Investigation, Optimization of Energy Consumption and Yield Modeling of Two Paddy Cultivars with Genetic-Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm by S. Sharifi, N. Hafezi, M. H. Aghkhani

“…An artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm with a novel and straightforward elitism structure was utilized to enhance the fitness function of the genetic algorithm (GA). …”
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Predictive Capabilities and Limitations of Stream Interaction Region Observations at Different Solar Longitudes by R. C. Allen, G. C. Ho, L. K. Jian, G. M. Mason, S. K. Vines, D. Lario

“…Through comparing 10 years of SIRs/CIRs observed at L1 and at STEREO, we have investigated the probability of sequentially detecting SIRs/CIRs at two locations as a function of the difference in heliospheric longitude and latitudinal separation between the two spacecraft. …”
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Terrain and individual tree vertical structure-based approach for point clouds co-registration by UAV and Backpack LiDAR by Tingwei Zhang, Xin Shen, Lin Cao

“…Third, a similarity function was constructed to evaluate the most geometrically consistent point correspondences across platforms, which were subsequently refined through an Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm. …”
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Design of Smart Plant Electrical Signal Monitoring System for Indoor Farming by Afif Saifuddin, Wiratmoko Ardan, Nugroho Andri Prima, Okayasu Takashi, Sutiarso Lilik

“…Calibration for this system needs a function generator. The calibration result is analyzed using statistical methods such as MAPE. …”
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Definition of halal analysis of formulation of kombucha drink from simplicia of malay apple fruit (Syzygium malaccense) by Novriyanti Lubis, Anwar Mubarok, Effan Cahyati Junaedi, Dang Soni

“…The wealth of biodiversity and the abundance of native Indonesian germplasm resources have not been optimally utilized domestically. …”
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Zero-Shot Learning for Accurate Project Duration Prediction in Crowdsourcing Software Development by Tahir Rashid, Inam Illahi, Qasim Umer, Muhammad Arfan Jaffar, Waheed Yousuf Ramay, Hanadi Hakami

“…Crowdsourcing Software Development (CSD) platforms, i.e., TopCoder, function as intermediaries connecting clients with developers. …”
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ICP Enhancement Algorithm for 6D Pose Tracking of Household Objects by Hyunho Hwang, Hyunsoo Shin, Ji-Hun Bae, Sungon Lee

“…We estimate the initial pose using RGB keypoints and fine-tune the weights of the loss function to achieve an accurate pose by considering the flat and rotational symmetric properties of the object. …”
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Synthesizing the Academic Administrators’ Competencies: Developing of a Model by Homa Rahmani, Asadollah Khadivi

“…</p> <ol style="text-align: left;" start="3"> <li><strong>Methodology</strong></li> </ol> <p style="text-align: left;">The current research serves a functional purpose, employing a qualitative approach. …”
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Few-Shot Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Based on Refined Bi-Directional Prototypical Contrastive Learning for Cross-Scene Hyperspectral Image Classification by Xuebin Tang, Hanyi Shi, Chunchao Li, Cheng Jiang, Xiaoxiong Zhang, Lingbin Zeng, Xiaolei Zhou

“…Unsupervised domain adaptation has proven its effectiveness in tackling this issue, but it has a fatal limitation of intending to narrow the disparity between source and target domains by utilizing fully labeled source data and unlabeled target data. …”
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Significantly enhanced electrocaloric effect by composition modulation in lead-free BaTiO3-based ceramics by Yingzhi Meng, Silin Tang, Zhaojie Wang, Xiang Niu, Hongfang Zhang, Dingyuan Wang, Yisong Bai, Biaolin Peng, Sheng-Guo Lu, Qingqing Ke, Laijun Liu

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A Practical Approach to Malaria Diagnosis in Non-Endemic Regions: Evaluating Simple Clinical and Laboratory Predictors in Travelers Returning from Endemic Regions by Amal A. El-Moamly

“…The detailed clinical information and laboratory parameters, including complete blood count, liver function tests, cholesterol, and lactate dehydrogenase, were collected. …”
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A mighty small heart: the cardiac proteome of adult Drosophila melanogaster. by Anthony Cammarato, Christian H Ahrens, Nakissa N Alayari, Ermir Qeli, Jasma Rucker, Mary C Reedy, Christian M Zmasek, Marjan Gucek, Robert N Cole, Jennifer E Van Eyk, Rolf Bodmer, Brian O'Rourke, Sanford I Bernstein, D Brian Foster

“…Comparison with a mouse heart proteome revealed conservation at the level of molecular function, biological processes and cellular components. …”
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Key Generation in Cryptography Using Elliptic-Curve Cryptography and Genetic Algorithm by Sanjay Kumar, Deepmala Sharma

“…Chromosomes representing points on an elliptic curve are initialized randomly, evaluated for their proximity to a predefined target point using a fitness function, and subjected to tournament selection to determine parents for the next generation. …”
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MDA-DETR: Enhancing Offending Animal Detection with Multi-Channel Attention and Multi-Scale Feature Aggregation by Haiyan Zhang, Huiqi Li, Guodong Sun, Feng Yang

“…Additionally, the VariFocal Loss function is utilized to assign pixel weights, enhancing detail focus and maintaining accuracy. …”
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Rice disease detection method based on multi-scale dynamic feature fusion by Qian Fan, Runhao Chen, Bin Li

“…The bounding box regression loss function, inner-WIoU, utilizes auxiliary bounding boxes and scale factors. …”
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Unveiling Theranostics: Nanocomplex-Assisted Photodynamic Eradication of Aggressive Cancer Cells and Modulation of Tumor-Associated Macrophages by Butkute A, Kazlauske E, Mlynska A, Peciukaityte E, Karabanovas V, Rotomskis R, Steponkiene S

“…Austeja Butkute,1,2,&amp;ast; Evelina Kazlauske,3,4,&amp;ast; Agata Mlynska,1,4 Emile Peciukaityte,3 Vitalijus Karabanovas,3,4 Ricardas Rotomskis,3,5 Simona Steponkiene3 1Laboratory of Immunology, National Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2Life Science Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania; 3Biomedical Physics Laboratory of National Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania; 4Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania; 5Biophotonics Group of Laser Research Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania&amp;ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Simona Steponkiene, Biomedical Physics Laboratory of National Cancer Institute Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania, Email simona.steponkiene@nvi.ltBackground: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising tool that utilizes photosensitizers (PS) for two functions: cancer imaging by fluorescence (diagnostics), and treatment by the generation of reactive oxygen species (therapy). …”
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Attapulgite/oyster shell composite reduces cadmium and lead bioavailability in acidic agricultural soils through synergistic adsorption and pH regulation by Hongyan Zhu, Yangping Wen, Qingyin Shang, Xinyu Chen, Yuzhen Huang, Peiyue Liu, Chengcheng Wang, Xiuxia Yang

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Docosahexaenoic Acid-Driven Metabolic Reprogramming as an Attractive Anti-Infection Strategy to Potentiate β-Lactam Antibiotic Efficacy by Lei Xu, Sangyu Hu, Yuzhu Pei, Yutong Zhou, Xiuli Zhang, Linlin Ding, Minhe Cui, Yonglin Zhou, Xuming Deng, Zihao Teng, Jianfeng Wang

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Error Analysis and Compensation of 3‒PTT Parallel Robot by CHEN Mingfang, LIANG Hongjian, WEI Songpo, HE Chaoyin

“…Then, the improved particle swarm optimization algorithm is utilized to optimize the error correction objective function, where the slider compensation is obtained, and the servo driver is utilized to complete the error compensation. …”
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Inoculation of the fungi-static C. iranensis ZJW-6 accelerates compost maturation, enhances fertilizer efficiency, and increases the abundance of target microbes in spring and autu... by Dongchao Wang, Jingqi He, Liangdong Li, Gaoyuan Wu, Zixian Jiang, Baifeng Cang, Meikang Wu, Min Nuo, Zichen Liu, Jiaxuan Li, Shengbo Xu, Xintong Ma, Zhihai Wu, Meiying Yang

“…IntroductionStraw composting is an effective way of straw resource utilization, and inoculation of microorganisms can accelerate straw decomposition. …”
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