Estimation of bed shear stress and settling velocity with inertial dissipation method of suspended sediment concentration in cohesive sediment environments by Jongwi Chang, Guan-hong Lee, Ojudoo Darius Ajama, Wenjian Li

“…In cohesive environments, this method captures trends in shear stress induced by current velocity and incorporates influences from sediment concentration. …”
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Design and implementation of a lab-on-a-chip for assisted reproductive technologies by Firooz Safaefar, Javad Karamdel, Hadi Veladi, Masoud Maleki

“…Additionally, it effectively captures and immobilizes the oocytes, aiding in assessing their quality and facilitating the injection of sperm into the oocyte. …”
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CO₂/CH₄ and CO₂/CO Selective Pebax-1657 Based Composite Hollow Fiber Membranes Prepared by a Novel Dip-Coating Technique by Dionysios S. Karousos, George V. Theodorakopoulos, Francesco Chiesa, Stéphan Barbe, Mirtat Bouroushian, Evangelos P. Favvas

“…Overall, this study introduces a novel approach for scaling up the fabrication of HF membranes and provides valuable insights into their application in CO₂ separation technologies, offering the potential for advancements in areas such as natural gas processing and carbon capture from CO-containing streams.…”
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A review of methodologies for research uptake in eco-health projects conducted in rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa by Tafadzwa Mindu, Moses John Chimbari, Resign Gunda

“…The study concluded that to enhance research uptake in communities, innovative methods which capture the context of the communities involved need to be used. …”
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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

“…This purified input dataset is used in the DPRNNs model, where both short and long-term temporal dependencies in the data are captured well. NiOA is utilized to tune those parameters; as a result, the prediction accuracy is quite spectacular. …”
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The differentiation state of small intestinal organoid models influences prediction of drug-induced toxicity by Jessica A. Klein, Julia D. Heidmann, Tomomi Kiyota, Aaron Fullerton, Kimberly A. Homan, Julia Y. Co

“…Traditional in vitro models using transformed cell lines do not capture this cellular complexity, and often fail to predict intestinal toxicity. …”
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High power impulse magnetron sputtering deposited virucide and antibacterial CrN-Cu films and the durability of the antimicrobial activity by Santiago Domínguez-Meister, Janire Mediavilla, Anastasia Dianova, Noelia Álvarez, Sara Insausti, Edurne Rujas, Jose L. Nieva, Marta Brizuela, Iñigo Braceras

“…The antimicrobial activity actually rose when the surfaces were subjected to repeated cleaning processes, indication of the robust durability in relevant practical environments.…”
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Short-term residential load forecasting via transfer learning and multi-attention fusion for EVs’ coordinated charging by Shuhua Gao, Yuanbin Liu, Jing Wang, Zhengfang Wang, Xu Wenjun, Renfeng Yue, Ruipeng Cui, Yong Liu, Xuezhong Fan

“…Although many load forecasting methods have emerged in recent years, these methods face two significant challenges: effectively capturing the impact of special events on load and requiring a substantial amount of historical data for model training. …”
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A two-strain HIV-1 mathematical model to assess the effects of chemotherapy on disease parameters by Tinevimbo Shiri, Winston Garira, Senelani D. Musekwa

“…We present a two-strain HIV mathematical model that captures the dynamics of the immune system and two HIV-1 variants under antiretroviral therapy. …”
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Vibration Frequencies Extraction of the Forth Road Bridge Using High Sampling GPS Data by Jian Wang, Xiaolin Meng, Changbiao Qin, Jiaohong Yi

“…The results show that GPS not only can capture absolute 3D deflections reliably, but also can be used to extract the frequency response accurately. …”
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A Semi-analytical Model for Stellar Evolution in AGN Disks by Alexander J. Dittmann, Matteo Cantiello

“…Disks of gas accreting onto supermassive black holes may host numerous stellar-mass objects, formed within the disk or captured from a nuclear star cluster. We present a simplified model of stellar evolution in these dense environments, which exhibits exceptional agreement with full stellar evolution calculations at a minuscule fraction of the cost. …”
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Nonuniformity Correction Method of Infrared Detector Based on Statistical Properties by Li Dandan, Ding Xiang, Chai Mengyang, Ma Chao, Sun Dexin

“…The images captured by a plane-array type infrared detector, formed by integrating a large-scale probe array and readout circuits via interconnection, is distorted by two types of superimposed nonuniform noises caused by the probe and readout circuitry. …”
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Seropositive patients’ characterization to the human immunodeficiency virus. Cienfuegos Municipality, 2017-2021 by Aliuska Tamayo Verdecia, Lizette Rodríguez Fernández, Miriela Roque Gutiérrez, Caridad Geanicet Díaz Sánchez, Sadis Suarez del Villar Seuret, Martha Morales Carmenate

“…According to sexual orientation, homosexuals occupied 58.2%, and 32.1% belonged to the research group captured.<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: seropositive cases to the human immunodeficiency virus decreased significantly in the last five years, where patients of young adulthood were the most affected, as well as men who have sex with other men.…”
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Continuous Flow Controlled Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Pulsed Mixing Microfluidic System by Guojun Liu, Xuhao Yang, Yan Li, Zhigang Yang, Wen Hong, JianFang Liu

“…To prepare the gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with uniform sizes, fine morphology, and good monodispersity, a pulsed mixing microfluidic system based on PZT actuation was presented. The system includes PZT micropump and Y type micromixer. …”
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Pregnancy in an Asymptomatic Woman with Porencephalic and Arachnoid Cysts by Franco Pepe, Gianmarco Marchese, Gabriele Giuseppe Pepe, Elisabetta Zambrotta, Giulio Insalaco, Claudia Garraffo, Valeria La Rosa

“…She was not able to describe the therapy for seizure preventions and even when and why it was suspended, but she affirmed that no residual neurological consequences were detected in the following years. Actually, the pregnant woman was in good health without neurological symptoms nor assumed any therapy. …”
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Corrosion Monitoring of Flexible Metallic Substrates for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Trystan Watson, Gavin Reynolds, David Wragg, Geraint Williams, David Worsley

“…The second method uses digital image capture to extract colour intensity data. Whilst the two methods provide very similar kinetic data on corrosion, the photographic method has the advantage that it can be used to image multiple samples in large arrays for rapid screening and is also relatively low cost. …”
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Artificial neural network TSR for optimization of actinomycin production by Marzieh Lamtar-Gholipoor, Soheil Fakheri, Mahmoud Alimoradi

“…Traditional optimization techniques, such as Response Surface Methodology (RSM), often fall short of capturing the complex, non-linear interactions between medium components. …”
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Heritage Impact Assessment Index Within Urban Development Context: The Case of Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan in Iran by Baharak Ashrafi, Michael Kloos, Christa Reicher

“…In drawing upon this example, a systematic and integrated impact assessment procedure is developed to capture a broad category of potential impacts and their significance that is crucial for determining site-specific mitigation strategies and informed decision-making within the context of heritage management and sustainable urban development.…”
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Local feature encoding for unknown presentation attack detection: An analysis of different local feature descriptors by Lázaro J. González‐Soler, Marta Gomez‐Barrero, Jascha Kolberg, Leonardo Chang, Airel Pérez‐Suárez, Christoph Busch

“…In order to address that threat, the existing presentation attack detection (PAD) methods have reported a high detection performance when materials used for the fabrication of PAIs and capture devices are known. However, for more complex and realistic scenarios where one of those factors remains unknown, these PAD methods are unable to correctly separate a PAI from a real fingerprint (i.e. bona fide presentation). …”
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Dextran-Polyacrylamide as Matrices for Creation of Anticancer Nanocomposite by G. Telegeev, N. Kutsevol, V. Chumachenko, A. Naumenko, P. Telegeeva, S. Filipchenko, Yu. Harahuts

“…It was shown that these nanoparticles are actively captured by phagocytic cells and that they are not cytotoxic. …”
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