Integrated Framework for Manufacturing, Design, and Monitoring of Composite-Bonded Joints: An Overview of the Results of the IDEA Project (MOST) by Marino Quaresimin, Paolo Andrea Carraro, Federico Lamon, Silvia Giovanna Avataneo, Matteo Basso, Andrea Merulla, Umberto Galietti, Ester D’Accardi, Davide Palumbo, Massimiliano De Agostinis, Mattia Mele, Monica Ferraris, Alessandro Benelli, Koshika Pandey

“…Purely bonded joints are preferred for their lightweight and cost-efficient properties, but contamination and defect detection issues often make them unreliable. …”
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4E performance assessment of innovative tubular solar still enhanced with evacuated tube heater, thin-film hanging wick, and cover cooling by U.F. Alqsair, Abanob Joseph, A.S. Abdullah, Swellam W. Sharshir

“…The third configuration has the minimum cost of producing water was 0.0170 $/L alongside 412.79 % enhancement in exergy output (220.43 kWh/year) over the CSS, and five times CO2 emission reduction (5.29 tons).…”
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Control of Nonlinear Systems Using Fuzzy Techniques Based on Incremental State Models of the Variable Type Employing the “Extremum Seeking” Optimizer by Basil Mohammed Al-Hadithi, Gilberth André Loja Acuña

“…To optimize controller performance, the Extremum Seeking Control (ESC) technique is employed for the automatic tuning of LQR gains, minimizing a predefined cost function. The control strategy is formulated within a generalized framework that evolves from conventional discrete fuzzy models to a higher-order incremental-N state-space representation. …”
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Cycloaddition Reaction of Carbon Dioxide to Epoxides Catalyzed by Polymer-Supported Quaternary Phosphonium Salts by Yubing Xiong, Feng Bai, Zipeng Cui, Na Guo, Rongmin Wang

“…It is believed that PS-QPS is of great potential for CO2 fixation applications due to its unusual advantages, such as easy preparation, high activity and selectivity, stability, low cost, and reusability.…”
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Effect of CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 molar ratio on compressive strength, reaction products, and strength prediction model of CaO-activated materials by Gaoyu Liao, Takafumi Noguchi

“…CaO-activated materials (CAM), as one of the low-carbon cementitious materials, exhibit promising potential for replacing OPC, given their relatively lower carbon emissions and cost-effectiveness. However, due to the diverse origins and significant disparities in the chemical and mineral compositions of the raw materials used in CAM, achieving consistent performance akin to OPC proves challenging. …”
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AI AND BANK’S OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT by Dmytro Bezshtanko

“…At the same time, the use of AI leads to an increase in risks, cyber threats, costs, and the possibilities of minimizing risk using AI determine the relevance of this study. …”
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Potential application of α-amylase from germinating cucurbita moschata duchesne seeds in eco-friendly bioethanol production by Saijai Posoongnoen, Theera Thummavongsa, Jatupol Junthip, Jinda Jandaruang, Sutthidech Preecharram

“…This investigation highlights the potential of CmAmy for eco-friendly bioethanol production, offering advantages of simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability.…”
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A probabilistic approach for building disease phenotypes across electronic health records by David Vidmar, Jessica De Freitas, Will Thompson, John M. Pfeifer, Brandon K. Fornwalt, Noah Zimmerman, Riccardo Miotto, Ruijun Chen

“…Compared to output scores from Snorkel OSS, LEVI provides better probabilistic performance (expected calibration error of 0.04 vs. 0.12), ROC AUC estimates (interval score [loss] of 0.03 vs. 0.10), and operating point selection (equal-cost net benefit of 0.18 vs. 0.15). Conclusions For challenging disease states, phenotyping using probabilities rather than binary classification can lead to improved and more personalized downstream decision-making. …”
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A Data-Driven Machine Learning Framework Proposal for Selecting Project Management Research Methodologies by Otniel Didraga, Andrei Albu, Viorel Negrut, Diogen Babuc, Ovidiu Dobrican

“…Leveraging a curated dataset of 156 instances extracted from over 100 peer-reviewed articles, each example is annotated by one of five application domains (cost estimation, performance analysis, risk assessment, prediction, comparison) and one of seven methodology classes (e.g., regression analysis, time-series analysis, case study). …”
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Evaluating Eye Tracking Technology in Nursing Education: A Scoping Review on Medication Administration Training by Jiranut Chaichana, Rob Eley, Chris Watling, Linda Ng

“…Despite challenges such as the need for technical expertise, privacy concerns, and cost, eye tracking offers real-time feedback that enhances both teaching and learning effectiveness. …”
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Analysis of a dynamically adjustable multi-level soft fruit catching system design for mechanical harvesting by Kaiming Fu, Yuankai Zhu, Ethan H. Frehner, Kyle T. Rizzo, Stavros G. Vougioukas, Brian N. Bailey

“…The ultimate goal of this work was to use the tool to assess whether a dynamically adjustable harvester design, guided by real-time computer vision, may be worthwhile in terms of the relative increase in harvester efficiency relative to the increased difficulty and cost to design and manufacture such a harvester. …”
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Progress and Key Technology Prospects in the Renovation and Upgrading of Old Wind Farms by Yang XU, Anmin CAI, Liying ZHANG, Rong JIA

“…The advanced experience of successfully renovated old wind farms includes actively communicating with regulatory authorities, fully benefiting from policy dividends, fully utilizing old wind farm equipment, effectively reducing construction costs, developing technical solutions tailored to local conditions, and achieving cost reduction. …”
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Heating and current drive in STEP: why neutral beam injection is not desirable by Thomas Wilson, Mark Henderson, Hana El-Haroun, Anurag Saigiridhari, Emmi Tholerus

“…However, once considered in an integrated design, the poor wall-plug efficiency, large size and consequent high cost make NBI undesirable in STEP compared to microwave based HCD.…”
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Socio-demographic characteristics associated with SF-6D v2 utility scores in patients undergoing dialysis in China: contributions of the quantile regression by Ye Zhang, Li Yang, Zeyuan Chen

“…Abstract Background Generic preference-based instruments, such as the Short Form 6-Dimensions (SF-6D) and EuroQol 5-Dimensions (EQ-5D), can generate utility scores that facilitate the estimation of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) which is commonly used in cost-utility analysis. This study investigated the associations between utility scores and potential socio-demographic factors in Chinese patients with dialysis using quantile regression. …”
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Sustainable production of bacterial nanocellulose from date fruit waste using Bacillus haynesii for waste valorisation and crystal violet dye removal by Rabab R. Makharita, Noura El-Ahmady El-Naggar, Afra Mohammed Baghdadi, Ragaa A. Hamouda

“…A Box-Behnken experimental design was employed to optimize cost-effective technique for BNC production. Key factors like temperature, date waste extract percentage, and initial pH level influencing bacterial cellulose production by Bacillus haynesii were optimized. …”
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Enhancing Diffusion-Based Music Generation Performance with LoRA by Seonpyo Kim, Geonhui Kim, Shoki Yagishita, Daewoon Han, Jeonghyeon Im, Yunsick Sung

“…By updating only selected attention and projection layers, the proposed method enables efficient adaptation to musical genres with limited data and computational cost. The proposed method enhances controllability over key musical parameters such as rhythm, emotion, and timbre. …”
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Numerical study on retrofitting opposed firing boilers with a slag-tap combustion chamber by Qinglong Wu, Fan Fang, Jingyu Guan, Lingkun Zhu, Yang Chen, Lei Deng

“…This study proposes a cost-effective retrofit design integrating a slag-tap combustion chamber with modular airflow control, preserving the original slag discharge mechanisms of a 350 MW supercritical opposed firing boiler. …”
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Optimization of the Recycling Process for Aligned Short Carbon Fiber TuFF Composites by Uday Kiran Balaga, Aydin Gunes, Tekin Ozdemir, Chris Blackwell, Mark Davis, Steven Sauerbrunn, Lukas Fuessel, Joseph M. Deitzel, Dirk Heider

“…This allows light weighting with recycled carbon fibers due to their superior mechanical properties while reducing the high embodied energy and cost of virgin carbon fiber composites. This study optimizes a pyrolysis cycle for fiber recovery of an aerospace-grade thermoset prepreg and a cleaning (oxidation) step to minimize fiber degradation and left-over resin residue, enabling dispersion and alignment of the recycled, discontinuous fibers in the Tailorable Universal Feedstock for Forming alignment process. …”
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Propensity score matched analysis of nationwide outcomes for intracranial bypass and stenting for treatment of intracranial atherosclerotic disease by Michael G. Brandel, Spencer J. Rosero, Karol P. Budohoski, Craig J. Kilburg, Ramesh Grandhi, Alexander A. Khalessi, William T. Couldwell, Robert C. Rennert

“…By retrospectively analyzing National Inpatient Sample database data (2012–2019), we compared costs, complications, length of stay (LOS), and discharge disposition of patients who underwent elective intracranial stenting or bypass for ICAD. …”
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Correction of the Contribution of Scattered Photon Radiation to the Ionization Chamber Readings During X-Ray Radiation Quality Assessment by A. A. Zaharadniuk, K. G. Senkovsky, R. V. Lukashevich

“…Another goal was to reduce the computational cost of determining this contribution.One of the major contributors to the systematic error in measuring the half-value layer is the radiation scattered on the filter material. …”
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