Introducing Iterative Model Calibration (IMC) v1.0: a generalizable framework for numerical model calibration with a CAESAR-Lisflood case study by C. Banerjee, K. Nguyen, C. Fookes, G. Hancock, T. Coulthard

“…In response to these challenges, we introduce a generalizable framework for calibrating numerical models, with a particular focus on geomorphological models, named Iterative Model Calibration (IMC). This approach efficiently identifies the optimal set of parameters for a given numerical model through a strategy based on a Gaussian neighborhood algorithm. …”
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Remediation of environmental issues using graphene based materials for water purification: Synthesis, kinetics, and factors effecting the removal of heavy metal ions by Gayatri Pandey, Nitesh Singh Rajput, Umesh Kumar Sharma, Manmohan Singh Chauhan, Narendra Pal Lamba

“…According to the current study, Graphene oxide (GO) and its composites have been extensively utilised for the removal of heavy metals like arsenic, nickel, cadmium, and mercury, with removal efficiencies of more than 80 %, 83.08 %, 98 %, and 99.3 %. …”
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Domain‐independent adaptive histogram‐based features for pomegranate fruit and leaf diseases classification by Mohanmuralidhar Prajwala, Prabhuswamy Prajwal Kumar, Shanubhog Maheshwarappa Gopinath, Shivakumara Palaiahnakote, Mahadevappa Basavanna, Daniel P. Lopresti

“…Our method describe is domain independent in the sense that it can be easily and efficiently adapted to other similar smart agriculture tasks. …”
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The obstetrical management of HIV-positive pregnancy by Mihai George Loghin, Petre Gabriel Gorescki, Romina Marina Sima, Liana Pleș, Daniela Gabriela Balan, Ioana Paunica, Oana Denisa Bălălău

“…HIV infection has not been treated efficiently for a long time, with HIV-positive women at increased risk of transmitting the infection to their newborns. …”
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Environmentally Friendly Production of D(−) Lactic Acid by Sporolactobacillus nakayamae: Investigation of Fermentation Parameters and Fed-Batch Strategies by Susan Michelz Beitel, Luciana Fontes Coelho, Daiane Cristina Sass, Jonas Contiero

“…An experimental design was applied to determine the optimal concentrations of the medium components and fermentation was studied using different feeding strategies. High production (122.41 g/L) and productivity (3.65 g/L·h) were efficiently achieved by Sporolactobacillus nakayamae in 54 h using a multipulse fed-batch technique with an initial medium containing 35 g/L of yeast extract (byproduct of alcohol production), 60 g/L of crystallized sugar, and 7.5 mL/L of salts. …”
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Game-based resource allocation in heterogeneous downlink CR-NOMA network without subchannel sharing by Deepa Das, Rajendra Kumar Khadanga, Deepak Kumar Rout, Md. Minarul Islam, Taha Selim Ustun

“…The main goal is to maximize the throughput of the secondary network by efficiently relaying information to capable SUs without the knowledge of their channel characteristics. …”
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Speciation Analysis and Related Models of Heavy Metals in Contaminated Soil by Zehao LIU, Chunyun JIA, Fengcui FAN, Shujuan DAI, Xiaojun LI

“…Heavy metals in soil have different forms, and each form has a corresponding extraction procedure. …”
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Frequency Diverse Array MIMO Radar Adaptive Beamforming with Range-Dependent Interference Suppression in Target Localization by Kuandong Gao, Huaizong Shao, Jingye Cai, Hui Chen, Wen-Qin Wang

“…Numerical results show that the proposed method can efficiently suppress range-dependent interferences and identify range-dependent targets. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Fabrication of a magnetic alginate-silk fibroin hydrogel, containing halloysite nanotubes as a novel nanocomposite for biological and hyperthermia applications by Reza Eivazzadeh-Keihan, Zahra Sadat, Hooman Aghamirza Moghim Aliabadi, Fatemeh Ganjali, Amir Kashtiaray, Milad Salimi Bani, Samira Komijani, Mohammad Mahdi Ahadian, Nabi salehpour, Reza Ahangari Cohan, Ali Maleki

“…This novel nanobiocomposite could perform efficiently in the magnetic fluid hyperthermia process, according to the obtained results.…”
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Designing Laves-phase RFe2-type alloy with excellent magnetostrictive performance by physics-informed interpretable machine learning by Pengqiang Hu, Chao Zhou, Ruisheng Zhang, Sidan Ding, Yuanjun Guo, Bo Wang, Dezhen Xue, Yizhe Ma, Zhiyong Dai, Yin Zhang, Fanghua Tian, Sen Yang

“…Laves-phase RFe2-type (R = rare earth) magnetostrictive materials have tremendous application potential in smart devices. However, efficiently unearthing novel RFe2-type compounds with huge magnetostriction in experiments remains challenge due to the vast compositional space. …”
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Exploring user usability perceptions and acceptance of chording-enabled keyboards: A perspective between human-computer interaction by Jeryllou Kay O. San Pedro, Ardvin Kester S. Ong, Sean Dominic O. Mendoza, Jann Ryan J. Novela, Ma. Janice J. Gumasing

“…The findings and suggestions included in this study will benefit not only users but also the developers by providing insights into user preferences. Efficiently improving and marketing chording enabled keyboards could be considered as suggested in the implications. …”
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Mechanism of parent-of-origin effects revealed by multi-omic data in euro-chinese hybrid pigs by Chenyu Li, Mei Ge, Keren Long, Ziyin Han, Mingzhou Li, Zhiyan Zhang, Lusheng Huang

“…Parental phases of sequencing reads are efficiently determined by leveraging long-read sequencing technology. …”
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Groundwater Storage Estimation in the Saskatchewan River Basin Using GRACE/GRACE-FO Gravimetric Data and Machine Learning by Mohamed Hamdi, Anas El Alem, Kalifa Goita

“…To characterize this impact, remote sensing and machine learning are essential tools to analyze the data accurately and efficiently. This study aims to predicting the variations of groundwater storage (GWS) using GRACE/GRACE-FO and multi-source remote sensing data, combined with machine learning techniques. …”
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV) Subgroups in Wallonia Region of Belgium in Relation to Current Vaccination Strategies by Anneliese Demil, Mickaël Dourcy, Mutien-Marie Garigliany, Dominique Cassart, Fabien Grégoire, Julien Evrard, Daniel Desmecht, Calixte Bayrou, Hani Boshra

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: These results highlight the importance of ensuring that the available vaccines efficiently protect against strains from circulating subgroups and assessing the potential circulation of attenuated vaccine strains.…”
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A novel hybrid fuzzy logic and federated learning framework for enhancing cybersecurity and fraud detection in IoT-enabled metaverse transactions by Amjad Rehman, Kamran Ahmad Awan, Amal Al-Rasheed, Anees Ara, Fahad F. Alruwaili, Shaha Al-Otaibi, Tanzila Saba

“…Most of the existing frameworks are incapable of efficiently managing trust and detecting fraudulent activities in a decentralized, resource-constrained environment. …”
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MATLAB Application for User-Friendly Design of Fully Convolutional Data Description Models for Defect Detection of Industrial Products and Its Concurrent Visualization by Fusaomi Nagata, Shingo Sakata, Keigo Watanabe, Maki K. Habib, Ahmad Shahrizan Abdul Ghani

“…The authors’ propose a MATLAB application that enables users to efficiently and in a user-friendly way design, train, and test various kinds of neural network (NN) models for defect detection. …”
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Improving Electrical Distance Accuracy for Cable Fault Location Based on the Prony Method by Xiang Ren, Zhiqiang Feng, Kai Zhou, Xueming Zhou, Jianjun Yuan, Yefei Xu, Li Zhang

“…Experimental results demonstrate that the method efficiently addresses the issue of significant deviations in electrical distance accuracy for cable fault location, which arise from uneven wave velocity distribution resulting from cable aging.…”
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Towards a computer-assisted assessment of imitation in children with autism spectrum disorder based on a fine-grained analysis by Rujing Zhang, Jingying Chen, Xiaodi Liu, Yanling Gan, Guangshuai Wang

“…Then, three classic machine-learning algorithms were employed to explore whether the indicators could efficiently classify children with imitation difficulties. …”
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Generation of human iPSC-derived pancreatic organoids to study pancreas development and disease [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Francesca Maria Spagnoli, Abigail Isaacson, Jean-Francois Darrigrand

“…Here, we successfully developed a protocol that efficiently and reproducibly generated organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) by optimizing organoid culture format and media. …”
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Broadband Frequency Selective Surface Absorber Based on Laser-Induced Graphene for Applications From Ku-Band to Q-Band by Sergio Ortiz-Ruiz, Mario Perez-Escribano, Salvador Moreno-Rodriguez, Angel Palomares-Caballero, Juan F. Valenzuela-Valdes, Francisco G. Ruiz, Carlos Molero

“…A circuit model for this FSSA unit cell is introduced, which allows us to efficiently improve the absorption over a large bandwidth by including an ad-hoc dielectric layer. …”
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