The Effect of Child Abuse on University Student’s Psychological Status: A Retrospective study by Pary M. Azize, Farida A. Kadir, Lavin Luqman Othman

“…Child abuse is classified into four categories; physical, sexual, mental and neglect. This paper will study and discuss the rate of depression caused by child abuse at the time of the abuse, the data collected from the first section of the survey, which consisted of two categorical questions. …”
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Surface Contaminant Control Technologies to Improve Laser Damage Resistance of Optics by Xiaofeng Cheng, Xinxiang Miao, Hongbin Wang, Lang Qin, Yayun Ye, Qun He, Zhiqiang Ma, Longbiao Zhao, Shaobo He

“…For the high-power solid-state laser facilities, contamination control focuses on the slab amplifiers, spatial filters, and final-optical assemblies. In this paper, an effective solution to control contaminations including the whole process of the laser driver is put forward to provide the safe operation of laser facilities, and the detailed technical methods of contamination control such as washing, cleanliness metrology, and cleanliness protecting are also introduced to reduce the probability of laser-induced damage of optics. …”
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Biodiversity and specificity of planktonic ciliate communities from the zone of Volga and Kama Rivers confluence by S.V. Bykova, V.V. Zharikov

“…This paper is devoted to the study of free-living ciliates and generalization of data on their development in the reservoirs of the Volga and Kama confluence zone, i.e., directly in the Kuibyshev Reservoir and in other reservoirs adjacent to its basin considered as sources of the potential diversity of ciliates in the region. …”
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Study on the insulation performance of C5F10O gas mixture in cold climates by Runlong Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang, Zhilei Xu, Keliang Dong, Jinfeng Zheng, Shicheng Feng, Zhaolin Zhou, Hui Zhu

“…In order to determine the parameter information that satisfies both the liquefaction temperature and insulating properties of C5F10O gas mixtures in cold climates, this paper establishes a simulation model for C5F10O gas mixtures. …”
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A Block-Based and Highly Parallel CNN Accelerator for Seed Sorting by Xiaoting Sang, Zhenghui Hu, Huanyu Li, Chunlei Li, Zhoufeng Liu

“…Therefore, a block-based and highly parallel MobileNetV2 accelerator is proposed in this paper. First, a hardware-friendly quantization method that uses only fixed-point operation is designed to reduce resource consumption. …”
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A review of photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) technology applied in building environment control by Xuhui Cao, Niansi Li, Yulin Li, Lei Che, Bendong Yu, Huifang Liu

“…The present work mainly investigates the application of PV/T in building environment in the past ten years, and reports a variety of application cases of PV/T technology combined with building systems to regulate indoor comfort and improve indoor environment. In addition, this paper reviews the simulation and experimental works of different building solar integrated PV/T systems and puts forward the prospect and suggestion for future research.…”
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Study of different thermal management systems for traction batteries to obtain vehicle lightweighting by Giulia Sandrini, Daniel Chindamo, Marco Gadola, Andrea Candela, Paolo Magri

“…So, it is useful to reduce the energy consumption through appropriate strategies, for example by means of the vehicle lightweighting. In this paper we focus on the battery pack lightweighting by considering different passive battery cooling systems as a replacement for the standard active one. …”
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Intertextuality in Selected Narrative Poems of Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí by Arinpe Adejumo, Adefemi Akinseloyin

“…Using intertextuality approach, this paper, therefore, examines the interplay of the text, context and the writer in selected poems of Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí with a view to determining the correlation between the Yorùbá oral poetic genres and the written form in Fálétí’s poetry and determining the continuity of the oral poetic genre in the written form. …”
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INFLUENCE OF IONIZING IRRADIATION ON THE PARAMETERS OF ZN NANOTUBES ARRAYS FOR DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS ELEMENTS by D. B. Kadyrzhanov, M. V. Zdorovets, A. L. Kozlovskiy, A. V. Petrov, V. D. Bundyukova, A. E. Shumskaya, E. Yu. Kaniukov

“…The aim of the study is establishing the possibility of using Zn nanotube arrays as a basis for design compact and lightweight elements of flexible electronics, including operating under influence of ionizing irradiation.The paper presents the results of the synthesis of Zn nanotubes obtained by electrochemical deposition in the pores of polymer matrices and the study of their structural and electrophysical properties after directional modification by ionizing radiation with different doses. …”
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Left-Deviating Prism Adaptation in Left Neglect Patient: Reflexions on a Negative Result by Jacques Luauté, Sophie Jacquin-Courtois, Jacinta O'Shea, Laure Christophe, Gilles Rode, Dominique Boisson, Yves Rossetti

“…No significant modification of attentional paper-and-pencil tasks was either observed immediately or 2 hours after prism adaptation. …”
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Effect of Shear Displacement on the Directivity of Permeability in 3D Self-Affine Fractal Fractures by Richeng Liu, Na Huang, Yujing Jiang, Hongwen Jing, Bo Li, Yuxuan Xia

“…The effect of shear displacement on the directivity of permeability in fractures is studied in this paper. The studied fracture surface has 3D self-affine fractal characteristics that are created using the modified successive random addition (SRA) method. …”
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Optimal power generation of proton exchange membrane fuel cell using ANFIS based MPPT algorithm by Devakirubakaran S, Bharatiraja C, Narasimha Prasad T, Praveen Kumar B, Shitharth S

“…The detailed simulation analysis and results are presented in this paper.…”
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Analysis of inductive power transfer systems by metamodeling techniques by Pei, Yao, Pichon, Lionel, Bensetti, Mohamed, Le Bihan, Yann

“…This paper presents some metamodeling techniques to analyze the variability of the performances of an inductive power transfer (IPT) system, considering the sources of uncertainty (misalignment between the coils, the variation in air gap, and the rotation on the receiver). …”
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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ADOPTION OF INTEGRATED SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES BY SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN NAMTUMBO DISTRICT, TANZANIA by Hija Walad Mwatawala, Estherbella Martin Burian

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Predicting carbon dioxide emissions using deep learning and Ninja metaheuristic optimization algorithm by Anis Ben Ghorbal, Azedine Grine, Ibrahim Elbatal, Ehab M. Almetwally, Marwa M. Eid, El-Sayed M. El-Kenawy

“…Abstract This paper provides a novel approach to estimating CO₂ emissions with high precision using machine learning based on DPRNNs with NiOA. …”
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Experimental and Simulation Study on Breaking Rock under Coupled Static Loading and Ultrasonic Vibration by Yan Zhao, Congshan Zhang, Zengzeng Zhang, Ke Gao, Dajun Zhao, Zihang Sun, Xiaoshu Lv, Yu Zhou, Guobing Zhai

“…Numerical simulation and laboratory experimental methods were used in this paper to study the damage and fracture characteristics of rock under static loading and ultrasonic vibration. …”
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Calibration of the Falcon Solid‐state Energetic Electron Detector (SEED) by R. Cress, C. A. Maldonado, M. Coulter, K. Haak, R. L. Balthazor, M. G. McHarg, D. Barton, K. Greene, C. D. Lindstrom

“…In addition, FalconSEED is intended to demonstrate the ability to operate a radiation sensor based on predominantly commercial off the shelf components in the geosynchronous environment. This paper describes the design, development, and calibration of FalconSEED. …”
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Enhanced Performance of Microstrip Antenna Arrays through Concave Modifications and Cut-Corner Techniques by Salah eddine Boukredine, Elhadi Mehallel, Ahcene Boualleg, Oussama Baitiche, Abdelaziz Rabehi, Mawloud Guermoui, Abdelmalek Douara, Imad Eddine Tibermacine

“… This paper presents the design and analysis of a high-performance 4×1 linear microstrip-fed antenna array optimized for wireless communication systems operating at 2.45 GHz. …”
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Optimizing Photovoltaic Panel Performance: A Comparative Study of Meta-Heuristic Algorithms by M. Sundar Rajan

“…Both contemporary and traditional generation techniques are analyzed, with hybrid algorithms gaining popularity due to their reduced computational time. This paper addresses the parameter estimation of four distinct PV panel models—PV-RTC, PV-PWP 201, PV-STM6 40/36, and PV-STP6 120/36—using a range of meta-heuristic optimization algorithms. …”
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A Framework for Cloud-Based Healthcare Services to Monitor Noncommunicable Diseases Patient by Muhammad Al-Qurishi, Mabrook Al-Rakhami, Fattoh Al-Qershi, Mohammad Mehedi Hassan, Atif Alamri, Hameed Ullah Khan, Yang Xiang

“…One of the best solutions is mobile healthcare, where patients do not need to be hospitalized under supervision of caregivers. This paper presents a new hybrid framework based on mobile multimedia cloud that is scalable and efficient and provides cost-effective monitoring solution for noncommunicable disease patient. …”
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