Investigation of the Stage Performance and Flow Fields in a Centrifugal Compressor with a Vaneless Diffuser by Ahti Jaatinen-Värri, Aki Grönman, Teemu Turunen-Saaresti, Jari Backman

“…The main finding of the work is that the pinch reduces losses in the impeller associated with the tip-clearance flow. …”
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The Crop Insurance Systems in Poland Towards the EU by Agnieszka Parlińska, Maria Parlińska

“…The increasing number of unfavorable conditions of agricultural production causes the farmers to suffer severe losses in their activity. At the same time, the increase in the profitability of agricultural production, the support of numerous European Union funds, led to increased interest in insurance as an instrument supporting agricultural risk management. …”
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Modeling of Random Delays in Networked Control Systems by Yuan Ge, Qigong Chen, Ming Jiang, Yiqing Huang

“…In networked control systems (NCSs), the presence of communication networks in control loops causes many imperfections such as random delays, packet losses, multipacket transmission, and packet disordering. …”
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Photovoltaic Power System with an Interleaving Boost Converter for Battery Charger Applications by Sheng-Yu Tseng, Cheng-Tao Tsai

“…Therefore, active switches of the charger can be operated with zero-voltage transition (ZVT) to decrease switching losses and increase conversion efficiency. In order to draw the maximum power from PV arrays and obtain the optimal power control of the battery charger, a perturbation-and-observation method and microchip are incorporated to implement maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm and power management. …”
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Damping of Linear Nonadiabatic MHD Waves in a Flowing Prominence Medium by Nagendra Kumar, Anil Kumar, Himanshu Sikka, Pradeep Kumar

“…The adiabaticity is removed by including the optically thin radiative losses, thermal conduction, and heating term in energy equation. …”
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The ripple effects of fraud on businesses: costs, reputational damage, and legal consequences by Bushra Salman Husain Al-Obaidi, Rafeef Shaalan Al-Kareem, Ahmed Taher Kadhim, Halina Korchova

“…The results indicate that fraud significantly affects business operations, leading to substantial financial losses, legal repercussions, and damage to the company's reputation. …”
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Macroeconomic costs of gender gaps: the case of Mexico by David Cuberes, Marc Teignier

“…In line with our previous research, the occupational choice model predicts substantial losses in the country’s income per capita. Gender gaps in the Mexican labor market, especially in labor force participation, represent a 22% fall in total output. …”
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Investigating smart water distribution via sensor networks: a brief examination by Dmitriy Vladislav

“…An attempt is made in this place studies illustrations to justify water encumber customers; facts losses, able to be contracted helping cure selections and moreover to build a clean, reliable and unfamiliar water transfer finish. …”
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Economic and image impacts of summer Olympic games in tourist destinations: a literature review by Luciana Brandão Ferreira, Marina Toledo de Arruda Lourenção, Janaina de Moura Engracia Giraldi, Jorge Henrique Caldeira de Oliveira

“…The studies indicate economic and image gains and losses from hosting the games. As positive aspects, most of the studies mention those coming from Olympic spending that provided long-term gains for the resident population in the host locality and related to tourist activity. …”
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Polyurethane Nanofiber Membranes for Waste Water Treatment by Membrane Distillation by T. Jiříček, M. Komárek, T. Lederer

“…Self-sustained electrospun polyurethane nanofiber membranes were manufactured and tested on a direct-contact membrane distillation unit in an effort to find the optimum membrane thickness to maximize flux rate and minimize heat losses across the membrane. Also salt retention and flux at high salinities up to 100 g kg−1 were evaluated. …”
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Thermal Analysis of the Solar Dish Array Concentrator System by Yaseen H. Mahmood, R. Y. J. Al-Salih, Saif Amer Mahdi, Abdelrahman Mohamed Ibrahim

“…The best characterizations of the system are the focal length 1.25 m, concentration ratio 103, optical power 1.2 kW, losses 0.2 kW, and efficiency 60–70%.…”
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Reconfigurable and Tunable Metamaterials: A Review of the Theory and Applications by Jeremiah P. Turpin, Jeremy A. Bossard, Kenneth L. Morgan, Douglas H. Werner, Pingjuan L. Werner

“…Limitations posed by the metamaterial operational bandwidth and losses can be effectively mitigated through the incorporation of tunable elements into the metamaterial devices. …”
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Optimal Strategy of Supply Chain considering Interruption Insurance by Rong Yu, Zhong Wu, Shaojian Qu

“…The interruption of supply chain caused by unexpected events results in great economic losses. In this paper, we consider that the supply chain risk management consists of a manufacturer and a retailer faced with demand and supply uncertainties caused by the interruption of supply chain. …”
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Complete Whole Genome Sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus RP0132 Strain Isolated from Shrimp in Malaysia by Ke-Yan Loo, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Kah-Ooi Chua, Priyia Pusparajah, Learn-Han Lee, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…Its perilous co-existence with aquatic animals increases the risk of infections and diseases, especially those in aquaculture systems, thus resulting in reduced production and economic losses in the aquaculture industry. Moreover, V. parahaemolyticus can be easily transmitted to humans via consumption of contaminated seafood, resulting in gastroenteritis outbreaks. …”
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Resilient Multi-Agent Systems Against Denial of Service Attacks via Adaptive and Activatable Network Layers by Deepalakshmi Babu Venkateswaran, Zhihua Qu

“…This paper tackles the challenge of maintaining resilience in multi-agent systems under Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by proposing a robust architecture that includes an instantaneous detection algorithm for connectivity losses and a dynamic system to activate backup network layers when disruptions occur. …”
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Seismic Damage Rapid Assessment of Road Networks considering Individual Road Damage State and Reliability of Road Networks in Emergency Conditions by Jinlong Liu, Hanxi Jia, Junqi Lin, Heng Hu

“…Road networks are one of the vital components of a transportation system that influence the traffic capacity and disaster losses after the earthquakes. The road network reliability is crucial for the postearthquake emergency decision-making. …”
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Hidden Markov models and neural networks in formation of investment portfolio by P.A. Novikov, R.R. Valiev

“…In this regard, it is desired to build models that minimize losses in the formation of an investment portfolio under the conditions of economic fluctuations. …”
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ABOUT THE BORROWING VICARIOUS MATERIAL IN SCIENCE AND IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS (DISCUSSION) by Stanislav A. Lipski

“…Ignoring these issues will cause considerable damage to higher education and even greater losses to science.…”
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The analysis of the effect of high-speed ammonia low-speed compressor stage on the processes of reverse expansion and suction in wet steam region by D. Kh. Sadvakasov, G. I. Chernov, V. L. Yusha

“…A computational and parametric analysis of the effect of the piston speed on the performance losses of the compressor stage and on the degree of dryness of ammonia at the end of the suction process is performed, taking into account the existing uncertainty factors both in terms of the choice of methods for calculating heat exchange processes and in terms of the choice of initial and initial conditions.…”
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Survey of the intelligent and connected vehicle cybersecurity by Wufei WU, Renfa LI, Gang ZENG, Yong XIE, Guoqi XIE

“…Cyber attacks on vehicles not only cause privacy leaks and economic losses but also endanger human life and even rise to national public safety issues.Therefore,the research on the cybersecurity of intelligent and connected vehicle (ICV) has become a research hot spot.Firstly,the structural status and characteristics of the in-vehicle network (IVN) in ICV were introduced,and the challenges and constraints of cybersecurity enhancement design for IVN were also presented.Secondly,focusing on the current functional safety and cybersecurity issues of IVN,a survey of the current cybersecurity enhancement researches for IVN was conducted.Finally,according to the characteristics of the IVN structure,some important research directions and suggestions about cybersecurity problems of ICV were pointed out from the three aspects of standard construction,functional safety and cybersecurity.…”
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