The traditional teaching model of landscape architecture education is teacher-centered classroom lectures, which cannot effectively satisfy students’ curiosity and stimulate their creative thinking and computational thinking skills, resulting i...
This contribution concerns the development of generic methods and tools for robust optimal control of high-pressure liquid chromatographic separation processes. The proposed methodology exploits a deterministic robust formulation, that employs a line...
Case-based learning (CBL) is an educational method widely used in health professional training, emphasizing theoretical knowledge’s practical application. However, traditional CBL has many challenges related to the complexity and accessibility...
As coastal tidal flats—ecosystems of high ecological significance and socio-economic value—face accelerating degradation driven by climate change and intensified anthropogenic disturbances, there is an urgent need for efficient, automated...
Biomaterials can be defined as materials that interact positively with living tissues, restoring compromised functions, or enhancing tissue regeneration. Currently, biomaterial research often relies on a “trial-and-error method”, involvin...
Programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) is an essential immune checkpoint protein that plays a pivotal role in tumor immune evasion and has emerged as an important biomarker for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and immunotherapy monitoring. Aptamers have attra...
In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a patient is exposed to beat-like knocking sounds, often interrupted by periods of silence, which are caused by pulsing currents of the MRI scanner. In order to increase the patient’s comfort, one strategy is to p...
A two-component fully automated flood monitoring system is described and evaluated. This is a result of combining two individual flood services that are currently under development at DLR’s (German Aerospace Center) Center for Satellite based Crisis...
Operational efficiency is one of the key performance indicators of a port’s service level. In the process of making scheduling plans for container terminals, different types of equipment are usually scheduled separately. The interaction between...
Cyberattacks on pipeline operational technology systems pose growing risks to energy infrastructure. This study develops a physics-informed simulation and optimization framework for analyzing cyber–physical threats in petroleum pipeline network...
This article aims to present some of the initial work of developing a social science grounded game theory—as a clear alternative to classical game theory. Two distinct independent initiatives in Sociology are presented: One, a systems approach, socia...
The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) has made software security and reliability a critical concern. With multi-language programs running on edge computing, embedded systems, and sensors, each connected device represents a potential att...
We present a computational investigation on the structural arrangements and energetic stabilities of small-size protonated argon clusters, Ar
This paper designs and implements an energy management system based on the Spring Boot framework. The system mainly includes three layers, which are the data collection layer, the business logic layer, and the display interface layer from bottom to t...
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a prevalent condition globally, leading to significant pain and disability, particularly in individuals over the age of 40. While exercise has been shown to reduce symptoms and improve physical function and quality of lif...
Cysteine–cysteine chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) has been discovered as a co-receptor for cellular entry of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Moreover, the role of CCR5 in a variety of cancers and various inflammatory responses was also discover...
This study investigated the relationship between functional hemispheric asymmetry at various brain levels and the performance of fourth-grade students in English as a second language classroom activities. Specifically, the study explored the impact o...
Plant roots play a significant role in plant growth by exploiting soil resources via the uptake of water and nutrients. Root traits such as fine root diameter, specific root length, specific root area, root angle, and root length density are consider...
One of the most important challenges of Smart City Applications is to adapt the system to interact with non-expert users. Robot imitation frameworks aim to simplify and reduce times of robot programming by allowing users to program directly through a...
The long-term storage of boar sperm presents an ongoing challenge, and the modification of the cryoprotective compounds in semen extenders is crucial for improving cryopreservation’s success rate. The aim of our study was to reduce the percenta...
This study proposes incorporating generative artificial intelligence large language models (LLMs) into the Master of Science (M.Sc.) curriculum on digitization in construction. The aim was to help students generate computer code to solve, automate, a...
This paper presents a Self-Learning Robotic System (SLRS) for healthcare assistance using Deep Imitation Learning (DIL). The proposed SLRS solution can observe and replicate human demonstrations, thereby acquiring complex skills without the need for...
Hyperuricemia (HUA) is a common immunometabolic disorder associated with gout, renal dysfunction, and systemic inflammation, yet the molecular targets through which non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) may modulate HUA-related inflammation remain unclea...
Mountain sickness comprises a spectrum of high-altitude disorders associated with hypobaric hypoxia, including acute mountain sickness (AMS) and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). Although Codonopsis pilosula has been widely used in traditional me...
Chemically identical chlorophyll (Chl) molecules undergo conformational changes when they are embedded in a protein matrix. The conformational changes will modulate their absorption spectra to meet the need for programmed excitation energy transfer o...
Prader–Willi (PWS) and Angelman (AS) syndromes were the first examples in humans with errors in genomic imprinting, usually from de novo 15q11-q13 deletions of different parent origin (paternal in PWS and maternal in AS). Dozens of genes and tr...
The transition toward Industry 4.0 requires the integration of technologically viable hardware–software–intelligence solutions into existing industrial infrastructures to enable smart and autonomous production systems. Thus, Industry 4.0...
Background/Objectives: The increased availability of naloxone underscores the urgent need for scalable, effective training interventions. While current training modalities show promise, critical challenges persist, particularly regarding the developm...
A new active fault tolerant control scheme based on active fault diagnosis is proposed to address the component/actuator faults for systems with state and input constraints. Firstly, the active fault diagnosis is composed of diagnostic observers, con...
Background: the variations in a child’s overall body shape and figure among different countries are attributable to differences in genetics, environmental factors, and the interaction between these elements. This study aims to evaluate the vali...
Seismic loading can significantly affect the safety and serviceability of structures supported by piles, making seismic performance a key consideration in pile foundation design. The coupling between slope effect and dynamic loading can significantly...
The increasing use of digital devices by young learners often results in passive content consumption rather than active skill development. This exploratory study examines whether a peer-like Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent can improve the quality...
Renewable power plants with co-located battery energy storage systems (BESSs) coordinate forecast-deviation control, renewable-surplus management, electricity-price arbitrage, and ancillary-service commitments through the shared power and energy capa...
Correct planning is crucial for efficient production and best quality of products. The planning processes are commonly supported with computer solutions; however manual interactions are commonly needed, as sometimes the problems do not fit the genera...
Research on the interaction between slabs and subsoil involves the field of materials engineering, concrete structures, and geotechnics. In the vast majority of cases, research focuses on only one of these areas, whereas for advanced study and comput...
Rosette-type diffusers are becoming popular nowadays for discharging wastewater effluents. Effluents are known as buoyant jets if they have a lower density than the receiving water, and they are often used for municipal and desalination purposes. The...
Food security is a major challenge in the present world due to erratic weather and climatic changes. Environmental stress negatively affects plant growth and development which leads to reduced crop yields. Technological advancements have caused remar...
This paper specifies the mathematical and physical modelling of the iron sintering process in laboratory conditions. The aim is to get the simplest approach (using thermodynamic software “HSC Chemistry”, version 9, Outokumpu Research Oy,...
The goal of this paper is to show that super-gain optical parametric amplification can be achieved even in a small micro-resonator using high-intensity ultrashort pump waves, provided that the frequencies of the ultrashort pulses are tuned to maximiz...
The increasing significance of theorem proving-based formalization in mathematics and computer science highlights the necessity for formalizing foundational mathematical theories. In this work, we employ the Coq interactive theorem prover to methodic...
Consciousness has been described as acting as a global workspace that integrates perception, imagination, emotion and action programming for adaptive decision making. The mechanisms of this workspace and their relationships to the phenomenology of co...
Protein kinases have key roles in cells as they regulate diverse signal transduction pathways. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling route modulates several processes, such as cell proliferation, cell programming, metabolic changes and st...
The growing frequency of cybersecurity incidents, coupled with the increasing significance of blockchain technology in today’s digital landscape, highlights the urgent need for enriched, hands-on educational programs within Computer Science and...
This study advances a hierarchical bilevel optimization paradigm to rigorously characterize the intertwined processes of strategic bidding and regulatory market participation in electricity systems increasingly dominated by renewable resources. At th...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to support sustainable science teacher education by promoting inquiry, responsible technology use, and digital competence. This study examined the effects of an AI-supported guided inquiry intervention o...
Background/Objectives: The programmed death-1/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) immune checkpoint is a key therapeutic target in cancer immunotherapy, but small-molecule inhibition remains challenging due to its shallow and dynamic interaction i...
In Mediterranean regions, the performance of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum Desf.) yield often varies due to significant genotype × environment interaction (GEI); therefore, yield stability is an important consideration in breeding prog...
In response to the current key issues in the field of smart irrigation for farmland, such as the lack of data sources and insufficient integration, a low degree of automation in drive execution and control, and over-reliance on cloud platforms for an...
After many years of exploitation in the petroleum field, most of the oil fields are in advanced stages of development, with a strong non-homogeneity of the reservoir, more residual oil, and low recovery efficiency. Therefore, research on various meth...
Background/Objectives: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a global health issue with immediate and long-term maternal–fetal complications. Current diagnostic approaches, such as the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), have limitations in ac...
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