Comprehensive and Dedicated Metrics for Evaluating AI-Generated Residential Floor Plans by Pengyu Zeng, Jun Yin, Yan Gao, Jizhizi Li, Zhanxiang Jin, Shuai Lu

“…A comparison of RFP-A and existing metrics was conducted both qualitatively and quantitatively, and it was revealed that RFP-A provides more robust, interpretable, and computationally efficient assessments of the accuracy and diversity of generated plans. …”
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The Development of a Converter Transformer Fire Model Based on the Fire Dynamics Simulator and the Analysis of Cooling Mechanisms of Spraying and Coating by Xinhan Qiao, Yijiao Wang, Yuchang Zhang, Le Yu, Dongdong Zhang, Zhi Wang

“…Larger droplets (400 μm) exhibited the most efficient cooling effect directly beneath the spray, achieving temperature reductions of up to 67%. …”
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The adaptive dynamic programming signal control system for person in a connected vehicle environment by Zongyuan Wu, Shiming LI, Gen LI, Ben Waterson, Luyao Zhu, Decai Wang

“…A signal phase transition exploration mechanism is also developed to explore all possible signal timing plans according to non-conflicting phase rules and efficient principles. The generalized vehicle trajectory and car-following model is adopted for predicting the platoon discharge times considering different cases and fleet trajectories to enhance the responsiveness to CV data. …”
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Expanding the chitin oligosaccharide portfolio by engineering NodC chitin synthases in Escherichia coli by Chiara Guidi, Xevi Biarnés, Antoni Planas, Marjan De Mey

“…Additionally, other engineered strains efficiently produce almost 100% specific A4 or A5 product. …”
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Performance and proposal of reproductive management in European quails by Nayra de Paula Montijo de Oliveira Barbosa, Daniel Dantas Pereira, João Vitor Santana Prates, Fabiana Ferreira, Felipe Gomes Silva, André Luiz Mendes Athayde, Letícia Ferrari Crocomo

“…Males remained in copulation for ten consecutive days, mating each day with a different female. Information on egg laying, embryonic viability, and egg fertility was collected daily for fourteen days after copulation. …”
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A Student Facial Expression Recognition Model Based on Multi-Scale and Deep Fine-Grained Feature Attention Enhancement by Zhaoyu Shou, Yi Huang, Dongxu Li, Cheng Feng, Huibing Zhang, Yuming Lin, Guangxiang Wu

“…In smart classroom environments, accurately recognizing students’ facial expressions is crucial for teachers to efficiently assess students’ learning states, timely adjust teaching strategies, and enhance teaching quality and effectiveness. …”
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Enhanced Mainlobe Jamming Suppression in Distributed Array Radar via Joint Optimization of Radar Positions and Subpulse Frequencies by Weiming Pu, Kewei Feng, Xiaoping Wang, Zhennan Liang, Xinliang Chen, Quanhua Liu

“…This mapping enables efficient optimization of radar positions across the designated frequency band. …”
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Specific Spectral Target Detection for Multispectral Images via Target-Focused Spectral Super-Resolution by Hongyan Zhang, Wei Wang, Xiaolin Han, Weidong Sun

“…Experimental results on four different datasets show that, our proposed method achieves the best target detection performance in comparison to other relative state-of-the-art methods, and can even efficiently handle the detection of subpixel-level spectral targets through this unmixing-like spectral dictionary expression.…”
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GES: A New Building Damage Data Augmentation and Detection Method Based on Extremely Imbalanced Data and Unique Spatial Distribution of Satellite Images by Xiaopeng Sha, Zhoupeng Guo, Xinqi Sang, Shuyu Wang, Yuliang Zhao

“…There are unique spatial distribution problems in the existing damaged building datasets, and different categories of building targets show obvious imbalance, especially when the proportion of damaged buildings is less than 0.15%. …”
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Analysis of autonomous UAV navigation methods in GPS dead zones by A.R. Kravchuk, A.H. Tkachuk, O.O. Dobrzhanskyi, Yu.V. Bogoyavlenska, D.Yu. Tkachuk

“…Particular attention is paid to the characteristics of navigation systems: positioning accuracy, processing latency, requirements for computing resources, reliability in different conditions and energy consumption level. …”
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Evaluation of Worker Fatigue During Exoskeleton-Assisted Tasks with Varying Intensities by Daehwi Jo, Gu Young Cho, Kyung-In Kang, Hyunsoo Kim

“…This study evaluates the impact of exoskeleton-assisted work on fatigue reduction across different construction tasks and intensity levels. …”
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Mining privacy-preserving association rules using transaction hewer allocator and facile hash algorithm in multi-cloud environments by D. Dhinakaran, S. Gopalakrishnan, D. Selvaraj, M.S. Girija, G. Prabaharan

“…In this era of data-driven decision-making, it is important to securely and efficiently extract knowledge from distributed datasets. …”
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Desiccation-assisted Fabrication: A Novel Method for Developing Antimicrobial Textiles in Clinical Settings Using Montmorillonite by Mansoor Nabi, Mohd Isfaq ul Hussain, Sabia Qureshi, Syed Shanaz, Syed Akram Hussain, Ishraq Hussain, Mohd. Altaf Bhat, Mohd. Iqbal Yatoo, Zahid Amin Kashoo, Mir Nadeem Hassan, Gulzar Ahmad Badroo, Najeeb ul Tarfain, Faheem Udin, Nahida Nabi

“…This novel coating technique offers a simple, efficient, and cost-effective approach for applying metal oxide nanoparticles to textiles, particularly for small-scale or prototyping applications. …”
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Test–retest reliability and construct validity of a Japanese version of the Satisfaction with Daily Occupations and Occupational Balance for people with mental illness by Tomoe Ebisu, Tatsuhiko Masuzawa, Kayano Yotsumoto, Takeshi Hashimoto, Elisabeth Argentzell, Mona Eklund

“…General OB responses showed no neurocognitive differences, and the in-balance group had higher mental-related QOL than the under-occupied group.Conclusions Weighted kappa coefficients were classified as substantial for activity level, almost perfect for activity satisfaction, and moderate for general OB. …”
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Autonomous vehicle surveillance through fuzzy C-means segmentation and DeepSORT on aerial images by Asifa Mehmood Qureshi, Moneerah Alotaibi, Sultan Refa Alotaibi, Dina Abdulaziz AlHammadi, Muhammad Asif Jamal, Ahmad Jalal, Bumshik Lee

“…After segmentation, we employed the YOLOv4 deep learning algorithm, which is efficient in detecting small-sized objects in vehicle detection. …”
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Analytical finite-integral-transform and gradient-enhanced machine learning approach for thermoelastic analysis of FGM spherical structures with arbitrary properties by Palash Das, Dipayan Mondal, Md. Ashraful Islam, Md. Abdullah Al Mohotadi, Prokash Chandra Roy

“…Furthermore, extensive parametric studies are conducted herein to demonstrate the impact of different property profiles and radial locations on the transient evolution and dynamic propagation of thermomechanical stresses. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental coping and emergency ability of public health emergency in COVID-19 department healthcare workers in ICU nurses of Beijing in China by Tiantian Gai, Yin He, Ying Yin, Yu Cui, Qiuping Li, Yanzhen Hu, Zhenhui Lu

“…Although empirical observations from different departments can provide valuable basis for the health system to formulate preventive measures, efficient training programs and future public emergencies. …”
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Applying Decision Transformers to Enhance Neural Local Search on the Job Shop Scheduling Problem by Constantin Waubert de Puiseau, Fabian Wolz, Merlin Montag, Jannik Peters, Hasan Tercan, Tobias Meisen

“…<i>Results</i>: Our experiments showed that the DT successfully learns local search strategies that are different and, in many cases, more effective than those of the NLS agent itself. …”
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Automatic Generation of Synthesisable Hardware Description Language Code of Multi-Sequence Detector Using Grammatical Evolution by Bilal Majeed, Rajkumar Sarma, Ayman Youssef, Douglas Mota Dias, Conor Ryan

“…Quickly designing digital circuits that are both correct and efficient poses significant challenges. Electronics, especially those incorporating sequential logic circuits, are complex to design and test. …”
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Integrated water-energy modeling in TEMOA energy system optimization model: Pantelleria case study by Farzaneh Amir Kavei, Maria Elena Alfano, Matteo Nicoli, Francesco Quatraro, Laura Savoldi

“…This is crucial for planning effective, resource-efficient decarbonization strategies in isolated or resource-constrained contexts.…”
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