Enhanced image hash using cellular automata with sponge construction and elliptic curve cryptography for secure image transaction by M. Mohammed Ibrahim, R. Venkatesan, Nasir Ali, Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Hafiz Muhammad Afzal Siddiqui, Fikadu Tesgera Tolasa, Suhad Ali Osman Abdallah

“…The novelty of this work is that it creates synergy between the CA’s chaotic behaviour, the flexibility of sponge functions, and the lightweight but powerful security of ECC, resulting in a hash algorithm that is both secure and efficient. …”
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Seasonal and diurnal freeze–thaw dynamics of a rock glacier and their impacts on mixing and solute transport by C. Louis, L. J. S. Halloran, C. Roques

“…<p>Rock glaciers play a vital role in the hydrological functioning of many alpine catchments. Here, we investigate seasonal and daily freeze–thaw cycles of the previously undocumented Canfinal rock glacier (RG) located in the Val d'Ursé catchment (Bernina Range, Switzerland) and the RG's influence on the dynamics of the hydrogeological system. …”
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Complementing Dynamical Downscaling With Super‐Resolution Convolutional Neural Networks by Deeksha Rastogi, Haoran Niu, Linsey Passarella, Salil Mahajan, Shih‐Chieh Kao, Pouya Vahmani, Andrew D. Jones

“…Modifications, such as incorporating elevation data and data pre‐processing enhances overall model performance, while using exponential and quantile loss functions improve the simulation of extremes. Our findings show SRCNN models efficiently and skillfully downscale precipitation from GCMs. …”
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Predicting the Permeability of Pervious Concrete Based on the Beetle Antennae Search Algorithm and Random Forest Model by Jiandong Huang, Tianhong Duan, Yi Zhang, Jiandong Liu, Jia Zhang, Yawei Lei

“…The results showed that the hyperparameters of RF can be tuned by the BAS efficiently; the BAS can combine the conventional RF algorithm to construct the evolved model to predict the permeability of pervious concrete; the cement/aggregate ratio was the most significant variable to determine the permeability, followed by the coarse aggregate proportions.…”
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Numerical Simulation of Folding Tail Aeroelasticity Based on the CFD/CSD Coupling Method by Di Zhou, Weitao Lu, Jiangpeng Wu, Tongqing Guo, Binbin Lv, Hongtao Guo, Hongya Xia

“…The aeroelastic coupling was achieved through successive iterations of CFD and CSD computations in the time domain. An adaptive multi-functional morphing aircraft allowing tail fold motion was selected to be studied. …”
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Investigating the Relationship Between FMS Test Scores and the Occurrence of Injury in Elite Female Shooter by Abdolrasoul Daneshjoo, Baran Hoseini, Fatemeh Ghasemi

“…After obtaining the consent form and measuring the demographic characteristics of the subjects, a checkerboard method and a New York test questionnaire were used to measure the variables of the study. All subjects performed the seven Functional Movement Screen (FMS) after evaluating the degree of stature abnormalities. …”
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Determinants of oral health-related quality of life in orthodontic aligner wearers: A cross-sectional analysis. by Gabriela Luiza Nunes Souza, José Alcides Almeida de Arruda, Pâmella de Moura Dario, Esdras de Campos França, Marcelo de Araújo Lombardi, Giselle Cabral da Costa, Najara Barbosa Rocha, Lucas Guimarães Abreu

“…Poisson regression was performed to identify factors associated with OHRQoL, reporting beta coefficients (Coef.) and standard errors (SE). Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. …”
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Evaluation of oral health-related quality of life in burn survivors: A cross-sectional study by Hetal Amipara, Rakesh Kain, Shalabh Kumar

“…Purpose: The face, crucial to identity, is susceptible to the functional and psychological impact of burn injuries. …”
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Effect of Gratitude on Mental Health with Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affect by Malihe Shakerifard, Ali Mohamadzadeh Ebrahimi, Tayebe Rahimi Pordanjani

“…Based on the researches, gratitude has an effective role in mental health and the other positive psychological functions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of gratitude on mental health with the mediating role of positive and negative affect. …”
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Regional calibration of ecosystem service valuation under climate and tourism influences: a case study in subtropical Longyan, China by Hui Li, Enhao Chen, Shenglong Lin, Liang Cheng, Guofang Zhang

“…Abstract Precise evaluation of ecosystem service value (ESV) under climate variability is essential for supporting regional ecological management. …”
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Predicting Kinematic Viscosity and Cetane Number of Diesel- Biodiesel Blend Using Neural Network and Empirical Models by M. yari, Gh. Moradi, M. Abdolmaleki, Sh. Bashiri

“…This study tries to estimate two substantial properties of blend, i.e. kinemattic viscosity (KV) and cetane number (CN), through neural network (NN) and empirical models which use pure properties of biodiesel (kinematic viscosity, boiling point, evaporation point, flash point, pour point, heat of combustion, cloud point, and specific gravity) as independent variables. In this regard, a three-layer feed-forward network with varying input parameters, training algorithms, transfer functions, and hidden neurons has been examined to predict the KV and CN of the diesel-biodiesel blend. …”
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On Simplifying Expressions with Mixed Boolean-Arithmetic by Yury V. Kosolapov

“…We experimentally estimate the dependence of the average number of terms in a linear MBA-expression returned by simplification algorithms on $n$, the number of decoding iterations, and the power of the set of Boolean functions, by which a linear combination with a minimum number of nonzero coefficients is sought. …”
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Non-Destructive Detection of Soybean Storage Quality Using Hyperspectral Imaging Technology by Yurong Zhang, Wenliang Wu, Xianqing Zhou, Jun-Hu Cheng

“…The optimal model was used to visualize the dynamic distribution of these values. (3) Results: the crude fatty acid values exhibited a positive correlation with storage time, functioning as a direct indicator of soybean quality. …”
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Assessing the validity and reliability of the persian version of Self-concept and Identity Measure in an Iranian population by Saba Tutunchian, Ali Reza Shafiee-Kandjani, Ayyoub Malek, Behzad Shalchi

“…This study examines the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Self-Concept and Identity Measure, designed to assess healthy and disrupted identity functions. Methods. This study utilized a methodological design and focused on students at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences for the 2023-2024 academic year. …”
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Reliability optimization methods: A systematic literature review by Singla Shakuntla, Mangla Diksha, Kumar Malik Ajender, Muhammad Modibbo Umar

“…Additionally, which variables influence the primary reliability metrics in their work and how? …”
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Design of Reinforcement Learning Guidance Law for Antitorpedo Torpedoes by Zhong Wang, Zhiwen Wen, Weitong Cui, Daming Zhou, Pei Wang

“…Integrating engineering design, the intelligent guidance law for antitorpedo torpedoes proposed in this article selects the rate of change in the line-of-sight angle as the state variable, designs a reward function based on interception results, and designs a discretized behavior space based on the commonly used proportional guidance coefficient selection range. …”
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Statistical mechanics of dynamical system identification by Andrei A. Klishin, Joseph Bakarji, J. Nathan Kutz, Krithika Manohar

“…To establish this analogy, we define the hyperparameter optimization procedure as a two-level Bayesian inference problem that separates variable selection from coefficient inference and enables the computation of the posterior parameter distribution in closed form. …”
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Simulation of wheat yield by nitrogen and nonlinearity of environmental conditions by Ana P. B. Trautmann, José A. G. da Silva, Manuel O. Binelo, Antonio C. Valdiero, Luana Henrichsen, Natiane C. F. Basso

“…The experimental design was a randomized block design with four repetitions in a 4 x 3 factorial scheme for N-fertilizer doses (0, 30, 60, 120 kg ha-1) and nutrient supply forms [100% in phenological stage V3 (third expanded leaf); (70%/30%) in the phenological stage V3/V6 (third and sixth expanded leaf) and; fractionated (70%/30%) at the phenological stage V3/E (third expanded leaf and beginning of grain filling)], respectively, in the soybean/wheat and corn/wheat systems. The pertinence functions and the linguistic values established for the input and output variables are adequate for the use of fuzzy logic. …”
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Investigating wave solutions in coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equation: insights into bifurcation, chaos, and sensitivity by Adil Jhangeer, Abdallah M. Talafha, Ariana Abdul Rahimzai, Lubomír Říha

“…The transformation of the coupled partial differential equation into ordinary differential equation is achieved by utilizing a complex wave variable. Exponential function combinations are applied to construct the wave solutions. …”
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Land-Cover Semantic Segmentation for Very-High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery Using Deep Transfer Learning and Active Contour Loss by Miguel Chicchon, Francisco James Leon Trujillo, Ivan Sipiran, Ricardo Madrid

“…We assessed the U-Net-scSE, FT-U-NetFormer, and DC-Swin architectures, incorporating transfer learning and active contour loss functions to improve performance on semantic segmentation tasks. …”
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