Evaluating sowing uniformity in hybrid rice using image processing and the OEW-YOLOv8n network by Zehua Li, Zehua Li, Yihui Pan, Xu Ma, Yongjun Lin, Xicheng Wang, Hongwei Li

“…The results show that the mean average precision (mAP) of the OEW-YOLOv8n network reaches 98.6%. Compared to the original model, the mAP improved by 2.5%. …”
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Experimental and numerical study on fire development process and fire risk assessment of historic timber lounge bridges by Zhekui Cui, Qing Chun

“…Dengyun Bridge, a typical timber lounge bridge with cantilever beams, was chosen to carry out study on the fire development process and fire risk assessment. Firstly, the structural form and fire loads of the bridge were obtained by conducting on-site survey, and then a complex pyrolysis model of ancient wood was established in the Fire Dynamic Simulator (FDS) according to the pyrolysis characteristic of the ancient wood replaced from the bridge during its renovation. …”
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THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN REDUCING OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN THE PROCESS OF KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND THE SAMPLE OF CALL CENTERS IN TURKEY by ORHAN KOÇAK, ERSIN KAVI

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Styrene Migration from Polystyrene for Food Contact: A Case Study on the Processing Chain of Yoghurt Pots by Valeria Guazzotti, Veronika Hendrich, Anita Gruner, Dominik Fiedler, Angela Störmer, Frank Welle

“…Styrene migration from PS pots into yoghurt after storage at 8 °C for 50 days reached up to 15 µg/kg (applying the EU cube model), which would be conservatively covered by testing the PS pots with 20% ethanol at 10 days/20 °C.…”
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Multi-objective optimization of graphene far-infrared paddy drying process based on response surface methodology by Jiyou An, Yuanjie Du, Jianchun Yan, Hai Wei, Huanxiong Xie

“…With this optimized combination of drying-process parameters, the minimum SCI reached approximately 35.4, and the minimum SEC was approximately 3734.9 kJ/kg, resulting in a maximum thermal efficiency of approximately 62.7 %. …”
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Evapotranspiration of tomato simulated with the CRITERIA model by Pasquale Campi, Francesca Modugno, Marcello Mastrorilli, Fausto Tomei, Giulia Villani, Vittorio Marletto

“…Therefore, we can consider CRITERIA as a suitable tool to manage irrigations of processed tomato, especially for the full irrigation regime; an improvement can be reached by simulating the impact of water stress conditions on the eco-physiological parameters of the crop, in order to use the model also under deficit irrigation regimes.…”
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Order management practices and small-scale grape processing firms’ performance: the moderating effect of logistics capabilities by Debora Chelestino Kisinga, Alban Dismas Mchopa, Leonada Raphael Mwagike

“…Data were collected through a survey questionnaire distributed to 202 owners of small-scale grape processing firms in Dodoma, Tanzania. The study used a cross-sectional survey design. …”
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Optimizing casting process using a combination of small data machine learning and phase-field simulations by Xiaolong Pei, Jiaqi Pei, Hua Hou, Yuhong Zhao

“…Through RLHS and 6 iterations of experiments, the optimal process was identified, and the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of partition casting under the optimal process reached 239.7 MPa, with an elongation (EL) of 12.2%, showing increases of 17.6% and 18.4% over the optimal values in the initial dataset. …”
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Prevalence of mud diapirs in the Hyuga-nada subduction zone, southwest Japan, and its implications on hydrogeological processes by Ryuta Arai, Kazuya Shiraishi, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Gou Fujie, Arata Kioka, Masataka Kinoshita, Rina Fukuchi

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Empirical modeling of tropospheric delays with uncertainty by J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Chen, J. Chen, J. Chen, Y. Zhang

“…For GNSS stations where the uncertainty annual amplitude is larger than 20 <span class="inline-formula">mm</span>, the temporal correlation between the formal error and smoothed accuracy reaches 85 %. Using GPS observations from <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 200 globally distributed IGS stations processed in kinematic precise point positioning (PPP) mode over 4 months in 2020, we demonstrate that using proper constraints can improve the convergence speed. …”
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Advancing Sentiment Analysis for Low-Resource Languages Using Fine-Tuned LLMs: A Case Study of Customer Reviews in Turkish Language by Rukiye Savran Kiziltepe, Ercan Ezin, Omer Yentur, Arwa M. Basbrain, Murat Karakus

“…Notably, models fine-tuned on GPT-generated labels achieved superior performance, with in-domain and out-domain F1-scores reaching 0.912 and 0.9184, respectively. …”
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Effects of Fiber Arrangement on Flow Characteristics Along a Four-Fiber Element of Fiber Extractors by Oluwaseyi O. Ayeni, Holly A. Stretz, Ahmad Vasel-Be-Hagh

“…Fiber extractors, as process-intensified equipment, facilitate many applications, such as the purification of oils. …”
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Effect of process parameters on microstructure and properties of superalloy turbine guide castings by a novel electromagnetic oscillation method by Zong-sheng Xie, Xin Hao, Guo-huai Liu, Hang Zheng, Chi Zhang, Chu-shan Yi, Zhao-dong Wang

“…The effect of various process parameters on blade microstructure is also investigated. …”
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Safety Verification of Non-Deterministic Policies in Reinforcement Learning by Ryeonggu Kwon, Gihwon Kwon

“…We transform non-deterministic policies into Markov Decision Process models and employ the state-of-the-art probabilistic model checker STORM for formal verification. …”
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LLM-Enhanced Framework for Building Domain-Specific Lexicon for Urban Power Grid Design by Yan Xu, Tao Wang, Yang Yuan, Ziyue Huang, Xi Chen, Bo Zhang, Xiaorong Zhang, Zehua Wang

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New insights on poly(cis-1,4-isoprene) rubber degradation through enzymatic kinetics and process improvement by Camila Guajardo-Flores, Camila Guajardo-Flores, Josefa Rojas, Yvan Baldera-Moreno, Francisco Adasme-Carreño, Francisco Adasme-Carreño, Daisuke Kasai, Rodrigo Andler

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Investigation of Mechanical and Corrosion Behavior of ECAP Processed AA7075 Through ML, ANNW, RSM, and SA Methodologies by Majed Alinizzi, W. H. El‐Garaihy, A. I. Alateyah, Samar El‐Sanabary, Fahad Nasser Alsunaydih, Mansour Alturki, H. Abd El‐Hafez, Mohamed S. El‐Asfoury, Eman M. Zayed, Hanan Kouta

“…The investigation examines microstructural evolution, mechanical, and corrosion behavior under varying die angles (90° and 120°), processing routes (A, Bc, C), and up to four passes. …”
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Systematic Analysis and Modelling of Profit Maximization on Carsharing by Giulio Giorgione, Dzmitry Kliazovich, Luca Bolzani, Francesco Ciari, Francesco Viti

“…The process of reaching the maximum profit consists of testing various combinations of pricing-demand and pricing-supply ranges in order to find the values that maximize the profit for every demand and supply level. …”
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Optimization of Decision Support Technology for Offshore Oil Condition Monitoring with Carbon Neutrality as the Goal in the Enterprise Development Process. by Shiya Gao, Xin Guan, Xiaojing Cao, Zhili Bai, Caimeng Wang, Yun Zhan, Haiyang Yu

“…The results demonstrate that the average loss value of the proposed model is approximately 0.45. Moreover, the recognition accuracy of the model for oil condition on the training and testing sets reaches 90.51% and 93.08%, respectively, while the accuracy of other algorithms remains below 90%. …”
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The Model Reader in Cemil Kavukçu’s Başkasının Rüyaları by Fatih İkiz

“…The Italian literary critic, theorist, and semiotician Umberto Eco, who studies the processes by which readers make sense of a text and how the text guides readers, has developed the concept of the model reader. …”
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