Brachial Plexopathy in Head and Neck Cancer Potentially Related to LET-Dependent RBE by Abanob Hanna, Anthony Casper, Roi Dagan, Hardev S. Grewal, Jiyeon Park, Eric D. Brooks, Erik Traneus, Lars Glimelius, Perry B. Johnson, Mohammad Saki, Yawei Zhang, Twyla R. Willoughby, Julie A. Bradley, Jackson Browne, Mark E. Artz

“…The LET-optimized plan reduced the brachial plexus D0.1cc to 59.4 Gy (RBE = 1.1) and 63.2 Gy (CGE RBE), an 18.8% decrease, while maintaining target coverage. …”
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Energy-Efficient Node Selection for Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks by Yong Wang, Dianhong Wang

“…With this understanding, a dynamic node selection scheme based on genetic algorithms is proposed, which can optimize the tradeoff between the accuracy of tracking and the energy cost of nodes. …”
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Improving Cardiovascular Disease Prediction through Stratified Machine Learning Models and Combined Datasets by Tara Yousif Mawlood, Alla Ahmad Hassan, Rebwar Khalid Muhammed, Aso M. Aladdin, Tarik A. Rashid, Bryar A. Hassan

“…Results revealed that ensemble models, particularly RF and DT, achieved optimal performance with 100% accuracy, while stratification significantly improved the outcomes of SVM, GNB, and GB. …”
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Orchard-Wide Visual Perception and Autonomous Operation of Fruit Picking Robots: A Review by CHEN Mingyou, LUO Lufeng, LIU Wei, WEI Huiling, WANG Jinhai, LU Qinghua, LUO Shaoming

“…Moreover, it emphasizes the necessity of enhancing the robustness and stability of core algorithms governing perception, planning, and control, while ensuring their seamless coordination which is a central challenge that emerges. …”
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GPU Accelerated Trilateral Filter for MR Image Restoration by Suthir Sriram, Nivethitha Vijayaraj, T. Srilekha, M. Praveena, Thangavel Murugan

“…The approach uses forward selection to identify 98 texture attributes while refining the selection process to find optimal regularity features. …”
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Design of Restrictive Conditions for Simultaneous Loading and Unloading of Goods with Different Temperature Regimes in Vehicle Routing Problem by Kleprlík Jaroslav, Brázdová Markéta

“…Considering the proposed conditions in these algorithms will increase the utilization of the vehicle payload, and load space while complying with the established mandatory rules for the transport of foodstuffs. …”
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A QoS-based network planning method for power fiber to the home by Shuai SHAO, Zhijun SHANG, Zhongfeng WANG, Guoliang XIN, Yueyue LI, Xiangyu KONG, Xujing PENG

“…A QoS-based network planning method for power fiber to the home was proposed.Firstly,the distribution structure of different buildings was combined to carry out targeted ODN line path design.Secondly,in the ONU packet cluster planning stage,in order to meet the QoS requirements of multi-service differentiation,the communication cost as the optimization goal was uesd,and the optimization problem model was established with the constraints of access capacity,reliability and delay.At the same time,intelligent algorithms were used to solve the optimization problem model.Finally,the optical path attenuation of the planned network was calculated to meet the actual application needs.The simulation results show that the proposed QoS-based network planning method for power fiber to the home can save network construction cost while ensuring service reliability and delay requirements.…”
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Environmental thresholds triggering changes in above and belowground biomass carbon in China by Xin Zhang, Shihang Zhang, Jun Zhou, Jianrong Fan

“…Thresholds for AGBC were 15.24°C (MAT), 1.17 (AI), and 6.87 (pH), while those for BGBC were 14.37°C, 0.65, and 7.99, respectively. …”
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Minimal state-preparation times for silicon spin qubits by Christopher K. Long, Nicholas J. Mayhall, Sophia E. Economou, Edwin Barnes, Crispin H. W. Barnes, Frederico Martins, David R. M. Arvidsson-Shukur, Normann Mertig

“…Abstract Efficient preparation of quantum states on noisy intermediate-scale quantum processors remains a significant challenge to achieve quantum advantage. While gate-based methods have been the traditional approach, pulse-based algorithms offer promising alternatives with finer control and potentially reduced overheads. …”
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Application of collaborative innovation between the logical brain and the associative brain in oil and gas gathering and transportation systems by Jing GONG, Siheng SHEN, Daqian LIU, Qi KANG, Shangfei SONG, Haihao WU, Bohui SHI

“…Traditional simplified analytical methods struggle to cope with dynamic uncertainties, while existing data-driven algorithms are confronted with the dual challenges of lacking interpretability and insufficient robustness. …”
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Infrared Small Target Detection Based on Double Gray-Values Descend Angle Contrast Measure by Song Guan, Dali Zhou, Xiaodong Wang, Pengji Zhou

“…Experimental evaluations were conducted on four publicly available datasets, comparing our proposed approach with seven existing algorithms. The results demonstrate that our method facilitates rapid detection of small targets affected by salt noise within complex backgrounds while exhibiting exceptional detection capabilities and real-time performance. …”
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A Comparative Study of Data-Driven Prognostic Approaches under Training Data Deficiency by Jinwoo Song, Seong Hee Cho, Seokgoo Kim, Jongwhoa Na, Joo-Ho Choi

“…In industrial system health management, prognostics play a crucial role in ensuring safety and enhancing system availability. While the data-driven approach is the most common for this purpose, they often face challenges due to insufficient training data. …”
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Fraud Detection in Privacy Preserving Health Insurance System Using Blockchain Technology by Md. Mazharul Islam, Mubasshir Ahmed, Rajesh Palit, Mohammad Shahriar Rahman, Salekul Islam

“…Privacy is preserved using cryptographic techniques such as secure hashing and anonymous credentials, which ensure that sensitive patient information remains confidential throughout the claim process. Smart contract algorithms are utilized in two scenarios: patient‐submitted claims and healthcare provider‐submitted claims, ensuring accurate processing and validation while detecting fraudulent activities such as duplicate claims, inflated medical bills, billing for unprovided services, falsifying patient records, and submitting claims for nonexistent treatments. …”
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Enhancing Privacy in IoT-Enabled Digital Infrastructure: Evaluating Federated Learning for Intrusion and Fraud Detection by Amogh Deshmukh, Peplluis Esteva de la Rosa, Raul Villamarin Rodriguez, Sandeep Dasari

“…To mitigate this, solutions using federated averaging (FedAvg), federated proximal (FedProx), and federated optimization methods have been proposed. These methods work with data locality during training at local clients without exposing data, while maintaining global convergence to enhance the privacy of local models within the framework. …”
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Dynamic Monitoring and Precision Fertilization Decision System for Agricultural Soil Nutrients Using UAV Remote Sensing and GIS by Xiaolong Chen, Hongfeng Zhang, Cora Un In Wong

“…Real-time data processing algorithms enable rapid updates of soil nutrient status, while a time-series dynamic model captures seasonal variations and crop growth stage influences, improving prediction accuracy (RMSE reductions of 43–70% for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium compared to conventional laboratory-based methods and satellite NDVI approaches). …”
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FLIP: A Novel Feedback Learning-Based Intelligent Plugin Towards Accuracy Enhancement of Chinese OCR by Xinyue Tao, Yueyue Han, Yakai Jin, Yunzhi Wu

“…The plugin’s modular design enables seamless integration without requiring modifications to existing OCR algorithms, while its feedback mechanism adapts to domain-specific terminology and user preferences. …”
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An End-to-End Solution for Large-Scale Multi-UAV Mission Path Planning by Jiazhan Gao, Liruizhi Jia, Minchi Kuang, Heng Shi, Jihong Zhu

“…However, traditional heuristic algorithms are frequently trapped in local optima, require task-specific manual tuning, and exhibit limited generalization capabilities. …”
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Adaptive Multi-Scale Bayesian Framework for MFL Inspection of Steel Wire Ropes by Xiaoping Li, Yujie Sun, Xinyue Liu, Shaoxuan Zhang

“…Future work will focus on optimizing algorithmic efficiency and exploring transfer learning techniques for enhanced adaptability across different non-destructive testing (NDT) domains. …”
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Attention-enhanced StrongSORT for robust vehicle tracking in complex environments by Wei Xu, Xiaodong Du, Ruochen Li, Bingjie Li, Yuhu Jiao, Lei Xing

“…Abstract While multi-object tracking is critical for autonomous driving systems, traditional algorithms exhibit three fundamental limitations in complex scenarios: (1) blurred feature representation under occlusion and re-identification scenarios causing identity switches, (2) insufficient sensitivity to scale-variant targets due to fixed geometric constraints in conventional IoU-based loss functions, and (3) gradient degradation in deep convolutional layers hindering discriminative feature learning. …”
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YOLORM: An Advanced Key Point Detection Method for Accurate and Efficient Rotameter Reading in Low Flow Environments by Huang Yong, Xia Xing, Xiao Shengwang

“…Moreover, YOLORM exhibited significant reductions in parameter count and computational cost while maintaining or enhancing detection performance relative to state-of-the-art algorithms. …”
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