A review on agrowaste based activated carbons for pollutant removal in wastewater systems by Karinate Valentine Okiy, Joseph Nwabanne Tagbo, Walter Peter Echeng

“…The deployment of mathematical and machine learning approaches (ANN and novel GMDH algorithms) in optimization of batch and continuous adsorption processes are also highlighted. …”
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Promoting mental health in the age of new digital tools: balancing challenges and opportunities of social media, chatbots, and wearables by Julien Coelho, Julien Coelho, Florian Pécune, Jean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi, Jean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi, Bernard Bioulac, Pierre Philip, Pierre Philip

“…Although stigma and discrimination hinder progress, these conditions are often preventable or manageable at minimal cost. The adoption of digital tools in mental health promotion, including telemedicine, online therapy, social media, and wearables, offers promising new avenues to address these issues. …”
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Multi-Level Spectral Attention Network for Hyperspectral BRDF Reconstruction from Multi-Angle Multi-Spectral Images by Liyao Song, Haiwei Li

“…For the multi-level Transformer spectral dimension enhancement algorithm, we added spectral response loss constraints to improve BRDF accuracy. …”
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The Air Transportation System as a Subsystem of Modern Communication Space: Analysis Based on Transfer Entropy Graphs by Sagit Valeev, Natalya Kondratyeva

“…New technologies in aviation improve the flight performance of airliners and reduce the costs of transporting passengers. …”
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An Evolutionary Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Framework for Efficient Anomaly Detection in Smart Power Distribution Grids by Mohammad Mehdi Sharifi Nevisi, Mehrdad Shoeibi, Francisco Hernando-Gallego, Diego Martín, Sarvenaz Sadat Khatami

“…This optimization ensures improved accuracy, faster convergence, and better generalization to unseen data. …”
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Designing and implementing a Web-based real time routing service for crisis management (a case study for district 11 of Tehran) by javad sadidi, seyed hassan hosseini sajedi

“…According to the obtained results, the path’s length and traffic’s volume variables have the most important role in target function formation (travel cost) therefore the specific path will be selected as the optimal path, with the minimized distance between the destination and the traffic volume. …”
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Sonar-Based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using the Semi-Direct Method by Xu Han, Jinghao Sun, Shu Zhang, Junyu Dong, Hui Yu

“…To obtain better feature extraction results in specific directions, we propose a method that accelerates the computation of the two-dimensional SO-CFAR algorithm, with the time cost being only a very slight increase compared to the one-dimensional SO-CFAR. …”
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A Hybrid Method Based on the Iterative Fourier Transform and the Differential Evolution for Pattern Synthesis of Sparse Linear Arrays by Xin-Kuan Wang, Gui-Bao Wang

“…Therefore, the SLA with improved sidelobe performance can be obtained at relative low hardware cost. …”
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Enhancing high pressure pulsation test bench performance: a machine learning approach to failure condition tracking by Aslı Aksoy, Ömer Haki

“…The utilization of FCTT has enabled the prediction of HPPT failures, the optimization of maintenance schedules, the minimization of downtime, and the improvement of maintenance practices. …”
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Coal mining equipment lifecycle management system architecture and key technology by Yihui PANG, Jinglong BI, Pengzhe YUAN, Baofu ZHAO, Ziwei DING

“…An optimization algorithm and software platform for comprehensive mining equipment selection were developed, and a method for constructing a series spectrum and coding system for coal mining equipment was proposed. …”
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A 5G network based conceptual framework for real-time malaria parasite detection from thick and thin blood smear slides using modified YOLOv5 model by Swati Lipsa, Ranjan Kumar Dash, Korhan Cengiz, Nikola Ivković, Adnan Akhunzada

“…Conclusion Our model exemplifies how a generic one-stage object detection algorithm, such as YOLOv5x, can be repurposed to detect objects as small as malaria parasites from microscopic visuals in a cost-effective manner over the 5G network. …”
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SCL-YOLOv11: A Lightweight Object Detection Network for Low-Illumination Environments by Shulong Zhuo, Hao Bai, Lifeng Jiang, Xiaojian Zhou, Xu Duan, Yiqun Ma, Zihan Zhou

“…Experimental results on the ExDark dataset demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves 67.6% mAP@0.5 and 42.4% mAP@0.5:0.95, while reducing parameter count by 38.5% and computational cost by 25.4%. …”
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Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…Optimization Algorithms: Developing efficient algorithms to solve linear fractional transshipment problem with multi-objective linear fractional functions. 4. …”
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Molecular biomarkers in salivary diagnostic materials: Point-of-Care solutions — PoC-Diagnostics and -Testing by Ziyad S. Haidar

“…Addressing these challenges requires continued research into improving assay sensitivity, data integration, and cost-effectiveness. …”
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Proactive Data Placement in Heterogeneous Storage Systems via Predictive Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning by Suchuan Xing, Yihan Wang

“…Through comprehensive evaluation using both synthetic and real-world traces from deep learning training workloads, our method demonstrates substantial improvements over state-of-the-art algorithms: achieving up to 45.1% reduction in average I/O latency, 32.5% improvement in throughput for critical applications, and 28.8% reduction in storage costs. …”
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Skip-Connected CNN Exploiting BNN Surrogate for Antenna Modelling by Yubo Tian, Jinlong Sun, Zhiwei Zhu

“…The combination of evolutionary algorithms with full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation software is an effective method for antenna optimal design. …”
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Integrated Energy Management in Small-Scale Smart Grids Considering the Emergency Load Conditions: A Combined Battery Energy Storage, Solar PV, and Power-to-Hydrogen System by Hossein Jokar, Taher Niknam, Moslem Dehghani, Pierluigi Siano, Khmaies Ouahada, Mokhtar Aly

“…Compared to conventional evolutionary methods like particle swarm optimization, non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm III, and biogeography-based optimization, the proposed model exhibits remarkable improvements, outperforming them by 11.4%, 5.6%, and 11.6%, respectively. …”
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A neighborhood search-based heuristic for the dynamic vehicle routing problem by Wilton Gustavo Gomes da Costa, Ricardo Santos, Willy Alves de Oliveira Soler, Bianca de Almeida Dantas

“…The DSNR achieved improvements of 15% to 17% in terms of distance and final delivery costs.…”
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Distributed Coordinated Dispatch Model for Multi-area Interconnected Integrated Energy Systems Based on Sequential Cone Programming by Yujie REN, Yuhan HUANG, Zhenbo WEI

“…The solution of the distributed algorithm based on ATC is close to the global optimal solution of the distributed algorithm. …”
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A Secure Data Collection Method Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning and Lightweight Authentication by Yunlong Wang, Jie Zhang, Guangjie Han, Dugui Chen

“…To address such challenges, we propose a lightweight chain authentication protocol for scalable IoT environments (LCAP-SIoT), which uses Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and distributed authentication to secure communications, and a secure data collection algorithm, named LS-QMIX, which fuses the LCAP-SIoT and Q-learning Mixer (QMIX) algorithm to optimize the path planning and cooperation efficiency of the multi-UAV system. …”
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