Simulation of single-species bacterial-biofilm growth using the Glazier-Graner-Hogeweg model and the CompuCell3D modeling environment by Nikodem J. Poplawski, Abbas Shirinifard, Maciej Swat, James A. Glazier

“…The CompuCell3D modeling environment provides a convenientplatform for biofilm simulations using the Glazier-Graner-Hogeweg (GGH)model, a cell-oriented framework designed to simulate growth and patternformation due to biological cells' behaviors. …”
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A Few-Shot Learning-Based Material Recognition Scheme Using Smartphones by Yeonju Kim, Jeonghyeon Yoon, Seungku Kim

“…This study proposes FSMR, a material recognition scheme designed to expand context information about locations in context recognition services. …”
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Isolation and characterization of ɸEcM-vB1 bacteriophage targeting multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli by Rania Abozahra, Dina Shlkamy, Sarah M. Abdelhamid

“…Abstract Objectives The aim of this study is to screen for, isolate and characterize a bacteriophage designated ɸEcM-vB1 with confirmed lytic activity against multidrug-resistant (MDR) E. coli. …”
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Overweight among Four-Year-Old Children in Relation to Early Growth Characteristics and Socioeconomic Factors by Jörgen Thorn, Maria Waller, Maria Johansson, Staffan Mårild

“…More research is needed to understand the mechanisms and how intervention programs should be designed in order to prevent the development of overweight and obesity in children.…”
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Study on the Compliance Management of the Electricity Market in China Based on the Evolutionary Game Theory by Luosong Jin, Chang He, Xiangyang Wang, Wei Wang, Panting Zhao

“…The results show that effective compliance management can be achieved without government supervision if the market mechanism is properly designed. In addition, the costs and profits of market participants and regulators are important factors influencing the effectiveness of compliance management. …”
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Agricultural waste recycling by farmers: A behavioral study by Pouria Ataei, Hamid Karimi, Zeynab Hallaj, Meysam Menatizadeh

“…The measurement instrument was a self-designed questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed in the SPSS26 and AMOS24 software suites. …”
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The Preventable Risk Integrated ModEl and Its Use to Estimate the Health Impact of Public Health Policy Scenarios by Peter Scarborough, Richard A. Harrington, Anja Mizdrak, Lijuan Marissa Zhou, Aiden Doherty

“…Noncommunicable disease (NCD) scenario models are an essential part of the public health toolkit, allowing for an estimate of the health impact of population-level interventions that are not amenable to assessment by standard epidemiological study designs (e.g., health-related food taxes and physical infrastructure projects) and extrapolating results from small samples to the whole population. …”
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Adaptive deep residual network for image denoising across multiple noise levels in medical, nature, and satellite images by Mary Charles Sheeba, Christopher Seldev Christopher

“…This research introduces the Adaptive Deep Residual Network (AdResNet), a deep convolutional neural network designed for effective image denoising in computer vision applications. …”
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Investigation on Processing Maps of Diffusion Bonding Process Parameters for Ti-6Al-4 V/AISI304 Dissimilar Joints by A. Arun Negemiya, A. N. Shankar, B. Guruprasad, B. Prakash, S. Dineshkumar, Areda Batu, S. Rajakumar

“…Joints had been created by combining several process factors, such as bonding temperature (T), bonding pressure (P), and holding time (t), to create diverse designs. Based on the findings, database processing maps were created. …”
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Restricted Boltzmann Machine-Assisted Estimation of Distribution Algorithm for Complex Problems by Lin Bao, Xiaoyan Sun, Yang Chen, Guangyi Man, Hui Shao

“…The visible layer’s probability of the RBM is designed as the sampling probability model of the estimation of distribution algorithm (EDA) and is updated dynamically along with the update of the dominant subsets. …”
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Enhanced Modeling and Control of Organic Rankine Cycle Systems via AM‐LSTM Networks Based Nonlinear MPC by Yang Sun, Ming Du, Xiao Qi

“…However, the inherent complexity, strong and unidentified nonlinearity, and control constraints pose significant challenges to designing an optimal controller for ORC systems. To address these issues, this research introduces a novel modeling and control framework for ORC systems. …”
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Effect of Plasma-Activated Water Combined with Biological Preservatives on Beef Preservation by KE Zhigang, TIAN Yuling, LIU Shulai, ZHOU Xuxia, DING Yuting

“…To prolong the shelf life of fresh beef, we designed and evaluated a preservative (PAW-ε-PLH-nisin) by dissolving ε-polylysine hydrochloride (ε-PLH), nisin, and sodium hexametaphosphate as a water-retaining agent in plasma-activated water (PAW). …”
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Recent advances in the science of human milk oligosaccharides by Tadasu Urashima, Katsumi Ajisaka, Tetsuro Ujihara, Eri Nakazaki

“…Human colostrum and mature milk contain oligosaccharides (Os), designated as human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). Approximately 200 varieties of HMOs have been characterized.Although HMOs are not utilized as an energy source by infants, they have important protective functions, including pathogenic bacteria and viral infection inhibitors and immune modulators, among other functions, and HMOs stimulate brain-nerve development. …”
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Identifying the Support of Human Resource Specialists to Facilitate the Learning of Education Workers in Hormozgan Province by Ahad Ameri, Mohammadnoor Rahmani, Leila Khajehpour

“…Objective: Education staff professional development is a comprehensive, focused and supportive approach designed to promote education staff for growth. The aim of the present study was to identify the support of human resource specialists in facilitating the learning of education workers in Hormozgan province. …”
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Interactions among Carbon Dioxide, Heat, and Chemical Lures in Attracting the Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius L. (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) by Narinderpal Singh, Changlu Wang, Richard Cooper, Chaofeng Liu

“…Results suggest a combination of chemical lure and CO2 is essential for designing effective bed bug monitors.…”
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Spatial integration of multi-omics single-cell data with SIMO by Penghui Yang, Kaiyu Jin, Yue Yao, Lijun Jin, Xin Shao, Chengyu Li, Xiaoyan Lu, Xiaohui Fan

“…To address this, we develop SIMO, a computational method designed for the Spatial Integration of Multi-Omics datasets through probabilistic alignment. …”
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Research and Geoconservation of the Albian “Giant” Ammonites Collection in the Basque Coast UNESCO Global Geopark by Asier Hilario, Miguel Angel López-Horgue, Luis Miguel Agirrezabala

“…The K/Pg and P/E boundaries are among the most popular sites, together with the IUGS-ICS designated Selandian and Thanetian global stratotypes. …”
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Assessment of Hematological Parameters in Malaria, among Adult Patients Attending the Bamenda Regional Hospital by Nfor Omarine Nlinwe, Tang Bertilla Nange

“…Based on the above fact, this study was designed to assess some hematological changes and their diagnostic values in malaria infected patients. …”
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A Near-Zero Energy Smart Greenhouse Integrated Into a Microgrid for Sustainable Energy and Microclimate Management by Tuan Minh Tran, Ahmed Ouammi, Louis A-Dessaint

“…This paper presents a novel smart greenhouse integrated into a microgrid (SGIM) designed to optimize energy and microclimate management for sustainable agriculture. …”
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Heterogeneous UAV Swarm Collaborative Search Mission Path Optimization Scheme for Dynamic Targets by Kaixin Cheng, Tao Hu, Di Wu, Tingli Li, Shu Wang, Kaiyue Liu, Zhifu Tian, Dong Yi

“…Finally, to improve the global searching capability of a UAV, an improved path optimization algorithm PSO-Rolling Horizon Control (PSO-RHC) is designed. Multiple Monte Carlo simulations are performed for three time-sensitive moving target types and three constraint types. …”
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