FD-YOLO: A YOLO Network Optimized for Fall Detection by Hoseong Hwang, Donghyun Kim, Hochul Kim

“…This study focuses on detecting fall situations using image-based methods. The fall images utilized in this research were created by combining three open-source datasets to enhance generalization and adaptability across diverse scenarios. …”
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Optimal Mobile IRS Deployment for Empowered 6G Networks by Adel Mounir Said, Michel Marot, Hossam Afifi, Hassine Moungla

“…We propose various approaches for selecting the best buses equipped with IRS. In the first optimization approach, we adapt the classical IRS selections methods used in static context to the mobile case. …”
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Fabrication and performance optimization of SiC-based betavoltaic batteries by HE Houjun, HAN Yuncheng, WANG Xiaoyu, REN Lei, MENG Xiangdong, ZHENG Mingjie

“…BackgroundBetavoltaic nuclear batteries, leveraging beta-emitting radioisotopes, offer inherent advantages such as long-term reliability, high energy density, compact form factors, and robust resistance to interference, positioning them as promising power sources for self-powered portable or embedded microdevices.PurposeThis study aims to enhance the conversion efficiency and output power of betavoltaic batteries with comprehensive consideration of the effects of backscattering, depletion region width, diffusion length, and electrode structure on charge collection efficiency, conversion efficiency, and output power.MethodsBy optimizing the device and electrode structure, i.e., introducing a PIN structure with "concentration gradient I- layer", optimizing the depletion region width, doping concentration and electrode materials, and increasing the spacing between electrode grid lines, 63Ni-SiC-based PIN junction betavoltaic batteries were successfully fabricated with higher overall conversion efficiency and output power. …”
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Recommendations for the optimization of student led free vision screening programs by Nirupama Devanathan, Melanie Scheive, Amrish Selvam, Baraa S. Nawash, Alec Murphy, McKenna Morrow, Shruti Anant, Jessica S. Kruger, Chi-Wah Rudy Yung, Thomas V. Johnson

“…Abstract Purpose To report the summary characteristics of operational models associated with Student Led Free Vision Screening Programs (SLFVSP) and to identify opportunities for program optimization. Methods An 81-question mixed methods survey was distributed to SLFVSP leaders nationwide and Medical Student Educators within the American University Ophthalmology Professors (AUPO) Association. …”
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Software diversification method based on binary rewriting by Benwei HE, Yunfei GUO, Yawen WANG, Qingfeng WANG, Hongchao HU

“…Software diversity is an effective defense against code-reuse attacks, but most existing software diversification technologies are based on source code.Obtaining program source code may be difficult, while binary files are challenging to disassemble accurately and distinguish between code pointers and data constants.This makes binary file diversification difficult to generate high levels of randomization entropy, and easily compromised by attackers.To overcome these challenges, a binary file oriented software diversification method was proposed based on static binary rewriting technology, namely instruction offset randomization.This method inserted NOP instructions of varying byte lengths before program instructions with a certain probability, reducing the number of unintended gadgets in the program and randomly offsetting the original instruction address.This disrupts the program’s original memory layout and increases the cost of code-reuse attacks.At the same time, an optimization strategy based on hot code was designed for this method.The execution times of basic blocks in binary files were obtained by dynamic pile insertion, so as to adjust the NOP instruction insertion probability in each basic block.The higher the execution frequency, the fewer NOP instructions were inserted into the basic block, which can ensure lower performance overhead and produce higher randomization entropy.In the experimental part, the SPEC benchmark program was used to test the optimized method from the aspects of performance overhead, gadget survival rate and file size.The results show that a 15% insertion probability achieves the best effect, with an average gadget survival rate of less than 1.49%, increasing attackers’ difficulty in reusing the same gadget attack chain.Furthermore, only a 4.1% operation overhead and 7.7% space overhead are added, maintaining high levels of security.…”
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Exergy analysis of the boiler using the pinch method by E. A. Yushkova, V. A. Lebedev

“…Exergy analysis of thermal systems shows quantitative and qualitative characteristics of efficiency. The pinch method allows us to solve specific design problems to optimize the parameters of heat power facilities. …”
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Optical Cryptanalysis Method Using Wavefront Shaping by Meihua Liao, Dajiang Lu, Wenqi He, Xiang Peng

“…In this paper, a practical optical cryptanalysis method using wavefront shaping is proposed. Considering that the confusion and diffusion of information in the optical cryptosystem are actually caused by scattering effect of random phase mask(s), the proposed method employs a point source function and the feedback-based optimization algorithm, which can obtain an equivalent key of the optical cryptosystem. …”
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Ensemble Methods for Parameter Estimation of WRF‐Hydro by Arezoo RafieeiNasab, Michael N. Fienen, Nina Omani, Ishita Srivastava, Aubrey L. Dugger

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A dual time-scale optimal dispatch algorithm for PV systems: Integrating centralized optimal power dispatch with distributed power deviation absorption in DC smart grids by Jiahua Ni, Yuwei Chen, Arman Goudarzi, Tong Wang, Lingang Yang, Shengwei Mei

“…Traditional dispatch methods struggle to effectively manage PV power deviations in real-time. …”
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GNSS-Based Monitoring Methods for Mining Headframes by Xu Yang, Zhe Zhou, Yanzhao Yang, Xinxin Yao, Chao Liu, Lei Liu, Shicheng Xie

“…It is proposed that future integration with multi-source sensors, such as inertial navigation systems, will further augment monitoring robustness.…”
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DAGIP: alleviating cell-free DNA sequencing biases with optimal transport by Antoine Passemiers, Stefania Tuveri, Tatjana Jatsenko, Adriaan Vanderstichele, Pieter Busschaert, An Coosemans, Dirk Timmerman, Sabine Tejpar, Peter Vandenberghe, Diether Lambrechts, Daniele Raimondi, Joris Robert Vermeesch, Yves Moreau

“…Our method improves cancer detection and copy number alteration analysis by alleviating the sources of variation that are not of biological origin. …”
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Loss Analytic Calculation and Error Analysis for HVDC Converter by Biaojun LI, Quanzhou XIANG, Chuantao YAO, Qiong YU

“…The influence factors associated with loss and their weights are extracted, which provides a basis for targeted loss optimization. Considering that the nearest level control strategy is adopted for the converter valve in practical engineering, the error sources of the analytical calculation method are analyzed, and a feasible and high precision loss calculation method based on waveform data of project site is proposed.…”
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Modern Methods of Urban Energy System Planning by Т. M. Bugaeva, O. V. Novikova

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Optimizing Supply Chain Management to Reduce Food Waste and Loss in Agriculture by Almusawi Muntather, Obaid Mohammed Kadhim, Hemalatha K.

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Model Similarity Calculation Based on Adaptive Global Optimal Harmony Search by GAO Xue-yao, DONG Xin-ran, ZHANG Chun-xiang

“…Based on an optimal face matching sequence，similarities between source model faces and target ones are summed to compute two models’similarity. …”
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Methods for Rapid Characterization of Tunable Microbubble Formulations by Savannah L. Harpster, Alexandra M. Piñeiro, Joyce Y. Wong

“…An open-source ImageJ macro code was modified for the selective counting and sizing of brightfield microbubble images. …”
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Optimization of Gallic Acid Production from Terminalia Chebula by Aspergillus niger by N. Lokeswari, K. Jaya Raju

“…Fungal mycelia pre-induced with 5 g/L gallotannin was used as inoculums. Optimal conditions of production were determined using various parameters including gallotannin concentration, nutritional source and metal ions are determined. …”
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Graph-based method for constructing consensus trees by Torquet Elio, Jansson Jesper, Tahiri Nadia

“…Availability and implementation: The source code of PrimConsTree is freely available on GitHub at https://github.com/tahiri-lab/PrimConsTree.…”
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COMBINATION OF KNN AND PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO) ON AIR QUALITY PREDICTION by Sugandi Yahdin, Anita Desiani, Shania Putri Andhini, Dian Cahyawati, Rifkie Primartha, Muhammad Arhami, Ditia Fitri Arinda

“…Another problem with KNN is difficult to determine the optimal value of the K parameter in KNN. The Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) method can be used for problems on KNN. …”
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An Optimal Control of Energy Storage Systems Using Wind Power Prediction by Kenta Koiwa, Tomonori Tashiro, Tomoya Ishii, Tadanao Zanma, Kang-Zhi Liu

“…In the proposed method, an output reference of ESS can be obtained as the solution of an optimization problem. …”
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