Predicted impact of banning nonessential, energy-dense food and beverages in schools in Mexico: A microsimulation study. by Ana Basto-Abreu, Martha Carnalla, Francisco Reyes-Sánchez, Alan Reyes-García, Michelle M Haby, Isabel Junquera-Badilla, Lianca Sartoris-Ayala, Juan A Rivera, Barry M Popkin, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez

“…We also did not consider historical trends on obesity or NEDFBs consumed in schools during our 1 year simulation, and we considered only the ban impact inside schools, excluding effects near and outside schools.…”
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Bioenergetic Modeling of the Relationship Between Voltage and Electroactive Microbial Biomass Yield for Bioelectrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Methane by Vafa Ahmadi, Nabin Aryal

“…The model bridges the stoichiometry of anodic and cathodic biofilms, addressing research gaps in simulating anodic and cathodic biofilm growth simultaneously. …”
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Optimization of the Screw Conveyor Device Based on a GA-BP Neural Network by Qiang Guo, Yunpeng Zhuang, Houzhuo Xu, Wei Li, Haitao Li, Zhidong Wu

“…Via theoretical analysis, GA—BP (Genetic Algorithm—Back Propagation) simulation, and comparative experiments, the structural parameters and rotational speed of the spiral shaft in the screw conveying device are optimized. …”
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Developing and presenting a mathematical model for the purpose of organizational culture architecture based on creating alignment between the strategic reference points of organiza... by Elyas hasanzadeh Shweili, Mir Mehrdad peidaie, Ali reza Rezghi Rostami

“…The results showed that a total of 4 dimensions, 12 components, and 57 evaluation criteria and several sub-criteria were identified, which include antecedents (business strategy, leadership, organizational structure, technology, human resources strategy), process (organizational culture, change strategy), results (individual, group, organizational performance), consequences (general accountability, increase of social capitals), and the obtained model has been tested in the organizations of the Islamic Revolution Mustazafan Foundation, and finally, the characteristics and suitability of this model has been evaluated in simulating and predicting the desired organizational culture based on the creation of alignment between the strategic reference points of the organizational elements. …”
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Evaluation of Dynamic Visual Perception of Riverside Interface in Mountainous Cities from the Perspective of Boating by Dan LUO, Ruhong WEI

“…The viewing video on the cruise ship is collected as the experimental stimulation material, and the eye tracking experiment is carried out to simulate the viewing state of viewers on the cruise ship. …”
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Low error floor LT coding algorithm for unequal error protection by Xin SONG, Shuyan NI, Zhe ZHANG, Yurong LIAO, Tuofeng LEI

“…Results:Taking the code length K equal to 6000 as an example to simulate,and the results are as follows.(i)When the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) is low,the MIB in this scheme has the lowest error floor.For example, when the reciprocal code rate ^-1=2.05, compared with the reference scheme, the bit error rate (BER) of the MIB proposed in this paper is reduced by nearly an order of magnitude,and the lowest value can reach the order of 10^-7. …”
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A human visual cognitive mechanism based network for surface defect detection(基于人类视觉认知机制的表面缺陷检测) by 崔丽莎(CUI Lisha), 代润鹏(DAI Runpeng), 姜晓恒(JIANG Xiaoheng), 李飞蝶(LI Feidie), 陈恩庆(CHEN Enqing), 徐明亮(XU Mingliang)

“…Specifically, at the macro level, by simulating the working principles of the foveal and parafoveal areas on the retina, a parallel backbone network consisting of a foveal vision branch and a peripheral vision branch is proposed, learning high spatial frequency local details and low spatial frequency global semantics from defective images. …”
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Mixture density networks for re-constructing historical ocean-color products over inland and coastal waters: demonstration and validation by Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian, Ryan E. O’Shea, Ryan E. O’Shea, Arun M. Saranathan, Arun M. Saranathan, Christopher C. Begeman, Christopher C. Begeman, Daniela Gurlin, Caren Binding, Claudia Giardino, Michelle C. Tomlinson, Krista Alikas, Kersti Kangro, Moritz K. Lehmann, Moritz K. Lehmann, Lisa Reed

“…For both training and validation, the hyperspectral in situ radiometric and absorption datasets were resampled via the relative spectral response functions of MODIS, MERIS, and VIIRS to simulate the response of each multispectral ocean color mission. …”
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Enhancing Thermal Performance Investigations of a Methane-Fueled Planar Micro-Combustor with a Counter-Flow Flame Configuration by Liaoliao Li, Yuze Sun, Xinyu Huang, Lixian Guo, Xinyu Zhao

“…To enhance the performance of combustors in micro thermophotovoltaic systems, this study employs numerical simulations to investigate a planar microscale combustor featuring a counter-flow flame configuration. …”
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Characteristics and drainage modes of coalbed methane resources in closed coal mines in Yangquan and Jincheng Mining Areas by Yang WANG, Jie XIANG, Yong QIN, Shangbin CHEN, Yanming ZHU, Manli HUANG, Ying SHI

“…Through data collation, experimental test, numerical simulation and other means, the characteristics of coalbed methane resources in closed coal mines are explored, the amount of coalbed methane resources is predicted, and the drainage modesare summarized. …”
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Intelligent recognition algorithm and application of coal mine overhead passenger device based on multiscale feature fusion by Beijing XIE, Heng LI, Hang DONG, Zheng LUAN, Ben ZHANG, Xiaoxu LI

“…The YOLOv8n single-stage object detection algorithm was used as the baseline model, and a coal mine cmopd intelligent recognition algorithm based on multi-scale feature fusion was proposed.In the image preprocessing stage, adaptive histogram equalization was employed to enhance image quality, and random rectangle masking was applied to simulate real scenarios where cmopd is occluded by underground objects during operation. …”
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Analytical treatment of proton double-quantum NMR intensity buildup: multi-spin couplings and the flip-flop term by N. Fatkullin, I. Brekotkin, K. Saalwächter

“…Calculations and a comparison with spin dynamics simulations of small spin systems of up to eight spins reveal a satisfactory agreement.…”
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What is the near-natural catchment? An application of hydrological signatures assessment by Huan Xu, Hao Wang, Pan Liu, Xiaojing Zhang, Weibo Liu, Chutian Zhou, Hao Ye, Hongxuan Lei, Yang Liu

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Prolonged use of selective immunosuppressants in glacoma drainage surgery: experimental in vivo study by V.N. Germanova, E.V. Karlova, L.T. Volova, N.N. Sarbaeva, I.F. Nefedova, M.V. Radaykina

“…Before to the study, ocular surface disease provoked by the long-term use of preservative-containing IOP-lowering medications was simulated. The next step was the penetrating surgical procedure. …”
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Research on expansion joint for high-speed railway long-span bridges in China by Hui Guo, Jinzhou Jiang, Suoting Hu, Chun Yang, Qiqi Xiang, Kou Luo, Xinxin Zhao, Bing Li, Ziquan Yan, Liubin Niu, Jianye Zhao

“…The static and dynamic performance of the newly-designed BEJ with expansion range 1600 mm have been confirmed to be satisfactory, via numerical simulation, full-scale model testing, and field testing and commissioning. …”
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Study of anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial and mineralizing effects of an N-isopropenylimidazole zinc metal complex derivative in experimental endodontic-periodontal le... by Pavel A. Galenko-Yaroshevsky, Ivan I. Pavlyuchenko, Olga V. Shelemekh, Boris A. Trofimov, Lidiya N. Parshina, Viktor L. Popkov, Svetlana A. Demyanenko, Oleg V. Tsymbalov, Andrey V. Zadorozhniy, Anait V. Zelenskaya, Irina B. Nektarevskaya, Alina V. Sergeeva, Nikolay E. Korovaykin, Svetlana A. Lebedeva

“…Materials and Methods: EPL simulation in experiments on the anesthetized rats was conducted in the following way: first, the pulp cavity of lower incisors was opened and left exposed to infection; then periodontal inflammation was induced using a ligature. …”
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Impact of mineral dust on the global nitrate aerosol direct and indirect radiative effect by A. Milousis, K. Klingmüller, A. P. Tsimpidi, J. F. Kok, M. Kanakidou, M. Kanakidou, M. Kanakidou, A. Nenes, A. Nenes, V. A. Karydis

“…For this purpose, multiyear simulations nudged towards the observed atmospheric circulation were performed with the global atmospheric chemistry and climate model EMAC, while the thermodynamics of the interactions between inorganic aerosols and mineral dust were simulated with the thermodynamic equilibrium model ISORROPIA-lite. …”
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Accurate space-based NO_<i>x</i> emission estimates with the flux divergence approach require fine-scale model information on local oxidation chemistry and profile shapes by F. Cifuentes, F. Cifuentes, H. Eskes, E. Dammers, E. Dammers, C. Bryan, F. Boersma, F. Boersma

“…This information can be obtained from high-resolution chemistry transport model simulations at the expense of the simplicity and applicability of the FDA.…”
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Performance evaluation of four cascade impactors for airborne ultrafine-particle (UFP) collection: the influence of particle type, concentration, mass, and chemical nature by E. Eckenberger, A. Mittereder, N. Gawlitta, N. Gawlitta, J. Schnelle-Kreis, J. Schnelle-Kreis, M. Sklorz, D. Brüggemann, R. Zimmermann, R. Zimmermann, A. C. Nölscher

“…We observed that the performance of the impactors varied between 59 and 116 nm in cutoff diameter (electromobility diameter), depending on the impactor's design and the type of test aerosol mixture – salt particles (NaCl), simulated secondary organic aerosol (SimSOA), or soot. …”
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HSTC: hybrid traffic scheduling mechanism in time-sensitive networking by Changchuan YIN, Yanjue LI, Hailong ZHU, Xinxin HE, Wenxuan HAN

“…The maximum difference between scheduling success rate of our scheme and the scheme which mapped according to DDL was 20%. ④Compared with the suboptimal random slot injection scheme, the slot sequencing scheme in HSTC can increase network scheduling success rate by up to 0.77, and the limit bandwidth utilization can reach 88%.⑤Overall performance comparison: we compared with two mechanisms which were proposed in two representative existing literatures under the same simulation parameter configuration. The experimental results showed that HSTC mechanism realized dual optimization of reducing solution complexity and improving scheduling performance. …”
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