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Effectively managing agricultural practices is crucial for maximizing yield, reducing investment costs, preserving soil health, ensuring sustainability, and mitigating environmental impact. This study proposes an adaptation of the Grey Wolf Optimizer...

(1) Background: The safe performance of pharmacists is an important issue for patients and regulators. It is recognized that pharmacists interact with a variety of healthcare professionals and act as a bridge between other healthcare providers and sy...

Different spatial configurations (or scenarios) of multiple best management practices (BMPs) at the watershed scale may have significantly different environmental effectiveness, economic efficiency, and practicality for integrated watershed managemen...

Watershed Best management Practices (BMPs) spatial optimal layout would be affected by uncertainty, and there are still three problems which are worthy of studying in the present studies of watershed BMPs spatial optimal layout under uncertainty: (1)...

Suites of Best Management Practices (BMPs) are usually selected to be economically and environmentally efficient in reducing nonpoint source (NPS) pollutants from agricultural areas in a watershed. The objective of this research was to compare the se...

Nitrate is one of the most complicated forms of nitrogen found in aquatic surface systems, which results in the eutrophication of the water. During the last few decades, due to agriculture and animal husbandry activities, as well as urban development...

Mauli ola, optimal health and wellbeing from a Hawaiian perspective, is achieved by being pono, or morally just and upright, and maintaining an intricate balance physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally through one’s relations. Cultur...

Lower nitrogen recovery efficiency (NRE) and negative environmental impacts caused by excessive nitrogen (N) fertilization threaten the sustainability of agriculture. Efficient and appropriate fertilization practices are extremely important to achiev...

Low-impact development (LID) practices as a new approach to urban stormwater management have demonstrated their positive effects through the reduction of surface runoff volumes and pollutant loadings in a substantial amount of research. The effective...

Religiosity and spirituality are important factors for recovery of alcohol-addicted individuals. Previous studies have given some suggestions about the spiritual mechanism that influences the wellbeing of representatives of this group. The purpose of...

This study summarizes the engineering design and calculation methods of micropiles and proposes a pile length optimization model based on numerical simulation software. Based on the proposed micropile calculation method and optimization method, a spe...

The extensive application of CubeSats in fields such as communication, remote sensing, and scientific exploration highlights their significant engineering value. With the growth of CubeSat dimensions towards 12U and beyond, their potential for engine...

The dietary practices of athletes play a crucial role in shaping their body composition, influencing sports performance, training adaptations, and overall health. However, despite the widely acknowledged significance of dietary intake in athletic suc...

Background: Placement of endotracheal tubes (ETTs) and umbilical catheters (UCs) is essential in very preterm infant care. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of an educational initiative to optimize correct placement of ETTs and UCs in ve...

Practical entanglement distillation is a critical component in quantum information theory. Entanglement distillation is often utilized for designing quantum computer networks and quantum repeaters. The practical entanglement distillation problem is f...

Agronomic practices and future climate change lead to divergent responses in crop growth and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which challenge a sustainable low-carbon agricultural economy. Therefore, this study developed a simulation-optimization hybr...

Unbalanced load condition is one of the major issues of all commercial, industrial and residential sectors. Unbalanced load means that, when different loads are distributed on a three-phase four-wire system, unequal currents pass through the three ph...

Background/Objectives: Vital signs monitoring during blood transfusion is important but inconsistently practiced across contexts. This paper aimed to consolidate the available evidence to determine the optimal monitoring frequency that balances effic...

Distributed systematic grid-connected inverter practice needs to improve insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) stability to ensure the safe operation. This study is to ensure the safety and reliability operation of the IGBT module in symmetry to m...

The optimal design of water distribution systems (WDSs) should be economical, consider practical field applicability, and satisfy hydraulic constraints such as nodal pressure and flow velocity. However, the general optimal design of a WDSs approach u...

This study proposes an enhanced model for optimizing cost-sharing strategies in competitive manufacturing supply chains, integrating the effects of learning, forgetting, and sustainable green practices. Building on the foundational framework of a mon...

This paper explores the transformative impact of agent-based modeling (ABM) on the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, highlighting its indispensable role in revolutionizing project management, construction processes, safety p...

This study introduces a spatial layout framework for the multi-objective optimization of low-impact development (LID) measures at an urban watershed scale, targeting the mitigation of urban flooding and water pollution exacerbated by urbanization. Th...

This study was developed to identify the optimal (most cost-effective) strategies to reduce sediment and phosphorus loadings in the Upper Soldier Creek, Kansas, USA, watershed using the Watershed Management Optimization Support Tool (WMOST) suite of...

Ballet is a discipline that combines art and sport in a harmonious way. It is a practice that has high physical and mental demands to achieve the proper body precision. During this activity, numerous muscles, including those in the legs, need to be e...

The Breast Cancer Disease Site Group of Cancer Care Ontario identified the need for new guidelines for the adjuvant systemic therapy of early-stage breast cancer. The specific question to be addressed was “What is the optimal adjuvant systemic therap...

Activated sludge models (ASMs) are often used in the simulation of the wastewater treatment process to evaluate whether the effluent quality parameters of a wastewater treatment plant meet the standards. The premise of successful simulation is to cho...

The optimum design of tall buildings, which have a proportionately huge quantity of structural elements and a variety of design code constraints, is a very computationally expensive process. In this paper, a novel strategy, with a combination of evol...

The logistics landscape in e-commerce is undergoing a profound transformation toward sustainability and autonomy. This paper explores the implementation of autonomous maritime and last-mile transportation solutions to optimize the entire logistics ch...

The rationale for this work arose from the urgency of improving the energy efficiency of buildings at the design stage, given the changing requirements of energy efficiency standards such as the Polish Technical Conditions (WT 2014 and WT 2020). This...

Climate change is an urgent global concern driven by human activities and the subsequent rise in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The semiconductor industry has emerged as a significant contributor to GHG emissions, yet there is a lack of clear guidel...

We conducted biophysical simulations using MapShed to determine the effects of adopting best management practices (BMPs) to reduce nutrients and sediment pollution in a watershed dominated by poultry production in the Saline Bayou Watershed, Louisian...

Nitrogen losses in the form of Nitrate (N-NO3) from point and diffuse sources of pollution are recognized to be the leading cause of water body impairment throughout Europe. Implementation of conservation programs is perceived as being crucial for re...

Background: This study aims to analyze the effect of physical activity practice on the postural control state of school children. If such an effect was detected, the second aim of the study was to identify which specific capacities of postural contro...

In the realm of traffic signal operations, the Signal Timing Manual second edition (STM2) serves as a foundational guide for professionals engaged in multimodal signal retiming projects. However, it is acknowledged that the STM2 has its limitations,...

This paper demonstrates the comprehensive research of the target Middle Eastern carbonate oilfield on waterflooding technologies, including geological characteristics, integrated research, and principal development techniques. Geological research rev...

With the increasing demands for better transmission speed and robust quality of service (QoS), the capacity constrained backhaul gradually becomes a bottleneck in cooperative wireless networks, e.g., in the Internet of Things (IoT) scenario in joint...

Food safety management has evolved with the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system serving as a global benchmark. However, conventional HACCP does not explicitly address environmental sustainability, leading to challenges such as e...

The cryptocurrency market offers attractive but risky investment opportunities, characterized by rapid growth, extreme volatility, and uncertainty. Traditional risk management models, which rely on probabilistic assumptions and historical data, often...

Grassland biomass yield reflects a complex interaction of management intensity and environmental factors, yet quantifying the relative role of practices such as mowing and fertilization remains challenging. In this study, we introduce a multi-class m...

To reduce logistics scheduling costs and energy consumption, this paper studies the slab allocation and hot-rolling scheduling integrated optimization problem that arises in practical iron and steel enterprises. In this problem, slabs are first alloc...

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury is the leading cause of iatrogenic acute nephropathy. Development of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) increases the risk of adverse long- and short-term patients outcomes, the hospital costs, and length of hospi...

A site-scale integrated decision support tool (i-DSTss) is developed for selection and sizing of stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs). The tool has several component modules—hydrology, BMP selection, BMP sizing, and life-cycle cost analy...

Background: Although voice therapy is the first line treatment for muscle-tension voice disorders (MTVD), no clinical research has investigated the role of specific active ingredients. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of active ingredients i...

Diagnostic and treatment strategies for acute coronary syndrome have improved dramatically over the past few decades, but mortality and recurrent myocardial infarction rates remain high. An aging population with increasing co-morbidities heralds new...

The application of mineral fertilizers can effectively enhance crop yields. However, this potential benefit may be diminished if the use of mineral fertilizers leads to a substantial decline in soil organic carbon (SOC) and an increase in soil greenh...

As a kind of effective tool in solving complex optimization problems, intelligent optimization algorithms are paid more attention to their advantages of being easy to implement and their wide applicability. This paper proposes an enhanced northern go...

When designing a single tube practical acoustic thermometer (PAT), certain considerations should be addressed for optimal performance. This paper is concerned with the main issues involved in building a reliable PAT. It has to be emphasised that a PA...

Practice and Research Optimization Environment in Python (PyPROE) is a GUI-based, integrated framework designed to improve the user experience in both learning and research on engineering design optimization. Traditional optimization programs require...

In urbanized lands, industrial areas are generally located close to residential and commercial areas due to ease of access for material and human resources. These industrial areas annually discharge large volumes of contaminated stormwater to receivi...