Assessment of Farmers\' Attitudes towards Water Scarcity Challenge and Its Adaptation Strategies in Villages of Bahar County (Hamadan Province, Iran) by Hasan Yavarian, Hamid Jalalian, Asghar Tahmasebi

“…Based on this, 12 strategies consistent with the status of the region have been proposed for optimal resource management and crop water productivity.…”
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Bridging the gap: multi-granularity representation learning for text-based vehicle retrieval by Xue Bo, Junjie Liu, Di Yang, Wentao Ma

“…Subsequently, a feature adaptive fusion strategy is devised to automatically determine the optimal pooling mechanism. Finally, a multi-granularity contrastive learning approach is implemented to ensure comprehensive semantic coverage, ranging from coarse to fine levels. …”
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Rough Set Approach toward Data Modelling and User Knowledge for Extracting Insights by Xiaoqun Liao, Shah Nazir, Junxin Shen, Bingliang Shen, Sulaiman Khan

“…The approach has found its accuracy for the optimal use of data modelling and user knowledge. …”
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Thermal Performance of a Dimpled Tube Parabolic Trough Solar Collector (PTSC) with SiO2 Nanofluid by M. Arun, Debabrata Barik, K. P. Sridhar, Milon Selvam Dennison

“…Among all experimental modules, SiO2/DI-H2O with a mass flow rate of 2.5 kg/min and 0.3% volume concentration gives overall optimized results in absolute energy absorption, gradient temperature, and efficiency of the solar water heater. …”
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Study on Mechanics-Based Cracking Resistance of Semiflexible Pavement Materials by Duanyi Wang, Xiayi Liang, Danning Li, Hehao Liang, Huayang Yu

“…The objective of this study is to alleviate the internal cracking concern of the semiflexible mixture by adjusting the material components. To this end, optimal material design and numerical simulation have been conducted. …”
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Microbial Surface Treatment of Sand with Sporosarcina pasteurii to Improve the Wind Erosion Resistance in Urmia Lake by Hooshang Katebi, Ahmad Fahmi, Ahad Ouria, Alireza Babaeian Amini, Hossein Samadi Kafil

“…This study tried to optimize the microbial application of Sporosarcina pasteurii for surface treatment of sand via microbial-induced carbonate precipitation. …”
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Research on noise-induced hearing loss based on functional and structural MRI using machine learning methods by Minghui Lv, Liping Wang, Ranran Huang, Aijie Wang, Yunxin Li, Guowei Zhang

“…The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator was used to reduce and select the optimal features. The support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF) and logistic regression (LR) algorithms, were used to establish the classification model for NIHL. …”
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Improving Medical Image Quality Using a Super-Resolution Technique with Attention Mechanism by Dong Yun Lee, Jang Yeop Kim, Soo Young Cho

“…By integrating various attention blocks, feature extraction is optimized and further expanded through subpixel convolution to produce high-quality super-resolution images. …”
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Design of Approximate Adder With Reconfigurable Accuracy by Aalelai Vendhan, Syed Ershad Ahmed, S. Gurunarayanan

“…Next, for applications that require tunable accuracy, we incorporate a reconfiguration technique in the segmented approximate adders, using a divide-and-conquer methodology that dynamically optimizes the approximate adder’s accuracy, leading to efficient computation. …”
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Policy Transformation and Law Enforcement in Natural Resources Management: Case Study of Excavation C in Sorong City by Hermanus Way, Hadi Tuasikal, Muh Akhdharisa SJ

“…In short, law enforcement against illegal C-excavation mining in Sorong City is still not optimal despite regulations. This study provided a new contribution with a participatory approach between the community, government, and industry person to find a balanced solution between environmental sustainability and community economic welfare. …”
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Performance Comparison Analysis of Yagi Antennas and Log-Periodic Antennas in Wireless Communication Applications by Rapha Nichita Kaikatui, Marsujitullah

“…The findings emphasize the importance of optimizing antenna alignment for line-of-sight (LOS) communication, employing noise filters to minimize interference, and conducting broader testing in varied environments. …”
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Food Safety Risk Communication between the Food Regulator and Consumer in China: An Evolutionary Game Perspective by Ying Zhu, May Chu, Xiaowei Wen, Yiqin Wang

“…Furthermore, the choice of food safety risk communication strategies is performed with a dynamic process, which is constantly adjusted and optimized. The evolutionary game system can converge on an ideal state under certain conditions. …”
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A Comparative Study of Metakaolin and Silica Fume on the Properties and Microstructure of Ultrafine Dredged Sand Mortars by Changpei Qin, Junxian Zhao, Yixuan Wang, Yongqi Zou, Fares Ali Al Sairafia, Chaohua Jiang

“…Moreover, a microstructural investigation based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) confirms that the physical filling and pozzolanic effects of MK and SF can optimize the microstructure of the slurry, improve the interfacial combination of different phases, and refine the pore size distribution of cement paste. …”
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Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on the Growth and Seed Yield of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) by Gebregergis Zenawi, Amare Mizan

“…N fertilizers should be placed 3–5 cm deeper than the seeds and 5–10 cm apart from the plant for side dress but not far than 20 cm. Under optimal environmental conditions, nitrogen fertilizer has no effect on phonological traits but on the growth parameters. …”
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Cultural Moduses of Students and Their Influence on the Formation of Life Plans by M. A. Golovchin

“…The most common are carriers of “intermediate” modus, which brings optimism regarding the interaction of youth culture and social orders (institutions) formed by economic institutions. …”
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University International Cooperation: Project Based Translation Training by E. Yu. Novikova, V. A. Mityagina, St. Walter

“…Teaching translation in the global educational environment is associated with the integration of theoretical, methodological and didactic approaches: the search for effective solutions to translation problems can be optimized due to the openness and intensity of academic discussions and the large scale of professional communication of translators. …”
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Synergy model and financial bookkeeping administration through technopreneurship education: does it impact on increasing the competitiveness of MSMES? by Andi Arifwangsa Adiningrat, Andi Rustam, Arniati Arniati, Warda Warda, Naidah Naidah

“…The research results show that the synergy model that was designed has a positive impact, but the synergy model through technopreneurship education is less effective in being implemented by MSMEs so that the competitiveness of MSMEs is not optimal. Apart from that, MSMEs tend to carry out financial administration manually and irregularly so that bookkeeping administration through technopreneurship does not have an impact on increasing competitiveness. …”
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Numerical Simulation of the Dynamic Responses of Electric Power Fitting of Transmission Lines after Ice Shedding by Zhongfei Ye, Chuan Wu, Xiaohui Liu, Fei Huang

“…The structure of the parts with smaller stress can be optimized according to the simulation results where design margins may be reduced and additional cost benefits realized.…”
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Gradual Recovery from Nonambulatory Quadriparesis Caused by Metastatic Epidural Cervical Cord Compression in an Octogenarian Gallbladder Carcinoma Patient Treated with Image-Guided... by Kazuhiro Ohtakara, Hiroaki Hoshi

“…Image-guided three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (IG-3DCRT) was started with 25 Gy in 5 fractions followed by a boost of 12 Gy in 3 fractions, for which a field-in-field (FIF) technique was used to optimize the dose distribution. Despite the fact that steroids were not administered, the patient reported significant pain reduction and showed improved motor function 3 and 4 weeks after the IG-3DCRT, respectively. …”
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Comparison between Physical Parameters and Sensory Parameters Regarding Travel Behavior Based on Sensitivity Analysis by Wissam Qassim Al-Salih, Domokos Esztergár-Kiss

“…An effective way to optimize decision-making regarding the transport mode choice in the transportation system is improving or changing the travel cost, the travel time, or some other travel characteristics by using sensitivity analysis. …”
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