Hybrid boosted attention-based LightGBM framework for enhanced credit risk assessment in digital finance by Chengwei Ying, Anlu Shi, Xiongyi Li

“…The model’s superior performance is attributed to its ability to adaptively refine borrower risk assessment, effectively balance computational efficiency with model interpretability, and provide a robust, scalable solution for digital finance applications. …”
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Effect of Anode-to-Cathode Distance on Corrosion Rate and Cathodic Protection of Submerged Low Carbon Steel in Riverine and Marine Environments by Omar Akram Ahmed, Muthana Mahmood Kassim, Nabaa Hussan Abdul Razaq, Mohammed Najy Mohammed

“…The study also validates the rapid assessment capability of the linear polarization resistance (LPR) technique for evaluating corrosion protection performance in submerged steel structures. …”
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Ecotypic differences in drought‐coping ability in an endemic California oak by Sushmita Poudel, Erika S. Zavaleta, Blair C. McLaughlin

“…We measured physiological and morphological traits, including average leaf area, specific leaf area (SLA), leaf margin morphology, C:N, and carbon isotope discrimination (δ13C, a proxy for water use efficiency). We used generalized linear mixed models to understand the relationship between seedling performance and traits, and the mean annual precipitation (MAP) of the seedling source site. …”
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Estimating Fusarium head blight severity in winter wheat using deep learning and a spectral index by Riley McConachie, Connor Belot, Mitra Serajazari, Helen Booker, John Sulik

“…These methods may provide rapid estimation of FHB severity to improve selection efficiency for resistance or estimate disease pressure for effective management.…”
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Abbreviated protocol for ultrasound duplex scanning of the carotid arteries in the evaluation of preclinical atherosclerosis in order to clarify cardiovascular risk by T. V. Balakhonova, O. A. Pogorelova, M. I. Tripoten, A. I. Ershova, M. V. Koshurnikova, А. N. Rogoza

“…DS was performed with the use of the ultrasonic system “IU 22” (Philips) with a linear sensor with 3-9 MHz. Three types of DS protocol were used — standard protocol (with automatic measurement of intima-media thickness (IMT) of common carotid artery (CCA)), abbreviated protocol 2 (atheroma and IMT of CCA), abbreviated protocol 1 (atheroma).Results. …”
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A carbon aware ant colony system for the sustainable generalized traveling salesman problem by Marina Lin, Laura P. Schaposnik

“…We mathematically formulated the sustainable GTSP and developed an innovative approach that leverages the natural efficiency of ant colony pheromone trails to optimize routes, balancing both environmental and economic objectives. …”
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LS-MambaNet: Integrating Large Strip Convolution and Mamba Network for Remote Sensing Object Detection by Lingyu Yan, Zijian He, Zhiqi Zhang, Guangqi Xie

“…Recently, Mamba-based methods have become hot in the field of target detection and show significant potential in capturing remote dependencies with linear complexity but lack in-depth customization for remote sensing targets. …”
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THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN GLOBAL CONSULTING SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH by Volodymyr V. Tokar

“…Our calculations have shown that the linear correlation coefficient of the size of global consulting services market and world GDP is statistically significant. …”
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Control system for noise-resistant electronic speed controller of a brushless electric motor for an unmanned aerial vehicle by M. V. Parinov, A. N. Yurov, Ya. V. Skitskiy

“…The high demand for unmanned aircraft and their efficiency makes the production of their components a matter of relevance. …”
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Comparing UNet configurations for anthropogenic geomorphic feature extraction from land surface parameters. by Sarah Farhadpour, Aaron E Maxwell

“…This research contributes valuable insights into the optimization of UNet-based models for anthropogenic geomorphic feature extraction and provides a foundation for future work aimed at improving the accuracy and efficiency of deep learning approaches in geospatial applications. …”
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Optimal Economic Dispatch and Load-Following Strategies for Nuclear Integrated Energy Systems by Athanasios Ioannis Arvanitidis, Miltiadis Alamaniotis

“…To demonstrate the nuclear power plant’s flexibility within the day-ahead unit commitment and economic dispatch framework, while maintaining equilibrium even during periods of refueling outages, this paper develops a mixed-integer linear programming framework that models the subsystems and components of its nuclear steam supply system. …”
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The influence of anchoring of remote supports on the stability of mobile transport and technological machines equipped with boom lift manipulators by Lagerev A.V., Lagerev I.A.

“…The mathematical model is universal: it allows to estimate efficiency of additional anchoring irrespective of a design of outriggers and placement of anchor devices. …”
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Grid power quality enhancement by nonlinear control of voltage source inverter by Muhammad imran, zhang jianmeng, abdullah naveed, mohammad ahsan shehzad, cui guoqiang

“…The SAPF effectively detected abnormal behavior, removed harmonics caused by non-linear loads, and improved the power factor. Conclusion: The synchronous reference frame theory-based SAPF is a reliable solution for enhancing grid power quality by mitigating harmonics and maintaining the desired compensation. …”
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The Integration of the Ethical Dimension into Business Education by Monica Petcu, Eduard Dinu

“…Organisations are marked by the complexity of interdependences and non-linear feed-back whose synergetic character has a strong impact on the dynamics, de-structuring and restructuring of the socio-economic systems that these are included in, in a continuous process characterised mainly by instability and rapid changes. …”
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Variation for QTL alleles associated with total dissolved solids among crop types in a GWAS of a Beta vulgaris diversity panel by Audrey Pelikan, Irwin L. Goldman

“…The QTL described can be used to efficiently breed for higher TDS levels in Beta vulgaris, avoiding intercrop type crosses and linkage drag.…”
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Multi-period superstructure optimization for CCS source-sink matching in South Sumatra industrial clusters by Osaliana Budiarto, Widodo Wahyu Purwanto, Alin Halimatussadiah, Dara Ayuda Maharsi

“…This study presents a superstructure optimization model using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP), focusing on a case study in South Sumatra, Indonesia. …”
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NATE: Non-pArameTric approach for Explainable credit scoring on imbalanced class. by Seongil Han, Haemin Jung

“…Logistic regression is widely used in credit scoring due to its robustness, interpretability, and computational efficiency; however, its predictive power decreases when applied to complex or non-linear datasets, resulting in reduced accuracy. …”
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Stability Analysis of an Extended Car-Following Model with Consideration of the Surrounding Leading Vehicles and the Rear Vehicle by Junyan Han, Xiaoyuan Wang, Jingheng Wang, Cheng Shen, Tinglin Chen

“…To address this research gap, a new car-following model is proposed, which integrates the neighboring leading vehicles in the current and adjacent lances, marked as the surrounding leading vehicle (SLV), and the rear vehicle in the current lane. The linear stability analysis and nonlinear analysis of the proposed model, as well as the numerical simulation of the propagation process of disturbance in the vehicle fleet, are conducted. …”
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Adapted Single Scale Retinex Algorithm for Nighttime Image Enhancement by Mohammad Ismail, Zohair Al-Ameen

“…Next, a modified gamma-adjusted Rayleigh distribution function is applied, and its outcome is processed once more by an automatic linear contrast stretching approach to produce the processed V channel that will be utilized with the preserved H and S channels to generate the output RGB image. …”
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GRU2-Net: Global response double U-shaped network for lesion segmentation in ultrasound images by Xiaokai Jiang, Xuewen Ding, Jinying Ma, Chunyu Liu, Xinyi Li

“…Furthermore, we design a Multi-Scale Linear Attention Gate to refine skip connections by emphasizing salient features and suppressing redundancy, thereby mitigating noise interference and improving decoding efficiency. …”
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