Changes in air quality in Poland in 2020 in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: spatial and seasonal analysis by Joanna Strużewska, Aleksander Norowski, Grzegorz Jeleniewicz, Maria Kłeczek, Marcin Kawka, Paulina Jagiełło, Aleksandra Starzomska

“…It is also worth noting that the pandemic's impact on air quality was seasonal, resulting from meteorological conditions such as temperature, humidity and wind speed. These conditions were crucial for the spread of pollutants and their concentration in different parts of the year. …”
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Autonomy in Conflict: Technology, Complexity, Ethics, and Policy Implications by Arne Norlander

“…Key technological milestones include AI-powered systems, component miniaturization, and enhanced data processing capabilities, enabling autonomous systems to perform complex tasks with increased precision and speed. Autonomy provides substantial value for intelligence gathering, surveillance, and targeted strikes, significantly impacting modern conflicts and offering benefits such as reduced risk exposure, accelerating decision-making in time-critical operations, enhanced precision, speed, persistence, endurance, and scale. …”
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The Strategic Communication Planning in an emergency at the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Plant (CNAAA) by Fernando Barcellos Razuck, Raul dos Santos, Paulo Escarani

“…In a world where information has a high speed of propagation and is present in the most diverse media, it is essential to follow the news in order to keep the population informed about the actions taken, the real risks and the consequences of an alleged nuclear accident. …”
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Queue Formation and Obstacle Avoidance Navigation Strategy for Multi-Robot Systems Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning by Tianyi Gao, Zhanlan Li, Zhixin Xiong, Ling Wen, Kai Tian, Kewei Cai

“…Upon successful formation training, a speed control mechanism is introduced to improve the stability of the queue during navigation, ensuring robots maintain uniform speed and formation while avoiding obstacles. …”
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Enhanced PID for pedal vehicle force control using hybrid spiral sine-cosine optimization and experimental validation by Azrul Azim Abdullah Hashim, Nor Maniha Abdul Ghani, Mohammad Osman Tokhi

“…Future research will aim to enhance this approach by integrating vehicle speed control with advanced actuator and pedal force control systems. …”
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Adjuvants to improve efficacy of miticides in managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies to control Varroa destructor. by Brandon Shannon, Rui Zhang, Lucas Marsh, Reed M Johnson

“…Additionally, mite drop data indicated increased speed for the miticidal effect when an adjuvant is included with oxalic acid. …”
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PARAMETRIC SELF-EXCITATION OF CUTTING DYNAMIC SYSTEM by Vilor Lavrentyevich Zakovorotniy, Pham Thu Huong

“…It is also shown that through the parametric actions, with increase in cutting speed under the spindle row growth, there always exists critical frequency at which the system loses its stability.…”
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Application of a Frequency Converter in Electric Automatic Control of Central Heating by Jingwen Yin, Guifeng Zhang

“…The experimental results show that the temperature control strategy using a frequency converter automatic compensation method reduces the energy waste caused by manual regulation to a certain extent. When the speed of a water pump motor decreases to 4/5 of the original, the power consumption will decrease to about 52% of the original and save about 48% of the power; When the speed drops by 3/5, the power consumption is about 22% of the original, saving about 78% of the power. …”
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Investigation on Dynamic Factors of Railway Steel-Plate–Concrete Composite Beam Bridges With Small and Medium Spans by Jin Di, Yi Su, Yuxuan Han, Jinming Luo, Fengjiang Qin, Rui Yan

“…Resonance is produced when the train travel speed and bridge frequency meet a certain relationship, which in turn significantly increases the DF. …”
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Formation of Orthogonal Components of Input Currents in Microprocessor Protections of Electrical Equipment by F. A. Romaniuk, Yu. V. Rumiantsev, V. Yu. Rumiantsev, I. V. Novash

“…With a strong saturation of the magnetic core of current transformers, the speed of obtaining reliable values of these components is increased by 1.5–2 times.…”
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INFLATION OF THE COMPETENCE-BASED APPROACH IN THE RUSSIAN PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL TEACHING by A. P. Usol'tsev

“…The need of accurate localization of its content which provides speed of achievement of the required results and a possibility of their diagnostics is emphasized. …”
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Selective imitation for efficient online reinforcement learning with pre-collected data by Chanin Eom, Dongsu Lee, Minhae Kwon

“…The policy is trained using both buffers to increase the Q objective and imitate the actions in the dataset. …”
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A Formal Approach to Road Safety Assessment Using Traffic Conflict Techniques by Oumaima Barhoumi, Mohamed H. Zaki, Sofiene Tahar

“…Furthermore, we observed that shockwave speed could contribute to traffic conflicts by enabling evasive actions such as sudden braking or lane changes as the risk of collisions increases. …”
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Gaze–Hand Steering for Travel and Multitasking in Virtual Environments by Mona Zavichi, André Santos, Catarina Moreira, Anderson Maciel, Joaquim Jorge

“…We present a gaze–hand steering technique that combines eye tracking with hand pointing: users steer only when gaze aligns with a hand-defined target, reducing unintended actions and enabling free look. Speed is controlled via either a joystick or a waist-level speed circle. …”
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Hardware implementation of Boolean functions based on the automaton model by A. A. Butov

“…Currently, electronic control devices are increasingly being introduced into various household and production products. …”
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Precision autofocus in optical microscopy with liquid lenses controlled by deep reinforcement learning by Jing Zhang, Yong-feng Fu, Hao Shen, Quan Liu, Li-ning Sun, Li-guo Chen

“…The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed liquid lens microscope with DRLAF exhibits high robustness, achieving a 79% increase in speed compared to traditional search algorithms, a 97.2% success rate, and enhanced generalization compared to other deep learning methods.…”
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Differential Flight Responses of Sympatric Raptor Species to Weather Conditions and Extreme Temperature Events by Lara Naves‐Alegre, Hernán García‐Mayoral, Jon Morant, Juan Manuel Pérez‐García, Andreia Dias, Elvira Cano‐Montes, Ángel Sánchez, Víctor García‐Matarranz

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Real-Time Threat Mitigation in Financial IT Infrastructures Using Quantum Computing by Jean Marie Vianney Sindayigaya

“…Quantum computing promises an unmatched level of scalable parallel processing with increased accuracy, speed, and timely response to realtime threats. …”
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Population analysis of mortality risk: Predictive models from passive monitors using motion sensors for 100,000 UK Biobank participants. by Haowen Zhou, Ruoqing Zhu, Anita Ung, Bruce Schatz

“…The rise of passive monitors to measure participant activity without requiring specific actions opens the possibility for population level analysis. …”
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Basal ganglia components have distinct computational roles in decision-making dynamics under conflict and uncertainty. by Nadja R Ging-Jehli, James F Cavanagh, Minkyu Ahn, David J Segar, Wael F Asaad, Michael J Frank

“…The basal ganglia (BG) play a key role in decision-making, preventing impulsive actions in some contexts while facilitating fast adaptations in others. …”
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