YOLOv8-MSP-PD: A Lightweight YOLOv8-Based Detection Method for Jinxiu Malus Fruit in Field Conditions by Yi Liu, Xiang Han, Hongjian Zhang, Shuangxi Liu, Wei Ma, Yinfa Yan, Linlin Sun, Linlong Jing, Yongxian Wang, Jinxing Wang

“…To address these challenges, we propose YOLOv8-MSP-PD (YOLOv8 with Multi-Scale Pyramid Fusion and Proportional Distance IoU), a lightweight model built on an enhanced YOLOv8 architecture. We replace the backbone with MobileNetV4, incorporating unified inverted bottleneck (UIB) modules and depth-wise separable convolutions for efficient feature extraction. …”
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Effects of scrap rubber waste on the mechanical performance of mortar made of crushed sand and sediment by Adda Hadj Mostefa, Benamar Balegh, Hamid Sellaf, Mohamed Elamine Dahamni

“…Methods: Experimental work was carried out to study the impact of partially and fully replacing sediments with crushed sand particles in mortar mixes. …”
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ST-YOLOv8: Small-Target Ship Detection in SAR Images Targeting Specific Marine Environments by Fei Gao, Yang Tian, Yongliang Wu, Yunxia Zhang

“…The C2f module in the backbone’s transition sections is replaced by the Conv_Online Reparameterized Convolution (C_OREPA) module, reducing convolutional complexity and improving efficiency. …”
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Possibilities of Preservative-Free Therapy for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma by S. V. Yanchenko, A. V. Malyshev, Sh. Zh. Teshaev, L. M. Petrosyan, R. R. Boboeva, G. B. Juraeva

“…In all patients, travoprost with a preservative was replaced with preservative free travoprost (Traviolan, 1 time per day, in the evening). …”
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Improved YOLOv8-Based Algorithm for Citrus Leaf Disease Detection by Zhengbing Zheng, Yibang Zhang, Luchao Sun

“…Next, a fast convolution layer is implemented to replace the original C2f module, improving both detection accuracy and computational efficiency. …”
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Incremental Cotton Diseases Detection Based on Aerial Remote Sensing Image and Blockchain Sharding by Jing Nie, Haochen Li, Yang Li, Jingbin Li, Xuewei Chao, Sezai Ercisli

“…Improve path aggregation network fusion by replacing concatenation with additive fusion to reduce the number of parameters. …”
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Fomite Transmission of Meticillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in an Emergency Room Based on Real Touch Behaviors of Healthcare Workers and Patients by Mengting Wang, Bing Cao, Kaize Zhang, Yingying Geng, Jingchao Xie, Nan Zhang

“…Therefore, disinfecting public surfaces or replacing them with antimicrobial surfaces was not effective. …”
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A review of photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) technology applied in building environment control by Xuhui Cao, Niansi Li, Yulin Li, Lei Che, Bendong Yu, Huifang Liu

“…Solar energy is widely used to replace traditional energy because of its clean and efficient characteristics. …”
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Protein hydrolysates of niosome-encapsulated skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) viscera: Antioxidant, anticancer, and release properties by Shima Kaveh, Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak, Vahid Erfani-Moghadam, Mohammad Ghorbani, Aliakbar Gholamhosseinpour, Mojtaba Raeisi

“…Additionally, the study investigated the stabilization of FPH by partially replacing cholesterol with cholecalciferol and squalane in nano-sized niosomes. …”
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Molecular Merged Hypergraph Neural Network for Explainable Solvation Gibbs Free Energy Prediction by Wenjie Du, Shuai Zhang, Zhaohui Cai, Xuqiang Li, Zhiyuan Liu, Junfeng Fang, Jianmin Wang, Xiang Wang, Yang Wang

“…Extensive experimental validation demonstrates the efficiency of MMHNN and its improved interpretability in capturing solute–solvent interactions.…”
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Spectrum Fitting Approach for Passive Wireless SAW Sensor Interrogation Using Software-Defined Radio by Shihao Wang, Qi Wang, Guopeng Zhu, Lei Liu, Xinning Cao, Tingxin Ren, Yue Zhou, Hao Jin

“…Passive wireless surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors are widely adopted for monitoring the safety status of industrial equipment due to their compact size and maintenance-free operation. Replacing traditional discrete-component interrogators with software-defined radio (SDR) architectures offers lower cost and greater flexibility. …”
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Design analysis and techno-economic assessment of a photovoltaic-fed electric vehicle charging station at Dhaka-Mawa expressway in Bangladesh by Rahat Redwan, Mahmudul Hasan, Awatif Nadia, Md. Sabid Khan, Nishat Anjum Chowdhury, Nahid-Ur-Rahman Chowdhury

“…This shift is driven by decreasing costs, improved module efficiencies, and increased environmental awareness. …”
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Reutilization of Recycled CDW Sand in Mortars, Paving Blocks, and Structural Concrete by Ángel M. Pitarch, Ana Piquer, Lucía Reig, Marta Roig-Flores, Vicente Albero, David Hernández-Figueirido, Antonio Melchor-Eixea

“…Natural and CDW aggregates were characterized, and samples were prepared with two types of Portland cement, replacing up to 100% of the natural limestone sand. …”
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Effect of Fiber Reinforcement Flexible Pipeline on Hydrogen Transportation—A Review by Ahmed Elkelity, Yu Cao, Mahmoud El-Wazery, Yong Bai, Fang Wang

“…Flexible steel pipes might be replaced by hybrid composites with fiber reinforcement, such as glass and carbon, depending on transportation requirements for cost-effectiveness which offer 15–25% over steel pipelines and efficiency in the hydrogen area. …”
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Research on a flow-mode magneto-rheological impact damper with stroke-activated capability by Huu-Quan Nguyen, Quoc-Duy Bui, Duc-Nam Nguyen, Quoc Hung Nguyen, Long-Vuong Hoang

“…To address this limitation, we replace the coils with multiple permanent magnets distributed along the linear displacement of the damper, enabling the generation of a progressive damping force. …”
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Integrating attention mechanism and boundary detection for building segmentation from remote sensing images by Ping Liu, Yu Gao, Xiangtian Zheng, Hesong Wang, Yimeng Zhao, Xinru Wu, Zehao Lu, Zhichuan Yue, Yuting Xie, Shufeng Hao

“…Additionally, a weighted boundary loss function is designed to replace the traditional semantic segmentation cross-entropy loss to detect the boundary of a building. …”
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Thermostable terahertz metasurface enabled by graphene assembly film for plasmon-induced transparency by Xiaotian Huang, Bohan Zhang, Weijia Han, Jiageng Bai, Wei Qian, Zhe Wang, Daping He, Yi Xiong, Wei Zhu, Shengxiang Wang

“…Thus, micro-nano optoelectronic devices could retain high efficiency even when GAF replaces the crucial micro-nano metals. …”
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Multi-aspect assessment for the retrofitting of operating vessels in ports by using advanced power systems by Ahmed G. Elkafas, Stefano Barberis, Duc Tuan Dong, Alessandro Schönborn, Massimo Rivarolo

“…This study explores the feasibility of replacing conventional power systems with clean alternatives on a tugboat, evaluating the role of port-operating vessels as catalysts for decarbonizing the maritime sector. …”
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RAMAS-Net: a module-optimized convolutional network model for aortic valve stenosis recognition in echocardiography by Yejia Gan, Wanzhong Huang, Yan Deng, Xiaoying Xie, Yuanyuan Gu, Yaozhuang Zhou, Qian Zhang, Maosheng Zhang, Yangchun Liu

“…RSMAS-Net outperformed multiple baseline models in recall, precision, parameter efficiency, and inference time. It also achieved an AUC of 0.91 on the TMED-1 dataset.ConclusionRSMAS-Net effectively diagnoses and classifies the severity of AS in echocardiographic images. …”
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Research on refined UAV inspection method of wind/solar power stations based on YOLOv8 by Jieyi Pu, Qifeng Zhang, Wenbo Zhao, Wei Zhang, Zengren Qin, Yumeng Zhang

“…Abstract More and more research is focusing on the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) inspection of onshore wind/solar power stations; however, how to balance the contradiction between detection accuracy and efficiency is still a challenge for domestic and international researches. …”
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