Enhancing breast cancer classification using a deep sparse wavelet autoencoder approach by Sarah A. Alzakari, Salima Hassairi, Amel Ali Al. Hussan, Ridha Ejbali

“…This architecture not only enhances classification accuracy but also optimizes computational efficiency by utilizing deep networks with minimal parameters, which significantly reduces processing time and costs. Our experimental results demonstrate the superior performance of the DSWAE model, achieving precision rates of 94.5% for benign and 93.8% for malignant cases, with recall rates of 93.65% for benign and 96.2% for malignant cases. …”
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Home hospital as a disposition for older adults from the emergency department: Benefits and opportunities by Kei Ouchi, Shan Liu, Daniel Tonellato, Yonatan G. Keschner, Maura Kennedy, David M. Levine

“…Prior work suggests that home hospital care can reduce costs, maintain quality and safety, and improve patient experiences for select acutely ill adults who require hospital‐level care. …”
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The performance of electrocoagulation process for decolorization and COD removal of highly colored real grey water under variable operating conditions by Muhammad Rasool Al-Kilani, Khalid Bani-Melhem

“…Operating with Al electrodes at a current density of 5 mA/cm² led to substantial removal of COD (≥ 82 %) and color (≥ 97 %) while maintaining low operational costs. This study further supports the viability of EC as an effective method for treating grey water, even at high contaminant levels.…”
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An Improved Decision Support System for Identification of Abnormal EEG Signals Using a 1D Convolutional Neural Network and Savitzky-Golay Filtering by Unmesh Shukla, Geetika Jain Saxena, Manish Kumar, Anil Singh Bafila, Amit Pundir, Sanjeev Singh

“…Medical experts employ electroencephalography (EEG) for analyzing the electrical activity in the brain to infer disorders. However, the time costs of human experts are very high, and the examination of EEGs by such experts, therefore, accounts for a plethora of medical resources. …”
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An intelligent bridge multi-dimension deflection IoT monitoring system based on laser datum and imaging by Dan Zhao, Huifeng Wang, Hao Du, Haoyi Cheng, Lu Peng, Yaru Liang, He Huang, Yunmeng Li

“…Applying this monitoring technology not only significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of bridge structural health monitoring but also plays a crucial role in ensuring safe bridge operations, extending the service life of bridges, and reducing maintenance costs.…”
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Rapid vessel segmentation and reconstruction of head and neck angiograms from MR vessel wall images by Jin Zhang, Wen Wang, Jinhua Dong, Xiong Yang, Shuwei Bai, Jiaqi Tian, Bo Li, Xiao Li, Jianjian Zhang, Hangyu Wu, Xiaoxi Zeng, Yongqiang Ye, Shenghao Ding, Jieqing Wan, Ke Wu, Yufei Mao, Cheng Li, Na Zhang, Jianrong Xu, Yongming Dai, Feng Shi, Beibei Sun, Yan Zhou, Huilin Zhao

“…By streamlining 3D MR-VWI workflows, VWI Assistant addresses scalability challenges in vascular imaging, offering a practical tool for routine use and large-scale research, significantly improving workflow efficiency while reducing labor and time costs.…”
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Application of a Fiber Optic-Based SHM System to a Composite Aircraft Wing and Its Technological Maturity Evaluation by Gianvito Apuleo, Monica Ciminello, Lorenzo Pellone, Umberto Mercurio, Antonio Concilio

“…With the aim of controlling the structural state of the reference component, several targets may be addressed, including safety increase through a periodic update of the integrity level, maintenance costs reduction, for instance, by moving to an on-demand from the usual scheduled approach, and even design benefits by envisaging the possibility of modulating the safety coefficients due to an increased knowledge of the intimate structural system behavior. …”
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Research on an Energy-Harvesting System Based on the Energy Field of the Environment Surrounding a Photovoltaic Power Plant by Bin Zhang, Binbin Wang, Hongxi Zhang, Abdelkader Outzourhit, Fouad Belhora, Zoubir El Felsoufi, Jia-Wei Zhang, Jun Gao

“…With the large-scale global deployment of photovoltaics (PV), traditional monitoring technologies face challenges such as wiring difficulties, high energy consumption, and high maintenance costs in remote or complex terrains, which limit long-term environmental sensing. …”
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Current and Future Diagnostics for Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Hussein Zilouchian, Omair Faqah, Md Alamgir Kabir, Dennis Gross, Rachel Pan, Shane Shaifman, Muhammad Awais Younas, Muhammad Abdul Haseeb, Emmanuel Thomas, Waseem Asghar

“…However, conventional diagnostic approaches available, such as enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods, are often costly, time-intensive, and challenging to be implemented in resource-limited settings. …”
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Fine-Tuning Pre-Trained Large Language Models for Price Prediction on Network Freight Platforms by Pengfei Lu, Ping Zhang, Jun Wu, Xia Wu, Yunsheng Mao, Tao Liu

“…Various factors influence the formation and adjustment of network freight prices, including transportation costs, cargo characteristics, and policies and regulations. …”
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Efficient verifiable searchable encryption with search and access pattern privacy by Wu Axin, Feng Dengguo, Zhang Min, Chi Jialin, Zhang Yinghui

“…Unfortunately, the existing schemes that protect access and search patterns result in frequent communications and high computational costs. Furthermore, complex calculation processes also raise challenges for verifying search results. …”
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Practical pathological methods for reliable diagnosis of secretory carcinomas of the salivary gland by Ryo Kawaura, Tomohiko Ishikawa, Hirofumi Shibata, Masashi Kuroki, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Yuki Hanamatsu, Tatsuhiko Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Tomita, Takuma Ishihara, Hajime Usubuchi, Yayoi Aoyama, Yukinori Asada, Takayuki Imai, Akira Ohkoshi, Akira Hara, Yukio Katori, Toru Furukawa, Takenori Ogawa

“…However, detecting fusion genes in a clinical setting is time-consuming and costly. In this study, we examined 31 cases previously diagnosed as AciCC and SC using pathological analyses with detection of fusion genes using ETV6 break-apart fluorescence in-situ hybridization and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. …”
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Epiphytic bryophytes of <em>Quercus</em> forests in Central and North inland Iberian Peninsula by Nagore García Medina, Francisco Lara, Vicente Mazimpaka, Belén Albertos, Irenen Alonso, Joaquín Hortal

“…However, studies with spatially-explicit measurements at different scales are costly and therefore they are relatively scarce despite their importance. …”
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Cross-Scale Hypergraph Neural Networks with Inter–Intra Constraints for Mitosis Detection by Jincheng Li, Danyang Dong, Yihui Zhan, Guanren Zhu, Hengshuo Zhang, Xing Xie, Lingling Yang

“…Nevertheless, existing diagnostic models often suffer from high computational costs and suboptimal detection accuracy. More importantly, when assessing cellular abnormalities, doctors frequently compare target cells with their surrounding cells—an aspect that current models fail to capture due to their lack of intercellular information modeling, leading to the loss of critical medical insights. …”
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Is the Greener Approach Better? Application of Electrochemistry in the Synthesis of Perylenediimides by Patrycja Filipek, Agata Szlapa-Kula, Stanisław Krompiec, Krzysztof Zemlak, Bartłomiej Kula, Karol Erfurt, Michał Filapek

“…However, the synthetic route of obtaining and modifying them is usually very complicated, costly, and time-consuming. Therefore, the conducted research aimed to develop new, greener, electrochemical methods of obtaining unknown perylenediimides (containing 2-ethylhexyl at the nitrogen atom). …”
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Hybrid Coding and Filtering Technique for Optical IM-DD Link With Robustness to Multipath Interference and Bandwidth Limitation by Lin Sun, Gai Zhou, Qirui Fan, Alan Pak Tao Lau, Changjian Guo, Chao Lu

“…Furthermore, bidirectional transmission over a single fiber verifies its performance advantage and demonstrates potentials for reducing implementation costs of end-to-end optical communications.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Transcritical CO₂ Heat Pump Systems With and Without Ejector: Performance, Exergy, and Economic Perspective by Xiang Qin, Shihao Lei, Heyu Liu, Yinghao Zeng, Yajun Liu, Caiyan Pang, Jiaheng Chen

“…Although the addition of the ejector increases initial manufacturing and maintenance costs, the payback periods of the two modes remain nearly the same. …”
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A multi-objective multi-period mathematical programming model for integrated project portfolio optimization and contractor selection by Mostafa Zahedirad, Kaveh Khalili-Damghani, Vahidreza Ghezavati, Alireza Rashidi Komijan

“…Both scenarios consider multiple objectives, such as profit, risk, technical capability, and costs, along with numerous constraints, including relationships, inflation rates, and resources. …”
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Mathematical Models for Disassembly Line Balancing and Pickup - Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem by Zeynel Abidin Çil, Damla Kızılay, Hande Öztop

“…The simultaneous collection and distribution operations aim to save time and reduce transportation costs of vehicles. A mixed-integer nonlinear programming model, a mixed-integer linear programming model and a constraint programming model are presented to solve the integrated problem. …”
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A bibliometric review of smart technologies: IoT and AI for sustainable and efficient desalination by Achraf El Allaoui, Loubna El Ansari, Atae Semmar, Wafaa Dachry, Hassan Gziri, Hicham Medromi

“…Although countries like India, Spain, and Saudi Arabia have led progress, challenges remain, including high costs and limited global cooperation. This study introduces a streamlined model that integrates sensor and analytics systems to key plant performance metrics, such as energy use, uptime, fouling, and brine.…”
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