Development of a Driving Cycle for Fuzhou Using K-Means and AMPSO by Minrui Zhao, Hongni Gao, Qi Han, Jiaang Ge, Wei Wang, Jue Qu

“…On that basis, the K-means clustering method is used to cluster the dimensionally reduced data, and the adaptive mutation particle swarm optimization (AMPSO) algorithm is employed to select the optimal fragments from candidate fragments to develop a driving cycle. …”
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Molecular Characterization of Chicken Anemia Virus Circulating in Chicken Flocks in Egypt by Mohammed AboElkhair, Alaa G. Abd El-Razak, Abd Elnaby Y. Metwally

“…The target region for sequencing was 675 bp nucleotide of partial coding region of VP1 protein. The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the detected CAV were aligned and compared to worldwide CAV isolates including commonly used vaccine strains. …”
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Modelo organizativo para la planificación y desarrollo de la tutoría universitaria en el marco del proceso de convergencia europea en Educación Superior by Rufino CANO GONZÁLEZ

“…Tal vez hoy se nos presente, más cierta que nunca, la necesidad ineludible de una reflexión en tiempo real que nos permita renovar y, consecuentemente, redefinir la misión y el modelo de Universidad que deseamos en términos de educación-formación-investigación, tomando como punto de partida el papel relevante que han de protagonizar en esta tarea la orientación y la acción tutorial universitaria, ambas complementarias y entendidas actualmente como una modalidad propiamente organizativa de la enseñanza (guiada) y del aprendizaje (autónomo), conceptos estrechamente vinculados a los nuevos métodos y técnicas que reclama la Universidad europea del siglo XXI.…”
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A Case of Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in a Patient with Subpontic Osseous Hyperplasia by Chiaki Tsuji, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hidenori Nakayama, Mitsuo Goto, Kenichi Kurita

“…Subpontic osseous hyperplasia (SOH) is a growth of bone occurring on the edentulous ridge beneath the pontics of fixed partial dentures (FPDs). This report describes a case of bisphosphonate- (BP-) related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) in a SOH patient followed by deciduation of the bony lesion. …”
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How Employees Choose their Commuting Transport Mode: Analysis Using the Stimulus-Organism-Response Model by Ludfi Djakfar, Melchior Bria, Achmad Wicaksono

“…The survey data were analysed using partial least squares-structural equation modelling. …”
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La carta pastoral ‟Justo Salario”: el intento de Mons. Thiel por iniciar la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia católica en Costa Rica (1893) by Ana María Schroeder Barrantes, José Aurelio Sandí Morales

“…Thiel para incorporar la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia católica en Costa Rica, acto llevado a cabo en medio de las elecciones presidenciales de 1893-1894, en las cuales participaba un partido católico. El trabajo permitió concluir que las autoridades civiles no estaban dispuestas a aceptar este tipo de participación de la clerecía por considerarla un ataque al orden social existente, por ello la atacó con diferentes formas y medios.…”
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Acquired von Willebrand Disease Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance by Sijan Basnet, Catherine Lin, Rashmi Dhital, Izza Mir, Elan Mohanty, Biswaraj Tharu, Sushil Ghimire, Dilli Ram Poudel

“…Prior history and family history of bleeding were nonsignificant. His activated partial thromboplastin time was found to be prolonged in the emergency department. …”
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Performance Evaluation and Microstructural Assessment of Industrial Solid Waste as Sustainable Additives for Expansive Soil by Muhammad Nadeem, Sami Ullah, Mohammad Arsalan Khan, Shanxiong Chen, Meshel Q. Alkahtani, Mohammad Mursaleen, Rania Salih, Dildar Ali, Li Jian, Jamal Ahmad, Saiful Islam

“…The analysis confirms enhancements in particle arrangement, reduced porosity/pore sizes, and improved bonding between soil particles, indicating the formation of calcium silicate hydrate and calcium aluminate hydrate. …”
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An Artificial Neural Network-Based Comprehensive Solar Photovoltaic Emulator by Kalaimohan Thankanadar Saraswathi, Parassuram Arumugam, Gurunandh V. Swaminathan, Somasundaram Periasamy

“…Thus, in this paper, a PVE with the ability to mimic both uniformly irradiated and partially shaded PV panels is proposed by employing artificial neural network (ANN) and piecewise-linearization technique. …”
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Stability-Indicating High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Levamisole Hydrochloride in Bulk and Dosage Forms by Amal Abdalraheem, Shaza Shantier, Imad Abureid, Elrasheed A. Gadkariem

“…The chromatographic separation was carried out on a C8 column (250 × 4.6 mm with a particle size of 5 micrometer) using a mixture of phosphate buffer pH 8.0 and acetonitrile (70 : 30 v/v) as the mobile phase pumped at a flow rate of 1.5 ml/min with UV detection at 215 nm. …”
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Análise empírica nas fachadas envidraçadas: aplicação do filme de polímeros termocrômicos integrado no vidro para conforto térmico e lumínico by Hilma Ferreira, Jullyene Costa, Tarciana Andrade, Amilton Arruda

“…Este artigo realiza uma análise qualitativa de dois projetos, começando pela identificação das envoltórias como ponto de partida, seguida pela escolha das tipologias de vidro e, finalmente, pela análise comparativa com foco na redução da exposição solar nos espaços internos. …”
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Modeling and Control of the Public Opinion: An Agree-Disagree Opinion Model by Sara Bidah, Omar Zakary, Mostafa Rachik

“…Finally, a global sensitivity analysis is carried out based on the partial rank correlation coefficient method and the Latin hypercube sampling to study the influence of various parameters on the objective functional and to identify the most influential parameters.…”
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Investigation of Two-Dimensional Viscoelastic Fluid with Nonuniform Heat Generation over Permeable Stretching Sheet with Slip Condition by Haroon Ur Rasheed, Zeeshan Khan, Saeed Islam, Ilyas Khan, Juan L. G. Guirao, Waris Khan

“…Here, in this research article, we have investigated an incompressible viscoelastic fluid flow over a uniform stretching surface sheet along with slip boundary conditions in the presence of porous media. …”
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Digital Skills and Motivation in Sales Careers: Bridging Job Attractiveness and Career Intentions by Claudia-Elena Țuclea, Diana-Maria Vrânceanu, Laurențiu-Dan Anghel, Vlad Diaconescu

“…A sample of 671 business and engineering students participated in an online survey; data analysis was performed by using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (SEM-PLS). …”
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Effect of Inoculated Fermentation with Lactic Acid Bacteria on the Quality of Fermented Beef-Soybean Paste by ZOU Jinhao, SHEN Hongyun, LONG Zhengyu, YANG Huaigu, TANG Daobang

“…By calculation of relative odor activity value (ROAV) as well as using orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA), it was found that inoculated fermentation with lactic acid bacteria changed the composition of key volatile flavor compounds in the paste, with Lp-Pp inoculation promoting the generation of ethyl octanoate, isovaleraldehyde, benzaldehyde and phenylacetaldehyde, thereby contributing to the good flavor of the paste. …”
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Synthesis of NiO/Y2O3/ZrO2 Catalysts Prepared by One-Step Polymerization Method and Their Use in the Syngas Production from Methane by Yvan J. O. Asencios, Elisabete M. Assaf

“…In this work, the production of Syngas (H2/CO) from oxidative reforming of methane (ORM) and partial oxidation of methane (POM) over NiO/Y2O3/ZrO2 catalysts was studied. …”
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Mathematical Analysis of Malaria Epidemic: Asymptotic Stability With Cost-Effectiveness Study by Sacrifice Nana-Kyere, Baba Seidu, Kwara Nantomah

“…With the Latin hypercube sampling and partial rank correlation coefficient method, the uncertainty in R0 is computed with a 95% confidence interval, with the mean, and 5th and 95th percentiles, respectively, simulated as 0.143788, 0.01545, and 0.41491. …”
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Effect of Fragmentation on Pore Structures and Fractal Characteristics of Intact Coal and Deformed Coal Based on Experiments by Mingjie Li, Shouqing Lu, Chengfeng Wang, Jie Liu, Jiang Shi, Taibiao Bei

“…The differences in pore characteristics of intact coal and deformed coal under different particle size conditions were analyzed from pore shapes, pore size distributions, and fractal dimensions. …”
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PATTERN OF DEMAND FOR MAKING DENTURES AT DENTAL LABORATORY IN SURABAYA CITY, INDONESIA by Okti Setyowati, Sujati Sujati, Sri Wahjuni

“…Fixed porcelain denture are mostly made by a dental laboratory when compared with a removable partial denture acrylic resin.…”
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A Structural Bioinformatics-Guided Study of Adenosine Triphosphate-Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters and Their Substrates by Iqra Younus, Robert C. Ford, Stephen M. Prince

“…The top-scoring ABC transporters’ orthologs (<i>Mus musculus</i>—mouse ABCB5, <i>Ailuropoda melanoleuca</i>—giant panda ABCB6, <i>Myotis lucifugus</i>—little brown bat ABCG1 and <i>Mus musculus</i> ABCG4) were then expressed in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> with a combined green fluorescent protein and polyhistidine tag, enabling visualisation and purification. After partial purification and in the presence of the detergent (n-dodecyl-β-D-maltoside), the kinetic parameters of the ATP hydrolysis reactions of the orthologs were determined, as well as the extent of stimulation of their activity when presented with putative substrates. …”
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