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Thermal Conductivity Techniques
Conventional thermal fluids have found limited application owing to low thermal conductivity (TC). The need for more efficient fluids has become apparent leading to the development of nanofluids as advanced thermal fluids. Nanofluid synthesis by suspending nano-size materials into conventional thermal fluids to improve thermal properties has been extensively studied. TC is a pivotal property to the utilization of nanofluids in various applications as it is strongly related to improved efficiency and thermal performance. Numerous studies have been conducted on the TC of nanofluids using diverse nanoparticles and base fluids. 
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  • 10 Feb 2023
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Applications of Hybrid Nanofluids
In response to the issues of environment, climate, and human health coupled with the growing demand for energy due to increasing population and technological advancement, the concept of sustainable and renewable energy is presently receiving unprecedented attention. To achieve these feats, energy savings and efficiency are crucial in terms of the development of energy-efficient devices and thermal fluids. Limitations associated with the use of conventional thermal fluids led to the discovery of energy-efficient fluids called “nanofluids, which are established to be better than conventional thermal fluids. The research progress on nanofluids has led to the development of the advanced nanofluids coined “hybrid nanofluids” (HNFs) found to possess superior thermal-optical properties than conventional thermal fluids and nanofluids. 
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  • 08 Feb 2023
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Disparity of Density in the Age of Mobility
High mobility has promoted the concentration of people’s aggregation in urban areas. As people pursue areas with higher density, gentrification and sprawl become more serious. Disadvantaged people are then pushed out of urban centers.  Conversely, as mobility increases, the disadvantaged may also migrate in pursuit of their desired density. As a result, disparities relative to density and housing may shrink. Hence, migration is a complex system. 
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  • 23 May 2023
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Critical Nodes in Temporal Networks
Many real-world systems can be expressed in temporal networks with nodes playing different roles in structure and function, and edges representing the relationships between nodes. Identifying critical nodes can help us control the spread of public opinions or epidemics, predict leading figures in academia, conduct advertisements for various commodities and so on. 
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  • 03 Jul 2023
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Applications of TDA to Analyze Cardiovascular Signals
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have been, for a long time, a major global health problem that has caused more deaths than any form of cancer or respiratory disease combined. The detection and prediction of CVDs is made difficult by the numerous etiological factors, complex disease pathways, and diverse clinical presentations. Topological data analysis (TDA) is an approach for analyzing and interpreting complex data sets based on ideas a branch of mathematics called algebraic topology.
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  • 18 Jan 2024
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Variants of Point Cloud Registration Algorithms
The registration of point clouds is relevant in many application domains, e.g., remote sensing, computer vision, robotics, autonomous driving, or healthcare. The general objective is to minimize the distances between overlapping point clouds.
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  • 24 Nov 2023
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Profit optimization using RFID under an Unreliable SCM
Competition in business is higher in the electronics sector compared to other sectors. In such a situation, the role of a manufacturer is to manage the inventory properly with optimized profit. However, the problem of unreliability within buyers still exists in real world scenarios. The manufacturer adopts the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to manage the inventory, which can control the unreliability, the inventory pooling effect, and the investment on human labor. For detecting RFID tags, a reasonable number of readers are needed. This study investigates the optimum distance between any two readers when using the optimum number of readers. As a vendor managed inventory (VMI) policy is utilized by the manufacturer, a revenue sharing contract is adopted to prevent the loss of buyers. The aim of this study is to maximize the profits of a two-echelon supply chain management under an advanced technology system. As the life of electronic gadgets is random, it may not follow any specific type of distribution function. The distribution-free approach helps to solve this issue when the mean and the standard deviation are known. The Kuhn-Tucker methodology and classical optimization are used to find the global optimum solution. The numerical analysis demonstrates that the manufacturer can earn more profit in coordination case after utilizing revenue sharing and the optimum distance between readers optimizing cost related to the RFID system. Sensitivity analysis is performed to check the sensibility of the parameters.
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  • 02 Jun 2023
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Boundary-Element Analysis of Cracks in Multilayered Elastic Media
Crack problems in multilayered elastic media have attracted extensive attention for years due to their wide applications in both a theoretical analysis and practical industry. The boundary element method (BEM) is widely chosen among various numerical methods to solve the crack problems. Compared to other numerical methods, such as the phase field method (PFM) or the finite element method (FEM), the BEM ensures satisfying accuracy, broad applicability, and satisfactory efficiency.
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  • 19 Oct 2023
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Different Routing Problems in Transportation
Routing problems refer to a class of optimization problems concerned with finding the most efficient routes or sequences of visits for vehicles tasked with delivering goods or services. These problems typically involve determining optimal paths through a network of nodes (e.g., customers, locations) while satisfying various constraints such as vehicle capacity, time windows, and distance or time limitations.
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  • 18 Mar 2024
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Likert-Type Scale
The Likert-type scale is a widely used psychometric instrument for measuring attitudes, opinions, or perceptions in research contexts. It presents respondents with a series of statements accompanied by symmetrical response options, typically structured on a five-point scale ranging from “Strongly Disagree” to “Strongly Agree”. Each point on the scale represents a gradation of agreement or sentiment, allowing researchers to transform subjective responses into quantifiable data for statistical analysis and interpretation.
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  • 13 Mar 2025
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The Code Underneath
The synergy between Newcomb-Benford and Bayes' laws provides a universal framework for comprehending information, probability, conformality, and computational intelligence.
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  • 26 Jan 2025
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