Intraspecific diversity of Myrmecophilus acervorum (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae) indicating an ongoing cryptic speciation by Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk-Ziemba, Grzegorz K. Wagner, Bernard Staniec, Mirosław Zagaja, Ewa Pietrykowska-Tudruj, Elena I. Iorgu, Ionuţ Ş. Iorgu

“…Furthermore, new and potentially diagnostic characteristics in the external structures of the eyes of M. acervorum were identified. …”
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Estimation and Forecasting of the Average Unit Cost of Energy Supply in a Distribution System Using Multiple Linear Regression and ARIMAX Modeling in Ecuador by Pablo Alejandro Mendez-Santos, Nathalia Alexandra Chacón-Reino, Luis Fernando Guerrero-Vásquez, Jorge Osmani Ordoñez-Ordoñez, Paul Andrés Chasi-Pesantez

“…These findings support the use of hybrid statistical models for informed policy-making, tariff planning, and operational cost forecasting in structurally constrained energy markets.…”
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Strain Localization and Stress Evolution Along the Yangsan Fault: A Geodetic Approach to Seismic Hazard Assessment by Seung-Jun Lee, Hong-Sik Yun, Dal-Ho Shin, Sang-Hoon Lee

“…To tackle this, we applied elastic strain tensor analysis to GNSS data from 33 stations, forming 49 triangular elements across the fault zone. …”
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Quantized convolutional neural networks: a hardware perspective by Li Zhang, Olga Krestinskaya, Mohammed E. Fouda, Ahmed M. Eltawil, Khaled Nabil Salama

“…As the name suggested, deep neural networks are sophisticated models with complex structures and millions of parameters, which overwhelm the capacity of IoT and edge devices. …”
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Large Language Models for Knowledge Graph Embedding: A Survey by Bingchen Liu, Yuanyuan Fang, Naixing Xu, Shihao Hou, Xin Li, Qian Li

“…Large language models (LLMs) have attracted a lot of attention in various fields due to their superior performance, aiming to train hundreds of millions or more parameters on large amounts of text data to understand and generate natural language. …”
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Streamlined Model Predictive Control for a Triple-Optimization of Thermal Comfort, Heating Costs, and Photovoltaic Self-Consumption by Vukasin Klepic, Magdalena Wolf, Tobias Proll

“…This paper introduces a straightforward Model Predictive Control (MPC) method for residential buildings equipped with thermally activated building structures (TABS), photovoltaics (PV), and heat pumps (HP). …”
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Enhanced Peer-to-Peer Botnet Detection Using Differential Evolution for Optimized Feature Selection by Sangita Baruah, Vaskar Deka, Dulumani Das, Utpal Barman, Manob Jyoti Saikia

“…The stealthy nature of botnets, characterized by constant alterations in network structures, attack methodologies, and data transmission patterns, poses a growing difficulty in their detection. …”
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Study on constitutive model of marine soft soil based on disturbed state concept by Heng Zhang, Yindong Sun, Yajun Liu, Ke Wu, Yang Zheng, Haijun Lu, Rong Chen

“…Abstract Marine soft soils are widely distributed in near-coastal areas and pose significant risks to the stability of structures due to their unique mechanical properties. …”
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Existing Buildings Recognition and BIM Generation Based on Multi-Plane Segmentation and Deep Learning by Dejiang Wang, Jinzheng Liu, Haili Jiang, Panpan Liu, Quanming Jiang

“…However, this method currently faces limitations in dealing with buildings with complex curved walls and irregular roof structures or dense vegetation obstacles.…”
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The impact of in-situ urbanization on residents’ health: evidence from CFPS by Wei Wu, Wei Wu, Shuoxuan Zhang, Lei Zhao, Jiawei Gao

“…This study investigates the health effects of in-situ urbanization utilizing panel data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) tracking surveys of 2010, 2012, and 2014. …”
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Fostering energy transition in Africa: Financial systems, inclusive growth, corruption control and ICT as catalysts by Louis David Junior Annor, Thomas Kyei-Mensah, John Agyekum Addae, Margarita Robaina, Elisabete Vieira

“…This study provides crucial insights for policymakers to address governance challenges, optimize financial market structures, and harness inclusive growth to augment renewable energy and clean cooking fuel technologies in West Africa.…”
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Sustainable Social Development in the Meaning System of Social Sciences Teachers in Shiraz City: Towards A Grounded Theory by Adel Moradi, Mahrokh Rajabi, Bijan Khajenoori, esfandiyar ghafarinasab

“…Grounded theory has been used. The data was obtained by interviewing, who were 15 social science teachers in Shiraz. …”
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Exhaustive characterization of modified Si vacancies in 4H-SiC by Davidsson Joel, Babar Rohit, Shafizadeh Danial, Ivanov Ivan G., Ivády Viktor, Armiento Rickard, Abrikosov Igor A.

“…This search reveals only one class of atomic structures that exhibit silicon-vacancy-like properties in the data: a carbon antisite (CSi) within sub-nanometer distances from the silicon vacancy only slightly alters the latter without affecting the charge or spin state. …”
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Enhanced Visible Light Communication for Real-Time Audio With Interference-Resilient Protocols by Kanchana Chathurangi Ahangama, Hemali Pasqual, Chinthaka Premachandra, H. Waruna Haripriya Premachandra

“…This paper introduces a novel VLC transceiver design incorporating advanced interference-resilient protocols, dynamic frame structuring, and robust error correction algorithms to enhance audio streaming performance. …”
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The Role of “Everyday Landscape” in the Quality of Urban Spaces, Case Study: Girls’ Dormitory Route in Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran by Seyed-Hassan Taghvaei, Saeid Norouzian-Maleki, Shayesteh Ali-doost

“…In addition, everyday landscapes have an impact on the daily interactions and activities of people and serve to better understand the social processes and landscape structures and elements. Since the relationship between humans and nature is no longer in a desired or meaningful state, this research focuses on the principal aspects of everyday landscape and its impact on human cognition from a landscape architecture viewpoint. …”
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Numerical analysis of geometrical configuration effects on near-field shockwave propagation in CL-20 based underwater explosives by Ji-ping Chen, Jun Wang, Xian-pi Zhang, Yan-jie Zhao, Xing-xing Wu, Fang-zhou Zhu, Jun Yu

“…Comparative analysis of hydrodynamic simulations involving spherical and cylindrically configured CL-20 charges—a high-density polymorphic energetic compound—demonstrates that while both geometries exhibit comparable initiation energetics, cylindrical variants generate unique azimuthally asymmetric density distributions characterized by vortical flow structures. Quantitative evaluations reveal pronounced disparities in blast overpressure magnitudes between configurations at proximal standoff distances with observed variance attenuating exponentially in a petal shape as the propagation distance increases. …”
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Workplace culture for forensic mental health services: a mixed methods descriptive study by Trentham Furness, Anne Bardoel, Nikola Djurkovic, Rachael Fullam, James R. P. Ogloff

“…Five themes emerged from the focus group data: psychological safety and trust, siloing, passion for the job, service structures (including system issues, resourcing, and support), and staffing. …”
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Predicting the diffusion coefficients of rejuvenators into bitumens using molecular dynamics, machine learning, and force field atom types by Eli I. Assaf, Xueyan Liu, Peng Lin, Shisong Ren, Sandra Erkens

“…The manuscript presents three case studies to illustrate how the model can be used for the iterative design of rejuvenators by optimizing molecular structures based on critical chemical features, such as rejuvenator oxygen content, bitumen sulfur content, and molecular weights. …”
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Identification of Relationships between Fingerprint Patterns and Gender in Koya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. by Zaitoon A. Hamad, Hemn R. Salih, Layla K. Ali

“…After magnifying the obviously acquired photos, the four basic fingerprint structures were identified and registered: Arch, Radial loop, Ulner loop, and Whorl. …”
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RETRACTED: A Comparative Study of the Rheological Properties of a Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Reinforced with PP Fiber for 3D Printing: An Experimental and Numerical Approach by Bakytzhan Sariyev, Alisher Konysbekov, Assel Jexembayeva, Marat Konkanov

“…The investigation identified a 0.25% to 0.5% fiber content range that enhances performance without complicating the extrusion process, facilitating the production of properly printed structures.…”
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