Geotechnical investigations of lead-silver ore processing residues at the Auzelles site, Auvergne (France) by Diaka Sidibé, Mamadou Diallo, Ahmed Amara Konaté, Muhammad Zaheer

“…Proactive management, based on these results, requires the implementation of appropriate rehabilitation techniques, such as drainage optimization and incorporation of vegetation covers, to minimize environmental impacts and ensure the long-term sustainability of mining waste structures.…”
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Provide a reliable location-allocation model in the humanitarian supply chain network using combined transport and the application of feasibility-robust planning by Alireza Hamidieh, Maryam Besharat Meymandi

“…Purpose: The main challenge in devastating events such as the Kermanshah earthquake is the optimal location of humanitarian distribution centers, which plays an effective role in allocating relief shipments to demand centers. …”
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Addressing genome scale design tradeoffs in Pseudomonas putida for bioconversion of an aromatic carbon source by Deepanwita Banerjee, Javier Menasalvas, Yan Chen, Jennifer W. Gin, Edward E. K. Baidoo, Christopher J. Petzold, Thomas Eng, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay

“…Through proteomics, promoter-variation, and growth characterization of a fully implemented gene deletion design, we provide evidence that aromatic catabolism in the completed design is rate-limited by fumarase hydratase (FUM) enzyme activity in the citrate cycle and requires careful optimization of another fumarate hydratase protein (PP_0897) expression to achieve growth and production. …”
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Applications and Challenges of High-Throughput Phenotyping of Crops at Ground and Aviation Scales by Longyue CHEN, Dandan DUAN, Weibing XU, Zuolin LI, Chong ZHAO, Yi JIANG, Yonggang GAO, Wenqing ZUO

“…Finally, the challenges, optimization solutions, broad prospects and future development trends of HTP phenotyping of crops were discussed. …”
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Bird flock effect-based dynamic community detection: Unravelling network patterns over time by Siti Haryanti Hairol Anuar, Zuraida Abal Abas, Iskandar Waini, Mohd Fariduddin Mukhtar, Zejun Sun, Eko Arip Winanto, Norhazwani Mohd Yunos

“…Many researchers have explored the challenging technique that requires parameter specification and optimization for quality result. This study proposed an eco-system conceptual framework based on bird flock effect. …”
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Design and Test of Combined Air Suction Cotton Breed Seeder by Yudao Li, Zhanhua Song, Fade Li, Yinfa Yan, Fuyang Tian, Xuezhen Sun

“…After parameter optimization, this paper makes the optimal parameters for sure; that is, the seeder’s velocity ranges from 1.3 to 1.5 m/s, wind pressure ranges from 2.5 to 2.8 kPa, and the width of the air suction groove ranges from 2.6 to 2.8 mm. …”
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Bottom-Up Enhancement of g-C3N4 Photocatalytic H2 Evolution Utilising Disordering Intermolecular Interactions of Precursor by Xue Lu Wang, Wen Qi Fang, Yu Hang Li, Pengfei Liu, Haimin Zhang, Yun Wang, Porun Liu, Yefeng Yao, Huijun Zhao, Hua Gui Yang

“…The bottom-up mechanochemistry method opens new vistas towards the potential applications of weak interactions in the photocatalysis field and may also stimulate novel ideas completely different from traditional ones for the design and optimization of photocatalysts.…”
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Design and Analysis of Compact High–Performance Lithium–Niobate Electro–Optic Modulator Based on a Racetrack Resonator by Zixin Chen, Jianping Li, Weiqin Zheng, Hongkang Liu, Quandong Huang, Ya Han, Yuwen Qin

“…In this paper, we propose an improved theoretical model of a chip-scale electro-optic (EO) microring modulator (EO-MRM) based on X-cut lithium–niobate-on-insulator (LNOI) with a hybrid architecture consisting of a 180-degree Euler bend in the coupling region, double-layer metal electrode structure, and ground–signal–signal–ground (G-S-S-G) electrode configuration, which can realize highly comprehensive performance and a compact footprint. After parameter optimization, the designed EO-MRM exhibited an extinction ratio of 38 dB. …”
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Preliminary Evaluation of a Nuclear Scenario Involving Innovative Gas Cooled Reactors by Barbara Vezzoni, Nicola Cerullo, Giuseppe Forasassi, Emil Fridman, Guglielmo Lomonaco, Vincenzo Romanello, Eugene Shwageraus

“…This work focuses on a preliminary (and conservative) evaluation of possible advantages that a symbiotic cycle (EPR-PBMR-GCFR) could entail, with special regard to the reduction of the HLW inventory and the optimization of the exploitation of the fuel resources. …”
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Molecular structure, UV–Visible spectra and other molecular properties of (E)-2-(2-hydroxy-5-methoxybenzylidene)hydrazinecarbothioamide and its n-methyl variant by using DFT method... by K. Srishailam, L. Ravindranath, Gaddam. Ramesh, D. Praveena, Sunil kumar V, Danikonda.Suresh Kumar, S. Muthu, G.Ramana Rao

“…To this end we made geometry optimization for HMHC and HMNHC using DFT/B3LYP/6–311++G(d,p) formalism. …”
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Hybrid Models of Atmospheric Block Columns of Primary Oil Refining Unit Under Conditions of Initial Information Deficiency by Batyr Orazbayev, Zhadra Kuzhuhanova, Kulman Orazbayeva, Gulzhan Uskenbayeva, Zhanat Abdugulova, Ainur Zhumadillayeva

“…Since many real technological objects of oil refining and other industries are often characterized by a deficit and fuzziness of the necessary information for their study, modeling, and optimization, this work allows solving an urgent scientific and practical problem. …”
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Designing blade wheels for microturbine plants based on prototypes by A. S. Pugachuk, D. V. Muller, A. V. Chernyshev

“…In this article it is said about gasdynamic and strength optimization of turbine impellers. The offered method allows to reduce stresses in a turbine impeller during an operating mode without changing of useful gasdynamic characteristics. …”
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Tibial acceleration alone is not a valid surrogate measure of tibial load in response to stride length manipulation by Jean Tu, Olivia L. Bruce, W. Brent Edwards

“…Motion capture, force platform, and tibial acceleration data were directly measured, and ankle joint contact forces were estimated using an inverse-dynamics-based static optimization routine. Results: In general, peak axial tibial accelerations (p < 0.001) as well as axial (p < 0.001) and resultant (p < 0.001) ankle joint contact forces increased with stride length. …”
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CFD modelling and simulation of anaerobic digestion reactors for energy generation from organic wastes: A comprehensive review by Muhammad Usman Farid, Indiana A. Olbert, Andreas Bück, Abdul Ghafoor, Guangxue Wu

“…This approach contributes to minimize the experimental costs while optimizing the reactor configurations in less time. …”
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Effect of French Press Brewing on the Sensory Quality of Robusta Coffee Produced in Hainan by LIU Di, LAO Fei, DONG Wenjiang, YU Xinxin

“…Single factor experiments and response surface methodology were used jointly for optimization of four processing parameters based on consumer preference, and the correlation between consumer preference and sensory characteristics and flavor components was analyzed by quantitative sensory description, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC). …”
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CalciumZero: a toolbox for fluorescence calcium imaging on iPSC derived brain organoids by Xiaofu He, Yian Wang, Yutong Gao, Xuchen Wang, Zhixiong Sun, Huixiang Zhu, Kam W. Leong, Bin Xu

“…It streamlines the entire analysis process, offering full automation with just one click after parameter optimization. In addition, it includes supplementary features to statistically evaluate the impact on disease etiology and the detection of drug candidate effects on calcium activities. …”
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Capture of 3D Human Motion Pose in Virtual Reality Based on Video Recognition by Qiang Fu, Xingui Zhang, Jinxiu Xu, Haimin Zhang

“…In the case of using all optimization algorithms, the accuracy rate is higher than 90%, and the final recognition accuracy rate is also higher than 90%. …”
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A Huge Innovation in Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: With an Artificial Intelligence-Based Algorithm, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Can Now Be Diagnosed With Pulm... by Seval Bulut Eris, Mehmet Recep Bozkurt, Omer Eris, Cahit Bilgin

“…The models obtained by hyperparameter optimization and cross-validation were tested with unseen data, and their performance was evaluated using seven different criteria. …”
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Deep Learning Framework for Advanced De-Identification of Protected Health Information by Ahmad Aloqaily, Emad E. Abdallah, Rahaf Al-Zyoud, Esraa Abu Elsoud, Malak Al-Hassan, Alaa E. Abdallah

“…Unlike prior studies that often unify Bi-LSTM and CRF layers, our approach focuses on the individual design, optimization, and hyperparameter tuning of both the Bi-LSTM and CRF components, allowing for precise model performance improvements. …”
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Super High Contrast USPIO-Enhanced Cerebrovascular Angiography Using Ultrashort Time-to-Echo MRI by Liam Timms, Tianyi Zhou, Ju Qiao, Codi Gharagouzloo, Vishala Mishra, Rita Maria Lahoud, John W. Chen, Mukesh Harisinghani, Srinivas Sridhar

“…However, its potent T2∗ relaxivity limits achievable T1-weighted positive contrast and leads to artifacts in standard MRI protocols. Optimization of protocols for ferumoxytol deployment is necessary to realize its potential. …”
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