MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES IN LAGOS, NIGERIA by Abdulrasaq Mustapha, Mubaraq Sanni

“…The study employs quantitative method to obtain survey data from randomly selected 262 of small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises in Lagos State respectively. …”
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Healthcare-seeking intentions of middle-aged and elderly individuals with critical diseases: an expanded TPB model in the post-pandemic era by Po-Chun Lee, Ching-Yuan Huang, Meng-Jun Hsu

“…To further examine the “behavioral intentions” of patients with critical illnesses in making healthcare decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic, two additional constructs, “perceived risk” and “trust,” were integrated. A cross-sectional study design and purposive sampling method were employed, collecting 526 valid questionnaires. …”
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Correlation and distinction between stochastic gene transcription models with and without polymerase dynamics by Chunjuan Zhu, Liang Chen, Zhishan Qiu, Jiaxin Chen, Feng Jiao, Jianshe Yu

“…Our proposed method can also be used to determine the regulatory roles of other biological compounds.…”
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Spatiotemporal Soil Moisture Prediction Using a Causal-Guided Deep Learning Model by Tingtao Wu, Lei Xu, Ziwei Pan, Ruinan Cai, Jin Dai, Shuang Yang, Xihao Zhang, Xi Zhang, Nengcheng Chen

“…This article proposes a spatiotemporal prediction framework that integrates causal inference with deep learning, termed the causal-guided spatiotemporal Swin transformer (Causal ST-SwinT). …”
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Enhancing radiomics robustness using bayesian penalized likelihood PET reconstruction: application to Phantom and non-small cell lung cancer patient studies by Zahra Valibeiglou, Jalil Pirayesh Islamian, Yunus Soleymani, Saeed Farzanehfar, Farahnaz Aghahosseini, Neda Gilani, Arman Rahmim, Peyman Sheikhzadeh

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Fire Hazard Risk Grading of Timber Architectural Complexes Based on Fire Spreading Characteristics by Chong Wang, Zhigang Song, Jian Zhang, Lijiao Liu, Feiyang Zheng, Siqi Cao

“…The method is validated using a case study of a typical village in Yunnan Province. …”
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Thermal Optimization of Earth Bricks Using Néré Husk (<i>Parkia biglobosa</i>) by Magnouréwa Josiane Tossim, Elhadji Dieng, Kpatchaa Lidawou Bafei, Cyprien Coffi Aholou, Yawovi Mawuénya Xolali Dany Ayité

“…The tests were carried out using the asymmetric hot plane method, applying a constant heat flux and measuring the temperature variation via a thermocouple. …”
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Application of Fuzzy Logic Sliding Mode Control Approach With PID Structure for Electro-Hydraulic Actuator Tracking System by Muhamad Fadli Ghani, Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi, Rozaimi Ghazali, Shahrol Mohamaddan

“…Moreover, the sliding mode control (SMC) approach has been discovered as a potential method for the EHA trajectory tracking control system. …”
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Adaptive Robust Control for Pump-Controlled Pitch Systems Facing Wind Speed and System Parameter Variability by Tiangui Zhang, Bo Yu, Xuewei Wang, Yinping Liu, Gexin Chen, Keyi Liu, Chao Ai, Lihui Wang

“…Then, an ARC strategy is designed using the backstepping method and incorporating parameter adaptation to handle system nonlinearities and uncertainties. …”
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Spatiotemporal Mapping and Driving Mechanism of Crop Planting Patterns on the Jianghan Plain Based on Multisource Remote Sensing Fusion and Sample Migration by Pengnan Xiao, Yong Zhou, Jianping Qian, Yujie Liu, Xigui Li

“…This research presents a scalable method for mapping fine-resolution crop patterns in complex agroecosystems, providing quantitative support for regional land-use optimization and the development of agricultural policies.…”
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Detection and isolation of viable cancer cells mediated by spytag and spycatcher using conditionally replicative adenovirus and magnetic microbeads by Sadegh Goli, Maryam Kadkhodazadeh, Mahshid Kharaziha, Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard, Kayhan Azadmanesh

“…To overcome this, we developed a crAD-based platform integrating SpyTag/SpyCatcher technology with SpyCatcher-decorated magnetic microbeads for marker-independent CTC detection and isolation. …”
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Investigation of Improved Labyrinth Seal Stability Accounting for Radial Deformation by Guozhe Ren, Hongyuan Tang, Dan Sun, Wenfeng Xu, Yu Li

“…A numerical analytical model incorporating the rotor and stator cavities, along with the labyrinth seal disc structure, has been established. The sealing integrity of a standard labyrinth seal disc’s flow channel is evaluated and studied at different clearances utilising the fluid–solid-thermal coupling method. …”
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LLD-YOLO: A Low-Light Object Detection Algorithm Based on Dynamic Weighted Fusion of Shallow and Deep Features by Wenhao Cai, Yajun Chen, Xiaoyang Qiu, Meiqi Niu, Jianying Li

“…To improve the diversity of receptive fields and strengthen the network&#x2019;s multi-scale feature capture capability, we incorporate the DBB-C2f module. Furthermore, we integrate the hard-sample focusing property of Focaler IoU with the geometric perception advantages of MPDIoU, proposing Focal MPDIoU Loss to refine the localization of difficult samples and precisely capture bounding box variations. …”
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On the Salt Bath Cleaning Operations for Removal of Lubricants on the Surface of Titanium Alloy Aerospace Fasteners by Richard Turner, Caitlin Edgerton, Jack Hobby, Jakub Mierzejewski, Taahir Patel, Nils Warnken

“…Furthermore, the salt bath process has been studied to understand the efficacy of the cleaning process and the impact that variation in the salt bath hold time has or that adding some method of agitation to the molten salt in the bath as it cleans the surface lubricant off the Ti-6Al-4V fastener has. …”
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Ship Target Detection in SAR Images Based on Multiple Attention Mechanism and Cross-Scale Feature Fusion by Yuwu Wang, Tieming Wu, Limin Guo, Yuhan Mo

“…First, the method incorporates the bottleneck transformer into the backbone of the baseline network module. …”
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Anti-Collision Path Planning and Tracking of Autonomous Vehicle Based on Optimized Artificial Potential Field and Discrete LQR Algorithm by Chaoxia Zhang, Zhihao Chen, Xingjiao Li, Ting Zhao

“…By integrating a distance adjustment factor, this research aims to rectify traditional APF limitations. …”
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Algorithms for Solving the Equilibrium Composition Model of Arc Plasma by Zhongyuan Chi, Yuzhang Ji, Ningning Liu, Tianchi Jiang, Xin Liu, Weijun Zhang

“…This finding serves to substantiate the accuracy and feasibility of the method proposed in this paper.…”
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Modelling multi-layer fine fuel loads in temperate eucalypt forests using airborne LiDAR and inventory data by Trung H. Nguyen, Simon Jones, Karin J Reinke, Mariela Soto-Berelov

“…Future research should explore the scalability of this method by integrating satellite-derived data to extend FFL mapping at broader spatial scales.…”
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Spatio-temporal analysis of urban expansion and land use dynamics using google earth engine and predictive models by Ang Zhang, Aqil Tariq, Abdul Quddoos, Iram Naz, Rana Waqar Aslam, Elgar Barboza, Sajid Ullah, M. Abdullah-Al-Wadud

“…The study presents an effective analytical method integrating cloud processing, GIS, and change simulation modeling to evaluate urban growth spatiotemporal patterns and LULC changes. …”
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GIRH-Unet: Improved Residual Tobacco Segmentation Algorithm Based on GhostNetV3-Unet by Jianhua Ye, Yunda Zhang, Pan Li, Ze Guo

“…We employ Focal Loss combined with Intersection over Union (IoU) loss to address the class imbalance challenge between positive and negative pixel classes, thereby improving the segmentation performance in regions with morphological and size variations. Moreover, we designed an image enhancement method based on Poisson fusion to mitigate the difficulties associated with sample labeling. …”
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