Surrogate modeling of passive microwave circuits using recurrent neural networks and domain confinement by Kaustab C. Sahu, Slawomir Koziel, Anna Pietrenko-Dabrowska

“…Utilization of frequency as a sequential variable handled by RNN is a distinguishing feature of our approach, which leads to the enhancement of dependability and cost efficiency. …”
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MODELING THE IMPACT OF THE TRANSPORT PROVISION OPTION ON PROJECT RISKS by Svitlana Rusanova

“…The aim of the study is to improve the efficiency of project management processes by identifying and formalizing the risks associated with the transportation of the project. …”
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Sustainable extraction of bioproducts from cactus pear waste: Economic viability and market opportunities in a green economy by Giuseppe Timpanaro, Vera Teresa Foti

“…Further research should explore alternative biomass sources and innovations in extraction efficiency to ensure continuous production and cost reductions.…”
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Assessing motor control and movement quality in patients with non-specific low back pain: a scoping review and development of an ICF-based conceptual framework by Kerstin Luedtke, Agnes Sturma, Georg Pfluegler, Meike Klinger, Clemens Ley, Beate Schüßler

“…A conceptual framework was constructed, consisting of five International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-based broad motor control functions and 10 movement quality domains, namely flexibility, stability, accuracy, symmetry, speed, smoothness, adaptability, variability, efficiency and coordination.Conclusion The provided conceptual framework for motor control functions and movement quality domains can serve as a structural foundation for future research on the content validity of assessment approaches in the context of LBP.…”
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Research on the Combined Load-Bearing Mechanism of Deeply Buried Pressure Pipelines Under High Internal Water Pressure by LIU Yijie, ZHANG Xuhui, HUANG Bensheng, YANG Fengjie, YUAN Mingdao, XU Yunqian

“…To enhance the surrounding rock’s contribution, reinforcement measures such as grouting may be necessary.ConclusionsAiming at the calculation problem of load transfer and distribution in deep-buried pressure pipelines under high internal water pressure conditions, a power series solution method based on complex variable functions was proposed. By solving the potential functions for the steel liner and surrounding rock as well as the contact stress between the bearing bodies, the stress, deformation at any position of the bearing structure and surrounding rock sharing rate can be accurately determined. …”
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Effects of bedroom environment on average heart rate during sleep in temperate regions: Winter conditions in healthy males in their twenties with average BMI by Noriaki Oota, Yasuki Yamauchi, Gota Iwase, Masaru Abuku, Yasuhiro Hiraguri

“…Additionally, it has been suggested that as the average heart rate decreases, SDNN increases, indicating favorable autonomic function. This study aimed to identify the environmental factors that most significantly affect the day-to-day variability of average heart rate during sleep (SHR) in winter. …”
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SDKU-Net: A Novel Architecture with Dynamic Kernels and Optimizer Switching for Enhanced Shadow Detection in Remote Sensing by Gilberto Alvarado-Robles, Isac Andres Espinosa-Vizcaino, Carlos Gustavo Manriquez-Padilla, Juan Jose Saucedo-Dorantes

“…SDKU-Net integrates dynamic kernel adjustment, a combined loss function incorporating Focal and Tversky Loss, and optimizer switching to effectively tackle class imbalance and improve segmentation quality. …”
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Analysis of Factors Influencing the Development of Community-Based Tourism in Rural Areas, Case Study: Villages Targeted by Tourism in the Markazi Province by Hamid Afshari, Behrouz Mohammadi Yeganeh, Hossein Farahani, Mehdi Cheraghi

“…Thus, the aim of the present research is to find the variables affecting community-based tourism in the target villages of Markazi Province. …”
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Cumulative Distribution-Based Method for Pavement Performance Modeling by Chenhao Tu, Wenya Ye, Rui Zhang, Xudong Qian, Qun Yang

“…A continuous distribution function is created from a limited set of discrete observed field pavement condition data using the sampling theorem. …”
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Engineering safe anti-CD19-CD28ζ CAR T cells with CD8a hinge domain in serum-free media for adoptive immunotherapy by Muthuganesh Muthuvel, Muthuganesh Muthuvel, Thamizhselvi Ganapathy, Trent Spencer, Sunil S. Raikar, Saravanabhavan Thangavel, Alok Srivastava, Alok Srivastava, Alok Srivastava, Sunil Martin

“…CARs are modular synthetic antigen receptors integrating the single-chain variable fragment (scFv) of an immunoglobulin molecule to the TCR signaling. …”
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Bottom-up Biomaterial strategies for creating tailored stem cells in regenerative medicine by Brenda Cruz-Gonzalez, Ellie Johandes, Dominique Gramm, Donny Hanjaya-Putra, Donny Hanjaya-Putra, Donny Hanjaya-Putra, Donny Hanjaya-Putra

“…Unlike conventional methods that adapt cells to pre-existing materials, this strategy prioritizes designing biomaterials from the molecular level upward to address key challenges, including differentiation variability, incomplete matching of iPSCs to somatic counterparts, functional maturity of derived cells, and survival of ECFCs/MSCs in therapeutic niches. …”
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A Predictive Model of the Photosynthetic Rate of Chili Peppers Using Support Vector Regression and Environmental Multi-Factor Analysis by Bin Li, Bo Qiao, Qianyu Zhao, Dan Yang, Rongcheng Zhu, Zhexuan Wang, Yujie Yang

“…Light intensity, CO₂ concentration, and temperature are three primary environmental factors with high temporal variability, nonlinearity, and strong coupling, which directly influence the photosynthetic rate of plants. …”
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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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Association between TSH Values and GFR Levels in Euthyroid Cases with Metabolic Syndrome by H. Keskin, K. Cadirci, K. Gungor, T. Karaaslan, T. Usta, A. Ozkeskin, A. Musayeva, F. Yesildal, F. Isman, H. Y. Zengin

“…Partial correlation coefficients were calculated to investigate the relationship between the eGFR values and several other numerical variables while controlling for age and BMI in addition to the adjusted gender effect. …”
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Distributionally Robust Variational Quantum Algorithms With Shifted Noise by Zichang He, Bo Peng, Yuri Alexeev, Zheng Zhang

“…We model the noise level as a random variable with an unknown probability density function (PDF), and we assume that the PDF may shift within an uncertainty set. …”
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Predicting heat transfer Performance in transient flow of CNT nanomaterials with thermal radiation past a heated spinning sphere using an artificial neural network: A machine learn... by S.R. Mishra, P.K. Pattnaik, Rupa Baithalu, P.K. Ratha, Subhajit Panda

“…An efficient heat transfer phenomenon using nanofluid have greater challenges in various industries, engineering application the recent trend. …”
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Solid-state analog of gravitational redshift: Transport signatures of massless Dirac fermions in tilted Dirac cone heterostructures by Marziyeh Karmand, Mohsen Amini, Morteza Soltani, Ebrahim Ghanbari-Adivi, Seyed Akbar Jafari

“…A Dirac electron passing through a heterojunction with spatially variable tilt experiences an effective curved spacetime. …”
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Fault localization for automatic train operation based on the adaptive error locating array algorithm by Yanpeng Zhang, Yuxiang Cao

“…The research results can offer useful guidance for verifying the integrity and reliability of the ATO function and contribute to the intrinsic safety for rail transit.…”
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HEE-SegGAN: A holistically-nested edge enhanced GAN for pulmonary nodule segmentation. by Yong Wang, Seri Mastura Mustaza, Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman, Siti Salasiah Mokri

“…We also improved the loss function to better capture edge-level details and enhance segmentation precision in edge regions. …”
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