Design and Construction Control of Warm Mix Epoxy Asphalt Mixture with Low Epoxy Content for Service Area Pavements by Bo Chen, Kai Chen, Xuetang Xiong, Yi Deng, Zicong Chen, Weixiong Li, Huayang Yu

“…Highway service area pavements are exposed to severe conditions such as heavy traffic, oil infiltration, and temperature fluctuations, which lead to issues like rutting and cracking in conventional asphalt mixtures. …”
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An efficient computational analysis for stochastic fractional heroin model with artificial decay term by Feliz Minhós, Ali Raza, Umar Shafique

“…Heroin addiction is a continuously progressing phenomenon that represents a major problem for world's the public health; this indicates that the development of new methodologies to address the issue at the international level is a crucial priority. …”
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Ventricular-arterial coupling: changes with ageing and implications across cardiovascular conditions by Mateusz Gaczoł, Marek Rajzer, Wiktoria Wojciechowska

“…Purpose Ventricular-arterial coupling (VAC) is a crucial concept in cardiovascular physiology, representing the dynamic interaction between the left ventricle and the arterial system. …”
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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC SATISFACTION WITH THE QUALITY OF PAID MEDICAL SERVICES by S. N. Puzin, M. N. Dudin, O. V. Sertakova

“…With the development of medicine in the commercial segment of the Russian health issues relevance, related to ensuring the quality of paid medical services, their economic and physical access to the public are becoming increasingly relevant. …”
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Optimizing Connectivity and Network Management with SDN Technology on VANET Using the SSF Method by Hane Yorda Dinata, Galura Muhammad Suranegara

“…However, VANET faces challenges such as signal fluctuations, data security issues, and high mobility, which affect network reliability. …”
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A strategic approach to the placement of PV-integrated EV charging stations for enhancing the distribution network performance by Raj Chakraborty, Subhojit Dawn, Priyanath Das, Diptanu Das, Sadhan Gope, Md. Minarul Islam, Taha Selim Ustun

“…The backward forward sweep power flow technique has been applied to perform the analysis by considering the variable parameters of the electrical system. The issues have been framed as an optimization task and tackled by applying the symbiotic organisms search technique. …”
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GSBYOLO: A lightweight Multi-Scale fusion network for road crack detection in complex environments by Yuhao Wang, Heran Zhu, Yirong Wang, Jianping Liu, Jun Xie, Bi Zhao, Siyue Zhao

“…Additionally, a novel SMC2f module was introduced in the neck structure, which calculates the “energy” of each neuron in the feature map, evaluates its contribution to the detection task, and dynamically assigns weighted coefficients. This method enhances the model’s detection robustness in complex backgrounds and effectively addresses the issue of insufficient emphasis on positive samples. …”
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Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Rolling Bearings Based on Policy Gradient Informer Model by Jiahao XIONG, Feng LI, Baoping TANG, Yongchao WANG, Ling LUO

“…Then, the self-attention distillation operation is used to reduce its number of parameters and their dimensions and enhance the prediction robustness of time series. …”
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A crowdsensing-based framework for sound and vibration data analysis in smart urban environments by Boban DAVIDOVIC, Sanja DEJANOVIC, Maja DAVIDOVIC

“… In this paper, we introduce a framework tailored to the precise analysis of sound and vibration data in the dynamic context of smart cities. By harnessing the power of crowdsensing data, our system offers a robust and highly adaptable solution for the real-time monitoring and comprehensive assessment of acoustic and vibrational parameters within urban environments. …”
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A Review of Machine Learning-Based Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime by Abhay R. Gaidhani, Amol D. Potgantwar

“…Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) grapple with a challenging and pivotal issue: how to maximize the network’s lifespan. To improve the quality of service (QoS) and extend the life of the network, there has been a lot of effort made in this area in recent years. …”
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A Procedure for Developing a Flight Mechanics Model of a Three-Surface Drone Using Semi-Empirical Methods by Stefano Cacciola, Laura Testa, Matteo Saponi

“…Aircraft and fixed-wing drones, designed to perform vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), often incorporate unconventional configurations that offer unique capabilities but simultaneously pose significant challenges in flight mechanics modeling, whose reliability strongly depends on the correct tuning of the inertial and aerodynamic parameters. Having a good characterization of the aerodynamics represents a critical issue, especially in the design and optimization of unconventional aircraft configurations, when, indeed, one is bound to employ empirical or semi-empirical methods, devised for conventional geometries, that struggle to capture complex aerodynamic interactions. …”
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Vibrational Response of Solid RC Slab System Under Synchronized Multiperson Walking Excitation by Tazwar Bakhtiyar Zahid, Khan Mahmud Amanat

“…This reduces the serviceability of the building in terms of occupant discomfort, adaptability to dynamic load, durability issues resulting from undesirable cracking, and service life. …”
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Adaptive Fast Smooth Second-Order Sliding Mode Fault-Tolerant Control for Hypersonic Vehicles by Lijia Cao, Lei Liu, Pengfei Ji, Chuandong Guo

“…A fixed-time disturbance observer is then designed to estimate and compensate for the effects of model uncertainties, external disturbances, and actuator failures. The controller parameters are dynamically adjusted through an adaptive term to enhance robustness. …”
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Estimation of winter barley varieties according to productivity and adaptability indicators in the conditions of the Lower Don by I. M. Zasypkina, E. G. Filippov

“…In order to study this issue, in 2020–2022 there was carried out a study to estimate the adaptability parameters of 20 winter barley varieties developed by the FSBSI “ARC “Donskoy” according to various forecrops (black fallow, peas, sunflower). …”
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YOLOv8-BaitScan: A Lightweight and Robust Framework for Accurate Bait Detection and Counting in Aquaculture by Jian Li, Zehao Zhang, Yanan Wei, Tan Wang

“…The key innovations are as follows: (1) By incorporating the channel prior convolutional attention (CPCA) into the final layer of the backbone, the model efficiently extracts spatial relationships and dynamically allocates weights across the channel and spatial dimensions. (2) The minimum points distance intersection over union (MPDIoU) loss function improves the model’s localization accuracy for bait bounding boxes. (3) The structure of the Neck network is optimized by adding a tiny-target detection layer, which improves the recall rate for small, distant bait targets and significantly reduces the miss rate. (4) We design the lightweight detection head named Detect-Efficient, incorporating the GhostConv and C2f-GDC module into the network to effectively reduce the overall number of parameters and computational cost of the model. …”
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Energy efficient multi hop clustering using Artificial Bee Colony metaheuristic in WSN by Shiwei Zhang, Xinghan Liu, Mohammad Trik

“…The protocol integrates three main mechanisms of region-based energy-aware clustering using network partitioning, optimized multi-hop communication paths, and a hierarchical tree structure for efficient data aggregation. ABC dynamically selects Cluster Heads (CHs) and routing paths based on key parameters including residual energy, transmission distance, Cluster Head Ratio (CR), and multi-objective weighting coefficients. …”
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Analysis of the nutrient profile in organic manure from Romanian animal farms by Ioana-Mihaela Jagă, Carmen Postolache, Florina Botez, Florica Bărbuceanu, Luminita Romașcu, Luminita Marutescu, Marcela Popa, Corneliu Vrancianu

“…In this context, in the present study, we have investigated the dynamics of the chemical parameters such as pH, humidity (U%), organic matter (MO%), ammonium nitrogen N-NH4+ (g/kg), nitrogen in the form of nitrite N-NO2- (g/kg), nitrate nitrogen N–NO3- (g/kg) and phosphorus phosphate P-PO4 3- (g/kg) of organic manure from cattle and swine farms during composting. …”
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Assessment of the Development of the Social Infrastructure of Russian Regions and its Impact on Demographic Processes by R. V. Fattakhov, M. M. Nizamutdinov, V. V. Oreshnikov

“…The subject of the study is the demographic development of the regions of the Russian Federation. The dynamics of the key indicators at the federal and local levels define the relevance of the issue. …”
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Neural Network-Based State Estimation for a Closed-Loop Control Strategy Applied to a Fed-Batch Bioreactor by Santiago Rómoli, Mario Serrano, Francisco Rossomando, Jorge Vega, Oscar Ortiz, Gustavo Scaglia

“…The proposed methodology is applied to a class of nonlinear systems with three types of uncertainties: (i) time-varying parameters, (ii) uncertain nonlinearities, and (iii) unmodeled dynamics. …”
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Power main circuit design of the flexible excitation systems for large hydropower units by YAN Wenci, JIA Sisi, DU Bo, WANG Dan, LUO Jin, ZHOU Kaimao, TAO Zheng

“…In response to the system voltage stability and damping issues caused by insufficient dynamic reactive power support capability of renewable energy units， this paper proposes a novel power main circuit topology for flexible excitation systems suitable for large hydropower units. …”
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