Development of a Children’s Visual Function Quality of Life (CVF-QoL) Instrument for Rural School-Going Children with Visual Impairments Within a South African Context: Item Genera... by Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe, Rekha Hansraj, Zamadonda Nokuthula Xulu-Kasaba

“…<b>Background</b>: Assessing visual function and quality of life in children with visual impairments is crucial for understanding its impact and evaluating interventions. …”
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CD28 is superior to 4-1BB costimulation in generating CAR-NK cells for tumor immunotherapy by Pengchao Zhang, Xuejia Feng, Xiangyun Niu, Zhongming Liu, Minghui Li, Maoxuan Liu, Dehong Yan, Guizhong Zhang, Xiaochun Wan

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Generative Adversarial Network-Based Distortion Reduction Adapted to Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio Parameters in VVC by Weihao Deng, Zhenglong Yang

“…Furthermore, the perceptual function LPIPS loss is increased to align the image restoration effect more closely with human perception. …”
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Enhancing Cyber Resilience Through Traffic Generation Patterns in Complex Networks: A Study on Cascading Failures by B. Aymar Le Pere Tchimwa, Jean-Pierre Lienou, Wilson Ejuh Geh, Frederica Nelson, Sachin Shetty, Charles Kamhoua

“…This paper investigates the resilience of communication networks with heterogeneous nodes, with host nodes that generate and receive packets and routers that only forward packets. …”
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Enhancing the power quality in radial electrical systems using optimal sizing and selective allocation of distributed generations. by Bachirou Bogno, Deli Goron, Nisso Nicodem, S Shanmugan, Dieudonné Kidmo Kaoga, Kitmo, Akhlaque Ahmad Khan, Yasser Fouad, Michel Aillerie

“…The proposed approach is based on the evaluation of the power losses and voltage profiles of the IEEE 33 bus and IEEE 69 bus standards This MATLAB-based method establishes an objective function that converges more quickly to the optimal results.…”
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Effect of Internal Heat Generation on Heat Transfer of Trihybrid Nanofluid in an Open Enclosure with a Hot Baffle by Rajab Alsayegh

“…The analysis examines the combined effects of thermocapillary forces (Marangoni number, Ma), buoyancy forces (internal and external Rayleigh numbers, RaI and RaE), and internal heat generation. Numerical simulations are conducted to explore how these parameters influence fluid flow and thermal behaviour. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Energy Efficiency in High-Voltage Ozone Generators: Resonant Versus Non-Resonant Systems by Tongpian Prombud, Ekkapol Anusurain, Chainarong Wisassakwichai, Choosak Kamonkhantithorn

“…Resonant ozone generators, which utilize tuned electrical circuits for optimal efficiency, are assessed in comparison to non-resonant systems that function without frequency tuning. …”
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Subjective Evaluation of Generative AI-Driven Dialogues in Paired Dyadic and Topic-Sharing Triadic Interaction Structures by Kaori Abe, Changqin Quan, Sheng Cao, Zhiwei Luo

“…This study investigated the effect of interaction structures in a generative AI-driven dialogue system to improve relationships through interactions. …”
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Effect of the number and placement of punched holes in rectangular winglet vortex generators on solar air heater performance by Boonchai Lertnuwat

“…For the simulations, the Realizable k-epsilon model supplemented with a wall function was employed. The results indicated that the number of holes had a significant effect on the Nusselt number, and the winglet vortex generator featuring a single hole was observed to have the highest averaged Nusselt number, whereas the nine-hole configuration had the lowest. …”
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Enhancing Planning for Autonomous Driving via an Iterative Optimization Framework Incorporating Safety-Critical Trajectory Generation by Zhen Liu, Hang Gao, Yeting Lin, Xun Gong

“…Current AV planning methods exhibit limitations in generating robust driving trajectories that effectively avoid collisions, highlighting the urgent need for improved planning strategies to address these issues. …”
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Thyroid disease classification using generative adversarial networks and Kolmogorov-Arnold network for three-class classification by Aysel Topşir, Ferdi Güler, Ecesu Çetin, Mehmet Furkan Burak, Melih Ağraz

“…Abstract Thyroid disease classification is a critical challenge in medical diagnostics, requiring accurate differentiation between hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and normal thyroid function. This study introduces an advanced machine learning approach that integrates generative adversarial networks (GANs) for data augmentation and Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs) for classification. …”
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Ex vivo Akt inhibition promotes the generation of potent CD19CAR T cells for adoptive immunotherapy by Stephen J. Forman, Ryan Urak, Miriam Walter, Laura Lim, ChingLam W. Wong, Lihua E. Budde, Sandra Thomas, Xiuli Wang

“…Generating potent CAR T cells is of increasing importance in the field. …”
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Coexistence networks of soil methanogens are closely tied to methane generation in wetlands on the northeastern of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by Kun He, Jiacheng Zhao, Jianbin Pan, Qi Zhang, Huyuan Feng, Huyuan Feng

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A Study on the Aesthetic Tendency of the YZ Generation in China Toward the Façade Design of Coffee Shop Buildings by Shaochen Wang, Yang Song

“…They prefer the modernist style and pursue more visually stimulating exterior design, and this preference does not differ in terms of generational and gender differences. …”
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Dual discriminator GAN-based synthetic crop disease image generation for precise crop disease identification by Chao Wang, Yuting Xia, Lunlong Xia, Qingyong Wang, Lichuan Gu

“…The experimental results show that the images generated by FHWD contain more realistic leaf disease lesions, with higher image quality that better aligns with human visual perception. …”
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A Study on New Generation Electro-pneumatic Braking Control Technology for Autonomous-rail Rapid Tram by LIANG Peng, YU Jieren, LUO Xiaofeng, LI Taipeng

“…This simplification of the air circuit layout optimizes space use and centralizes control functions. This electro-pneumatic braking control system employs a pressure regulating valve that has been fully verified by rail transit, coupled with a new pressure regulating algorithm of the electronic control unit, making pressure regulation more stable, with higher accuracy and fewer actions. …”
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Application of DC-AC Hybrid Grid and Solar Photovoltaic Generation with Battery Storage Using Smart Grid by Shoaib Rauf, Nasrullah Khan

“…Since generation from solar PV is in DC and most of the appliances at home could be operated on DC, AC-DC hybrid distribution system with energy management system is proposed in this paper. …”
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Advanced microfluidic strategies for core-shell nanoparticles: the next-generation of polymeric and lipid-based drug nanocarriers by Giuseppe Nunziata, Alessandro Borroni, Filippo Rossi

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Optimal Reactive Power Generation for Radial Distribution Systems Using a Highly Effective Proposed Algorithm by Le Chi Kien, Thuan Thanh Nguyen, Bach Hoang Dinh, Thang Trung Nguyen

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Complete-basis-reprogrammable coding metasurface for generating dynamically-controlled holograms under arbitrary polarization states by Zuntian Chu, Xinqi Cai, Ruichao Zhu, Tonghao Liu, Huiting Sun, Tiefu Li, Yuxiang Jia, Yajuan Han, Shaobo Qu, Jiafu Wang

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