Enhancing Video Games Policy Based on Least-Squares Continuous Action Policy Iteration: Case Study on StarCraft Brood War and Glest RTS Games and the 8 Queens Board Game by Shahenda Sarhan, Mohamed Abu ElSoud, Hebatullah Rashed

“…The LSCAPI was implemented and tested on three different games: one board game, the 8 Queens, and two real-time strategy (RTS) games, StarCraft Brood War and Glest. …”
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C3DGS: Compressing 3D Gaussian Model for Surface Reconstruction of Large-Scale Scenes Based on Multiview UAV Images by Jiating Qian, Yiming Yan, Fengjiao Gao, Baoyu Ge, Maosheng Wei, Boyi Shangguan, Guangjun He

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Alu-Sc-mediated exonization generated a mitochondrial LKB1 gene variant found only in higher order primates by Ivan Tan, Sonia Chothani, Hong-Hwa Lim, Kong-Peng Lam

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La salle de cinéma comme attraction spectacle : le cas Captain Eo à Disneyland Paris by Jean-Baptiste Massuet

“…This article tries to question the link between the public and a precise movie theater, in Disneyland Paris Marne-La-Vallée, proposing again since june 2010 the attraction Captain Eo, science-fiction 3D movie by Francis Ford Coppola in 1986, starring Michael Jackson. …”
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Rates of Stellar Tidal Disruption Events around Intermediate-mass Black Holes by Janet N. Y. Chang, Lixin Dai, Hugo Pfister, Rudrani Kar Chowdhury, Priyamvada Natarajan

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3D Finite Element Modeling and Modal Analysis of Planetary Gear System with Herringbone Gears by Lulu Qian, Peng Lou, Jin Feng, Jian Luo, Zhongtao Huang

“…In order to find the cause of system resonance， a modal-analyzing 3D finite element model is established to analyze the modal characteristics of herringbone gear transmission system of star gear train. …”
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Effect Analysis of Optical Masking Algorithm for GEO Space Debris Detection by Sijie Kong, Jin Zhou, Wenli Ma

“…A method with high detection rate, low false-alarm rate, and low computational cost is presented for removing stars and noise and detecting space debris with signal-to-noise ratio (SNR>3) in consecutive raw frames. …”
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Analytic Models of Brown Dwarfs and the Substellar Mass Limit by Sayantan Auddy, Shantanu Basu, S. R. Valluri

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Investigation of Weight Loss Methods of Wrestlers Fighting in Different Styles and Categories During the Competition Period by Akan Bayrakdar, Gökmen Kılınçarslan, Mehmet Şerif Ökmen, Mehmet Sarıkaya

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The Natural Science Underlying Big History by Eric J. Chaisson

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On the Formation of Planets in the Milky Way’s Thick Disk by Tim Hallatt, Eve J. Lee

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Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Cross-Sections on Oxygen, Water and Argon using Nuwro Event Generator by Iflah Rasool Shaik, Qudsia Gani, Mir Hameeda

“…Nonetheless, cross-section measurement is the basic ingredient for any higher order neutrino studies. Therefore, in this work we report the cross-section measurements of neutrino interactions with three atmospheric gases viz; Oxygen, Water and Argon. …”
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The Fate of the Interstellar Medium in Early-type Galaxies. V. Active Galactic Nucleus Feedback from Optical Spectral Classification by Oleh Ryzhov, Michał J. Michałowski, J. Nadolny, J. Hjorth, A. Leśniewska, M. Solar, P. Nowaczyk, C. Gall, T. T. Takeuchi

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Construction of Mutually Orthogonal Graph Squares Using Novel Product Techniques by A. El-Mesady, Omar Bazighifan

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Event-Based User Classification in Weibo Media by Liang Guo, Wendong Wang, Shiduan Cheng, Xirong Que

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Dark Galactic Subhalos and the Gaia Snail by Daniel Gilman, Jo Bovy, Neige Frankel, Andrew Benson

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PhotoD with LSST: Stellar Photometric Distances Out to the Edge of the Galaxy by Lovro Palaversa, Željko Ivezić, Neven Caplar, Karlo Mrakovčić, Bob Abel, Oleksandra Razim, Filip Matković, Connor Yablonski, Toni Šarić, Tomislav Jurkić, Sandro Campos, Melissa DeLucchi, Derek Jones, Konstantin Malanchev, Alex I. Malz, Sean McGuire, Mario Jurić

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Autogenous Electron Acceleration by Ion Flow Vortex in Space Plasmas by C. M. Liu, J. B. Cao, Y. Y. Liu, E. A. Kronberg, X. N. Xing, B. N. Zhao, P. W. Daly

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L’espace, le corps et les aliens dans la science-fiction féminine japonaise by Mari Kotani

“…This paper will focus on three themes in particular in a number of works in order to examine the history of Japanese women's sf: A) The Utopia of Women: Suzuki Izumi (The World of Women and Women), Hikawa Reiko (Women Warriors Efera and Jiriora), Matsuo Yumi (The Murders of Balloontown), and Arai Motoko (Tigris and Euphrates); B) The Transformation of Women into Monsters: Hagio Moto (Star Red), Yamao Yuko (The City Where Dreams Live), Ohara Mariko (« Hybrid Child »), Shinoda Setsuko (Gosainthan), and Shono Yoriko (The Development of my Mother); C) The Alteration of Maculinity: Kurimoto Kaoru (The Guin Saga), Sato Aki (The Travels of Balthazar), and Takano Fumio (Vaslaf).…”
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COSMIC’s Large-scale Search for Technosignatures during the VLA Sky Survey: Survey Description and First Results by C. D. Tremblay, J. Sofair, L. Steffes, T. Myburgh, D. Czech, P. B. Demorest, R. A. Donnachie, A. W. Pollak, M. Ruzindana, Siemion A. P. V., S. S. Varghese, S. Z. Sheikh

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