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Open AccessEvaluation and performance comparison of different models for global solar radiation forecasting: a case study on five cities
Recently, solar energy has emerged as the most promising renewable energy source to meet the world’s energy demands. However, to harness the potential of solar energy, accurate data on solar radiation are cruc...
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Open AccessAn automatic improved facial expression recognition for masked faces
Automatic facial expression recognition (AFER), sometimes referred to as emotional recognition, is important for socializing. Automatic methods in the past two years faced challenges due to Covid-19 and the vi...
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Open AccessPseudomonas alcaliphila NEWG-2 as biosorbent agent for methylene blue dye: optimization, equilibrium isotherms, and kinetic processes
In comparison to physicochemical and chemical methods, microbial dye biosorption is regarded as an eco-effective and economically viable alternative and is a widely applied method due to its high efficiency an...
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Open AccessBrevibacillus DesertYSK and Rhizobium MAP7 stimulate the growth and pigmentation of Lactuca sativa L.
Applying microbial biostimulants during crop cultivation allows for higher sustainability levels. It reduces the need for fertilizers and environmental contaminants while enhancing plant quality. This study as...
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Open AccessInnovative binary sorption of Cobalt(II) and methylene blue by Sargassum latifolium using Taguchi and hybrid artificial neural network paradigms
The present investigation has been designed by Taguchi and hybrid artificial neural network (ANN) paradigms to improve and optimize the binary sorption of Cobalt(II) and methylene blue (MB) from an aqueous sol...
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Open AccessAerodynamics of ancient egyptian Obelisks and their structural response to Boundary Layer wind
Ancient Egyptian obelisks have been carved thousands of years ago and survived many earthquakes and wind storms. This study examines the aerodynamic characteristics and the response of two of the tallest and s...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Optimizing production of a biopesticide protectant by black yeast
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Efficient representations of digital images on quantum computers
Quantum image processing is the use of quantum computing to store, transmit, and process digital images on quantum computers. This paper introduces two enhanced quantum image representations to store quantum i...
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Open AccessRotatable central composite design versus artificial neural network for modeling biosorption of Cr6+ by the immobilized Pseudomonas alcaliphila NEWG-2
Heavy metals, including chromium, are associated with developed industrialization and technological processes, causing imbalanced ecosystems and severe health concerns. The current study is of supreme priority...
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Open AccessOptimizing production of a biopesticide protectant by black yeast
Natural protection of the Bacillus thuringiensis-based biopesticides from inactivation by the UV component of the cosmic rays constitutes a big challenge to environmentalists, health concerned groups, and industr...
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Improving the quantum cost of reversible Boolean functions using reorder algorithm
This paper introduces a novel algorithm to synthesize a low-cost reversible circuits for any Boolean function with n inputs represented as a Positive Polarity Reed–Muller expansion. The proposed algorithm applies...
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A simple real-time polymerase chain reaction assay using SYBR Green for hepatitis C virus genoty**
Detection of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome is crucial for diagnosis of HCV infection and for monitoring the efficacy of HCV treatment. Thus, we aimed to develop a convenient screening test for common HCV ...
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Low frequency paternal transmission of plastid genes in Brassicaceae
Plastid-encoded genes are maternally inherited in most plant species. Transgenes located on the plastid genome are thus within a natural confinement system, preventing their distribution via pollen. However, a...
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Time Series Case Based Reasoning for Image Categorisation
This paper describes an approach to Case Based Reasoning (CBR) for image categorisation. The technique is founded on a time series analysis mechanism whereby images are represented as time series (curves) and ...
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Region of Interest Based Image Categorization
Region Of Interest Based Image Classification (ROIBIC) is a mechanism for categorising images according to some specific component or object that features across a given image set. This paper describes and com...
