Enhancing Hospital Services: Achieving High Quality Under Resource Constraints by Mohammad Ali Beheshtinia, Masood Fathi, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Muhammad Faraz Mubarak

“…Objectives: This research aims to enhance the quality of hospital services by utilizing Quality Function Deployment (QFD) with a novel Multi-Dimensional House of Quality (MD-HOQ) approach. …”
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NSGA-II-based load resource management for frequency and voltage support by Yaxin Wang, Zhihang Zhu, Zhihong Yu, Zigan Wang

“…This is primarily due to the fluctuating and intermittent nature of renewable energy sources and the uncertain electricity demand. To address these issues, this study proposes a load resource management (LRM) method to cope with the sudden power disturbances. …”
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Hydrochar Prepared from Aquatic and Terrestrial Biomass: Comparative Analysis of Characteristics and Applications by Libing Gao, Zifei Wang, Jinyu Guo, Yifan Qiao, Shuai Wang, Mengke Cui, Xuan Zhang, Yuhan Guo, Jianghao Wang, Tong Zhang, Kenji Ogino, Bing Wang

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Research on Interference Resource Optimization Based on Improved Whale Optimization Algorithm by Xuyi Chen, Mingxi Ma, Chengkui Liu, Haifeng Xie, Shaoqi Wang

“…In this problem, this paper establishes an interference resource optimization model with radar detection probability, interference effectiveness, and interference bandwidth utilization as the objective functions. …”
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An analytical approach to assessing the spatial equity and allocation of healthcare resources in Shanghai by Hong-Yan Li, Jing Guo, Chuang-Hao Yang

“…As a comprehensive discipline integrating geography, cartography, remote sensing, and computer science, Geographic Information System (GIS) can visualize and analyze spatial information through mapping. By utilizing GIS's statistical analysis and data visualization functions, this study provides a more efficient and intuitive analysis of Shanghai's spatial healthcare resource allocation and a more comprehensive assessment of its current allocation status. …”
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Utilization of Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction for Bioactive Compounds from Floral Sources by Sepidar Seyyedi-Mansour, Pauline Donn, Maria Carpena, Franklin Chamorro, Paula Barciela, Ana Perez-Vazquez, Ana Olivia S. Jorge, Miguel A. Prieto

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Toward sustainable bioproducts from lignocellulosic biomass: Influence of chemical pretreatments on liquefied walnut shells by Jovičić Nives, Krička Tajana, Antonović Alan, Matin Božidar, Pezo Lato, Brandić Ivan, Matin Ana

“…Walnut shells find application in various production processes, offering an opportunity to mitigate environmental impacts through resource utilization. This study investigates the influence of chemical pretreatment on the properties of liquefied lignocellulosic biomass, specifically focusing on walnut shells as a prominent lignocellulosic material. …”
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Healthy function and high valued utilization of edible fungi by Yanrong Zhang, Dawei Wang, Yuetong Chen, Tingting Liu, Shanshan Zhang, Hongxiu Fan, Hongcheng Liu, Yu Li

“…Edible fungi are large fungi with high added value that can be utilized as resources. They are rich in high-quality protein, carbohydrate, various vitamins, mineral elements and other nutrients, and are characterized by high protein, low sugar, low fat and low cholesterol. …”
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Limited Microbial Contribution in Salt Lake Sediment and Water to Each Other’s Microbial Communities by Mingxian Han, Huiying Yu, Jianrong Huang, Chuanxu Wang, Xin Li, Xiaodong Wang, Liu Xu, Jingjing Zhao, Hongchen Jiang

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Aquatic insect functional traits indicate spatiotemporal changes in potential aquatic prey availability to terrestrial consumers after small dam removal by Peter E. Carlson

“…The transfer of aquatic resource subsidies into terrestrial food webs via the winged adult stages of aquatic insects is recognized as a key component in the functioning of riverine networks. …”
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AN INVESTMENT SUPPORT STRATEGY FOR HEAT SUPPLY, WATER-SUPPLY AND OVERFLOW-PIPE ENTERPRISES IN UKRAINE by L. Blinova

“…The analysis shows that the creation of regional investment funds of functioning and development of housing and public utilities as independent, non-departmental establishments is one of perspective directions in forming of additional profits for providing the concrete prior necessities of enterprises taking into account regional peculiarities. …”
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Cloud computing virtualization technology based on bandwidth resource-aware migration algorithm by Jin Zhiwei

“…The algorithm monitors bandwidth usage in real-time, identifying potential bottlenecks and considering both resource utilization and bandwidth availability when determining whether to migrate virtual machines. …”
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Identification of Main Driving Factors of Water Resources Carrying Capacity in Taiyuan City by DING Xiangyi, SHI Xiaolin, WANG Xiangqian, MEI Chao

“…Utilizing the existing evaluation results of the water resources carrying capacity of Taiyuan City,this paper qualitatively analyzed its driving factors of the city,which was based on the analysis of the critical overload/overloading causes of various dimensions including quantity,quality,domain and flow and the consideration of the current situation of water resources in Taiyuan City.The paper also quantitatively identified the driving factors influencing the water resources carrying capacity of Taiyuan City with a combination weighting method of principal component analysis,analytic hierarchy process and entropy weight method.Further,making full use of the respective advantages of qualitative analysis and quantitative identification of driving factors,the paper took the common influencing factors as the main driving factors of the water resources carrying capacity of Taiyuan City.The results indicated that the main driving factors influencing the various dimensions of water resources carrying capacity in the city included the followings:①water quantity dimension:precipitation,per capita water resources,ratio of imported water to consumed water,groundwater extraction coefficient,coefficient of effective utilization of farmland irrigation water,water consumption per 10 000 yuan of industrial added value and wastewater utilization rate;②water quality dimension:water quality compliance rate of water function zone,proportion of water quality inferior to Grade V;③water domain dimension:soil erosion control rate;④water flow dimension:proportion of river ecological water replenishment.The research results can provide references for the plan formulation of improving water resources carrying capacity in Taiyuan City.…”
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Research on optimal allocation of water and land resources in the Yiluo River Basin, China by Tianling Qin, Denghua Yan, Jun Hou, Xizhi Lv, Weizhi Li, Jianming Feng

“…It was proposed to enhance the WLR quality by strengthening the supply capacity, raising the utilization efficiency, reducing pollution, and safeguarding the ecological function. …”
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A Computational Offloading Method for Edge Server Computing and Resource Allocation Management by Muna Al-Razgan, Taha Alfakih, Mohammad Mehedi Hassan

“…The results of experiment simulation show that the proposed model can meet the response time requirements of different real-time services, improve the performance, and minimize the consumption of MD energy and the resource utilization.…”
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Sustainability assessment and improvement strategies research for typical arid and resource-developing regions. by Xudong Zhou

“…The study has guidance and reference function for the sustainable development of Xinjiang-a vital corridor of the Silk Road Economic Belt, and also provides a reference to the research work of other arid resource-based regions.…”
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An enhancement filter utilizing the modified arctangent function for the structural and tectonic interpretation of causative sources: Application to WGM2012 gravity data from the Rafsanjan Plain, Iran by Fengjun WU, Xin-Ai XU

“…In this study, we propose the Modified Arctangent Function (MAT), which enhances gravity source edge detection by integrating the total horizontal gradient with a modified arctangent function. …”
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Diversity of endophytic bacteria in mulberry (Morus spp.) scions with different genetic resources by Yun-fei Zhang, Ying-ting Qin, Ze-yu Liu, Hao-ran Zheng, Xu-dong Hu, Xi-ling Wang

“…It also offers a valuable reference for the future utilization of functional endophytic bacteria in mulberry improvement.…”
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Combined Multi-Agent and Centralized Resource Allocation in Cloud Radio Access Networks by Rehenuma Tasnim Rodoshi, Rezoan Ahmed Nazib, Chanjun Chun, Wooyeol Choi

“…The cloud radio access network (C-RAN) is a promising mobile network architecture that can meet the ever-increasing resource demand of a growing number of users. In C-RAN, base station functionalities are separated into baseband units (BBUs) and remote radio heads (RRHs), with BBUs centralized and virtualized via cloud computing. …”
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VSC Adaptive Nonuniform Sampling Approach for Resource Optimization in Networked Controlled System by Andrej Sarjaš, Dušan Gleich

“…The nonlinear control strategy utilizes a predefined sliding variable, defined by system states and a nonlinear switching function, to maintain system stability within a specified boundary. …”
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