A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH TO INVESTMENT WITH CHARGE ON BALANCE AND VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER WEIBULL MORTALITY FORCE FUNCTION by Edikan Edem Akpanibah, Peter Benneth, Ase Matthias Esabai

“…Finally, some numerical simulations are presented to study the behavior of the OCS with respect to some sensitive parameters. …”
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Functional Dyspepsia: Subtypes, Risk Factors, and Overlap with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in a Population of African Patients by Sylvester Chuks Nwokediuko, Uchenna Ijoma, Olive Obienu

“…Patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms who presented for endoscopy were administered a questionnaire containing the functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome modules of the Rome III diagnostic criteria. …”
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Uncertainty Avoider Defuzzification of General Type-2 Multi-Layer Fuzzy Membership Functions for Image Segmentation by Sirwan Mohammad Kekshar, Sadegh Abdollah Aminifar

“…This is why the main purpose of this article is to present a simple and effective method with a closed formula to increase their use in real-time tasks. …”
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Modification of polyolefins utilizing C–H insertion of azides: Azidoformate end-functionalized polystyrene for modifying polypropylene by Ga Ram Lee, Rama Moorthy Appa, Sung Chul Hong

“…However, their limited chemical functionality restricts their applicability in adhesion, printability, and compatibility-dependent applications. …”
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Interior Point Method for Solving Fuzzy Number Linear Programming Problems Using Linear Ranking Function by Yi-hua Zhong, Yan-lin Jia, Dandan Chen, Yan Yang

“…Its idea is similar to that of interior point method used for solving linear programming problems in crisp environment before, but its feasible direction and step size are chosen by using trapezoidal fuzzy numbers, linear ranking function, fuzzy vector, and their operations, and its end condition is involved in linear ranking function. …”
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Double Sigmoid Activation Function for Fault Detection in Wind Turbine Generator using Artificial Neural Network by NOOR FAZLIANA FADZAIL, Samila Mat Zali, Ernie Che Mid

“…The fault detection in WT with a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) is the basis for the ANN algorithm model that is presented in this study. The ANN model was developed in different activation functions, namely linear and double sigmoid activation functions to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed activation function. …”
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Direct‐Write Laser Patterning of PDMS/Graphite Composites for Dual‐Functional Surfaces with Tunable Conductivity and Wettability by Hsiang‐Wei Chuang, Chun‐Ru Hsu, Hong‐Ren Jiang

“…Abstract A novel approach is presented for creating multifunctional polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces through the integration of PDMS/graphite composites with blue laser‐induced transformations. …”
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Thermoelastic Analysis of a Functionally Graded Simple Blade Using First-Order Shear Deformation Theory by Manouchehr Mohammad Hosseini Mirzaei, Mohammad Arefi, Abbas Loghman

“…In this article, the thermo-elastic behavior of a functionally graded simple blade subjected to the mechanical and thermal loadings is presented, applying a semi-analytical method and a variable thickness cantilever beam model. …”
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Tumor-Activated TCRγδ+ T Cells from Gastric Cancer Patients Induce the Antitumor Immune Response of TCRαβ+ T Cells via Their Antigen-Presenting Cell-Like Effects by Chaoming Mao, Xiao Mou, Yuepeng Zhou, Guoyue Yuan, Chengcheng Xu, Hongli Liu, Tingting Zheng, Jia Tong, Shengjun Wang, Deyu Chen

“…Human γδ T cells display the principal characteristics of professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs), in addition to playing a vital role in immunity through cytokine secretion and their cytotoxic activity. …”
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FORMALIZATION OF THE STAGE OF SEARCHING FOR MODULATED SIDE ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS AND INTERFERENCES IN THE PROCESS OF MODELING THE FUNCTION OF INTERCEPTING THESE SIGNALS by Aleksey A. Petlevanny, Tatyana V. Meshcheryakova, Aleksandr I. Boronenkov, Vadim I. Spivak, Varvara A. Vladychenskaia

“…The results of the functional decomposition of this stage to the level of procedures performed by the violator for the use of technical intelligence tools in the process of searching for signals of side electromagnetic radiation and interferences modulated by informative signals of the main technical means and systems are presented. …”
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A general approximation method for accurate evaluation of the intermolecular potential parameters by using density functional theory by Bahtiyar Akber Mamedov, Elif Somuncu, Ebru Karatas

“…In this work, a new approach is developed and presented for determining the intermolecular potential parameters from intermolecular interaction energy data obtained using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) method over a different basis set. …”
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Set-Valued Control Approach Applied to a COVID-19 Model with Screening and Saturated Treatment Function by Mohamed Elhia, Lahoucine Boujallal, Meryem Alkama, Omar Balatif, Mostafa Rachik

“…Based on viability theory and set-valued analysis, a Lyapunov function is constructed such that both exposed and infected populations are decreased to zero asymptotically. …”
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THE RECONSTRUCTION OF FUNCTIONS USING DIDACTIC TRANSPOSITION: A FOCUS ON THE TEXTBOOKS FOLLOWING THE MALAYSIAN AND INDONESIAN MATHEMATICS CURRICULA by Nadya Syifa Utami, Sufyani Prabawanto, Phoong Seuk Yen, Arrold Rynix Anak Rambee

“…The data used was the sequence of tasks presented in the chapter on functions in each country’s mathematics textbooks. …”
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Exploring Multiple Functionalities of Cyber-Physical Power System Within Digital Substation-Based Laboratory Environment by Le Nam Hai Pham, Jose Miguel Riquelme-Dominguez, Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt

“…However, the widespread adoption of CPPS technology faces several challenges, such as the need for methodologies to develop further CPPS or the detailed deployment of multiple functions within the CPPS framework. To address these challenges, a specialised CPPS testbed within a laboratory environment is presented in this study. …”
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Viral inhibition of the transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP): a striking example of functional convergent evolution. by Marieke C Verweij, Daniëlle Horst, Bryan D Griffin, Rutger D Luteijn, Andrew J Davison, Maaike E Ressing, Emmanuel J H J Wiertz

“…CTLs recognize their target through viral peptides presented in the context of MHC molecules at the cell surface. …”
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Sarcopenic obesity negatively affects muscle strength, physical function and quality of life in obese elderly women by Dahan da Cunha Nascimento, Cristiane Rocha Silva, Jonato Prestes

“…The prevalence of SO was also verified between methods and its effects on handgrip strength, lean body mass, chair-stand test, time-up-and-go test, six-minute-walk test, peak O2 consumption, heart rate recovery and quality of life. The SO group presented significantly lower lean body mass, lower handgrip strength, inferior scores in the functional tests, inferior aerobic fitness, an impaired heart rate recovery, and an inferior aspect of quality of life as compared with the NSO group. …”
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sLZIP functions as a key modulator of bone remodeling by regulating the crosstalk between osteoblasts and osteoclasts by Sungyeon Park, Jeonghan Kim, Jesang Ko

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Systematic functional analysis and potential application of a serine protease from cold-adapted Planococcus bacterium by Weijun Leng, Xiaoyun Wu, Xianghui Qi, Hongying Liu, Li Yuan, Ruichang Gao

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THE RECONSTRUCTION OF FUNCTIONS USING DIDACTIC TRANSPOSITION: A FOCUS ON THE TEXTBOOKS FOLLOWING THE MALAYSIAN AND INDONESIAN MATHEMATICS CURRICULA by Nadya Syifa Utami, Sufyani Prabawanto, Phoong Seuk Yen, Arrold Rynix Anak Rambee

“…The data used was the sequence of tasks presented in the chapter on functions in each country’s mathematics textbooks. …”
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Flue Gas Temperature Distribution as a Function of Air Management in a High-Temperature Biomass Burner by Aleksandra Dzido, Michalina Kurkus-Gruszecka, Marcin Wilczyński, Piotr Krawczyk

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