Wind speed forecasting approach using conformal prediction and feature importance selection by Cesar Vinicius Zuege, Stefano Frizzo Stefenon, Cristina Keiko Yamaguchi, Viviana Cocco Mariani, Gabriel Villarrubia Gonzalez, Leandro dos Santos Coelho

“…This paper evaluates short-term forecasting of time series with a measure of uncertainty associated with wind speeds. The proposed method considers the conformal prediction approach and, based on Shapley values, uses optimal selection of features given their importance. …”
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Ecological and toxicological screening of the safety of drinking water for livestock enterprises of Odesa region by L. H. Roman, S. I. Ulyzko, O. M. Zelenina, P. M. Skliarov, O. A. Bezaltychna, N. I. Dankevich, V. A. Chornyi, I. S. Sliusarenko

“…The analysis of experimental comparative data and literature sources showed the need for further studies on the quality and safety of water for watering productive animals to optimize the management of safe water supply and obtain organic livestock products.…”
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Outcomes of Living Kidney Donors Following Donor Nephrectomy in Aotearoa New Zealand by Lai Wan Chan, Georgina L. Irish, Tze L. Goh, Basil Alnasrallah, Christopher E. Davies, Matthew P. Sypek, Philip A. Clayton, Michael G. Collins

“…Introduction: Living donor kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for people with kidney failure (KF). …”
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Strategies for Soil Salinity Mapping Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in the Yellow River Delta by Junyong Zhang, Xianghe Ge, Xuehui Hou, Lijing Han, Zhuoran Zhang, Wenjie Feng, Zihan Zhou, Xiubin Luo

“…In response to the global ecological and agricultural challenges posed by coastal saline-alkali areas, this study focuses on Dongying City as a representative region, aiming to develop a high-precision soil salinity prediction mapping method that integrates multi-source remote sensing data with machine learning techniques. …”
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Visual localization in urban environments employing 3D city models by Y. Loeper, M. Gerke, A. Alamouri, A. Kern, M. S. Bajauri, P. Fanta-Jende

“…In addition, GNSS might be subject to jamming or spoofing, which requires an alternative, complementary positioning method. We introduce a visual localization method which employs building models according to the CityGML standard. …”
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Hydrolysis and Oxidation of Recalcitrant Substrates by Microbial Isolates from Hot Springs by Anastasiya I. Dmitrieva, Elizaveta R. Faskhutdinova, Timothy A. Larichev, Natalia S. Velichkovich, Veronika Yu. Boger, Larisa M. Aksenova

“…The catalase potential was evaluated by the gasometric method on 1% gasoline media. The optimal parameters of consortium cultivation were determined by the voltage generated. …”
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Array Design for Angle of Arrival Estimation Using the Worst-Case Two-Target Cramér-Rao Bound by Costas A. Kokke, Mario Coutino, Richard Heusdens, Geert Leus

“…To handle the unknown target directions when optimizing the Cramér-Rao bound, we propose to use the worst-case Cramér-Rao bound of two uncorrelated equal power sources with arbitrary angles. …”
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An FPGA-accelerated multi-level AI-integrated simulation framework for multi-time domain power systems with high penetration of power converters by Chen Liu, Peng Su, Hao Bai, Xizheng Guo, Alber Filbà Martínez, Jose Luis Dominguez Garcia

“…The increasing integration of renewable energy sources and power electronic devices has significantly increased the complexity of modern power systems, making modeling and simulation challenging due to multi-time scale dynamics and multi-physics coupling. …”
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High-throughput screening of monoclonal antibodies against carbapenemases using a multiplex protein microarray platform by Sascha D. Braun, Sascha D. Braun, Martin Reinicke, Martin Reinicke, Celia Diezel, Celia Diezel, Elke Müller, Elke Müller, Katrin Frankenfeld, Thomas Schumacher, Hugo Arends, Stefan Monecke, Stefan Monecke, Ralf Ehricht, Ralf Ehricht, Ralf Ehricht

“…However, the development of such assays is often hindered by the time-consuming process of identifying high-affinity antibody pairs.MethodsTo accelerate this process, we evaluated a protein microarray platform as a high-throughput screening tool to identify optimal monoclonal antibody (mAb) pairs targeting the most clinically relevant carbapenemases. …”
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Deterministic quantum dot cavity placement using hyperspectral imaging with high spatial accuracy and precision by Quirin Buchinger, Constantin Krause, Aileen Zhang, Giora Peniakov, Mohamed Helal, Yorick Reum, Andreas Theo Pfenning, Sven Höfling, Tobias Huber-Loyola

“…Abstract Single emitters in solid state are promising sources of single and entangled photons. To boost their extraction efficiency and tailor their emission properties, they are often incorporated in photonic nanostructures. …”
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Bee Bread Drying Process Intensification in Combs Using Solar Energy by Daulet Toibazar, Baydaulet Urmashev, Aliya Tursynzhanova, Vladimir Nekrashevich, Indira Daurenova, Adilkhan Niyazbayev, Kanat Khazimov, Francesco Pegna, Marat Khazimov

“…A statistically grounded analysis based on an experimental design method was conducted, revealing a reduction in moisture content from 16.2–18.26% to 14.1–15.1% under optimized conditions. …”
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MRSA Profiles Reveal Age- and Gender-Specificity in a Tertiary Care Hospital: High Burden in ICU Elderly and Emerging Community Patterns in Youth by Kamaleldin B. Said, Khalid Alshammari, Ruba M. Elsaid Ahmed, Fawwaz Alshammari, Ahmed H. Jadani, Ihab Rakha, Salem A. Almijrad, Anwar E. Almallahi, Bader Alkharisi, Naif M. Altamimi, Tarig Mahmoud, Nada A. Abozaid, Amal D. Alshammari

“…Mann–Whitney U and Chi-square tests assessed the demographic distributions, clinical specimen sources, and MRSA/methicillin-sensitive <i>S. aureus</i> (MSSA) prevalence. …”
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Disinfection Performance Improvement of UV Reactor by Baffle Design by Nakwon Jo, Woochul Hwang

“…A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was conducted to simulate the turbulent flow within the reactor, while the UV fluence rate distribution was predicted using the Multiple Segment Source Summation (MSSS) method. This method was implemented as a user-defined function and integrated into the commercial CFD software ANSYS CFX 2023R1. …”
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Substantiation of Principles and Effectiveness of Advanced Complex Differentiated Treatment of Circulatory System Organs Affections in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis by Farmaha M., Abrahamovych M., Svintsitskyi A., Abrahamovych O.

“…To compare the treatment effectiveness of patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and arterial hypotension, they were divided in a randomized way into two groups: experimental, treated with the help of our modified method, and control one, treated with the standard method. …”
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The generation and evaluation of TKO/hCD55/hTM/hEPCR gene-modified pigs for clinical organ xenotransplantation by Guoli Huai, Yong Wang, Jiaxiang Du, Zhenhui Cheng, Yuxuan Xie, Jia Zhou, Hongmei Tang, Yanyan Jiang, Xiangyang Xing, Shaoping Deng, Dengke Pan, Dengke Pan, Dengke Pan

“…IntroductionGenetically edited pigs, modified using CRISPR-Cas9 technology, hold promise as potential sources for xenotransplantation. However, the optimal combination of genetic modifications and their expression levels for initial clinical trials remains unclear. …”
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Effects of taurine on growth performance, body composition and physiological responses of western white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei broodstock by Vahid Morshedi, Mahmoud Nafisi Bahabadi, Mansour Torfi Mozanzadeh, Amin Oujifard, Naser Agh, Khalegh Maneii, Ahmad Qasemi, Nehzat Bakhshi, Hadi Ebrahimi, Rezvan Tamadoni, Shirin Hamedi, Reza Bagherpour, Fatemeh Solimani

“…In aquaculture, the balance of nutrients in the diet of aquatic animals guarantees optimal growth and health improvement. Taurine (Tau = 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is an amino sulfonic acid, which has been proven to be conditionally essential for some aquatic animals when these animals are fed with diets containing high plant protein levels, due to taurine deficiency in plant-based protein sources. …”
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Pregnancy outcomes following surgical repair of female genital fistula in UgandaAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Abner P. Korn, MD, Justus K. Barageine, PhD, Hadija Nalubwama, MPH, Jaffer Okiring, PhD, Florence Nalubega, MMed, Shane Ian Asiimwe, MMed, Alphonsus Matovu, MMed, Alison M. El Ayadi, ScD

“…We compared outcomes to two external data sources: a meta-analysis and propensity-score matched Ugandan women of reproductive-age. …”
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Advances in Minimally Invasive Treatments for Prostate Cancer: A review of the Role of Ultrasound Therapy and Laser therapy by Corneliu-Dan Blendea, Mohammad Tazim Khan, Marius Stoian, Teodor Claudiu Ion Gligore, Ștefan Cuculici, Ion Lucian Stanciu, Mirela Gabriela-Irina Protosevici, Marius Iordache, Anca Buliman, Carmen Costea-Firan, Ioana Simona Cazacu, Liviu-Constantin Iordache, Doroteea Teoibaș-Șerban

“…While promising for both primary and salvage settings, ongoing research and technological refinements are crucial to optimize their efficacy and expand their clinical utility. …”
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Design and Development of a Pine Needle Briquetting Machine for the Uttarakhand Region of India by Tejas Pramod Naik, Soumyajeet Jaiswal, Inderdeep Singh, Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Ayush Joshi

“…The primary materials utilized to make briquettes are pine needles and forest waste. The proposed method inculcates principles of compression molding along with necessary optimizations. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Sol–Gel-Derived Ni-Doped TiO₂ Photocatalyst for Rapid Visible Light-Driven Mineralization of Paracetamol by Nicola Morante, Katia Monzillo, Vincenzo Vaiano, Zukhra C. Kadirova, Diana Sannino

“…The increasing presence of pharmaceutical contaminants, such as paracetamol, in water sources necessitates the development of efficient and sustainable treatment technologies. …”
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