Feature Engineering to Embed Process Knowledge: Analyzing the Energy Efficiency of Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking by Quantum Zhuo, Mansour N. Al-Harbi, Petrus C. Pistorius

“…Trends from Shapley dependence analysis (applied to the XGBoost model) are quantitatively consistent with theoretical trends. These include the energy needed to melt slag, and the endothermic effect of carbon additions. …”
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Anthropomorphic service recovery: the panacea following service failure of automated CSAs by Nobukhosi Dlodlo

“…Research design, approach and method: A scenario-based quantitative survey was distributed as a hyperlink, yielding 287 valid participants. …”
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SCO and BRICS in an emerging multipolar world order by D. V. Malyshev

“…The author notes that in the last few years, BRICS have been actively expanding both quantitatively by including more and more new countries in the association, and qualitatively, exploring new forms and areas of cooperation. …”
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Internal Parasites of Pigs and Worm Control Practices in Bamboutos, Western Highlands of Cameroon by Marc K. Kouam, Fabrice D. Ngueguim, Vaia Kantzoura

“…Thus, 324 pigs from 50 small scale farms were sampled for feces which were qualitatively and quantitatively examined for parasite eggs, cysts, or oocysts. …”
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Validated UPLC-MS/MS Method for Determination of Futibatinib and Its Pharmacokinetics in Beagle Dogs by Heng Li, Hao-Zhe Ding, Yi-Lin Wang, Feng Zhang, Ya-Hao Song, Xiang-Jun Qiu

“…Futibatinib had a good linear relationship in the linear range of 0.5∼100 ng/mL; the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) was 0.5 ng/mL. The RSDs of the intraday and interday precision were all less than 10.70%, and the RE value of accuracy was between −3.87% and 3.28%. …”
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Multifractal Analysis of Temporal Variation in Soil Pore Distribution by Yanhui Jia, Yayang Feng, Xianchao Zhang, Xiulu Sun

“…Soil structure, a critical indicator of soil quality, significantly influences agricultural productivity by impacting on the soil’s capacity to retain and deliver water, nutrients, and salts. Quantitative study of soil structure has always been a challenge because it involves complex spatial-temporal variability. …”
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Optimized PCF architectures for THz detection of aquatic pathogens: Enhancing water quality monitoring. by Diponkar Kundu, Nasir Uddin Badhon, A H M Iftekharul Ferdous, Md Safiul Islam, Md Galib Hasan, Khalid Sifulla Noor, Most Momtahina Bani

“…A photonic crystal fiber sensor that takes into account the dangers of aquatic bacteria has been suggested, and its optical characteristics in the THz range have been quantitatively assessed. The PCF sensor was designed and examined as computed in Comsol Multiphysics, a program in which uses the method of "Finite Element Method" (FEM). …”
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Modifications of the maximum expiratory flow in bronchial asthma treatment using Intal and Ketotifeno. by Belkis M. Vicente Sánchez, Nallelys Villanueva Bravo, Luis M. Padrón Velásquez, Marylin Aroche Quintana

“…<strong>Introduction</strong>: The studies of the lung function are essential for the diagnosis, classification and treatment of the Bronchial Asthma and inside them the mensuration of the flow maximum expiratory (FEM) it provides a quantitative value of the obstruction of the air roads. …”
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Phytochemical Constituents and Biological Activities of Jasonia glutinosa L.: The First Report for the Plant Growing in North Africa by Hamdoon A. Mohammed, Abdulnaser Kh. Abdulkarim, Abdullah D. Alamami, Fatma A. Elshibani

“…The phytochemical investigation was conducted by the spectrophotometric quantitative assay and the LC-MS analysis. The analysis revealed the presence of 14.67 and 46.72 mg/g of the total phenolics and flavonoids equivalent to gallic acid and rutin, respectively. …”
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Innovative Technology Applications in Science Education: Digital Holography by Hanne Turk, Munise Seckin-Kapucu

“…The method used in the study was sequential explanatory approach, which is a mixed research method in which quantitative and qualitative methods are used together. …”
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Peripheral Nerve Ultrasonography in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy and Multifocal Motor Neuropathy: Correlations with Clinical and Neurophysiological Dat... by Aristide Merola, Michela Rosso, Alberto Romagnolo, Erdita Peci, Dario Cocito

“…Greater extent of quantitative and qualitative US alterations was observed in patients at intermediate versus higher functional disability and in nerves with demyelinating versus axonal damage. …”
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Medical versus surgical methods of early abortion: protocol for a systematic review and environmental scan of patient decision aids by Rachel Thompson, Kyla Z Donnelly

“…We plan to undertake a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature to identify, appraise and describe the impact of early abortion method decision aids evaluated quantitatively (Part I), and an environmental scan to identify and appraise other early abortion method decision aids developed in the US (Part II).Methods and analysis For the systematic review, we will search PubMed, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsycINFO databases for articles describing experimental and observational studies evaluating the impact of an early abortion method decision aid on women's decision-making processes and outcomes. …”
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Caregiver’s experiences with a mobile-based educational program and its impact on dietary treatment compliance of children with methylmalonic acidemia: an online survey by Qing Luo, Chunqin Liu, Lizhou Lin, Xuehua Liu, Huifang Chen

“…Subsequently, the collected data was analyzed using quantitative methods. Results Children with MMA aged over 5 years were more likely to present a lower level of dietary treatment compliance compared to those under 1 year old. …”
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Notes on peripeteic when clauses by Graham Ranger

“…On trouvera, enfin, que le fonctionnement du when de péripétie relève d’un processus de réanalyse selon laquelle l’instabilité quantitative de la lexis marquée comme la subordonnée la rend inapte à jouer un rôle de repère. …”
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Establishing thresholds for swing transparency at the knee during gait to inform exoskeleton design. by Chase W Mathews, Delaney A Clawson, Karl E Zelik

“…These values provide useful benchmarks for defining quantitative design requirements for knee exoskeletons intended for locomotor activities.…”
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Storytelling Marketing Design of Wanaland Coffee Roastery To Improve Brand Awareness by Muhammad Chosasih Mahendra, Retnaningsih, Adhitya Rahmana

“…Design/methodology/approach: Data was collected through in-depth interviews, online surveys, and literature studies. Quantitative data processing and descriptive statistics results are then analyzed using value chain analysis tools, brand awareness pyramids, and marketing storytelling. …”
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Nurses Monitor Medication with a Schedule for Undrop-Out Program (SRAGAM) for TBC Clients by Andi Rinaldo, Aprina Aprina

“…The purpose is to determine the effect of SRAGAM on increasing patient adherence. Research is a quantitative one-group pretest-posttest with a control group preexperimental design. …”
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Perspective of Pain Clinicians in Three Global Cities on Local Barriers to Providing Care for Chronic Noncancer Pain Patients by S. Fatima Lakha, Peri Ballantyne, Hanan Badr, Mubina Agboatwala, Angela Mailis, Peter Pennefather

“…A cross-sectional prospective survey design was used, and data were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative content analysis. Key informants were pain clinicians (n = 4 women and 8 men) responsible for outputs of specialized pain clinics in academic hospital settings in three global cities: Toronto, Kuwait, and Karachi. …”
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Embedded Rough-Neck Helmholtz Resonator Low-Frequency Acoustic Attenuator by Xianming Sun, Tao Yu, Lipeng Wang, Yunshu Lu, Changzheng Chen

“…To achieve low-frequency absorption within a limited spatial volume, this study proposes an embedded Helmholtz resonator featuring a roughened neck and establishes a numerical computational model that incorporates thermos viscous effects. A quantitative investigation is conducted on three types of embedded rough-neck geometries (rectangular-grooved, triangular-grooved, and undulated) to elucidate their acoustic performance, with particular attention to differences in acoustic transmission loss and acoustic impedance characteristics. …”
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Association between oxidative balance score and gallstone disease: a population-based study from NHANES by Mengmeng Zhang, Aiming Yang

“…We used weighted logistic regression, restricted cubic splines (RCS), weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression and the Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) model to identify the relationship between OBS and gallstones. …”
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