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Microbial lipid production from renewable carbon sources, particularly lignocellulosic hydrolysates, is a promising alternative to plant-derived oils and fats for food applications, as it can minimize the land use by utilizing agricultural wastes and...

Intelligent recommender systems are essential for identifying at-risk students and personalizing learning through tailored resources. Accurate prediction of student performance enables these systems to deliver timely interventions and data-driven sup...

A reconfigurable analog beamformer for the use case of multiband Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) multiantenna receiver systems is designed and tested. The beamformer board operates in all existing GNSS frequency bands. In this paper, the tw...

To address issues such as significant scale differences, complex pose variations, strong background interference, and similar category characteristics of pests in the images obtained from field traps, this study proposes a pest recognition method bas...

Predicting the thermo-physiological comfort of technical clothing requires an understanding of how microscopic textile structures influence macroscopic properties such as air, heat, and moisture permeability. This work represents the first step towar...

As the automation and intelligence of low-voltage distribution networks continue to advance, the inter-layer coupling between medium- and low-voltage distribution networks is increasingly strengthened, making traditional fixed-point iteration methods...

Considering the escalating international geopolitical tensions and the ensuing great power maneuvers, China’s oil supply faced unprecedented threats. To safeguard against these risks and harness domestic resources more effectively, addressing t...

Point cloud semantic segmentation is a key technology for applications such as autonomous driving, robotics, and virtual reality. Current approaches are heavily reliant on local relative coordinates and simplistic attention mechanisms to aggregate ne...

The paper deals with the design of forward-inclined blades, where “forward inclination” is intended as the design-dependent amount of forward sweep to be incorporated in non-free-vortex blades to restore quasi-2D flow behaviour within the...

Diabetes self-management education (DSME) programs are evidence-based interventions that improve glycemic control and self-care behaviors, yet their effectiveness may be limited by unaddressed health-related social needs (HRSN) (e.g., food insecurity...

Background/Objectives: Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability in Saudi Arabia and contributes substantially to healthcare utilisation, reduced quality of life, and lost productivity. This guideline provides nationally standardised, ev...

Transfer learning enables the leveraging of knowledge acquired from other piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) to facilitate the positioning control of a target PEA. However, blind knowledge transfer from datasets irrelevant to the target PEA often leads t...

Satellite Clock Bias (SCB) is a major source of error in Precise Point Positioning (PPP). The real-time service products from the International GNSS Service (IGS) are susceptible to network interruptions. Such disruptions can compromise product avail...

Background: Rainfall-induced landslides are a widespread and destructive geological hazard that resist precise prediction. They pose serious threats to human lives and property, ecological stability, and socioeconomic development. Methods: To address...

Micro-combustion for micro-thermophotovoltaic (MTPV) and micro-thermoelectric (MTE) systems is gaining renewed interest as a pathway toward compact power generation with high energy density. This review examines how emerging artificial intelligence (...

This paper presents the potential use of sunflower seed hulls (SSH) as a sustainable filler for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) biocomposites. Ground SSH were incorporated into the PHBV matrix at loadings of 15, 30, and 45 wt% via...

Accurate precipitation forecasting is paramount for water security and disaster mitigation, yet it remains formidable due to atmospheric stochasticity and the inherent class imbalance in rainfall datasets. This study proposes an integrated “arc...

Marine biofouling significantly impacts vessel operational efficiency, with mussel species being particularly problematic due to their rapid settlement on biofilm-covered surfaces. This pilot study presents the first explicit test of whether ultrason...

The oblique water-entry stability of hollow projectiles with different aperture ratios (d/D) and aspect ratios (L/D) is investigated numerically in this study. The effects of aperture and aspect ratios on cavity evolution, hydrodynamic forces, and pr...

This study evaluated the efficiency and potential risks associated with three clinical tools for removing cement-retained implant-supported prostheses: Magnetic Mallet, sliding hammer, and Coronaflex. The tests consisted of: cementation of three-unit...

Background: Eating disorders are increasingly diagnosed in young women, particularly during adolescence. The recently described Anorexic Readiness Syndrome (ARS) is more common than full-blown anorexia. It has been identified in female athletes engag...

Smart environments play a key role in improving user comfort, energy efficiency, and sustainability through intelligent automation. Nevertheless, real-world deployments still face major challenges, including network instability, delayed responsivenes...

This study employed numerical simulations to investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of a flapping wing by solving the governing incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the effect of frequency accel...

Military settlements are an integral part of the military defense system of the Ming Great Wall, and the spatial layout of their constituent elements embodies the wisdom of ancient military geography. However, existing studies have predominantly focu...

Water scarcity continues to challenge arid regions such as Egypt, where growing population demands, climate change impacts, and increasing agricultural pressures intensify the need for sustainable water management. Treated wastewater has emerged as a...

In the article we investigated the effectiveness of a synergistic system designed to reduce the fire hazard of flexible polyurethane (PUR) foams. The examined system consisted of a carbon-based filler graphene (G), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), or expande...

This article discusses the policy of Bussed Education in Türkiye in the context of the fourth Sustainable Development Goal, “quality education”. The contributions made by the policy of Bussed Education, which aims to facilitate the a...

This paper addresses the Multi-Target Reconnaissance (MTR) problem for heterogeneous Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (FW-UAVs), focusing on synchronized and time-optimal mission execution under stringent constraints. A two-stage coordinated assig...

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms offer an efficient solution for data collection from widely distributed ground users (GUs). However, incomplete environment information and frequent changes make it challenging for standard centralized planning or...

Anxiety, depression, and social impairment exhibit high clinical comorbidity, yet their underlying shared neural circuitry remains poorly defined. Using a mouse model of chronic social isolation combined with circuit tracing and chemogenetic tools, w...

Although previous studies composited response of sea surface temperature (SST) to typhoon sea surface wind (SSW) forcing around typhoon center, how SST responded spatiotemporally along the typhoon track over the ocean remains unclear. Through Empiric...

One highly consequential presentation of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) infection is encephalitis. Here we considered anti-inflammatory interventions to limit the effects of this using a BALB/c subcutaneously challenged mouse model of di...

Phase consistency is a critical prerequisite for achieving high-precision time-series InSAR deformation retrieval. However, conventional SBAS-InSAR methods provide only limited consideration of phase consistency during the inversion process. Within t...

An intrusion into the operational network (OT) of a production site can cause serious damage by affecting productivity, reliability, and quality. The presence of embedded neural networks (NNs), such as classifiers, in physical devices opens the door...

Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease (ABCD) is known to increase the risk of aggressive prostate cancer (PCa), recurrent disease after treatment for localized PCa, and PCa mortality. A key mechanistic link contributing to this enhanced risk is chronic inf...

Utilizing coordinated UAV formations for emergency disaster relief is a key future trend, but traditional evaluation methods have three major drawbacks: high computational complexity, heavy reliance on expert experience, and poor generalization in mu...

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...

Background and Objectives: The association between different anesthesia modalities and spermiogram parameters and reproductive outcomes in patients undergoing microscopic subinguinal varicocelectomy (MSV) remains unclear. In this retrospective cohort...

This study investigates the barriers in adopting the Circular Economy (CE) in Saudi Banking under Vision 2030 and using the Resource-Based View and stakeholder theory. This study examined how customer engagement, process innovation, and dynamic capab...

A novel multi-wavelength differential absorption lidar operating at 1.5 μm band is proposed and theoretically analyzed for simultaneous remote sensing of vertical profiles of H216O, HD16O, and the isotopic ratio δD. The spectral band is comp...

Cervical cancer remains a significant global health burden, with chemoradioresistance representing a major obstacle to successful treatment. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying this resistance, we established a unique pair of isogenic primary cerv...

This study analyzed the impact of human drivers’ Keep Right Rule noncompliance on sustainable freeway operations in mixed traffic. Using the microscopic traffic simulation tool, a total of 36 scenarios were examined based on variations in drivi...

Electricity demand forecasting plays a crucial role in energy planning and power system operation. However, it is affected by numerous factors and complex relationships, making accurate prediction challenging. Therefore, from the perspective of sampl...

Let ▵ABC be a triangle in the plane E, K be its symmedian point, and C be its circumcircle. Assume that P is a point on C such that it is not A, B, or C, it does not lie on the medians of ▵ABC, and the lines ℓAP, ℓBP, and T...

The intensification of extreme rainfall events under changing climate regimes has heightened concerns over nutrient losses from paddy agriculture, particularly nitrogen (N), a primary contributor to non-point source pollution. Despite advances in dra...

Procyanidins, a class of substances widely distributed in nature, have attracted the attention of the scientific community due to their bioactive properties, especially with regard to human health. This review is based on an extensive examination of...

This study aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a hybrid measurement system that combines Laser Doppler Vibrometry (LDV) and conventional accelerometers for operational modal analysis (OMA) of civil engineering structures. The proposed approach add...

The contradiction between the threshold values of carbon nanomaterials in cement-based materials for enhancing electrical, magnetic, and mechanical properties appears irreconcilable in previous studies. Reducing the numerical differences of these thr...

Extensive coal mining activities can exert substantial negative impacts on surface ecosystems. Vegetation indices are widely recognized as effective indicators of land ecological conditions and provide valuable insights into long-term ecological chan...

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases originating from hematopoietic stem cell transformation, characterized by the clonal proliferation of hematopoietic progenitors. A specific subset includes myeloid/lymphoid neo...