Pareto Local Search Function for Optimal Placement of DG and Capacitors Banks in Distribution Systems by Abdolreza Sadighmanesh, Mehran Sabahi, Mahdi Zavvari

“…The particle swarm optimization method is applied to solving placement problems. In addition, locating and sizing DG and capacitor banks, tap setting of on load tap changer transformer is adjusted by the proposed method. …”
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Spectral Analysis of Cough Sounds in Patients with Chronic Bronchitis by Andrey V. Budnevsky, Sergey N. Avdeev, Evgeniy S. Ovsyannikov, Anastasia V. Belyakova

“…The cough sounds were recorded using the spectral tussophonobarography method based on the Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm, allowing the distribution of sound energy by frequency. …”
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Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics in Desertification Restoration Areas of Wuzhumuqin Grassland Ecosystem by Fuguang Yang, Zhiguo Wang, Yongguang Zhai, Xiangli Yang, Tengfei Bao, Yonghui Wang

“…The kernel Normalized Difference Vegetation Index-position-temporal awareness transformer (<i>kNDVI</i>-PT-Former) model monitoring method based on two-phase remote sensing image features combined with <i>kNDVI</i> for spatio-temporal feature extraction can accurately obtain the vegetation changes in desertification ecological restoration in Wuzhumuqin grassland. …”
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Impact of extraction techniques and processing conditions on pectin and antioxidant recovery from mango peels by Margaret James, Samuel Imathiu, Søren B. Engelsen, Willis Owino

“…Freeze-drying and the Apple variety gave slightly higher pectin yields than other drying methods and the Ngoe variety, respectively, though the differences were not significant. …”
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Application of Structural Deformation Monitoring Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry Technology by Jun Hu, Ensheng Liu, Jiayu Yu

“…Experiment: first, five sets of data are used to calibrate the close-range photogrammetry equipment of measurement point accuracy are analyzed, then the bridge piers and the measurement point coordinates, the lasso, under different load on the accuracy of close-range photogrammetry technology is analyzed, according to the relevant data of the error of the close-range photogrammetry technology are analyzed, and through the calculation of different measurement methods to analyze the direct linear transformation manifested in the article. …”
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Improving the combat capability of small police tactical groups by I. V. Vlasenko, I. P. Lykhyi, Ya. O. Slatin

“…The article analyses the methods of enhancing the combat capability of small police tactical groups, in particular, with regard to their participation in hostilities during martial law in Ukraine. …”
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR RECOGNITION OF ROAD SIGNS USING A NEURAL NETWORK by Elena Yashina, Roman Artiukh, Nikolai Рan, Andrei Zelensky

“…Results: Different approaches to the identification of symbols on images, various software tools for object recognition, image transformation for optimal fragment are considered. …”
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Research on Online Monitoring of Partial Discharge of Insulation Defects in Air Switchgear Based on Characteristic Gases by Yi Tian, Haotian Niu, Shuai Wang, Guixin Zhu

“…Air switchgear is an important power equipment in the transmission, transformation, and distribution process of the power system. …”
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Revealing Patient Dissatisfaction With Health Care Resource Allocation in Multiple Dimensions Using Large Language Models and the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revi... by Jiaxuan Li, Yunchu Yang, Chao Mao, Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang, Quanjing Zhu, Dejian Xu, Yapeng Wang

“…There is a need for new computational methods to be able to assess the health care resources required by patients with different diseases to avoid wasting resources. …”
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Registration of the Cone Beam CT and Blue-Ray Scanned Dental Model Based on the Improved ICP Algorithm by Xue Mei, Zhenhua Li, Songsong Xu, Xiaoyan Guo

“…Firstly, for reducing the matching interference of human subjective factors, we extract feature points based on curvature characteristics and use the improved three point’s translational transformation method to realize coarse registration. …”
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Influences of <i>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</i> dy-1 Fermentation on the Bitterness of Bitter Melon Juice, the Composition of Saponin Compounds, and Their Bioactivities by Juan Bai, Zihan Yang, Wei Luo, Ying Zhu, Yansheng Zhao, Beibei Pan, Jiayan Zhang, Lin Zhu, Shiting Huang, Xiang Xiao

“…Lactic acid bacteria fermentation is a beneficial bioprocessing method that can improve the flavor, transform nutrients, and maintain the biological activity of foods. …”
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Microhardness and Fluoride Release of Glass Ionomer Cement Modified with a Novel Al+3 Complex to Enhance Its Antimicrobial Activity by Samy M. El-Safty, Nadia El-Wakiel, Gehan El-Oleimy, Mohamed Gaber, Yusif S. El-Sayed

“…Characterization of Al+3 complex was carried out by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), elemental microanalysis, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), molar conductance, 1H NMR spectra, and electron impact-mass spectrometry. …”
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Enhancing Spraying Performance with Active Stability Control in Multi-Link Mechanisms by Naiyu Shi, He Li, Yongkang Yang, Hongliang Hua, Junhong Ye, Zheng Chen, Ting Xu

“…First, a differential equation was established to relate the input speed to the output speed using vector methods, implicit function transformation to explicit functions, and regression analysis. …”
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Registration between SAR and optical images based on improved phase consistency algorithm by Wannan Zhang

“…The traditional Scale-Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) algorithm relies heavily on grayscale information, which poses challenges when dealing with the grayscale differences between optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. …”
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Hybrid biochar-graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) composite photocatalyst: a facile strategy for enhanced degradation of Ciprofloxacin (CIP) by Ijlal Idrees, Muhammad Zafar, Malik Adeel Umer, Amna Mir, Fahad Rehman, Abrar Faisal, Abdul Razzaq, Woo Young Kim

“…These results point towards the success of composite formation of GCN with BC due to enhanced photocatalytic activity observed in the results and prove the creation of a visible light active (VLA) photocatalyst for efficient removal of pharmaceutical micropollutants like CIP from wastewater. Many different methods are employed to study the physiochemical, textural, and optical properties of the prepared material which include Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area, x-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, UV Visible absorption, and Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy.…”
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Covalent integration of polymers and porous organic frameworks by Md Amjad Hossain, Kira Coe-Sessions, Joe Ault, Felix O. Gboyero, Michael J. Wenzel, Bhausaheb Dhokale, Alathea E. Davies, Qian Yang, Laura de Sousa Oliveira, Xuesong Li, John O. Hoberg

“…In this review, an overview of synthetic routes and strategies on how to covalently integrate different polymers with various POFs is discussed, especially with a particular focus on methods like polymerization within, on and among POF structures. …”
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Tomato Leaf Disease Identification Framework FCMNet Based on Multimodal Fusion by Siming Deng, Jiale Zhu, Yang Hu, Mingfang He, Yonglin Xia

“…However, disease identification methods that rely on single-mode information often face the problems of insufficient accuracy and weak generalization ability. …”
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Pedestrian trajectory prediction via physical-guided position association learning by Yueyun Xu, Hongmao Qin, Yougang Bian, Rongjun Ding

“…Previous studies simply employ the LSTM or transformer structure to construct the deep model, which hardly adequately mines the dependency relationship among different pedestrian positions from different views. …”
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Development of a Time Domain Identification Algorithm with a Spectral Objective Function by Oleg N. Korsun, Moung Htang Om

“…The parameter identification problem is formulated using maximum likelihood estimation method. The models of object and observation are formulated in time domain and the objective function is defined in frequency domain that is able to decouple the aircraft’s response at different frequencies, effectively mitigating the impact of noise and potential non-linearities inherent in time-domain data. …”
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Establishment of Hyperspectral Prediction Model of Water Content in Anshan-Type Magnetite by Xiaoxiao XIE, Yang BAI, Jiuling ZHANG, Yuna JIA

“…Three kinds of Anshan-type magnetite from a certain area in Tangshan, Hebei Province, were selected to test hyperspectral data under different water contents (0−40.0%). Using S-G smoothing filtering (S-G), multivariate scattering correction (MSC), standard normal transformation (SNV), second derivative (SD), reciprocal logarithm (LR) and continuum removal (CR) to preprocess the data, the spectral characteristics and their correlation with water content were analyzed. …”
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