Design optimization of pangolin inspired composites for enhanced energy absorption by Iman Karami Fath, Abbas Niknejad, Hadi Zare-Zardini

“…Abstract The demand for lightweight, high energy absorbing materials has increased, especially for high risk applications such as aerospace, transport and nuclear. …”
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An IoT-Based Home Energy Management System over Dynamic Home Area Networks by Jongbae Kim, Jinsung Byun, Daebeom Jeong, Myeong-in Choi, Byeongkwan Kang, Sehyun Park

“…Therefore, this paper proposes an Internet of Things- (IoT-) based HEMS with lightweight photovoltaic (PV) system over dynamic home area networks (DHANs), which enables the construction of a HEMS to be more scalable, reusable, and interoperable. …”
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Research on the Mechanical Properties of a Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer-Steel Combined Truss Structure by Pengfei Liu, Qilin Zhao, Fei Li, Jinchun Liu, Haosen Chen

“…Although the safety factor for the strength of the composite rods is very large, it has a lightweight advantage over the steel truss for the low density of GFRP. …”
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LightCDD: Application of a Capability-Driven Development Method for Start-ups Development by Hasan Koç, Marcela Ruiz, Sergio España

“…The LightCDD applies a lightweight Capability‑Driven Development (CDD) methodology. …”
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Power Transmission Mechanism and Tribological Performance of Modern Bicycle Drivetrains—A Review by Yook Wah Liew, Owen Matthews, Dzung Viet Dao, Huaizhong Li

“…Bicycles are one of the most sustainable forms of transportation and sports available today, known for their environmental friendliness, cost-effectiveness, lightweight design, compactness, and health benefits. …”
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A survey on intrusion detection system in IoT networks by Md Mahbubur Rahman, Shaharia Al Shakil, Mizanur Rahman Mustakim

“…This forward-looking perspective aids in shaping the future direction of research in this dynamic field, emphasizing the need for lightweight, efficient IDS models suitable for resource- constrained IoT devices and the importance of comprehensive, representative datasets.…”
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Novel techniques for efficient PAPR reduction in NOMA systems for future wireless networks by Inam Abousaber, Amira A. Mohamed, Haitham F. Abdallah

“…While PTS-ISSA is optimal for high-performance systems, ISPR serves lightweight, real-time applications. These methodologies show potential for the next-generation wireless networks, supporting scenarios from IoT to ultra-reliable low-latency communications by optimizing the trade-off between performance and complexity.…”
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Research on Improved YOLOv7 for Traffic Obstacle Detection by Yifan Yang, Song Cui, Xuan Xiang, Yuxing Bai, Liguo Zang, Hongshan Ding

“…To address these issues, this paper proposes an improved algorithm based on YOLOv7, incorporating a lightweight coordinate attention mechanism to focus on small objects at long distances and capture target location information. …”
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A Light-and-Fast SLAM Algorithm for Robots in Indoor Environments Using Line Segment Map by Bor-Woei Kuo, Hsun-Hao Chang, Yung-Chang Chen, Shi-Yu Huang

“…In this paper, we present a lightweight Rao-Blackwellized particle filter- (RBPF-) based SLAM algorithm for indoor environments, which uses line segments extracted from the laser range finder as the fundamental map structure so as to reduce the memory usage. …”
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Thermal modeling and empirical verification of multi unit small satellites by Anwar Ali, Muhammad Rizwan Mughal, Shoaib Ahmed Khan, Kar Seng Teng

“…The miniaturized and lightweight modular small satellites have resulted in an extensive range of multi-unit small satellites. …”
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Low-Power Wake-Up Receivers for Resilient Cellular Internet of Things by Siyu Wang, Trevor J. Odelberg, Peter W. Crary, Mason P. Obery, David D. Wentzloff

“…In these cases, wake-up receivers (WURs) are a promising solution: while the high-power main radio (MR) is turned off/idle, a lightweight WUR is continuously monitoring the RF channel; when it detects a wake-up sequence, the WUR will turn on the MR for subsequent communications. …”
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Ultra-light antennas via charge programmed deposition additive manufacturing by Zhen Wang, Ryan Hensleigh, Zhenpeng Xu, Junbo Wang, James JuYoung Park, Anastasios Papathanasopoulos, Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng

“…Abstract The demand for lightweight antennas in 5 G/6 G communication, wearables, and aerospace applications is rapidly growing. …”
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Efficient Hyperspectral Video Reconstruction via Dual-Channel DMD Encoding by Mingming Ma, Yi Niu, Dahua Gao, Fu Li, Guangming Shi

“…Additionally, we introduce tailored optical error calibration and fixation techniques alongside a lightweight hyperspectral fusion network for reconstruction, achieving hyperspectral frame rates exceeding 30 fps. …”
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Real-time Detection of Imperfect Wheat Grains on Wheat Pile Surface Based on IDS-YOLO by FAN Jiawei, WU Lan, YAN Jingjing

“…To address the high missed detection rate of imperfect grains in target detection algorithms and to enhance the model detection speed, this study optimized the lightweight network model YOLOV4-Tiny. First, a small target detection layer was added to enhance the utilization of high semantic information. …”
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SCoralDet: Efficient real-time underwater soft coral detection with YOLO by Zhaoxuan Lu, Lyuchao Liao, Xingang Xie, Hui Yuan

“…Second, we integrate lightweight components such as GSConv and VoV-GSCSP to reduce computational overhead without sacrificing performance. …”
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VRU-YOLO: A Small Object Detection Algorithm for Vulnerable Road Users in Complex Scenes by Yunxiang Liu, Yuqing Shi

“…Second, the YOLOv8 network’s Spatial Pyramid Pooling Fast (SPPF) module is replaced with a novel Feature Pyramid Convolution Fast (FPCF) module based on dilated convolution, effectively mitigating feature loss in small target processing. Additionally, a lightweight Optimized Shared Detection Head (OSDH-Head) is introduced, reducing computational complexity while improving detection efficiency. …”
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Dental bur detection system based on asymmetric double convolution and adaptive feature fusion by HongLing Hou, Ao Yang, Xiangyao Li, Kangkai Zhu, Yandi Zhao, Zhiqiang Wu

“…The present study introduces You Only Look Once-Dental bur (YOLO-DB), an innovative deep learning-driven methodology for the accurate detection and counting of dental burs. A Lightweight Asymmetric Dual Convolution module (LADC) was devised to diminish the detrimental effects of extraneous features on the model’s precision, thereby enhancing the feature extraction network. …”
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A comprehensive review of fiber-reinforced topology optimization for advanced polymer composites produced by automated manufacturing by Bence Szederkenyi, Norbert Krisztian Kovacs, Tibor Czigany

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Design Optimization of an Integrated E-Type Multilink Suspension Wheel-Side Drive System and Improvement of Vehicle Ride Comfort by Wen Lu, Wenbo Li, Xinbo Chen

“…The bushing stiffnesses were determined through tests, and the feasibility of each bushing installation was determined via elastic kinematic simulation of the integrated E-type multilink wheel-side drive system; then, optimization design of bushing stiffness was carried out for ride smoothness. Then, a lightweight design of the gears’ reducer was performed. …”
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Enhancing Road Scene Segmentation With an Optimized DeepLabV3+ by Zhe Ren, Libao Wang, Tianming Song, Yihang Li, Jian Zhang, Fengfeng Zhao

“…First, the heavy Xception backbone is replaced with the lightweight MobileNetV2, significantly boosting real-time efficiency while maintaining competitive segmentation accuracy. …”
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