A first-order optical system with arbitrary multiple masks placed at arbitrary positions is the basic scheme of various optical systems. Generally, masks in optical systems have a non-shift invariant (SI) effect; thus, the individual effect of each m...
Underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) has recently gained great research interest due to its capability of transmitting data underwater with high data rate and low latency. However, oceanic turbulence seriously degrades the optical signal...
In this paper, we use two methods to research the propagation characteristics of a Hypergeometric-Gaussian (HyGG) vortex beam under oceanic turbulence. One is numerical calculation based on the Rytov approximation theory, where the theoretical detect...
(1) Background: A simulation approach for prostate cancer (PrCa) with a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test incorporating genetic information provides a new avenue for the development of personalized screening for PrCa. Going by the evidence-based p...
Background/Objectives: This study developed and evaluated a BERT-assisted literature screening workflow to support meta-analyses of postradiotherapy complications in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. The aim was to automate key screening steps to im...
We review combinatorial quantum gravity, an approach that combines Einstein’s idea of dynamical geometry with Wheeler’s “it from bit” hypothesis in a model of dynamical graphs governed by the coarse Ollivier–Ricci curvat...
Seismic vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete (RC) structures is crucial in earthquake-prone regions to mitigate risks to life and property. This study proposes a systematic three-phase framework for enhanced seismic risk assessment: (1) Au...
Protein engineering—the process of developing useful or valuable proteins—has successfully created a wide range of proteins tailored to specific agricultural, industrial, and biomedical applications. Protein engineering may rely on ration...
The examples of phase equilibria in binary systems, solid/liquid (SLE), liquid/liquid (LLE), vapor/liquid (VLE), as well as liquid/liquid equilibria in ternary systems mainly containing ionic liquids (ILs), or the infragrance materials, or pharmaceut...
Reliable battery prognostics for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft require models that preserve phase-dependent electrothermal information while generalizing to cells absent from training. This study reconstructs the public CMU...
28 April 2022
The contribution of children to viral spread in schools is still debated. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies to investigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the school setting. Literature searches on 15 May 2021 yielded a total o...
6 May 2022
Aortic dissection (AD) is a rare and high-risk cardiovascular disease with high mortality. Due to its complex and changeable clinical manifestations, it is easily missed or misdiagnosed. In this paper, we proposed an ensemble learning model based on...
Obesity represents a multifactorial health condition influenced by complex interactions among behavioral, environmental, and physiological factors, yet the relative predictive importance of lifestyle behaviors versus medical history indicators remain...
Water damage to asphalt pavements is a common occurrence that lowers the quality of service they can offer and causes several traffic problems. The loss of adhesion characteristics in the system of the asphalt binder and aggregate is the primary sour...
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This study evaluates the energy and operational carbon performance of phase change material (PCM) integrated into one external wall of a reference office building across 19 Turkish cities representing six TS 825 climate zones. A full-factorial parame...
Recently, we introduced random complex and phase screen methods as powerful tools for numerically investigating the evolution of partially coherent pulses (PCPs) in nonlinear dispersive media. However, these methods are restricted to the Schell model...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between the key factors and the output results, and to determine the feasible prediction method of the elastic modulus of calcium hydroxide in oil well cement. Combining the first-principles ca...
Verticillium wilt of hop (Humulus lupulus L.), caused by the soil-borne pathogen Verticillium nonalfalfae, is a devastating disease with no effective chemical control. In European hop-growing regions, breeding resistant cultivars is the most effectiv...
We studied the application of CT texture analysis in adrenal incidentalomas with baseline characteristics of benignity that are highly suggestive of adenoma to find whether there is a correlation between the extracted features and clinical data. Pati...
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are a novel class of materials that exhibit exceptional mechanical, thermal and corrosion-resistant properties, making them highly promising for various industrial applications. The complex and variable compositions of HEAs...
The adulteration of wheat flour with borax poses a serious food safety risk, yet conventional rapid non-destructive screening methods remain limited. This study developed a machine learning-based microwave non-destructive semi-quantitative detection...
Screening waterlogging-tolerant woody plants is essential for urban greening, and predictive models based on physiological indicators offer an efficient approach for rapid selection. In this study, 27 woody plant species were subjected to 10 and 15 d...
With the continuous digital transformation of the construction industry, differences in the depth and effectiveness of BIM application during the construction phase of building projects have become increasingly evident. To systematically evaluate BIM...
Building electricity load forecasting models are usually selected on an unchanged historical test set, although rankings may shift when temporal organization changes. We evaluated five models across 60 non-residential buildings using seven Fourier-su...
Recently, anoctamin1 (ANO1), a calcium-activated chloride channel, has been considered an important drug target, due to its involvement in various physiological functions, as well as its possibility for treatment of cancer, pain, diarrhea, hypertensi...
The modeling of light propagation in scattering media is an important topic that has attracted considerable attention in recent decades. Coupling microscopic parameters such as particle concentration, particle size, and the refractive index of the me...
In order to study the transmission characteristics of Airy beams in the plasma sheath, the flow field around a hypersonic vehicle was numerically simulated and analyzed based on the Navier–Stokes (N-S) equation and a turbulence model. Then, acc...
The lack of explicit negative labels issue is a prevalent challenge in numerous domains, including CV, NLP, and Recommender Systems (RSs). To address this challenge, many negative sample completion methods are proposed, such as optimizing sample dist...
The integrity of hollow glass microspheres (HGMs) and the association of (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) with solvent-resistant organic-phase retention were examined in model butyl sealant compounds based on isobutylene–isoprene rubber (...
Coal combustion residues are increasingly viewed as alternative sources of rare earth elements (REEs), but their heterogeneous composition and post-depositional alteration complicate resource evaluation. This study analyzes 50 coal ash (CA) samples c...
Background/Objectives: Heart disease (HD) is recently becoming the foremost cause of death worldwide, underlining the importance of early and correct diagnosis to improve patient outcomes. Although Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled machine learning ap...
Queuing is common in urban public places. Automatically monitoring and predicting queuing time can not only help individuals to reduce their wait time and alleviate anxiety but also help managers to allocate resources more efficiently and enhance the...
Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) is an advanced instrument for breast care that is still operator dependent. The aim of this paper is the proposal of an automated system able to discriminate benign and malignant breast lesions based on r...
Background/Objectives: Uncertainty persists about the best methods and timing for providing medical nutrition therapy (MNT) in the acute phase of critical illness. We conducted an overview of systematic reviews to examine and appraise the findings of...
Contrast-Enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) is a novelty instrumentation for diagnosing of breast cancer, but it can still be considered operator dependent. In this paper, we proposed a fully automatic system as a diagnostic support tool for the cl...
In complex energy storage operating scenarios, batteries seldom undergo complete charge–discharge cycles required for periodic capacity calibration. Methods based on accelerated aging experiments can indicate possible aging paths; however, due...
The primary goal of treating carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is preventing or minimizing the development of delayed neuropsychiatric sequelae (DNS). Therefore, screening patients with a high probability for the occurrence of DNS at the earliest is ess...
The target price for naval equipment orders is driven by the coupling of multidimensional technical and economic factors, exhibiting typical characteristics such as high dimensionality, strong nonlinearity, multicollinearity, and small-sample fluctua...
Beta Secretase (BACE1) is a well-validated target for Alzheimer’s therapies, but there has been attrition in drug development. Herein, we leveraged machine learning (ML), virtual screening and molecular dynamics (MD) to identify novel compounds...
Rice sheath blight, a fungal disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani, seriously threatens rice production. Some of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by microbes are inhibitory to the growth of the plant pathogen, and hence may have the pote...
Mammography is the gold standard technology for breast screening, which has been demonstrated through different randomized controlled trials to reduce breast cancer mortality. However, mammography has limitations and potential harms, such as the use...
Directed energy deposition (DED) of low-alloy steels involves strongly coupled effects among alloy composition, solidification behavior, and post-deposition heat treatment, making mechanical property prediction difficult when target-domain data are l...
Sertraline, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), has emerged as a candidate for therapeutic repurposing due to its reported antifungal activity. We systematically reviewed in vitro, in vivo, and clinical evidence up to July 2025 (PubMed,...
Objective: Low-Load Blood Flow Restriction Training (LLBFRT) is an emerging approach in order to increase muscle endurance and muscle volume, as well as decrease pain in the early rehabilitation phase. The purpose of this review was to analyze the pu...
5 December 2020
Previous meta-analyses were conducted during the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, which utilized a smaller pool of data. The current meta-analysis aims to provide additional (and updated) evidence related to the psychological impact among hea...
Objectives: Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors among women worldwide, and accurate assessment of axillary lymph node metastasis (ALNM) is crucial for determining treatment strategies. Compared to conventional ultrasound, contras...
The flower buds of three Panax species (PGF: P. ginseng; PQF: P. quinquefolius; PNF: P. notoginseng) widely consumed as health tea are easily confused in market circulation. We aimed to develop a green, fast, and easy analysis strategy to distinguish...
Background: Malnutrition in adolescents remains a significant public health issue worldwide, with undernutrition and overweight often coexisting. Accurate nutritional screening during adolescence is complicated by variability in biological maturation...
Background/Objectives: While acute cardiac injury during COVID-19 is well-documented, the long-term risk of new-onset heart failure (HF) in survivors remains a critical clinical concern. This study aims to quantify the risk of new-onset heart failure...
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