Overview and Discussion of the OECD/NRC Benchmark Based on NUPEC PWR Subchannel and Bundle Tests by M. Avramova, A. Rubin, H. Utsuno

“…The OECD/NRC PSBT benchmark was organized to provide a test bed for assessing the capabilities of various thermal-hydraulic subchannel, system, and computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) codes. The benchmark was designed to systematically assess and compare the participants’ numerical models for prediction of detailed subchannel void distribution and department from nucleate boiling (DNB), under steady-state and transient conditions, to full-scale experimental data. …”
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Parallelized SLAM: Enhancing Mapping and Localization Through Concurrent Processing by Francisco J. Romero-Ramirez, Miguel Cazorla, Manuel J. Marín-Jiménez, Rafael Medina-Carnicer, Rafael Muñoz-Salinas

“…However, even creating the map on a powerful computer is slow since SLAM is designed as a sequential process. This work proposes a parallel mapping method pSLAM for speeding up the offline creation of maps. …”
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Bayesian Analysis of Complex Mutations in HBV, HCV, and HIV Studies by Bing Liu, Shishi Feng, Xuan Guo, Jing Zhang

“…Here we summarize Bayesian-based statistical approaches, including the Bayesian Variable Partition (BVP) model, Bayesian Network (BN), and the Recursive Model Selection (RMS) procedure, which are designed to detect the mutations and to make further inferences to the comprehensive dependence structure among the interactions. …”
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Controlling aluminum casting from stationary furnace by E. S. Kinev, A. A. Tyapin, E. A. Golovenko, Yu. S. Avdulova

“…The features of the combined induction device designed for transporting, pumping or mixing aluminum alloys with the possibility of its heating are considered. …”
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Fringe Texture Driven Droplet Measurement End-to-End Network Based on Physics Aberrations Restoration of Coherence Scanning Interferometry by Zhou Zhang, Jiankui Chen, Hua Yang, Zhouping Yin

“…Then, a physics aberration restoration network (PARN) is designed to remove the degradation via the channel Transformer and U-net architecture. …”
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Adaptive Parameter Approaching Law-Based Sliding Mode Control for Wheeled Robots by Ming Hou, Limeng Jia, Zhengqin Wang

“…For the control system of multivariable complex robots, it is decomposed into second-order underactuated subsystems and first-order fully actuated subsystems, and the stability of the designed system is verified using Lyapunov functions. …”
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Performance Improvement Based Authentication Protocol for Intervessel Traffic Service Data Exchange Format Protocol Based on U-Navigation System in WoT Environment by Byunggil Lee, Namje Park

“…VTS (vessel traffic system) is an important marine traffic monitoring system which is designed to improve the safety and efficiency of navigation and the protection of the marine environment. …”
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Application research of convolutional neural network and its optimization in lightning electric field waveform recognition by Caixia Wang, Xiaoyi Zhang, Hui Yang, Jinyuan Guo, Jia Xu, Zhuling Sun

“…In this paper, based on the electric field observation of the Beijing lightning location website of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, a recognition and classification method of pulse signal waveform based on Convolutional Neural Network(CNN) algorithm is designed and implemented. The CNN network model and its parameters were optimized from three aspects: dataset, model parameters, and network structure, achieving a recognition rate of over 90%. …”
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Injectable hydrogel regulates immune infiltration through physical and chemical synergy in the treatment of steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head by Zherui Fu, Yiwen Xu, Fangqi Xu, Haoyu Zhou, Na Lin, Ning Zhang, Feng Lin

“…Based on this finding, we developed an injectable hydrogel system with both physical and chemical synergistic regulatory properties to enhance the activity of stem cells using electrical stimulation. This treatment was designed to prevent the infiltration of Th17 cells by regulating the physiological function of stem cells and blocking the negative effect of Th17 cells on stem cells pharmacologically. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Surge Extension on a Centrifugal Compressor with Vaned Diffuser Using Steam Injection by Chuang Gao, Weiguang Huang, Tianhua Zheng, Kang Yang, Haosen Yang, Yun Cao

“…Injection of less than 1% of the designed mass flow can bring about over 10% margin improvement. …”
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The Development of Dialectical Thinking: The Role of Structure and Organization in the Child’s Daily Life in Preschool Childhood by Nikolay E. Veraksa, Aleksander N. Veraksa, Zlata V. Airapetyan, Evgeni E. Krasheninnikov

“…Dialectical thinking is presented as a system of particular mental actions designed to solve problems of a specific type - containing work with relations of opposition, both within content and structural. …”
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Host-Parasite Interactions in Individuals with Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Result in Higher Frequency of Ascaris lumbricoides and Giardia lamblia in Type 2 Diabetic Individuals by Eleuza Rodrigues Machado, Núbia Oliveira Matos, Sinione Morais Rezende, Daniela Carlos, Thauana Cristina Silva, Leônia Rodrigues, Maria Jarlene Rodrigues Almeida, Maria Regina Fernandes de Oliveira, Maria Imaculada Muniz-Junqueira, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves

“…A descriptive study was designed to estimate frequencies of parasites and to compare them in individuals with diabetes types 1 and 2 from two Health Centers and one hospital in the Federal District of Brazil. …”
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Combining CS Unplugged and L2T2L to Bridge the Computing Illiteracy Gap of the Elderly Population: A Case Study by José Alfredo Díaz-León, Olatz Arbelaitz, Mikel Larrañaga, Ana Arruarte

“…Furthermore, the efficacy of L2T2L is evident in its adaptability and suitability for scenarios beyond those for which it was originally designed.…”
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Auxo: A Temporal Graph Management System by Wentao Han, Kaiwei Li, Shimin Chen, Wenguang Chen

“…We propose chunk layout and chunk splitting designs to achieve the desired efficiency and the abovementioned goals. …”
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Vibration signal characteristics of debris flow initiation and motion experiments by considering clay content by Zhaodong Li, Zhaodong Li, Zhiyong Huang, Zhiyong Huang, Ping Li, Ping Li, Zhiqi Tian, Enxian Jia, Enxian Jia, Tonglu Li, Tonglu Li

“…Physical model experiments were designed with varying clay content to simulate debris flow motion, and micro accelerometers were employed to monitor and record vibration acceleration changes during debris flow initiation and motion. …”
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A Testing Framework for Joint Communication and Sensing in Synthetic Aperture Radars by Alex Piccioni, Roberto Alesii, Fortunato Santucci, Fabio Graziosi

“…In this perspective, Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) is emerging as one of the most promising areas of research, especially for sensing technologies that are not originally designed for communication purposes, such as radar and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). …”
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A Calorimetric Characterization of Cr(VI)-Reducing Arthrobacter oxydans at Different Phases of the Cell Growth Cycle by Nugzar G. Bakradze, Marina K. Abuladze, Victor M. Sokhadze, Nina V. Asatiani, Nelly A. Sapojnikova, Tamara M. Kartvelishvili, Emma N. Namchevadze, Nelly Y. Tsibakhashvili, Leila V. Tabatadze, Lia V. Lejava, Hoi-Ying Holman

“…This is the first of a series of calorimetric studies designed to characterize and understand survival mechanisms of metal-reducing bacteria isolated from metal-polluted environments. …”
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Reforming Tax Law Enforcement: The Role of Core Tax Administration System Digitalization and the Ultimum Remedium Principle by Bambang Djinarto, Slamet Suhartono, Syofyan Hadi, Sri Setyadji, Juan Nickalus

“…This study provides strategic contributions to legal policy development, offering essential insights for policymakers, legal practitioners, and system developers in designing a tax law enforcement system that is fair, transparent, and responsive to the demands of the digital era.…”
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A Novel Lightweight U-Shaped Network for Crack Detection at Pixel Level by Zhong Luo, Xinle Li, Yanfeng Zheng

“…In this paper, adaptive enhancement module (AEM) is designed and added to the encoder network in order to avoid the problem of insufficient model learning capability due to the use of depth-wise separable convolutions. …”
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Experimental study on the heat transfer performance of vapor chamber with uniform/gradient wicks by Liaofei Yin, Jiachen Li, Zhou Wang, Hongling Lu

“…In this paper, a series of VCs were designed and fabricated, in which the wick was a gradient structure with composite particle shape and composite particle size, and their heat transfer effects were studied experimentally and compared with VCs with uniform-structure wick. …”
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