Advancements and future directions of artificial intelligence in tumor imaging: A comprehensive review of techniques and applications by Jinglei Xue, Jing Yu, Qianqian Mao, Xiaochun Gu

“…Tumor images depict the location, size, shape, and biological characteristics of tumors, which are crucial for diagnosis, staging, treatment planning, and outcome assessment. …”
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Numerical Investigation of the Tribological Performance of Surface-Textured Bushings in External Gear Pumps Under Transient Lubrication Conditions by Paolo Casoli, Masoud Hatami Garousi, Massimo Rundo, Carlo Maria Vescovini

“…The findings offer a design guideline for employing surface textures to enhance tribological performance and efficiency in EGP applications under realistic dynamic conditions.…”
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Vibration Analysis and Experimental Research of the Linear-Motor-Driven Water Piston Pump Used in the Naval Ship by Ye-qing Huang, Song-lin Nie, Hui Ji, Shuang Nie

“…Aiming at the existing problems of traditional water piston pump used in the naval ship, such as low efficiency, high noise, large vibration, and nonintelligent control, a new type of linear-motor-driven water piston pump is developed and its vibration characteristics are analyzed in this research. …”
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Context of Institutional Trust Erosion: An Inquiry into Workers' Experiences in Accessing Support and Welfare Institutions by Mohadeseh Zia Naserani, Hossein Afrasiabi, SeyedAlireza Afshani, Hamid Ebadollahi-Chanzanagh

“…Institutional trust emerges when citizens perceive government institutions as accountable, efficient, benevolent, predictable, open, transparent, fair, and honest. …”
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Experimental and DEM based characterization of flowability of non-spherical and spherical bauxite particles by Aidana Boribayeva, Assiya Baigarina, Xeniya Gvozdeva, Arsen Musahanov, Boris Golman

“…Abstract The flowability of granular bauxite materials critically affects the efficiency of industrial systems such as moving bed heat exchangers (MBHEs) in concentrated solar power (CSP) applications. …”
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Improving health-promoting workplaces through interdisciplinary approaches. The example of WISEWORK-C, a cluster of five work and health projects within Horizon-Europe by Deborah De Moortel, Michelle C Turner, Ella Arensman, Alex Binh Vinh Duc Nguyen, Víctor Gonzalez

“…While such developments offer important opportunities to improve sustainability, flexibility, and efficiency, they also present challenges for ensuring healthy and equitable working conditions—especially if workplace policies and practices do not keep pace with these transformations (1). …”
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Data-driven prediction of critical diameter for deterministic lateral displacement devices: an integrated DPD-ML approach by Shuai Liu, Peng Zhang, Anbin Wang, Keke Tang, Shuo Chen, Chensen Lin

“…Deterministic Lateral Displacement (DLD) has been widely utilized for the high-throughput and efficient separation of microspheres, cells, exosomes, and proteins, playing a crucial role in size-based particle separation. …”
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Rice Variety Identification Based on Transfer Learning Architecture Using DENS-INCEP by Wahyudi Agustiono, Kurniawan Eka Permana, Caroline Chan, Deshinta Arrova Dewi, Moch. Miftachur Rifqi Al Husain

“…Overall, the DENS-INCEP model offers a robust and efficient solution to rice variety identification, addressing global food security challenges while promoting sustainability.…”
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An Improved YOLOv8 Model for Detecting Four Stages of Tomato Ripening and Its Application Deployment in a Greenhouse Environment by Haoran Sun, Qi Zheng, Weixiang Yao, Junyong Wang, Changliang Liu, Huiduo Yu, Chunling Chen

“…Currently, the accurate and efficient detection of tomato ripeness in greenhouse environments, along with the implementation of selective harvesting, has become a topic of significant research interest. …”
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Intracardiac fluid dynamic analysis: available techniques and novel clinical applications by Isabella Leo, Angelica Cersosimo, Jessica Ielapi, Jolanda Sabatino, Federico Sicilia, Antonio Strangio, Stefano Figliozzi, Daniele Torella, Salvatore De Rosa

“…Abnormalities of vortex formation and shape may in fact play a critical role in cardiac function, affecting both efficiency and myocardial workload. …”
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Knot-TPP: A Unified Deep Learning Model for Process Incidence and Tool Wear Monitoring in Stacked Drilling by Jiduo Zhang, Robert Heinemann, Otto Jan Bakker

“…In drilling Carbon-Fibre-Reinforced Polymers (CFRP)/Al stacks, adaptive drilling facilitates the optimisation of cutting parameters for each constituent stack layer and tool wear, thus enhancing cutting efficiency and borehole quality. This study proposed a knot–Temporal Pyramid Pooling (TPP) model aimed at monitoring both process incidences and tool wear in the drilling of hybrid stacks, which subsequently informs the machine tool to adjust cutting parameters or, if necessary, replaces the tool. …”
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Vortex generators in heat sinks: Design, optimisation, applications and future trends by Mohammad Ismail, Abdullah Masoud Ali, Sol-Carolina Costa Pereira

“…Strategies such as nanofluids, dimples, Response Surface Methodology analysis and Artificial Neural Networks are crucial to improve VG designs to maximise thermal efficiency and minimise pressure loss. Additionally, the paper considers potential trends, such as the further miniaturisation of the VGs in terms of micro-level utilisation, more intricate VG shapes, together with the development of smart VGs that can alter their configuration depending on the current thermal conditions. …”
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Democratizing Digital Transformation: A Multisector Study of Low-Code Adoption Patterns, Limitations, and Emerging Paradigms by Zhengwu Shi, Junyu Dong, Yanhai Gan

“…The study emphasizes the significant impact of LCDPs on operational efficiency, innovation acceleration, and the democratization of software development. …”
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Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Composite Films: A Combination of Perovskites and Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals by Guang Chen, Lingtong Meng, Shuting Liu, Liang Peng

“…However, the luminescence dissymmetry factor (<i>g</i>_lum), a key parameter for CPL, is far from satisfactory, especially for inorganic molecules with high luminescent quantum efficiency and diverse shapes and sizes. Obtaining large <i>g</i>_lum values is an urgent and crucial task in the field of CPL research. …”
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The Role of Solvent Environment on the Optical Behavior of Chemically Synthesized Silicon Nanoparticles by Rawabi M. Al Mohaimeed, Anees A. Ansari, Abdullah Aldwayyan

“…The nature of solvents altered the luminescence efficiency of Si-NPs when examining under UV lamp. The emission and absorption properties of Si-NPs were tuned by altering the environment (solvents) through electrostatic interaction of various organic solvents with the Si-NPs. …”
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Enhancing industrial maintenance planning: Optimization of human error reduction and spare parts management by Vahideh Bafandegan Emroozi, Mostafa Kazemi, Mahdi Doostparast

“…Maintenance is pivotal in the industrial sector, influencing efficiency, reliability, safety, and profitability. …”
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Trade-Off Analysis for Array Configurations of Chipless RFID Sensor Tag Designs by Likitha Lasantha, Biplob Ray, Nemai Karmakar

“…The findings emphasise optimising resonance quality and scattering efficiency to tailor chipless RFID systems for specific application requirements. …”
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Systematic Literature Review of Environmental Impact Assessments by Toni Nurhadi Kumayza, Agus Pramusinto, Ambar Widaningrum

“…This transition includes climate change considerations in EIA processes and the use of advanced technologies like remote sensing and AI to improve accuracy and efficiency. EIA research has evolved from strict regulatory compliance to broader, tech-enhanced, participatory approaches. …”
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Study on crystallization of tetrahydrofuran hydrate and rheological properties of its slurry by Zhenqiang XIE, Qingping LI, Shuo YANG, Haiyuan YAO, Rui QIN

“…Objective Hydrate slurry transportation offers an effective way to save on reagent costs and is expected to be utilized as a safe, economical, and efficient mode for transporting natural gas through submarine pipelines. …”
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Memory Policy and the Construction of New Identities in the Greater Caspian Countries: The Cases of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan by A. P. Romanova, M. M. Fedorova

“…At the same time, the results of the memory policy are controversial and its efficiency differs in these states: the coherence between expected and actual results is more evident in Kazakhstan.…”
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