Waste paper is recovered and bleached to produce recycled newsprints and magazines. It is composed of a fibre mixture from different wood pulping processes. Each type of fibre shows a different reactivity towards blea...
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Waste paper is recovered and bleached to produce recycled newsprints and magazines. It is composed of a fibre mixture from different wood pulping processes. Each type of fibre shows a different reactivity towards bleaching. Consequently, if the composition of waste paper changes over time, the actual industrial bleaching process may no longer be suitable to achieve the intended brightness. This study aims to develop a multiple linear regression that correlates brightness and fibre composition to determine in advance whether a waste paper stream can achieve the intended brightness. Several samples of four of the most representative fibre types were bleached under specific laboratory conditions, and the resulting brightness was used to develop the regression. The resulting model is valid and consistent when the amount of bleached fibre chemically pulped type in the mixed fibre stream does not exceed 80%. Waste samples with a known fibre composition were then bleached to verify the model. The measured brightness followed the same trend predicted by the regression but was lower at a constant value. The use of a correction factor allowed for a good fit. The cause of this discrepancy could be the differences between the reference fibre mixtures and waste paper pulp not included in the model (e.g. contaminants or collapsed fibres). This work is a first step to develop a simple statistical tool to estimate the brightness of waste paper pulp, despite some limitations. [GRAPHICS] .
This study aims to understand the changes in the water quality of Hanyuan Lake and to show these changes over time. In this study, monthly sampling was conducted at three sampling sites in Hanyuan Lake, and water samp...
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This study aims to understand the changes in the water quality of Hanyuan Lake and to show these changes over time. In this study, monthly sampling was conducted at three sampling sites in Hanyuan Lake, and water samples were measured for water quality indicators in the laboratory according to the methods specified in the Environmental Quality Standards for Surface Water (GB3838-2002). Based on the monitoring data from January to December 2019, the WQI comprehensive evaluation method was used to conduct multiplelinear stepwise regression analysis, extract key indicators, and establish the WQI(min) model. The results show that according to the WQI comprehensive evaluation method, the WQI values of Hanyuan Lake are all above 90, and the grade is excellent. The overall water quality of Hanyuan Lake is excellent, and most of the water quality indexes reach the Class I standard in the Environmental Quality Standards for Surface Water (GB3838-2002). WQI(min1) (R-2 = 0.86, p < 0.001, PE = 4.28) as the best WQI(min) model. In this study, a model with fewer parameters was established by multiple linear regression method, which is conducive to better monitoring of water quality at monitoring stations while saving costs. Practitioner Points According to the WQI comprehensive evaluation method, the WQI values of Hanyuan Lake are all above 90, the rating is excellent. From January 2019 to September 2020, the monthly change trend of each section is roughly the same, showing a trend of first decreasing, then rising, then decreasing, and finally rising and flattening. The WQI(min) model was developed to completely describe the change in the water body.
In industrial plants noise is a major threat to the mental and physical health of employees. The risk increases more due to the presence of high noise sources and the presence of too many employees in textile industry...
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In industrial plants noise is a major threat to the mental and physical health of employees. The risk increases more due to the presence of high noise sources and the presence of too many employees in textile industry plants. This paper aims to predict the consequences of variables that may arise in the plants for acoustic improvement in textile industry plants. For this purpose, scenario plants have been created according to architectural properties and source-transmission path-receiver characteristics. The acoustic analyses of the scenario plants were performed in the ODEON Auditorium, and A-weighted sound pressure level (LA), noise reduction (NR), and reverberation time (RT) were determined. From the data, prediction equations were created with a multiple linear regression (MLR) model. To test the prediction equations, acoustic measurements were made, and acoustics improvements were carried out at a textile industry plant located in Turkiye. When the obtained results, the success, validity, and reliability of the prediction method are provided. In conclusion, the effect of architectural properties and the surface absorption on acoustic improvements in the textile industry was revealed. It was emphasized that prediction methods can be used to determine the effectiveness of interventions that can be applied in different facilities and can be improved in future studies.
Solar cells play a crucial role in generating clean, renewable energy. Accurate modeling of photovoltaic (PV) systems is essential for their development, and simulating their behaviors requires precise estimation of t...
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Solar cells play a crucial role in generating clean, renewable energy. Accurate modeling of photovoltaic (PV) systems is essential for their development, and simulating their behaviors requires precise estimation of their parameters. However, many optimization methods exhibit high or unstable root mean square error (RMSE) due to local optima entrapment and parameter interdependence. To address these challenges, we propose MLR-DE, a novel hybrid approach that integrates adaptive differential evolution (DE) with multiple linear regression (MLR). The main innovation is to decompose the PV model into linear coefficients and non-linear functions, the latter being iteratively estimated using DE. By treating nonlinear function outputs as independent variables and known measured currents as dependent variables, linear coefficients are analytically solved through MLR. Additionally, we introduce a data-fusion-based parameter generation scheme to improve DE's reliability by integrating historical crossover rates with estimated crossover rates. We validate MLR-DE through experiments across 11 PV configurations: 3 standard diode models and 8 environmental variants. The results demonstrate MLR-DE's superiority in all tests. It achieves the lowest average RMSE compared to other algorithms, with standard deviations at or below 2e-16. In the Friedman test, MLR-DE ranked first with a score of 1.94, outperforming the second-place (3.72) and last-place (7.58) competitors. The convergence curve shows that MLR-DE achieves convergence in less than 3,000 function evaluations over standard models, with an average convergence time of less than 0.6 s.
Emergency medicine is a discipline that today is increasingly the focus of attention. In the emergency department, to avoid overcrowding, it is important to assess the Length of the Stay (LOS). The length of stay (LOS...
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During the design of buildings in the preliminary stages of preparing project documentation and for the purpose of analysing the overall life cycle costs of buildings, particularly in the evaluation of alternative des...
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During the design of buildings in the preliminary stages of preparing project documentation and for the purpose of analysing the overall life cycle costs of buildings, particularly in the evaluation of alternative design solutions, there is often need for a rapid and straightforward assessment of thermal energy consumption expenditures. To fulfil this requirement, it is essential to develop new and to continuously refine existing mathematical estimation models. These models facilitate swift and uncomplicated assessments based on a reduced set of parameters or building characteristics that are readily determinable and available in the design phase. The paper compares the accuracy of multiple linear regression models and neural network models in predicting energy consumption for heating school buildings in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The models were trained on a database, and their prediction ability was assessed through generalization and correlation analysis. The paper underscores neural networks' advantages, including their capacity for automatic network construction and management of nonlinear relationships. It specifically cites the cascade-correlation algorithm as a rapid learning technique for constructing deep neural networks. In essence, this paper offers discernment into the precision and efficacy of both multiple linear regression models and neural network models in predicting heating energy consumption of school buildings in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We evaluate the developed models for predicting delivered thermal energy consumption, and our discussion furnishes detailed results of an accuracy comparison among these models.
multiple linear regression is a statistical technique that is widely used in many fields, including weather forecasting. The primary aim of this chapter is to investigate the assumptions and limitations of multiple li...
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The present research compares a machine learning model with a statistical model, with specific emphasis on artificial neural networks and multiple linear regression models. The aim of this study is to forecast the the...
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The present research compares a machine learning model with a statistical model, with specific emphasis on artificial neural networks and multiple linear regression models. The aim of this study is to forecast the thermal transmittance of a plain-woven cotton fabric using input data such as thread density measured in ends per inch, picks per inch, and fabric thickness. The artificial neural network is built using a network with feed-forward backpropagation, and the MATLAB software's training function trainlm is used to modify its weight and basic values based on Levenberg-Marquardt optimization techniques. The sigmoid transfer function is used to set the layer output and measure network performance in terms of the root mean squared error, mean absolute error percentage, and coefficient of determination which were determined. For the artificial neural network prediction model, the root mean squared error and mean absolute error percentage were 1.05 and 3.132%, respectively, while the coefficient of determination was 0.9307. In contrast, the multiple linear regression prediction model had root mean squared error and mean absolute error percentage values of 2.98 and 8.97%, respectively, along with a coefficient of determination of 0.4727. The results reveal that the artificial neural network model outperforms the multiple linear regression model, showing superior accuracy and robustness in capturing the intricate interactions between important fabric parameters (ends per inch, picks per inch, and thickness) and thermal transmittance values. This research emphasizes the efficiency of artificial neural network modeling as a superior tool for forecasting thermal transmittance in textile applications rather than employing the time-consuming trial-and-error process for delivering significant insights for material engineering and energy-efficient design.
When considering the operational rendition and safety of a road, factors such as traffic condition, vehicle characteristics, and driver behaviour are just as important as the weather condition. In particular, the visi...
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This research introduces a novel mathematical methodology for identifying the distinctive frequency of human tissue. The model has been formulated using bioelectrical impedance analysis. The developed model can be uti...
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This research introduces a novel mathematical methodology for identifying the distinctive frequency of human tissue. The model has been formulated using bioelectrical impedance analysis. The developed model can be utilized to detect a range of ailments, including those associated with the cardiovascular system, cancer, and dengue fever. A total of 3813 data points, including both males and females, were utilized. Data from a sample of both male and female individuals, including their age, height, bioelectrical impedance at frequencies ranging from 5 kHz to 1 MHz (for the Fc model), body mass index, and an impedance index of 2000, were utilized to create mathematical models. To validate the suggested models, data from a total of 1813 individuals (both male and female) were utilized. The statistical analysis of the proposed model (Fc) reveals a significant correlation (Pearson coefficient = 0.997, p < 0.001) between both male and female subjects, with a positive covariance. The model's 95% limits of agreement, ranging from -1.28 to 1.98 L for both males and females, are sufficiently minimal. All errors fall within this limit. In addition, the suggested model has undergone validation in terms of various types of error analysis, such as bias and root mean square (RMSE). The bias and RMSE values, which are indicators of error, reach a maximum of 0.32 and 0.38 L (for both male and female), respectively. These values are within the predicted range and can be considered minimal.
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