Blockchain Approach for Healthcare Using Fog Topology and Lightweight Consensus by Aya Laouamri, Sarra Cherbal, Yacine Mosbah, Chahrazed Benrebbouh, Kamir Kharoubi

“…The architecture and algorithms for signature generation, encryption, emergency state actions and consensus are developed and evaluated through extensive simulations using the NS3 toolkit.Results: The simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach in improving healthcare IoT systems. …”
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Beyond Linearity: Uncovering the Complex Spatiotemporal Drivers of New-Type Urbanization and Eco-Environmental Resilience Coupling in China’s Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle with... by Caoxin Chen, Shiyi Wang, Meixi Liu, Ke Huang, Qiuyi Guo, Wei Xie, Jiangjun Wan

“…A random forest (RF) model, interpreted with Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) and Partial Dependence Plot (PDP) algorithms, explores nonlinear driving mechanisms, while Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression (GTWR) assesses drivers’ spatiotemporal heterogeneity. …”
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Robust vector-weighted and matrix-weighted multi-view hard c-means clustering by Zhe Liu, Sarah Aljohani, Sijia Zhu, Tapan Senapati, Gözde Ulutagay, Salma Haque, Nabil Mlaiki

“…With the rapid advancement of information technology, multi-view data has become ubiquitous, prompting extensive attention towards multi-view clustering algorithms. Despite significant strides, several challenges persist: (1) the prevalence of noise and outliers in real-world multi-view data often compromises the efficacy of clustering; (2) most existing multi-view clustering algorithms predominantly assess the overall contribution of each view, while neglecting the intra-view contributions. …”
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Low-light image enhancement method based on retinex theory and dual-tree complex wavelet transform by Yuqian Zhang, Jie Jiang, Zhan Wang, Qi Zhang, Yudi Jiang, Jun Liu, Zeyao Hou

“…Unsupervised methods, while reducing dependency on paired images, often suffer from limited data priors, leading to artifacts and subpar image quality. …”
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Advancement of Artificial Intelligence in Cost Estimation for Project Management Success: A Systematic Review of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Regression, and Hybrid Models by Md. Mahfuzul Islam Shamim, Abu Bakar bin Abdul Hamid, Tadiwa Elisha Nyamasvisva, Najmus Saqib Bin Rafi

“…Key AI techniques, including support vector machines (SVMs) (7.90% of studies), decision trees, and gradient-boosting models, offer substantial improvements in cost prediction and resource optimization. …”
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Urban Heat Island Effect: Remote Sensing Monitoring and Assessment—Methods, Applications, and Future Directions by Lili Zhao, Xuncheng Fan, Tao Hong

“…At the methodological level, the study systematically evaluates core algorithms for land surface temperature extraction and heat island intensity calculation, compares innovative developments in multi-source remote sensing data integration and fusion techniques, and establishes a framework for accuracy assessment and validation. …”
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Future horizons in diabetes: integrating AI and personalized care by Kaiqi Zhang, Yun Qi, Wenjun Wang, Xinyi Tian, Jiahui Wang, Lili Xu, Xu Zhai

“…Empowering patients through AI-driven self-management and community support is crucial for sustainable improvements. Future horizons in diabetes care must focus on overcoming challenges in data privacy, algorithmic bias, device interoperability, and equity in AI-driven care while integrating these innovations into healthcare systems to improve patient outcomes and quality of life.…”
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Revolutionizing Diabetes Management Through Nanotechnology-Driven Smart Systems by Aayush Kaushal, Aanchal Musafir, Gourav Sharma, Shital Rani, Rajat Kumar Singh, Akhilesh Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Ravi Pratap Barnwal, Gurpal Singh

“…Diabetes is a global health challenge, and while current treatments offer relief, they often fall short in achieving optimal control and long-term outcomes. …”
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Innovative Lightweight Detection for Airborne Remote Sensing: Integrating G-Shuffle and Dynamic Multiscale Pyramid Networks by Ruofei Liang, Yigang Cen, Linna Zhang, Fugui Zhang, Yansen Huang, Fei Gan

“…To address the challenges of significant scale variations and difficulty in extracting discriminative features for small targets in airborne remote sensing object detection, while considering the constraints and efficiency requirements of onboard systems, this article proposes a lightweight detection algorithm. …”
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DCE-YOLOv8: Lightweight and Accurate Object Detection for Drone Vision by Jinsu An, Dong Hee Lee, Muhamad Dwisnanto Putro, Byeong Woo Kim

“…When comparing the proposed method with the YOLOv8 small version using the VisDrone dataset, the mean Average Precision value improved by approximately 43%, increasing from 22.8mAP to 32.7mAP, while the number of parameters decreased by about 57%, from 11,166,560 to 4,822,382. …”
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A novel canopy water indicator for UAV imaging to monitor winter wheat water status by Meiyan Shu, Zhenghang Ge, Yang Li, Jibo Yue, Wei Guo, Yuanyuan Fu, Ping Dong, Hongbo Qiao, Xiaohe Gu

“…While canopy fuel moisture content (FMCc) serves as a key parameter for evaluating plant hydration status, its accurate quantification relies heavily on precise measurements of the leaf area index (LAI). …”
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Application of machine learning for predicting the incubation period of water droplet erosion in metals by Khaled AlHammad, Mamoun Medraj, Moussa Tembely

“…The performance of various ML algorithms is evaluated while investigating the effect of data transformation techniques on prediction accuracy. …”
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A new temporal locality-based workload prediction approach for SaaS services in a cloud environment by Wiem Matoussi, Tarek Hamrouni

“…The method will be implemented in order to simultaneously achieve a twofold benefit: obtain precise forecast results while optimizing response time. In this regard, we have chosen to control the computation time by dynamizing the size of the sliding window associated to the recent history to be analyzed, since the larger the size of the entry in the prediction model, the more the algorithmic complexity increases. …”
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High-voltage defibrillator unit with increased energy output from a controlled capacitor storage by E. E. Gorokhov-Miroshnikov, G. V. Slyusarev

“…The study aims to specify the possibility of improving the therapeutic efficacy and safety of defibrillation while reducing the defibrillator’s need for energy to generate a defibrillation pulse. …”
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Challenges and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Systematic Review by Saeid Arifnejad, Asadolah khadivi, Farhad Alipour

“…Additionally, it facilitates efficient teaching methodologies, automates grading and assessment, and optimizes resource allocation. The integration of AI can significantly improve the quality of education.Value: This research contributes to bridging the knowledge gap regarding AI applications in education while identifying key challenges for educators and policymakers.…”
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Understanding visitor flow and behaviour in developing tourism-service-oriented villages by space syntax methodologies: a case study of Tabian Rural Section of Qingshan Village, Ha... by Shuqin Wang, Yan Huang, Tianjie Li

“…This study innovatively combines space syntax models for extended application in the research of rural BEs, providing guidance for optimizing strategies to improve spatial configuration in homogeneous villages.…”
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Artificial intelligence-based personalized diet: A pilot clinical study for irritable bowel syndrome by Tarkan Karakan, Aycan Gundogdu, Hakan Alagözlü, Nergiz Ekmen, Seckin Ozgul, Varol Tunali, Mehmet Hora, Damla Beyazgul, O. Ufuk Nalbantoglu

“…AI-based diet was designed based on optimizing a personalized nutritional strategy by an algorithm regarding individual gut microbiome features. …”
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Novel method for robust bilateral filtering point cloud denoising by Huan Yang, Wei Wang, Yue Wang, Peng Wang

“…To assess and compare the performance of this algorithm with related ones, the mean square angular error (MSAE) and angular error distribution (AE) were employed to evaluate the accuracy of normal estimation, while the mean square error (MSE) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were employed to assess the denoising performance. …”
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Real-time prediction of HFNC treatment failure in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure using machine learning by Xiaojie Li, Chunliang Jiang, Qingyan Xie, Huiquan Wang, Jiameng Xu, Guanjun Liu, Panpan Chang, Guang Zhang

“…The soft-voting ensemble algorithm achieved an optimal predictive performance with an AUC of 0.839 (95% CI 0.786–0.889) for the all-features model, while logistic regression using common features achieved an AUC of 0.767 (95% CI 0.704–0.825), outperforming ROX and mROX indices. …”
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Enhancement in dynamic range for dual-rotating retarder Mueller matrix polarimetry by Jiongying Lv, Shuan Yao, Nan Zeng, Caizhong Guan, Honghui He

“…In this study, we propose a novel method to generate high dynamic range (HDR) MM images based on a multi-exposure fusion algorithm. By employing an optimal exposure selection strategy for transmission imaging and a multi-exposure weighted averaging strategy for backscattering imaging, the method expands the dynamic range while accurately preserving the polarization information of the samples. …”
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