Waste Heat Recovery and Energy Reutilization Technologies in Industrial Processes: Research on Improving Energy Efficiency and Reducing Emissions by Wang Yian

“…Technologies such as heat exchangers, ORC, and TEGs are discussed for their roles in converting waste heat into usable energy forms, such as electricity or heat for industrial processes. …”
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MICROWAVE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS FOAM BY COMBINED USE OF GRAPHITE AND CALCIUM CARBONATE AS FOAMING AGENTS by LUCIAN PAUNESCU, SORIN MIRCEA AXINTE, MARIUS FLORIN DRAGOESCU, BOGDAN VALENTIN PAUNESCU, FELICIA COSMULESCU

“…The main characteristics of the optimal product were apparent density of 0.39 g/cm3, thermal conductivity of 0.088 W/m·K and compressive strength of 3.6 MPa, being usable in fields that requires resistance to mechanical stress and relatively difficult environmental conditions. …”
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Development and Characterization of Norite-Based Cementitious Binder from an Ilmenite Mine Waste Stream by Mahmoud Khalifeh, Arild Saasen, Helge B. Larsen, Helge Hodne

“…This study focuses on the usability of norite as a solid precursor of alkali-activated cement. …”
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siMacro: A Fast and Easy Data Processing Tool for Cell-Based Genomewide siRNA Screens by Nitin Kumar Singh, Bo Yeun Seo, Mathukumalli Vidyasagar, Michael A. White, Hyun Seok Kim

“…However, only a few tools have been available so far with limited usability. Here, we present siMacro, a fast and easy-to-use Microsoft Office Excel-based tool with a graphic user interface, designed to process single-condition or two-condition synthetic screen datasets. siMacro normalizes position and batch effects, censors outlier samples, and calculates Z-scores and robust Z-scores, with a spreadsheet output of >120,000 samples in under 1 minute.…”
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Can electronic monitoring with a digital smart spacer support personalised medication adherence and inhaler technique education in patients with asthma?: Protocol of the randomised... by Job F. M. van Boven, Boudewijn H.J. Dierick, Maria Achterbosch, Sandra Been-Buck, Titia Klemmeier, Susanne J. van de Hei, Paul Hagedoorn, Huib A.M. Kerstjens, Janwillem W.H. Kocks

“…At t=0 and t=1, spirometry is performed. At t=1, usability and satisfaction will be analysed using the System Usability Scale and interviews with patients and healthcare providers. …”
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Patient and public involvement in the co-design and assessment of unobtrusive sensing technologies for care at home: a user-centric design approach by Jenny Sharma, Nazia Gillani, Imran Saied, Aaesha Alzaabi, Tughrul Arslan

“…For successful implementation, developers of healthcare technologies should prioritize privacy, usability, and clear communication with end-users and caregivers.…”
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Surgical treatment after neoadjuvant systemic therapy for HER2-positive invasive breast cancer in the Netherlands: 10-Year trends and the influence an accompanying DCIS component by Roxanne A.W. Ploumen, Thiemo J.A. van Nijnatten, Loes F.S. Kooreman, Adri C. Voogd, Kristien B.M.I. Keymeulen, Sabine Siesling, Marjolein L. Smidt

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A Case Study of MasterMind Chess: Comparing Mouse/Keyboard Interaction with Kinect-Based Gestural Interface by Gabriel Alves Mendes Vasiljevic, Leonardo Cunha de Miranda, Erica Esteves Cunha de Miranda

“…Comparing the mouse/keyboard interaction with the gesture-based interaction, the results of the activity were synthesized into lessons learned regarding general usability and design of game control mechanisms. These results could be applied to slow-paced board games like chess. …”
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Fixed Point Results for α-ψ-Contractive Mappings Including Almost Contractions and Applications by Gonca Durmaz, Gülhan Mınak, Ishak Altun

“…Also, they gave an existence theorem for integral equation to show the usability of their result. Then, many authors focused on this new concept and obtained a lot of fixed point results, which are used for existence theorems. …”
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The use of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to assess mental health in adolescents with parents diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Stefan Nilsson, Nina Malmström, Ingela Nygren, Joakim Öhlén, Birgitta Jakobsson Larsson, Anneli Ozanne

“…A larger study is needed to confirm its usability.…”
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New Plants for Florida: Pine by Richard L. Jones, Mary Duryea, Berry J. Treat

“…Through faster growth and greater disease resistance, plantations of improved southern pine yield up to 45 percent more usable wood per acre at harvest than the unimproved plantations. …”
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Some Fixed Point Results in Function Weighted Metric Spaces by Awais Asif, Nawab Hussain, Hamed Al-Sulami, Muahammad Arshad

“…The corollaries also discuss the iteration of fixed point for Kannan-type contraction in the closed ball as well as in the whole ℱ-metric space. To show the usability of our results, we present two examples in the paper. …”
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Research on civil aircraft cockpit display interface availability considering multidimensional indicators clustering and reduction by CHEN Dengkai, XIAO Yao, XIAO Jianghao, ZHOU Yao, YANG Cong

“…Firstly, in this paper, the flight mission, pilots' senses, pilots' cognition, and flight interaction dimensions are obtained by executive process interactive control model(EPIC), and extracted usability indicators from these dimensions. Secondly, to tackle the problem of filtering multidimensional indicator datasets supported by small samples, an indicator clustering reduction algorithm is proposed based on hierarchical clustering-rough set information entropy(HC-CEBARKNC) which compared to K-means clustering and genetic algorithm. …”
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A Scalable and Privacy-Aware Location-Sensing Model for Ephemeral Social Network Service by Yongqiang Lyu, Dezhi Hong, Ying Wang, Yinghong Hou, Zhengwen Yang, Yu Chen, Yuanchun Shi, Alvin Chin

“…In this paper, we propose a scalable location-sensing model based on RFID-sensing architecture for ESN in consideration of four aspects of requirements, that is, the usability, QoS, scalability, and privacy. The model includes the perspectives of the privacy, architecture, deployment, and positioning algorithms, which can meet the four key requirements. …”
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Design Criteria of Soft Exogloves for Hand Rehabilitation-Assistance Tasks by Juana-Mariel Dávila-Vilchis, Juan C. Ávila-Vilchis, Adriana H. Vilchis-González, LAZ-Avilés

“…Thus, function, mobility, and usability criteria are defined and explicitly discussed to highlight SEG design guidelines. …”
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Use of Silica Fume, Bentonite, and Waste Tire Rubber as Impermeable Layer Construction Materials by Ahmet Şenol, Arzu Guner

“…Looking at the results of the whole that mixed rubber and bentonite with silica fume yielded usable results and a blend for construction of a liner.…”
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Development of an Electronic Database for Acute Pain Service Outcomes by Brandy L Love, Louise A Jensen, Donald Schopflocher, Ban CH Tsui

“…This study tested the relevance and usability of an electronic database in an acute pain service by assessing several variables important to database development and evaluation.…”
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A review from experimental trials on detoxification of aflatoxin in poultry feed by Halis Oguz

“…The producers and scientists can reach to the total experiment for assessing preventive efficacy and practical usability of feed additives by following the titles of articles, associate authors and/or materials and methods of articles.…”
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New Plants for Florida: Pine by Richard L. Jones, Mary Duryea, Berry J. Treat

“…Through faster growth and greater disease resistance, plantations of improved southern pine yield up to 45 percent more usable wood per acre at harvest than the unimproved plantations. …”
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Pengembangan panduan model konseling solution facused brief counseling teknik imagery and visualitation berbasis website SI- konseling untuk mengatasi depresi pada remaja korban ke... by Inda Ramadani Fitri, Kadek Suranata, Kadek Ari Dwi Arwati

“…Two counseling instructors participated in this study as well as 1 educational technology lecturer as an expert and 1 counseling teacher at SMK Negeri 2 Singaraja and 1 counselor from the Office of Population Control, Family Planning, Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in Buleleng Regency as practitioners tasked with testing the usability, correctness, and enforceability of policies. …”
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