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Event-Triggered Relearning Modeling Method for Stochastic System with Non-Stationary Variable Operating Conditions (2024)
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Liu, J., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Y., & Chen, J. (2024). Event-Triggered Relearning Modeling Method for Stochastic System with Non-Stationary Variable Operating Conditions. Mathematics, 12(5), Article 667. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12050667

This study presents a novel event-triggered relearning framework for neural network modeling, designed to improve prediction precision in dynamic stochastic complex industrial systems under non-stationary and variable conditions. Firstly, a sliding w... Read More about Event-Triggered Relearning Modeling Method for Stochastic System with Non-Stationary Variable Operating Conditions.

Consumers’ reaction to sci-fi as a source of information for technological development: An empirical analysis (2024)
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Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Mora, L., Natalicchio, A., Platania, F., & Toscano Hernandez, C. (2024). Consumers’ reaction to sci-fi as a source of information for technological development: An empirical analysis. Technovation, 132, Article 102970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2024.102970

Science fiction (sci-fi) creative products inspire individuals by envisioning alternative futures and imaginary technological development. The stimuli conveyed by sci-fi creative products can trigger consumers' interest, which nowadays translate into... Read More about Consumers’ reaction to sci-fi as a source of information for technological development: An empirical analysis.

Solar Wall Technology and Its Impact on Building Performance (2024)
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Ghamari, M., & Sundaram, S. (2024). Solar Wall Technology and Its Impact on Building Performance. Energies, 17(5), Article 1075. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17051075

Solar walls provide transformative solutions by harnessing solar energy to generate electricity, improve thermal comfort, and reduce energy consumption and emissions, contributing to zero-energy buildings and mitigating climate change. In hot and hum... Read More about Solar Wall Technology and Its Impact on Building Performance.

Toward a Real-Time TCP SYN Flood DDoS Mitigation Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Classifier and SDN Assistance in Fog Computing (2024)
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Bensaid, R., Labraoui, N., Abba Ari, A. A., Maglaras, L., Saidi, H., Abdu Lwahhab, A. M., & Benfriha, S. (2024). Toward a Real-Time TCP SYN Flood DDoS Mitigation Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Classifier and SDN Assistance in Fog Computing. Security and Communication Networks, 2024, Article 6651584. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/6651584

The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) has recently impacted our daily lives in many ways. As a result, a massive volume of data are generated and need to be processed in a short period of time. Therefore, a combination of computing models such a... Read More about Toward a Real-Time TCP SYN Flood DDoS Mitigation Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Classifier and SDN Assistance in Fog Computing.

BBox-Free SAR Ship Instance Segmentation Method Based on Gaussian Heatmap (2024)
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Gao, F., Zhong, F., Sun, J., Hussain, A., & Zhou, H. (2024). BBox-Free SAR Ship Instance Segmentation Method Based on Gaussian Heatmap. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 62, Article 5206218. https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2024.3369614

Recently, deep learning methods have been widely adopted for ship detection in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. However, many of the existing methods miss adjacent ship instances when detecting densely arranged ship targets in inshore scenes. B... Read More about BBox-Free SAR Ship Instance Segmentation Method Based on Gaussian Heatmap.

A QOBL-SAO and its variant: An open source software for optimizing PV/wind/battery system and CEC2020 real world problems (2024)
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Mas’ud, A. A., Salawudeen, A. T., Umar, A. A., Shaaban, Y. A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Musa, U., & Alshammari, S. J. (2024). A QOBL-SAO and its variant: An open source software for optimizing PV/wind/battery system and CEC2020 real world problems. Software Impacts, 19, Article 100630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpa.2024.100630

The Quasi oppositional smell agent optimization (QOBL-SAO) and its levy flight variant (LFQOBL-SAO) are two cutting-edge software tools for optimizing PV/wind/battery power systems. They can also be used to solve real-world CEC2020 optimization probl... Read More about A QOBL-SAO and its variant: An open source software for optimizing PV/wind/battery system and CEC2020 real world problems.

“What Works” to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach (2024)
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McDermott, E., Eastham, R., Hughes, E., Johnson, K., Davis, S., Pryjmachuk, S., Mateus, C., McNulty, F., & Jenzen, O. (2024). “What Works” to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 54(2), 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1177/27551938241230766

Despite overwhelming international evidence of elevated rates of poor mental health in LGBTQ+ youth compared to their cis-heterosexual peers, we know relatively little about effective mental health services for this population group. This study aims... Read More about “What Works” to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach.

Supermarket/Hypermarket Opportunistic Screening for Atrial Fibrillation (SHOPS-AF) using sensors embedded in the handles of supermarket trolleys: A feasibility study (2024)
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Jones, I. D., Lane, D. A., Lotto, R. R., Oxborough, D., Neubeck, L., Penson, P. E., Smith, E. J., Santos, A., McGinn, E. E., Ajiboye, A., Town, N., Czanner, G., Shaw, A., El-Masri, H., & Lip, G. Y. (2024). Supermarket/Hypermarket Opportunistic Screening for Atrial Fibrillation (SHOPS-AF) using sensors embedded in the handles of supermarket trolleys: A feasibility study. American Heart Journal, 271, 164-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2024.02.011

Background
Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of death, stroke, heart failure, cognitive decline, and healthcare costs but is often asymptomatic and undiagnosed. There is currently no national screening programme for AF. The advent of valid... Read More about Supermarket/Hypermarket Opportunistic Screening for Atrial Fibrillation (SHOPS-AF) using sensors embedded in the handles of supermarket trolleys: A feasibility study.

Nature’s contribution to poverty alleviation, human wellbeing and the SDGs (2024)
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Poudyal, M., Kraft, F., Wells, G., Das, A., Attiwilli, S., Schreckenberg, K., Lele, S., Daw, T., Torres-Vitolas, C., Setty, S., Adams, H., Ahmad, S., Ryan, C., Fisher, J., Robinson, B., Jones, J. P. G., Homewood, K., Bluwstein, J., Keane, A., Macamo, C., & Mugi, L. M. (2024). Nature’s contribution to poverty alleviation, human wellbeing and the SDGs. Scientific Data, 11(1), Article 229. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-02967-0

Millions of households globally rely on uncultivated ecosystems for their livelihoods. However, much of the understanding about the broader contribution of uncultivated ecosystems to human wellbeing is still based on a series of small-scale studies d... Read More about Nature’s contribution to poverty alleviation, human wellbeing and the SDGs.

Performance Analysis of Multiport Antennas in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Channels (2024)
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Pour Sohrab, A., Huang, Y., & Karadimas, P. (2024). Performance Analysis of Multiport Antennas in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Channels. Wireless Personal Communications, 134, 1231–1257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-024-10875-0

A holistic performance analysis and classification of multiport antennas (MPAs) is conducted in this paper. We focus on 5.9 GHz vehicle-to-vehicle communications suited to the emerging technology of intelligent transportation systems. Three-dimension... Read More about Performance Analysis of Multiport Antennas in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Channels.

Temporal analysis and predictive modeling of ambient air quality in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia: A chemometric approach (2024)
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Abdullah, A., Mohd Saudi, A. S., Shafii, N. Z., Kamarudin, M. K. A., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2024). Temporal analysis and predictive modeling of ambient air quality in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia: A chemometric approach. Planning Malaysia Journal, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v22i30.1448

One of the most important environmental problems facing the globe today is air pollution. The centre area for the local populace is the Hulu Langat district, which borders Kuala Lumpur, the capital. The purpose of this study is to look at how the amb... Read More about Temporal analysis and predictive modeling of ambient air quality in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia: A chemometric approach.

Introduction to Special Issue: Expanding Landscapes of Academic Writing in Academia (2024)
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Woloshyn, V. E., Illingworth, S., & Obradović-Ratković, S. (2024). Introduction to Special Issue: Expanding Landscapes of Academic Writing in Academia. Brock Education, 33(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.26522/BROCKED.V33I1.1118

Academic writing is essential for disciplinary learning, academic success, knowledge creation, social status, and career advancement within academia (Fang, 2021). Academic research, writing, and publishing form the foundations of the majority of acad... Read More about Introduction to Special Issue: Expanding Landscapes of Academic Writing in Academia.

A novel generative adversarial network‐based super‐resolution approach for face recognition (2024)
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Chougule, A., Kolte, S., Chamola, V., & Hussain, A. (2024). A novel generative adversarial network‐based super‐resolution approach for face recognition. Expert Systems, 41(8), Article e13564. https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.13564

Face recognition is an essential feature required for a range of computer vision applications such as security, attendance systems, emotion detection, airport check-in, and many others. The super-resolution of subject images is an important and chall... Read More about A novel generative adversarial network‐based super‐resolution approach for face recognition.

Use of buffer treatment to utilize local non-alkali tolerant bacteria in microbial induced calcium carbonate sedimentation in concrete crack repair (2024)
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Pianfuengfoo, S., Kongtunjanphuk, S., Zhang, H., & Sukontasukkul, P. (2024). Use of buffer treatment to utilize local non-alkali tolerant bacteria in microbial induced calcium carbonate sedimentation in concrete crack repair. Heliyon, 10(4), Article e26776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26776

Concrete often suffers cracks due to its low tensile strength. The repair process can vary ranging from surface coating, grouting, and strengthening. Microbial induced calcium carbonate sedimentation process (MICP) is a process of utilizing non-patho... Read More about Use of buffer treatment to utilize local non-alkali tolerant bacteria in microbial induced calcium carbonate sedimentation in concrete crack repair.

Jostling Discourses of Competition: Women leaders self-positioning (2024)
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Mavin, S., & Yusupova, M. (2024). Jostling Discourses of Competition: Women leaders self-positioning. Organization Studies, 45(6), 801-823. https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406241236606

This study addresses the lack of research into social processes of competition in organizations and explores women leaders self-positioning in relation to the discourses of gendered competition and neoliberal competition. The discourses carry contrad... Read More about Jostling Discourses of Competition: Women leaders self-positioning.

Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles (2024)
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Cirtwill, A. R., Wirta, H., Kaartinen, R., Ballantyne, G., Stone, G. N., Cunnold, H., Tiusanen, M., & Roslin, T. (2024). Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles. Oikos, 2024(4), Article e10301. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10301

Most animal pollination results from plant–insect interactions, but how we perceive these interactions may differ with the sampling method adopted. The two most common methods are observations of visits by pollinators to plants and observations of po... Read More about Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles.

Improved bounds on number fields of small degree (2024)
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Anderson, T. C., Gafni, A., Hughes, K., Lemke Oliver, R. J., Lowry-Duda, D., Thorne, F., Wang, J., & Zhang, R. (in press). Improved bounds on number fields of small degree. Discrete Analysis,

We study the number of degree n number fields with discriminant bounded by X. In this article, we improve an upper bound due to Schmidt on the number of such fields that was previously the best known upper bound for 6 ≤ n ≤ 94.

The first national subject benchmark statement for UK higher education in policing: the importance of effective partnership and collaboration (2024)
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Pepper, I., Cox, C., Fee, R., Horgan, S., Jarman, R., Jones, M., Policek, N., Rogers, C., & Tattum, C. (2024). The first national subject benchmark statement for UK higher education in policing: the importance of effective partnership and collaboration. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 14(5), 1106-1120. https://doi.org/10.1108/heswbl-02-2023-0042

Purpose
The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education in the UK focuses on maintaining, enhancing and standardising the quality of higher education. Of significant impact are the development of subject benchmark statements (SBS) by the QA... Read More about The first national subject benchmark statement for UK higher education in policing: the importance of effective partnership and collaboration.

Implementing Virtualization on Single-Board Computers: A Case Study on Edge Computing (2024)
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Lambropoulos, G., Mitropoulos, S., Douligeris, C., & Maglaras, L. (2024). Implementing Virtualization on Single-Board Computers: A Case Study on Edge Computing. Computers, 13(2), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13020054

The widespread adoption of cloud computing has resulted in centralized datacenter structures; however, there is a requirement for smaller-scale distributed infrastructures to meet the demands for speed, responsiveness, and security for critical appli... Read More about Implementing Virtualization on Single-Board Computers: A Case Study on Edge Computing.