Hardware-Efficient Phase Demodulation for Digital <i>ϕ</i>-OTDR Receivers with Baseband and Analytic Signal Processing by Shangming Du, Tianwei Chen, Can Guo, Yuxing Duan, Song Wu, Lei Liang

“…Algorithm-hardware co-design implementations are detailed for both RFSoC and conventional FPGA platforms, with resource utilization comparisons. …”
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Measuring and Improving the Efficiency of Python Code Generated by LLMs Using CoT Prompting and Fine-Tuning by Ramya Jonnala, Jeong Yang, Young Lee, Gongbo Liang, Zechun Cao

“…Leveraging the EffiBench benchmark datasets within the Google Vertex AI Workbench environment, across a spectrum of machine configurations, the study implemented a consistent seed parameter to ensure experimental reproducibility. …”
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TOPOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING FOR COMPREHENSIVE DEFECT AND DEVIATION ANALYSIS USING ADAPTIVE BINARISATION by Igor Badanyuk, Igor Nevliudov, Dmytro Nikitin

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Narrative review of conflict and non-conflict influences on hepatitis B prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa using the socio-ecological model by Adewunmi Akingbola, Oluwatobi Faniyi, Olajumoke Adewole, Jessica Urowoli Otumara

“…Conflicts lead to higher hepatitis B prevalence by disrupting public health systems and increasing risky behaviors. The review assesses the effectiveness of interventions and public health strategies by examining vaccination program implementation and outcomes, particularly in conflict-affected regions. …”
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Elastic net with Bayesian Density Estimation model for feature selection for photovoltaic energy prediction by Venkatachalam Mohanasundaram, Balamurugan Rangaswamy

“…ELNET eliminates these challenges through the implementation of L1 and L2 penalties. Non-parametric prediction Bayesian Density Estimation (BDE) is comprehensive data regarding residual distributions and predictor impacts. …”
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INCREASING THE LEVEL OF PHOTO BIOLOGICAL SAFETY OF THE EMISSION SPECTRUM OF AN LED LIGHT SOURCE by Igor Bondarenko, Hennadii Bendeberya, Oleksandr Gritsunov, Olena Makovskaya

“…Since the implementation of these developments has a limited volume in the structure of the production of LED modules and a high cost, the concept of increasing the photo biological safety of light sources using cheap white light modules with a two-component phosphor and additional color modules to fill the gap in the spectral characteristic of white light has been proposed. …”
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Research Progress on Selective Depolymerization of Waste Plastics to High-Quality Liquid Fuels by Xinze LI, Zhicheng LUO, Rui XIAO

“…Catalytic pyrolysis faces the challenge of rapid catalyst deactivation (resulting in a 30% activity loss after 5 cycles), while microwave systems incur high capital costs. …”
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YOLO-MECD: Citrus Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOv11 by Yue Liao, Lerong Li, Huiqiang Xiao, Feijian Xu, Bochen Shan, Hua Yin

“…This modification not only enhances feature extraction capabilities and detection accuracy for citrus fruits but also achieves a significant reduction in model parameters. Secondly, we implemented a CSPPC module based on partial convolution to replace the original C3K2 module, effectively reducing both parameter count and computational complexity while maintaining mAP values. …”
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Analysis of vulnerability, its drivers, and strategies applied towards reducing the pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihood vulnerability to climatic shocks by Daniel Assefa Tofu, Tegegn Dilbato, Chalchisa Fana, Niguse Bekele Dirbaba, Gutu Tesso

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The refugees and health crisis: migration policy management and government response to Afghan migrants by Kalsoom B. Sumra, Muhammad Mumtaz, Naqib Ullah Khan, Helen Huifen Cai, Qiong Yuan

“…Conclusions In spite of hosting Afghan refugees for the last forty years, the government of Pakistan has no clear systemized policy towards Afghans till now. The paper offers practical policy implications as there is a need for migration policy management combining flexibility and friendliness cooperation to provide government services to refugees. …”
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LoRA fine-tuning of Llama3 large model for intelligent fishery field by Yao Song, Chunli Lv, Kun Zhu, Xiaobin Qiu

“…This article introduces the basic principles of the Llama3 model and LoRA fine-tuning technology, and elaborates on the specific implementation method of applying LoRA technology to the Llama3 model. …”
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The Growing Impact of Natural Language Processing in Healthcare and Public Health by Aadit Jerfy, Owen Selden, Rajesh Balkrishnan PhD

“…Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a subset of Artificial Intelligence, specifically focused on understanding and generating human language. …”
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Developing Ecological Landscape Design Proposals Against Flood Susceptibility in Urban Areas: Antalya, Kemer Example by Onur Aksoy, Elif Altaş, Kamil Erken

“…In case of suggestions are implemented, it is expected that besides economic and social benefits, ecological benefits will be gained as well as. …”
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An Assessment of Landslides Occurrence and its Implications on Local Community in Ibanda Sub County Kasese District, Uganda by Agaba, Chris

“…Fourthly, the study established that farmers have adopted some responses in regard to landslides such as afforestation programmers, and adhering to warnings given by local government to re-locate to a safer ground. From the findings, the study recommends that there should be sustainable communication and education to farmers on effective ways to mitigate landslides, implementation of policies on settlements, and penalties curbing deforestation. …”
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Clinical features and treatment response to differentiate idiopathic peritonitis from non-strangulating intestinal infarction of the pelvic flexure associated with Strongylus vulga... by Ylva Hedberg-Alm, Eva Tydén, Lena-Mari Tamminen, Lisa Lindström, Karin Anlén, Maria Svensson, Miia Riihimäki

“…One cause of NSII is thrombus formation secondary to Strongylus vulgaris larval migration. There has been a documented increase in S. vulgaris prevalence in Sweden since the implementation of selective anthelmintic treatment in 2007, which subsequently could result in a rise in NSII cases. …”
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Lessons learnt in the response to COVID-19 in Mozambique: enabling readiness for the next pandemic by Mariana E. Posse, Grace Njeri Muriithi, Daniel Malik Achala, Elizabeth Naa Adukwei Adote, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Senait Alemayehu Beshah, Senait Alemayehu Beshah, Chijioke Osinachi Nwosu, John Ele-Ojo Ataguba, John Ele-Ojo Ataguba, John Ele-Ojo Ataguba, John Ele-Ojo Ataguba, John Ele-Ojo Ataguba

“…A validation meeting was held, in which research participants were asked to check the accuracy of the results and interpretations.ResultsKey drivers of the COVID-19 response were strong leadership; a clear plan and strategies; a functional coordination mechanism; the use of evidence to make decisions; a careful consideration of priority groups; investments in the supply chain and surveillance systems; the utilization of pre-existing vaccination structures; and partnership between the government and several stakeholders. …”
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Towards an automated protocol for wildlife density estimation using camera‐traps by Andrea Zampetti, Davide Mirante, Pablo Palencia, Luca Santini

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Key Elements and Theoretical Foundations for the Design and Delivery of Text Messages to Boost Medication Adherence in Patients With Diabetes, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia: Sco... by Yu-Meng Yang, Tzu Wang, Hsun-Yu Chan, Yen-Ming Huang

“…SMS text messaging has emerged as a widely accessible and cost-effective intervention, particularly when the intervention is structured using behavioral theories. …”
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Fourier Analysis of CMFD Method in Cylindrical Geometry by WEN Yuchen, HAO Chen, WANG Yizhen

“…To address this instability, an optical diffusion CMFD method (odCMFD) strategy was implemented to optimize the original CMFD formulation based on cylindrical geometry. …”

Sustainable energy: Advancing wind power forecasting with grey wolf optimization and GRU models by Zainab Al-Ibraheemi, Samaher Al-Janabi

“…Wind power forecasting is critical for optimizing energy use and ensuring the reliability of wind power systems in renewable energy. This paper introduces a novel method that combines the Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO) algorithm with data compression techniques to enhance feature selection and reduce redundancy in wind speed prediction. …”
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