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Preterm premature rupture of membranes, leading to preterm birth, is associated with neonatal and maternal morbidity and mortality. The study aimed to review the existing data on the best predictive value of pregnancy latency for known biomarkers in...

Background/Objectives: There is a high prevalence of sleep behaviour disorders, as well as sleep disordered breathing (SDB), in individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD). SDB has been systematically reviewed; therefore, this systematic review...

This paper describes in detail the development of a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) model for the acquisition, processing and visualisation of underground utility infrastructure (UUI) in a controlled environment. The initiative was to simulate a subsu...

Background/Objectives: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is widespread and mostly causes asymptomatic infections in immunocompetent hosts, but it may lead to severe and life-threatening diseases in immunocompromised individuals, such as transplant patients and c...

This systematic literature review analyzes machine learning (ML)-based techniques for resource management in fog computing. Utilizing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol, this paper focuses on ML a...

The mental speed approach to individual differences in mental ability (MA) is based on the assumption of higher speed of information processing in individuals with higher than those with lower MA. Empirical support of this assumption has been inconsi...

The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed industries, healthcare, and smart environments, but introduces severe security threats due to resource constraints, weak protocols, and heterogeneous infrastructures. Traditional Intrusion Detection System...

Wake-up receivers are gaining importance in power-aware wireless sensor networks, as they significantly reduce power consumption during RF reception, enabling asynchronous communication with low latency. However, the performance of wake-up receivers...

Wireless- and 5G-enabled industrial automation is expected to include a plethora of different applications with a wide variety of requirements. In this article, evaluations are undertaken for the deployment of 5G in realistic industrial production en...

The ability to shift attention between relevant stimuli is crucial in everyday life and allows us to focus on relevant events. It develops during early childhood and is often impaired in clinical populations, as can be investigated in the fixation sh...

While an SSD (Solid State Drive) has been widely used for storage in many computing systems due to its small average latency, how to provide timing guarantees of a delay-sensitive (real-time) task on a real-time system equipped with an SSD has not be...

All herpes viruses establish lifelong infections (latency) in their host, and herpes simplex viruses (HSVs) are highly prevalent worldwide. Recurrence of HSV infections contributes to significant disease burden in people and on rare occasion can be f...

In the field of communication maintenance, Augmented Reality (AR) applications are critical for enhancing operational safety and efficiency. However, deploying the required multimodal models on resource-constrained terminal devices is challenging, as...

Object detection in high-speed and dynamic environments remains a core challenge in computer vision. Conventional frame-based cameras often suffer from motion blur and high latency, while event cameras capture brightness changes asynchronously with m...

This paper presents a systematic literature review investigating the integration of lightweight blockchain and fog computing technologies to enhance the security and operational efficiency of drones. With a focus on critical applications such as mili...

With the rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and mobile applications and the growing demand for low-latency services, edge computing has emerged as a transformative paradigm that brings computation and storage closer to end users....

(1) Background—Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multifaceted illness characterized by profound and persistent fatigue unrelieved by rest along with a range of other debilitating symptoms. Experiences of unrefreshing an...

The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things ecosystem has created an urgent need for efficient data processing and analysis technologies. This review aims to systematically examine and compare edge computing, cloud computing, and hybrid architectur...

With the rise in cloud computing and virtualisation, secure and efficient VPN solutions are essential for network connectivity. We present a systematic performance comparison of OpenVPN (v2.6.12) and WireGuard (v1.0.20210914) across Azure and VMware...

Data bus inversion (DBI) is an encoding technique that saves power in data movement in which the majority function plays an essential role. For a latency optimization, the majority function can be replaced by a majority approximator that allows for a...

Underwater object detection is critical for marine resource utilization, ecological monitoring, and maritime security, yet it remains constrained by optical degradation, high energy consumption, and vulnerability to adversarial perturbations. To addr...

Accurate and real-time classification of low-latency Internet traffic is critical for applications such as video conferencing, online gaming, financial trading, and autonomous systems, where millisecond-level delays can degrade user experience. Exist...

Background: The optimal number of electrodiagnostic tests required to confirm carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) has not been systematically evaluated. While single comparative latency study (COLS) is commonly used, it remains unclear whether diagnostic ac...

Tactile Internet (TI) is an innovative paradigm for emerging generations of communication systems that support ultra-low latency and highly robust transmission of haptics, actuation, and immersive communication in real time. It is considered a critic...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of distributed systems, security stands as a significant challenge, especially in the face of network node attacks. Such threats introduce profound complexities into the dynamics of security protocols, trust manageme...

Rapid advancements in peer-to-peer (P2P) streaming technologies have significantly impacted digital communication, enabling scalable, decentralized, and real-time content distribution. Despite these advancements, challenges persist, including dynamic...

Detecting signs for an increased level of risk during driving are critical for the effective prevention of road traffic accidents. The current study searched for literature through major databases such as PubMed, EBSCO, IEEE, and ScienceDirect. A tot...

Key-Value stores (KVSs) are the most flexible and simplest model of NoSQL databases, which have become highly popular over the last few years due to their salient features such as availability, portability, reliability, and low operational cost. From...

Advances in quantum computing pose a fundamental threat to classical public-key cryptosystems, including RSA and elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC), which form the foundation for authentication and key exchange in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) pr...

As one of the major pathogens for human herpetic diseases, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) causes herpes labialis, genital herpes and herpetic encephalitis. Our aim here was to investigate the infectious process of HSV1 in rhesus macaques and the...

The Internet of Vehicles (IoV) revolutionizes transportation by enabling real-time communication and data exchange among vehicles (V2V), infrastructure (V2I), and other entities (V2X). These capabilities are crucial for improving road safety and traf...

The rapid advancement of blockchain technology has introduced a new paradigm for constructing trusted digital economic infrastructure. However, its large-scale adoption remains constrained by dual challenges: on-chain and off-chain communication effi...

Provisioning of health services such as care, monitoring, and remote surgery is being improved thanks to fifth-generation cellular technology (5G). As 5G expands globally, more smart healthcare applications have been developed due to its extensive eM...

The exponential growth of AI applications has intensified the demand for efficient inference hardware capable of delivering low-latency, high-throughput, and energy-efficient performance. This study presents a systematic, empirical comparison of GPU-...

Sleep disturbances frequently affect postmenopausal women, yet the evidence supporting the use of aromatherapy as a therapeutic intervention remains inconclusive. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy of aromatherapy in impr...

To date, objective measurements and psychophysical experiments have been used to measure frequency dependent basilar membrane (BM) delays in humans; however, in vivo measurements have not been made. This study aimed to measure BM delays by performing...

The increasing complexity of conventional energy distribution systems, combined with the growing demand for efficient data processing, has necessitated the implementation of smart grid technologies and the integration of advanced computing paradigms...

Reliable and fast communication between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) is essential for effective coordination in agricultural settings, particularly when human involvement is part of the system. This study system...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) causes a progressive depletion of CD4+ T cells, hampering immune function. Current experimental strategies to fight the virus focus on the reactivation of latent HIV-1 in the viral reservoir to make the virus...

Blockchain technology, originally designed as a secure and immutable ledger, has expanded its applications across various domains. However, its scalability remains a fundamental bottleneck, limiting throughput, specifically Transactions Per Second (T...

The rapid integration of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) into modern transportation systems necessitates a robust and systematic approach to assess the quality of the underlying digital infrastructure. In the presented work, we propose a meth...

Fog computing (FC) is a distributed architecture in which computing resources and services are placed on edge devices closer to data sources. This enables more efficient data processing, shorter latency times, and better performance. Fog computing wa...

Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) is part of a novel group of access technologies referred to as Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs), which provide energy-efficient and long-range network access to IoT devices. Although NB-IoT Release 13 has been deployed by...

Hypersomnia may be classified as primary or secondary, with secondary hypersomnia arising from a variety of underlying causes. Thus, according to ICSD3-TR classification, the diagnosis of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) is established based on (1) excess...

Background: BCI and AI-driven image segmentation are revolutionizing precision neurosurgery by enhancing surgical accuracy, reducing human error, and improving patient outcomes. Methods: This systematic review explores the integration of AI technique...

Hyperledger Fabric (HLF) is a leading permissioned blockchain platform designed for enterprise applications. However, it faces significant security risks from Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks targeting its core components. This study systematically in...

The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to identify and evaluate the impact of interventions to improve or reduce insomnia in the workforce through randomized clinical trials. Following the recommendations of the PRISMA and MARS state...

This systematic literature review uses the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology to assess progress in blockchain-based Federated learning (FL) and Machine Learning (ML) for detecting financial fraud...

Blockchain technology is fast becoming the most transformative technology of recent times and has created hype and optimism, gaining much attention from the public and private sectors. It has been widely deployed in decentralized crypto currencies su...

Embedded Artificial Intelligence (EAI) integrates AI technologies with resource-constrained embedded systems, overcoming the limitations of cloud AI in aspects such as latency and energy consumption, thereby empowering edge devices with autonomous de...