Artificial Intelligence in Video Games: Towards a Unified Framework by Firas Safadi, Raphael Fonteneau, Damien Ernst

“…With modern video games frequently featuring sophisticated and realistic environments, the need for smart and comprehensive agents that understand the various aspects of complex environments is pressing. Since video game AI is often specifically designed for each game, video game AI tools currently focus on allowing video game developers to quickly and efficiently create specific AI. …”
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Causal inference for heritable phenotypic risk factors using heterogeneous genetic instruments. by Jingshu Wang, Qingyuan Zhao, Jack Bowden, Gibran Hemani, George Davey Smith, Dylan S Small, Nancy R Zhang

“…By using GWAS summary statistics, GRAPPLE can efficiently use both strong and weak genetic instruments, detect the existence of multiple pleiotropic pathways, determine the causal direction and perform multivariable MR to adjust for confounding risk factors. …”
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Rapid and sensitive determination of bongkrekic acid with molecularly imprinted polymer-coated wooden-tip electrospray ionization mass spectrometry by Chunfei Zhong, Xinyan Li, Fan Zhang, Ning Liu, Jiewei Deng, Yunyun Yang, Tiangang Luan

“…This study integrates MIP with ambient mass spectrometry, offering a robust, selective, and sensitive tool for the monitoring of trace BA levels in complex food and environmental samples, contributing significantly to public health safety and food quality control.…”
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Bio-Inspired Thin-Walled Straight and Tapered Tubes with Variable Designs Subjected to Multiple Impact Angles for Building Constructions by Quanjin Ma, Nor Hazwani Mohd Yusof, Santosh Kumar Sahu, Yiheng Song, Nabilah Afiqah Mohd Radzuan, Bo Sun, Ahmad Yunus Nasution, Alagesan Praveen Kumar, Mohd Ruzaimi Mat Rejab

“…A multi-criteria decision-making method (MCDM) using a complex proportional assessment method (COPRAS) was performed to select the optimum thin-walled structures with cross-section designs. …”
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Three Decades of Land Cover Dynamics in a Boreal Coastal Basin: A Multisensor Spectral Index and Machine Learning Approach Using Landsat Data and GB-SAR Data by Jinsong Zhang, Bochi Zou, Yifei Yuan, Asad Khan, Muhammad Bilawal Junaid, Qaiser Abbas, Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain, Nazih Y. Rebouh, Olga D. Kucher, Hassan Alzahrani

“…Boreal coastal habitats, with their complex hydrological, ecological, and geological functions, play a pivotal role in regulating regional climate, supporting biodiversity, and sustaining local communities. …”
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PIDLF+: A Novel Adaptive PIDLF for Forestry Height Mapping Based on Single-Baseline PolInSAR Data by Dandan Li, Hailiang Lu, Mercedes E. Paoletti, Juan M. Haut, Juntao Gu, Chao Li, Weipeng Jing

“…Nevertheless, due to the complex terrain of forest areas, it is difficult to ensure the inversion accuracy when training in a specific forested scene and then applying it to other areas. …”
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Enhancing Sustainable Manufacturing in Industry 4.0: A Zero-Defect Approach Leveraging Effective Dynamic Quality Factors by Rouhollah Khakpour, Ahmad Ebrahimi, Seyed Mohammad Seyed Hosseini

“…Moreover, the gathered data from defect detection can be used in two ways: to prevent defect occurrence in the future (detect-prevent) and to design algorithms for predicting when a defect may occur in the future, hence, to prevent defects before they arise (predict-prevent). …”
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Tuberculous abdominal aortic aneurysm: Management and outcomes by Sree Vani Paladugu, MS, Ajay Savlania, MCh, Gokulkrishnan Hari, MS, Tanuj Singla, MS, Shreyas Srinivasan, MBBS, Ujjwal Gorsi, DM, Mustafa Razi, MD, Pradeep Burli, MD, Prem Chand Gupta, MS

“…Patient status at presentation, the complexity of surgical reconstruction, and the possibility of performing efficient surgical debridement influence the selection of various therapeutic strategies. …”
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Comparative analysis of convolutional neural networks and transformer architectures for breast cancer histopathological image classification by Bo Yuan, Yudie Hu, Yan Liang, Yutong Zhu, Lingyu Zhang, Shimin Cai, Rui Peng, Xianbin Wang, Zheng Yang, Jinhui Hu

“…This indicates that with minimal adaptation, foundation models can be valuable tools in digital pathology, especially in complex multi-class scenarios.…”
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Synergistic use of multi-sensor satellite data for mapping crop types and land cover dynamics from 2021 to 2023 in Northeast Thailand by Savittri Ratanopad Suwanlee, Surasak Keawsomsee, Emma Izquierdo-Verdiguier, Álvaro Moreno-Martínez, Sarawut Ninsawat, Jaturong Som-ard

“…The significant challenges persist in accurately classifying crop types in highly fragmented cropland regions characterized by small field sizes, complex landscapes, and highly frequent cloud cover. …”
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The Role of Virtual and Augmented Reality in Industrial Design: A Case Study of Usability Assessment by Amanda Martín-Mariscal, Carmen Torres-Leal, Teresa Aguilar-Planet, Estela Peralta

“…Effectiveness improves as users gain experience, though it remains sensitive to design complexity. Efficiency shows favourable values even in early stages, reflecting operational fluency despite learning demands. …”
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Relation of Muscles Coordination to the Major Degrees of Freedom in Three Upper Limb Motions by Morteza Farrokhnia, Seyyed Arash Haghpanah, Esmaeal Ghavanloo, Mohammad Taghi Karimi

“…Given the high degrees of freedom (DOF) in the shoulder complex, the IK approach is employed to detect the major DOF involved in each movement. …”
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Reducing Execution Time of Pixel-Based Machine Learning Classification Algorithms Using Parallel Processing Concept by Aliaa Mahmoud, Mohammed Younis

“…Which contributes to significant improvements in performance and time efficiency. This research demonstrated the impact of parallel processing on the performance and time efficiency of machine learning for pixel-based image classification techniques. …”
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An autonomous navigation method for field phenotyping robot based on ground-air collaboration by Zikang Zhang, Zhengda Li, Meng Yang, Jiale Cui, Yang Shao, Youchun Ding, Wanneng Yang, Wen Qiao, Peng Song

“…Compared with traditional GNSS-based navigation methods and single vision methods, this method shows significant advantages in adapting to the dynamic growth of crops and complex field environments, which not only ensures that the phenotyping robot accurately travels along the crop rows during field operations to avoid damage to the crops, but also provides an efficient and accurate means of data acquisition for crop phenotyping.…”
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High-Coverage Profiling of Hydroxyl and Amino Compounds in Sauce-Flavor Baijiu Using Bromine Isotope Labeling and Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography–High-Resolution Mass... by Zixuan Wang, Youlan Sun, Tiantian Chen, Lili Jiang, Yuhao Shang, Xiaolong You, Feng Hu, Di Yu, Xinyu Liu, Bo Wan, Chunxiu Hu, Guowang Xu

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: These results demonstrate that the established method is efficient for the comprehensive analysis of hydroxyl and amino compounds in complex food matrices. …”
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Scientific and Technological Potential as the Main Factor for Agricultural Mechanization Development by Yu. S. Tsench

“…The importance of further evolution is noted for such areas as agro-engineering science and education, cooperation of agro-engineering institutions, innovative approaches and solutions that reflect the current state and tendencies in the development of the agro-industrial complex. …”
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Genome-wide association analysis of grain iron and zinc in rice grown under agroclimatic sites with contrasting soil iron status by Sonu, Amit Kumar, Vikram Jeet Singh, Prolay Kumar Bhowmick, Shekharappa Nandakumar, Sunaina Yadav, Subbaiyan Gopala Krishnan, Ranjith Kumar Ellur, Haritha Bollinedi, Ashok Kumar Singh, Kunnummal Kurungara Vinod

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Communication-constrained multi-UAV task allocation method for non-independent tasks by Jing Chu, Fei Yan, Zhongxian Xu

“…First, we model the problem by incorporating non-independent tasks, pop up tasks, and communication limitations, reflecting real-world UAV coordination complexities. …”
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Study of local inflammatory response in different clinical forms of chronic polypous rhinosinusitis by E. A. Varyushina, E. V. Bezrukova, E. V. Vorobeychikov, E. V. Kravchenko, J. V. Sukhareva, M. A. Aflitonov, A. S. Simbirtsev

“…In all clinical forms of CPMS, complex histopathological changes were observed, including leukocyte infiltration, fibrosis, edema, and collagen depositions. …”
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A functionally tunable magnetic nanochains platform for N-glycoproteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from ultratrace biofluids by Mingyang Li, Xiaorong Song, Haixia Tu, Jie Sun, Yuanyuan Deng, Bing Wang, Yuhan Cai, Yulian Wang, Bin Li, Yue Wang, Xiangzheng Zhang, Dong Wei, Xiaoyu Yang, Yueshuai Guo, Xiang Li, Jie Gu, Jie Ni, Yifan Zhou, Zhongze Gu, Zhuoying Xie, Yan Li, Xuejiang Guo

“…Abstract Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry complex glycoproteins critical mediators of disease progression and hold great potential for liquid biopsy applications. …”
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