Quantum SWAP gate realized with CZ and iSWAP gates in a superconducting architecture by Christian Križan, Janka Biznárová, Liangyu Chen, Emil Hogedal, Amr Osman, Christopher W Warren, Sandoko Kosen, Hang-Xi Li, Tahereh Abad, Anuj Aggarwal, Marco Caputo, Jorge Fernández-Pendás, Akshay Gaikwad, Leif Grönberg, Andreas Nylander, Robert Rehammar, Marcus Rommel, Olga I Yuzephovich, Anton Frisk Kockum, Joonas Govenius, Giovanna Tancredi, Jonas Bylander

“…We experimentally demonstrate that a SWAP gate can be decomposed into one iSWAP gate followed by one CZ gate, affirming a more efficient compilation strategy over the conventional approach that relies on three iSWAP or three CZ gates to replace a SWAP gate. …”
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Optimal economic and low‐carbon scheduling in integrated energy system considering multi‐level thermal energy coupling and integrated demand response by Yanjun Jing, Mingming Liang, Haixin Wang, Zihao Yang, Gen Li, Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Junyou Yang, Zhe Chen

“…Abstract In integrated energy systems (IESs), thermal energies with different characteristics and efficiencies are typically regarded as having the same thermal energy level, which leads to unreasonable assumptions regarding the thermal energy structure of the system. …”
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Attribute-Aware Graph Aggregation for Sequential Recommendation by Yiming Qu, Yang Fang, Zhen Tan, Weidong Xiao

“…This work provides a new concept for recommender systems that balances fine-grained preference evolution with efficient sequence modeling.…”
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An Improved MOEA/D Based on Reference Distance for Software Project Portfolio Optimization by Jing Xiao, Jing-Jing Li, Xi-Xi Hong, Min-Mei Huang, Xiao-Min Hu, Yong Tang, Chang-Qin Huang

“…For 4-objective optimization problem, MOEA/D_RD is the most efficient algorithm compared with MOEA/D, NSGA2, and NSGA3 in terms of coverage, distribution, and stability of solutions.…”
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Optimization of Acetic Acid Production Process Using the Cativa Method for Increasing Product Purity by Aliya Farrasty Salma, Gilang Ramadhan, Nina Yunita Maharani, Rachel Salwa Fatimah

“…Considering these applications, acetic acid production needs to be optimized for high efficiencies in both energy and mass in order to maximize profit. …”
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Numerical investigation of regenerative wind farms featuring enhanced vertical energy entrainment by Y. Li, W. Yu, A. Sciacchitano, C. Ferreira

“…Specifically, the simulation results indicate that wind farm efficiencies can be nearly doubled by replacing traditional wind turbines with MRSLs under the tested conditions, and this disruptive advancement can potentially lead to a profound reduction in the cost of future renewable energy.…”
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Remediation of oil contamination from sewage treatment plant membranes using advanced technologies in the current scenario by Urvashi Gupta, Daya Nidhi Urmaliya, Sughosh Madhav, Tanu Jindal

“…Membrane technology supplements, not replaces, established ways for treating oily wastewater and sustainably producing a higher-quality product. …”
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A Study on the Characterization of Novel Silicon-Based Heterojunctions for Optically Controlled Microwave Switching by Li Li, Weidong Mu, Jun Jiang, Linglong Zhang, Xiaoxing Fang, Hang Yuan, Qunsheng Cao

“…This paper proposes a structural silicon heterojunction photosensitive element with a simple form, low manufacturing cost, and efficient performance, which has a high-intensity photoelectric effect and a high frequency range of use. …”
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Building Damage Visualization Through Three-Dimensional Reconstruction and Window Detection by Ittetsu Kuniyoshi, Itsuki Nagaike, Sachie Sato, Yue Bao

“…The findings demonstrate that this system can replace conventional measurement techniques, enabling safe, efficient, and large-scale post-disaster assessments. …”
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Tea Disease Detection Method Based on Improved YOLOv8 in Complex Background by Junchen Ai, Yadong Li, Shengxiang Gao, Rongsheng Hu, Wengang Che

“…Experimental results show that the proposed YOLO-SSM algorithm has obvious advantages in accuracy and model complexity and can provide reliable theoretical support for efficient and accurate detection and identification of tea leaf diseases in natural scenes.…”
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Adaptive Beamforming Damage Imaging of Lamb Wave Based on CNN by Ronghe Shen, Zixing Zhou, Guidong Xu, Sai Zhang, Chenguang Xu, Baiqiang Xu, Ying Luo

“…We propose constructing a Convolutional-Neural-Network (CNN)-based network architecture based on the Delay-and-Sum (DAS) beamforming method. This architecture replaces the MVDR’s adaptive weight calculation by establishing a nonlinear mapping from multi-channel data to weighting factors, enabling efficient high-resolution Lamb wave damage imaging with an enhanced SNR. …”
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Edge Computing for Real-Time Climate Data Analysis in Smart Farming by Shnain Ammar Hameed, Abed Z., Annapoorna Errabelli

“…Such outcomes allowed the scheduling of effective irrigation and the decision making on crop management, which demonstrated the potential of edge computing to replace conventional farming with more efficient, data based methods.This implementation is to emphasize the edge computing led transformative opportunities for sustainable and productive agriculture by enabling faster and more actionable decision making.…”
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Hybrid Darknet53-SVM model with random grid search optimization for enhanced colorectal cancer histological image classification by Pragati Patharia, Prabira Kumar Sethy, K. Lakshmipathi Raju, Anita Khanna, Ashoka Kumar Ratha, Santi Kumari Behera, Aziz Nanthaamornphong

“…To enhance the classification performance, Darknet53 was hybridized with a SVM by replacing the dense layer, and hyperparameters were optimized using a Random Grid Search algorithm. …”
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SNR Enhancement in Phase-Sensitive OTDR with Adaptive 2-D Bilateral Filtering Algorithm by Haijun He, Liyang Shao, Hengchao Li, Wei Pan, Bin Luo, Xihua Zou, Lianshan Yan

“…By converting the spatial and time information of the Ф-OTDR traces into 2-D image, the proposed 2-D bilateral filtering algorithm can smooth the noise and preserve the useful signal efficiently. To simplify the algorithm, a Lorentz spatial function is adopted to replace the original Gaussian function, which has higher practicability. …”
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Effective Strategies for Automatic Analysis of Acoustic Signals in Long-Term Monitoring by Dídac Diego-Tortosa, Danilo Bonanno, Manuel Bou-Cabo, Letizia S. Di Mauro, Abdelghani Idrissi, Guillermo Lara, Giorgio Riccobene, Simone Sanfilippo, Salvatore Viola

“…The strategy involves generating these key metrics from spectrograms, enabling both short-term (micro) and long-term (macro) studies. A proposal for efficient data processing is presented, structured in three steps: the first focuses on generating key metrics to replace space-consuming raw signals, the second addresses the treatment of these metrics for long-term studies, and the third outlines the creation of event detectors from the processed metrics. …”
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Sporozoite immunization of human volunteers under mefloquine prophylaxis is safe, immunogenic and protective: a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial. by Else M Bijker, Remko Schats, Joshua M Obiero, Marije C Behet, Geert-Jan van Gemert, Marga van de Vegte-Bolmer, Wouter Graumans, Lisette van Lieshout, Guido J H Bastiaens, Karina Teelen, Cornelus C Hermsen, Anja Scholzen, Leo G Visser, Robert W Sauerwein

“…Immunization of healthy volunteers with chloroquine ChemoProphylaxis and Sporozoites (CPS-CQ) efficiently and reproducibly induces dose-dependent and long-lasting protection against homologous Plasmodium falciparum challenge. …”
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Effect of feed and holding conditions on survival and growth of juvenile crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus and Faxonius limosus by Kropielnicka-Kruk Katarzyna, Ulikowski Dariusz, Wasilewska Agnieszka

“…In the European natural environment attempts are undertaken to replace invasive crayfish species with native ones. …”
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Self-assembling solid Sb electrode enables high-capacity, low-cost Ca-Sb battery by Sanghyeok Im, Peyman Asghari-Rad, Kelly Elizabeth Varnell, Alex T. Vai, Jianyi Cui, Rachael Howland, David Bradwell, Hojong Kim

“…We report a liquid metal battery that achieves high capacity, low electrode costs, and strong cycling performance by replacing the traditional liquid positive electrode with solid particles. …”
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Lightweight Deepfake Detection Based on Multi-Feature Fusion by Siddiqui Muhammad Yasir, Hyun Kim

“…Deepfake technology utilizes deep learning (DL)-based face manipulation techniques to seamlessly replace faces in videos, creating highly realistic but artificially generated content. …”
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Design and Experiment of a Dual-Disc Potato Pickup and Harvesting Device by Xianjie Li, Abouelnadar Salem, Yi Liu, Bin Sun, Guanzheng Shi, Xiaoning He, Dongwei Wang, Zengcun Chang

“…The research findings demonstrate that this device can efficiently replace manual potato picking, providing a reliable solution for the mechanized harvesting of potatoes.…”
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