LSOD-YOLOv8: Enhancing YOLOv8n with New Detection Head and Lightweight Module for Efficient Cigarette Detection by Yijie Huang, Huimin Ouyang, Xiaodong Miao

“…However, detecting such small objects poses significant challenges due to their size and limited feature points. To enhance the accuracy of small target detection, we propose a novel small object detection model, LSOD-YOLOv8 (Lightweight Small Object Detection using YOLOv8). …”
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Biomechanical Optimization of Lumbar Fusion Cages with a Porous Design: A Finite Element Analysis by Chenkai Zhu, Kan Deng, Zhenzong Shao, Yong Wang

“…This study evaluates the biomechanical efficacy of personalized porous fusion cages—featuring Gyroid (G-Cage) and Voronoi (V-Cage) architectures—against classic (C-Cage) and personalized (P-Cage) designs, aiming to enhance stability and mitigate subsidence risks. …”
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Exploring the Mechanisms of Zhenbao Pills in the Treatment of Stroke through Network Pharmacology Combined with Mendelian Randomization by Yanhong Liu, Yunqi Hua, Xiaoe Jia

“…We also used Mendelian randomization (MR) to assess causal relationships between feature genes and stroke incidence, for which colocalization was employed for validation. …”
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C-parameter version of robust bounded one-class support vector classification by Junyou Ye, Zhixia Yang, Yongxing Hu, Zheng Zhang

“…To enhance the anti-noise and anti-outlier abilities of C-BOCSVC, the alternative robust version (C-RBOCSVC) is also developed, which incorporates the k-nearest neighbor relative density to assign varying weights to observations and mitigate the negative impact of outliers on the optimal decision boundary. …”
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A novel approach to intrusion detection system using hybrid flower pollination and cheetah optimization algorithm by Deepshikha Kumari, Prashant Pranav, Abhinav Sinha, Sandip Dutta

“…The proposed hybrid FPA-COA-ANN model effectively mitigates the limitations of traditional IDS by offering a robust, scalable, and efficient solution for real-time network threat detection. …”
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Design and Evaluation of Noise Simulation Algorithm Using MATLAB Ray Tracing Engine for Noise Assessment and Prediction by Precin Kalisalvan, Mohd Sayuti Ab Karim, Siti Nurmaya Musa

“…A noise simulation application featuring a graphical user interface (GUI) built with MATLAB’s App Designer (version: R2024a) automates these computations. …”
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Remote Sensing Evaluation of Drought Effects on Crop Yields Across Dobrogea, Romania, Using Vegetation Health Index (VHI) by Cristina Serban, Carmen Maftei

“…The spatial analysis and the drought frequency maps revealed that the central, southern, and northwestern areas were particularly vulnerable, underlining the need for targeted drought mitigation measures. The trend analysis results indicated a nonuniform spatial feature of the negative (drying)/positive (wetting) trends at the regional level, with statistically significant trends identified only over small areas. …”
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Improved Aerial Surface Floating Object Detection and Classification Recognition Algorithm Based on YOLOv8n by Lili Song, Haixin Deng, Jianfeng Han, Xiongwei Gao

“…The water surface environment is highly complex, and floating objects in aerial images often occupy a minimal proportion, leading to significantly reduced feature representation. These challenges pose substantial difficulties for current research on the detection and classification of water surface floating objects. …”
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MAPPING THE LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS COMMUNITY FOR EARTHQUAKE DISASTER USING SPATIAL APPROACH IN CENTRAL OF SULAWESI by Amalia Novarita, Rahmawati Rahmawati, Exsa Putra

“…The impact of earthquakes and floods in the Kulawi, Central  Sulawesi district informed the choice of research location. The primary feature of this research site is the general lack of community readiness for local calamities. …”
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Comprehensive performance and optimization of micro textured slipper pair of axial piston pumps by Ping Xu, Jing Luo, Yinghua Yu, Jiaxing Shen, Wenli Li

“…Four micro-textures, each featuring unique opening and pit configurations, have been proposed. …”
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Debris Flow Susceptibility Prediction Using Transfer Learning: A Case Study in Western Sichuan, China by Tiezhu Li, Qidi Huang, Qigang Chen

“…Although the effectiveness of this model may be limited by the relatively small sample size of debris flow events in the dataset and potential variations in environmental conditions across different regions, it still holds promise for providing a scientific basis and decision-making support for disaster mitigation in comparable areas of western Sichuan.…”
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Surrogate modeling of passive microwave circuits using recurrent neural networks and domain confinement by Kaustab C. Sahu, Slawomir Koziel, Anna Pietrenko-Dabrowska

“…EM tools ensure evaluation reliability but incur significant expenses. These can be mitigated by employing surrogate modeling methods, especially to expedite design workflows like local/global optimization or uncertainty quantification. …”
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Federated Learning on Heterogeneous Images in Internet of Biomedical Things by Yusen Li, Zaobo He, Peilin He, Yulin Cao

“…Extensive evaluations on imaging datasets, featuring various types and degrees of data heterogeneity, demonstrate the superior performance of our methods over existing baselines.…”
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SYNCode: Synergistic Human–LLM Collaboration for Enhanced Data Annotation in Stack Overflow by Meng Xia, Shradha Maharjan, Tammy Le, Will Taylor, Myoungkyu Song

“…Human annotators then engage in iterative refinement, validating and adjusting annotations to enhance accuracy and mitigate biases introduced during automated labeling. …”
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A Deep Learning Algorithm for Multi-Source Data Fusion to Predict Effluent Quality of Wastewater Treatment Plant by Shitao Zhang, Jiafei Cao, Yang Gao, Fangfang Sun, Yong Yang

“…To address this challenge, constructing accurate effluent quality models for WWTPs can not only mitigate these complexities, but also provide critical decision support for operational management. …”
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Optimizing Lupus Care: Early Intervention to Prevent Organ Damage by Jose Alfredo Gómez Puerta

“…Gómez Puerta will advocate for strategies focused on long-term disease management, aiming to reduce flares, mitigate drug toxicities, and ultimately prevent organ damage. …”
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Genderly: a data-centric gender bias detection system by Wael Khreich, Jad Doughman

“…We also curated new datasets as community resources for bias detection and mitigation. Our experiments used diverse preprocessing, feature engineering, and hyperparameter optimization methods for traditional ML models and large language models (LLMs) as gender bias detectors, comparing these results to evaluate model performance. …”
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Comparative analysis of selective gas adsorption on metal-organic frameworks: Cu–(abtc) vs. Cu–(hbtc) by Prudhviraj Medikonda

“…This modification highlights the enhanced affinity of the NH–NH group compared to N = N. Both frameworks feature open metal sites, which contribute significantly to their adsorption behavior. …”
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Regression-Based Networked Virtual Buoy Model for Offshore Wave Height Prediction by Eleonora M. Tronci, Matteo Vitale, Therese Patrosio, Thomas Søndergaard, Babak Moaveni, Usman Khan

“…The methodology is tested across four offshore sites, including operational wind farms, evaluating the sensitivity of predictions to buoy placement and feature selection. The model demonstrates high accuracy and incorporates a k-nearest neighbors (kNN) imputation strategy to mitigate data loss. …”
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High-resolution estimation of carbon storage in Zhejiang’s plantations by Qian Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Zhao Rong, Gang Diao

“…Plantations are a proven strategy for climate change mitigation, and Zhejiang leads China’s plantation development. …”
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