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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8943: Bridging Governance and Empirical Threat Intelligence: An Integrated Framework for Cybersecurity in Smart Farming

41+ min ago   (555+ words) Modern agriculture’s integration of Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Control Systems (ICSs), and data analytics boosts productivity but introduces significant cybersecurity and data governance challenges. Existing scholarship is divided between policy-focused governance and technical attack analyses, hindering the development of…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8944: MineSSM: Frequency-Decoupled State-Space Modeling for Real-Time Low-Light Enhancement in Dusty Underground Mines

41+ min ago   (527+ words) Safety monitoring and visual surveillance in underground coal mines must cope with extreme low light and pervasive coal dust, yet the most accurate low-light image enhancement models rely on self-attention, whose quadratic cost precludes real-time use on the edge-computing platforms…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8942: Development and Application of Computational Chemistry Methods

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (14+ words) Computational chemistry has become an essential bridge between microscopic theory and measurable chemical behaviour [...]...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8940: Design-Oriented User Experience Analysis of Consumer AI Glasses Using Large-Scale Online Reviews: Large Language Model-Assisted Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis and Explainable Machine Learning

1+ hour, 58+ min ago   (417+ words) The functions and application scenarios of AI glasses continue to expand; however, research on design optimization informed by user needs and usage experiences remains limited. This study develops a natural language processing framework for design optimization that integrates BERTopic, large…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8941: Addressing Underrepresented Bundles in Tractography Segmentation with Synthetic Oversampling

1+ hour, 58+ min ago   (46+ words) Tractography from diffusion MRI enables the mapping of white matter pathways. A key challenge is the automatic segmentation of streamlines into anatomically meaningful bundles, which is strongly affected by class imbalance: common bundles dominate the training data, whereas bundles such…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8939: Gamma-Process-Informed XGBoost for Fleet-Scale Remaining Useful Life Estimation of Railway Wheels: An Application to 444 Vehicles

1+ hour, 58+ min ago   (385+ words) Predictive maintenance of railway wheelsets requires remaining useful life (RUL) estimates and treatment of model limitations. This study develops a Gamma-process-informed XGBoost surrogate for an ONCF fleet of 444 vehicles, 3552 candidate wheel positions, and 14 inspection campaigns. Flange width (Fw), flange height…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8936: An Integrated STT-Based Multimodal Pre-Screening System for Korean Oral Presentations with an Analytics-Fitness Benchmark of Five Speech-to-Text Engines

2+ hour, 41+ min ago   (688+ words) Oral presentations for investor relations, government funding, and technical review are typically prepared without objective, repeatable feedback on delivery. We present an integrated web-based pre-screening system for Korean oral presentations that combines automatic speech recognition (ASR), prosodic and disfluency analytics,…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8937: Data-Driven Decision Support for Urban Transport and Logistics Networks in Large Agglomerations

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (503+ words) Growing urbanization and increasing traffic intensity create a need for transparent tools that support urban transport management and city logistics planning. The aim of this study is to propose an interpretable rule-based decision-support framework that transforms short-term traffic-count data into…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8938: Development of a Multi-Criteria Numerical Model for the Evaluation of Rope Rescue Methods: A Pilot Methodological Case Study

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (704+ words) Rescue operations in abandoned and structurally compromised buildings represent a specific type of technical intervention in which the rapid evacuation of injured persons must be ensured while maintaining a high level of rescuer safety. The selection of an appropriate rope…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8934: A Conceptual Framework of Deterioration Factors for Sustainable Selection of Feasible Railway Track Solutions

3+ hour, 47+ min ago   (511+ words) Escalating track deterioration poses a significant challenge for infrastructure managers seeking to balance increasing capacity demands with long-term sustainability objectives. Although traffic loading is the primary driver of deterioration, existing deterioration models consider a wide range of additional factors whose…...