Differential evolution-optimized gold nanorods for enhanced photothermal conversion by Aimad Koulali, Piotr Radomski, Paweł Ziółkowski, Francesca Petronella, Luciano De Sio, Dariusz Mikielewicz

“…The aspect ratio (AR), defined as the ratio of the diameter to the length of the AuNRs, was a key parameter in the optimization process. …”
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Techno-Economic Evaluation of Geothermal Energy Utilization of Co-Produced Water from Natural Gas Production by Lianzhong Sun, Hongyu Xiao, Zheng Chu, Lin Qiao, Yingqiang Yang, Lei Wang, Wenzhong Tian, Yinhui Zuo, Ting Li, Haijun Tang, Liping Chen, Dong Xiao

“…A wellbore fluid flow and heat transfer model is developed and validated against field data, with deviations in calculated wellhead temperature and pressure within 10%, demonstrating the model’s reliability. …”
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Analytical Dependence of the Probability of Masking Objects on the Density and Dispersion of the Aerosol by A. А. Brusenin, S. А. Krasilnikov, V. N. Penyaz, D. N. Buryak, I. V. Artamonov, V. D. Burkov

“…With the existing method for evaluating the effectiveness of masking objects with aerosols, two parameters are used: the length and width of an invisible smoke screen with a probability of at least 50 %. …”
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Rat Locomotion Analysis Based on Straight Line Detection in Hough Space by José Trinidad Guillen Bonilla, Héctor Guillen Bonilla, Nancy Elizabeth Franco Rodríguez, Mario Alberto García Ramírez, Alex Guillen Bonilla, Maricela Jiménez Rodríguez, María Eugenia Sánchez Morales

“…Based in the measurements results and the calculated errors, the MMHTS method is efficient and exhibits a high application potential in motion analysis.…”
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Nitrogen-Passivated germanium carbide nanomeshes as potential catalysts for photocatalytic water splitting by Sarah Gamal, Ghada E. Khedr, M. Nashaat, Lobna M. Salah, Ahmed A. Maarouf, Nageh K. Allam

“…Abstract Nitrogen-passivated germanium carbide (GeC) nanomeshes have been systematically investigated as efficient photocatalysts for water splitting. The nanomesh, characterized by a lattice constant of 19.3 Å and a pore diameter of 7.3 Å, maintains a planar architecture with optimized N-Ge and N-C bond lengths of 1.8 Å and 1.3 Å, respectively. …”
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Generation of shortest path search dataflow networks of actors for parallel multi-core implementation by A. A. Prihozhy

“…Claims about the possibility of reordering calculations in the blocked Floyd – Warshall algorithm are proved, which make it possible to achieve a greater load of cores during algorithm execution. …”
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A Shortest Distance Priority UAV Path Planning Algorithm for Precision Agriculture by Guoqing Zhang, Jiandong Liu, Wei Luo, Yongxiang Zhao, Ruiyin Tang, Keyu Mei, Penggang Wang

“…In addition, the root mean square propagation (RMSP) method is used to dynamically adjust the learning rate according to gradient changes, which accelerates the learning process and improves path planning efficiency. In this study, firstly, the proposed method was compared with state-of-the-art path planning techniques (including A-star, Dijkstra, and traditional Q-learning) in terms of learning time and path length through a grid-based 2D simulation environment. …”
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Deep learning-assisted screening and diagnosis of scoliosis: segmentation of bare-back images via an attention-enhanced convolutional neural network by Xingyu Duan, Xiaojun Ma, Mengqi Zhu, Linan Wang, Dingqi You, Lili Deng, Ningkui Niu

“…The dataset was created using their bare back images and standing full-length anteroposterior spinal X-rays. An attention mechanism was incorporated into the original U-Net architecture to build a Dual AttentionUNet model for image segmentation. …”
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Focused ion beam (FIB) prepared microtextured microneedle array capable of delivering drugs through punctured skin by Yan Zhang, Zhaoqiang Chen, Wendong Wu, Chonghai Xu

“…The sputtering yield, energy loss and material damage of single crystal silicon materials during focused ion beam (FIB) processing were calculated using Monte Carlo method and found to have optimum removal efficiency and processing accuracy at 30 keV ion beam voltage. …”
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Resting state connectivity biomarkers of seizure freedom after epilepsy surgery by Eva Martinez-Lizana, Armin Brandt, Matthias Dümpelmann, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage

“…A set of graph measures for pairwise connections in standard EEG frequency bands was calculated.After epilepsy surgery 10 patients were seizure-free (Engel 1a) and 10 patients continued suffering from seizures (Engel outcome worse than 1a). …”
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Search for an effective morphometric parameter corresponding to the highly vacuolated stage of microspores in common barley by Ya. A. Blinova, D. D. Babina, A. S. Khanova, M. Yu. Korol, E. V. Bondarenko

“…In the search for a morphometric parameter associated with the optimal stage of microspores, there have been analyzed such indicators as the interval distance between the flag leaf and the second one (F-2l), the interval distance between the flag leaf and the tip of the ear located in the tube (F-K), the length and width of the ear, and also calculated the morphometric criterion (ratio of F-2l:F-K), previously proposed to determine the optimal stage of anther development in a number of genotypes of spring bread wheat. …”
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Simulation study of the influence of water equivalent ratio energy dependence of absorber materials on measurement of multilayer ionization chamber by GU Shuaizhe, CHEN Zhiling, LIN Ye, LIU Qi, BAI Haobo, ZOU Yuhang, LI Xiufang, LI Deming

“…The WER for three absorber materials i.e., Aluminum, PMMA, and FR-4, was calculated by simulation across different energies and thicknesses. …”
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Detecting the Phenological Threshold to Assess the Grassland Restoration in the Nanling Mountain Area of China by Zhenhuan Liu, Sujuan Li, Yueteng Chi

“…Grasslands in the hilly areas of southern China’s middle and low mountains have a high restoration efficiency due to the favorable combination of water and temperature conditions. …”
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Analysis of Bulk Queueing Model with Load Balancing and Vacation by Subramani Palani Niranjan, Suthanthiraraj Devi Latha, Sorin Vlase, Maria Luminita Scutaru

“…Load balancing is one such data architecture used to efficiently distribute network traffic to the server. …”
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Abstract 244: Effect of Actuation Frequency on Clot Integration with the Tigertriever Device: An In Vitro Study by Nakisa Dashti, Megha Gopal, Rowan J Serna, David Fiorella, Chander Sadasivan

“…Methods A Tigertriever 17 device was deployed within a biological thrombus analog (2.5 cm length) placed in a straight silicone tube (2.4 mm diameter). …”
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The marker-assisted breeding of salinity tolerant forms of rice by K. V. Azarin, A. V. Usatov, M. S. Makarenko, V. A. Khachumov, P. I. Kostylev, E. B. Kudashkina

“…The plants were grown in the climatic chamber with the temperature of 26ºС, 70% of humidity and light cycle of 14/10 hours. In 14 days the length of the roots and sprouts and the per cent of seed germination were calculated. …”
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Establishing a Microsurgical Practice in a Limited Resource African Setting: The Kapsowar Hospital Experience by Isaiah J. Rhodes, MA, Sophia Arbuiso, BS, Chase C. Alston, MHS, Ashley Zhang, BSE, Samuel J. Medina, BS, Matthew Liao, BS, Patricia Chesang, MSc, Giles Hayden, BS, Niles J. Batdorf, MD, William R. Rhodes, MD, FACS, David M. Otterburn, MD, FACS

“…Captured parameters included age, sex, relevant medical history, etiology of wound, flap performed, intraoperative time, complications, surgical revisions, and length of stay. Billing information for all domestic patients who received free flaps were audited, and disability-adjusted life years was calculated. …”
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Synthesis, characterization, and biological activity using computational study of synthesized monocyclic β-lactam ligands by Shweta Shweta, Shabbir Muhammad, Mahesh Kumar Mishra, Randa A. Althobiti, Khursheed Ahmad

“…Molecular electrostatic potentials (MEPs) are visualized to get insights to electrophilic and nucleophilic regions of studied compounds with the help of specific color codes. We calculated and compared bond lengths, bond and torsional angles for optimized geometry of 4a using M06-2X functional and 6-311G++(d, p) basis sets. …”
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Traffic Oscillations Mitigation in Vehicle Platoon Using a Car-Following Control Model for Connected and Autonomous Vehicle by Zhijun Gao, Jiangfeng Wang, Xi Zhang, Jiakuan Dong, Lei Chen, Xuedong Yan, Wei Zhang

“…The characteristics and evolution of traffic flow are analysed and some indexes reflecting traffic efficiency and stability are calculated and analysed. …”
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The global economic burden of antibiotic-resistant infections and the potential impact of bacterial vaccines: a modelling study by Mark Jit, Julie V Robotham, Isabel Frost, Kaja Abbas, Nichola R Naylor, Chaelin Kim, Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz, Yixuan Ma, Gisela Aguilar, Naomi Fuller

“…Hospital cost-per-case and length-of-stay estimates were calculated through meta-analyses and reviewing published systematic reviews. …”
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