Sustainable Design of a Tiny House: Using a Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Compare the Environmental Performance of Industrial and Earth-Based Building Systems by Letizia Dipasquale, Giada Giuffrida, Natalia Jorquera Silva, Riccardo Maria Pulselli, Rosa Caponetto

“…The effectiveness of the <i>quincha</i> solution is also reflected in environmental terms; in fact, it is found to have the lowest carbon footprint (2635.47 kgCO₂eq) and embodied energy (42.7 GJ) and the second-lowest water footprint (2303.7 m³). …”
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Enhanced deep learning model for apple detection, localization, and counting in complex orchards for robotic arm-based harvesting by Tantan Jin, Xiongzhe Han, Pingan Wang, Zhao Zhang, Jie Guo, Fan Ding

“…Furthermore, counting accuracy improved to 69.39 %, reflecting a 2.42 % increase over the original model. …”
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A Novel Hybrid Technique for Detecting and Classifying Hyperspectral Images of Tomato Fungal Diseases Based on Deep Feature Extraction and Manhattan Distance by Guifu Ma, Seyed Mohamad Javidan, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Zhao Zhang

“…Accuracy improved over time, reflecting the progressive nature of symptom development and the model’s adaptability with limited data. …”
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New Performance Measurement Framework for Realizing Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support: Qualitative Development Study by Prashila Dullabh, Courtney Zott, Nicole Gauthreaux, James Swiger, Edwin Lomotan, Dean F Sittig

“… BackgroundPatient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) exists on a continuum that reflects the degree to which its knowledge base, data, delivery, and use focus on patient needs and experiences. …”
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Fast perceptual learning induces location-specific facilitation and suppression at early stages of visual cortical processing by Yajie Wang, Zhe Qu, You Wang, Mingze Sun, Mengting Mao, Yulong Ding

“…We speculate that while the facilitation effect indicates more efficient allocation of voluntary attention to the trained location induced by fast PL, the suppression effect may reflect learning-associated involuntary suppression of visual processing at the untrained location. …”
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Combining UAV Multispectral Imaging and PROSAIL Model to Estimate LAI of Potato at Plot Scale by Shuang Li, Yongxin Lin, Ping Zhu, Liping Jin, Chunsong Bian, Jiangang Liu

“…Specifically, LUT1 was based on band reflectance, and LUT2 was based on vegetation index. …”
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1): pathways of exposure at the animal-human interface, a systematic review. by Maria D Van Kerkhove, Elizabeth Mumford, Anthony W Mounts, Joseph Bresee, Sowath Ly, Carolyn B Bridges, Joachim Otte

“…<h4>Disclaimer</h4>The opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the institutions or organizations with which they are affiliated.…”
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Towards a learning healthcare community in the Bronx: evaluating the Bridging Research, Accurate Information and Dialogue (BRAID) model by Sarah M. McNeilly, Katherine W. Wang, Sarah A. Jacobs, Nang S. Yone, Debra A. Williams, Bruce D. Rapkin, Caroline Davis Joseph, Damara N. Gutnick

“…Conclusions Our quantitative evidence suggests that BRAID is effective, efficient and scalable, with experiential evidence supporting that it is reproducible. …”
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The application of objective structured clinical examinations for evaluating clinical internship in long-term clinical medical students in China by Miao Yang, Yao Liu, Yuhan Dong, Yang Ding, Zhibing Lu, Mingxia Yu, Xingxing He

“…This study aims to establish an efficient evaluation system to assess interns’ proficiency in clinical skills, and analyze the teaching effectiveness of clinical internships.MethodsThis is a retrospective descriptive study. …”
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YOLOv9-AAG: Distinguishing Birds and Drones in Infrared and Visible Light Scenarios by Peichun Suo, Jincan Zhu, Qingyang Zhou, Weili Kou, Xiuyan Wang, Wen Suo

“…First, the GSConv is embedded into the head of the RepNSCPELAN4-AKConv module, enabling efficient extraction of edge and contour information without introducing additional computational cost. …”
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Rice Disease Detection: TLI-YOLO Innovative Approach for Enhanced Detection and Mobile Compatibility by Zhuqi Li, Wangyu Wu, Bingcai Wei, Hao Li, Jingbo Zhan, Songtao Deng, Jian Wang

“…This study aims to develop a rice disease detection model that is highly accurate, resource efficient, and suitable for mobile deployment to address the limitations of existing technologies. …”
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Closing Gaps in Chronic Kidney Disease Detection: Evaluating At-Home Targeted Testing in a Safety-Net Population by Megan Schultz, Katelyn Laue, Nicole Bryer, Andrew Bzowyckyj, Anuja Java, Leslie Lake, Elizabeth Talbot-Montgomery, Brit Sovic, Bri’Anna Watson, Joseph A. Vassalotti

“…The findings also demonstrate the utility of at-home testing to improve access to care across underserved communities and represent a replicable, efficient model to identify those with high risk of CKD progression. …”
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ForestAlign: Automatic forest structure-based alignment for multi-view TLS and ALS point clouds by Juan Castorena, L. Turin Dickman, Adam J. Killebrew, James R. Gattiker, Rod Linn, E. Louise Loudermilk

“…However, effective integration of these LiDAR sources relies heavily on efficient multi-scale, multi-view co-registration or point-cloud alignment methods. …”
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Amine-functionalized cellulose-silica composites for the remediation of hexavalent chromium (Cr IV) in contaminated water by Mayenzeke Trueman Mazibuko, Stanley Chibuzor Onwubu, Phumlane Selby Mdluli, Vimla Paul, Mokhena Clement Teboho, Mokhothu Thabang

“…These insights contribute to optimizing the BC-SiO2-DAPTMS (2 %) composite for efficient Cr(VI) ion removal in water treatment applications.…”
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YOLOv8-eRFD-AP: A Novel Domain Generalization Model for UAV-Based Insulator Inspection Under Adverse Weather Conditions by Badr-Eddine Benelmostafa, Rita Aitelhaj, Hicham Medromi

“…Under rain and snow, it attains 85.2% and 73.1%, reflecting improvements of 10.3% and 13.3%, respectively, over prior best-performing models. …”
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L'intellectuel marocain et la question de l'interculturel: Mohamed Leftah comme exemple by Jaouad Serghini

“…Transculturalism is now, increasingly, the problematic at the heart of fictional writings. Reflections about man, about his state of existence, about the dialogue of cultures and civilisations are the major themes of Moroccan literature of the new generation. …”
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Color-Sensitive Sensor Array Combined with Machine Learning for Non-Destructive Detection of AFB₁ in Corn Silage by Daqian Wan, Haiqing Tian, Lina Guo, Kai Zhao, Yang Yu, Xinglu Zheng, Haijun Li, Jianying Sun

“…Twenty self-developed CSAs were employed to react with samples, with reflectance spectra collected using a portable spectrometer. …”
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Experimental Study on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Rotating Heat Pipes for Cooling Motor Rotor of Nuclear-powered Submarine by ZHU Zhanghao1, 2, ZHANG Song1, 2, 3, TIAN Langlang1, 2, CHEN Jidong1, 2, TANG Simiao1, 2, , SUN Wan1, 2, LIAN Qiang1, 2, PAN Liangming1, 2

“…The axial temperature distribution shows that the adiabatic section provides good thermal insulation, and the condensation section reflects the good heat dissipation capacity, and the rotating heat pipe can obtain a higher equivalent thermal conductivity coefficient by increasing the rotation speed, which can effectively improve the thermal performance of three different lengths of rotating heat pipes from 100 r/min to 400 r/min at the controlled temperature of 120 ℃, the equivalent heat transfer efficiency is increased by 22.2%, 17.6% and 27.4%, respectively. …”

A Review of Reliability Assessment and Lifetime Prediction Methods for Electrical Machine Insulation Under Thermal Aging by Jian Zhang, Jiajin Wang, Hongbo Li, Qin Zhang, Xiangning He, Cui Meng, Xiaoyan Huang, Youtong Fang, Jianwei Wu

“…These insights aim to provide a scientific basis for insulation reliability studies and lay the groundwork for developing efficient lifetime prediction tools.…”
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Hybrid organic - inorganic filter system for cadmium ions adsorption from aqueous solutions by Dora Kroisova, Josef Skrivanek, Martin Bilek, Stepanka Dvorackova, Petr Zabka, Artur Knap

“…The study reflects on the problem of heavy metals, namely cadmium, polluting the natural environment. …”
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