Simultaneous Energy Optimization of Heating Systems by Multi-Zone Predictive Control—Application to a Residential Building by Rina Bitar, Nicolas Youssef, Julien Chamoin, Fadi Hage Chehade, Didier Defer

“…The research methodology uses dynamic thermal simulation, parallel predictive models based on multiple linear regressions, and a multi-objective non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) for the optimization process, which evaluates various generated heating strategies. …”
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探討強化學習演算法之素材推薦機制與AI學習履歷之學習者感知 Learner Perceptions of AI-Powered Learning Portfolios and Personalized Material Recommendation Mechanisms in Reinforcement Learning Algorithms... by 曾建維 Jian-Wei Tzeng, 黃天麒 Tien-Chi Huang, 薛承祐 Cheng-Yu Hsueh, 廖英淞 Ying-Song Liao

“…An experimental group used reinforcement learning–recommended practice questions for self-evaluation, and a control group received randomly assigned questions. …”
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Efficient Hybrid-Robust Approach for Cancer Biomarker Discovery Using Omics Data by Karima Sid, Soumia Zertal, Mohamed Batouche, Soumeya Zerabi

“…The proposal is evaluated and tested according to different scenarios; using thirteen gene expression datasets and two classifiers: Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Naïve Bayes (NB). …”
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State of precision medicine for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in a new therapeutic age by Roy Rasalam, Andrew Sindone, Gary Deed, Ralph G. Audehm, John J. Atherton

“…Ongoing clinical trials are evaluating novel pharmacological and device‐based approaches to address the pathophysiological consequences of HFpEF.…”
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Development of a lung perfusion automated quantitative model based on dual-energy CT pulmonary angiography in patients with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism by Linfeng Xi, Jianping Wang, Anqi Liu, Yifei Ni, Jie Du, Qiang Huang, Yishan Li, Jing Wen, Hongyi Wang, Shuai Zhang, Yunxia Zhang, Zhu Zhang, Dingyi Wang, Wanmu Xie, Qian Gao, Yong Cheng, Zhenguo Zhai, Min Liu

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An AI recognition method for children's clinical operative pain by skin potential (SP) signal by Mingxuan Huang, Cangcang Fu, Linbo Chui, Jiadong He, Xiaozhi Wang, Jikui Luo, Bin Wu, Yonggang Chen, Shaohua Hu, Jihua Zhu, Yubo Li

“…Then, we applied wavelet transform (WT) to capture the time-frequency characteristics of the signals and extract energy features and created a feature set comprising 30 features and selected 10 most relevant ones using the “SelectKBest” function.We compared six algorithms, optimized their parameters, and evaluated the stability and fitting performance of each algorithm. …”
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Artificial intelligence in triage of COVID-19 patients by Yuri Oliveira, Iêda Rios, Paula Araújo, Alinne Macambira, Marcos Guimarães, Lúcia Sales, Marcos Rosa Júnior, André Nicola, Mauro Nakayama, Hermeto Paschoalick, Francisco Nascimento, Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Vania Moraes Ferreira, Hervaldo Carvalho

“…Systems capable of predicting individuals at higher risk of progressing to severe forms of the disease could optimize the allocation and direction of resources. In this work, we evaluated the performance of different Machine Learning algorithms when predicting clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, using clinical data from hospital admission alone. …”
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Evaluation of the performance of ERA5, ERA5-Land and MERRA-2 reanalysis to estimate snow depth over a mountainous semi-arid region in Iran by Faezehsadat Majidi, Samaneh Sabetghadam, Maryam Gharaylou, Reza Rezaian

“…A comparison was conducted using SND data from synoptic stations within the study area. The evaluation was performed on both temporal and spatial scales, employing statistical indicators such as correlation coefficients, bias, and root mean square error (RMSE). …”
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Mapping expanded prostate cancer index composite to EQ5D utilities to inform economic evaluations in prostate cancer: Secondary analysis of NRG/RTOG 0415. by Rahul Khairnar, Stephanie L Pugh, Howard M Sandler, W Robert Lee, Ester Villalonga Olives, C Daniel Mullins, Francis B Palumbo, Deborah W Bruner, Fadia T Shaya, Soren M Bentzen, Amit B Shah, Shawn C Malone, Jeff M Michalski, Ian S Dayes, Samantha A Seaward, Michele Albert, Adam D Currey, Thomas M Pisansky, Yuhchyau Chen, Eric M Horwitz, Albert S DeNittis, Felix Y Feng, Mark V Mishra

“…The study results will help estimate quality-adjusted life-years in PC economic evaluations.…”
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A 3-D Defect Profile Inversion Method Based on the Continuity Correction Strategy by Chenlin Wang, Jianhua Tang, Yicheng Duan, Senxiang Lu, Hao Wen

“…On this basis, this paper combines the secretary bird optimization algorithm (SBOA) with the differential evolution strategy and the perturbation strategy to enhance the search capability. …”
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Comparative analysis of efficacy of different combination therapies of α-receptor blockers and traditional Chinese medicine external therapy in the treatment of chronic prostatitis... by Kaiyu Zhang, Yi Zhang, Shengwei Hong, Yutian Cao, Chengjiang Liu

“…Therefore, based on Bayesian algorithm, a network meta-analysis was conducted by us to make a comparison between different combination therapies of α-RBs and traditional Chinese medicine external therapy.…”
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Hybridization of the Snake Optimizer and Particle Swarm Optimization for continuous optimization problems by Abdülkadir Pektaş, Mehmet Hacıbeyoğlu, Onur İnan

“…To improve exploration, accelerate convergence, and avoid local optima, the velocity vector of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) was integrated into the Snake Optimizer (SO), resulting in the proposal of the Snake Optimizer Particle Swarm Optimization (SO-PSO) metaheuristic method. To evaluate the applicability of the proposed SO-PSO method, it was evaluated on continuous numerical problems (CEC-2017) and seven real-world engineering problems, benchmarking its performance against contemporary metaheuristic algorithms, including WOA, PSO, GWO, EO, LSHADE, and SO. …”
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Long distance contributions to neutral D-meson mixing from lattice QCD by Matteo Di Carlo, Felix Erben, Maxwell T. Hansen

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An integrated analytic hierarchy process and technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution approach for solar site selection in Punjab (India): Evaluating potentia... by Tanu Sharma, Amit Sarin

“…AHP method was applied to find out the relative weights of the evaluation criteria. The TOPSIS algorithm was applied to rank the alternatives. …”
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Exploring Image Decolorization: Methods, Implementations, and Performance Assessment by Ivana Žeger, Ivan Šetka, Domagoj Marić, Sonja Grgic

“…The results demonstrate that different metrics evaluate the decolorization methods differently, highlighting the importance of selecting an appropriate metric that aligns with the subsequent image processing tasks following decolorization. …”
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Integration of single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing to identify a distinct tumor stem cells and construct a novel prognostic signature for evaluating prognosis and immunotherapy in... by Fengyun Zhao, Mengting Chen, Tianjiao Wu, Mingfang Ji, Fugui Li

“…Immune infiltration was evaluated using the Cibersortx algorithm, and drug response prediction was performed using the pRRophetic package. …”
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Evaluation of proton and carbon ion beam models in TReatment Planning for Particles 4D (TRiP4D) referring to a commercial treatment planning system by Yinxiangzi Sheng, Lennart Volz, Weiwei Wang, Marco Durante, Christian Graeff

“…The average ΔDmean, T could be reduced to −0.59% when applying the same biological effect calculation algorithm. However, the dose recalculation time increased by a factor of 79–477. …”
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Enhancing radiomics robustness using bayesian penalized likelihood PET reconstruction: application to Phantom and non-small cell lung cancer patient studies by Zahra Valibeiglou, Jalil Pirayesh Islamian, Yunus Soleymani, Saeed Farzanehfar, Farahnaz Aghahosseini, Neda Gilani, Arman Rahmim, Peyman Sheikhzadeh

“…Overall, 13 morphological, 8 intensity, 6 intensity-histogram, and 5 texture-based features were found to be highly stable against different LBRs and reconstruction parameters. Conclusions The BPL reconstruction algorithm may enhance the robustness of PET radiomics features, supporting their use in clinical settings for non-invasive diagnosis and staging. …”
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Deep Learning for Weed Detection and Segmentation in Agricultural Crops Using Images Captured by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by Josef Augusto Oberdan Souza Silva, Vilson Soares de Siqueira, Marcio Mesquita, Luís Sérgio Rodrigues Vale, Thiago do Nascimento Borges Marques, Jhon Lennon Bezerra da Silva, Marcos Vinícius da Silva, Lorena Nunes Lacerda, José Francisco de Oliveira-Júnior, João Luís Mendes Pedroso de Lima, Henrique Fonseca Elias de Oliveira

“…Furthermore, this study demonstrated the great potential of using advanced object segmentation algorithms in detecting weeds in soybean and bean crops.…”
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Exploring Multi-Pathology Brain Segmentation: From Volume-Based to Component-Based Deep Learning Analysis by Ioannis Stathopoulos, Roman Stoklasa, Maria Anthi Kouri, Georgios Velonakis, Efstratios Karavasilis, Efstathios Efstathopoulos, Luigi Serio

“…Detection and segmentation of brain abnormalities using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an important task that, nowadays, the role of AI algorithms as supporting tools is well established both at the research and clinical-production level. …”
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