Feasibility of rational constructive and technological parameters of organization options of multigroup shunting on the basis of simulation modeling by S. V. Karasev, D. A. Sivitskiy

“…The article describes the methodology for calculating the reported costs, which includes the annual capital investments, as well as operating annual costs. In terms of operating costs, the costs associated with the current maintenance of permanent devices, as well as locomotive-hours, car-hours (for operator companies) and the cost of occupying one kilometer of station tracks are taken into account. …”
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Advanced Optimization of Flowshop Scheduling with Maintenance, Learning and Deteriorating Effects Leveraging Surrogate Modeling Approaches by Nesrine Touafek, Fatima Benbouzid-Si Tayeb, Asma Ladj, Riyadh Baghdadi

“…The first strategy uses a Kriging model to dynamically guide the selection of the most effective search operator at each stage of the employed bee phase. The second strategy introduces three variants, each incorporating a Q-learning-based operator in the selection mechanism and a different evolution control mechanism, where the Kriging model is employed to approximate the fitness of generated offspring. …”
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Coordination Analysis of Environmental and Social Problems in Transportation System by Zhiwen Chen

“…The multidimensional public transportation system efficiency evaluation system for different evaluation scenarios provides useful technical ideas and implementation methods. …”
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Biomechanical and physiological effects of passive upper limb exoskeletons in simulated manufacturing tasks by Francesco Scotto di Luzio, Christian Tamantini, Raffaele Di Maro, Chiara Carnazzo, Stefania Spada, Francesco Draicchio, Loredana Zollo

“…They allow relief of the biomechanical load of the operator and ensure the operator’s contact with the object without binding its interaction. …”
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Estimating Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Psychiatry: A Review and Tutorial With Causal Forests by Erik Sverdrup, Maria Petukhova, Stefan Wager

“…We illustrate simple and interpretable exercises for model selection and evaluation, including targeting operator characteristics curves, Qini curves, area‐under‐the‐curve summaries, and best linear projections. …”
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The clinical performance of robotic assisted navigation system versus conventional freehand technique for percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy by Yifan Jing, Jian Jing, Jiayi Liu, Jian Zhang, Yong Jin, Xuming Bai

“…Abstract This study aimed to assess the feasibility and safety of robotic-assisted navigation system for percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy (PTNB), compare it with conventional freehand technique, and evaluate its generalizability across operators with varying experience levels. …”
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‘Lamina External Graft Overlay’: The Use of Segmented Xenogenic Bone Sheets in the Reconstruction of 3D Bone Defects by Roberto Rossi, Fabrizio Bambini, Claudia Dellavia, Dolaji Henin, Lucia Memè

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: This new application of flex cortical sheets simplifies the surgical procedure for both operator and patient, reduces morbidity and post-operative complications, and shows promising signs for resolving complex 3D bone reconstructions.…”
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Noninvasive prediction of meningioma brain invasion via multiparametric MRI⁃based brain⁃tumor interface radiomics by CHENG Xing, WANG Zhi⁃chao, LI Hua⁃ning, WANG Xie⁃feng, YOU Yong⁃ping

“…Decision curve analysis (DCA) was performed to evaluate the clinical net benefit of the models across different threshold probabilities. …”
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Co-Design Optimization and Total Cost of Ownership Analysis of an Electric Bus Depot Microgrid with Photovoltaics and Energy Storage Systems by Boud Verbrugge, Thomas Geury, Omar Hegazy

“…Three European cities are considered to evaluate the effect of different environmental conditions and electricity prices on the optimal microgrid design. …”
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Artificial intelligence-assisted echocardiographic monitoring in pediatric patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation by Weiling Chen, Jinhui Wu, Zhenxuan Zhang, Zhifan Gao, Xunyi Chen, Yu Zhang, Zhou Lin, Zijian Tang, Wei Yu, Shumin Fan, Heye Zhang, Bei Xia

“…The automated echocardiographic EF method is reliable for the quantitative evaluation of different heart rates. It can fully support the course of ECMO treatment, and it can help improve the accuracy of quantitative evaluation.…”
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Edge-based detection and localization of adversarial oscillatory load attacks orchestrated by compromised EV charging stations by Khaled Sarieddine, Mohammad Ali Sayed, Sadegh Torabi, Ribal Atallah, Chadi Assi

“…Moreover, this analysis results shed light on the impact of such detection mechanisms towards building resiliency into different levels of the EV charging ecosystem while allowing power grid operators to localize attacks and take further mitigation measures. …”
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Two methods of vibration perception assessing in workers exposed to hand-arm vibration by E. Zamysłowska-Szmytke, W. Szymczak, M. Śliwińska-Kowalska

“…One method (named "standard method") has been used in Poland so far; the second one (named "according to ISO method") was established on the base of ISO Standard 13091-1-2001. The methods differed not only in technical parameters of stimuli but also in the way of normative values evaluation. …”
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AbVLM-Q: intelligent quality assessment for abdominal ultrasound standard planes via vision-language modeling by Baohua Wang, Yaqian Wang, Yanhua Chu, Ke Zhang, Lei Liu, Kexin Zhang, Bowen Zhu, Dong Wang, Tianan Jiang

“…Confusion matrix analysis confirmed consistent performance across different backbones, with discrepancies primarily observed at grade boundaries. …”
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Predicting Landslide Deposit Zones: Insights from Advanced Sampling Strategies in the Ilopango Caldera, El Salvador by Laura Paola Calderon-Cucunuba, Abel Alexei Argueta-Platero, Tomás Fernández, Claudio Mercurio, Chiara Martinello, Edoardo Rotigliano, Christian Conoscenti

“…This study aimed to evaluate the predictive capability of identifying where displaced material might be deposited by using different inventories of specific parts of a landslide, including the source area, intermediate area, and deposition area. …”
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Development of a clinical prediction model for intra-abdominal infection in severe acute pancreatitis using logistic regression and nomogram by Rui Qi, He-Bin Wang, Ren-Ying Luo, Jing Li, Li Su

“…Model performance was evaluated based on discrimination, calibration, and clinical utility. …”
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SIU-ICUD: Focal Therapy for PCa — The Technique by Lara Rodriguez-Sanchez, Thomas J. Polascik, Kara Watts, Peter Ka-Fung Chiu, Mark Emberton, Behfar Ehdaie, Hashim U. Ahmed, Andre Abreu, Ardeshir R. Rastinehad, Rafael Sanchez-Salas

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> FT is rapidly advancing with new energy sources, technological improvements, and increasing operator expertise. To further optimize FT, research should prioritize evaluating the safety and effectiveness of different energy sources for various lesion locations, focusing on the treatment area rather than the energy modality itself.…”
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Comparing Micro-Ultrasound to mpMRI in Detecting Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer by Christian Pavlovich, Laurence Klotz

“…Conclusion: The sensitivity of mUS in detecting GG ≥ 2 disease was similar to that of mpMRI, but the specificity was lower. Further evaluation with a larger sample size and experienced operators is warranted.…”
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A novel guiding device for puncture localization in percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy by Huang Yong, Hang Shi, Rong Xue, Guoping Zhu, Yuqing Chen

“…There were no significant statistical differences in surgical efficacy evaluation indicators between the two groups (P > 0.05). …”
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A sustainable method for analyzing and studying the fractional-order panic spreading caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by Muhammad Farman, Evern Hincal, Parvaiz Ahmad Naik, Ali Hasan, Aceng Sambas, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar

“…This study gives us an expression of non-integer order in mathematics via fractional Caputo operator just for the broadcast development of different emotions under emergencies due to any situation or some disease. …”
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Normal Values of Spleen Stiffness in Healthy Volunteers and Effect of Meal on Liver Stiffness and Spleen Stiffness by Natrada Luekiatphaisan, Natthaporn Tanpowpong

“…Spleen stiffness (SS) is useful in estimating esophageal varices risk and less invasive as compared with reference standard method (hepatic venous pressure gradient). Using different methods of ultrasound elastography as well as different novel system provide different value of SS. …”
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