A Virtual Reality Platform for Safety Training in Coal Mines with AI and Cloud Computing by Mei Li, Zhenming Sun, Zhan Jiang, Zheng Tan, Jinchuan Chen

“…However, it still has some drawbacks, such as expensive and unsuitable hardware, lack of satisfactory user experience, without direct browser access, and lack of humanized and intelligent design. To solve these problems, a cloud-based VR system is designed for the training of coal miners in this paper. …”
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The impact of BIM on project time and cost: insights from case studies by Karan Das, Salman Khursheed, Virendra Kumar Paul

“…Quantitative results reveal that BIM adoption reduces project timelines by an average of 20% and costs by 15%, while also decreasing design errors by 30% and RFIs by 25%. Furthermore, BIM enhances collaboration among stakeholders, improves design visualization, and facilitates better risk assessment, leading to more informed decision-making throughout the project lifecycle. …”
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Effectiveness of citizen inquiry approach in promoting environmental knowledge of young people by Micheal Obakhavbaye

“…The findings indicate that the citizen inquiry technique can democratize learning and the research process, but it requires the design to be contextualized.…”
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Rotor-Bearing System Stability Performance Comparing Hybrid versus Conventional Bearings by Julio Gomez-Mancilla, Valeri Nosov, Gerardo Silva-Navarro

“…Specifically for cases of flexible shafts with similar characteristics to those used in industry, the analysis shows that this design yields velocity thresholds 25%–40% higher compared to the conventional circular ones. …”
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Biogas Production Optimization in the Anaerobic Codigestion Process: A Critical Review on Process Parameters Modeling and Simulation Tools by Mohammed Kelif Ibro, Venkata Ramayya Ancha, Dejene Beyene Lemma

“…The AcoD process design with AP opens fresh research opportunities, including improved efficiency, finding appropriate retention time, and saving time, as well as finding the optimum biogas yield. …”
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Experimental and numerical study on seismic behaviors of SRC column-RC slab joints in NPP by Dayang Wang, Qiang Liu, Yuanqi Song, Yong Zhu, Yongshan Zhang

“…This paper presents an innovative design of a steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) column-reinforced concrete (RC) slab joint based on a concept of the strong column and weak slab. …”
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Evaluating the Physical and Rheological Properties of Rejuvenated Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene-Modified Asphalt Binders by Xiaobing Chen, Juntian Wang, Xiaorui Zhang, Han Liu, Jinhu Tong, Ronglong Zhao

“…To evaluate the physical and rheological properties of rejuvenated styrene-butadiene-styrene-modified asphalt (SBSMA) binders designed for rapid in-place pavement recycling, an aged SBSMA binder was rejuvenated with three rejuvenators (i.e., Types I, II, and III) in different dosages. …”
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Binary program taint analysis optimization method based on function summary by Pan YANG, Fei KANG, Hui SHU, Yuyao HUANG, Xiaoshao LYU

“…Taint analysis is a popular software analysis method, which has been widely used in the field of information security.Most of the existing binary program dynamic taint analysis frameworks use instruction-level instrumentation analysis methods, which usually generate huge performance overhead and reduce the program execution efficiency by several times or even dozens of times.This limits taint analysis technology’s wide usage in complex malicious samples and commercial software analysis.An optimization method of taint analysis based on function summary was proposed, to improve the efficiency of taint analysis, reduce the performance loss caused by instruction-level instrumentation analysis, and make taint analysis to be more widely used in software analysis.The taint analysis method based on function summary used function taint propagation rules instead of instruction taint propagation rules to reduce the number of data stream propagation analysis and effectively improve the efficiency of taint analysis.For function summary, the definition of function summary was proposed.And the summary generation algorithms of different function structures were studied.Inside the function, a path-sensitive analysis method was designed for acyclic structures.For cyclic structures, a finite iteration method was designed.Moreover, the two analysis methods were combined to solve the function summary generation of mixed structure functions.Based on this research, a general taint analysis framework called FSTaint was designed and implemented, consisting of a function summary generation module, a data flow recording module, and a taint analysis module.The efficiency of FSTaint was evaluated in the analysis of real APT malicious samples, where the taint analysis efficiency of FSTaint was found to be 7.75 times that of libdft, and the analysis efficiency was higher.In terms of accuracy, FSTaint has more accurate and complete propagation rules than libdft.…”
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New hash function based on C-MD structure and chaotic neural network by Liquan CHEN, Yuhang ZHU, Yu WANG, Zhongyuan QIN, Yang MA

“…In recent years, widely used hash algorithms such as MD5 and SHA-1 have been found to have varying degrees of security risks.The iterative structure of the SHA-2 algorithm is similar to that of SHA-1, making it vulnerable to attacks as well.Meanwhile, SHA-3 has a complex internal structure and low implementation efficiency.To address these issues, a keyed hash function was designed and implemented based on chaotic neural network and C-MD structure.The approach involved improving the Merkle-Damgard structure by proposing the chaotic neural network Merkle-Damgard (C-MD) structure.This structure can be used to design a hash function that can withstand attacks such as the middle attack, multiple collision attack, and second pre-image attack for long information.Besides, the chaotic neural network was used as the compression function to increase the complexity of the hash function and improve its collision resistance, while also enabling it to output multiple lengths.Moreover, a plaintext preprocessor was designed, which used the coupled image lattice to generate chaos sequence related to the length of the plaintext to fill the plaintext, thus enhancing the ability of the hash function to resist length expansion attacks.Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed hash function performs faster than SHA-2, SHA-3 and the same type of chaotic hash function proposed by Teh et al.It can resist second pre-image attack, multi-collision attack and differential attack, while also exhibiting better collision resistance and mapping uniformity.In addition, the proposed Hash function can output Hash values of different lengths, making it suitable for use in digital signature, key generation, Hash-based message authentication code, deterministic random bit generator, and other application fields.…”
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Effectiveness of nurse-led multi-component intervention program (NLMIP) on improving antiretroviral therapy adherence, CD4 count, psychological distress, and quality of life of peo... by Gulati Sonia, Pandurangan Hariprasath, Gupta P. Kumar

“…Methods and Materials: The study will be conducted at the ART center of a selected 1532 bedded, multi-specialty, tertiary care, central government funded, teaching hospital in Delhi, India, during the years 2022–2024. The research design is a randomized controlled trial (pre-test-post-test, control group design/repeated measure design). …”
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Estimating the Climate-Controlled Soil Parameters and the Distorted Mound Shape for Analysis of Stiffened Rafts on Expansive Soils by Mohamed H. Abu-Ali, Basuony El-Garhy, Ahmed Boraey, Wael S. Al-Rashed, Hassan Abdel-Daiem

“…In most design methods, the distorted mound shape is represented in 2D by the edge distance and the maximum differential movement through a nonlinear equation. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Failure Analysis of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Based Pyrotechnic Separation Device by Mingfa Ren, Fei Weng, Jing Sun, Zhifeng Zhang, Zhiguo Ma, Tong Li

“…These studies on the failure modes of CFRPs under LSC provide important basis for the future design of CFRP-based pyrotechnic separation devices, which is important to the lightweight design of launching vehicles.…”
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À la recherche des points-clefs de Gilbert Simondon autour d’un système d’information géographique by Stephan Kowal

“…In an effort to link digital cartography to architectural design, this article exemplifies the transition from representations based on the human eye, developed since the Renaissance, to the use of remote sensing devices and computer-generated imageries, pattern recognition, influencing decision-making and design, with the system’s capacity to generate new knowledge with the overlay and combination processes of point elements. …”
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Investigation of Traffic Loading Effects for Different Codes on Medium- and Small-Span Girder Bridges in China by Qingfei Gao, Biao Wu, Jun Li, Kemeng Cui, Chuang Xu

“…With increasing traffic volume, the traffic load grade given by design codes has gradually increased. For new bridges, there is no problem, and the traffic load can be met through the requirements of the new code. …”
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Pass-Transistor-Enabled Split Input Voltage Level Shifter for Ultra-Low-Power Applications by Chakali Chandrasekhar, Mohammed Mahaboob Basha, Sari Mohan Das, Oruganti Hemakesavulu, Mohan Dholvan, Javed Syed

“…The schematic structure could be able to convert voltages from low to high as well as high to low. The architecture design has the lowest silicon area. The implementation of the proposed design was taken under 55 nm CMOS technology. …”
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Characteristics and treatment modes of industrial wastewater in new energy vehicles industrial park by LI Dian, WANG Xun, LIU Yingming

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Patient education interventions for adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients- a scoping review. by Michael Corr, Clare McKeaveney, Fina Wurm, Aisling Courtney, Helen Noble

“…Lack of educational theory in intervention design 2.) Lack of patient/ stakeholder involvement 3.) …”
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Seismic Response of a Bridge Pile Foundation during a Shaking Table Test by Yunxiu Dong, Zhongju Feng, Jingbin He, Huiyun Chen, Guan Jiang, Honghua Yin

“…Puqian Bridge is located in a quake-prone area in an 8-degree seismic fortification intensity zone, and the design of the peak ground motion is the highest grade worldwide. …”
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The Potential of Online Tasks to Facilitate Autonomous Language Learning with the Use of Online Dictionaries in a Higher Education ESP Classroom by Carolina Girón-García

“…., qualitative and quantitative data) and was developed in two stages: (1) Creation and design of the online task (i.e., Lesson integrated into a Moodle platform); design of three questionnaires administered before and after the experiment; and implementation of the OT with university students (N=171) enrolled in a Legal English course; and (2) collection of data and analysis. …”
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The Distribution, Structure, and Chemical Composition of Alkali-Silica Gels in Calcined Clay Concretes by Miriam E. Krüger, Anne Heisig, Stefanie Lode, Klaartje de Weerdt, Alisa Machner

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