Magnetic positioning is a promising technique for vehicles in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied scenarios. In general, a fixed-length magnetic sequence is required to provide an initial positioning result, which means that users need t...
Reliable traffic scenario initialization is essential for autonomous driving simulation, safety evaluation, and scenario completion. Most learning-based initializers rely on high-definition map priors to constrain agent placement and attribute genera...
This study investigates one notable result that the REDD+ (‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, and enhancing forest carbon stocks and conservation’) initiative effected within Indonesia’s forest institutions. It argues that...
The three-dimensional (3D) low-frequency lightning mapping system (LF-LMS) in north China has been updated. The lightning electric field derivative (dE/dt) sensor and continuous acquisition mode has been newly designed to ensure a capability of entir...
One of the most frequently used signaling techniques for initiating, sustaining, and dismissing sessions on the internet is a session initiation protocol (SIP). Currently, SIPs are gaining widespread applications in the human-centered Internet of Thi...
Image reconstruction is an interesting yet challenging optimization problem that has several potential applications. The task is to reconstruct an image using a fixed number of transparent polygons. Traditional gradient-based algorithms cannot be app...
Isocontour mapping is efficient for extracting meaningful information from a biomedical image in a topographic analysis. Isocontour extraction from real world medical images is difficult due to noise and other factors. As such, adaptive selection of...
The traditional PID controller in quadrotor UAVs has poor performance, a large overshoot, and a long adjustment time, which limit its stability and accuracy in practical applications. In order to solve this problem, an improved whale optimization fuz...
Extreme multistability with coexisting infinite orbits has been reported in many continuous memristor-based dynamical circuits and systems, but rarely in discrete dynamical systems. This paper reports the finding of initial values-related coexisting...
Influenced by the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the identification of chaotic systems with intelligent optimization algorithms has received widespread attention in recent years. This paper focuses on the intelligent information identi...
Recent works have focused the analysis of chaotic phenomena in fractional discrete memristor. However, most of the papers have been related to simulated results on the system dynamics rather than on their hardware implementations. This work reports t...
Due to their complexity and nonlinearity, metaheuristic algorithms have become the standard in problem solving for problems that cannot be solved by standard computational solutions. However, the global performance of these algorithms is strongly lin...
Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) are fundamental elements for many emerging technologies, such as autonomous driving and augmented reality. For this paper, to get more information, we developed an improved monocular visual SLAM system by...
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The development and maturation of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in robotics opens the door to the application of a visual inertial odometry (VIO) to the robot navigation system. For a patrol robot with no available Global Positioning S...
Forecasts of the forest ecosystem dynamics are important for environmental protection and forest resource management. Such forecasts can support decisions about where and how to restore damaged forests and plan felling, and in forest conservation. Fo...
Time integration is commonly used to obtain accurate system responses, such as the limit cycle oscillations (LCOs) for an aeroelastic system with freeplay. However, the integrations that start with various initial conditions (I.C.s) are usually studi...
Path planning in complex environments presents a substantial research challenge for mobile robots. This study introduces an enhanced ant colony algorithm based on islands (EACI) for mobile robot path planning. First, the original map’s grid cel...
This paper proposes an iterative learning framework for a class of fractional-order nonlinear multi-agent systems operating under directed iteration-varying switching topologies. To suppress trial-to-trial fluctuations in initial states, a P-type ini...
Metaheuristic optimizers often suffer from premature convergence, diversity loss, and stagnation in complex search landscapes. This study proposes HCQ-SGuA, a plant-growth-inspired framework that strengthens the Sowing phase through structured popula...
As an irreplaceable quantitative interpretation method, prestack seismic inversion enables the effective estimation of subsurface elastic parameters for reservoir prediction. However, for the model-driven prestack seismic inversion, the band-limited...
To address node redundancy and coverage holes in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) deployment, this paper proposes an Improved Northern Goshawk Optimization (INGO) algorithm with multiple enhancements. It integrates a Diverse Chaotic Map Initialization S...
This paper develops a unified qualitative framework for four classes of Liouville–Caputo fractional difference equations arising from different combinations of fractional sums and integer-order differences. Based on the equivalence between init...
The increase in installed PV capacity worldwide and the intermittent nature of solar resources highlight the importance of power prediction for grid integration of this technology. Therefore, there is an urgent need for an effective prediction model,...
Digital cadastral maps with accompanying land-related attributes have become a fundamental dataset for many application fields, e.g., spatial planning and development, protecting state lands, securing of land tenure, facilitating land reforms, agricu...
Chaos theory has applications in several disciplines and is focusing on the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. Chaotic dynamics are the impromptu behavior displayed by some nonlinear dynamical frameworks an...
Handheld LiDAR scanners, which typically consist of a LiDAR sensor, Inertial Measurement Unit, and processor, enable data capture while moving, offering flexibility for various applications, including indoor and outdoor 3D mapping in fields such as a...
Although land forms the basis for marginal livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa, the asset is more strategic for women as they usually hold derived and dependent rights to land in customary tenure areas. Initiatives to secure women’s land tenure i...
Gender disparities in technology are evident, and affirmative actions are necessary to increase female representation. This article is part of an umbrella project that systematically maps related studies and aims to understand the current literature...
The State of Iowa, located in the Midwestern United States, has experienced an increased frequency of large floods in recent decades. After extreme flooding in the summer of 2008, the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) was established for advanced research and...
Over recent decades, the sustainable use of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has offered the promise of reconciling the dilemma between forest conservation and economic development, generating income for local populations. Accordingly, since the 19...
Measles and rubella micro-array patches (MR-MAPs) are a promising innovation to address limitations of the current needle and syringe (N&S) presentation due to their single-dose presentation, ease of use, and improved thermostability. To direct a...
In recent years, precipitation patterns in Korea have shifted to be characterized as short and intense rainfalls. In consideration of shallow landslide initiations primarily governed by heavy rainfalls at short-time scales that diminish drainage effe...
The detection and spatial assessment of buried water pipeline leaks are critical for preventing resource loss and geohazards such as soil erosion and subsidence. This paper presents an initial experimental demonstration of a microwave imaging system...
Reconstructing 3D objects from single-view images has acquired significant interest due to their wide-ranging applications in robotics, autonomous vehicles, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Current methods, including voxel-based and point clou...
This study maps the landscape of initial teacher education (ITE) research in Central Asia and its positioning within global academic discourse between 2004 and 2024. Drawing on a systematic scoping review of 144 publications conducted using the PRISM...
Protein–protein interaction was investigated using a protein nanoprobe capable of photo-initiated cross-linking in combination with high-resolution and tandem mass spectrometry. This emerging experimental approach introduces photo-analogs of amino ac...
The increasing severity of climate change poses profound challenges to global food security, particularly affecting vulnerable populations such as migrants and refugees. This scoping review examines the nexus between climate change, food security, an...
The aim of optimization methods is to identify the best results in the search area. In this research, we focused on a mixture of the interior point method, opposite gradient method, and mean-variance mapping optimization, named IPOG-MVMO, where the s...
Fractional order maps are a hot research topic; many new mathematical models are suitable for developing new applications in different areas of science and engineering. In this paper, a new class of a 2D fractional hyperchaotic map is introduced usin...
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Despite the importance of health vulnerability in disaster risk assessment, most of the existing disaster vulnerability indicators only emphasize economic and social vulnerability. Important underlying health risks such as non-communicable disease ar...
To assess wind resources, a number of simulations should be performed by wind direction, wind speed, and atmospheric stability bins to conduct micro-siting using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This study proposes a method of accelerating CFD con...
Efficient photovoltaic installations require control systems that detect small signal variations over large measurement ranges. High measurement accuracy requires data acquisition systems with high-resolution analogue-to-digital converters; however,...
Metaheuristic algorithms are an important area of research in artificial intelligence. The tumbleweed optimization algorithm (TOA) is the newest metaheuristic optimization algorithm that mimics the growth and reproduction of tumbleweeds. In practice,...
The close conceptual links between symbolic death, rebirth, and pilgrimage are widely known to modern sociologists and anthropologists and can be observed in several modern pilgrimage traditions. This study argues that the same connections can alread...
At present, presurgical functional mapping is the most prevalent clinical application of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Signal dropouts and distortions caused by susceptibility effects in the current standard echo planar imaging (EPI)-...
The global momentum towards hydrogen has led to various initiatives aimed at harnessing hydrogen’s potential. In particular, low-carbon hydrogen is recognized for its crucial role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions across hard-to-abate sector...
The reaction of indigo with two equivalents of the electrophile ethyl bromoacetate with caesium carbonate as a base result in the formation of structurally complex polyheterocyclics, including a fused spiroimidazole and a spiro[1,3]oxazino derivative...
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 12, states that young people should be able to participate in issues that affect them. In this study, the indigenous Orang Rimba community examines the natural resources of their area through mapp...
Launched in 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was originally devised to link East Asia and Europe through a network of physical and digital infrastructure. This article analyses the BRI’s development in the European context by...
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