Research on the incentive mechanism of trusted transactions based on blockchain by ZHANG Guiyu, LIU Bowen, LIANG Xiaochen, ZHANG Xiaoyan, LYU Chengjin, YU Sijia, LI Shuo

“…The mechanism was compared with linear incentive and trust incentive models, and the resource utility income and social welfare of the computing network participants were compared. The multi-party optimal utility benefit incentive was verified to measure the incentive efficiency of the mechanism. …”
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Hydrodynamic Effects of River-Lake System Connectivity on Ecological Restoration of Urban Rivers: A Case Study of Liede River by WANG Shaobo, ZHANG Shu, XIONG Yulong, ZHOU Xinmin

“…The results demonstrate that optimizing the hydrodynamic conditions of urban rivers supplemented by reclaimed water through water system connectivity can significantly enhance river water quality and aquatic habitat environments, thereby promoting ecological restoration.…”
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Event tourism, public policy and socio-cultural development in Dublin by Bernadette Quinn, Ana Maria Vieira Fernandes, Theresa Ryan

“…Together, the findings of the policy analysis and the empirical case point to the need to re-think how events and tourism intersect to achieve optimal outcomes, especially in these post pandemic times when cities the world over are searching for more sustainable tourism futures. …”
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Design and Implementation of universal converter using ANN controller by K. Suresh, E. Parimalasundar, A. Arunraja, V. Ellappan, Eshetu Tessema Ware

“…The pre-trained ANN algorithm generates pulse-width modulation (PWM) signals to control the switching of the IGBTs, optimizing timing and duty cycles for efficient operation. …”
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Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Early Repolarization in Athletes: A Systematic Review by Khaled Elenizi

“…Further research is essential to refine risk stratification criteria and develop appropriate management strategies to ensure athlete safety while maintaining optimal performance levels.…”
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Gender forgery of faces by fusing wavelet shortcut connection generative adversarial network by Wanze CHEN, Liqing HUANG, Jiazhen CHEN, Feng YE, Tianqiang HUANG, Haifeng LUO

“…The mainstream methods in the field of facial attribute manipulation had the following two defects due to data and model architecture limitations.First, the bottleneck structure of the autoencoder model results in the loss of feature information, and the traditional method of continuously injected styles to the source domain features during the decoding process makes the generated image too referential to the target domain while losing the identity information and fine-grained details.Second, differences in facial attributes composition between images, such as gender, ethnicity, or age can cause variations in frequency domain information.And the current unsupervised training methods do not automatically adjust the proportion of source and target domain information in the style injection stage, resulting in artifacts in generated images.A facial gender forgery model based on generative adversarial networks and image-to-image translation techniques, namely fused wavelet shortcut connection generative adversarial network (WscGAN), was proposed to address the these issues.Shortcut connections were added to the autoencoder structure, and the outputs of different encoding stages were decomposed at the feature level by wavelet transform.Attention mechanism was employed to process them one by one, to dynamically change the proportion of source domain features at different frequencies in the decoding process.This model could complete forgery of facial images in terms of gender attributes.To verify the effectiveness of the model, it was conducted on the CelebA-HQ dataset and the FFHQ dataset.Compared with the existing optimal models, the method improves the FID and LPIPS indices by 5.4% and 11.2%, and by 1.8% and 6.7%, respectively.Furthermore, the effectiveness of the proposed method in improving the gender attribute conversion of facial images is fully demonstrated by the results based on qualitative visual comparisons.…”
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Helicobacter pylori Diagnostic Methods in Patients with Atrophic Gastritis by Fumio Omata, Takuro Shimbo, Sachiko Ohde, Gautam A. Deshpande, Tsuguya Fukui

“…A cost-effective analysis is needed to decide on the optimal diagnostic method. The aim of this study was to determine a cost-effective diagnostic method in patients with atrophic gastritis (AG). …”
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The ileocecal valve in transabdominal ultrasound Part 1: Sonographic anatomy and technique by Smereczyński Andrzej, Kołaczyk Katarzyna, Goncerz Grzegorz

“…The paper presents two methods of preparation for an ultrasound scan (i.e. only on an empty stomach or after cleansing the intestine) and determines the optimal imaging methods for the ileocecal valve using transabdominal ultrasound. …”
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Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Pearl River Water Environment in Guangzhou Based on Remote Sensing Image Inversion by LIU Mengyao, FENG Dewang

“…This study focused on the Pearl River in Guangzhou and analyzed Sentinel-2 remote sensing data and measured data from state-controlled sections. By identifying the optimal band factors, water quality parameter inversion models were constructed based on a variety of statistical regression models, and their inversion accuracies were compared. …”
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Influential Control Parameters for Autonomous Vehicles in a Mixed Environment by Hossam M. Abdelghaffar, Monica Menendez

“…Consequently, in this paper, we employ the quasi-optimized trajectory elementary effect sensitivity analysis approach, to identify the parameters whose variations are anticipated to significantly impact the performance metrics. …”
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Strategic Approaches to Define the Production Rate in Conceptual Projects of Critical Raw Materials by Lucas Zucchi Silva, Anna Luiza Marques Ayres da Silva

“…Accurate project factors can optimize costs across the study, execution, and operation phases. …”
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Structural Design of City Railway Underground Depot with Reserved Conditions for Overlying Property Development by TAN Qifeng

“…Alternative waterproofing solutions for the side walls and bottom plates from the structural aspect are proposed by the designer, against the possible water leakage caused by the construction quality, maintenance, closure conditions and the design differences. The optimal solution combining temporary anti-floating measures and the reservation of the construction load in the cover plate is proposed for the asynchronous construction of the underground vehicle depot structure and the overlying property development structure.…”
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Exploring knowledge gaps and research needs in respiratory therapy: A qualitative description study by Marco Zaccagnini, Andrew West, Esther Khor, Shirley Quach, Mika L. Nonoyama

“… # Results We identified four major themes relating to what these experts perceive as the practice-oriented gaps and necessary research priorities across the respiratory therapy profession: 1) system-level impact of RTs, 2) optimizing respiratory therapy practices, 3) scholarship on the respiratory therapy profession and 4) respiratory therapy education…”
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Assessing National and Military Security of Russia: Established Procedure and How to Improve It by S. P. Belokon’

“…The author concludes that a further improvement of methodology for assessing military security as a critical element of national security implies development of an indicator-based approach meant to facilitate making a rational choice of an optimal option for ensuring military security of the Russian Federation. …”
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Update on the therapeutic role of metformin in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome: Effects on pathophysiologic process and fertility outcomes by Kerstin MG Brand, Ulrike Gottwald-Hostalek, Aimee Andag-Silva

“…Further research is needed to define with greater precision the optimal dosage and times to initiate and discontinue metformin in women with PCOS who achieve pregnancy.…”
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Comparison of Synergistic Effect of Nisin and Monolaurin on the Inactivation of Three Heat Resistant Spores Studied by Design of Experiments in Milk by Souhir Kmiha, Chedia Aouadhi, Khouloud Aziza, Awatef Bejaoui, Abderrazak Maaroufi

“…In this context, we investigated the combined effect of nisin, monolaurin, and pH values on three heat resistant spores in UHT milk and distilled water and to select an optimal combination for the maximum spore inactivation. …”
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Variables Selection from the Patterns of the Features Applied to Spectroscopic Data—An Application Case by José L. Romero-Béjar, Francisco Javier Esquivel, José Antonio Esquivel

“…Thus, instead of 2151 variables, a minimum optimal subset of 32 valleys and 31 peaks is obtained for a minimum difference between peaks or between valleys of 20 nm. …”
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Vitamin Bs as Potent Anticancer Agents through MMP-2/9 Regulation by Ha Vy Thi Vo, Namdoo Kim, Hyuck Jin Lee

“…Vitamins are an indispensable part of daily life, essential for optimal health and well-being. Beyond their recognized roles as essential nutrients, vitamins have increasingly garnered attention for their multifaceted functions within the machinery of cellular processes. …”
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The impact of remuneration, extrinsic and intrinsic incentives on interprofessional primary care teams: results from a rapid scoping review by Monica Aggarwal, Brian Hutchison, Kristina M. Kokorelias, Selin Bilgic, Richard H. Glazier

“…Continuous research and evaluation are crucial to optimizing teamwork and healthcare delivery in primary care settings.…”
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Review on non-thermal plasma technology: FROM aflatoxins degradation to effect on medicinal plants by Kimia Taki, Bahram Hosseinzadeh Samani

“…Further research is warranted to optimize its use and fully understand its implications for human and animal health.…”
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