Improving the Performance of Whale Optimization Algorithm through OpenCL-Based FPGA Accelerator by Qiangqiang Jiang, Yuanjun Guo, Zhile Yang, Zheng Wang, Dongsheng Yang, Xianyu Zhou

“…Meanwhile, other two classic algorithms including particle swarm optimization (PSO) and competitive swarm optimizer (CSO) are adopted for comparison. Numerical results show that the proposed approach achieves a promising computational performance coupled with efficient optimization on relatively large-scale complex problems.…”
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Severe malocclusion and oral health-related quality of life in adolescents aged 12-15 years by Cibele da Cruz Prates OLIVEIRA, Marijara Vieira de Sousa OLIVEIRA, Carlos Antônio Amaro LIRA, Niely Enetice de Sousa CATÃO, Luana de Carvalho LOURENÇO, Rebecca Durand Garrido RAMALHO, Alessandro Leite CAVALCANTI, Alidianne Fábia Cabral CAVALCANTI

“…The significance level adopted was 5%. Results: The prevalence of severe malocclusion was 37.6%, being 8.4% higher in the group aged 12-13 years (95%CI=1.48-2.29; p=0.034); and 11.2% higher (95%CI %=1.43-2.06; p=0.020) among those who perceived that their teeth were poorly positioned. …”
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Integration of a Heterogeneous Battery Energy Storage System into the Puducherry Smart Grid with Time-Varying Loads by M A Sasi Bhushan, M. Sudhakaran, Sattianadan Dasarathan, Mariappane E

“…This paper proposes a model predictive control (MPC) scheme that can effectively perform peak shaving of the total industrial load. Adopting an MPC-based algorithm design framework enables the development of an effective control strategy for complex systems. …”
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Mekanisme Survival dan Kesejahteraan Guru Sekolah Dasar: Studi Kualitatif di SDN Campaka by Nadiyah Aulia Safira, Rahma Nur Labah, Razi Fauziah Asri, Arkan Abhirama Ersakta, Aprilia Salsabila, Nadya Kharima

“…Findings – The findings reveal that teachers at SDN Campaka adopt multiple survival strategies to navigate professional challenges. …”
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Selective Binding of Distamycin A Derivative to G-Quadruplex Structure [d(TGGGGT)]4 by Bruno Pagano, Iolanda Fotticchia, Stefano De Tito, Carlo A. Mattia, Luciano Mayol, Ettore Novellino, Antonio Randazzo, Concetta Giancola

“…Guanine-rich nucleic acid sequences can adopt G-quadruplex structures stabilized by layers of four Hoogsteen-paired guanine residues. …”
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Evaluating the Progress of the EU Countries Towards Implementation of the European Green Deal: A Multiple Criteria Approach by Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano, Lucia Rocchi, Lorenzo Negri, Lea Piscitelli

“…Thus, the fundamental novelty of this research consists of the first concrete application of a holistic and ‘ready-to-use’ decision-making tool that can be adopted by EU policymakers and stakeholders to draw up a roadmap towards climate neutrality.…”
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UVtrack: Multi-Modal Indoor Seamless Localization Using Ultra-Wideband Communication and Vision Sensors by Yi Xu, Zhigang Chen, Ming Zhao, Fengxiao Tang, Yangfan Li, Jiaqi Liu, Nei Kato

“…The key innovation of UVtrack is a well-designed particle filter which adopts UWB and vision results in the weight update of the particle set, and an adaptive distance variance weighted least squares method (DVLS) to improve UWB sub-system robustness. …”
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Trends in urban edible landscapes: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis by Huihua Yang, Mohd Kher Bin Hussein, Roziya Binti Ibrahim, Ran Lyu

“…This study systematically analyzes 3,089 publications from 2000 to 2024, sourced from the Web of Science database, using keywords such as ‘Edible Landscapes,’ ‘Edible Garden,’ ‘Rooftop Garden,’ ‘Community Garden,’ and ‘Productive Landscape.’ This study adopts bibliometric and visualization tools, such as CiteSpace and R, to systematically sort out and visualize the research hotspots, knowledge structure, emerging trends, and the evolution of this field. …”
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Integrated Sensing and Communication Target Detection Framework and Waveform Design Method Based on Information Theory by Qilong Miao, Xiaofeng Shen, Chenfei Xie, Yong Gao, Lu Chen

“…To address these issues, an information-theory-based orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS)-ISAC target detection processing framework is proposed. This framework adopts the OTFS waveform as its fundamental signal. …”
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Path analysis of farmer knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward lumpy skin disease in beef cattle by Sohrab Khan, Darawan Addoddon, Jutamas Prapapanpong, Minta Suwannaboon, Orapun Arjkumpa, Kannika Na-Lampang, Warangkhana Chaisowwong, Supitchaya Srisawang, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya

“…Farmers with greater knowledge of LSD were more likely to adopt positive attitudes toward disease control and implement effective management practices. …”
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Optimization Study on the Freshwater Production Ratio from the Freezing and Thawing Process of Saline Water with Varied Qualities by Xinyu Feng, Xue Ding, Jiale Yuan, Wanli Xu, Jiao Liu

“…Therefore, a three-factor and five-level quadratic general rotation combination design was adopted, employing indoor simulated freeze–thaw experiments to investigate the influence of these three factors on the freshwater production ratio. …”
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Long-Term Effects of Activity Status in the Elderly on Cardiorespiratory Capacity, Blood Pressure, Blood Lipids, and Body Composition: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study by Eli Carmeli, Pini Orbach, David T. Lowenthal, Joav Merrick, Raymond Coleman

“…An active lifestyle was not sufficient to increase the physiological function of an individual.This study could not clearly demonstrate favorable differences for the physically active groups over the sedentary group with regard to several important physiological factors over the 5-year follow-up and it appears that the recommendation for, and the initiation of, adopting active lifestyles may not be sufficient on their own to significantly increase an individual's physiological functioning.…”
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Highly sensitive and real-simultaneous CH4/C2H2 dual-gas LITES sensor based on Lissajous pattern multi-pass cell by Haiyue Sun, Ying He, Shunda Qiao, Yahui Liu, Yufei Ma

“…Two self-designed trapezoidal-head QTFs with low resonant frequencies of less than 10 kHz and quality factor of ~12000 were adopted to enhance the detection ability. Two kinds of fiber amplifier, erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and Raman fiber amplifier (RFA), were combined to amplify the output power of two diode lasers to improve the excitation strength. …”
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Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Fly Ash Stabilized with Cement by Shengquan Zhou, Yongfei Zhang, Dawei Zhou, Weijian Wang, Dongwei Li, Zhaibang Ke

“…In order to figure out the effect of dynamic and static load on the mechanical properties exhibited by the cement-fly ash and the reaction mechanism of cement-fly ash, a combination of the unconfined compressive test, impact test, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) method was adopted in this study to investigate the cement-fly ash test samples. …”
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Influence of Nutrition Claims on Appetite Sensations according to Sex, Weight Status, and Restrained Eating by Geneviève Painchaud Guérard, Simone Lemieux, Éric Doucet, Sonia Pomerleau, Véronique Provencher

“…Nutrition claims may help people to adopt healthier eating habits, but little is known about the potential cognitive effects of such claims on appetite sensations. …”
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Prevalence of Peri-Implant Mucositis and Peri-Implantitis in Patients Treated with a Combination of Axial and Tilted Implants Supporting a Complete Fixed Denture by Nicolò Cavalli, Stefano Corbella, Silvio Taschieri, Luca Francetti

“…Therefore this kind of rehabilitation could be considered a feasible option, on the condition of adopting a systematic hygienic protocol.…”
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YOLOV9-CBM: An Improved Fire Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOV9 by Xin Geng, Xiao Han, Xianghong Cao, Yixuan Su, Dongxue Shu

“…Finally, instead of CIoU losses, we adopted MPDIoU losses in bounding box regression, which improved the accuracy of model regression and classification. …”
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Remote Industrial Sensor Network Monitoring Using M2M Based Ethical Sniffers by Syed Muhammad Asad Zaidi, Jieun Jung, Minsoo Kang, Byunghun Song, Ki-Hyung Kim

“…LaNDS employs a packet sniffing method for efficiently evaluating network performance and instantly identifying degradation causes of networking performance. LaNDS adopts an efficient network evaluation approach for detecting abnormalities from both internal and external causes. …”
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Transvaginal NOTES hysterectomy with the Chinese robotic single port platform - Report of two cases by Chunhua Zhang, Qing Li, Fang Fang, Shanchuang Wei, Qian Lu, Xiaoming Guan

“…However, further studies with larger sample sizes and potential comparative analyses are essential to validate the merits and safety of adopting this platform.…”
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Grouting Reinforcement of Large Building Foundation over Old Gob Areas: A Case Study in Huaibei Mining Area, China by Wenyan Guo, Shiqi Liu, Bingnan Hu, Yanchun Xu, Yaqi Luo

“…Therefore, grouting reinforcement measure was adopted for the old gob and foundation areas. And the grouting effect was examined using borehole TV observation and the water injection test, where the detection results of boreholes TV observation showed that the filling ratio of the stratum fracture was over 85%, and the stability of the foundation was obviously enhanced. …”
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