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27 December 2011

This paper presents a new design of open parallel microchannels embedded within a permeable continuous moving surface due to reduction of exergy losses in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow at a prescribed surface temperature (PST). The entropy generatio...

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  • Open Access
46 Citations
4,987 Views
18 Pages

7 July 2020

Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) provides a new and direct way of monitoring photosynthetic activity. However, current SIF products are limited by low spatial resolution or sparse sampling. In this paper, we present a data-driven method o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances on Quantitative Remote Sensing of Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,414 Views
8 Pages

14 September 2018

We have demonstrated sum-frequency generation of a compact continuous-wave orange laser in a step-chirped magnesium oxide doped periodically poled lithium niobate in single-pass mode. A 974 nm laser diode was mixed with a C-band amplified spontaneous...

(This article belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,035 Views
16 Pages

25 April 2024

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are a vital tool in many different areas, such as drug delivery, catalysis, anion exchange (materials), polymer processing, etc. Conventionally, LDHs are synthesized in a batch process that consists of particle genera...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomolecular Crystals)
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  • Open Access
703 Views
27 Pages

20 July 2026

Digital museums have become an important means of expanding public access to cultural heritage, yet many immersive exhibitions still struggle to convert initial engagement into continuance intention. This study examines how immersive digital museum e...

(This article belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,848 Views
17 Pages

29 November 2022

Due to the need to include renewable energy resources in electrical grids as well as the development and high implementation of PV generation and DC grids worldwide, it is necessary to propose effective optimization methodologies that guarantee that...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization and Control in Energy Management: Mathematical Modeling and Simulation)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,470 Views
18 Pages

This article presents the applications of continuous symmetry groups to the computational fluid dynamics simulation of gas flow in porous media. The family of equations for one-phase flow in porous media, such as equations of gas flow with the Klinke...

(This article belongs to the Section Computational Engineering)
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  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,394 Views
31 Pages

12 June 2020

The main objective of this paper is to construct the various shapes and font designing of curves and to describe the curvature by using parametric and geometric continuity constraints of generalized hybrid trigonometric Bézier (GHT-Bézi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Geometric Modeling: Theory and Applications)
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  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,117 Views
11 Pages

15 February 2019

In this paper, we define the ( p , q ) -variant of Szász–Kantorovich operators via Dunkl-type generalization generated by an exponential function and study the Korovkin-type results. We also obtain the convergence of our operators...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integral Transforms and Operational Calculus)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,974 Views
30 Pages

18 September 2023

The fast reconstruction of the ship hull nonuniform rational B-spline (NURBS) surface with uniform continuity is essential for calculating hydrostatic elements such as waterplane area and molded volume in real time. Thus, this study proposes a fast r...

(This article belongs to the Topic Ship Dynamics, Stability and Safety)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,489 Views
18 Pages

In this paper, we introduce a general fractional master equation involving regularized general fractional derivatives with Sonin kernels, and we discuss its physical characteristics and mathematical properties. First, we show that this master equatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Mathematical Modelling: Theory, Methods and Applications)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,826 Views
11 Pages

19 October 2021

We define soft ωp-openness as a strong form of soft pre-openness. We prove that the class of soft ωp-open sets is closed under soft union and do not form a soft topology, in general. We prove that soft ωp-open sets which are countable are soft open s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Topology)
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27 July 2026

Indian mythological narratives contain long event chains, recurring characters, moral conflicts, interactions between human and divine agents, and source-specific narrative styles. General-purpose large language models can generate fluent text while...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Next-Generation Data Management with Agentic AI and Large Language Models)
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  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,310 Views
16 Pages

29 June 2024

In this study, metal dusting is utilized to initiate a two-stage thermo-catalytic decomposition (TCD) process. Stage 1 starts with metal-catalyzed TCD, and in stage 2 the metal-catalyzed carbon catalyzes additional TCD. TEM is presented of the early-...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Catalysis)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,728 Views
24 Pages

A Global Continuous Multi-Scale Terrain Contour Simplification Method Based on the Level Set

  • Haoyue Qian,
  • Lin Yang,
  • Zejun Zuo,
  • Run Wang,
  • Wenjie Zhen and
  • Shunping Zhou

24 April 2021

Multi-scale spatial representation has been widely used in geographic information and online mapping systems. Terrain contour, which provides a reference for understanding and monitoring the Earth’s surface, is an important data category. For the mul...

(This article belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,188 Views
20 Pages

3D Modelling with C2 Continuous PDE Surface Patches

  • Haibin Fu,
  • Shaojun Bian,
  • Ouwen Li,
  • Jon Macey,
  • Andres Iglesias,
  • Ehtzaz Chaudhry,
  • Lihua You and
  • Jian Jun Zhang

20 January 2022

In this paper, we present a new modelling method to create 3D models. First, characteristic cross section curves are generated and approximated by generalized elliptic curves. Then, a vector-valued sixth-order partial differential equation is propose...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,098 Views
22 Pages

23 August 2022

In the paper, shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks with impulses and the generalized piecewise constant argument are under discussion. The main modeling novelty is that the impulsive part of the systems is symmetrical to the differential part...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,983 Views
12 Pages

8 July 2024

This study integrated sample partition, incubation, and continuous fluorescence detection on a single microfluidic chip for droplet-based digital Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) of nucleic acids. This integration eliminated the need to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biosensors Based on Microfluidic Devices—2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,739 Views
13 Pages

10 April 2014

From Kemp [1], we have a family of confluent q-Chu- Vandermonde distributions, consisted by three members I, II and III, interpreted as a family of q-steady-state distributions from Markov chains. In this article, we provide the moments of the distri...

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15 Citations
4,546 Views
15 Pages

This paper presents a new method for use in performing continuous scale transformations of linear features using Simulated Annealing-Based Morphing (SABM). This study addresses two key problems in the continuous generalization of linear features by m...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,505 Views
29 Pages

Biased Continuous-Time Random Walks with Mittag-Leffler Jumps

  • Thomas M. Michelitsch,
  • Federico Polito and
  • Alejandro P. Riascos

We construct admissible circulant Laplacian matrix functions as generators for strictly increasing random walks on the integer line. These Laplacian matrix functions refer to a certain class of Bernstein functions. The approach has connections with b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Behavior in Nature 2019)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
331 Views
32 Pages

8 September 2026

We construct upward skip-free continuous-time Markov chains from finite-band recurrences associated with d-orthogonal polynomial systems. In the alternating-sign chamber, the recurrence yields an order-d generalized birth–death generator with o...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,334 Views
12 Pages

High-Frequency Radar Cross Section of Ocean Surface for an FMICW Source

  • Hangyu Zhao,
  • Yeping Lai,
  • Yuhao Wang and
  • Hao Zhou

The frequency-modulated interrupted continuous waveform (FMICW) has been widely used in remotely sensing sea surface states by high-frequency ground wave radar (HFGWR). However, the radar cross section model of the sea surface for this waveform has n...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,060 Views
13 Pages

We study the problem of morphing two polygons of building footprints at two different scales. This problem frequently occurs during the continuous zooming of interactive maps. The ground plan of a building footprint on a map has orthogonal characteri...

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29 Citations
3,355 Views
18 Pages

Optimal Integration of Photovoltaic Sources in Distribution Networks for Daily Energy Losses Minimization Using the Vortex Search Algorithm

  • Alejandra Paz-Rodríguez,
  • Juan Felipe Castro-Ordoñez,
  • Oscar Danilo Montoya and
  • Diego Armando Giral-Ramírez

13 May 2021

This paper deals with the optimal siting and sizing problem of photovoltaic (PV) generators in electrical distribution networks considering daily load and generation profiles. It proposes the discrete-continuous version of the vortex search algorithm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Intelligent System for Control and Complex Optimization Problems)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,480 Views
20 Pages

24 January 2025

In the modern manufacturing environment, the ability to collect and refine data in real time to deliver high-quality data is increasingly important in maintaining a competitive advantage and operational efficiency. This paper proposes a conceptual ar...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,248 Views
14 Pages

Establishing Neuron-Specific Enolase Reference Intervals: A Comparative Analysis of Partitioned Approach- and Gender-Based Continuous Age- and Season-Related Models

  • Haibin Zhao,
  • Dong Zhu,
  • Miaomiao Zhang,
  • Tengjiao Wang,
  • Ning Han,
  • Tinglei Ge,
  • Xiaoming Ma,
  • Anxin Wu,
  • Runqing Li and
  • Xiuying Zhao

5 October 2024

Background/Objectives: Static reference intervals (RIs) fail to capture the dynamic changes in bioanalytes. This study aimed to develop gender-based continuous age- and season-related RIs for neuron-specific enolase (NSE) using real-world data and to...

(This article belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,827 Views
27 Pages

Evaluation of Conditioning Factors of Slope Instability and Continuous Change Maps in the Generation of Landslide Inventory Maps Using Machine Learning (ML) Algorithms

  • Rocío N. Ramos-Bernal,
  • René Vázquez-Jiménez,
  • Claudia A. Cantú-Ramírez,
  • Antonio Alarcón-Paredes,
  • Gustavo A. Alonso-Silverio,
  • Adrián G. Bruzón,
  • Fátima Arrogante-Funes,
  • Fidel Martín-González,
  • Carlos J. Novillo and
  • Patricia Arrogante-Funes

10 November 2021

Landslides are recognized as high-impact natural hazards in different regions around the world; therefore, they are extensively researched by experts. Landslide inventories are essential to identify areas that are likely to be affected in the future,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing for Landslide Monitoring, Mapping and Modeling)
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  • Open Access
2,231 Views
15 Pages

Background: Conventional reference intervals (RIs) are typically expressed as fixed limits and may not adequately reflect continuous biological variation across age and sex. Next-generation reference intervals (NGRIs) allow dynamic modeling of labora...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancing Blood-Based Diagnostics: Innovations, Challenges and Clinical Impact)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,419 Views
17 Pages

17 September 2020

In this paper, two types of set-valued symmetric generalized strong vector quasi-equilibrium problems with variable ordering structures are discussed. By using the concept of cosmically upper continuity rather than the one of upper semicontinuity for...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fixed Point, Optimization, and Applications)
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  • Open Access
3,436 Views
8 Pages

5 September 2019

This paper aims to introduce a mathematical-philosophical type of question from the fascinating world of generalized circle numbers to the widest possible readership. We start with recalling well-known (in part from school) properties of the polygona...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,434 Views
20 Pages

The Optimization, Kinetics Model, and Lab-Scale Assessments of Phenol Biodegradation Using Batch and Continuous Culture Systems

  • Reem A. Elnahas,
  • Mohab H. Elsabrouty,
  • Sara Shebl,
  • Nourhan N. Hussien,
  • Bassma H. Elwakil,
  • Mohamed Zakaria,
  • Yehia M. Youssef,
  • Essam El Din A. Moussad and
  • Zakia A. Olama

15 August 2023

Phenol was considered a severe hazard to all ecosystems even at low concentrations. The bioremediation process is an eco-friendly process for complete phenol degradation and bioelectricity generation. In the present study, a consortium of native isol...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Energy and Sustainable Development)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,891 Views
15 Pages

18 March 2025

In the field of talking face generation, two-stage audio-based generation methods have attracted significant research interest. However, these methods still face challenges in achieving lip–audio synchronization during face generation, as well...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Convolutional Neural Network Technology for 3D Imaging and Sensing)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,867 Views
14 Pages

26 July 2024

In order to resolve the issues of low efficiency and poor precision in the traditional finishing process of hardened internal gears, a method is proposed for calculating the profile curves of a drum-shaped grinding tool suitable for mass finishing of...

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  • Open Access
2,508 Views
11 Pages

Efficient Continuous-Wave Eye-Safe Nd:GdVO4/KGW Raman Laser and Sum Frequency Generation for Deep-Red Emission

  • Hsin-Jia Huang,
  • Yu-Han Fang,
  • Di Li,
  • Chun-Ling Chen,
  • Hsing-Chih Liang and
  • Yung-Fu Chen

28 July 2023

A concise, efficient continuous-wave eye-safe Nd:GdVO4/KGW Raman laser at 1525 nm is here demonstrated. A Nd:GdVO4 crystal was used to produce the fundamental field at 1341 nm and a KGW crystal generated the intracavity Stokes field at 1525 nm via wa...

(This article belongs to the Section Inorganic Crystalline Materials)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,456 Views
35 Pages

23 November 2025

Due to the limitations of general-purpose generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) platforms in meeting the needs of fashion design, AI-based integrated fashion design platforms (AIIFDP) have emerged as a more suitable solution. As the next generat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Generative AI Transformation in Education: Current Issues and Challenges)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,499 Views
10 Pages

Optimal Scheduling of Industrial Task-Continuous Load Management for Smart Power Utilization

  • Jidong Wang,
  • Kaijie Fang,
  • Jiaqiang Dai,
  • Yuhao Yang and
  • Yue Zhou

14 March 2017

In the context of climate change and energy crisis around the world, an increasing amount of attention has been paid to developing clean energy and improving energy efficiency. The penetration of distributed generation (DG) is increasing rapidly on t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Integrated Energy Systems Design, Control and Optimization)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
10,257 Views
20 Pages

4 June 2022

This paper aims to introduce thermal energy storage technology into a solar-powered dual-packed bed desalination system. By prehesdating and reserving seawater during the daytime and utilizing it at night, the integrated desalination system with inno...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
275 Views
21 Pages

AMAF-FCL: Adaptive Multi-Factor Accurate Forgetting for Heterogeneous Federated Continual Learning

  • Weimeng Wang,
  • Guoping Fu,
  • Weiqiao Zhu,
  • Ge Meng,
  • Li Fan,
  • Bocheng Ju,
  • Chenghao Yu and
  • Xiaolin Chang

18 August 2026

Federated continual learning (FCL) must preserve useful historical knowledge while learning from evolving and statistically heterogeneous client streams. However, indiscriminate replay can retain client-specific bias, noise, or task conflicts and the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trustworthy AI: Security, Safety and Privacy)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,495 Views
15 Pages

This research aims to develop generalized fractional integral inequalities by utilizing multiple Erdélyi–Kober (E–K) fractional integral operators. Using a set of j, with (j∈N) positively continuous and decaying functions in t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Integral Inequalities and Applications, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
657 Views
17 Pages

Background/Objectives: Previous research has shown that mental disorders are common in the general population in Latvia, while access to specialised psychiatric services is limited, particularly in rural areas. General practitioners, therefore, have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,174 Views
18 Pages

14 December 2023

In this paper, we first propose the concept of a family of quasi-G-metric spaces corresponding to the tripled fuzzy metric spaces (or G-fuzzy metric spaces). Using their properties, we give the characterization of tripled fuzzy metrics. Second, we in...

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  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,832 Views
13 Pages

22 July 2020

In the manufacturing industry, grinding is used as a major process for machining difficult-to-cut materials. Grinding is the most complicated and precise machining process. For grinding machines, continuous generating gear grinding machines are widel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors in Experimental Mechanics)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,031 Views
15 Pages

A New Continuous-Discrete Fuzzy Model and Its Application in Finance

  • Hoang Viet Long,
  • Haifa Bin Jebreen and
  • Y. Chalco-Cano

16 October 2020

In this paper, we propose a fuzzy differential-difference equation for modeling of mixed continuous-discrete phenomena. In the special case, we present the general solution of linear fuzzy differential-difference equations. The dynamical process in t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Logic and Their Applications 2020)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,004 Views
13 Pages

Continuity of care is fundamental to the efficacy of primary healthcare, fostering trust, enhancing patient satisfaction, and improving health outcomes. However, the implementation of Ministerial Decree 77/2022, which advocates for team-based care in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Health Inequalities in Primary Care)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,805 Views
29 Pages

Open-Vocabulary Predictive World Models from Sensor Observations

  • Robin Karlsson,
  • Ruslan Asfandiyarov,
  • Alexander Carballo,
  • Keisuke Fujii,
  • Kento Ohtani and
  • Kazuya Takeda

21 July 2024

Cognitive scientists believe that adaptable intelligent agents like humans perform spatial reasoning tasks by learned causal mental simulation. The problem of learning these simulations is called predictive world modeling. We present the first framew...

(This article belongs to the Collection Robotics and 3D Computer Vision)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,098 Views
12 Pages

20 September 2022

Experimental and computer investigations were conducted into long-duration impulse current distribution in the lightning protection system, supplying network, and electrical installation of a test house that was equipped with household appliances. Lo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,574 Views
22 Pages

Component-Level Modeling of More Electric Auxiliary Power Units for Cooperative Control

  • Jiaming Zhang,
  • Jun Fang,
  • Tianhong Zhang,
  • Lingwei Li and
  • Xinglong Zhang

7 December 2022

Today, the more electric aircraft (MEA) concept is gaining tremendous popularity. As a key component of the MEA, a more electric auxiliary power unit (MEAPU) integrated model with high accuracy and real-time performance is essential when conducting c...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)

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