Do indigenous people get left behind? An innovative methodology for measuring the unmeasurable economic conditions and poverty from the poorest region of Luzon, Philippines by Emmanuel A. Onsay, Jomar F. Rabajante

“…Research on indigenous peoples is qualitative in nature, whereas research on poverty is typically general, subject to significant sampling errors, and meant to inform national policy. Therefore, it is essential for economic development to measure multidimensional poverty and simulate the socioeconomic conditions for each tribe through full enumeration and disaggregation. …”
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An Improved Methodology to Locate Faults in Onshore Wind Farm Collector Systems by Moisés Davi, Alailton Júnior, Caio Grilo, Talita Cunha, Leonardo Lessa, Mário Oleskovicz, Denis Coury

“…The proposed methodology, which combines the various fault location methods tailored to specific fault types, results in a substantial improvement, achieving an average fault location error of 1.89%, reflecting a 92% reduction in error compared to conventional methods. …”
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Force tracking in robotic control systems using an online work object stiffness hybrid impedance PI control approach by Hosham Wahballa, Abubker Ahmed, Jinjun Duan, Xiaohu Chen, Lei Weining

“…The results show a clear correlation between the PI-generated signal and the force tracking error, indicating an improvement in force accuracy and a reduction in computational processing.…”
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A Comprehensive Analysis of the Loss Mechanism and Thermal Behavior of a High-Speed Magnetic Field-Modulated Motor for a Flywheel Energy Storage System by Qianli Mai, Qingchun Hu, Xingbin Chen

“…Our optimized design, implementing composite rotor structures, dual-material permanent magnets, and integrated thermal management solutions, achieves a 43.2% reduction in total electromagnetic losses, with permanent magnet eddy current losses decreasing by 68.7%. …”
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Effect of aging on the visuomotor control during continuous bimanual movement by Kimia Kiani, Maya Patel, Qiushi Fu, Qiushi Fu

“…Moreover, we found that YA distributed the gaze consistently biased to the right side despite the effect of context asymmetry on tracking errors, while OA distributed their gaze more symmetrically. …”
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Integrated Correction of Nonlinear Dynamic Drift in Terrestrial Mobile Gravity Surveys: A Comparative Study Based on the Northeastern China Gravity Monitoring Network by Zhaohui Chen, Jinzhao Liu

“…The innovative hybrid scheme combines local drift preprocessing (initial-point modeling, line fitting, variance-sum optimization) with global adjustment optimization, achieving the significant suppression of nonlinear drift errors. The variance-sum optimal and Bayesian adjustment hybrid synergizes local variance minimization and global temporal correlation priors, delivering the following: (1) 34% and 29% reductions in segment self-difference standard deviations versus classical and Bayesian adjustments; (2) 24% and 14% decreases in segment residual standard deviations; (3) 12% and 6% improvements in absolute datum cross-validation precision. …”
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The effect of Wrestling+ warm-up program on balance and proprioception of adolescent wrestlers by Saleh Esmailnezhad, Hasan Daneshmandi, Nader Samami, Bahman Mirzaei

“…Additionally, there was a significant reduction in proprioception errors during knee movements (p < 0.001). …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of the Influence of Technical and Biological Variations on De Novo Assembly of RNA-Seq Datasets by Gonzalez Sergio Alberto, Rivarola Maximo, Ribone Andres, Lew Sergio, Paniego Norma

“…This selection will affect the completeness of represented genes and assembled isoforms, as well as contribute to error reduction.…”
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GRVIO: Semantic-Aware Visual-Inertial Odometry for Ground Robot Platforms by Sangbum Lee, Hanyeol Lee, Chan Gook Park

“…Simulation results demonstrate that each proposed measurement model enhances localization accuracy and show the robustness of the proposed method against semantic segmentation errors and extrinsic calibration uncertainties. Furthermore, experimental results validate that GRVIO outperforms state-of-the-art VIO methods relying solely on point features, achieving an average reduction of approximately 40% in position root mean squared error compared to MSCKF, thus highlighting its capability to impose effective measurements and enhance both robustness and accuracy for ground robots.…”
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Optimizing Rotary Cement Kiln modelling: A comparative analysis of metaheuristics in a real-world application by Miguel Ángel Castán-Lascorz, Antonio Alcaide-Moreno, Jorge Arroyo

“…Results indicate that the adapted MPA is expected to achieve similar error reduction to the other methods but requires 40 % fewer evaluations, thus positioning as the most suitable for the industrial application. …”
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Research on Key Parameters of Wellbore Stability for Horizontal Drilling in Offshore Hydrate Reservoirs by Zhengfeng Shan, Xiansi Wang, Zeqin Li, Zhenggang Gong, Nan Ma, Jianbo Zhang, Zhiyuan Wang, Baojiang Sun

“…During the drilling process, the invasion of drilling fluid into this kind of reservoir is likely to induce mass decomposition of gas hydrate and, in turn, a significant reduction in mechanical strength around the wellbore as well as instability of the wellbore. …”
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An Insect-Scale Flapping-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle Inspired by Tumblers Capable of Uncontrolled Self-Stabilizing Flying by Xiang Lu, Yulie Wu, Jie Chen, Yang Chen, Xuezhong Wu, Dingbang Xiao

“…By integrating a piezoelectric direct-drive actuator to streamline transmission mechanisms with the optimized V-wing configuration, we developed a V-wing FWMAV prototype weighing 204 mg (wingspan: 68 mm) that demonstrates 41.5% enhanced lift performance and 40% reduction in structural asymmetry errors compared to previous iterations. …”
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Improved tooth flank region segmentation method of interference image by U-net neural network by YANG Pengcheng, ZHANG Jinjing, LI Xiaocheng, MENG Jie, KANG Leqian

“…Laser interferometry is an effective method to measure the tooth flank topography errors, and the information of tooth flank topography can be obtained accurately by using interferometric image processing technology. …”
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Lumped Parameter Model for Structural Analysis of Over-Constrained Multi-Legged Parallel Mechanism Supporting System Applied to Cryogenic Devices by Luca Piacentini, Luca Dassa, Diego Perini, Andris Ratkus, Toms Torims, Stefano Uberti

“…Comparable and accurate results are obtained, which are about 130 times faster than in finite element analysis, thus proving the effective reduction in computational cost. Additionally, the proposed code lets designers change input parameters in a quicker and reliable way.…”
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Wearable co-thinking device to assist strawberry packaging task by Osamu Fukuda, Wen Liang Yeoh, Yuta Esaki, Jin Yien Lee, Mitsuru Higashimori, Makoto Kaneko, Satoshi Muraki

“…Moreover, our study highlights the adaptability and efficiency of workers in responding to system errors, such as missing ripe or blemished strawberries, by combining system-generated suggestions with human judgment.…”
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A Study on the Two-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Wing Flutter in a Heavy Gas by Zhe Hu, Shun He, Bo Lu, Jun Zha

“…The similarity law for heavy gas flutter explains well the flutter similarity between air and R134a at different mass ratios. However, correction errors at low mass ratios and high reduced frequencies indicate that a more precise correction method is still needed for further development.…”
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Three-dimensional surface deformation field monitoring and influencing factors analysis in mountainous areas based on SBAS-INSAR technology (Tianjin, China) by Jun Shang, Mingyang Wang, Xin Wang, Mengyao Yang, Yifan Wu, Wangze Du

“…Abstract Synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) technology has emerged as a critical methodology for disaster reduction and prevention, offering unprecedented all-weather operational capabilities and extensive spatial coverage that effectively address the limitations of traditional detection methods. …”
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Differential Positioning with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacons for UAS Indoor Operations: Analysis and Results by Salvatore Ponte, Gennaro Ariante, Alberto Greco, Giuseppe Del Core

“…Position estimation was achieved by trilateration, and the extended Kalman filter (EKF) was applied, considering the nonlinear propriety of beacon signals to correct data from noise, drift, and bias errors. Experimental results and system performance analysis show the feasibility of this methodology, as well as the reduction of position uncertainty obtained by the DCC technique.…”
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Insights Into Spatiotemporal Evolution of Induced Earthquakes in the Southern Delaware Basin Using Calibrated Relocations From the TexNet Catalog (2017–2022) by Asiye Aziz Zanjani, Heather R. DeShon, Vamshi Karanam, Alexandros Savvaidis

“…Time and space variations in absolute and relative earthquake location errors reflect the complicated history of station coverage in the region and the importance of having close‐in stations to resolve shallow‐depth earthquakes. …”
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Research on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of an Ultrahigh-speed Elevator During the Staggering Process Between the Car and Counterweight by B. Liu, J. C. Ma, J. Zhang, M. Z. Li, Z. X. Tian, M. M. Liu, H. Zhang, L. Xu

“…Additionally, the simulation and test errors are within 10%, confirming the accuracy of the numerical calculation method.…”
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