Enhancing cognitive abilities through transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation: Findings from prefrontal functional connectivity analysis and virtual brain simulation by Sora An, Se Jin Oh, Shinhee Noh, Sang Beom Jun, Jee Eun Sung

“…The simulation results demonstrated that the brain's functional state could vary depending on the network coupling parameter—capable of reflecting loss of structural brain connectivity associated with aging—and that the modulation effects induced by taVNS may also differ based on those functional states. …”
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Graph-enhanced implicit aspect-level sentiment analysis based on multi-prompt fusion by Xu Li, Xinlong Wang, Chunlong Yao, Yang Li

“…It also proposes a differentiated loss function with varying penalties for different types of errors. …”
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Event-Triggered Asynchronous Dissipative Control for Markov Jump Systems With Unknown Probabilities by Huiying Chen, Mingshuai Jiang, Renwei Liu, Zuxin Li, Yanfeng Wang

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gfpop: An R Package for Univariate Graph-Constrained Change-Point Detection by Vincent Runge, Toby Dylan Hocking, Gaetano Romano, Fatemeh Afghah, Paul Fearnhead, Guillem Rigaill

“…We present the gfpop package that implements the algorithm in a generic manner in R/C++. gfpop works for a user-defined graph that can encode prior assumptions about the types of changes that are possible and implements several loss functions (Gauss, Poisson, binomial, biweight, and Huber). …”
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Ways of improvement of technological equipment performance by M. B. Smirnov, G. B. Abdilova

“…With the help of OEE concept, the time losses related to the features of the equipment functioning are determined. …”
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Structural and functional characterization of a novel GmKASII-A allele associated with saturated fatty acid composition in EMS-induced mutant PE1544 by Kihwan Kim, Jiyoung Park, Nabachwa Norah, Sooyeon Kim, Hyun Jo, Jong Tae Song, Jeong-Dong Lee

“…Conclusion These results suggest that the conversion of palmitic acid to stearic acid is impaired due to the loss-of-function of KASII-A, indicating that the novel allele of KASII-A plays a crucial role in this biochemical conversion in soybean.…”
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Reliability assessment of two production lines using joint progressively type-II censored XLindley samples by I. Elbatal, Ahmed Elshahhat, H. E. Semary, Mazen Nassar

“…The maximum likelihood method is applied to obtain point estimates for the unknown parameters and reliability functions, while Bayesian analysis is performed under the squared error loss function, employing the Markov Chain Monte Carlo technique to generate samples from the posterior distribution. …”
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Research on Food Image Classification Algorithm based on Improved MobileNetV3-Large by HE Wei-chan, YANG Zhi-jing, QIN Jing-hui

“…Subsequently, a multi-task loss function was incorporated to further improve the classification performance by simultaneously optimizing multiple related tasks. …”
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Biochar and neem seed cake co-amendment effects on soil nitrogen cycling and NH3 volatilization in contrasting soils by Segun O. Oladele, Ajoke C. Adegaye, Adeola Wewe, Taiwo M. Agbede, Adedolapo A. Adebo

“…The study affirms the efficacy of BM biochar-neem seed cake co-amendment on nitrification inhibition but indicates potential N losses by NH3 volatilization depending on soil type, highlighting the need for soil type-specific management strategies to optimize N retention while minimizing environmental impacts.…”
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Performance improvement and numerical study on cathode channel for air-cooled open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells by Lu Zhang, Xiaoyu Wu, Zhijun Deng, Chen Zhao

“…This study focuses on optimizing cathode channels to leverage a local loss mechanism to enhance gas transfer and diffusion efficiency. …”
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Sub-milliwatt threshold power and tunable-bias all-optical nonlinear activation function using vanadium dioxide for wavelength-division multiplexing photonic neural networks by Jorge Parra, Juan Navarro-Arenas, Pablo Sanchis

“…We conducted numerical simulations to optimize the waveguide geometry and VO2 parameters, minimizing propagation and coupling losses while achieving a strong nonlinear response and low-threshold activation power. …”
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Influence of Poly-(L-Lactic Acid) Nanofiber Functionalization on Maximum Load, Young's Modulus, and Strain of Nanofiber Scaffolds Before and After Cultivation of Osteoblasts: An In... by Jürgen Paletta, Karla Erffmeier, Christina Theisen, Daniel Hussain, Joachim H. Wendorff, Andreas Greiner, Susanne Fuchs-Winkelmann, Markus D. Schofer

“…Therefore, an optimization of nanofibers should not only account for the optimization of biological effects on cells, but also has to consider the stability of the scaffold.…”
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Analysis of the biological efficiency and quality factors of mushrooms of the genus Pleurotus (Fr.) P.Kumm as a model of effective cultivation of lignicolous fungi with high fun... by І. І. Бандура, А. С. Кулик, Н. А. Бісько, О. В. Хареба, О. М. Цизь, В. В. Хареба

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Single Administration of AAV‐mAtp6v1b2 Gene Therapy Rescues Hearing and Vestibular Disorders Caused by Atp6v1b2‐Induced Lysosomal Dysfunction in Hair Cells by Gege Wei, Shiwei Qiu, Xue Gao, Lu Zheng, Yijin Chen, Ying Ma, Haifeng Feng, Jinyuan Yang, Guojie Dong, Huiyi Nie, Weihao Zhao, Xiaoge Li, Guangqin Wang, Wei Xiong, Pu Dai, Yongyi Yuan

“…The study generates a hair cell‐specific knockout mouse (Atp6v1b2fl/fl;Atoh1Cre/+) recapitulating the human phenotypes, with pathological features including hair cell loss and abnormal lysosomal morphology and function. …”
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Cross Layer Power Allocation by Graph Neural Networks in Heterogeneous D2D Video Communications by Shu-Ming Tseng, Sz-Tze Wen, Chao Fang, Mehdi Norouzi

“…Therefore, in this paper, we propose the video-optimized heterogeneous interference graph neural network (VD-HIGNN) as a cross-layer D2D resource allocation method for video transmission, which introduces the following contributions: 1) joint source encoder rate and beamforming/power control, 2) incorporating video rate distortion function parameters from the application layer into the node features, and 3) changing the loss function from data rate to Peak-Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (PSNR), a function of video rate distortion and a metric of video quality. …”
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Autonomous Emergency Gliding Landing Guidance and Control of Tilt-Wing Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing for Urban Air Mobility Missions Using Control Barrier Functions by Liqun Ma, Yangchen Ding, Jianzhong Yang

“…The innovative combination of CBFs and global optimization techniques sets a new precedent for resilient aircraft control in complex urban scenarios, paving the way for the safe integration of eVTOLs into everyday urban life.…”
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Exploring the Benefits of Herbal Medicine Composite 5 (HRMC5) for Skin Health Enhancement by Rira Ha, Won Kyong Cho, Euihyun Kim, Sung Joo Jang, Ju-Duck Kim, Chang-Geun Yi, Sang Hyun Moh

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Stabilization of Ficus carica L. Drink by utilizing varying levels of ultrasound-assisted moringa extract as a natural preservative by Faiza Javed, Saima Tehseen, Faiza Ashfaq, Aysha Sameen, Waseem Khalid, Rizwana Batool, Ahmed Bilal, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Tawfiq Alsulami, Robert Mugabi, Gulzar Ahmad Nayik

“…Fig fruit (Ficus carica L.) drink is a source of healthy minerals, vitamins, and bioactive ingredients however to improve the shelf-life of functional drink naturally, moringa leaf extract was compared with optimized concentration of potassium metabisulphite (synthetic preservative). …”
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Mercury capture using functionalized metal-organic framework encapsulated in dual hydrogel layers of β-cyclodextrin and polyethylenimine: Synthesis, characterization, adsorption, t... by Asma O. Obaid, Amnah S. Al Zbedy, Kamelah S. Alrashdi, Meshari M. Aljohani, Sara A. Alqarni, Ameena M. Al-Bonayan, Hana M. Abumelha, Nashwa M. El-Metwaly

“…Adsorption optimization and analysis utilize Box–Behnken design and Response Surface Methodology.…”
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First principles investigation of the structural, anisotropic mechanical, optical, thermodynamic, and thermoelectric properties of MF2 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb) fluorite minerals using... by V.A. Dabhi, H.S. Patel, A.M. Vora

“…Optical properties were thoroughly analyzed via frequency-dependent calculations of the complex dielectric function, refractive index, extinction coefficient, reflectivity, optical conductivity, absorption coefficient, and electron energy loss function. …”
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