A small-sized tube versus traditional closed thoracic drainage in uniportal thoracoscopic surgery by Zhoujunyi Tian, Guangliang Qiang, Fei Xiao, Hongxiang Feng, Zhenrong Zhang, Huanshun Wen, Chaoyang Liang

“…After propensity score matching, operation duration was shorter (1 h vs. 1.21 h, P = 0.01) was shorter, and the maximum value of the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score after operation (1 vs. 1.5, P = 0.02) and the overall average value of VAS score after operation (0.33 vs. 0.88, P = 0.006) was lower in small-sized tube group. …”
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GPTOR: Gridded GA and PSO-based task offloading and ordering in IoT-edge-cloud computing by Arezou Mahmoudi, Leili Farzinvash, Javid Taheri

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Compressed Sensing of Vibration Signal for Fault Diagnosis of Bearings, Gears, and Propellers Under Speed Variation Conditions by Yuki Kato, Masayoshi Otaka

“…However, conventional CS approaches that use standard bases such as Fourier or wavelets are unable to achieve sparse representations of operational vibrations in rotating machinery with speed variations, leading to significantly reduced compression performance. …”
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Optimization of production layout, production process, and supply of materials to increase work productivity in Saramanta homemade by Ratih Setyaningrum, Firlinda Kirana Erthamevia, Sofi Dwi Febriana, Ananda Viona Islamay Setyanti

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Quality of basketballs of international level sports using an intelligent decision algorithm involving multiple experts by ChengXi Mao

“…In particular, we introduce two novel operators the Cr-PPF Aczel–Alsina geometric (Cr-PPFAAG) and the Cr-PPF Aczel–Alsina average (Cr-PPFAAA) as generalizations of A–A t-norm and t-conorm operators for ordered fuzzy data. …”
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Lightweight YOLO models for object detection based on low-rank decomposition by LIN Delü, LIU Chang, CHEN Qi, ZENG Yang, HE Kun

“…In addition, this study serves as a valuable reference for the lightweight treatment of other models in the automatic train operation scenarios of rail transit field.…”
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Critical dimensions in strengthening education and instructor training using fuzzy based decision algorithm and CRITIC WASPAS method by Hui Zhou, RenGuo Yang

“…Furthermore, we derive a list of mathematical aggregation operators such as circular pythagorean fuzzy frank weighted average (Cr-PyFFWA) and circular pythagorean fuzzy frank weighted geometric (Cr- PyFFWG) operators with prominent properties. …”
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Statistical Model Development for Estimating Soil Hydraulic Conductivity Through On-Site Investigations by Muhammad Waleed, Muhammad Azhar Inam, Raffaele Albano, Abdul Samad, Hafiz Umar Farid, Muhammad Shoaib, Muhammad Usman Ali

“…In Punjab (Pakistan), 1.2 million private tube wells are operating, mainly extracting 90% of the country’s groundwater. …”
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Ranking data privacy techniques in cloud computing based on Tamir’s complex fuzzy Schweizer-Sklar aggregation approach by Jabbar Ahmmad, Hamiden Abd El-Wahed Khalifa, Hafiz Muhammad Waqas, Alhanouf Alburaikan, Taha Radwan

“…Then relying on these operational laws, we have initiated the notions of cartesian form of complex fuzzy Schweizer-Sklar power average and complex fuzzy Schweizer-Sklar power geometric AOs. …”
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Towards a New Energy Reserves Market: The Role of EV Aggregators by Christoforos Menos-Aikateriniadis, Iason-Iraklis Avramidis, Pavlos S. Georgilakis, Isidoros Kokos, Georgios Tsaousoglou

“…Specifically, the 25% of top-ranked EV aggregators can contribute, on average, to about 80% of selected, real imbalance scenarios.…”
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Lightweight Pepper Disease Detection Based on Improved YOLOv8n by Yuzhu Wu, Junjie Huang, Siji Wang, Yujian Bao, Yizhe Wang, Jia Song, Wenwu Liu

“…The experimental results show that the accuracy, recall, and average precision of the DD-YOLO model are 91.6%, 88.9%, and 94.4%, respectively. …”
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Keratoacanthoma: morphological, clinical, and surgical aspects by Lívia Neffa, José Carlos Ribeiro Resende Alves, Erick Horta Portugal, Rebeca Paohwa Liu da Fonseca, José De Souza Andrade, Nárlei Amarante Pereira, Raíssa Lemos Ferreira da Silva, Augusto César de Melo Almeida

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One size does not fit all: a support vector machine exploration of multiclass cognitive state classifications using physiological measures by Jonathan Vogl, Kevin O'Brien, Paul St. Onge

“…Cognitive workload assessment is critical for operator performance and safety in high-demand domains like aviation. …”
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A Novel Permanent Magnet Assisted Brushless Wound Rotor Synchronous Machine With Improved Torque Characteristics by Muhammad Ahsan Ul Haq, Haroon Farooq, Rehan Liaqat, Zafar A. Khan, Abdullah Altamimi

“…A 2-dimensional finite element analysis is performed using JMAG designer to verify the operating principle of the suggested 8-pole and 12-slot PMa-BLWRSM. …”
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Interactive Maintenance of Space Station Devices Using Scene Semantic Segmentation by Haoting Liu, Chuanxin Liao, Xikang Li, Zhen Tian, Mengmeng Wang, Haiguang Li, Xiaofei Lu, Zhenhui Guo, Qing Li

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Percutaneous auricular neuromodulation to treat pain after ambulatory breast surgery: A randomized, double-masked, sham-controlled pilot study by Brian M. Ilfeld, Wendy B. Abramson, Engy T. Said, Jacklynn F. Sztain, John J. Finneran, Jonna L. Griggs, Baharin Abdullah, Evan J. Jensen, Adam Schaar, Anne M. Wallace

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Colorectal cancer surgery in Serbia 2010-2014: An evaluation of a multicenter registry by Nikolić Aleksandra, Krnjajić Mina, Marković Velimir, Barišić Goran, Dimitrijević Ivan, Krivokapić Zoran

“…Numerical data on all patients who underwent operative CRC resection were included. An electronic database was created and overseen by the First Surgical Clinic of the Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade. …”
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Two-Port Needle-Assisted Pediatric Laparoscopic Herniotomy Using Tuohy Needle: Clinical Experience and Outcomes by Imran Abbas, Rida Fatima, Muhammad Aslam Javed, Muhammad Hassan, Mahmood Farooqi, Muhammad Mohsin Gillani

“…The average postoperative analgesia requirement was 1.7 doses, and the mean length of hospital stay was one day. …”
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Comparative analysis of the effectiveness of BPG, AGU, AVIF and HEIF compression methods for medical images corrupted by noise of two types by Viktoriia Naumenko, Volodymyr Lukin, Vitalii Naumenko, Nadiia Kozhemiakina, Mykyta Solodovnyk

“…The scientific novelty of the obtained results includes: 1) The consideration of noise models and parameter levels typical for medical imaging, namely, additive Gaussian noise of such intensity that it approximately corresponds to just noticeable differences, and signal-dependent Poisson noise; 2) The analysis of the multi-scale structural similarity index (MS-SSIM), which has not been previously explored in studies on lossy compression of noisy medical images; 3) A detailed examination of AVIF and HEIF coders to determine whether the optimal operating point (OOP) is observed for them and under which noise conditions; 4) The use of a dataset comprising ten medical images of varying visual complexity, with generalized tendencies revealed for different structural types; 5) The identification of the ability of many metrics to exhibit an OOP for images of moderate visual complexity or those dominated by homogeneous areas; 6) For Poisson noise, the demonstration of a dependence between the quality factor Q in the OOP and the average image intensity, which can be practically estimated for a given image; 7) The finding that different encoders require different approaches to determine their respective OOPs due to their distinct compression control parameters; 8) The observation that compression ratios achieved at the OOP are generally high, supporting the feasibility of using the OOP or its neighbourhood in practice.…”
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Nivel de adaptación al contexto táctico en futbolistas juveniles (Level of adaptation to the tactical context in youth football players) by Santiago Gaviria Echavarría, Mateo Sepulveda Arango, Santiago Sepúlveda Arango, Wilder Geovanny Valencia Sánchez, Jose Albeiro Echeverri Ramos

“…A total of 191 decision-making units were registered with an average percentage of effectiveness in the principles of 79.48%. …”
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