White M. T., Read M. G., Sayma A. I. Comparison between single and cascaded organic Rankine cycle systems accounting for the effects of expansion volume ratio on expander performan... by M. A. Fedorova

“…Using this model, three different scenarios are compared for different temperature heat-source temperatures, namely: (i) single-stage ORC systems with vapour-phase expansion obtained using a turboexpander; (ii) single-stage ORC systems operating with a twin-screw expander, with the possibility for two-phase expansion; and (iii) cascaded cycles with either vapour- or two-phase expansion. …”
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GUARDIAN'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN MARRIAGE: A STUDY ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC LAW by Redwan Yasin, Nurul Hidayat Abdul Rahman, Sayuti Ab. Ghani, Mohamed Belal

“…The research is based on two primary theoretical frameworks, namely Maqasid al-Shari’ah, which provides a comprehensive understanding of how guardianship aligns with the broader objectives of Shari’ah, and Fiqh, which offers a detailed exploration of specific legal rulings across various schools of thought. …”
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CCL-YOLO: Catenary Components Location Based on YOLO and Gather-Distribute Mechanism by Shuai Xu, Jiyou Fei, Geng Zhao, Xiaodong Liu, Hua Li

“…Aiming at the problem of the difficult locating of multiple components, this paper proposes a catenary complex component locating method based on the improved YOLO algorithm named CCL-YOLO. Firstly, based on the YOLO baseline method, a framework for locating complex components of railway catenary is proposed, which achieves the accurate locating of 40 catenary components and paves the way for subsequent defect detection. …”
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Adsorptive removal of toxic heavy metal and dyes from wastewater by rice husk (lignocellulosic biomass) derived activated biochar: A fixed-bed column adsorption study by Md. Mahmudur Rahman, Mohd. Maniruzzaman, Nor ealam, Parvej Mahmud, Sumiya Khatun, Md. Kaowsar Hossain, Md. Ismail Hossain, Md. Hasanuzzaman, Md. Ashraful Alam, Md. Al-amin, Bijoy Chandra Ghos

“…Meanwhile, multifunctional biosorbent i.e functionallized rice husk biochar (FRHBC) was produced by EIPS technique from a beneficial source namely rice(Oriza sativa) waste shell. The experiments were conducted to optimize the effect of influential factors like concentration, flowrates, and bed height. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Evolution Analysis of Two Forms of TLR5 and TLR13 Genes Base on Larimichthys crocea Genome Data by Lihua Jiang, Liyi Pei, Ping Wang, Liqin Liu, Gong Li, Binjian Liu, Zhenming Lǚ, Tabata Hiromasa, Hao Pan, Atsushi Ogura

“…There are two types of TLR5, namely, membrane form of TLR5 (TLR5M) and soluble form of TLR5 (TLR5S), both of which perform a crucial role in flagellin response. …”
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Laryngeal cancer diagnosis based on improved YOLOv8 algorithm by Xin Nie, Xueyan Zhang, Di Wang, Yuankun Liu, Lumin Xing, Wenjian Liu

“…This study introduces an improved YOLOv8 algorithm named MSEC-YOLO, specifically designed for the detection and classification tasks of laryngeal cancer in endoscopic images. …”
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Biochemical evaluation of antioxidant activity and polysaccharides fractions in seaweeds by A. Tariq, M. Athar, J. Ara, V. Sultana, S. Ehteshamul-Haque, M. Ahmad

“…The antioxidant potential in organic solvent fractions of seaweeds namely P. pavonia, S. swartzii, S. marginatum and M. afaqhusainii was also determined and chloroform fraction of all the four seaweeds showed highest activity by superoxide assay.  …”
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Ambient wing cistern: History, anatomy, imaging and approaches: An overview by Mohamed R. Emara, Alkawthar M. Abdulsada, Abdulaziz S. Alayyaf, Hussein A. Baban, Hala A. Al-Hchaimi, Mustafa Ismail, Samer S. Hoz

“…While the ambient wing cistern is described for the first time in 1875, Key and Retzius and firstly named in 1950 by Dr. Bengt Liliequist (1923–2008). …”
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The role of delays in innate and adaptive immunity to intracellular bacterial infection by Simeone Marino, Edoardo Beretta, Denise E. Kirschner

“…Our results indicated how local stability properties for the two infection outcomes, namely a boundary equilibrium and an interior positive equilibrium, were completely dependent on the delays for innate immunity and independent of the delays for adaptive immunity. …”
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HIV Testing and Counselling in Colombia: Local Experience on Two Different Recruitment Strategies to Better Reach Low Socioeconomic Status Communities by Jaime Galindo-Quintero, Hector Fabio Mueses-Marin, David Montaño-Agudelo, María Virginia Pinzón-Fernández, Inés Constanza Tello-Bolívar, Beatriz Eugenia Alvarado-Llano, Jorge Luis Martinez-Cajas

“…In order to tackle this issue, the Corporacion de Lucha Contra el Sida (CLS) has implemented a multidisciplinary, provider-initiated, population-based HIV testing/counselling strategy named BAFI. In this report, we describe the experience of CLS at reaching populations from low socioeconomic backgrounds in 2008-2009. …”
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Empowering Urdu sentiment analysis: an attention-based stacked CNN-Bi-LSTM DNN with multilingual BERT by Lal Khan, Atika Qazi, Hsien-Tsung Chang, Mousa Alhajlah, Awais Mahmood

“…Various experiments have been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of our proposed model on two Urdu sentiment analysis datasets named as UCSA-21 and UCSA, and an accuracies of 83.12% and 78.91% achieved, respectively.…”
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Determination of 5-fluorouracil anticancer drug solubility in supercritical CO 2 using semi-empirical and machine learning models by Gholamhossein Sodeifian, Ratna Surya Alwi, Reza Derakhsheshpour, Nedasadat Saadati Ardestani

“…Three models with different approaches were applied to correlate and model the experimental data set: (i) seven density-based models, (ii) PR equations of state (vdW2 mixing rule), and (iii) machine learning-based models, namely non-linear regressions, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, Decision Tree, and Kernel Ridge. …”
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Case study on SAF emissions from air travel considering emissions modeling impact by Hakkı Aksoy, María García Domene, Parthiban Loganathan, Simon Blakey, Elias Zea, Ricardo Vinuesa, Evelyn Otero

“…Using two methodologies, namely the subsonic fuel flow method (SF2) and an improved version of it, the emissions corrected subsonic fuel flow method (EC-SF2), non-CO2 emissions trends are analyzed along a flight trajectory from Stockholm to Bordeaux. …”
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PPARα: A Master Regulator of Bilirubin Homeostasis by Cyril Bigo, Jenny Kaeding, Diala El Husseini, Iwona Rudkowska, Mélanie Verreault, Marie Claude Vohl, Olivier Barbier

“…The present study aimed at evaluating how 3 PPARα agonists, namely, fenofibrate, gemfibrozil, and Wy14,643, affect bilirubin synthesis and metabolism. …”
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Improvement in the Accuracy of the Postclassification of Land Use and Land Cover Using Landsat 8 Data Based on the Majority of Segment-Based Filtering Approach by Fajar Yulianto, Gatot Nugroho, Galdita Aruba Chulafak, Suwarsono Suwarsono

“…Three digital classification approaches, namely, maximum likelihood (ML), random forest (RF), and the support vector machine (SVM), were applied to test the improvement in the accuracy of LULC postclassification using the MaSegFil approach, based on annual cloud-free Landsat 8 satellite imagery data from 2019. …”
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Enhancing Maize Production Through Timely Nutrient Supply: The Role of Foliar Fertiliser Application by Brian Ssemugenze, Akasairi Ocwa, Ronald Kuunya, Costa Gumisiriya, Csaba Bojtor, János Nagy, Adrienn Széles, Árpád Illés

“…This review identified important research gaps, namely genotype-specific responses, interactions with other agronomic practices, and long-term environmental effects.…”
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Leclercia adecarboxylata Cholecystitis with Septic Shock in Immunocompetent Patient by Nooraldin Merza, John Lung, Ahmed Taha, Ahmed Qasim, Jill Frost, Tarek Naguib

“…L. adecarboxylata is a Gram-negative rod previously named Escherichia adecarboxylata, isolated as normal flora in the gut of animals including human stool. …”
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Unified Failure Strength Criterion for Terrace Slope Reinforcement Materials by Xuan Fang, Jie Yang, Jia-Ming Na, Zhen-Yuan Gu

“…The mechanical properties of the LCSG samples, with cement contents of 60, 80, and 90 kg/m3, and noncemented sand and gravel materials were tested under four confining pressure levels (namely, 300, 600, 1000, and 1500 kPa). The results show that the strength of LCSG material improves as the confining pressure increases. …”
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Design and Optimization Application of Cut Blasting Parameters for One-Time Completion of Blind Shaft by Yifeng Zhang, Yongsheng Jia, Nan Jiang, Quanming Xie, Lin Yuan, Yongbo Wu, Zehui Xu

“…Combined with practical engineering examples and the determination method of compensation coefficient <i>C_f</i>, three types of linear cutting patterns, namely six-hole bucket cutting, seven-hole bucket cutting, and nine-hole bucket cutting, are designed. …”
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Comparative transcriptome and metabolome analysis reveals the differential response to salinity stress of two genotypes brewing sorghum by Wei Zhou, Zhen Guo Wang, Yan Li, Guo Jiang Wu, Mo Li, Zhi Lan Deng, Feng Juan Cui, Qing Quan Xu, YiMeng Li, Ya Xing Zhou

“…In order to elucidate the mechanism underlying salt tolerance, we conducted a comparative analysis of the transcriptome and metabolome in two distinct sweet sorghum genotypes, namely the salt-tolerant line NY1298 and the salt-sensitive line MY1176, following exposure to salt treatment. …”
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