Research on the Application of Circumferential Prestressing Technology in Precast Concrete Wind Turbine Tower Structures by Kangle Chen, Di Yao, Sihang Wei

“…Precast prestressed concrete towers that are widely used in the field for large turbines and high towers are gradually replacing traditional steel towers on the market. However, research on structural joints, especially vertical joints where several precast concrete pieces are assembled into a ring segment, is limited. …”
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Cultivating a calm attitude in the face of problems through Dhikr psychotherapy by Heni Purwanti, Zumrotun Nafisah, Muhammad Novan Zulfahmi

“…The results of research on dhikr psychotherapy have the impact of making people calm, confident and full of optimism. Remembrance psychotherapy exists as an alternative solution to relieve anxiety and lead individuals to mental peace. …”
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Mitigating Long-Term Forecasting Bias in Time-Series Neural Networks via Ensemble of Short-Term Dependencies by Jiahui Wang, Wenqian Zhou, Fangshu Chen, Liming Wang, Ruijun Pan, Chengcheng Yu

“…The vanilla iTransformer’s linear decoding layer is optimized by replacing it with an LSTM layer, and an additional long-term model is introduced to enhance stability. …”
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Solar Energy Harvesting and Management in Wireless Sensor Networks by Muhammad Mazhar Abbas, Mohamed A. Tawhid, Khalid Saleem, Zia Muhammad, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Hafiz Malik, Hasan Mahmood

“…The energy source of these devices decreases very quickly during continuous operation and it is pivotal to replace or recharge frequently the power sources. …”
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Effects of Sugar Substitution with “Stevianna” on the Sensory Characteristics of Muffins by Jingrong Gao, Margaret A. Brennan, Susan L. Mason, Charles S. Brennan

“…Optimal results were obtained with 50% stevianna, leading to muffins similar to the control products and having a high level of acceptance in sensory evaluation. …”
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Study on the rainfall erosion resistance of xanthan gum- guar gum ecological substrates by Juan Wan, Yunlong Jia, Henglin Xiao, Shaoping Huang, Zhonggeng Tang

“…It analyses the effects of different types and dosages of gums on plant germination rates and projected coverage, determining the optimal dosage for each gum. Based on the optimal proportions, rainfall erosion tests were conducted on slope models to analyze the erosion resistance of various gum slope protection schemes compared to bare soil slopes, alongside variations in substrate moisture content and slope damage characteristics. …”
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Influence of cement particle size, ultra-fine fly ash, and ultra-fine silica fume on the physical and microscopic properties of slurry by Kai Wang, Siyang Guo, Hua Yuan, Jiahui Ren, Pengyu Chen, Qihao Zhang

“…The experimental results demonstrate that UFA improves the fluidity and stability of the slurry but reduces its strength; the optimal dosage is 10 %–30 %. USF reduces the fluidity of the slurry but improves its stability and compressive strength; the optimal dosage is 3 %–10 %. …”
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New Construction Technology of a Shallow Tunnel in Boulder-Cobble Mixed Grounds by Tong Liu, Yujian Zhong, Zhihua Feng, Wei Xu, Feiting Song, Chenghan Li

“…In this paper, a three-bench complementary cyclic excavation method is proposed, which replaces the original CD and CRD methods. Meanwhile, the supporting system is optimized. …”
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Optimasi persentase volume total matriks alginat dan konsentrasi dekstrosa menggunakan khamir IS258 terimobilisasi untuk fermentasi bioetanol dari analog nira kelapa by Indah Sri Rejeki Naibaho, I M. Mahaputra Wijaya, I Wayan Arnata, Ida Bagus Wayan Gunam

“…The calcium alginate matrix of IS258 was then used for ethanol fermentation of coconut sap analogue to replace the need of new starter. This study aimed to determine the optimal total alginate volume and dextrose concentration using immobilised IS258 yeast for bioethanol fermentation of coconut sap analogue using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). …”
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Fuzzy technologies in control systems of lifting and transport mechanisms by A. V. Sinyukov, T. V. Sinyukova, E. Yu. Abdullazyanov, E. I. Gracheva, V. N. Meshcheryakov, S. Valtchev

“…The paper proposes to replace the standard controller with a controller based on fuzzy algorithms. …”
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Efficient Task Scheduling and Load Balancing in Fog Computing for Crucial Healthcare Through Deep Reinforcement Learning by Prashanth Choppara, Bommareddy Lokesh

“…The paper addresses the limitations of cloud computing systems. It proposes and replaces a fog computing architecture in supporting low latency for healthcare applications. …”
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GSF-YOLOv8: A Novel Approach for Fire Detection Using Gather-Distribute Mechanism and SimAM Attention by Caixiong Li, Dali Wu, Xing Zhang, Peng Wu

“…Lastly, we proposed a Focal-DIoU Loss to replace the original loss function, optimizing bounding box regression and improving localization accuracy. …”
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Liquefied dimethyl ether as alternative extraction solvent for high γ-oryzanol rice bran oil: Systematic HSP theory and experimental evaluation by Phannipha Daisuk, Seiichi Takami, Masaki Honda, Motonobu Goto, Chonlatep Usaku, Artiwan Shotipruk

“…This study aimed to systematically find an alternative solvent to replace hexane for the extraction of bio-oil with high γ-oryzanol content from rice bran (RB). …”
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Nuclear-based combined heat and power industrial energy parks − application of high temperature small modular reactors by Václav Novotný, Junyung Kim, So-Bin Cho, Aidan Rigby, Rami M. Saeed

“…This study identifies industries that are well-suited for replacing or supplementing existing process heating facilities with nuclear power to reduce GHG emissions. …”
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Investigation of the Mechanical and Fracture Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete by Mohammed Hadjari, Hafida Marouf, Zohra Dahou, Walid Maherzi

“…This optimal behavior can be attributed to a more favorable pore distribution and an increased hydration rate. …”
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A Recognition Method for Marigold Picking Points Based on the Lightweight SCS-YOLO-Seg Model by Baojian Ma, Zhenghao Wu, Yun Ge, Bangbang Chen, He Zhang, Hao Xia, Dongyun Wang

“…Segmentation efficiency is further optimized through a dual-path collaborative architecture (Seg-Marigold head). …”
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A Negative Capacitance Field-Effect Transistor with High Rectification Efficiency for Weak-Energy 2.45 GHz Microwave Wireless Transmission by Hualian Tang, Ailan Tang, Weifeng Liu, Jingxiang Huang, Jianjun Song, Wenjie Sun

“…This paper proposes and designs a silicon-based negative capacitance field effect transistor (NCFET) to replace conventional MOSFETs as the rectifying device in RF-DC circuits, aiming to enhance the rectification efficiency under low-power density conditions. …”
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Tensile Strength of GFRP Reinforcing Bars with Hollow Section by Young-Jun You, Ki-Tae Park, Dong-Woo Seo, Ji-Hyun Hwang

“…Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) has been proposed to replace steel as a reinforcing bar (rebar) due to its high tensile strength and noncorrosive material properties. …”
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Tea Disease Detection Method Based on Improved YOLOv8 in Complex Background by Junchen Ai, Yadong Li, Shengxiang Gao, Rongsheng Hu, Wengang Che

“…The model introduces the SSPDConv convolution module in the backbone of YOLOv8 to enhance the global information perception of the model under complex backgrounds; a new ESPPFCSPC module is proposed to replace the original spatial pyramid pool SPPF module, which optimizes the multi-scale feature expression; and the MPDIoU loss function is introduced to optimize the problem that the original CIoU is insensitive to the change of target size, and the positioning ability of small targets is improved. …”
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Design and Experiment of a Dual-Disc Potato Pickup and Harvesting Device by Xianjie Li, Abouelnadar Salem, Yi Liu, Bin Sun, Guanzheng Shi, Xiaoning He, Dongwei Wang, Zengcun Chang

“…Through kinematic analysis, the disc inclination angle (12–24°) and operational parameters were optimized. Through coupled EDEM-RecurDyn simulations and Box–Behnken experimental design, the optimal parameter combination was determined with the potato loss rate and potato damage rate as evaluation indices: disc rotational speed of 50 r/min, disc inclination angle of 16°, and machine forward speed of 0.6 m/s. …”
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