Design and Investigation of a Passive-Type Microfluidics Micromixer Integrated with an Archimedes Screw for Enhanced Mixing Performance by Muhammad Waqas, Arvydas Palevicius, Vytautas Jurenas, Kestutis Pilkauskas, Giedrius Janusas

“…In addition, the optimal micromixer design is numerically and experimentally investigated at diverse Reynolds numbers, ranging from 2 to 16. …”
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Predicting Screening Efficiency of Probability Screens Using KPCA-GRNN with WP-EE Feature Reconstruction by Qingtang Chen, Yijian Huang

“…The budget model selects the optimal parameter combination scheme for the system.…”
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Study on Preparation Technology and Physical Fingerprint of Chuilian Jianpi Granules Based on QbD by Guangjiao Zhou, Xiao-Wei Li, Jin-Cai Li, Xue-Hua Feng

“…Objective. To optimize the preparation formula and technology of Chuilian Jianpi granules. …”
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Adaptive Gain Scheduled Semiactive Vibration Control Using a Neural Network by Kazuhiko Hiramoto, Taichi Matsuoka, Katsuaki Sunakoda

“…The output of the ANN is the parameter for the scheduling of multiple semiactive control laws each of which has been optimized for a single disturbance. Parameters such as weight and bias in the ANN are optimized by the genetic algorithm (GA). …”
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Modeling and Assessment of a Biomass Gasification Integrated System for Multigeneration Purpose by Shoaib Khanmohammadi, Kazem Atashkari, Ramin Kouhikamali

“…This paper focuses on the accurate modeling of biomass gasification process and the optimal design of a multigeneration system (heating, cooling, electrical power, and hydrogen as energy carrier) to take the advantage of this clean energy. …”
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The effects of skewness and kurtosis on production and hedging decisions: a Gram-Charlier expansion approach by Xuejun Jiang, Lingju Cheng, Xinjie Dai

“…Consistent with the existing literature, we find that skewness and kurtosis do not affect decisions regarding optimal production; however, they significantly influence optimal hedging decisions. …”
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Study on the Permeability of Modified Bentonite Slurry in Landfill by Zenan Zhang, Guozhong Dai, Yanmin Sheng

“…The main material of the slurry is bentonite modified by sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, cement, fly ash, and auxiliary materials such as sodium carbonate and polycarboxylate superplasticizer. The optimal ratio of the basic components of the antiseepage slurry was optimized by the orthogonal test method. …”
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Efficient optical parametric amplification in the thin film lithium niobate waveguides by Yuanqiang Peng, Shunxing Yang, RuiHuan Wu, Weiyi Hong

“…And the OPA characteristics of optimized TFLN waveguides are investigated, such as power gain coefficient of dB/cm, length gain coefficient of dB/W, and gain bandwidth. …”
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Bioartificial Liver Support by Vincent G Bain, Jose Luis Montero, Manuel de la Mata

“…Current bioartificial liver support systems utilize primary porcine hepatocytes or transformed human hepatocytes, which are housed within a bioreactor, through which the patient's blood or plasma is pumped in an extracorporeal circuit. The optimal source for the hepatocytes is an area of debate; however, a genetically engineered cell line may provide optimal function. …”
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Planning of production capacities of a high-tech enterprise based on the mathematical model of the Pontryagin maximum by A. A. Sazonov

“…The presented method is aimed at increasing the productivity of the equipment installed at the enterprise, in order to optimize the time spent and the volume of products produced. …”
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Analysis of a Flexible Transit Network in a Radial Street Pattern by Hongguo Shi, Mingyao Gao

“…Unlike traditional ones, buses of the proposed transit network are allowed to traverse in a predetermined service area and their precise trajectories hinge on the exact locations of passengers. To identify the optimal topology structure of the flexible transit system, continuous approximation approaches are developed to explore the optimal value of design parameters of the whole system, defining the optimal network layout through minimizing its objective function. …”
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FPGA Implementation of Reconfigurable Finite State Machine with Input Multiplexing Architecture Using Hungarian Method by Nitish Das, P. Aruna Priya

“…The Reconfigurable FSMIM-S architecture is constructed by combining the conventional FSMIM-S architecture and an optimized multiplexer bank (which defines the mode of operation). …”
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THE IMPACT OF THE UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER ON MAXIMIZATION OF LOADABILITY OF ELECTRIC POWER GRID by SUNDAY ADETONA, RAIFU SALAWU, FRANK OKAFOR, JOSEPH ADEYEMI

“…This study determines the optimal location of the UPFC by randomly adding loads to the existing transmission network until the Fast Voltage Stability Index of one of the lines is at a critical point. …”
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Squat Motion of a Humanoid Robot Using Three-Particle Model Predictive Control and Whole-Body Control by Hongxiang Chen, Xiuli Zhang, Mingguo Zhao

“…TP-MPC is utilized to optimize the rough planning’s reference trajectory, while WBC is employed to follow the optimized trajectory. …”
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Perioperative Radiotherapy in the Management of Rectal Cancer by Lars Påhlman

“…With modern radiation techniques, preoperative radiotherapy can be delivered without any substantial increase in postoperative mortality or morbidity, and a low rate of late toxicity, provided that the radiation technique is optimal. The main question is whether radiotherapy is necessary, provided that surgery is optimized. …”
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A Closed-Loop Supply Chain Problem with Retailing and Recycling Competition by Chuanchao Xu, Bo Li, Yanfei Lan, Yi Tang

“…Then, based on game theory, we derive the optimal retail price, the optimal repurchase price, and the optimal profits of the manufacturer and the retailers. …”
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Fuzzy Assessment of Steel Deck Pavement for Long Suspension Bridge of the Fourth Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge by Jinyu Zong, Keqiang Zhang, Binggen Zhan, Rui Ma

“…Consequently, a fuzzy evaluation theory was used to value each scheme to propose the optimal one. Based on this method, four pavement schemes were evaluated to choose the optimal one, and the performance of the optimal scheme was highly corresponding to the practical engineering practice. …”
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HCCI Intelligent Rapid Modeling by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm by AbdoulAhad Validi, Jyh-Yuan Chen, Akbar Ghafourian

“…To achieve this SOC timing, in the first case, the inlet temperature and equivalence ratio are optimized simultaneously and in the second case, compression ratio is optimized by GA. …”
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Multimedia Tasks-Oriented Edge Computing Offloading Scheme Based on Graph Neural Network in Vehicular Networks by Yong Huang

“…Second, deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) is introduced to learn optimal task deployment policies, enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of task deployment. …”
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Sensitivity Improvement of Optical Computed Tomography Scanners for Scanning Gel Dosimeters by Aza Ismael Abdi

“…The optical sensitivity of gel dosimeters changes at different wavelengths and their maximum sensitivities are achieved at the particular wavelengths. Therefore, the optimal wavelength must be used for optical scanning of the gel dosimeters. …”
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