Stochastic Potential Game-Based Target Tracking and Encirclement Approach for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System by Kejie Yang, Ming Zhu, Xiao Guo, Yifei Zhang, Yuting Zhou

“…In addition, considering collision avoidance and cooperative tracking, several techniques, such as novel reward functions and recurrent network structures, are presented to optimize the training process. …”
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Prediction of Degradation of Concrete Surface Layer Using Neural Networks Applied to Ultrasound Propagation Signals by Evgenia Kirillova, Alexey Tatarinov, Savva Kovalenko, Genadijs Shahmenko

“…The aim of this article is the development of a new artificial intelligence (AI) system for the condition assessment of concrete structures. To study the process of concrete degradation, the so-called spatiotemporal waveform profiles were obtained, which are sets of ultrasonic signals acquired by stepwise surface profiling of the concrete surface. …”
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Surface-functionalized design of blood-contacting biomaterials for preventing coagulation and promoting hemostasis by Yi Wang, Weijie Zhai, Shujie Cheng, Jinghua Li, Hongyu Zhang

“…In addition, hemostatic biomaterials with porous structures, biochemical substances, and strongly adhesive hydrogels can be used to achieve rapid and effective hemostasis via physical or biochemical mechanisms. …”
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Integrating LiDAR Point Cloud Classification and Building Footprints for Enhanced 3D LOD Building Modeling: A Deep Learning Approach by L. Lakshmanan, S. Nagarajan

“…In this research, we use RandLA-Net, a cutting-edge deep learning algorithm to classify LiDAR point cloud data to distinguish building structures. This identification of building points is essential for the subsequent creation of reliable 3D Building LOD models. …”
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New Bioactive Oleanane Type Compounds from Coriandrum sativum Linn. by Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Bilal, Rubina Iqbal, Muhammad Akram, Imam Bakhsh Baloch, Musa Kaleem Baloch

“…Ethyl acetate fraction was subjected to column chromatography on HPLC RP-18 to get 1-oxo-11β,21β-dihydroxy-oleanane (1), 1-oxo-11β-hydroxy-21β-O-acetyloleanane (2), 1-oxo-11β-hydroxy-21β-O-angeloyloleanane (3), 1-oxo-11β-O-angeloyl-21β-O-acetyloleanane (4), and 1-oxo-11β,21β-O-dibenzoyloleanane (5). The structures were elucidated after analysis of spectroscopic data, UV, IR, NMR (1H, 13C, 1D, and 2D), and mass measurements. …”
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Whelk: An OWL EL+RL Reasoner Enabling New Use Cases by Balhoff, James P., Mungall, Christopher J.

“…Whelk is implemented in Scala and utilizes immutable functional data structures, which provides advantages when performing incremental or dynamic reasoning tasks. …”
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Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ: Mammographic Features and Its Relation to Prognosis and Tumour Biology in a Population Based Cohort by Wenjing Zhou, Thomas Sollie, Tibor Tot, Carl Blomqvist, Shahin Abdsaleh, Göran Liljegren, Fredrik Wärnberg

“…Casting-type calcifications and a histopathological picture with cancer-filled duct-like structures have been presented as breast cancer with neoductgenesis. …”
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Enhanced Efficiency of GaAs Single-Junction Solar Cells with Inverted-Cone-Shaped Nanoholes Fabricated Using Anodic Aluminum Oxide Masks by Kangho Kim, Hoang Duy Nguyen, Sunil Mho, Jaejin Lee

“…Inductively coupled plasma dry etching is used to etch and define the nanoarray structures on top of an InGaP window layer of the GaAs solar cells. …”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of Hydroxycinnamic Acids in Herbal Drugs. Part 1. Direct Spectrophotometry (Review) by E. V. Kompantseva, A. Yu. Ayrapetova, A. S. Saushkina

“…Direct spectrophotometry may result in an overestimation of the hydroxycinnamic acid content due to overlapping absorption bands of polyphenolic compounds with different structures.CONCLUSIONS. Direct spectrophotometry can be considered as a method for measuring the total content of phenolic compounds (as well as hydroxycinnamic acids) in herbal drugs. …”
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Emerging Trends in Microfluidic Biomaterials: From Functional Design to Applications by Jiaqi Lin, Lijuan Cui, Xiaokun Shi, Shuping Wu

“…The future of microfluidic biomaterials will depend on combining 3D bioprinting with dynamic functional design, developing hybrid strategies that combine traditional molds with bio-printed structures, and using artificial intelligence to monitor drug delivery or tissue response in real time. …”
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Numerical Investigation of the Influence of Welding Parameters on Quality of Laser Welded 304L Stainless Steel Sheets by Nuepaul D. Kortu, Bruno Roberts, Rehema Ndeda, Abdel‐Monem El‐Batahgy

“…Traditionally, arc welding processes have been widely used in the manufacturing of 304L austenitic stainless‐steel components and structures. However, these methods are more likely to cause carbide precipitation and distortion due to their higher heat input compared to laser welding. …”
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Kinetic study of bioactive compound extraction from cacao shell waste by conventional and deep eutectic solvent by Muh. Irsal, Yuni Kusumastuti, Teguh Ariyanto, Nur Rofiqoh Eviana Putri

“…FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy confirmed the presence of bioactive compounds in DES-based extracts, which revealed characteristic vibrational bands associated with polyphenolic structures. These include bands corresponding to hydroxyl (–OH), carbonyl (C=O), and aromatic C=C stretching—functional groups commonly found in quercetin and other bioactive compounds.…”
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Numerical investigation of regenerative wind farms featuring enhanced vertical energy entrainment by Y. Li, W. Yu, A. Sciacchitano, C. Ferreira

“…Additionally, the novel wind energy harvesting systems are hypothesized to be feasible without requiring significant technological advancements, as they could be implemented as multi-rotor systems with lifting devices (MRSLs), where the lifting devices consist of large airfoil structures. Wind farms with these novel wind harvesting systems, namely MRSLs, are termed <i>regenerative wind farms</i>, inspired by the concept that the upstream MRSLs actively entrain energy for the downstream ones. …”
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ANALYSIS OF FREE VIBRATIONS OF A CONTINUOUS BEAM CONSIDERING THE RANDOM STIFFNESS OF THE SUPPORTS AND THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL RANDOM MATERIAL PROPERTIES USING MONTE CARLO SIMULATION by N. D. Diem, T. D. Hien, D. N. Tien

“…By applying the standard finite element method to beam structures with random input parameters, including realizations of a 2D random field and joint stiffness, the statistical characteristics of the natural frequencies can be quantified through analysis of the resulting frequency data. …”
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Self‐Powered, Soft and Breathable Human–Machine Interface Based on Piezoelectric Sensors by Zhipeng Jiang, Chi Zhang, Sun Hwa Kwon, Lin Dong

“…Utilizing engineered porous structures within the polymeric material, the piezoelectric sensor demonstrates a significantly enhanced sensitivity, flexibility, and permeability, highlighting its outstanding HMI applications. …”
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Healthcare effects and evidence robustness of reimbursable digital health applications in Germany: a systematic review by Khira Sippli, Stefanie Deckert, Jochen Schmitt, Madlen Scheibe

“…Permanent approval requires evidence of positive healthcare effects, either medical benefits or patient-relevant improvements in structures and processes (pSVV). This systematic review analyzed all 23 DiGA approval studies available as of March 15, 2024. …”
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Influence of betahistidine dihydrochloride and antihypertensive medications on quality of life in patients with stable arterial hypertension and vertigo by G. F. Andreeva, S. Yu. Martsevich, V. M. Gorbunov, O. A. Melnikov, V. P. Voronina, I. P. Zhigareva

“…The most typical vertigo cause was disturbance of vestibular structures’ blood flow and metabolism, including restricted venous reflow due to BP increase. …”
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Keeping the periodontium youthful: truth or myth? Strategy and tactical approaches in periodontology based on preventive, predictive, personalized medicine by I. A. Belenova, V. A. Mitronin, A. V. Sudareva, S. V. Startseva, M. S. Vasilyeva, E. A. Oleinik

“…The use of osteoplastic materials and hyaluronic acid in periodontology is extremely important for modern dentistry, since the predictive introduction of an osteoinductive drug and / or hyaluronic acid into the treatment protocol will allow simulating a state close to physiological, rejuvenating, and achieving the results of maximum restoration of periodontal structures.Aim. To experimentally confirm the possibility of maintaining the physiological state and rejuvenating the periodontium using osteoplastic materials and / or hyaluronic acid.Materials and methods. …”
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Fathers Matter Too: Investigating Their Role with the P-CRS by Alexandro Fortunato, Maria Quintigliano, Costanza Franchini, Marco Lauriola, Anna Maria Speranza

“…Future research should investigate longitudinal differences in parental roles and expand the P-CRS’s application to diverse family structures.…”
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Research on Device and Sensing Technology for Precision Seeding of Potato by Jinzhu Lu, Senping Liu, Qi Wang, Min Liao

“…Due to the metering devices having different sizes and structures, and even control, operation of sudden instability and other characteristics, and the complexity and variability of the farmland environment and other reasons, the mechanical sowing process may be affected by internal and external random and unpredictable factors, thus causing seed potato leakage, reseeding, and other phenomena and resulting in a decline in the quality of potato sowing brought about by the cascade effect: the quality and yield decline, precision sowing has become the modern potato production in the problem of modern potato production needs to be solved. …”
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