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Advancing OAM-Based FSO Systems: Tackling Pointing Errors for Next-Generation Space and Terrestrial Links
Published 2025“…This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of OAM systems under pointing inaccuracies for both short-range terrestrial links and long-range inter-satellite communications. For short links, we demonstrate the trade-offs between increasing modulation order and the number of OAM modes, highlighting the potential of low-complexity two-stage detectors to mitigate computational overhead while maintaining robust performance. …”
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Novel Wire Gripper for Robotics Picking of Small Green Parts From Powder Bed of Binder Jet Metal Additive Manufacturing
Published 2025“…A combination of 304 stainless steel wires integrated with a PLA body allows the device to achieve precise handling and control together with versatile operation. …”
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Data-Efficient Wheat Disease Detection Using Shifted Window Transformer: Enhancing Accuracy, Sustainability, and Global Food Security
Published 2025“…This research presents a deep learning technique based on the Shifted Window (Swin) Transformer, a powerful attention-based model that effectively captures both local and global information for enhanced classification output. …”
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Improving pediatric trauma care: an automated system for wrist trauma detection using GELAN
Published 2025“…The results of our study highlight the capacity of deep learning to improve the diagnosis of pediatric trauma, decrease the burden on radiologists, and boost patient outcomes.…”
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Energy-Efficient Cell Association and Load Balancing for Low Battery Users in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks
Published 2025“…This paper proposes improved cell association schemes based on the battery levels of UE and Deep Q-learning (DQL) to achieve load balancing and to decrease the power consumption of Low Battery Users (LBUs). …”
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Machine Learning-Based Management of Electric Vehicles Charging: Towards Highly-Dispersed Fast Chargers
Published 2020“…<p dir="ltr">Coordinated charging of electric vehicles (EVs) improves the overall efficiency of the power grid as it avoids distribution system overloads, increases power quality, and decreases voltage fluctuations. Moreover, the coordinated charging supports flattening the load profile. …”
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An experimental measurement of corona discharge using laser Dopplervelocimetry
Published 1998“…Velocity measurements were obtained for various radial distances r, taken on the central discharge axis for several inter-electrode distances b. The direct observation of the obtained data shows an increase of the corona wind velocity with the applied voltage and the corona discharge current and substantial decrease as the radial distance is enlarged. …”
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The Effect of the Variation of the Modulus of Subgrade Reaction on the Design of Large Shallow Foundations
Published 2022“…With the use of variable coefficient across the mat foundation, a significant decrease in the steel reinforcement is witnessed and an optimized/ more adapted steel distribution is observed.…”
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1787 evaluation of transperineal prostatic administration of a PSA-activasted protoxin (PRX302) in men with luts secondary to BPH
Published 2010“…In the Phase I study, mean IPSS showed a decrease of 6.5 points (34%), mean QoL a decrease of 2 points (44%) and mean prostate volume a decrease of 5.5 cc (13%) at 12-months compared to screening. …”
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Exploring Sustainable Strategies for Shelter Design at Refugee Camps: The Case of Domiz 1 Refugee Camp in Iraq
Published 2017“…In the third phase, a wall panel composed of layers of steel mesh, tarpaulin, and sand is proposed in two different configurations as a cost-effective sustainable replacement of the standard tent and the corrugated steel shelters. …”
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Cryomyolysis, a new procedure for the conservative treatment of uterine fibroids
Published 1998“…Normal uterine volume ranged from 35.6 to 548.7 ml preoperatively and 45.1 to 729.6 ml postoperatively (mean increase 40%); however, myoma volume showed a mean decrease of 6% (range-87-28%). …”
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Positional and dimensional temporomandibular joint osseous changes in patients treated with the forsus fatigue resistant device: a non-randomized clinical trial
Published 2025“…In the treatment group, condylar width decreased significantly by 0.52 ± 0.92 mm, in contrast to an increase of 0.17 ± 0.35 mm in the control group (<i>P</i> = 0.010). …”
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Aortic valve function post-replacement of severe aortic stenosis by transcatheter procedure versus surgery: a systematic review and metanalysis
Published 2021“…TAVR was associated with 37% (95% CI [0.51–0.78) mean RR reduction of post-procedural PPM, a decrease that was not affected by the surgical risk at inclusion, neither by the transcatheter heart valve system. …”
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Flexural Response of Reinforced Concrete One-Way Slabs Embedded with Pet Bottles
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Sequential therapy in patients receiving Fluoroquinolones at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. (c2001)
Published 2001“…Date of switch (if applicable), oral antibiotic chosen, mean time to switch, mean hospital duration, and mean treatment duration were also recorded. …”
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Thermally Conductive Polyethylene/Expanded Graphite Composites as Heat Transfer Surface: Mechanical, Thermo-Physical and Surface Behavior
Published 2020“…The plasma treatment also improved the HDPE/EG composite overall heat transfer coefficient with an overall heat transfer coefficient of the composite reaching about 98% that of stainless steel. Moreover, the plasma-treated composite exhibited superior resistance to crystallization fouling in both CaSO4 solution and artificial seawater compared to untreated composites and stainless-steel surfaces.…”
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Hyper-Hypo study: A Retrospective Observational Study of Neonatal Hypoglycemia Related to Maternal Hypertension
Published 2023“…However, a sub-group comparison of neonates (with initial blood glucose <2.6 mmol/L) showed methyldopa to be marginally associated with a 2 mmol/L decrease from the mean initial blood glucose, mean 1.6 ± 0.5 mmol/L, and methyldopa (1.4 ± 0.5 mmol/L; p= .045). …”
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Rescue cerclage
Published 2006“…Advanced dilation of 3 cm and/or prolapsed membranes (n = 18) did not decrease the likelihood of reaching 28 weeks. Mean gestational age at delivery for this subset of patients was 30.7 ± 7.2 weeks. …”
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