A POSSIBILISTIC APPROACH TO CALCULATING THE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN FOR INVESTMENT PROJECTS WITH FUZZY CASH FLOWS by E. S. Volkova, V. B. Gisin

“…Given a fuzzy cash flow, the IRR is presented as a fuzzy set and the membership function may be considered as a version of distribution. …”
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A Review of Building Window Glazing with High Performance in Heat Transfer by Sajede Karimian, Yousef Gorji Mehlabani

“…Among the main results, we found that, although several advances have been made in this field in the last decade, more research is needed to develop window technologies that not only have high insulating properties but can also generate energy.…”
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Predicting Urban Vitality at Regional Scales: A Deep Learning Approach to Modelling Population Density and Pedestrian Flows by Feifeng Jiang, Jun Ma

“…By advancing urban vitality prediction, UVPN provides a robust framework for evidence-based urban planning, supporting the creation of more sustainable, functional, and livable cities.…”
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Onion (Allium cepa L.) and Drought: Current Situation and Perspectives by Oladé Charles Sansan, Vincent Ezin, Mathieu Anatole Tele Ayenan, Ifagbémi Bienvenue Chabi, Hubert Adoukonou-Sagbadja, Aliou Saïdou, Adam Ahanchede

“…Future research should be more focused on investigating onion drought tolerance mechanisms and structural and functional genomics and identifying genes responsible for onion drought tolerance.…”
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Human cerebral organoids: Complex, versatile, and human-relevant models of neural development and brain diseases by Raquel Coronel, Rosa González-Sastre, Patricia Mateos-Martínez, Laura Maeso, Elena Llorente-Beneyto, Sabela Martín-Benito, Viviana S. Costa Gagosian, Leonardo Foti, Ma Carmen González-Caballero, Victoria López-Alonso, Isabel Liste

“…In this context, human cerebral organoids have emerged as valuable tools offering a more complex, versatile, and human-relevant system than traditional animal models, which are often unable to replicate the intricate architecture and functionality of the human brain. …”
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A MFS-like plasma membrane transporter required for Leishmania virulence protects the parasites from iron toxicity. by Maria Fernanda Laranjeira-Silva, Wanpeng Wang, Tamika K Samuel, Fernando Y Maeda, Vladimir Michailowsky, Iqbal Hamza, Zhongchi Liu, Norma W Andrews

“…Iron is essential for many cellular processes, but can generate highly toxic hydroxyl radicals in the presence of oxygen. …”
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Consultative dimension in the European Union's multilevel governance process: a lever for regulatory and institutional resilience by TECLEAN Cezar, DRĂGAN Gabriela

“…The specified phenomenon feeds an imperfect subsidiarity and a deficient proximity within the EU, for the remedy of which the feasible solution consists in improving the administrative-legal cohesion in the EU through a potential reconsolidation of the Union treaties, which would generate a more homogeneous distribution of the administrative-territorial devolution.…”
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A novel trajectory learning method for robotic arms based on Gaussian Mixture Model and k-value selection algorithm. by Jingnan Yan, Yue Wu, Kexin Ji, Cheng Cheng, Yili Zheng

“…The proposed approach leverages the principles of the elbow method along with the properties of exponential functions, correction terms, and weight adjustments to accurately determine the optimal k-value. …”
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Machine Learning Approaches for Data-Driven Self-Diagnosis and Fault Detection in Spacecraft Systems by Enrico Crotti, Andrea Colagrossi

“…This study explores data-driven alternatives for self-diagnosis and fault detection using Machine Learning techniques, focusing on spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) subsystems. A high-fidelity functional engineering simulator is employed to generate realistic datasets from typical onboard signals, including sensor and actuator outputs. …”
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Quantifying avian wing shapes: Evaluating indices, their relationships, and ecological correlates by Jiahui Li, Canwei Xia

“…Avian wings are central to their remarkable flight ability and diverse life history strategies, including behaviors such as fighting and mating. These multifaceted functions are intricately tied to wing shape, which varies significantly across species because of the complex interplay of evolutionary and ecological pressures. …”
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PI(4,5)P2 Imaging Using a GFP Reporter in Living Cells by Mariam Alkandari, Christopher McMaster, Mahtab Tavasoli

“…Altered metabolism or mislocalization of PI(4,5)P2 can perturb one or more of its functions and contribute to disease states. …”
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Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis via Temporal-Graph Convolutional Fusion by Fan Li, Yunfeng Li, Dongfeng Wang

“…A shared Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) then established inter-channel dependencies to generate attention weights, enhancing critical features for more complete fault information extraction. …”
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Generalized volume-complexity for Lovelock black holes by Monireh Emami, Shahrokh Parvizi

“…Abstract We study the time dependence of the generalized complexity of Lovelock black holes using the “complexity = anything” conjecture, which expands upon the notion of “complexity = volume” and generates a large class of observables. By applying a specific condition, a more limited class can be chosen, whose time growth is equivalent to a conserved momentum. …”
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5G Radio Access Network Architecture Based on C-RAN by Qiuyan Lei, Zhizhong Zhang, Fang Cheng, Haonan Hu

“…Based on the analysis of the traditional cellular structure of the radio access network（RAN）which is facing more and more challenges, the development trend and demand of current mobile communication system were introduced, and the research goal and requirement for the fifth generation mobile communication system（5G）were analyzed. …”
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A novel asymmetric form of the power half-logistic distribution with statistical inference and real data analysis by Amal S. Hassan, Najwan Alsadat, Mohammed Elgarhy, Laxmi Prasad Sapkota, Oluwafemi Samson Balogun, Ahmed M. Gemeay

“…This study provided a significant contribution to developing an adaptable trigonometric extension of the power half-logistic distribution. To be more specific, we created an innovative two-parameter lifetime model called the sine power half-logistic distribution (SPHLD) by using features from the sine-generated family of distributions. …”
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The role of microbiomes in animal invasions: a scoping review by Claudia Romeo, Elsa Brenner, Lucas A. Wauters, Antton Alberdi

“…While observational studies remain valuable at this early stage, we advocate for a wider use of novel technologies and experimental approaches to generate robust functional and mechanistic information that will strengthen their inferential value. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimal Power Flow of Integrated Transmission and Distribution Network Considering Node Carbon Emission Intensity by ZHANG Xianglong, YUAN Zhaoxiang, DONG Shufeng, LIU Ying, XIAO Zhihong, TIAN Yuzhou

“…A multi-objective linear weighted processing method based on a satisfaction function was proposed. [Results] A numerical example was provided to verify that the proposed linear weighted model based on the satisfaction function solution concept can reduce the solving time of the collaborative transmission and distribution power flow by more than 50%. …”
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Rice Leaf Disease Image Enhancement Based on Improved CycleGAN by YAN Congkuan, ZHU Dequan, MENG Fankai, YANG Yuqing, TANG Qixing, ZHANG Aifang, LIAO Juan

“…This addition enabled the deep learning model to more accurately measure perceptual differences between the generated images and real images, thereby guiding the network towards producing higher-quality samples. …”
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A Recommendation Algorithm Incorporating Adaptive Gating Mechanisms and Knowledge Graph Enhancements by Yi Yu, Teng Lv

“…Then, for the item feature vector, the model dynamically adjusts the weights of Collaborative Filtering (CF) and Knowledge Graph (KG) through the gating mechanism, generating a more expressive item representation. The gating mechanism calculates the gating value through the sigmoid function, allowing user’s behavioral characteristics in different scenarios to more accurately impact item recommendation. …”
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Local approach to attributable disease burden: a case study on air pollution and mortality in Belgium by Arno Pauwels, Claire Demoury, Eva M. De Clercq, Brecht Devleesschauwer

“…For both pollutants, these national estimates never deviate more than 2% from those obtained with the global method, and never more than 4% in the individual provinces. …”
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