Double‐row suture‐bridge technique does not yield better clinical and radiological results than single‐row technique in patients older than 55 years at 2 years minimum follow‐up: A... by Vito Gaetano Rinaldi, Sassoli Iacopo, Federico Coliva, Antongiulio Favero, Alberto Bazzocchi, Marco Miceli, Stefano Di Paolo, Stefano Zaffagnini, Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli

“…Conclusion This study suggests that both SR and DRSB techniques offer comparable clinical outcomes and tendon healing rates for rotator cuff tears in patients over 55 at 24 months minimum follow‐up. While limitations exist, our findings contribute to understanding optimal surgical approaches, emphasizing individualized treatment based on patient characteristics and surgeon expertise. …”
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Dynamic Dwell Time Adjustment in Wire Arc-Directed Energy Deposition: A Thermal Feedback Control Approach by Md Munim Rayhan, Abderrachid Hamrani, Fuad Hasan, Tyler Dolmetsch, Arvind Agarwal, Dwayne McDaniel

“…Experimental validation demonstrated improvements in thermal management, with the dynamic control system maintaining an average temperature undershoot of 1.38% while achieving 96.29% optimal temperature window compliance. …”
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NeuroRF FarmSense: IoT-fueled precision agriculture transformed for superior crop care by Tarun Vats, Shrey Mehra, Uday Madan, Amit Chhabra, Akashdeep Sharma, Kunal Chhabra, Sarabjeet Singh, Utkarsh Chauhan

“…In light of the ongoing global hunger crisis, it is imperative to improve food production in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal 2.0, which aims to eliminate hunger while promoting sustainable agricultural practices. …”
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Beam Scanning with Ultra‐Low Sidelobes and In‐Band Ultra‐Low Scattering Characteristics Empowered by Single Space‐Time‐Coding Radiation‐Scattering Metasurface by Lixin Jiang, Yongfeng Li, Hao Yang, Mingbao Yan, Jinming Jiang, Yunwei Zhang, Zhe Qin, Wanwan Yang, Hongya Chen, Yongqiang Pang, Zhihao Guo, Lin Zheng, Jiafu Wang, Shaobo Qu

“…Furthermore, the proposed strategy does not necessitate the utilization of optimization algorithms and exhibits low SLLs and low SBLs, which will make it flourish in RF stealth applications, such as covert communication systems.…”
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Research on the spatial layout of the elderly care industry based on explainable machine learning: A case study of Hangzhou(基于可解释性机器学习的养老产业空间布局研究)... by 曾笑奇(ZENG Xiaoqi), 赵秋皓(ZHAO Qiuhao), 冯友建(FENG Youjian)

“…The results indicate that∶ (1) SHAP effectively interprets the results of the machine learning algorithms; (2) Most factors, such as population size and government institutions, positively impact the layout of elderly care facilities, whereas other factors, such as financial service facilities, negatively impact their layout; (3) Future construction of elderly care facilities in Hangzhou should prioritize the central districts of Shangcheng and Gongshu as well as their surrounding areas, while development in Fuyang and Lin'an districts could be moderated. …”
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VP-SFDA: Visual Prompt Source-Free Domain Adaptation for Cross-Modal Medical Image by Yixin Chen, Yan Wang, Zhaoheng Xie

“…The second stage is the adaptation process, which aims at optimizing the segmentation model from the source domain to the target domain. …”
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Advanced Ignition and Combustion Analysis of Second‐Generation Biodiesels in Turbocharged Diesel Engines by Balamurugan Mani, Ratchagaraja Dhairiyasamy, Deepika Gabiriel, C. Ahamed Saleel, Nasim Hasan, Fayaz Hussain

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Adaptive strategies for the deployment of rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19: a modelling study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Emily Kendall, Lucia Cilloni, Nimalan Arinaminpathy, David Dowdy

“…Generally, dynamic strategies reduce the number of confirmatory PCR tests needed, but increase the number of unnecessary isolations. Optimal strategies will depend on whether greater priority is placed on limiting confirmatory testing or false-positive diagnoses.…”
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Deep learning approach with ConvNeXt-SE-attn model for in vitro oral squamous cell carcinoma and chemotherapy analysis by Abhay Nath, Om Roy, Priyanka Silveri, Sanskruti Patel

“…Our method applies residual connections with Squeeze-and-Excitation blocks along with hybrid attention systems and enhanced activation functions and optimization algorithms to boost gradient movement throughout feature extraction. …”
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Deep Residual Transfer Ensemble Model for mRNA Gene-Expression-Based Breast Cancer by Job Prasanth Kumar Chinta Kunta, Vijayalakshmi A. Lepakshi

“…Simulation results confirmed its robustness in terms of superior accuracy (99.91%), precision (99.65%), recall (99.81%) and F-Measure (99.72%) over other methods, signifying its optimality towards real-time and scalable breast cancer diagnosis.…”
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The large, viscous thrombus is aspirated by using the cyclic suction technique by Lin Shenqi, Yu Ling, Hong Ruiting, Dong Runcheng, Liu Bohao, Ruan Wencong, Sun Tao, Zhou Dongqing, Zhou Yixuan, Chen Shi

“…By using optimal timing data, the suction tube of the device can generate impacts to break large thrombi while effectively preventing them from escaping to other parts of the vessel during the suction process, ensuring the smooth completion of thrombectomy. …”
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Artificial Intelligence Control Methodologies for Shape Memory Alloy Actuators: A Systematic Review and Performance Analysis by Stefano Rodinò, Giuseppe Rota, Matteo Chiodo, Antonio Corigliano, Carmine Maletta

“…The analysis underscores AI’s capacity to mitigate hysteresis and non-linear dynamics, though material-specific optimization is critical: SMA systems favor dynamic control and MPC, whereas MSMAs benefit from sensorless AI and pure neural networks. …”
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A Distributed Collaborative Navigation Strategy Based on Adaptive Extended Kalman Filter Integrated Positioning and Model Predictive Control for Global Navigation Satellite System/... by Wanqiang Chen, Yunpeng Jing, Shuo Zhao, Lei Yan, Quancheng Liu, Zichang He

“…In the field of multi-robot cooperative localization and task planning, traditional filtering algorithms encounter synchronization and consistency issues during multi-source data fusion. …”
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Automated process assessment of primary healthcare for hyperlipidemia: preliminary findings and implications form Anhui, China by Ningjing Yang, Yuning Wang, Ying Li, Dongying Xiao, Ruirui Cui, Nana Li, Rong Liu, Jing Chai, Xingrong Shen, Debin Wang

“…The procedure-based measures were derived from specific quality-facts of 21 stages/procedures (e.g., lipid lowering medication prescription) using self-designed algorithms. While the encounter-based measures included number or rate of visits for HL, currently-noticed hyperlipidemia (CNHL, or HL noticed during the current consultation), and ever-diagnosed hyperlipidemia (EDHL). …”
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LSTM-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robust Trajectory Tracking Control of Skid-Steer Mobile Robots Under Terra-Mechanical Constraints by Jose Manuel Alcayaga, Oswaldo Anibal Menéndez, Miguel Attilio Torres-Torriti, Juan Pablo Vásconez, Tito Arévalo-Ramirez, Alvaro Javier Prado Romo

“…Four state-of-the-art DRL algorithms, i.e., Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO), Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG), Twin Delayed DDPG (TD3), and Soft Actor–Critic (SAC), are selected to evaluate their ability to generate stable and adaptive control policies under varying environmental conditions. …”
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Systemic immune-inflammatory biomarkers combined with the CRP-albumin-lymphocyte index predict surgical site infection following posterior lumbar spinal fusion: a retrospective stu... by Zixiang Pang, Jiawei Liang, Jiayi Chen, Yangqin Ou, Qinmian Wu, Shengsheng Huang, Shengbin Huang, Yuanming Chen

“…Internal validation employed ROC analysis and calibration curves, while Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) values interpreted feature importance in the optimal model.ResultsAmong 2,921 screened patients, 1,272 met inclusion criteria. …”
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Securing fruit trees future: AI-driven early warning and predictive systems for abiotic stress in changing climate by Muhammad Ahtasham Mushtaq, Muhammad Ateeq, Muhammad Ikram, Shariq Mahmood Alam, Muhammad Mohsin Kaleem, Muhammad Atiq Ashraf, Muhammad Asim, Khalid F. Almutairi, Mahmoud F. Seleiman, Fareeha Shireen

“…AI integrated approaches such as stress prediction, irrigation optimization, and image-based phenotyping have enhanced agriculture, while machine learning models like Random Forest and Gradient Boosting improve stress management. …”
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Accurate estimation of permeability reduction resulted from low salinity water flooding in clay-rich sandstones by Xiaojuan Zhang, Muntadher Abed Hussein, Tarak Vora, Anupam Yadav, Asha Rajiv, Aman Shankhyan, Sachin Jaidka, Mehul Manu, Farzona Alimova, Issa Mohammed Kadhim, Zainab Jamal Hamoodah, Fadhil Faez, Ahmad Khalid

“…Abstract Accurate estimation of permeability reduction in clay-rich sandstones during low-salinity water flooding is critical for optimizing enhanced oil recovery (EOR) strategies and ensuring efficient reservoir management. …”
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Geospatial impact evaluation of a low-cost agricultural intervention for enhancing environmental resilience by Pratap Khattri, Rachel Sayers, Kunwar K. Singh, Ryan Slapikas, Chet Bahadur Tamang, Dinee Tamang, Brad Sagara, Ariel BenYishay

“…We conducted a geospatial impact evaluation (GIE), which integrated remote sensing data and econometric techniques, including optimal full matching (OFM) and difference-in-differences (DID). …”
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Comparison of time-to-event machine learning models in predicting biliary complication and mortality rate in liver transplant patients by Aref Andishgar, Sina Bazmi, Kamran B. Lankarani, Seyed Alireza Taghavi, Mohammad Hadi Imanieh, Gholamreza Sivandzadeh, Samira Saeian, Nazanin Dadashpour, Alireza Shamsaeefar, Mahdi Ravankhah, Hamed Nikoupour Deylami, Reza Tabrizi, Mohammad Hossein Imanieh

“…Random oversampling addressed data imbalance. Optimal hyperparameters were determined based on average C-index. …”
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