Structural Performance of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Steel Fibres as Secondary Reinforcement: Experimental and Pre-peak Numerical Modelling by Hadjer Belkadi, Abdelkrim Bourzam, Messaoud Saidani

“…Challenges in modelling steel fibres include their discrete nature and computational demands due to intricate meshing and convergence issues. …”
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High-power ultrasound pretreatment for enhanced protein extraction from lupin flour: Impact on yield, anti-technological and anti-nutritional factors, and techno-functional propert... by Paola Navarro-Vozmediano, Esperanza Dalmau, Jose Benedito, Jose V. Garcia-Perez

“…Ultrasonic field was characterized by computing acoustic pressure from frequency spectra analysis.In general terms, pretreatment reduced noticeably ANF and ATF in both LF and protein isolate (LPI), while also producing a protein concentrate (LPC, avg. 65 g protein/100 g) with low ANF and ATF content. …”
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Evaluating Methods for Aflatoxin B1 Monitoring in Selected Food Crops Within Decentralized Agricultural Systems by Haadia Tanveer, Hannah Glesener, Blake Su, Brooke Bolsinger, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Lee E. Voth-Gaeddert

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A Framework for Privacy-Preserving in IoV Using Federated Learning With Differential Privacy by Muhammad Adnan, Madiha Haider Syed, Adeel Anjum, Semeen Rehman

“…To overcome these issues, we introduced a new privacy framework, which is an improvement of the existing shadowing scheme. We proposed a computationally efficient group leader selection process based on centeredness, rule obeyed, and OBU resources, reducing overhead by 20%, integrating FL with DP to preserve data privacy without sacrificing utility, and achieving a 15% improvement in location accuracy under privacy constraints, validating the scalability and robustness of the framework through extensive simulations involving up to 300 vehicles. …”
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Fully Automated Bone Age Assessment on Large-Scale Hand X-Ray Dataset by Xiaoying Pan, Yizhe Zhao, Hao Chen, De Wei, Chen Zhao, Zhi Wei

“…Because the manual method is time-consuming and prone to observer variability, it is attractive to develop computer-aided and automated methods for BAA. In this paper, we present a fully automatic BAA method. …”
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An Intelligent Heuristic Manta-Ray Foraging Optimization and Adaptive Extreme Learning Machine for Hand Gesture Image Recognition by Seetharam Khetavath, Navalpur Chinnappan Sendhilkumar, Pandurangan Mukunthan, Selvaganesan Jana, Lakshmanan Malliga, Subburayalu Gopalakrishnan, Sankuru Ravi Chand, Yousef Farhaoui

“…The development of hand gesture recognition systems has gained more attention in recent days, due to its support of modern human-computer interfaces. Moreover, sign language recognition is mainly developed for enabling communication between deaf and dumb people. …”
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Microwave-assisted synthesis and swelling behavior of poly lactic acid (PLA) grafted Cordia dichotoma gum-based hydrogels by Jyoti Sinha, Abubakar Hamisu Mijinyawa, Faisal Islam Chowdhury, Muhd Zu Azhan Yahya, Pramod Kumar Singh, Geeta Durga

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Improving P-Doped DBRs Operation at Cryogenic Temperatures: Investigating Different Mirror Geometry by Behzad Namvar, Topi Uusitalo, Heikki Virtanen, Mircea Guina, Jukka Viheriala

“…The use of vertical-cavity-surface-emitting lasers with ability to operate at cryogenic temperatures (Cryo-VCSELs) is a promising path to implement optical data links between superconducting processors maintained in cryogenic environments (4 K range) and room temperature (RT) computing hardware. In order to achieve energy-efficient operation of a cryo-VCSEL, whether by passing current through the mirrors or utilizing intra-cavity contacts, a critical bottleneck for improving the operation is related to the p-doped distribute Bragg Reflectors (DBRs). …”
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Sub-nanometer depth resolution and single dopant visualization achieved by tilt-coupled multislice electron ptychography by Zehao Dong, Yang Zhang, Chun-Chien Chiu, Sicheng Lu, Jianbing Zhang, Yu-Chen Liu, Suya Liu, Jan-Chi Yang, Pu Yu, Yayu Wang, Zhen Chen

“…This approach can be implemented on widely available transmission electron microscopes equipped with hybrid pixel detectors, with data processing achievable using high-performance computing systems.…”
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Ensemble-based customer churn prediction in banking: a voting classifier approach for improved client retention using demographic and behavioral data by Ruchika Bhuria, Sheifali Gupta, Upinder Kaur, Salil Bharany, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Seada Hussen, Ghanshyam G. Tejani, Pradeep Jangir

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Accelerating Deep Learning-Based Morphological Biometric Recognition with Field-Programmable Gate Arrays by Nourhan Zayed, Nahed Tawfik, Mervat M. A. Mahmoud, Ahmed Fawzy, Young-Im Cho, Mohamed S. Abdallah

“…Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are increasingly recognized as an important and potent artificial intelligence approach, widely employed in many computer vision applications, such as facial recognition. …”
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Novel Intuitionistic Fuzzy Fault Tree Analysis for Effective Infectious Medical Waste Management by Rocky Khajuria, Komal, Morteza Yazdani

“…The paper proposes an intuitionistic fuzzy fault tree analysis (FFTA) method that quantifies data uncertainty through trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (TrIFN) while novel arithmetic operations are applied for computing the top incident failure possibility. To develop these novel operations, the weakest t-norm is applied to detract the accumulating circumstances of fuzziness, while Algebraic t-norm and t-conorm are used to estimate membership and non-membership degrees, respectively, of top event failure possibility in terms of trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (TrIFN). …”
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Hierarchical graph-based integration network for propaganda detection in textual news articles on social media by Pir Noman Ahmad, Jiequn Guo, Nagwa M. AboElenein, Qazi Mazhar ul Haq, Sadique Ahmad, Abeer D. Algarni, Abdelhamied A. Ateya

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qTrustNet Virtual Private Network (VPN): Enhancing Security in the Quantum Era by Hyoungsub Shim, Bongho Kang, Haejung Im, Duhyun Jeon, Seok-Min Kim

“…This PQC algorithm is designed to withstand the decryption capabilities of quantum computers, thus providing long-term security. To further bolster security, the encryption key of the PQC algorithm is protected using Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) technology. …”
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Automatic priority analysis of emergency response systems using internet of things (IoT) and machine learning (ML) by Abu S.M. Mohsin, Shadab H. Choudhury, Munyem Ahammad Muyeed

“…The system provides dynamic visualisation and real-time tracking of emergency scenarios through the integration of geographical information systems (GIS) and the utilisation of cloud computing resources. This framework not only improves immediate response capabilities but also aids in strategic planning by providing actionable insights into potential future events. …”
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Design of a Solar‐Wind Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Power Quality Enhancement: A Case Study of 2.5 MW Real Time Domestic Grid by F. Max Savio, S. Vinson Joshua, K. Usha, Muhammad Faheem, Raju Kannadasan, Arfat Ahmad Khan

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High performance synthetic fiber-reinforced concrete mixed with nanoparticles: A proof-of-concept green railway sleeper product by Radhika Sridhar, Satjapan Leelatanon, Monthian Setkit, Thanongsak Imjai, Elhem Ghorbel, Boksun Kim

Semi-automated data provenance tracking for transparent data production and linkage to enhance auditing and quality assurance in Trusted Research Environments by Katherine O'Sullivan, Milan Markovic, Jaroslaw Dymiter, Bernhard Scheliga, Chinasa Odo, Katie Wilde

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Real-world clinical validation of the Qatar pre-diabetes risk score: a cross-sectional study by Mohamed Ahmed Syed, Narjiss Sallahi, Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Halima None Bensmail, Abdelilah Arredouani

“…Negative predictive value, positive predictive value, sensitivity and specificity of PRISQ were computed.Results Of the 1021 participants, 797 agreed to provide blood. …”
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Author Correction: Systematic protein-protein interaction mapping for clinically relevant human GPCRs by Kate Sokolina, Saranya Kittanakom, Jamie Snider, Max Kotlyar, Pascal Maurice, Jorge Gandía, Abla Benleulmi-Chaachoua, Kenjiro Tadagaki, Atsuro Oishi, Victoria Wong, Ramy H Malty, Viktor Deineko, Hiroyuki Aoki, Shahreen Amin, Zhong Yao, Xavier Morató, David Otasek, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Javier Menendez, Daniel Auerbach, Stephane Angers, Natasa Pržulj, Michel Bouvier, Mohan Babu, Francisco Ciruela, Ralf Jockers, Igor Jurisica, Igor Stagljar

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