Relative Age Effect in Junior Padel Players: Insights from National Team Selection at the 2024 Junior European Championships by Rafael Conde-Ripoll, Iván Martín-Miguel, Diego Muñoz, Carlo Ferrara, Bernardino J. Sánchez-Alcaraz, Adrián Escudero-Tena

“…Such patterns may influence competitive performance and talent identification. Further research is needed to understand the implications of RAE in youth sports, particularly regarding talent development and team selection processes.…”
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Binding Cellulose and Chitosan via Intermolecular Inclusion Interaction: Synthesis and Characterisation of Gel by Jiufang Duan, Chunrui Han, Liujun Liu, Jianxin Jiang, Jianzhang Li, Yiqiang Li, Chao Guan

“…The gel based on β-CD-chitosan and Fc-cellulose was formed under mild conditions which can engender autonomous healing between cut surfaces after 24 hours: the gel cannot self-heal while the cut surfaces were coated with a solution of a competitive guest (adamantane acid). The cellulose-chitosan complex made by this method underwent self-healing. …”
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S‐PLM: Structure‐Aware Protein Language Model via Contrastive Learning Between Sequence and Structure by Duolin Wang, Mahdi Pourmirzaei, Usman L. Abbas, Shuai Zeng, Negin Manshour, Farzaneh Esmaili, Biplab Poudel, Yuexu Jiang, Qing Shao, Jin Chen, Dong Xu

“…The results demonstrate S‐PLM's superior performance over sequence‐only PLMs on all protein clustering and classification tasks, achieving competitiveness comparable to state‐of‐the‐art methods requiring both sequence and structure inputs. …”
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Optimizing Steam Consumption of Mushroom Canning Process by Selecting Higher Temperatures and Shorter Time of Retorting by Didik J. Pursito, Eko H. Purnomo, Dedi Fardiaz, Purwiyatno Hariyadi

“…In the mushroom canning industry, energy efficiency is very critical to improve product (price) competitiveness. This research aimed at demonstrating total steam consumption to achieve the same sterility level (F0-value) of canned mushroom by using different combinations of times and temperatures of retorting. …”
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Performance Analysis of Microwave Photonic Spectral Filters based on Optical Microcombs by Yang Li, Yang Sun, Jiayang Wu, Guanghui Ren, Xingyuan Xu, Bill Corcoran, Sai Tak Chu, Brent E. Little, Roberto Morandotti, Arnan Mitchell, David J. Moss

“…When implemented using microwave photonic (MWP) technologies, also known as MWP transversal filters, they provide competitive advantages over their electrical counterparts, such as large operation bandwidth, strong immunity to electromagnetic interference, and low loss when processing signals at high frequencies. …”
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Locating Station of One-Way Carsharing Based on Spatial Demand Characteristics by Xiaohong Chen, Jiaqi Cheng, Jianhong Ye, Yong Jin, Xi Li, Fei Zhang

“…However, the bus stop and carsharing have a competitive relationship. This study provides a carsharing layout method based on both usage intensity and degree of imbalance. …”
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DiffRSS: A Diffusion-Guided Multi-Scale Features Remote Sensing Image Segmentation Method by Honghao Liu, Ruixia Yang, Yue Xu, Zhengchao Chen, Yuyang Zheng

“…Extensive testing on three public remote sensing datasets the ISPRS Vaihingen, ISPRS Potsdam, and GID Fine Land Cover Classification datasets demonstrates that our method achieves competitive results.…”
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Optimizing transient gas network control for challenging real-world instances using MIP-based heuristics by Hennings, Felix, Hoppmann-Baum, Kai, Zittel, Janina

“…To demonstrate the competitiveness of our approach, we test our algorithm on particularly challenging historical demand scenarios. …”
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Shelf-Life Assessment of Canola Protein Bio-Adhesive by Lawrence Tene Tayo, Aldo Joao Cárdenas-Oscanoa, Lizhen Chen, Darshan Shivappa Nayaka, Markus Euring

“…The storage stability of binders before their application is a crucial factor in the wood panel industry, as it impacts the mechanical properties, quality control, economic efficiency, and market competitiveness of the final products. In the present study, the long-term stability of two canola protein isolate (CPI) and two canola meal (CM) adhesive variants was investigated. …”
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Aspects of Improvement in Exploitation Process of Passenger Means of Transport by Marian Brzeziński, Magdalena Kijek, Paulina Owczarek, Katarzyna Głodowska, Jarosław Zelkowski, Piotr Bartosiak

“…Effective exploitation of means of transport in transport companies is one of the most important ways of achieving competitive advantage. Mentioned problem is particularly important in the market of passenger transport services in large agglomerations, because it has a social aspect in addition to the economic dimension. …”
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Multimodal learning–based reconstruction of high-resolution spatial wind speed fields by Matteo Zambra, Nicolas Farrugia, Dorian Cazau, Alexandre Gensse, Ronan Fablet

“…Reanalysis products, obtained from data assimilation methods, represent the state-of-the-art for sea-surface wind speed monitoring but may be biased by model errors and their spatial resolution is not competitive with satellite products. In this work, we propose a scheme based on both data assimilation and deep learning concepts to process spatiotemporally heterogeneous input sources to reconstruct high-resolution time series of spatial wind speed fields. …”
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A nonrevisiting genetic algorithm based on multi-region guided search strategy by Qijun Wang, Chunxin Sang, Haiping Ma, Chao Wang

“…The experimental results on different types of test suites reveal the competitiveness of the proposed algorithm in comparison with several state-of-the-art methods.…”
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Unpacking the doctoral journey in India: Supervision, social support, and institutional factors influencing mental health and research engagement by Suhalia Parveen, Juhi Yasmeen, Mohd Ajmal, Md. Tauseef Qamar, Shahab Saquib Sohail, Dag Øivind Madsen

“…Findings indicate that (a) supervisory support, (b) peer collaboration, and (c) financial security significantly reduce stress and enhance engagement, while insufficient support and competitive peer dynamics increase anxiety and disengagement. …”
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External Load Variability in Elite Futsal: Positional Demands and Microcycle Structuring for Player Well-Being and Performance by Héctor Gadea-Uribarri, Elena Mainer-Pardos, Ainhoa Bores-Arce, Rafael Albalad-Aiguabella, Sergio López-García, Carlos Lago-Fuentes

“…The aim of this study was to compare the external load of each session along competitive microcycles on an elite futsal team, considering the positions and relationships of the players. …”
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Development of a Novel Sensor System Based on Magnetic Microspheres to Detect Cardiac Troponin T by Junrong Zhang, Hongxiang Liu, Baofeng Xu, Sijun Huang, Rui Liu, Jinming Zhu, Yi Guo, Li Xu

“…Naive human cTnT protein in serum samples and antigens on functional magnetic microspheres will competitively bind with limited specific antibodies. …”
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Breeding improvement of spring Indian dwarf wheat <i>Triticum sphaerococcum</i> Percival under the conditions of the Middle Volga region by Dam. F. Askhadullin, Dan. F. Askhadullin, N. Z. Vasilova, M. R. Tazutdinova, I. I. Khusainova, G. R. Gayfullina, E. S. Kirillova, N. S. lysenko

“…The work resulted in producing competitive lines of T. sphaerococcum which surpassed the original accessions in yield and resistance to main fungal diseases, but their grain yield was lower than that of the reference bread wheat cultivar ‘Yoldyz’. …”
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Sparse Deep Nonnegative Matrix Factorization by Zhenxing Guo, Shihua Zhang

“…We applied our models using two benchmarking image datasets, and the results showed that our models can achieve competitive or better classification performance and produce intuitive interpretations compared with the typical NMF and competing multilayer models.…”
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Fluorescence images of skin lesions and automated diagnosis using convolutional neural networks by Matheus B. Rocha, Sebastiao Pratavieira, Renan Souza Vieira, Juliana Duarte Geller, Amanda Lima Mutz Stein, Fernanda Sales Soares de Oliveira, Tania R.P. Canuto, Luciana de Paula Vieira, Renan Rossoni, Maria C.S. Santos, Patricia H.L. Frasson, Renato A. Krohling

“…Experimental results indicate that fluorescence images are competitive with clinical images (baseline) for classifying major skin lesions and show promising potential for discrimination.…”
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Developing a machine learning model for fast economic optimization of solar power plants using the hybrid method of firefly and genetic algorithms, case study: optimizing solar the... by Ali Omidkar, Razieh Es'haghian, Hua Song

“…Even so, the economic competitiveness and cost of energy in renewable systems remain a challenge. …”
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FcFNet: A Challenge-Based Feature Complementary Fusion Network for RGBT Tracking by Wensheng Wang, Congjian Li, Di Zhang, Huihui Zhou, Mingli Xie, Haoran Zhou, Kun Fu

“…The proposed FcFNet exhibits competitive performance compared with other state-of-the-art tracking algorithms, especially in continuous tracking tasks for noncooperative targets.…”
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