Renal Angiomyolipoma Mimicking a Well-Differentiated Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma by Honoka Fuse, Masaya Ito, Kosuke Takemura, Shuzo Ikuta, Toru Motoi, Tomotake Okuma, Madoka Kataoka, Fumitaka Koga

“…The tumor was 9 cm in the longest diameter, surrounding the right kidney, and composed of homogenous adipose tissue with thickened septum-like structures and spotty nonadipose structures, which were enhanced on contrast-enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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A Pedaling Torque Observation Approach for Sensorless Electric Bicycles by Riccardo Mandriota, Niklas Konig, Emanuele Grasso, Matthias Nienhaus

“…Also, an online low-computational effort road slope estimation method based on Kalman filtering, that accounts for cornering effect errors, is proposed. …”
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URBAN SPRAWL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ROMANIAN METROPOLITAN AREAS by NICOLETA TICANĂ, INES GRIGORESCU, BIANCA MITRICĂ, IRENA MOCANU

“…The present study will combine GIS computer mapping techniques with housing and demographic data and field surveys to identify the main urban-sprawl-related current residential patterns in the Romanian metropolitan areas and understand causes of change in order to predict how alternative policies will influence future spatial development.…”
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A review on speech recognition approaches and challenges for Portuguese: exploring the feasibility of fine-tuning large-scale end-to-end models by Yan Li, Yapeng Wang, Lap Man Hoi, Dingcheng Yang, Sio-Kei Im

“…Abstract At present, automatic speech recognition has become an important bridge for human-computer interaction and is widely applied in multiple fields. …”
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A Bus-Service-Based Zone Division Approach for the Spatial Analysis of Public Bus: A Case Study in South China by Fanghao Fu, Jiemin Xie, Ming Cai, Wei Huang

“…Generally, to consider the heterogeneity in the studied area and reduce the computation difficulties, the study area is divided into multiple zones and then various analytical methods are applied. …”
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A Three-Stage Birandom Program for Unit Commitment with Wind Power Uncertainty by Na Zhang, Weidong Li, Rao Liu, Quan Lv, Liang Sun

“…A birandom simulation based hybrid genetic algorithm is designed to solve the proposed model. Some computational results indicate that the proposed model provides UC decisions with lower expected total costs.…”
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RadalyX: Portable Multimodal Robotic Scanner by Josef Uher, Jana Boháčová, Richard Kadeřábek, Jakub Veselý

“… Robotic Computed Tomography (CT) is proving itself to be a powerful addition to the portfolio of inspection methods [1]. …”
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Good practice for assignment of breeds and populations—a review by H. Wilmot, H. Wilmot, N. Gengler

“…., with balanced accuracy and probabilities), also in terms of computation time.…”
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Seismic Performances of Replaceable Steel Connection with Low Yield Point Metal by Haoxiang He, Kui Chen, Ruifeng Li

“…The multiscale finite element models for the steel frames with different connections are analyzed by time-history method; both the computational efficiency and the accuracy are assured. …”
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Scale-Dependent Signal Identification in Low-Dimensional Subspace: Motor Imagery Task Classification by Qingshan She, Haitao Gan, Yuliang Ma, Zhizeng Luo, Tom Potter, Yingchun Zhang

“…The effectiveness of the proposed method has been verified by both computer simulations and motor imagery EEG datasets.…”
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Cullen Sign Associated with External Iliac Artery Aneurysm Rupture: A Case Report by Kendra M. Douglas, William R. Davis, Jaron D. Raper

“…On physical examination this patient was noted to have a large area of periumbilical ecchymosis predominantly on the left aspect of the umbilicus, consistent with Cullen sign. Computed tomography abdomen and pelvis were remarkable for an enlarging left external iliac artery aneurysm with adjacent hematoma and multifocal intraperitoneal hematoma tracking into the right side of the abdomen, concerning for aneurysmal rupture. …”
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Implementation of lightweight intrusion detection model for security of smart green house and vertical farm by Jun-Ho Huh

“…Nevertheless, current network forensics is still unable to fully monitor and analyze computer network traffic to gather the evidences of malicious attacks or intrusions. …”
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A Hybrid Approach to Model Additive Manufacturing Factory Flow for the Aerospace Sector by Mostafa K. A. Salem, Fabrizio Scarpa, Ashutosh Tiwari

“…Traditional Discrete Event Simulations (DES) are often time-consuming and computationally expensive, leading to delays in decision-making and potential impacts on revenue. …”
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Calculation of Spotting Particles Maximum Distance in Idealised Forest Fire Scenarios by José C. F. Pereira, José M. C. Pereira, André L. A. Leite, Duarte M. S. Albuquerque

“…The particle momentum, heat and mass transfer, and combustion governing equations were computed along particle trajectories in the unsteady 3D wind field until their deposition on the ground. …”
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A Satellite Observation Data Transmission Scheduling Algorithm Oriented to Data Topics by Hao Chen, Baorong Zhai, Jiangjiang Wu, Chun Du, Jun Li

“…Based on the characteristics of the problem, a mathematic scheduling model is established, and a novel hybrid scheduling algorithm based on evolutionary computation is proposed. In order to further enhance the performance and speed up the convergence process of our algorithm, a domain-knowledge-based mutation operator is designed. …”
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A Coupled Calculation Suite for Atucha II Operational Transients Analysis by Oscar Mazzantini, Miguel Schivo, Julián Di Césare, Ricardo Garbero, Matías Rivero, Germán Theler

“…While more than a decade ago reactor and thermal hydraulic calculations were tedious and often needed a lot of approximations and simplifications that forced the designers to take a very conservative approach, computational resources available nowadays allow engineers to cope with increasingly complex problems in a reasonable time. …”
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Evaluation of Tumor Viability for Primary and Bone Metastases in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Using Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Hiromichi Iwamura, Yasuhiro Kaiho, Jun Ito, Go Anan, Nozomi Satani, Tomonori Matsuura, Ryo Tamura, Kazuhiro Murakami, Kaneki Koyama, Makoto Sato

“…In contrast to bone scan and computed tomography (CT), which depend on osteoblastic response to detect bone metastasis, whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) may be able to directly detect viable tumors. …”
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Hyponatremia Is a Specific Marker of Perforation in Sigmoid Diverticulitis or Appendicitis in Patients Older Than 50 Years by S. A. Käser, R. Furler, D. C. Evequoz, C. A. Maurer

“…The records of all patients older than fifty years (only these had routine ECG done) admitted to our emergency station between January 2008 and December 2010 with sigmoid diverticulitis (, diagnosed by computer tomography) or appendicitis (, diagnosed intraoperatively) were retrospectively evaluated. …”
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Vibration Analysis of Typical Flat Plate Ship Structures Through a New Method by Shuo Li, Yuhang Tang, Jiangtao Liu, Haichao Li, Xuhong Miao

“…Compared with the finite element method and ray tracing method, this method has better computational efficiency; compared with statistical energy analysis, this method has better spatial resolution.…”
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Multiobjective Optimization Method Based on Adaptive Parameter Harmony Search Algorithm by P. Sabarinath, M. R. Thansekhar, R. Saravanan

“…Solving a nonlinear multiobjective optimization problem requires significant computing effort. From the literature it is evident that metaheuristic algorithms are performing better in dealing with multiobjective optimization. …”
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