Solving 0-1 Knapsack and Bin Packing Problem Using Logical Social Group Optimization by Rhiddhi Prasad Das, Junali Jasmine Jena, Suresh Chandra Satapathy, Naeem M. S. Hannoon

“…In LSGO, after the binarization by replacing the arithmetic operators with logical operators, one of the variables gets cancelled out. …”
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In-Situ Determination of Buildings’ Thermo- Physical Characteristics by Arash Rasooli

“…Despite the advantages of the existing standard method, “ISO 9869 Average Method” for measuring this parameter, two problems have been pointed out: long duration and imprecision. …”
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Brightening the path to safe liver transplants: the role of ICG fluorescence in biliary anastomosis by Laura Vidal, Martín Huerta, Mar Dalmau, Nair Fernandes, Cristina Dopazo, Mireia Caralt, Ramón Charco, Itxarone Bilbao, Concepción Gómez-Gavara

“…The use of ICG fluorescence added an average of 3–5 min to the operative time. No biliary complications were reported during follow-up, and patient survival was 100%.Conclusions ICG fluorescence provides a valuable, objective tool for assessing bile duct vascularization during LT, potentially reducing biliary complications. …”
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A Life-Cycle Carbon Reduction Optimization Framework for Production Activity Systems: A Case Study on a University Campus by Xiangze Wang, Jingqi Deng, Tingting Hu, Dungang Gu, Rui Liu, Guanghui Li, Nan Zhang, Jiaqi Lu

“…Seasonal analysis revealed that June and December exhibited the highest energy consumption, with emissions exceeding the monthly average by 19.4% and 48.6%, respectively, due to energy-intensive air conditioning demand. …”
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Single- and Multilevel Corpectomy and Vertebral body replacement for treatment of spinal infections. A retrospective single-center study of 100 cases by J. Neuhoff, O. Berkulian, A. Kramer, S. Thavarajasingam, A. Wengert, P. Schleicher, A. Pingel, F. Kandziora

“…Background: The optimal operative approach for treating spinal infections remains a subject of debate. …”
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Relationship between continuous or discontinuous of controlling factors and landslide susceptibility in the high-cold mountainous areas, China by Heping Shu, Shi Qi, Xingrong Liu, Xianxian Shao, Xingkun Wang, Dongyuan Sun, Sangjie Yang, Jiale He

“…The results showed that the LS accuracy of ALSA consistently outperformed that of other methods across different factor combinations. The average accuracy of CIV, ALSA, and RF were 0.870, 0.923, and 0.894, respectively. …”
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Impact of ion cyclotron range of frequencies wave induced localized fields on electron dynamics in EAST’s scrape-off layer by Zechen Wang, Nong Xiang, Chunyun Gan, Gen Li, Hailong Lu, Ge Zhuang

“…This study will qualitatively assess the impact of localized fields on electron acceleration and parameter dependence across various ICRF power levels, offering insights for controlling ICRF operation parameters in future fusion reactors.…”
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SPCB-Net: A Multi-Scale Skin Cancer Image Identification Network Using Self-Interactive Attention Pyramid and Cross-Layer Bilinear-Trilinear Pooling by Xin Qian, Tengfei Weng, Qi Han, Chen Wu, Hongxiang Xu, Mingyang Hou, Zicheng Qiu, Baoping Zhou, Xianqiang Gao

“…This paper proposes a multi-scale skin cancer image identification network using self-interactive attention pyramid and cross-layer bilinear-trilinear pooling(SPCB-Net), which mainly consists of three proposed sub-modules that are the self-interacting attention pyramid (SAP), the across-layer bilinear-trilinear pooling operation and the global average algorithm(GAA). The SPCB-Net is applied to two representative datasets of medical images in dermatology and histopathology (HAM10000 and NCT-CRC-HE-100K) to demonstrate the effectiveness of in the skin lesion classification. …”
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Perceptions of ICU Care Following Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: A Military Perspective by Sydney E. Dishman, BS, Kathryn E. Driggers, MD, Laura S. Johnson, MD, FACS, Cara H. Olsen, MS, DrPH, Andrea B. Ryan, RN, MSN, Melissa M. McLawhorn, RN, BSN, Kevin K. Chung, MD, FCCM

“…Exploratory factor analysis was used to categorically group survey questions, and average factor scores were compared between respondent groups using t tests. …”
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A novel method to predict white blood cells after kidney transplantation based on machine learning by Songping He, Xiangxi Li, Zunyuan Zhao, Bin Li, Xin Tan, Hui Guo, Yanyan Chen, Xia Lu

“…Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator algorithm was used for correlation analysis of 85 candidate variables, and the top 20 variables were retained in the end. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness of small vessel pollution control regulation on water quality in the Yangtze River by Kaile Jiang, Shuangbo Liang, Fuping Wang

“…The results show significant drops in the permanganate index (CODMn), ammonia nitrogen (NH _3 -N), and total phosphorus (TP) within three weeks before the regulation took effect, mainly due to early actions by authorities and ship operators. T-tests reveal average decreases of 29.9%, 36.6%, 49.1%, and 9.7% for CODMn, NH _3 -N, TP, and total nitrogen (TN) in the first five weeks after implementation. …”
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Analysis of the Relationship Between Assimilate Production and Allocation and the Formation of Rice Quality by Jianming Tu, Fengting Wen, Feitong Li, Tingting Chen, Baohua Feng, Jie Xiong, Guanfu Fu, Yebo Qin, Wenting Wang

“…Using a membership function comprehensive evaluation method (combines the outputs of multiple membership functions into a single composite value using specific rules (e.g., weighted average, extremum, logical operations) to produce a new membership degree.), a rice variety selection system balancing yield and quality was constructed, and three varieties (Zhongzheyou 8, Huazheyou 261, and Quanyousimiao) were identified as having both high yield and excellent quality. …”
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Surface Defect Detection for Small Samples of Particleboard Based on Improved Proximal Policy Optimization by Haifei Xia, Haiyan Zhou, Mingao Zhang, Qingyi Zhang, Chenlong Fan, Yutu Yang, Shuang Xi, Ying Liu

“…On the particleboard defect dataset with limited images, PPOBoardNet achieves a mean average precision (mAP) of 79.0%, representing a 5.3% performance improvement over the YOLO series of optimal detection models. …”
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A Multi-Task Based Deep Learning Framework With Landmark Detection for MRI Couinaud Segmentation by Dong Miao, Ying Zhao, Xue Ren, Meng Dou, Yu Yao, Yiran Xu, Yingchao Cui, Ailian Liu

“…Our model achieved an average Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) of 85.29%, surpassing the next best-performing models by 3.12%.Our research presents a pioneering automated approach for segmenting Couinaud segments using CE-MRI. …”
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The effect of transitioning from diesel to solar photovoltaic energy for irrigation tube wells on annual groundwater extraction in the lower Indus Basin, Pakistan by Muhammad Khalid Jamil, Wouter Julius Smolenaars, Bashir Ahmad, Sanita Dhaubanjar, Walter Willem Immerzeel, Arthur Lutz, Ghani Akbar, Fulco Ludwig, Hester Biemans

“…The broad availability of inexpensive/free operational energy and abundant solar energy for pumping can cause over-extraction of groundwater. …”
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Three‐Dimensional Printed Prosthesis Reconstructs Bilateral Type III Pelvic Defect After Malignant Tumors Resection by Xuanhong He, Yi Luo, Chang Zou, Minxun Lu, Yuqi Zhang, Zhuangzhuang Li, Guy Romeo Kenmegne, Yong Zhou, Li Min, Chongqi Tu

“…The average follow‐up was 15.5 months (range, 12–16 months). …”
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Wearable peripheral nerve stimulator reduces essential tremor symptoms through targeted brain modulation by Cuong P. Luu, Jordan Ranum, Youngwon Youn, Jennifer L. Perrault, Bryan M. Krause, Matthew I. Banks, Laura Buyan-Dent, Kip A. Ludwig, Wendell B. Lake, Aaron J. Suminski

“…Methods: Employing refractory pure ET patients seeking VIM deep brain stimulation (DBS), we quantified clinical tremor improvement following TAPS treatment in a pre-operative setting, followed by intra-operative microelectrode recording of the contralateral thalamus with concurrent TAPS treatment on and off. …”
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The International Tax Competitiveness: Bibliometric Analysis by Oleksiy Mazurenko, Inna Tiutiunyk

“…The results of trend analysis of scientific publications on tax competitiveness, indexed by Scopus and Web of Science scientometric databases, show a gradual increase in the relevance of these issues. The average growth rate of the number of publications on tax competitiveness in the Scopus database exceeds 12%, and in the Web of Science database – 45%. …”
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Evaluation of oral lesions and dental health in HIV-positive Saudi patients by Khalid Al Zoman, Khawlah Alshunaifi, Muteb Al-Mutairi, Hesham Altamimi, Atheer Binzoman, Sadeq Ali Al-Maweri, Abdulrahman Alrajhi, Yusra Tashkandy, Maha Al-Mozaini, Abdulaziz S. Al Suwyed, Sultan Abdulaziz Al Mubarak

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Cervical cancer prediction using machine learning models based on routine blood analysis by Jie Su, Hui Lu, Ruihuan Zhang, Na Cui, Chao Chen, Qin Si, Biao Song

“…Using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and the random forest method (RF) method, 15 key routine blood features were ultimtely selected from an initial set of 23 features for model training. …”
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