Six Sigma model with implement SAPF to enhance power quality and product quality at induction heat treatment process by Minh Ly Duc, Petr Bilik, Radek Martinek

“…In the improvement phase, the Taguchi method was used to optimize processing conditions, minimizing errors in the production process. …”
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Improvement of the Logistics Flows in the Receiving Process of a Warehouse by Afonso Vaz de Oliveira, Carina M. Oliveira Pimentel, Radu Godina, João Carlos de Oliveira Matias, Susana M. Palavra Garrido

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Research on the Urban Village Renewal Mechanism Based on Rent Gap Theory: A Case Study in Xi’an, China by Jiaxi Xiao, Fan Dong

“…However, issues such as interest conflicts, administrative redundancy, and government supervision during the renewal process significantly increase transaction costs, raising the rent gap threshold and thereby affecting the progress and outcomes of the renewal. …”
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The resource requirements of perioperative patient warming in German hospitals – the results of a prospective, multicenter activity-based costing study by Stefan Nardi-Hiebl, Jan Wallenborn, Martin Schniertshauer, Tilo Koch, Tobias Gruebl, Alexander Torossian

“…The activity-based costing model identified and measured staff time, material use, and direct costs linked to perioperative warming processes in a sample of 225 surgical patients. …”
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Identifying the priority infection prevention and control gaps contributing to neonatal healthcare-associated infections in low- and middle-income countries: results from a modifie... by Daiva Yee, Hanako Osuka, Jamine Weiss, Jane Kriengkauykiat, Amy Kolwaite, Julia Johnson, Joost Hopman, Susan Coffin, Pavani Ram, Florina Serbanescu, Benjamin Park

“…Additionally, a panel of 21 global experts in neonatology and IPC participated in an in-person modified Delphi process to achieve consensus on the relative importance of these gaps as contributors to HAI…”
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An SDR-Based GNSS-R CubeSat Payload: Hardware Development and Optimization of the Onboard Processing by Shah Zahid Khan, Yasir M. O. Abbas, Edwar Edwar, Abdul-Halim Jallad, Adriano Camps

“…This study presents the design and development of a cost-effective and compact 0.5U GNSS-R CubeSat payload that optimizes the GNSS-R data processing technique by using the auxiliary data from the reference signals, such as Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) codes, and their Doppler frequencies in order to reduce the search space. …”
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Evaluation and selection of hydro power plant location using the Analytical Hierarchy Process-TOPSIS method by N. Amani

“…Cost analysis is also conducted to identify the location minimizing energy consumption and associated risks. …”
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User Cost Minimization and Load Balancing for Multiple Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning by Yongxiang Xia, Zhongyi Cheng, Jiaqi Zhang, Xi Chen

“…In the DRL algorithm, we design a novel reward function that enables charging stations to meet user charging demands while minimizing user charging costs and reducing the load gap among distribution networks. …”
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Mapping in the Future: Advancing HD Maps Creation with Semi-Automated Feature Extraction by Y.-F. Chang, K.-W. Chiang, M.-L. Tsai, P.-L. Lee, C.-H. Chu, C.-Y. Hsieh, H.-R. Chen

“…Testing on Taiwan's National Highway No. 1 further confirmed the tool’s robustness in handling real-world conditions, achieving up to a 50–70% reduction in processing time compared to manual digitization. These findings highlight the tool's potential to significantly reduce production costs while maintaining accuracy, thereby facilitating wider adoption of HD Maps in autonomous driving applications.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Interpolation Models for IoT-Enabled RF-EMF Exposure Mapping in Urban Areas by Theodor Panagiotakopoulos, Yiannis Kiouvrekis, Agapi Ploussi, Ellas Spyratou, Efstathios P. Efstathopoulos

“…Electromagnetic field strength maps have been employed to estimate EMF values at locations where a sensing/measuring infrastructure does not exist, inferring their values from measurements made at close distances, thus providing wider coverage in a cost-effective manner. …”
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A non‐fluorescent immunohistochemistry method for measuring autophagy flux using MAP1LC3/LC3 and SQSTM1 as core markers by Shahla Shojaei, Amir Barzegar Behrooz, Marco Cordani, Mahmoud Aghaei, Negar Azarpira, Daniel J. Klionsky, Saeid Ghavami

“…We optimized chromogenic detection using diaminobenzidine (DAB) staining and developed a scoring system based on puncta number and the percentage of stained cells. This accessible, cost‐effective method enables reliable autophagy quantification using a standard light microscope, bridging the gap between experimental research and clinical diagnostics. …”
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A computational framework for processing time-series of earth observation data based on discrete convolution: global-scale historical Landsat cloud-free aggregates at 30 m spatial... by Davide Consoli, Leandro Parente, Rolf Simoes, Murat Şahin, Xuemeng Tian, Martijn Witjes, Lindsey Sloat, Tomislav Hengl

“…Processing large collections of earth observation (EO) time-series, often petabyte-sized, such as NASA’s Landsat and ESA’s Sentinel missions, can be computationally prohibitive and costly. …”
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The Influence of the Design Features of the Submersible Pump Rotor on the Vibration Reliability by Makivskyi O., Kondus V., Pitel J., Sotnyk M., Andrusiak V., Polkovnychenko V., Musthai M.

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The contextual adaptation and educational impacts of the mhGAP-IG to address child mental and behavioral disorder treatment gap in China: A mixed-method study by Meng Zheng, Yi Zhang, Feng Chen, Ang Chen, Di Kong, Kun Xie, Jie Li, Brian James Hall, Andre M.N. Renzaho, Jian-hui Gao, Dao-meng Cheng, Qing Zou, Xin-yuan Zhong, Qi-mei Yu, Wen Chen

“…This study identified barriers and facilitators to mhGAP implementation and documented a contextual adaptation process, offering insights into integrating contextual adaptation methods with implementation science. …”
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Addressing the Scientific Gaps Between Life Cycle Thinking and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for the Sustainability Assessment of Electric Vehicles’ Lithium-Ion Batteries by Maria Tournaviti, Christos Vlachokostas, Alexandra V. Michailidou, Christodoulos Savva, Charisios Achillas

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Using High-Resolution Flood Hazard and Urban Heat Island Maps for High-Priority BGI Placement at the City Scale by Stefan Reinstaller, Albert Wilhelm König, Dirk Muschalla

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TREE: Bridging the gap between reconfigurable computing and secure execution by Sérgio Pereira, Tiago Gomes, Jorge Cabral, Sandro Pinto

“…., TEEOD and BYOTee) fail to fully utilize the dynamic reconfigurability and parallel processing capabilities inherent in FPGAs. In this context, we introduce Trusted Reconfigurable Execution Environments (TREE), a novel framework that fulfills the gaps existing in current FPGA-based TEE approaches. …”
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CO2 absorption-desorption cycles: Progress, gaps, and future by Tohid N. Borhani, Mohammad Reza Abbasi, Morteza Hosseinpour, Mohsen Salimi, Morteza Afkhamipour, Eni Oko, Kyra Sedransk Campbell, Navid Kahllaghi

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Critical factors influencing cost estimators' judgements on cost contingencies in highway construction projects: An empirical study in the UK. by Lilin Zhao, Jinpeng Wang, Shang Zhang

“…Therefore, this paper aims to address this gap by investigating the subjective factors influencing cost estimators' judgements through a qualitative study. …”
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Methodology to classify high voltage transmission poles using CNN approach from satellite images for safety public regulation application: Study case of rural area in Thailand by Bastien Marty, Raphael Gaudin, Tom Piperno, Didier Rouquette, Cyrille Schwob, Laurent Mezeix

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