The effects of combined training on tennis-specific performance in young tennis players by Gülşah Şahin, Osman Kurttekin

“…The combined training program, utilizing portable and lightweight equipment near the training court, has been shown to effectively enhance tennis-specific performance. …”
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An intelligent hybrid-fabric wristband system enabled by thermal encapsulation for ergonomic human-machine interaction by Aobo Cheng, Xin Li, Ding Li, Zhikang Chen, Tianrui Cui, Lu-Qi Tao, Jinming Jian, HuiJun Xiao, Wancheng Shao, Zeyi Tang, Xinyue Li, Zirui Dong, Houfang Liu, Yi Yang, Tian-Ling Ren

“…A thermal encapsulation process is proposed to bond multiple spun-films without additional materials, ensuring the lightweight, breathability, and stretchability of the spun-film sensors. …”
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Enhancing deep convolutional neural network models for orange quality classification using MobileNetV2 and data augmentation techniques by Phan Thi Huong, Lam Thanh Hien, Nguyen Minh Son, Huynh Cao Tuan, Thanh Q. Nguyen

“…Utilizing the MobileNetV2 architecture, this research leverages its efficiency and lightweight nature, making it suitable for mobile and embedded applications. …”
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5G-based smart airport network security scheme design and security analysis by Xinxin XING, Qingya ZUO, Jianwei LIU

“…To meet the security requirements of smart airports, a 5G-based smart airport network security solution was proposed.The security characteristics and security requirements of the 5G scenario in smart airport were analyzed, and the pain points of security requirements in the current scenario were summarized in five aspects:unified security management and control, network slicing security, security monitoring and early warning, edge computing security, and IoT-aware node security.And then a 5G network security system was designed for smart airports.The functional components of this system included 5G network unified security management and control functions for ubiquitous networks, lightweight 5G network identity authentication and authentication functions, 5G network slice security protection for multi-service requirements, 5G network security monitoring and early warning based on big data analysis, integrated security protection function based on edge computing, and sensory node security protection function based on device behavior analysis.This comprehensive approach built an all-in-one security platform covering business encryption, network security, terminal trustworthiness, identity trustworthiness, and security management and control.Additionally, the potential counterfeit base station attacks in the existing 5G authentication and key agreement (AKA) were analyzed.Due to the lack of authenticity verification of the messages forwarded by the SN, the attacker can pretend to be the real SN to communicate with the UE and the HN, thus carrying out the base station masquerading attack.This kind of attack may lead to the leakage of smart airport network data, and encounter problems such as tampering and deception by opponents.Aiming at the network security requirements of smart airports and the security issues of 5G authentication and key agreement protocol, an improved 5G authentication and key agreement protocol was designed.Formal security models, security goal definitions, and analysis were performed to ensure the robustness and effectiveness of the protocol against attacks.…”
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Influence of Nanosilica Particle Addition on Mechanical and Water Retention Properties of Natural Flax- and Sisal-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites under NaOH Conditions by L. Natrayan, Dhinakaran Veeman, S. Baskara Sethupathy, S. Sekar, Pravin P. Patil, G. Velmurugan, Hulusew Ferede Mekonnen

“…Organic filament-based lightweight materials are increasingly being used because of their high strength-to-weight ratio, recyclability, and low cost. …”
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A Novel Complex Event Processing Engine for Intelligent Data Analysis in Integrated Information Systems by Dong Wang, Mingquan Zhou, Sajid Ali, Pengbo Zhou, Yusong Liu, Xuesong Wang

“…Although Complex Event Processing (CEP) has enhanced the capacity of data analysis in information systems, it is still a big challenging task since events are rapidly increasing in diverse applications. In this paper, a lightweight intelligent data analysis system with a novel CEP engine named LIDA-E is introduced, which employs the knowledge base with rules and an event processing algorithm for analysis. …”
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Cold-Sprayed Aluminum-Silica Composite Coatings Enhance Antiwear/Anticorrosion Performances of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy by Lijia Fang, Yuting Xu, Li Gao, Xinkun Suo, Jianguo Gong, Hua Li

“…Extensive efforts devoted in recent years to booming structural applications of lightweight magnesium alloys are usually undermined by their insufficient surface properties. …”
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Tapered CSRR-Based Sensor for Relative Permittivity Measurement With Application to Biomedical Microfluidic Sensing by Salem A. Alotaibi, Yepu Cui, Manos M. Tentzeris

“…This paper proposes miniaturized, lightweight and ultrasensitive planar metamaterial sensor for relative permittivity measurement of nondispersive materials. …”
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Investigation on the Mechanical and Thermal Insulation Properties of Hollow Microspheres/Phenolic Syntactic Foams by Jing Dai, Chao Peng, Shuyue Zhang, Shun Wu, Minxian Shi, Zhixiong Huang

“…Hollow microspheres are widely used in syntactic foam as a lightweight filling material. Hollow glass microspheres (HGM) and hollow phenolic microspheres (HPM) were added to the phenolic resin to prepare phenolic syntactic foams. …”
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Development of Acoustic Insulating Carpets from Milkweed Fibers Using Air-Laid Spike Process by Deborah Lupescu, Mathieu Robert, Said Elkoun

“…Fibers from milkweed, which grows in Quebec (Canada), offer a distinct and outstanding advantage compared to other natural fibers: their ultra-lightweight hollow structure provides excellent acoustic and thermal insulation properties for the automobile industry. …”
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Characterisation of Luffa cylindrica Fibre from Cameroon for Use in Composites: Effect of Alkaline Treatment by Jean Aimé Mono, Assona Appolince Rachelle, Claude Takoumbe, Odette Thérèse Adegono Assiene, Prince Hermann Pokem Nguimjeu, Fabrice Ella Belinga

“…The results obtained show the lightness of the fibre through its low density (0.233-0.419 g·cm-3), and a hydrophilic nature of the fibre is observed through its water absorption capacity (106.86-180.53%), its relative humidity (9.86-15.33%), and its capacity to diffuse water (2.03×10−14 m2·s-1 to 4.61×10−14 m2·s-1), which is close to that of other plant fibres, which means that it can be classified as porous, with possible applications in insulating and lightweight materials. Its diameter (418.61-554.42 μm) and linear mass (34-58 g·km-1) are high, in contrast to other fibres used in the textile industry to produce yarns. …”
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ESX: A Self-Generated Control Policy for Remote Access With SSH Based on eBPF by Yuan Zhong, Pengfei Chen, Huxing Zhang

“…To mitigate these issues, we introduce Extend Security boX (ESX), a novel solution that combines a lightweight system call restriction system with machine learning method. …”
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Evaluating the Performance of Fixed 3D-Printed and Dynamic Fabric Modules in a Second-Skin Façade System: A Residential Case Study in Southern Italy at Building and District Scales... by Yorgos Spanodimitriou, Giovanni Ciampi, Luigi Tufano, Michelangelo Scorpio, Sergio Sibilio

“…In construction, innovative materials and systems can offer flexible, lightweight, energy-efficient solutions to achieve more efficient buildings. …”
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Predicting survival in malignant glioma using artificial intelligence by Wireko Andrew Awuah, Adam Ben-Jaafar, Subham Roy, Princess Afia Nkrumah-Boateng, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Toufik Abdul-Rahman, Oday Atallah

“…Solutions such as federated learning, lightweight AI models and explainable AI frameworks are proposed to overcome these barriers. …”
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Pseudo-Random Identification and Efficient Privacy-Preserving V2X Communication for IoV Networks by Sujash Naskar, Gerhard Hancke, Tingting Zhang, Mikael Gidlund

“…In response to these challenges, this article proposes a privacy-preserving and secure communication framework for IoV networks, addressing critical security challenges in V2X communication. By leveraging lightweight cryptographic mechanisms such as hash functions, quadratic residuosity, and Legendre symbols, the proposed scheme ensures secure authentication, group key sharing, and pseudonym management within IoV networks. …”
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Additive Manufacturing Enabled by Electrospinning for Tougher Bio-Inspired Materials by Komal Agarwal, Yinning Zhou, Hashina Parveen Anwar Ali, Ihor Radchenko, Avinash Baji, Arief S. Budiman

“…We believe that this represents a preliminary feasibility in our attempt to mimic the 3D helicoidal architectures at small scales, and we still have room to improve further using even smaller fibre sizes of the modeled architectures. These lightweight synthetic analogue materials enabled by electrospinning as an additive manufacturing methodology would potentially display superior structural properties and functionalities such as high strength and extreme toughness.…”
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Vacuum amplitudes and time-like causal unitary in the loop-tree duality by The LTD collaboration, Selomit Ramírez-Uribe, Andrés E. Rentería-Olivo, David F. Rentería-Estrada, Jorge J. Martínez de Lejarza, Prasanna K. Dhani, Leandro Cieri, Roger J. Hernández-Pinto, German F. R. Sborlini, William J. Torres Bobadilla, Germán Rodrigo

“…The generation of loop- and tree-level contributions to the differential decay rates from a kernel multiloop vacuum amplitude is shown in detail, and explicit expressions are presented for selected processes that are suitable for a lightweight understanding of the method. Specifically, we provide a clear physical interpretation of the local cancellation of soft, collinear and threshold singularities, and of the local renormalisation of ultraviolet singularities. …”
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Enhancing Thyroid Nodule Detection in Ultrasound Images: A Novel YOLOv8 Architecture with a C2fA Module and Optimized Loss Functions by Shidan Wang, Zi-An Zhao, Yuze Chen, Ye-Jiao Mao, James Chung-Wai Cheung

“…The recall, calculated based on the detection of nodules containing at least one feature suspected of being malignant, reaches 58.2%, while the model maintains a lightweight structure. The proposed method significantly advances ultrasound nodule detection, providing an effective and practical solution for enhancing diagnostic accuracy in medical imaging.…”
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Digital Mini-LED Lighting Using Organic Thin-Film Transistors Reaching over 100,000 Nits of Luminance by Chia-Hung Tsai, Yang-En Wu, Chien-Chi Huang, Li-Yin Chen, Fang-Chung Chen, Hao-Chung Kuo

“…OTFTs offer a flexible and lightweight alternative to conventional silicon-based transistors, enabling innovative and versatile display designs. …”
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Efficient Multi-Task Training with Adaptive Feature Alignment for Universal Image Segmentation by Yipeng Qu, Joohee Kim

“…Nevertheless, prevailing modality-alignment methods rely on large-scale uni-modal encoders for both modalities and an extremely large amount of paired data for training, and therefore it is hard to apply these existing models to lightweight segmentation models and resource-constrained devices. …”
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