Identifying the best reference gene for RT-qPCR analyses of the three-dimensional osteogenic differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells by Masakazu Okamoto, Yusuke Inagaki, Kensuke Okamura, Yoshinobu Uchihara, Kenichiro Saito, Akihito Kawai, Munehiro Ogawa, Akira Kido, Eiichiro Mori, Yasuhito Tanaka

“…Reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is an essential tool for gene expression analysis; choosing appropriate reference genes for normalization is crucial to ensure data reliability. However, most studies on osteogenic differentiation have had limited success in identifying optimal reference genes. …”
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A willingness-aware user recruitment strategy based on the task attributes in mobile crowdsensing by Yang Liu, Yong Li, Wei Cheng, Weiguang Wang, Junhua Yang

“…Finally, we use the greedy method to optimize the user recruitment for each task to select the most suitable users for the tasks. …”
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Comparative effect of traditional and collaborative watershed management approaches on flood components by Ali Nasiri Khiavi, Mehdi Vafakhah, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Changhyun Jun, Sayed M. Bateni

“…Abstract Identifying the critical areas of flood generation and determining the optimal measures for flood control and management (FCM) is one of the most important basics of watershed management. …”
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Expansion Planning of Electrical Distribution Systems Considering Voltage Quality and Reliability Criteria by Marco Israel Zuñiga Villarreal, Alexander Aguila Téllez, Narayanan Krishnan, Marcelo García

“…The proposed algorithm recommended upgrades to electrical conductors without significantly affecting the system costs. …”
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Emerging trends in sustainable energy system assessments: integration of machine learning with techno-economic analysis and lifecycle assessment by Ebrahimpourboura Zahra, Mosalpuri Manish, Jonas Baltrusaitis, Dubey Pallavi, Mba Wright Mark

“…Key case studies demonstrate the transformative potential of ML in improving economic viability and environmental sustainability, highlighting its role in predicting system performance, optimizing configurations, and reducing costs and impacts. …”
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Enhancing grid-connected PV-EV charging station performance through a real-time dynamic power management using model predictive control by Aziz Watil, Hamid Chojaa

“…It also provides flexibility in BEV power sizing, optimizing the use of power electronics converters to reduce costs and complexity. …”
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FPA-based weighted average ensemble of deep learning models for classification of lung cancer using CT scan images by Liang Zhou, Achin Jain, Arun Kumar Dubey, Sunil K. Singh, Neha Gupta, Arvind Panwar, Sudhakar Kumar, Turki A. Althaqafi, Varsha Arya, Wadee Alhalabi, Brij B. Gupta

“…Abstract Cancer is among the most dangerous diseases contributing to rising global mortality rates. …”
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Predicting biomarkers of progressive pulmonary fibrosis: morphological, cytokine profile, and clinical portrait by Nicol Bernardinello, Federica Pezzuto, Lauren D’Sa, Luca Vedovelli, Chiara Giraudo, Anamaria Chelu, Anamaria Chelu, Cecilia de Chellis, Francesca Lunardi, Francesco Fortarezza, Francesca Boscaro, Elisabetta Cocconcelli, Paolo Spagnolo, Elisabetta Balestro, Fiorella Calabrese

“…Lung specimens revealed a significant overexpression of IL9 in the PPF compared to the nPPF group (p=0.049). Boruta algorithm analysis showed that lymphoid aggregates and traction bronchiectasis at diagnosis are the most important variables in determining the PPF status.ConclusionsThe present results increase the understanding of the pathological mechanisms of PPF, offering potential avenues for improved prognostication and therapeutic intervention.…”
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Parallel boosting neural network with mutual information for day-ahead solar irradiance forecasting by Ubaid Ahmed, Anzar Mahmood, Ahsan Raza Khan, Levin Kuhlmann, Khurram Saleem Alimgeer, Sohail Razzaq, Imran Aziz, Amin Hammad

“…The mutual information (MI) algorithm is implemented as a feature selection technique to identify the most important features for forecasting. …”
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SiCRNN: A Siamese Approach for Sleep Apnea Identification via Tracheal Microphone Signals by Davide Lillini, Carlo Aironi, Lucia Migliorelli, Leonardo Gabrielli, Stefano Squartini

“…The final detection of <i>apnea</i> events is performed using an unsupervised clustering algorithm, specifically <i>k-means</i>. Multiple experimental runs were carried out to determine the optimal network configuration and the most suitable type and frequency range for the input data. …”
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The impact of Poyang Lake water level changes on the landscape pattern of wintering wading bird habitats by Feihong Yu, Jiancheng Zhai, Zhiqiang Huang, Jimei Chen, Fuqiang Han, Liaobo Wang

“…The cyclical rhythm of water level changes determines the dynamic variations in the wetland landscape pattern of Poyang Lake, directly impacting the habitat and survival of wintering migratory birds, particularly wading birds, which are most sensitive to these changes. This study employs an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) algorithm to interpret wetland landscapes using the Gao-Fen Satellite Images across 14 different water levels. …”
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FedACT: An adaptive chained training approach for federated learning in computing power networks by Min Wei, Qianying Zhao, Bo Lei, Yizhuo Cai, Yushun Zhang, Xing Zhang, Wenbo Wang

“…We conduct extensive experiments on two datasets of CIFAR-10 and MNIST, and the results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm offers improved accuracy, diminished communication costs, and reduced network delays.…”
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Postmarketing safety evaluation of pemetrexed using FAERS and JADER databases by Luo Lv, Xiangyang Wu, Yubo Ren, Yuli Guo, Haixiong Wang, Xiaofang Li

“…Continuous pharmacovigilance is essential to optimize its clinical use and improve patient safety.…”
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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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Empowering Sustainability: The Crucial Role of IoT-Enabled Distributed Learning Systems in Reducing Carbon Footprints by Anjana M S, Aryadevi Remanidevi Devidas, Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh

“…Transitioning to cleaner energy sources and improving energy efficiency are essential steps to reduce the environmental impact of electricity generation. …”
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Accelerated development of multi-component alloys in discrete design space using Bayesian multi-objective optimisation by Osman Mamun, Markus Bause, Bhuiyan Shameem Mahmood Ebna Hai

“…Our findings highlight the superior performance of the qEHVI acquisition function in identifying the optimal Pareto front across 1-, 2-, and 3-objective aluminum alloy optimisation problems, all within a constrained evaluation budget and reasonable computational cost. …”
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Deep learning methods for clinical workflow phase-based prediction of procedure duration: a benchmark study by Emanuele Frassini, Teddy S. Vijfvinkel, Rick M. Butler, Maarten van der Elst, Benno H. W. Hendriks, John J. van den Dobbelsteen

“…We employed only the clinical phases derived from video analysis as input to the algorithms. Our results show that InceptionTime and LSTM-FCN yielded the most accurate predictions. …”
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Predictive modelling of hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets yield through machine and deep learning: An ultrasonic exfoliation parametric evaluation by Jerrin Joy Varughese, Sreekanth M․S․

“…A suite of machine learning regression models including Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost) Regressor, Random Forest (RF) Regressor, Linear Regressor (LR), and Classification and Regression Tree (CART) Regressor, was employed alongside a deep neural network (DNN) architecture optimized using various algorithms such as Adaptive Moment Estimation (Adam), Root Mean Square Propagation (RMS Prop), Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD), and Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (L-BFGS). …”
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ABL-SMOTE: A Novel Resampling Method by Handling Noisy and Borderline Challenge for Imbalanced Dataset for Software Defect Prediction by Kamal Bashir, Sara Abdelwahab Ghorashi, Ali Ahmed, Abdolraheem Khader

“…Machine learning algorithms face important implementation difficulties due to imbalanced learning since the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) helps improve performance through the creation of new minority class examples in feature space before preprocessing. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Feed Conversion Ratio: A Feasibility Study of Using Short-Term FCR Data for Long-Term Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) Prediction by Xidi Yang, Liangyu Zhu, Wenyu Jiang, Yiting Yang, Mailin Gan, Linyuan Shen, Li Zhu

“…Feed conversion ratio (FCR) is a critical indicator of production efficiency in livestock husbandry. Improving FCR is essential for optimizing resource utilization and enhancing productivity. …”
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