2026 January - 76 articles
Neural network quantization has become established as a key strategy for transitioning medical imaging models from research environments to clinical devices and resource-constrained edge platforms; however, the available evidence remains fragmented a...
To address the limitations of traditional aircraft skin inspection, the aviation industry and academia have increasingly been exploring the integration of computer vision technologies into the defect detection process. These implementations of comput...
Drone-view mixed reality (MR) in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector faces significant self-localization challenges in low-texture environments, such as bare concrete sites. This study proposes an adaptive sensor fusion frame...
Space-based gravitational wave detection relies on laser interferometry to measure picometer-level displacements over
This work presents a time-domain analog-to-digital conversion method in which the amplitude of a sensor signal is encoded through its crossing instants with a periodic ramp. The proposed architecture departs from conventional ADC and PWM demodulation...
Excessive use of short-form video platforms such as TikTok has raised growing concerns about digital addiction and its impact on young users’ emotional well-being. This study examines the relationship between continuous TikTok exposure and emot...
Epileptic seizures arise from abnormally synchronized neural activity and remain a major global health challenge, affecting more than 50 million people worldwide. Despite advances in pharmacological interventions, a significant proportion of patients...
This paper presents Aerokinesis, an IoT-based software–hardware system for intuitive gesture-driven control of quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), developed within the Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2) framework. The proposed system addre...
Missile-borne active phased array antennas have been widely used in missile guidance for their beam agility, multifunctionality, and strong anti-interference capabilities. However, due to space constraints on the platform and difficulty in heat dissi...
In order to solve the dynamic analysis and interactive imaging control problems in the deformation process of bionic soft lenses, dielectric elastomer (DE) actuators are separated from a convex lens, and data-driven eye-controlled motion technology i...
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Breast cancer remains a leading cause of mortality among women worldwide, motivating the development of transparent and reproducible risk models for clinical decision making. Using the open-access SEER Breast Cancer dataset (November 2017 release), w...
The optimization of grinding is a multi-objective problem characterized by high dimensionality, non-linearity, and complexity. Solving this multi-objective optimization (MOO) problem is one of the most challenging tasks in the field of mechanical eng...
Hydraulic manipulators are vital for heavy-duty applications such as rescue robotics due to their high power density, yet these scenarios increasingly demand safe and compliant physical interaction. Impedance control is a key enabling technology for...
The transition to renewable energy is generating numerous changes across different continents, some with greater impact than others, but the progress achieved is recognized and widely accepted. In particular, there are various solutions that include...
The stock market serves as an important channel for investors to preserve and increase their assets and has attracted significant attention. However, stock price is affected by multiple factors and represents complex characteristics such as high vola...
Cell morphology and its mechanical properties are crucial factors in cancer development, affecting migration, invasiveness, and the potential risk of metastasis. However, most studies address these aspects separately, limiting the understanding of ho...
A compact quad-band multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna for terahertz communications is presented in this work. The proposed antenna consists of a truncated square patch with inverted-U-shaped and C-shaped slots. The operating frequencies o...
The reconstruction of high-fidelity radio maps is pivotal for wireless network planning but remains challenging due to the tension between physical accuracy and computational efficiency. We propose HiFiRadio, a novel framework that achieves a breakth...
In third-generation centralized heating systems, qualitative regulation of the heat transfer medium parameters is mainly performed at heat sources, while quantitative regulation is implemented at central and individual heating points, with buildings...
Traditional methods of asset management in electric power systems rely upon fixed schedules and reactive measurements, leading to challenges in the transparent prioritization of maintenance under evolving operating conditions and incomplete data. In...
This study analyzes the performance of artificial intelligence in processes known as “cognitive” (according to scientific literature) in comparison with the performance of human cognitive processes, analyzing experimental and/or empirical...
This study re-evaluates ROC-AUC for binary classification under severe class imbalance (<3% positives). Despite its widespread use, ROC-AUC can mask operationally salient differences among classifiers when the costs of false positives and false ne...
This study investigates radio frequency (RF) wave propagation in sandstone and limestone cave environments, emphasizing the use of LiDAR-derived three-dimensional (3D) models to characterize cave geometry and support waveguide-based propagation analy...
Health and safety concerns at construction sites have become increasingly significant, especially with the rapid technological development and the opportunities it brings. Since fall-from-height incidents are the most frequent construction accidents...
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems operating in the 860–960 MHz frequency range are widely used in applications such as supply chain management, retail, access control, healthcare, and transportation. This study presents the design,...
Individual animal identification is a cornerstone of animal welfare practices and is of crucial importance for food safety and the protection of humans from zoonotic diseases. It is also a key prerequisite for enabling automated processes in modern d...
Grounding Systems (GS) play a critical role in electrical safety, lightning protection, and the reliable operation of power and renewable energy infrastructures, particularly in high-resistivity soils. In this context, Ground Enhancement Materials (G...
Current approaches to dynamic sign language recognition commonly rely on dense landmark representations, which impose high computational cost and hinder real-time deployment on resource-constrained devices. To address this limitation, this work propo...
Introduction: Motorized components on power wheelchairs (PWC) enable repositioning to pre-programmed positions (e.g., tilt, leg support, verticalization) to prevent prolonged static positions. Smart technologies can track positioning information and...
This paper presents a digital twin-based lifecycle framework aimed at improving the safety and security of instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for nuclear power plants and small modular reactors. The approach formalizes DT components, funct...
The increasing complexity of integrating modern convolutional neural networks into software systems imposes significant computational demands on machine learning infrastructures. Existing MLOps systems lack mechanisms for dynamic model selection base...
Fault-tolerant control in safety-critical industrial systems demands adaptive responses to equipment degradation, parameter drift, and sensor failures while maintaining strict operational constraints. Traditional model-based controllers struggle unde...
Arsenic contamination demands innovative, sustainable remediation. This study presents a fuzzy approach for synthesizing a magnetic biochar nanocomposite from pecan shell agricultural waste for efficient arsenic removal. Using a Multi-Input Fuzzy Rul...
Digital twins (DTs) have seen widespread application across industries, enabling deep integration of cyber–physical systems. However, previous research has largely focused on domain-specific DTs and lacks a universal, cross-industry modeling fr...
Thermal contact resistance (TCR) plays a pivotal role in heat transfer across diverse engineering applications. The present work systematically investigates TCR for two representative contact configurations, namely flat and hinge-type curved surfaces...
Various recurring medical events encourage innovative patient well-being through connected health strategies based on an elegant digital environment that prioritizes safety, comfort, and beneficial outcomes for both patients and medical staff. This n...
Oral cancer (OC) remains a major global health concern with survival often limited by late diagnosis. Early and accurate detection is essential to improve patient outcomes and guide treatment decisions. In this study we propose a computer aided diagn...
Growing cooling demand and environmental concerns motivate research into alternative technologies capable of converting low-grade heat into useful cooling. This study proposes a regression-assisted multi-objective optimisation framework using the Ant...
Accurate interpretation of multimodal wearable data remains challenging in occupational environments due to heterogeneous sensing modalities, motion artifacts, and dynamic work conditions. This study proposes and validates an adaptive multimodal clus...
The efforts to achieve early detection of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are becoming increasingly important due to the high prevalence that continues to persist globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) and other official institutions agree tha...
Stress is a pervasive global health concern that adversely contributes to morbidity and reduced productivity, yet it often remains unquantified due to its subjective and variant presentation. Although artificial intelligence offers an encouraging pat...
Due to changing weather conditions, productivity needs to be enhanced and resources must be used more efficiently in agriculture. Precision agriculture relies on systems that can gather real-time environmental data to address these issues. However, t...
Vision Transformer (ViT) models are well known for effectively capturing global contextual information through self-attention. In contrast, ConvNeXt’s hierarchical convolutional inductive bias enables the extraction of robust multi-scale featur...
This study reports the thermodynamic performance of a patented compact vertical evaporator–absorber unit for LiBr–H2O absorption cooling, extending Part I by translating validated prototype data into a rigorous control-volume assessment o...
The increase in the number of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for liquid transport tasks, such as agricultural spraying, results in significant stability challenges. The free movement of the liquid, known as sloshing, generates unpredictable forces t...
The regulation of output voltage in power converters often demands nonlinear control techniques; however, their implementation is challenging when deployed on low-cost hardware with limited computational resources. To address this difficulty, the mod...
This systematic review focused on the validity of markerless motion capture (MMC) systems used for human movement assessment during tasks that involve physical interaction with objects. Five electronic databases were searched until May 2025. Eligible...
The development of cardiovascular tissue engineering is a promising area of study in regenerative medicine, offering innovative solutions for restoring damaged cardiac structures. However, traditional methods face multiple limitations, including the...
This study presents a numerical and experimental analysis of vertical-axis Cycloidal rotors (
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