Harmonic Enhancement of Terahertz GaN Planar Gunn Oscillators With Multiple Gates by Ying Wang, Shuai Hui, Yu-Xin Fu, Yuan-Zhu Xia, He Guan

“…In this paper, we propose a novel design of GaN-based planar Gunn oscillator as terahertz signal source. The oscillator has multiple gates and each gate can be individually biased. …”
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Extraction and Energy Management of Solar Photovoltaic, Fuel Cell, and Battery Systems Using a Novel Multi Port Power Converter for DC Microgrid Applications by Guguloth Nagesh, M. Venkatesh Naik, Dogga Raveendhra, Praveen Kumar Bonthagorla

“…In DC microgrids, efficient power extraction and an effective energy management strategy (EMS) are crucial when integrating multiple power sources. This study presents a novel Four-Port Converter (FPC) configuration designed to extract power from photovoltaic (PV), battery, and fuel cell (FC) sources while employing an advanced EMS to manage energy distribution and meet the demand of DC loads. …”
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Research on Pedestrians’ Visual Perception Characteristics Based on USGGS: A Case Study of the Six Inner-City Districts of Tianjin by Hanwen YANG, Shang’en TSOU, Yike HU

“…These results not only reveal the significant influence of USGGS type on pedestrians’ visual perception, but also provide a scientific basis for the optimization of urban street greening structure.ConclusionThe research emphasizes the importance of rationally configuring USGGS types to enhance the environmental quality of urban streets. …”
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Study on improving the radiation efficiency of Sn plasma driven by Laguerre–Gaussian lasers by Huiting Ma, Yun Yuan, Zhiyong Shi, Xinyu Xie, Mengjiao Wang, Wenpeng Wang, Chengyuan Ding, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li

“…These results highlight the potential of LG lasers as a promising approach to optimizing extreme ultraviolet source efficiency for future applications.…”
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An Empirical Comparison of Urban Road Travel Time Prediction Methods—Deep Learning, Ensemble Strategies and Performance Evaluation by Yizhe Wang, Yangdong Liu, Xiaoguang Yang

“…To address the randomness issue in deep learning models, we adopt a strategy of conducting five independent training runs for each hyperparameter configuration and using statistical measures to obtain stable performance evaluations. …”
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Nickel and titanium metals for the hydrogen evolution reaction in water electrolysis: A comparative study by Aya Awas Saad, Farkad Ali Lattieff

“… This work investigated experimentally and theoretically the I-V output change, the hydrogen production, and the efficiency of Ti and Ni metals as substrates for water electrolysis systems. To make optimization between the candidate electrodes, seven configurations of Ni-Ti, Ti-Ti, and Ti-Ni with three KOH solutions of 10, 20, and 30 % wt (weight KOH gm/weight water gm) as an electrolyte were conducted as a cathode-anode system. …”
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Vision Transformer-Based Unhealthy Tree Crown Detection in Mixed Northeastern US Forests and Evaluation of Annotation Uncertainty by Durga Joshi, Chandi Witharana

“…By comparing the performance of traditional convolutional neural network (CNN) models (U-Net and DeepLabv3+) with a state-of-the-art Vision Transformer (SegFormer), we aimed to determine the optimal approach for detecting unhealthy tree crowns (UTC) using a publicly available data source. …”
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Identification of Factors Influencing the Construction of Supply Chains in China’s Transport and Logistics Systems by W. Xiugang, A. A. Lysochenko

“…The author’s configuration of these factors is proposed, taking into account regional differences, and the structure of the factor field is formed. …”
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Investigating Floating-Gate Topology Influence on van der Waals Memory Performance by Hao Zheng, Yusang Qin, Caifang Gao, Junyi Fang, Yifeng Zou, Mengjiao Li, Jianhua Zhang

“…Experiments involving various floating-gate and tunneling-layer configurations, combined with TCAD simulations, were conducted to reveal the electrostatic coupling behaviors between floating gate and source/drain electrodes during shaping of the charge storage capabilities. …”
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Air-STORM: Informed Decision Making to Improve the Success of Solar-Powered Air Quality Samplers in Challenging Environments by Kyan Kuo Shlipak, Julian Probsdorfer, Christian L’Orange

“…Air Sampler Solar and Thermal Optimization for Reliable Monitoring (Air-STORM) is an open-source tool that uses meteorological and solar radiation data to identify temperature and solar charging risks for air pollution monitors based on the target deployment area. …”
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Exploration and research progress on the integrated technology of coalbed methane development, gas control, and methane emission reduction by Shuxun SANG, Honggao XIE, Zhihua YAN, Shiqi LIU, Xiaozhi ZHOU, Sijie HAN, Sijian ZHENG, Fansheng HUANG

“…The temporal succession and effectiveness of coal methane development engineering during the entire production cycle, along with the configuration and optimal deployment of coal methane extraction engineering in the space between the surface and underground of coal mines, are key links for realizing the synergistic development and utilization of coal and CBM. …”
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Co-expression of multi-genes for polynary perovskite electrocatalysts for reversible solid oxide cells by Xiaoxin Zhang, Hongyuan He, Yu Chen, Guangming Yang, Xiao Xiao, Haiping Lv, Yongkang Xiang, Shuxiong Wang, Chang Jiang, Jianhui Li, Zhou Chen, Subiao Liu, Ning Yan, Xue Yong, Abdullah N. Alodhayb, Yuanming Pan, Ning Chen, Jinru Lin, Xin Tu, Zongping Shao, Yifei Sun

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Above-mJ optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier at 3 μm for laser-driven coherent soft x-ray generation beyond the water window by Pritha Dey, Lutz Ehrentraut, Johannes Tümmler, Matthias Schnürer, Stefan Eisebitt

“…Our experimental results are further compared with two different simulation codes for optimization. To increase the amplification efficiency, we utilize a pulse-front tilt matching configuration resulting in 80% more energy in the first power OPCPA stage and expect up to 3 mJ of pulse energy in total with all three power OPCPA stages. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigation on thermal performance of enhanced geothermal system: A case study of Guanzhong basin by Guoyao Jin, Yuxiang Zhao, Ye Min, Xiao Zhang, Chao Jiang, Zijing Tan

“…Key results demonstrate that optimized fracture configurations (connectivity, aperture) and controlled injection parameters (flow rates of 10–12 kg/s, well spacings of 250–400 m) significantly enhance energy extraction efficiency by mitigating thermal short-circuiting. …”
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Enhancing heat recovery efficiency in chimney exhaust systems using thermoelectric generators – Thermal modeling and parametric analysis by Obeida Farhat, Mahmoud Khaled, Jalal Faraj, Khaled Chahine, Farouk Hachem, Cathy Castelain

“…Performance metrics demonstrate that the positioning of the thermoelectric generator site can bring about major improvements including thermal resistance, generated power, temperature of water heated, and energy conversion efficiency, which ranged from 0.57 % to 5.6 %, depending on thermoelectric generators configuration and operating parameters. By positioning thermoelectric generators on the exterior walls of the exhaust pipe, close to the heat source, a significant amount of electrical power—up to 37.67 W—could be produced. …”
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A Survey on Machine Learning Enhanced Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications by Mikael Ade Krisna Respati, Byung Moo Lee

“…We begin by presenting various system configurations based on the type of radar and target sensing and the sensing source utilized in the ISAC system, as well as real-world ISAC use cases. …”
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Service-Level Objective-Aware Load-Adaptive Timeout: Balancing Failure Rate and Latency in Microservices Communication by Hiroki Hanada, Keisuke Ishibashi

“…The difficulty arises from the need to balance SLO constraints while adapting to dynamically changing load and system capacity, making static configurations inherently suboptimal. To address this, this study proposes a load-adaptive timeout mechanism that dynamically adjusts timeout values to optimize reliability across different load conditions. …”
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Computational Analysis of an Ammonia Combustion System for Future Two-Stroke Low-Speed Marine Engines by Jose R. Serrano, Ricardo Novella, Héctor Climent, Francisco José Arnau, Alejandro Calvo, Lauge Thorsen

“…Case C emerges as the preferred configuration, demonstrating superior metrics in terms of combustion stability, air-fuel mixing, and emissions profile compared to other cases. …”
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Proposal for an Energy Efficiency Index for Green Hydrogen Production—An Integrated Approach by Luciano T. Barbosa, Pedro A. C. Rosas, José F. C. Castro, Samuel D. Vasconcelos, Paulo H. R. P. Gama, Douglas C. P. Barbosa

“…The methodology was developed through a systematic literature review and was applied to four representative case studies sourced from the academic literature, covering diverse configurations and geographies. …”
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Digital Low-Altitude Airspace Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning and Operational Capacity Assessment in Urban Risk Environments by Ouge Feng, Honghai Zhang, Weibin Tang, Fei Wang, Dikun Feng, Gang Zhong

“…The study employs a vertical–horizontal grid partitioning technique to achieve airspace grid-based modeling, classifying and configuring “management-operation” grids. By integrating multi-source heterogeneous data, including building structures, population density, and sheltering factor, a grid-based discrete risk quantification model is established to evaluate comprehensive mid-air collision risk, ground impact risk, third-party risk, and UAV turning risk. …”
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