing companies, to optimize the way they finance their activities, to improve price policy, have been considered in detail and developed in the article. …”
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Does Competence Determine Who Leads in a Dyadic Cooperative Task? A Study of Children with and without a Neurodevelopmental Disorder by Roy Vink, Fred Hasselman, Antonius H. N. Cillessen, Maarten L. Wijnants, Anna M. T. Bosman

“…It is an established fact that collaborating members should be operating in one another’s zone of proximal development to attain optimal performance. One variable that plays an as-yet unknown role in collaborative success is the leader-follower distinction. …”
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Develop the Precise Vacuum Seeder for Nursery Plug Tray Sowing by Using the Vacuum Cleaner by Yenphayab Charatchai, Saijai Jedsada, Hongwiangjan Jeerayut

“…Based on the design parameters obtained in laboratory experiments, the optimal condition for planting the Cantonese vegetable seeds in the 200-cell plug tray is verified by adjusting two parameters the suction pressures and the nozzle implement type. …”
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Maze runners: monkeys show restricted Arabic numeral summation during computerized two-arm maze performance by Elizabeth L. Haseltine, Michael J. Beran

“…However, some biases occurred that were suboptimal: the largest single numeral and the delay of reward (by placing numerals farther into an arm from the start location) sometimes interfered with the monkeys’ abilities to optimize. These results indicate that monkeys experience difficulties with inhibition toward single, high valence stimuli in tasks where those stimuli must be considered in relation to overall value when represented by symbolic stimuli such as numerals.…”
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Validation of visual analog scales of mood and anxiety at the workplace. by Frédéric Dutheil, Clara Palgen, Georges Brousse, Thomas Cornet, Martial Mermillod, Ines Lakbar, Guillaume Vallet, Julien S Baker, Jeannot Schmidt, Barbara Charbotel, Bruno Pereira, Louis Delamarre

“…The test-retest reliability was good. Optimal VAS cut-offs were ≥ 60/100 for anxiety and ≤ 60/100 for mood, to define at-risk patients. …”
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Dynamic Response of an End-Supported Pontoon Bridge due to Wave Excitation: Numerical Predictions versus Measurements by Knut Andreas Kvåle, Ole Øiseth

“…By including preliminary contributions from wind action and relying on a model optimized against measured modal parameters, a satisfactory agreement is obtained. …”
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Mechanical and Electrical Characteristics of Graphite Tailing Concrete by Hongbo Liu, Kun Liu, Zhu Lan, Dashuang Zhang

“…The significance sequence of the influencing factors for the compressive strength was studied, including the ratio of water to cement, sand ratio, graphite tailings content, and carbon fiber content. The optimal contents of graphite tailings and carbon fiber were obtained from the further experimental study on the electrical characteristics of the graphite tailing concrete, and a regression analysis was conducted to develop the predictive mixture design relationships for the electrical resistivity of the conductive graphite tailing concrete. …”
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A Standardized Framework for Evaluating Surgical Enhanced Recovery Pathways: A Recommendations Statement from the TDABC in Health-care Consortium by Ana Paula B.S. Etges, Luciana Paula Cadore Stefani, Dionisios Vrochides, Junaid Nabi, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Richard D. Urman

“…**Results:** The ERP framework, composed of 11 steps, was created describing how the techniques and methods can be applied to evaluate the economic impact of an ERP and guide health-care leaders to optimize the decision-making process of incorporating ERPs into health-care settings. …”
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Application of VIS/NIR Spectroscopy and SDAE-NN Algorithm for Predicting the Cold Storage Time of Salmon by Ting Wu, Nan Zhong, Ling Yang

“…The results showed that, compared with the common methods such as partial least squares regression (PLSR) and back propagation neural network (BP-NN), the SDAE-NN method had a better performance due to its high efficiency in decreasing noise and optimizing the initial weights. The determination coefficient of test sets (R2test) and root mean square error of test sets (RMSEP) have been calculated based on SDAE-NN, for the salmon meat (skin), the R2test can reach 0.98 (0.92), and the RMSEP can reach 0.93 (1.75), respectively. …”
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Characterizing Heterogeneity in Drivers’ Merging Maneuvers Using Two-Step Cluster Analysis by Gen Li, Lu Sun

“…Merging maneuvers of 370 drivers collected from the NGSIM dataset are automatically and optimally segmented into four clusters (Early Merging Drivers at High Speed, Early Merging Drivers at Low Speed, Late Merging Drivers at Low Speed, and Late Merging Drivers at High Speed) by the two-step cluster analysis. …”
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Reducing Training Time in Skin Cancer Classification Using Convolutional Neural Network with Mixed Precision Implementation by Raka Ryandra Guntara, Hendriyana, Indira Syawanodya

“…However, there remains room for exploration to achieve optimal performance. This study investigates the use of the MobileNetV3Large architecture for transfer learning, chosen for its efficiency in low-power and memory-constrained applications. …”
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A Retrospective and Prospective Observational Study to Evaluate the Jugular Bulb Anatomical Variations Using High-resolution Computed Tomography by Saurabh Atram, Alka Agrawal, Yogita Dixit, Manzill, K. S. Suhas, Hema Dhakad, Neelesh Patel

“…This study reinforces the value of HRCT in the detailed evaluation of anatomy for optimized planning of surgeries and patient management.…”
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Determining the diagnostic cut-off on the Chinese version of severity of dependence scale for cannabis by Albert Kar Kin Chung, Cheuk Yin Tse

“…Receiver operating characteristic analysis demonstrated that a C-SDS-C cut-off score of ≥ 3 provided optimal discrimination for moderate to severe CUD among Chinese-speaking individuals using cannabis.ConclusionThe C-SDS-C is a valid and reliable screening instrument to identify cannabis users with moderate-to-severe CUD in the Chinese-speaking population.…”
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Examining the role of ClassPoint tool in shaping EFL students' perceived E-learning experiences: A social cognitive theory perspective by Huma Akram, Abbas Hussein Abdelrady

“…These inferences enrich the comprehension of the evolving discourse on interactive technological applications and offer insightful recommendations for teachers, programmers, and educational organizations directing to optimize ClassPoint integration in EFL learning.…”
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Valorization of Waste Cooking Oil into Biodiesel via Bacillus stratosphericus Lipase Amine-Functionalized Mesoporous SBA-15 Nanobiocatalyst by Abdallah R. Ismail, Hamdy Kashtoh, Mohamed A. Betiha, Salem A. Abu Amr, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Nour Sh. El-Gendy

“…Response surface methodology based on a 1/2 fraction-three-levels face center composite design was applied to optimize the biodiesel transesterification process. …”
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VERGİ UYGULAMALARINDA BÖLGESEL KALKINMA HEDEFLERİ VE BÖLGESEL MALİ TEŞVİKLER AÇISINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ by A. Niyazi Özker, Mine Bi̇ni̇ş

“…Mali politikaların sahip olduğu araçların bölgesel kalkınma için oldukça önemli olduğu ve vergi politikasının kamusal karar alma sürecinde bölgesel kalkınmayı sağlamak için ulusal tasarruflara destek vermesi gereği ve tüm mali girişimler yoluyla desteklenmesi gereği anlaşılmaktadır. Optimal ekonomik seviyeyi ve bölgesel kalkınmayı yakalamak için, vergileme sürecinde ekonominin üretim etkinliğine bağlı olan değişik vergi oranlarında değişik vergi genişliği ortaya konulmalıdır. …”
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Lossy Joint Source-Channel Coding Using Raptor Codes by O. Y. Bursalioglu, M. Fresia, G. Caire, H. V. Poor

“…If the channel is symmetric, the scheme can asymptotically achieve the optimal rate-distortion limit. However, its advantages are more clearly evident under finite coding delay and complexity. …”
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PENGARUH KONSELING ISLAMI SOLUTION FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY TERHADAP SELF-ESTEEM SISWA MTsN BANTUL KOTA TAHUN 2015/2016 by Kaharja Kaharja, Eva Latipah

“…Results of quantitative analysis was that Islamic counseling solution focused brief therapy provided more optimal results when it was given to subjects who had intellectual capacity of average upper and active during therapy in progress. …”
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