Resiliency Through Collaboration in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems by Alexander A. Nguyen, Faryar Jabbari, Magnus Egerstedt

“…In particular, we focus on how individual robots, with different functionalities and dynamics, can enhance their resilience by forming collaborative arrangements that result in new capabilities. …”
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Assessment of Bucharest Metro Expansion and Its Correlation with the Territorial System by Vasile Dragu, Floriana Cristina Oprea, Eugenia Alina Roman

“…Accessibility was determined using an original model based on the number of metro stations (poles) that can be reached within a certain time interval. The functional analyses, as conducted, aimed to assess the evolution of various network parameters and of accessibility. …”
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Patterns and physical principles of traditional houses in Kashan by Farzad Farnad, Hadiseh Kamran Kasmaei, Mehdi Khakzand, Gholamhossein Memarian

“…To reach greater efficiency, traditional houses have experimentally achieved principles and patterns over time that are repeated explicitly or implicitly in all houses. …”
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Adult age differences in the integration of values for self and other by Lena Pollerhoff, Anne Saulin, Marcel Kurtz, Julia Stietz, Xue-Rui Peng, Grit Hein, Anita Tusche, Philipp Kanske, Shu-Chen Li, Andrea M.F. Reiter

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Valorization of Fruit By-Products Through Lactic Acid Fermentation for Innovative Beverage Formulation: Microbiological and Physiochemical Effects by Elisabetta Chiarini, Valentina Alessandria, Davide Buzzanca, Manuela Giordano, Negin Seif Zadeh, Francesco Mancuso, Giuseppe Zeppa

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Analysis of Gene Differences Between F and B Epidemic Lineages of Bandavirus Dabieense by Wenzhou Ma, Yujia Hao, Chengcheng Peng, Duo Zhang, Yuge Yuan, Pengpeng Xiao, Nan Li

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Design and evaluation of the “Feel Good” feasibility study – a multi-component fruit and vegetable intervention in children measuring cognitive and mental health outcomes by Nicola A. Gillies, Jeanette P. Rapson, Amy L. Lovell, Karen E. Waldie, Clare R. Wall

“…Abstract Background Observational evidence suggests that increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake has the potential to improve children’s cognitive function and mental well-being, but this has not yet been empirically tested in intervention research. …”
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Polyhydroxyalkanoate production during electroactive biofilm formation and stabilization in wetland microbial fuel cells for petroleum hydrocarbon bioconversion by Lanmei Zhao, Mengxue Sun, Can Lyu, Long Meng, Jian Liu, Bo Wang

“…The maximum PHA content of 0.664 g g⁻1 DCW achieved highlighted the dual functionality of WMFCs in bioelectricity production and PHA biosynthesis, distinguishing it from conventional MFC applications. …”
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Designing a model of effective marketing capabilities based on communication by Yoones Banisaeed, Ghanbar Amirnejad, Morteza mousakhani, Leila Andervazh

“…The results of the research showed that after core and optional coding and creation of main and sub-categories, six dimensions of effective marketing capabilities based on communication were identified, i.e. strategic capabilities, operational capabilities, functional capabilities, internal capabilities of the company, and external capabilities and communication as dimensions of effective marketing capability methods based on communication. …”
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Results of a feasibility study of the FReSH START intervention to improve quality of life and other outcomes in people who repeatedly self-harm (Function REplacement in repeated Se... by Bethan Copsey, Alexandra Wright-Hughes, Amanda Farrin, Cara Gates, Kate Farley, Cathy Brennan, Dean McMillan, Christopher D. Graham, Chris Bojke, Richard Mattock, Adam Martin, Petra Bijsterveld, Judith Horrocks, Suzanne Hartley, Marsha McAdam, Dafydd Hammond-Jones, Louise D. Bryant, Allan House, Elspeth Guthrie, the FReSH START lived experience group

“…Considering multiple possible functions of self-harm, we modified three existing psychological therapies for use with people who self-harm multiple times. …”
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Sliding mode control of permanent magnet synchronous motor based on improved extended state observer by YANG Yumeng, ZHU Qixin

“…Secondly, the ESO was utilized to estimate the system state and offset the external perturbations, and a new fal function was proposed to address the problems of the traditional fal function which was prone to cause system jitter and large system gain when the error was large. …”
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Deep Learning- and Multi-Point Analysis-Based Systematic Deformation Warning for Arch Dams by Tao Zhou, Xiubo Niu, Ning Ma, Futing Sun, Shilin Gong

“…Secondly, combining this with principal component analysis, a systematic deformation residual index with multiple points is established. Then, the kernel function is used to simulate the distribution of the abovementioned indicators, and is combined with the idea of small probability to formulate the overall warning indicator. …”
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Multi-Scale Fusion Lightweight Target Detection Method for Coal and Gangue Based on EMBS-YOLOv8s by Lin Gao, Pengwei Yu, Hongjuan Dong, Wenjie Wang

“…Finally, the CIoU loss function is replaced by the Wise-SIoU loss function at the prediction end. …”
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Thermal analysis for obtaining coal ignition characteristics in boilers——Part 2: Intrinsic reaction kinetics by Yang LIU, Zezheng SHI, Zhaoshuai CHEN, Haoyu GOU, Jiye TAO, Shiming XU, Bo YU, Peitao ZHAO, Peifang FU, Huaichun ZHOU

“…To address these issues, a general surface activation function model (GSAFM) was proposed. Its reaction mechanism function f(X) = 1 − X (where X is the conversion ratio), with activation energy EX and pre-exponential factor AX varying with conversion ratio. …”
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Impact of Surface Roughness on the Aerodynamic Efficiency of Wind Turbines: A New CFD-based Correlation by A. Bouhelal, M. N. Hamlaoui, A. Smaili

“…A modified version of the universal logarithmic wall function was implemented to quantify the influence of surface roughness. …”
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An intelligent hybrid grey wolf-particle swarm optimizer for optimization in complex engineering design problem by Muhammad Suhail Shaikh, Haoyue Lin, Senlin Xie, Xiaoqing Dong, Yifan Lin, Chandan Kumar Shiva, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso

“…Abstract Engineering design optimization problems present significant challenges due to the complexity of objective functions, which often involve both continuous and discrete design variables, along with multiple constraints. …”
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Activated carbons for effective pharmaceutical adsorption: Impact of feedstock origin, activation agents, adsorption conditions, and cost analysis by Issam Mechnou, Anasse Benabdallah, Az-Iddin Chham, Younes Rachdi, Miloudi Hlaibi, Abdeslam El kartouti, Na’il Saleh

“…Activated carbons from various raw materials exhibit surface functions such as C=O, C-N, COOH, NH2, Si-O and O-H, with surface areas over 3400 m2 g−1 and a capacity reaching 2000 mg g−1. …”
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Optimizing Straw and Manure Co-Substitution Regimes to Maintain Stable Crop Yields Through Enhanced Soil Stoichiometric Balance by Peipei Li, Yuanyi Shang, Hui Li, Fang Li, Yi Wang, Xueqiang Zhu, Shiying Li, Xiaolin Wang, Yanlai Han

“…Correspondingly, the functional genes of nitrification were also found to be decreased in the NPKSM treatment. …”
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Standardizing and optimizing acupuncture treatment for irritable bowel syndrome: A Delphi expert consensus study by Xin-Tong Su, Li-Qiong Wang, Na Zhang, Jin-Ling Li, Ling-Yu Qi, Yu Wang, Jing-Wen Yang, Guang-Xia Shi, Cun-Zhi Liu

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Modelamento da perda de qualidade de sementes de soja, em função das condições iniciais e da atmosfera no armazenamento Modeling of quality loss of soybean seeds as a function of i... by Paulo César Afonso Júnior, Paulo César Corrêa, Daniel Marçal de Queiroz

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