Research and Design of an Active Light Source System for UAVs Based on Light Intensity Matching Model by Rui Ming, Tao Wu, Zhiyan Zhou, Haibo Luo, Shahbaz Gul Hassan

“…Extensive qualitative and quantitative experiments confirm that the UAV active light source system based on light intensity matching proposed in this paper effectively enhances the effectiveness and robustness of vision-based tracking for multi-UAVs, particularly in complex and variable environments. This research provides an efficient and computationally effective solution for vision-based multi-UAV systems, further enhancing the visual tracking capabilities of multi-UAVs under complex conditions.…”
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Adaptive Model Predictive Control for 4WD-4WS Mobile Robot: A Multivariate Gaussian Mixture Model-Ant Colony Optimization for Robust Trajectory Tracking and Obstacle Avoidance by Hayat Ait Dahmad, Hassan Ayad, Alfonso García Cerezo, Hajar Mousannif

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Thermoelastic damping in piezothermoelastic nanobeam resonators under the strain gradient theory with micro-inertia and non-fourier heat conduction by Olha Hrytsyna, Maryan Hrytsyna

“…To account for small-scale effects, the Helmholtz free energy density is defined as a function of the strain tensor, strain gradient tensor, electric field vector, and temperature field, considering these parameters as independent state variables. …”
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Commercial Vehicle Ride Comfort Optimization Based on Intelligent Algorithms and Nonlinear Damping by Shuilong He, Keren Chen, Enyong Xu, Wei Wang, Zhansi Jiang

“…The sum of the frequency-weighted RMS of the driver seat acceleration, the RMS of dynamic tyre load, and suspension working space is taken as the objective function in this article, using nonlinear damping coefficients and stiffness of suspension as design variables. …”
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Dual-Stream Enhanced Deep Network for Transmission Near-Infrared Dorsal Hand Vein Age Estimation with Attention Mechanisms by Zhenghua Shu, Zhihua Xie, Xiaowei Zou

“…Simultaneously, another deep residual network is leveraged to strengthen the representation ability on subtle dorsal vein textures. Moreover, variable activation functions and pooling layers are integrated into the respective streams to enhance the nonlinearity modeling of the dual-stream model. …”
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IRAQ'S AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AND THE REALITY OF THE VARIABLRS AND THE RESULTS OBJECTIVE CURRICULUM AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE PERIOD (1990-2011) by Salim Al-Nuaimy, Mahasen. M Al-Jeboury

“…The research aims to formulate sober policies and practical actions contribute to adjust the course of the agricultural sector and to achieve its goals, which will make it easier to raise production and productivity, Variables of agricultural sector were agricultural work, capital accumulation agricultural, technical mechanism, technical chemical, agricultural loans, agricultural export, import of agricultural, national income, domestic consumption, the cultivatedareas, that have been expressed as (policies of productivity and investment, marketing and price) where its impact was deare on the growth of the agricultural sector and overall productivity during (1990-2010) and the development process and increase production and productivity in the agricultural sector associated with economic, social and institutional multiple and overlapping factors that effects the forms and varying proportions in its impact on agricultural output, which had been measured under function producing an aggregate of variables agricultural policy and its contribution to productivity growth as well as measuring productivity elements total (TFP) by using index (Malmaquist) depending on the (DEAP). …”
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Quality control of DEMs using check surfaces by Francisco Javier Ariza-López, José Rodríguez-Avi

“…Using the Kolmogorov–Smirnov statistic, the observed distribution functions of the results for different sample sizes (20, 50, 100) and different patch sizes (3 × 3, 5 × 5, 9 × 9, 11 × 11, 15 × 15, 19 × 19) and for a sample of points are compared against the true population distribution function. …”
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Neuroscience-informed nomogram model for early prediction of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease by Sudharshan Putha, Swaroop Reddy Gayam, Bhavani Prasad Kasaraneni, Krishna Kanth Kondapaka, Sateesh Kumar Nallamala, Praveen Thuniki

“…The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) algorithm was applied to identify highly correlated clinical variables influencing cognitive function. Subsequently, these variables were integrated into a visualized nomogram model to facilitate early prediction of cognitive impairment (CI) risk. …”
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Neural Network-Based Design of a Buck Zero-Voltage-Switching Quasi-Resonant DC–DC Converter by Nikolay Hinov, Bogdan Gilev

“…The converter is a piecewise linear system mathematically described by Kirchhoff’s laws and represented through switching functions. In this way, a mathematical model is used to generate data on the behavior of the state variables obtained under various design parameters. …”
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Crystalloid Liberal or Vasopressors Early Resuscitation in Sepsis-Study of Treatment’s Echocardiographic Mechanisms (CLOVERS-STEM) by Michael J. Lanspa, MD, Akram Khan, MD, Patrick G. Lyons, MD, Michelle N. Gong, MD, Ali A. Naqvi, MD, Siddharth Dugar, MD, Abhijit Duggal, MD, Nicholas J. Johnson, MD, Jacob H. Schoeneck, MD, Lane Smith, MD, PhD, Somnath Bose, MD, MPH, Nathan I. Shapiro, MD, Tatyana Shvilkina, DO, Danielle Groat, MStat, Jason R. Jacobs, PhD, Troy D. Olsen, RCDS, Steven Cannavina, RCDS, Daniel B. Knox, MD, Eliotte L. Hirshberg, MD, Wesley H. Self, MD, Samuel M. Brown, MD

“…Receipt of fluid and vasopressors, common treatments in septic shock, may affect cardiac function. OBJECTIVES:. We sought to determine whether a liberal or restrictive fluid resuscitation strategy was associated with changes in cardiac function. …”
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Characterization and treatment monitoring of ureagenesis disorders using stable isotopes by Gabriella Allegri, Martin Poms, Nadia Zürcher, Véronique Rüfenacht, Nicole Rimann, Déborah Mathis, Beat Thöny, Matthias Gautschi, Ralf A. Husain, Daniela Karall, Karolina Orchel-Szastak, Francesco Porta, Dominique Roland, Barbara Siri, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, René Santer, Johannes Häberle

“…Thus, the method proved to be safe and efficient to monitor UCD patients of variable severity pre- and post-therapy, being suitable as physiological endpoint for development of therapies.…”
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Associations between milk infrared-predicted plasma biomarkers of stress resilience and fertility in dairy cattle: Insights for enhancing breeding programs and herd management by Alessio Cecchinato, Hugo Toledo-Alvarado, Lucio Flavio Macedo Mota, Vittoria Bisutti, Erminio Trevisi, Riccardo Negrini, Sara Pegolo, Stefano Schiavon, Luigi Gallo, Giovanni Bittante, Diana Giannuzzi

“…Pregnancy rate at first service, however, was analyzed using logistic regression and the same explanatory variables. The metabolites linked to liver function and damage, such as aspartate aminotransferase, total bilirubin, and alkaline phosphatase, had a relevant influence on iCF and DO in terms of the hazard ratio (HR). …”
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FORMAL REPRESENTATION OF THE PIXEL-BY-PIXEL CLASSIFICATION PROCESS USING A MODIFIED WANG-MENDEL NEURAL NETWORK by Oleksii Kolomiitsev, Volodymyr Pustovarov

“…The purpose of the work is to develop the architecture of the modified fuzzy neural production network of Wang-Mendel as a classifier for image segmentation to increase the values of efficiency and reliability of urban monitoring. The following tasks are solved in the article: analysis of possibilities of Wang-Mendel network modification based on representation of membership functions in terms of interval fuzzy sets of the second type (IFST2) and realization of phasing, aggregation and activation operations using IFST 2 operations, development of the architecture of the modified fuzzy neural production network of Wang-Mendel as a classifier for image segmentation. …”
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A Novel Exploration Stage Approach to Improve Crayfish Optimization Algorithm: Solution to Real-World Engineering Design Problems by Harun Gezici

“…It is deprived of a stochastic variable and is not able to generate an applicable balance between exploration and exploitation. …”
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Degradation of Tetracycline in Wastewater by Persulfate Activated by Sulfidated Nanometer Zero-valent Iron by Qiuyue YE, Zhengchun HU, Ziyi WANG, Wen XU, Shiyi ZHAO, Xuying DENG, Minghao GUO, Na GUO, Bing LIAO

“…Sulfidated zero-valent iron (S–nZVI) has been extensively utilized in wastewater treatment in recent years due to its superior electron transfer efficiency and selectivity. Integrating S–nZVI with advanced oxidation technology enhances the catalytic performance of the material, leading to efficient pollutant degradation. …”
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Modeling and Numerical Prediction on Mechanical Behaviors of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bio Composites Using Fuzzy Logic Algorithm by Vinoth Viswanathan, Sathiyamurthy Subbarayan, Ananthi Narayanaswamy, Devi Panneerselvam, Prabhakaran Jayasankar

“…A triangular membership function was employed to define all these variables. …”
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Research on the Control Performance of Depth-Fixed Motion of Underwater Vehicle Based on Fuzzy-PID by Ya Xie, Afei Zhu, Zhonghua Huang

“…When the mass and hydrodynamic coefficient of the underwater vehicle change, the fuzzy-PID controller can still maintain good control performance and has strong adaptive ability.…”
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Safety Prediction Using Vehicle Safety Evaluation Model Passing on Long-Span Bridge with Fully Connected Neural Network by Yang Yang, Lin Yang, Bo Wu, Gang Yao, Hang Li, Soltys Robert

“…Many research studies have been done to find convenience and efficiency measures. A vehicle safety evaluation model passing on a long-span bridge is presented in this paper based on fully connected neural network (FCN). …”
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Multiple metabolic requirements for size homeostasis and initiation of division in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Shivatheja Soma, Kailu Yang, Maria I. Morales, Michael Polymenis

“…Furthermore, we show that adenylate kinase, encoded by ADK1, is a significant determinant of the efficiency of size control mechanisms. Finally, our data argue strongly that the cell size at division is not necessarily a function of the rate cells increase in size in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. …”
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Detecting and reducing heterogeneity of error in acoustic classification by Oliver C. Metcalf, Jos Barlow, Yves Bas, Erika Berenguer, Christian Devenish, Filipe França, Stuart Marsden, Charlotte Smith, Alexander C. Lees

“…We recommend assessing—and if necessary correcting for—heterogeneity of precision error when using automated classification on acoustic data to quantify species presence as a function of an environmental, spatial or temporal predictor variable.…”
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