Respiratory Muscle Strength as a Predictor of VO2max and Aerobic Endurance in Competitive Athletes by Gökhan Deliceoğlu, Banu Kabak, Veli O. Çakır, Halil İbrahim Ceylan, Muntean Raul-Ioan, Dan Iulian Alexe, Valentina Stefanica

“…These findings suggest that respiratory muscle strength plays a more substantial role in determining VO₂max in individuals with higher ventilatory efficiency, highlighting the importance of both respiratory strength and breathing efficiency in aerobic performance. …”
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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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Improving Electrical Distance Accuracy for Cable Fault Location Based on the Prony Method by Xiang Ren, Zhiqiang Feng, Kai Zhou, Xueming Zhou, Jianjun Yuan, Yefei Xu, Li Zhang

“…By establishing a frequency-variable coupling model containing the transfer function of the cable with double joint structure, studying the mapping relationship between the cable attenuation constant and the electromagnetic wave velocity, and adopting the Prony estimation method combined with the singular value decomposition noise reduction algorithm to achieve the extraction of the attenuation constant and the decoupling of the segmented wave velocity, thus improving the electrical accuracy of fault location. …”
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Multi-period optimisation of flexible natural gas production network infrastructure with an operational perspective: A mixed integer linear programming approach by Noor Yusuf, Roberto Baldacci, Ahmed AlNouss, Tareq Al-Ansari

“…Notably, the case considering fixed and operating cost variables together as a single cost variable in the objective function, referred to as annualised cost (case C), offered optimal cost quantification with relaxed technical constraints. …”
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Energy Management of Industrial Energy Systems via Rolling Horizon and Hybrid Optimization: A Real-Plant Application in Germany by Loukas Kyriakidis, Rushit Kansara, Maria Isabel Roldán Serrano

“…Industrial energy systems are increasingly required to reduce operating costs and CO₂ emissions while integrating variable renewable energy sources. Managing these objectives under uncertainty requires advanced optimization strategies capable of delivering reliable and real-time decisions. …”
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Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles: VVC/H.266 Intra Mode QTMT Based CU Partition Using CNN by Sameena Javaid, Safdar Rizvi, Muhammad Talha Ubaid, Abdullah Tariq

“…Finally, a variable threshold decision system is established to achieve the targeted low complexity and RD performance. …”
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Impact of municipal wastewater use on urban and peri‑urban agricultural productivity: the endogenous treatment-effects approach by Mohammed Abdulai, Mohammed Tanko, Alhassan Andani

“…Using survey data from 416 vegetable farmers, we employed a semi-log production function augmented with an endogenous binary-treatment effect equation to estimate the drivers and impact of MWW use on value of vegetable output, accounting for selection bias and omitted variable problem. …”
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Machine learning with hyperparameter optimization applied in facies-supported permeability modeling in carbonate oil reservoirs by Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar, Alqassim A. Hasan, Mohammed A. Abbas, David A. Wood

“…On the other hand, highly permeable fractures function as the main flow conduits within such reservoirs. …”
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Well Placement Optimization for Fractured Reservoirs: Coupling StoSAG and EDFM by Jianchun Xu, Wanhang Guo, Wenxin Zhou

“…Well placement optimization is a significant task in oil field development which aims to find the optimal well locations by maximizing the net present value (NPV) or other objective function. It is a highly nonlinear problem involving large number of variables. …”
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A Low-Complexity Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Algorithm for Noncircular Signals via Subspace Rotation Technique by Wei Wang, Ming Zhang, Bobin Yao, Tongxing Zheng, Xiaojiao Fan

“…Then, utilizing the separation of variables and the orthogonality between the reduced-dimension noise subspace and the space spanned by the columns of the extended manifold matrix, a new one-dimensional spectral search function is derived to estimate DoAs. …”
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Reliability-Based Topology Optimization Considering Overhang Constraints for Additive Manufacturing Design by Fahri Murat, Irfan Kaymaz, Abdullah Tahir Şensoy

“…RBTO addresses uncertainties in design variables to enhance reliability. This research investigates build direction parameter solutions using deterministic and RBTO algorithms. …”
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Swarm Intelligence Integrated Graph-Cut for Liver Segmentation from 3D-CT Volumes by Maya Eapen, Reeba Korah, G. Geetha

“…The paper proposes a swarm intelligence inspired edge-adaptive weight function for regulating the energy minimization of the traditional graph-cut model. …”
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An Adiabatic-Expansion-Induced Perturbation Study on Gas–Aerosol Partitioning in Ambient Air—Formation of NH₄NO₃ and Microdroplet Nitrogen Fixation (2) by Yating Gao, Qinchu Fan, Yujiao Zhu, Hengqing Shen, Qi Yuan, Yang Gao, Huiwang Gao, Xiaohong Yao

“…Our results indicate the adiabatic-expansion-induced generation of NH₃ + HNO₃ at ultrafast formation rates, with campaign-dependent stable stoichiometric ratios of HNO₃ to NH₃, as well as highly variable occurrence frequencies and efficiencies. These findings suggest that microdroplet redox reactions are more likely responsible for the generation of NH₃ + HNO₃ than conventional atmospheric NH₃ chemistry. …”
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Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Auditor Switching dengan Financial Distress sebagai Pemoderasi by Herninda Pitaloka, Agung Guritno

“…The analysis included descriptive statistical tests, model feasibility tests, classification matrix tests, the formation of logistic regression functions, partial parameter significance tests, simultaneous parameter significance tests, coefficients of determination tests and MRA tests. …”
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Bearing Fault Diagnosis under Transient Conditions: Using Variational Mode Decomposition and the Symmetrized Dot Pattern-Based Convolutional Neural Network Model by Jide Jia, Jianmin Mei, Chuang Sun, Fengjuan Yang

“…To eliminate the noise components, VMD was used to decompose the vibration signal into different frequency bands to obtain the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs), which were further represented by SDP images, and feature images were extracted according to the noncorrelation coefficient. …”
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The Design and Analysis of a Lightweight Robotic Arm Based on a Load-Adaptive Hoisting Mechanism by Ruchao Wang, Zhiguo Lu, Yiru Wang, Zhongqing Li

“…The proposed design integrates a spring-loaded rope and a variable radius reel into the gripper, enabling efficient load adaptability with minimal structural complexity. …”
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Machine learning-based prediction of pervaporation permeation using physicochemical properties of permeant-membrane and process conditions by Muhammad Mujiburohman, Marwen Elkamel, Farzad Hourfar, Ali Elkamel

“…Two types of inputs were evaluated: regular variables (Type I) and dimensionless groups derived from these regular variables (Type II). …”
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Integrated neural network framework for multi-object detection and recognition using UAV imagery by Mohammed Alshehri, Tingting Xue, Tingting Xue, Ghulam Mujtaba, Yahya AlQahtani, Nouf Abdullah Almujally, Ahmad Jalal, Ahmad Jalal, Hui Liu, Hui Liu, Hui Liu

“…In the end, using an attention function, Vision Transformer-based models classify vehicles seen from above. …”
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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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Resilience for activity engagement among frail older adults: moderated mediation effect of social support by Eunna Oh, Nayoung Kim, Lkhagvajav Gansukh, Rhayun Song

“…Resilience has been identified as a protective factor that supports physical function, cognitive health, and independence in daily activities. …”
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