Comparison of Performance Measurements of Photovoltaic Modules during Winter Months in Taxila, Pakistan by Muhammad Anser Bashir, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Shahid Khalil, Muzaffar Ali, Aysha Maryam Siddiqui

“…Power output, module efficiency, and performance ratio were calculated for each module and the effect of module temperature and solar irradiance on these parameters was investigated. …”
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Unbalance Identification of Speed-Variant Rotary Machinery without Phase Angle Measurement by Cong Yue, Xingmin Ren, Yongfeng Yang, Wangqun Deng

“…The method is based on a numerical approach with modal ratio among measurement points (MRMP) coefficient and triple phase method (TPM). The veracity of calculation result is verified by an academic rotor model. …”
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Applications of DSP to Explicit Dynamic FEA Simulations of Elastically-Dominated Impact Problems by Ted Diehl, Doug Carroll, Ben Nagaraj

“…Unfortunately, the elastically-dominated impact behavior of these devices greatly increases the tendency of Explicit Dynamic methods to calculate noisy solutions containing high-frequency ringing, especially for acceleration and contact-force data. …”
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Micromechanism Underlying Nonlinear Stress-Dependent K0 of Clays at a Wide Range of Pressures by Xiang-yu Shang, Chen Yang, Guo-qing Zhou, Xiu-zhong Zheng

“…In order to investigate the mechanism underlying the reported nonlinear at-rest coefficient of earth pressure, K0 of clays at high pressure, a particle-scale model which can be used to calculate vertical and horizontal repulsion between clay particles has been proposed. …”
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PyPortOptimization: A portfolio optimization pipeline leveraging multiple expected return methods, risk models, and post-optimization allocation techniques by Rushikesh Nakhate, Harikrishnan Ramachandran, Amay Mahajan

“…Built-in Monte Carlo simulations help assess portfolio robustness, while performance metrics such as return, risk, and Sharpe ratio are calculated to evaluate optimization results. • The study compares various configured methods for each step of the portfolio optimization pipeline, including expected returns, risk-modeling and optimization techniques. • Custom Designed Allocator outperformed. …”
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A Radiative Transfer Modeling Methodology in Gas-Liquid Multiphase Flow Simulations by Gautham Krishnamoorthy, Rydell Klosterman, Dylan Shallbetter

“…A methodology for performing radiative transfer calculations in computational fluid dynamic simulations of gas-liquid multiphase flows is presented. …”
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Reevaluating Links Between Meteorite Impacts and Early Cenozoic Global Warming by A. Zorzi, S. M. Tikoo, G. C. Beroza, N. H. Sleep

“…We use shock physics hydrocode simulations and radiative forcing calculations to quantify the expected global temperature increase associated with impacts of different scales via the release of CO2 and CH4 sourced from target rocks into the atmosphere. …”
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A Unified Analysis for the Free Vibration of the Sandwich Piezoelectric Laminated Beam with General Boundary Conditions under the Thermal Environment by Guohua Gao, Ningze Sun, Dong Shao, Yongqiang Tao, Wei Wu

“…By using the method of reverberation-ray matrix to integrate and solve the governing equations, a search algorithm based on golden-section search is introduced to calculate the required frequency parameters. A series of numerical results are compared with those reported in literature studies and obtained by simulation software to verify the correctness and versatility of the search algorithm. …”
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Using an SGB Decision Tree Approach to Estimate the Properties of CRM Made by Biomass Pretreated with Ionic Liquids by Ya-Qing Gu, Tao Shu, Bin Ge, Ping Wang, Chen Gao, Hamid Heydari

“…These results show that the best forecasting tool for calculating the properties of CRMs is the developed model. …”
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Antioxidant Characterization of Oak Extracts Combining Spectrophotometric Assays and Chemometrics by Boris M. Popović, Dubravka Štajner, Ružica Ždero, Saša Orlović, Zoran Galić

“…The data of different procedures were compared and analyzed by multivariate techniques (correlation matrix calculation and principal component analysis (PCA)). …”
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Investigation of construction waste material using multi criteria decision making method: a case study in Bhutan by Khameis Mohamed Al Abdouli, Mon Bdr Sinchuri, Nima Yoezer, Nima Pakhring, Anju Chhetri, Nimesh Chettri

“…Using a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, a MCDA technique was calculated to weight the scores for the factors like frequency in occurrence, environmental impacts, and recyclability. …”
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A Fault Feature Extraction Method for Rolling Bearing Based on Intrinsic Time-Scale Decomposition and AR Minimum Entropy Deconvolution by Jiakai Ding, Liangpei Huang, Dongming Xiao, Lingli Jiang

“…Then, the sample entropy value of each PR is calculated to find the largest PRs of the sample entropy. …”
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Solar PV- and PEM electrolyzer-based green hydrogen production cost for a selected location in Bangladesh by Gour Chand Mazumder, Sakibul Hasan, Md. Saniat Rahman Zishan, Md. Habibur Rahman

“…The PV electricity cost was calculated using the HOMER Energy Software. Lifetime of the project is 25 years with a 7.48% discount rate. …”
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Adsorption of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Chromium Ions from Aqueous Solution Using a Protonated Chabazite: Preparation, Characterization, and Removal Mechanism by Laura Alejandra Pinedo-Torres, Adrián Bonilla-Petriciolet, María Elena García-Arreola, Yenetzi Villagrana-Pacheco, Ana G. Castañeda-Miranda, María Selene Berber-Mendoza

“…Steric parameters for the adsorption of these ions were also calculated with a monolayer statistical physics model. …”
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Distribution and population size estimation of the moor frog Rana arvalis Nilsson, 1842 in Ljubljansko barje Nature Park, central Slovenia by David Stanković, Maja Cipot

“…The overall population size was estimated through egg mass count and is calculated to be more than 19,000 adults. All findings were distributed in two separate clusters. …”
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A Two-Scale Discretization Scheme for Mixed Variational Formulation of Eigenvalue Problems by Yidu Yang, Wei Jiang, Yu Zhang, Wenjun Wang, Hai Bi

“…For instance, when using the Mini element to solve Stokes eigenvalue problem, the resulting solution can maintain an asymptotically optimal accuracy by taking H=O(h4), and when using the Pk+1-Pk element to solve eigenvalue problems of electric field, the calculation results can maintain an asymptotically optimal accuracy by taking H=O(h3). …”
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Atomic-scale understanding of the effects of Cr and Ti on γ′ growth kinetics in the Ni–Al-X ternary system: Diffusion couple technique and DFT study by Xinyu Gao, Yuan Tian, Xin Wen, Shichang Qiao, Fengzhen Wang, Na Li, Zhikang Xia, Yongqianag Wang, Shuai Liu, Chao Yuan

“…Moreover, γ′ phase forms through an order-disorder transition, regulated by alloy type. First-principles calculations indicate that Cr and Ti favor γ′ phase formation thermodynamically and kinetically. …”
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Assessment of Fetal Autonomic Nervous System Activity by Fetal Magnetocardiography: Comparison of Normal Pregnancy and Intrauterine Growth Restriction by Akimune Fukushima, Kenji Nakai, Tomonobu Kanasugi, Miyuki Terata, Toru Sugiyama

“…The R-R interval variability was used to calculate the coefficient of variance (CVRR) and low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) ratio. …”
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Electronic Origin of Defect States in Fe-Doped LiNbO3 Ferroelectrics by Yuji Noguchi, Ryotaro Inoue, Masaru Miyayama

“…We investigate the role of Fe in the electronic structure of ferroelectric LiNbO3 by density-functional theory calculations. We show that Fe2+ on the Li site (Fe2+Li) features a displacement opposite to the direction of spontaneous polarization and acts as a trigger for the bulk photovoltaic (PV) effect. …”
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An Improved Adaptive Parallel Genetic Algorithm for the Airport Gate Assignment Problem by Bingjie Liang, Yongliang Li, Jun Bi, Cong Ding, Xiaomei Zhao

“…Moreover, different instances are presented to demonstrate the proposed algorithm. The calculation results of this algorithm are compared with those of standard genetic algorithm and CPLEX, which show that the proposed algorithm has better performance and takes a shorter computational time. …”
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