Efficacy and safety of an algorithm using C-reactive protein to guide antibiotic therapy applied through a digital clinical decision support system: a study protocol for a randomis... by Vandack Nobre, Pedro R Povoa, Vitoria Moura Leite Rabelo Rezende, Isabela Nascimento Borges, Cecilia Gomez Ravetti, Renan Pedra De Souza, Paula Frizera Vassalo, Ana Clara de Paula Caldas, Felipe Rodrigues Gatto, Getulio Hideyoshi Okamura, Raquel Lopes de Brito Lacerda

“…Strategies that use biomarkers to guide antimicrobial therapy—most notably Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP)—show promise in safely reducing patient antibiotic exposure. While CRP is less studied, it offers advantages such as lower cost and broader availability compared with PCT.Methods and analysis This randomised clinical trial aims to evaluate a novel algorithm for non-critically ill adult patients. …”
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Lightweight encoding for medical additive manufacturing files by Xin Zhao, Jinjie Huang, Mingcong Xu

“…Conclusion The lightweight encoding strategy effectively reduces the file size of complex medical 3D models by over 80% while preserving data accuracy and compatibility with existing formats. …”
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Enhancing Smart Microgrid Resilience and Virtual Power Plant Profitability Through Hybrid IGWO-PSO Optimization With a Three-Phase Bidding Strategy by T. Yuvaraj, T. Sengolrajan, Natarajan Prabaharan, K. R. Devabalaji, Akie Uehara, Tomonobu Senjyu

“…Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) enhance market participation by aggregating DERs, while electric vehicles (EVs) contribute to environmental sustainability by reducing emissions. …”
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Hybrid Efficient Fast Charging Strategy for WPT Systems: Memetic-Optimized Control with Pulsed/Multi-Stage Current Modes and Neural Network SOC Estimation by Marouane El Ancary, Abdellah Lassioui, Hassan El Fadil, Yassine El Asri, Anwar Hasni, Abdelhafid Yahya, Mohammed Chiheb

“…The proposed approach employs a memetic algorithm (MA) to dynamically optimize the charging parameters, achieving an optimal balance between speed and battery longevity while maintaining 90.78% system efficiency at the SAE J2954-standard 85 kHz operating frequency. …”
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An updated VIIRS dark target aerosol product for continuity with MODIS: assessing regional aerosol trends by Virginia Sawyer, Virginia Sawyer, Robert C. Levy, Shana Mattoo, Shana Mattoo, Yingxi R. Shi, Yingxi R. Shi, Mijin Kim, Mijin Kim, Lorraine A. Remer, Geoff Cureton

“…According to linear regressions of monthly average AOD for each global 1°×1° grid cell, AOD has decreased by between 0.003 and 0.01 per year over parts of China, the United States, Brazil, and much of Europe, while increasing on the same scale over India and parts of Canada, while more modestly but significantly increasing over the southern oceans. …”
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Airport Field Path Optimization Method Based on Conflict Hotspot Avoidance Mechanism by Wen Tian, Mingjian Yang, Xuefang Zhou, Jianan Yin, Xv Shi

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Subjective Evaluation of Three Headphone-Based Virtual Sound Source Positioning Methods Including Differential Head-Related Transfer Function by Dominik STOREK, Frantisek RUND, Petr MARSALEK

“…This experimental one-channel function is used to reduce processing and avoid timbre affection while preserving signal features important for sound localisation. …”
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Multimodal representative answer extraction in community question answering by Ming Li, Yating Ma, Ying Li, Yixue Bai

“…The improved Beluga whale optimization algorithm (MTRL-BWO), based on tent mapping, reinforcement learning, and multiple swarm strategy, is designed to increase the diversity of the population while avoiding local optima to improve the search capability and solution accuracy of the algorithm. …”
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Integrated Scheduling Optimization for Multi-Line Production and Transportation of Prefabricated Components Considering Shared Resources by Yiran Dan, Chengshuang Sun, Qianmai Luo

“…This article adopts the genetic algorithm to design the solution algorithm for this model, and the effectiveness of the model and algorithm is verified through an example. …”
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Optimization of Sensor Positions and Orientations for Multiple Load Case Scenarios by Wacław Kuś, Waldemar Mucha, Iyasu Tafese Jiregna

“…The goal is to maximize load monitoring accuracy under multiple loading scenarios while the number of sensors is kept smaller than the number of load cases. …”
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Generation of Syntax Parser on South Indian Language using Bottom-Up Parsing Technique and PCFG by M. Rajani Shree, Shambhavi B. R.

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Digital twin enhanced agile design of ship pipeline systems [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations] by Xin Wang, Kang Cui, Xiaofen Shan, Zhinan Zhang

“…The paradigm shift holds the potential to substantially enhance the efficiency of ship pipeline layout design, while concurrently reducing the reliance on manual labor.…”
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Digital twin enhanced agile design of ship pipeline systems [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations] by Xin Wang, Kang Cui, Xiaofen Shan, Zhinan Zhang

“…The paradigm shift holds the potential to substantially enhance the efficiency of ship pipeline layout design, while concurrently reducing the reliance on manual labor.…”
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High sensitivity of HIV antibody screening tests may lead to longer time to diagnosis: a Case Report by Yuanfang Wang, Lan Luo, Jielun Deng, Xiaohan Li, Yi Xie, Dongdong Li

“…Divergent detection methodologies require distinct confirmatory testing algorithms, which significantly impact the time to HIV infection.Case presentationIn this report, we present three cases where the HIV-1 p24 antigen tested reactive, while the HIV-1 antibody remained non-reactive in a dual testing scenario—despite both the combined test and the colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay (GICA) for HIV-1 antibodies yielding reactive results. …”
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An Enhanced Second-Order Terminal Sliding Mode Control Based on the Super-Twisting Algorithm Applied to a Five-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator for a Grid-Connected Win... by Ben ouadeh Douara, Abdellah Kouzou, Ahmed Hafaifa, Jose Rodriguez, Mohamed Abdelrahem

“…The proposed approach combines the second-order terminal sliding mode control technique (SO-STA) with the super-twisting algorithm (STA), with the main goal of benefitting from both their advantages while addressing their limitations. …”
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A Hybrid Whale Optimization Approach for Fast-Convergence Global Optimization by Athanasios Koulianos, Antonios Litke, Nikolaos K. Papadakis

“…Techniques from the Tabu Search algorithm are adopted to balance the exploration and exploitation phases, while an elite reintroduction strategy is implemented to retain and refine the best solutions. …”
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Optimization method of obstacle avoidance path for dual-arm cooperative robot based on machine vision by Jing Li

“…Zhang Zhengyou’s calibration method is employed to calibrate the binocular vision camera, determining the camera model parameters. The Bouguet algorithm is then used to rectify the obstacle avoidance path images captured by the binocular vision camera. …”
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A Novel Linguistic Relational Fuzzy C-Means by Peerawich Phaknonkul, Sansanee Auephanwiriyakul, Nipon Theera-Umpon

“…The proposed algorithm does not defuzzify fuzzy attributes beforehand. …”
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Application analysis of computer vision and image recognition based on improved VGG16 network by Xuanzhang Zhu, Yafei Li

“…The research improves the deep convolutional neural network model through wavelet analysis algorithm. The deep convolutional neural network model mainly reduces the number of parameters in image recognition, while the wavelet analysis algorithm mainly denoises the noise that appears in image recognition. …”
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A hybrid deep learning-based intrusion detection system for EV and UAV charging stations by Rosebell Paul, Mercy Paul Selvan

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