Biomarker combinations from different modalities predict early disability accumulation in multiple sclerosis by Vinzenz Fleischer, Tobias Brummer, Muthuraman Muthuraman, Muthuraman Muthuraman, Falk Steffen, Milena Heldt, Maria Protopapa, Muriel Schraad, Gabriel Gonzalez-Escamilla, Sergiu Groppa, Stefan Bittner, Frauke Zipp

“…Two key measures from each modality were determined and related to subsequent disability progression: lesion volume (LV), gray matter volume (GMV), retinal nerve fiber layer, ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer, serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) and serum glial fibrillary acidic protein. …”
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Nasal Airway Changes after Treatment with C-Expander by Wang Xiao, Siling Liu, Yanqin Lu, Lei Lei, Ning Liu, Xiaoping Shen, Yuhong He, Ousheng Liu

“…The use of C-expander can effectively broaden the area and volume of the nasal airway, having a positive effect in the reduction of nasal resistance and improvement of nasal airway ventilation. …”
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Dietary evaluation of cinnamaldehyde supplementation with different protein energy levels and ratios in Pacific whitleg Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Andri Hendriana, Mia Setiawati, Dedi Jusadi, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Julie Ekasari, Dinamella Wahjuningrum

“…The study was conducted for 56 days in a 76 L volume aquarium using shrimps with 1.38 ± 0.01 g at 200 individuals/m3. …”
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Collecting duct NCOR1 controls blood pressure by regulating mineralocorticoid receptor by Ke Sun, Yong-Li Wang, Chen-Chen Hou, Da Shang, Lin-Juan Du, Lan Bai, Xing-Yu Zhang, Chuan-Ming Hao, Sheng-Zhong Duan

“…Further study showed that collecting duct NCOR1 deficiency aggravated volume and sodium retention after saline challenge. …”
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Segmentation of a CFRP weave structure for material characterization and simulation by Benedikt Boos, Kuo-Ching Chen, Andreas Gebhard, Martin Gurka

“…A structure-tensor-based approach, which used the 3D volume and an AI-based approach, which used the cross sections, where one fiber direction pierces the image surface, were chosen to perform the segmentation.  …”
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Development of lateral flow immunochromatographic assay with Anti-Pythium insidiosum antibodies for point-of-care testing of vascular pythiosis by Panwad Tongchai, Ati Burassakarn, Nattapong Langsiri, Navaporn Worasilchai, Ariya Chindamporn

“…Our recent findings reveal that the lateral flow sandwich immunological testing cassette can accurately identify vascular pythiosis antigens using a small volume of patient’s plasma, accomplishing diagnostic efficiency, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 8 ng/mL. …”
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Probabilistic-fuzzy programming model with chance-constrained to optimize wastewater treatment plants: A case study with the Bantul wastewater treatment plant layout by Armanda Adiqya May Dwi, Sutrisno, Sunarsih, Widowati, Kartono

“…Amid this uncertainty, the goal is to maximize the volume of wastewater treated while maintaining adequate safety margins via chance-based rules is implemented to the objective and the constraints. …”
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From Topological Optimization to Spline Layouts: An Approach for Industrial Real-Wise Parts by Carolina Vittoria Beccari, Alessandro Ceruti, Filip Chudy

“…Filters can be applied to improve the surface quality, but volume shrinking and geometry modification can be noticed. …”
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Effects of Magnetite Aggregate and Steel Powder on Thermal Conductivity and Porosity in Concrete for Nuclear Power Plant by Han-Seung Lee, Seung-Jun Kwon

“…For the work, magnetite with varying replacements of normal aggregates and steel powder of 1.5% of volume are considered, and the equivalent thermal conductivity is evaluated. …”
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Optimization and prediction of paver block properties with ceramic waste as fine aggregate using response surface methodology by G. Uday Kiran, Nakkeeran G., Dipankar Roy, George Uwadiegwu Alaneme

“…Abstract The ceramic industry produces a significant volume of ceramic waste (CW), representing around 20–30% of its the entire output. …”
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Adsorption Separation of Methyl Chloride from Nitrogen Using ZSM-5 and Mesoporous SBA-15 by Isil Toreci, F. Handan Tezel, Yang Yong, Abdelhamid Sayari

“…Adsorption isotherms were obtained by using a constant volume technique up to 1.6 atm over the temperature range 40–80°C. …”
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The Cabo de Gata-Níjar UNESCO Global Geopark (Almería, Spain). A Volcanism between Land and Sea by Gloria García del Hoyo, Teodosio Donaire Romero

“…Cabo de Gata-Níjar geopark is an exceptional volcanic zone in the western Mediterranean because of the submarine effusive volcanism and the large volume of subaerial pyroclastic deposits; volcanism developed between land and sea. …”
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Direct FVM Simulation for Sound Propagation in an Ideal Wedge by Hongyu Ji, Xinhai Xu, Xiaowei Guo, Shuai Ye, Juan Chen, Xuejun Yang

“…We present a direct finite volume method (FVM) simulation for the ideal wedge problem, and both time and frequency domain results are analyzed. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF DERIVATIVE MARKET IN 2000-2012 by E. V. Vasina

“…Trade in financial derivatives began in the OTC market, which accounts for most of the trade of derivatives. Today volumes of the OTC market of derivatives are several times greater than the volume of world trade and world GDP. …”
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