Análise da aplicação de indicadores alternativos ao Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) na gestão do desempenho global de uma fábrica An analysis of the application of indicators... by Christianne Matias Busso, Dario Ikuo Miyake

“…The case suggests that the application of indicators like Overall Throughput Effectiveness (OTE) and Overall Plant Effectiveness (OPE), besides making the diagnosis of capacity utilization problems more effective, can promote the integration of production strategy with other functional strategies, and thus promote a more effective management of a plant's overall performance.…”
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Coordinate Transformation between Global and Local Datums Based on Artificial Neural Network with K-Fold Cross-Validation: A Case Study, Ghana by Yao Yevenyo Ziggah, Hu Youjian, Alfonso Rodrigo Tierra, Prosper Basommi Laari

“…Consequently, this study, for the first time, explored the potential of using K-fold cross-validation method in the performance assessment of radial basis function neural network and Bursa-Wolf model under data-insufficient situation in Ghana geodetic reference network. …”
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Facile One-Step Fabrication of 1T-Phase-Rich Bimetallic CoFe Co-Doped MoS₂ Nanoflower: Synergistic Engineering for Bi-Functional Water Splitting Electrocatalysis by Xinyue Li, Yahui Song, Yiming Huang, Jihui Zhang, Siyu Wu, Wentao Zhang, Jin Wang, Xian Zhang

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Lost in Thought or Just Lonely? Everyday Cognitive Competence in Middle Adulthood by Luka Juras, Marina Martincevic, Andrea Vranic

“…Everyday cognitive competence refers to the ability to manage cognitively demanding tasks essential for maintaining functional independence. While cognitive abilities are well explored in explaining individual differences in everyday cognitive competence, growing attention has been directed toward the impact of non-cognitive factors like loneliness. …”
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Malicious-Secure Threshold Multi-Party Private Set Intersection for Anonymous Electronic Voting by Xiansong Qian, Lifei Wei, Jinjiao Zhang, Lei Zhang

“…To overcome these limitations, this study introduces the Threshold Oblivious Pseudo-Random Function (tOPRF) to fulfill the requirements of threshold encryption and decryption. …”
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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Quantitative Analysis Using a Bayesian Optimization-Based Tunable Softplus Backpropagation Neural Network by Xuesen Xu, Shijia Luo, Xuchen Zhang, Weiming Xu, Rong Shu, Jianyu Wang, Xiangfeng Liu, Ping Li, Changheng Li, Luning Li

“…The hidden layer activation functions are key to ANN model performance, yet common activation functions usually suffer from problems such as gradient vanishing (e.g., Sigmoid and Tanh) and dying neurons (e.g., ReLU). …”
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Is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Different in Females as Compared to Males? by Rita Vijaykumar Bothara, Madhuri Prashant Holay

“…In India, while smoking remains a significant risk factor, COPD due to nonsmoking causes (like biomass exposure) accounts for 30%–50% of all COPD cases. …”
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Secretome of human amniotic membrane stem cells promote recovery and testicular functions through modulating SIRT1/NRF2/TNF-α pathway in mice testicular torsion: An experimental st... by Roghayeh Esfehani, Farnaz Khadivi, Jamal Valipour, Maryam Shabani, Mahya Ramesh, Parinaz Javanbakht, Davood Zarini, Sina Mojaverrostami, Masih Hoseini

“…Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1, NAD-dependent deacetylase sirtuin-1, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and tumor protein P53 mRNA expressions were assessed in testis via real-time polymerase chain reaction. …”
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Identification of swine- specific microbial genetic markers using competitive DNA hybridization by FAN Lihua, MO Hongfei, ZHANG Xiaofeng, SHUAI Jiangbing, CHEN Qing

“…Moreover，three sequences exhibited identity to genes in Archaea. Biochemical function annotation revealed that 38.5% of the total analyzed sequences were predicted as genes with unknown functions. …”
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Trigonella foenum-graecum L. protects against renal function decline in a mouse model of type 2 diabetic nephropathy by modulating the PI3K-Akt-ERK signaling pathway by Yang Niu, Hongjuan Niu, Luxuan Chi, Peihang Li, Jiyang Du, Xiaoqian Wang, Xu He, Binan Lu, Zongran Pang

“…The primary bioactive constituents were subsequently identified using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS). …”
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A Brief Overview of the Pawns Programming Language by Lee Naish

“…This paper describes the Pawns programming language, currently under development, which uses several novel features to combine the functional and imperative programming paradigms. It supports pure functional programming (including algebraic data types, higher-order programming and parametric polymorphism), where the representation of values need not be considered. …”
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Tapering the Incident Field When Solving Problems of Electromagnetic Wave Scattering Over Finite-Size Random Surfaces by V. V. Leont’ev, M. A. Borodin

“…A comparison of the proposed tapering function for incident field amplitude with the known tapering functions was performed, including the estimation of the error of satisfying the wave equation. …”
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Network-based intrusion detection using deep learning technique by Muhammad Farhan, Hafiz Waheed ud din, Saadat Ullah, Muhammad Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Amir Khan, Tehseen Mazhar, Umar Farooq Khattak, Ines Hilali Jaghdam

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Polyethylene Glycols Stimulate Ca2+ Signaling, Cytokine Production, and the Formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps by Hinz A, Stankiewicz S, Litewka JJ, Ferdek PE, Sochalska M, Bzowska M

“…ROS, NO, and cytokine production were analyzed using fluorescence intensity, absorbance, or cytometric measurements. Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling was verified using HEK-blue-reporter cell lines. …”
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Identification of novel FosX family determinants from diverse environmental samples by Nicolas Kieffer, Maria-Elisabeth Böhm, Fanny Berglund, Nachiket P. Marathe, Michael R. Gillings, D. G. Joakim Larsson

“…Unlike FosA/B enzymes, these FosX-like proteins were resistant to phosphonoformate inhibitory action. …”
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Anterior insular cortex glutamate-glutamine (Glx) levels predict general psychopathology via heightened error sensitivity by Haeorum Park, Minchul Kim, Minchul Kim, Jaejoong Kim, Jaejoong Kim, Sunghwan Kim, Sunghwan Kim, Bumseok Jeong

“…Dynamic Glx reductions during reward learning suggest acute metabolic demand superimposed on a trait-like baseline that biaes cognition. Targeting insular glutamatergic function–pharmacologically or via neuromodulation–may therefore mitigate maladaptive error processing that underlies internalizing psychopathology.…”
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Bioprocess strategies for maximizing SCOBY growth and evaluating fermentation dynamics on phenolic content and antioxidant activity in Roselle-based Kombucha by Widiastuti Setyaningsih, Wa Ode Reza Sindy Warni, Intan Dewi Larasati, Rini Yanti, Tyas Utami

“…Roselle-based kombucha is a promising functional beverage due to its bioactive compounds, high phenolic content, and anthocyanins, which contribute to color stability, anti-inflammatory effects, and cardioprotective benefits. …”
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Do older parents do better? Relationships between parental age, chick body condition and migratory behaviour in a colonial‐breeding waterbird by Hugo R. S. Ferreira, Jocelyn Champagnon, Thomas Blanchon, Tamar Lok, José A. Alves

“…Animals' performance of basic functional behaviours, such as foraging and movement, may improve with age as a result of past experiences. …”
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The Sustainable University by Rodica ŞTEFĂNESCU, Dan CÂNDEA, Rodica CÂNDEA

“…Due to its mission and social function, a university should follow an ascending road to high performance and demonstrate staying power and lasting success. …”
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Vγ9Vδ2 T cells expanded with vitamin C combined with HMBPP in vitro inhibit intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth by Shuyan Liu, Shuyan Liu, Guohui Xiao, Wanxin Liang, Su Zhang, Juan Liang, Teng Pan, Shaoxiang Lin, Xiuju Liu, Zhenwen Zhou, Guoliang Zhang

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