Flow rate perturbations for enhanced heat transfer and fouling mitigation in once-through steam generators by Mohan Sivagnanam, Anil K. Mehrotra, Ian D. Gates

“…Specifically, a controlled flow rate increase, doubling the baseline rate, is applied for 10 min every six hours. …”
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Hardware Evaluation of Interference Alignment Techniques Under Different Channel State Information Updating Rates by David Alejandro Urquiza Villalonga, Alejandro Lopez Barrios, Maximo Morales-Cespedes, M. Julia Fernandez-Getino Garcia

“…Then, the impact of CSI updating on the spectral efficiency and also on the bit error rate (BER) is analyzed. …”
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Sensitivity to the Representation of Wind for Wildfire Rate of Spread: Case Studies with the Community Fire Behavior Model by Masih Eghdami, Pedro A. Jiménez y Muñoz, Amy DeCastro

“…Rothermel’s fire spread model, a widely used parameterization, relies on midflame wind speed to calculate the fire rate of spread. In coupled fire atmosphere models such as the Community Fire Behavior Model (CFBM), users are required to specify the midflame height before running a fire spread simulation. …”
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Optimising Air Change Rates: A CFD Study on Mitigating Pathogen Transmission in Aircraft Cabins by Jaydon Benn, Lin Tian

“…Using ANSYS Fluent 2024, four scenarios were simulated at ACH rates of 15, 20, 25, and 30, with 4 µm pathogens injected into the cabin from a single infector. …”
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A hierarchical Bayesian approach for identifying socioeconomic factors influencing self-rated health in Japan by Makoto Nakakita, Teruo Nakatsuma

“…This study identifies socioeconomic factors that potentially influence self-rated health (SRH), an important indicator of health status, in the Japanese population. …”
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Risk Based bank rating and financial performance of Indonesian commercial banks with GCG as intervening variable by Andini Nurwulandari, Hasanudin Hasanudin, Bambang Subiyanto, Yulia Catur Pratiwi

“…This study utilizes the risk-based bank rating (RBBR) method with secondary data by examining annual reports of 41 commercial banks taken as samples for the period from 2014 to 2019. …”
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Stellar β−-decay Rate of 63Ni and Its Impact on the s-process Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars by Xin-Xu Wang, Bao-Hua Sun, Toshitaka Kajino, Zhen-Yu He, Toshio Suzuki, Dong-Liang Fang, Zhong-Ming Niu

“…The enhancement of the decay rate of ^63 Ni increases the weak s -process efficiency of nuclei after ^65 Cu.…”
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A New Method for Assessing the Rate of Biodegradation of Magnesium Alloy-Based Products in an In Vivo Experiment by Kwang Seon Shin, Alexey Drobyshev, Nikolai Redko, Kantemir Kunizhev, Aleksander Komissarov, Viacheslav Bazhenov, Zaira Gurganchova, Andrey Miterev, Yaroslav Skakunov, Dmitry Lezhnev, Oleg O. Yanushevich

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Therapeutic Anticoagulant Does not Modify Thromboses Rate Vein after Venous Reconstruction Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy by Mehdi Ouaïssi, Igor Sielezneff, Nicolas Pirro, Rémi Bon Mardion, Jean Batiste Chaix, Abdelrhame Merad, Stéphane Berdah, Vincent Moutardier, Silvia Cresti, Olivier Emungania, Loundou Anderson, Brunet Christian, Sastre Bernard

“…The aim of our study was to find out the relation between postoperative anticoagulant treatment and thrombosis rate after portal venous resection. Materials and methods. …”
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Where to build altimetry-based stage-discharge rating curves? Insights from Sentinel-3 by Yanan Zhao, Liguang Jiang

“…While numerous case studies exist, the question of which locations are preferable to build altimetry-based stage-discharge rating curves remains less studied. The goal of this study was to investigate this issue by constructing a large set of stage-discharge rating curves across the globe. …”
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Formation of the Relationship between the Exchange Rate and the Investment Yield of Pension Assets in Kazakhstan: Causes and Consequences by V. Yu. Dodonov

“…The efficiency of pension asset management, reflected in their performance, determines the stability of the funded pension system of Kazakhstan, and also has the potential to significantly affect the budget process, since the state guarantees recipients a positive real return on their pension savings and compensates from the budget for losses incurred during periods when inflation exceeds the nominal rate of return. …”
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A POSSIBILISTIC APPROACH TO CALCULATING THE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN FOR INVESTMENT PROJECTS WITH FUZZY CASH FLOWS by E. S. Volkova, V. B. Gisin

“…The internal rate of return (IRR) is among the most widely used characteristics of investment projects. …”
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Growth and Survival Rate of Redclaw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus Reared with Different Density in Recirculation System by Tatag Budiardi, D Y Irawan, Dinamella Wahjuningrum

“…Result of research showed that there are statistically difference at growth rate daily weight, coefficient of variances and feed efficiency (p0.05). …”
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Correlation of Serum Cystatin C with Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients Receiving Platinum-Based Chemotherapy by Ernesta Cavalcanti, Vittoria Barchiesi, Dionigio Cerasuolo, Flaviano Di Paola, Monica Cantile, Sabrina Chiara Cecere, Sandro Pignata, Alessandro Morabito, Raffaele Costanzo, Massimo Di Maio, Francesco Perrone

“…Serum cystatin C seems to be an accurate marker of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) compared to serum creatinine. The aim of this work was to explore the possibility of using serum cystatin C instead of serum creatinine to early predict renal failure in cancer patients who received platinum based chemotherapy. …”
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Assessment of radiographic errors and repetition rates in undergraduate endodontic education: a retrospective clinical study by Marwa Ameen, Abdul Rahman Saleh, Dunia Alhadi, Manal Almaslamani

“…There was no significant difference in overall repeat rates between maxillary and mandibular teeth (p > 0.05). …”
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Social factors influencing the household solid waste generation and recycling rate in urban areas of Japan by Zhuojiao Yu, Xiaoyue Liu, Jeongsoo Yu, Kazuaki Okubo

“…The actual situation analysis revealed a rise in HPW and stagnant recycling rates in Japan. Regression results confirmed several previous findings, such as older people generating less HSW and recycling more, and positive correlations between economic indicators and recycling rates. …”
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Assessing the Influence of High Population Growth Rate on Food Security in Nyamweru Subcounty Rubanda District. by Twinamasiko, Derrick

“…From the study findings, the role of the population growth rate towards food security in the Nyamweru sub-county Rubanda district promotes food production. encourages saving and investments, high population growth puts greater pressure on health and improves its quality, leads to a rapid increase in school-age population that calls for more investment in education, high population growth leads to an efficiency of developing countries and their political system and high population puts pressure on urban physical infrastructures leading to development, the study results also on challenges affecting population growth rate on food security in Nyamweru sub county Rubanda district, were inadequate capital for investment, shortage of enough land. poor infrastructure development, climatic changes, over-utilization of land, and political instability the study results also on how a high population growth rate promotes food security in the Nyanweru sub-county Rubanda district the findings were through the development of drought-resistant crops, investment in rural infrastructure, irrigation, improved storage facilities and investment in sustainable technologies. …”
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The effect of different consumption rates of the herbicide Harmony 75, VG on the level of stress in soybean plants by I. Storchous, O. Ivaschenko

“…To establish the optimally high efficiency of weed control in soybean crops with a two-time application of the herbicide Harmony 75, VG to relieve stress in crop plants. …”
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Evaluation of the efficiency of Russian universities: Do we need to change the paradigm? by E. V. Romanov

“…This leads to a zero rating on one of the indicators of the efficiency of educational activities and creates a false idea of the potential of organisations since the employment rates of graduates in the vast majority of universities in this category are above the threshold values. …”
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Analysis of true triaxial mechanical behavior and energy dissipation of backfill under different unloading rates by Xiaofei LI, Jiajian LI, Yunpeng KOU, Weidong SONG

“…Backfill serves as a core component of this method, and its mechanical behavior and stability directly influence the safety and efficiency of mining operations. This study investigates the effect of unloading rate on the mechanical behavior of backfill and its destabilization and damage mechanisms in complex stress environments. …”
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