Two-stage multi-timescale optimal scheduling for electricity-hydrogen coupling systems based on scenario approach and deep reinforcement learning by CHEN Zhe, WEI Meijia, LIN Da, LI Zhihao, CHEN Jian

“…The long-term timescale model aims to maximize the systems’ energy self-balance by generating typical wind and solar output scenarios using Latin hypercube sampling （LHS） for scenario generation and reduction， followed by optimization. …”
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A hybrid algorithm based on improved sine cosine algorithm and population incremental learning and its application to economic load dispatch in power systems by Aoshuang Ye, Yichao Li, Dong Xu, Zhiwei Wu, Guohua Chen, Junjie Tang, Zhiyuan Zhu

“…The Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) problem is a core optimization task in power systems that aims to minimize generation costs while satisfying demand balance and various operational constraints. However, ELD is often formulated as a complex nonlinear optimization problem, influenced by high dimensionality and constraints, making it challenging for traditional methods to achieve efficient solutions. …”
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Centralisation of financial decision-making on public hospitals in the Eastern Cape province by Thanduxolo Fana, Mosekama O. Mokhele

“…This understanding will assist public hospital leadership in assessing their respective hospitals’ specific needs and capabilities and strike a balance between the appropriate level of decentralisation, service performance, adequate staff availability and hospital functionality. …”
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The Value of Preemptive Pick-Up Services in Dynamic Vehicle Routing for Last-Mile Delivery: Space-Time Network-Based Formulation and Solution Algorithms by Weiran Meng, Lingyun Meng, Guoshuai Han, Xiaotian Zhuang, Lu Carol Tong, Shengnan Wu

“…In recent years, with the increase of emerging pick-up requests during service, logistics companies have been driven to integrate delivery and pick-up service in a dynamic environment. To provide a balanced and robust approach to cope with delivery requests and emerging pick-up requests, this article aims at considering and modeling a practically useful service principle as preemptive services. …”
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TBF-YOLOv8n: A Lightweight Tea Bud Detection Model Based on YOLOv8n Improvements by Wenhui Fang, Weizhen Chen

“…In conclusion, the TBF-YOLOv8n model achieves a commendable balance between efficiency and precision, offering valuable insights for advancing intelligent tea bud harvesting technologies.…”
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Genetic Artificial Hummingbird Algorithm-Support Vector Machine for Timely Power Theft Detection by Emmanuel Gbafore, Davies Rene Segera, Cosmas Raymond Mutugi Kiruki

“…Utilities face serious obstacles from power theft, which calls for creative ways to maintain income and improve operational effectiveness. This study presents a novel hybrid genetic artificial hummingbird algorithm-support vector machine classifier to detect power theft. …”
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Ensuring irrigation water availability for off-season vegetable production in the face of competition from rural domestic water supplies in the commune of Lalo (Benin) by Djigbo Félicien Badou, Christophe Nouvewa, Christian Allé, Audrey Merveille Adango, Luc Ollivier Sintondji

“…During the dry season in West Africa, balancing agricultural and domestic water needs becomes increasingly challenging due to the depletion of water resources, underscoring the urgency for sustainable water resource management strategies. …”
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The control strategy for distributed energy storage devices using fully diffusion strategy by Zejian Liu, Ping Yang, Xu Lin, Ziwei Fan, Cencen Hong

“…For the second layer controller, first the coordinated control of ESUs is transformed into two optimization problems: the balanced output voltage and the balanced SOC of each ESU. …”
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Emergency response in overturned pig transport vehicles: Description and discussion of Danish cases from a One Welfare perspective by Cecilie Kobek-Kjeldager, Kirstin Dahl-Pedersen, Mette S Herskin

“…The description is followed by a discussion of six identified themes related to animal welfare and One Welfare in such situations: (1) Standard operating procedures; (2) Balancing animal welfare and work safety; (3) Roles, education and experience; (4) Communication, time and access to animals; (5) Debriefing; and (6) Killing of animals. …”
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INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS IN HOTEL BUSINESS: INTERNATIONAL AND RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE by K. I. Shchetinina

“…If the building is environment-oriented and fulfills all the requirements for economy and functionality, it represents an example of this complete and balanced approach.…”
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Effects of the Hot Alignment of a Power Unit on Oil-Whip Instability Phenomena by A. Vania, P. Pennacchi

“…By including these bearing coefficients in a mathematical model of the fully assembled machine, the real part of the eigenvalue associated with the first balance resonance of the generator rotor became positive. …”
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Strategic foresight, knowledge management, and open innovation: Drivers of new product development success by Muhammad Faraz Mubarak, Giedrius Jucevicius, Mubarra Shabbir, Monika Petraite, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Richard Evans

“…Practically, managers are recommended to prioritize foresight and balanced knowledge management practices while leveraging strategic alliances and networks to improve new product development outcomes. …”
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SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC-AND-TECHNICAL INFORMATION IN AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM OF POWER UNITS WATTAGE by G. T. Kulakov, K. I. Artsiomenka

“…For example, at infringement of balance of active power the frequency in the grid will have a value different from 50 Hz. …”
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THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON BANK PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA by Ibrahim Yinka Agbeyinka

“…Firms should focus on streamlining operations to prevent the erosion of net profit margins. …”
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Design and Implementation of Integrated System for Urban Land Use Change Modeling by Maryam Hoseini, Mohammad Karimi, Mohammad SaadiMesgari, Mehdi Heydary

“…The result shows that ULCMS help users in better understanding, showing complexity of land use system and development and improvement land management strategies for the creation of better balance between urban expansion and environmental conservation.…”
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Orthogonally polarized dual-wavelength Nd:GdVO4/Nd:YVO4 laser at 1341 and 1342 nm with adjustable power ratio. by Hao Yu, Yongliang Li, Fahad Moazzam, Lin Lin, Bo Gao

“…A continuous-wave (CW) orthogonally polarized dual-wavelength (OPDW) Nd:GdVO4/Nd:YVO4 laser at 1341 and 1342 nm on the 4F3/2 →4I13/2 transition was realized using in-band laser diode (LD) pumping with tunable wavelength from 909.40 to 915.02 nm for the first time. The operating temperature of the LD and the position of the pump beam waist were optimized to achieve high efficiency and balanced output powers of the OPDW laser. …”
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Japan’s Peacekeeping at a Crossroads by Hiromi Nagata, Fujishige, Yuji Uesugi and Tomoaki Honda by Muhammad Rayyan Faisal

“…The book traces Japan’s engagement in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs), highlighting its historical constraints, legal complexities, and public opposition to military deployment. …”
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« Soy feminista y me gusta el perreo » : les conflits de (re)signification dans les politiques sexuelles du reggaeton by Victor Santos Rodriguez

“…While the hypersexualized logic of reggaeton/perreo has traditionally translated into uninhibited sexism, it has at the same time served as a fulcrum for operations of feminist reversal as conceived by queer theories. …”
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Clustering with One-Time Setup for Reduced Energy Consumption and Prolonged Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks by Heewook Shin, Sangman Moh, Ilyong Chung

“…In wireless sensor networks, clustering is effectively used for many applications, including environment monitoring, because it promises efficient energy consumption for inexpensive battery-operated sensors. The most famous clustering protocol, LEACH (Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy), enables the balanced consumption of energy to prolong a network lifetime. …”
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A Method for Fast Leaderboard Calculations in Massive Online Game-Based Environments by Julian Moreno Cadavid, Hernán Darío Vanegas Madrigal

“…It is based on two particular data structures, a Self-Balanced Ordering Statistic Tree and a hash table, to perform proper leaderboard calculations in a fast and cheap way. …”
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