Dionis: A Novel Remote-Center-of-Motion Parallel Manipulator for Minimally Invasive Surgery by R. Beira, L. Santos-Carreras, G. Rognini, H. Bleuler, R. Clavel

“…To improve the usefulness of surgical robots in minimally invasive surgery (MIS), a compact and accurate positioning mechanism, named Dionis, is proposed in this paper. This spatial hybrid mechanism based on a novel parallel kinematics is able to provide three rotations and one translation for single port procedures. …”
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Are you understanding what I am saying? The critical importance of communication competency in epidemiology by Alison G. Abraham, Alison G. Abraham, WayWay M. Hlaing

“…There are myriad examples of poor communication by public health scientists and researchers that have resulted in lasting harm to individuals, communities, the field of epidemiology, and the broader field of public health. …”
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« L’appel de la forêt » : une forêt primaire entre projet associatif et politique en faveur de la libre évolution by Alexandra Locquet

“…The article shows that the studied initiative is complex and faces several limitations due to the ambition of its project, its association status and the absence of a precedent. AFH proposes a hybrid approach, being the meeting point and/or point of friction between institutional nature conservation practises and associative action. …”
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A cooperative governance framework for sustainable digital transformation in construction: The role of digital enablement and digital strategy by Ahmed Mohammed Shirwa, Abdiqani Muse Hassan, Abdiqani Qorane Hassan, Muslum Kilinc

“…Drawing on institutionalism and political systems theory, the study identifies five aspects and 36 criteria, using a hybrid approach of the Fuzzy Delphi Method and Fuzzy Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory. …”
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Transformações nos modelos de produção agrícola e nas paisagens: by Roberto Verdum, Alfonso Garcia de la Vega

“…Thus, the objective of the Landscape Laboratory (PAGUS) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and the Landscape, Heritage and Education Research Group of the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain) is to analyze the transformations of the landscape due to the expansion of monocultures, with emphasis on the analytical methods used by geographers in both the Catalan community and the Pampa. …”
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Swarm navigation of cyborg-insects in unknown obstructed soft terrain by Yang Bai, Phuoc Thanh Tran Ngoc, Huu Duoc Nguyen, Duc Long Le, Quang Huy Ha, Kazuki Kai, Yu Xiang See To, Yaosheng Deng, Jie Song, Naoki Wakamiya, Hirotaka Sato, Masaki Ogura

“…Abstract Cyborg insects refer to hybrid robots that integrate living insects with miniature electronic controllers to enable robotic-like programmable control. …”
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Superficial acral fibromyxoma on the palm: a case report by Chunli Yang, Bin Lu, Zheng Lin

“…The stroma showed significant fibrous proliferation and a myxoid matrix. The cellular composition consisted primarily of spindle-shaped fibroblasts, which were locally arranged in bundles within the stroma. …”
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QoS Strategies for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks in the Context of IoT at the MAC Layer, Application Layer, and Cross-Layer Algorithms by Muwonge Ssajjabbi Bernard, Tingrui Pei, Kimbugwe Nasser

“…We thus review a number of protocols here including contention-free and contention-based protocols as well as the hybrid of these. This paper also surveys a number of state-of-the-art machine-to-machine, publish/subscribe, and request/response protocols at the application layer. …”
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Improved WASPAS method for determining criteria priority and weights in solving MADM problems: a case study to determine leadership style in Covid-19 pandemic by Mehdi Soltanifar, Seyyed Mohammad Zargar, Maryamsadat Aman

“…Purpose: The purpose of this research is to provide a hybrid and improved version of one of the Multi-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) methods, which is a more useful tool for decision support due to the constructive interaction with the decision-maker.Methodology: For this purpose, a linear programming problem with weight restriction and discrimination intensity functions was used to present the improved WASPAS method, and thus, when the explicit weight for the indicators was not taken from the decision maker, it was possible to rank the options.Findings: The results of comparing the use of the proposed method with the WASPAS method showed that this method has a good capability for use in multi-criteria decision making problems and in this particular issue, the results of using this method showed that in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic, the supportive leadership style had the highest rank among the leadership styles, followed by the transactional leadership, participatory, transformational and was placed authoritative.Originality/Value: In this study, the improved WASPAS method was presented to determine the priority and weight of criteria in solving MADM problems and to determine the organizational leadership style in the Covid-19 pandemic.…”
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Evaluation of tensile properties of FRP composite laminates under varying strain rates and temperatures by Prahlad Srinivas Joshi, S.K. Panigrahi

“…Five different types of Uni-Directional (UD) composites of Carbon, Glass, Carbon-Glass hybrid and Metal Laminates of Carbon and Glass were tested for tensile behavior. …”
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Assessment of heterosis and combining ability for fibre yield, its contributing and quality traits in Bt BGII upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) by S. S. Deshmukh1*, K. S. Baig2 and Bhaarat Sharma1

“…In this context 32 intra-specific hybrids derived from eight lines and four testers were evaluated on multi-location to assess heterosis and combining ability for seed cotton yield and its contributing traits. …”
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Motion-Genetic Testing is Useful in the Diagnosis of Nonhereditary Pancreatic Conditions: Arguments for the Motion by David C Whitcomb

“…In the future, increased knowledge of the myriad genetic causes of pancreatitis, as well as advances in the diagnosis and treatment of early chronic pancreatitis, should enhance the utility of genetic testing.…”
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A co-estimation framework of state of health and remaining useful life for lithium-ion batteries using the semi-supervised learning algorithm by Xiaoyu Li, Mohan Lyv, Xiao Gao, Kuo Li, Yanli Zhu

“…By selecting the most strongly correlated battery health features and constructing a degradation model using a hybrid dataset, the need for labeling is reduced. …”
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AI-Assisted Forecasting of a Mitigated Multiple Steam Generator Tube Rupture Scenario in a Typical Nuclear Power Plant by Sonia Spisak, Aya Diab

“…Among these models, the CNN+LSTM hybrid configuration demonstrated superior performance, excelling in both predictive accuracy and computational efficiency. …”
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DC serial arc fault recognition in aircraft using machine learning techniques by Raul Carreira Rufato, Thierry Ditchi, Cyril Van de Steen, Thierry Lebey, Yacine Oussar

“…The problem becomes harder with the voltage levels increase expected in More Electric Aircraft (MEA) and for all electric or hybrid propulsion, pushing studies to consider more carefully the phenomenon of arc faults. …”
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Review of Condition Rating and Deterioration Modeling Approaches for Concrete Bridges by Nour Faris, Tarek Zayed, Ali Fares

“…Moreover, the performance of most deterioration models was dependent on the quality of the historical condition data. The advancement of hybrid deterioration models, such as integrating artificial intelligence (AI) with stochastic and physics-based approaches, has proven to be a powerful strategy, combining the strengths of each method to deliver enhanced condition predictions. …”
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Variable-Parameter Impedance Control of Manipulator Based on RBFNN and Gradient Descent by Linshen Li, Fan Wang, Huilin Tang, Yanbing Liang

“…To address the computationally intensive nature of current hybrid force/position control methods, a variable-parameter impedance control method for manipulators, utilizing a gradient descent method and Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN), is proposed. …”
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Overseas short video recommendations: A multimodal graph convolutional network approach incorporating cultural preferences by Xishi Liu, Haolin Wang, Dan Li

“…In our research, we propose a novel suggestion model of short video material for international video apps through user preference modelling via hybrid multi-modal GCN (graph convolutional network). …”
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Lightweight Models for Real-Time Steganalysis: A Comparison of MobileNet, ShuffleNet, and EfficientNet by Achmad Bauravindah, Dhomas Hatta Fudholi

“…Future work aims to improve accuracy by integrating advanced preprocessing techniques, attention mechanisms, and hybrid architectures, as well as leveraging ensemble methods for improved detection. …”
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Propiedades mecánicas del mortero con residuos de arena de fundición by Ahlem Akeb, Souad Kherbache, Abdelkader Tahakourt

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