An enhanced buck-boost converter for photovoltaic diagnosis application: Accurate MPP tracker and I-V tracer by Yassine Chouay, Mohammed Ouassaid

“…In normal operation, the converter is controlled by neural network (NN) controller to efficiently extract maximum power point (MPP). However, in the event of a system failure, the converter automatically transitions to variable load mode to capture different points on the current-voltage (I-V) curve. …”
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Active RIS-NOMA Uplink in URLLC, Jamming Mitigation via Surrogate and Deep Learning by Ghazal Asemian, Mohammadreza Amini, Burak Kantarci

“…The complexity of the optimization problem, involving numerous interacting variables, leads us to develop a deep regression model to predict optimal network configurations, providing a computationally efficient approach as well as reducing the signaling overhead. …”
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SSR loci potentially associated with high amylopectine content in maize kernel endosperm by S. I. Vakula, O. A. Orlovskaya, L. V. Khotyleva, A. V. Kilchevsky

“…As a component of functional nutrition, maize cultivars with “non-traditional” kernel composition (waxy, oilbearing, sugar, opaque, etc. phenotypic variants) are promising. …”
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Development of blood-brain barrier-penetrating antibodies for neutralizing tick-borne encephalitis virus in the brain by Mizuki Fukuta, Sayo Fukano, Naoya Maekawa, Shintaro Kobayashi, Shunsuke Okamoto, Minato Hirano, Junko Nio-Kobayashi, Hiroaki Kariwa, Shigeru Kawakami, Satoru Konnai, Kentaro Yoshii

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Modeling Wetland Biomass and Aboveground Carbon: Influence of Plot Size and Data Treatment Using Remote Sensing and Random Forest by Tássia Fraga Belloli, Diniz Carvalho de Arruda, Laurindo Antonio Guasselli, Christhian Santana Cunha, Carina Cristiane Korb

“…Remote sensing (RS) data effectively estimate and map AGB and Corg in wetlands using various techniques, but there is still room to improve the efficiency of machine learning (ML)-based approaches. …”
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Engineering safe anti-CD19-CD28ζ CAR T cells with CD8a hinge domain in serum-free media for adoptive immunotherapy by Muthuganesh Muthuvel, Muthuganesh Muthuvel, Thamizhselvi Ganapathy, Trent Spencer, Sunil S. Raikar, Saravanabhavan Thangavel, Alok Srivastava, Alok Srivastava, Alok Srivastava, Sunil Martin

“…The cells were pre-stimulated through CD3/CD28 beads before lentiviral transduction. Transduction efficiency, fold expansion and phenotype were monitored for the CAR T cells expanded for 10–12 days. …”
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Robust Optimization Research of Cyber–Physical Power System Considering Wind Power Uncertainty and Coupled Relationship by Jiuling Dong, Zilong Song, Yuanshuo Zheng, Jingtang Luo, Min Zhang, Xiaolong Yang, Hongbing Ma

“…Furthermore, the deterministic power balance constraints are relaxed into inequality constraints that account for wind power forecasting errors through fuzzy variables. The lower-level model focuses on minimizing traffic load shedding by establishing a topology–function-constrained information network traffic model based on the maximum flow principle in graph theory, thereby improving the efficiency of network flow transmission. …”
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Creating Balance on Bandwidth Consumption using Network Coding in Wireless Sensor Networks by Ehsan Kharati

“…For this purpose, we need to calculate the derivative of the Lagrangian function relative to its variables, in order to determine the condition as a multi-excited multi-equation device. …”
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Retrieval of carbon and inorganic phosphorus during hydrothermal carbonization: ANN and RSM modeling by Abolfazl Shokri, Mohammad Amin Larki, Ahad Ghaemi

“…Next, Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Radial Basis Function (RBF) were used to compare the results and improve the model fit. …”
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Support vector regression model for the prediction of buildings’ maximum seismic response based on real monitoring data by Dongwang Tao, Shizhe Fang, Haixu Liu, Jianqi Lu, Jiang Wang, Qiang Ma

“…Our results demonstrate that SVR-MDR model outperform other machine learning models such as kernel ridge regression and decision tree models, and SVR-MDR and RSVR-MDR models outperform conventional loglinear regression and multinomial models, because SVR can map the complex nonlinear function of multiple variables and consider the available information of buildings especially the fundamental frequency. …”
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Slow and Quick Flow Models Explain the Temporal Dynamics of Daily Salinity in Streams by Thomas G. Westfall, Tim J. Peterson, Anna Lintern, Andrew W. Western

“…However, significant variability within high‐frequency data sets can result in poor explanation of temporal dynamics using the simple C‐Q equation. …”
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Accurate Sugarcane Detection and Row Fitting Using SugarRow-YOLO and Clustering-Based Spline Methods for Autonomous Agricultural Operations by Guiqing Deng, Fangyue Zhou, Huan Dong, Zhihao Xu, Yanzhou Li

“…This model introduces the WTConv convolutional modules to expand the sensory field and improve computational efficiency, adopts the iRMB inverted residual block attention mechanism to enhance the modeling capability of crop spatial structure, and uses the UIOU loss function to effectively mitigate the misdetection and omission problem in the region of dense and overlapping targets. …”
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Biomechanical Analysis of <i>Camellia oleifera</i> Branches for Optimized Vibratory Harvesting by Rui Pan, Ziping Wan, Mingliang Wu, Shikui Lu, Lewei Tang

“…This study provides a theoretical basis for enhancing the efficiency of mechanized vibratory picking of <i>Camellia oleifera</i> and optimising the design of the gripper.…”
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Monitoring Abiotic Stressors in Rainfed Vineyards Involves Combining UAV and Field Monitoring Techniques to Enhance Precision Management by Federico Valerio Moresi, Pasquale Cirigliano, Andrea Rengo, Elena Brunori, Rita Biasi, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Mauro Maesano

“…However, precise vineyard management is a crucial component of adaptation strategies aimed at optimizing resource efficiency, which is essential for sustainable farming practices. …”
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Optimization of Material Flow and Product Allocation in Inter-Unit Operations: A Case Study of a Refrigerator Manufacturing Facility by Selman Karagoz, Yasin Karagoz

“…<i>Background</i>: Logistics operations are integral to manufacturing systems, particularly in the transportation processes that occur not only between facilities and stakeholders but also between warehouses and workstations within a facility. The design of functional areas and allocating goods to appropriate zones within the warehouse management system (WMS) are critical activities that substantially influence the efficiency of manufacturing logistics operations. …”
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Adaptive Model Predictive Control for 4WD-4WS Mobile Robot: A Multivariate Gaussian Mixture Model-Ant Colony Optimization for Robust Trajectory Tracking and Obstacle Avoidance by Hayat Ait Dahmad, Hassan Ayad, Alfonso García Cerezo, Hajar Mousannif

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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Optimization with a Very Simple Hybrid Grey Wolf—JAYA Metaheuristic Optimizer by Chiara Furio, Luciano Lamberti, Catalin I. Pruncu

“…The proposed SHGWJA was tested very successfully in seven “real-world” engineering optimization problems taken from various fields, such as civil engineering, aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering (included in the CEC 2020 test suite on real-world constrained optimization problems) and robotics; these problems include up to 14 optimization variables and 721 nonlinear constraints. Two representative mathematical optimization problems (i.e., Rosenbrock and Rastrigin functions) including up to 1000 variables were also solved. …”
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Application of multi-objective neural network algorithm in industrial polymerization reactors for reducing energy cost and maximising productivity by Fakhrony Sholahudin Rohman, Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi, Dinie Muhammad, Ashraf Azmi, Zainuddin Abd Manan, Jeng Shiun Lim, Hong An Er, Siti Nor Azreen Ahmad Termizi

“…Optimization on an industrial scale is a complex task that involves fine-tuning the performance of large-scale systems and applications to make them more efficient and effective. This process can be challenging due to the increasing volume of work, growing system complexity, and the need to maintain optimal performance. …”
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Effects of electron beam irradiation on microbial loads, physicochemical properties, stability of active ingredients, and antioxidant activity in Angelica sinensis Radix by Yunxia Hu, Haijun Wang, Zhijun Xin, Wensheng Gou, Zhuanzi Wang, Xiao Liu, Xihong Lu, Aimei Yang, Xuehu Li, Libin Zhou

“…As the demand for safe, wholesome, and high-quality food continues to rise, more research is being done on innovative food processing technologies that maximize efficiency while reducing negative effects on food quality. …”
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Algorithm for Dynamic Reactive Power Optimization of Regional Power Grid Based on Interior Point Method and Neighborhood Search Decoupling Dynamic Programming Method by Jie ZHANG, Hengfeng WANG, Shengchun LIU, Huabiao WANG, Canghai WANG, Yao RAN, Xianmin WANG, Yongfei MA, Wei YAN

“…The two-stage method could not only ensure the quality of the optimal solution, but also avoid solving the state combination explosion problem with discrete variables, which greatly improves the computational efficiency. …”
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