Ans Ahmed Memon¹, Laveet Kumar^1,2,*, Abdul Ghafoor Memon¹, Khanji Harijan¹, Ahmad K. Sleiti²

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.23, No.3, pp. 833-856, 2025, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2025.064805 - 30 June 2025

Abstract Climate change, rising fuel prices, and fuel security are some challenges that have emerged and have grown worldwide. Therefore, to overcome these obstacles, highly efficient thermodynamic devices and heat recovery systems must be introduced. According to reports, much industrial waste heat is lost as flue gas from boilers, heating plants, etc. The primary objective of this study is to investigate and compare unary (Al₂O₃) thermodynamically, binary with three different combinations of nanoparticles namely (Al₂O₃ + TiO₂, TiO₂ + ZnO, Al₂O₃ + ZnO) and ternary (Al₂O₃ + TiO₂ + ZnO) as a heat transfer fluid. Initially, three different types of… More > Graphic Abstract

Dongfeng Yang, Ruirui Zhang, Chuang Liu^*, Guoliang Bian

Energy Engineering, Vol.122, No.7, pp. 2673-2694, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ee.2025.062154 - 27 June 2025

Abstract Under the current long-term electricity market mechanism, new energy and thermal power face issues such as deviation assessment and compression of generation space. The profitability of market players is limited. Simultaneously, the cooperation model among various energy sources will have a direct impact on the alliance’s revenue and the equity of income distribution within the alliance. Therefore, integrating new energy with thermal power units into an integrated multi-energy complementary system to participate in the long-term electricity market holds significant potential. To simulate and evaluate the benefits and internal distribution methods of a multi-energy complementary system… More >

Etan Eigner^1,*, Yacov Reisman², Nicola Fazza¹, Ameer Nsair¹, Valentin Shabataev¹, Ariel Zisman¹

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.32, No.3, pp. 229-235, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cju.2025.063332 - 27 June 2025

Abstract Inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) implantation is the gold standard treatment for patients with erectile dysfunction who are refractory to medical therapy. The standard placement of the reservoir in the space of Retzius (SOR) may be contraindicated in patients with prior pelvic or abdominal surgery due to altered anatomy and increased risk of complications. This has led to the development of alternative ectopic reservoir placement techniques. In this narrative review, we summarize the literature on various ectopic reservoir approaches, including low and high submuscular placements, submuscular techniques with counter incisions or transfascial fixation, midline submuscular placement, More >

Panji Setya Utama Putra¹, Damar Rastri Adhika^2,3,*, Lia Amelia Tresna Wulan Asri⁴, Suprijadi Suprijadi^3,5

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.13, No.6, pp. 1043-1070, 2025, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2025.02024-0002 - 23 June 2025

Abstract The continuous increase in petroleum-based plastic food packaging has led to numerous environmental concerns. One effort to reduce the use of plastic packaging in food is through preservation using biopolymer-based packaging. Among the many types of biopolymers, chitosan is widely used and researched due to its non-toxic, antimicrobial, and antifungal properties. Chitosan is widely available since it is a compound extracted from seafood waste, especially shrimps and crabs. The biodegradability and biocompatibility of chitosan also showed good potential for various applications. These characteristics and properties make chitosan an attractive biopolymer to be implemented as food… More > Graphic Abstract

Shaowei He, Wenchao Cui^*, Gang Li, Hairun Xu, Xiang Chen, Yu Tai

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.1, pp. 861-886, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.063979 - 09 June 2025

Abstract The Virtual Power Plant (VPP), as an innovative power management architecture, achieves flexible dispatch and resource optimization of power systems by integrating distributed energy resources. However, due to significant differences in operational costs and flexibility of various types of generation resources, as well as the volatility and uncertainty of renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar power) and the complex variability of load demand, the scheduling optimization of virtual power plants has become a critical issue that needs to be addressed. To solve this, this paper proposes an intelligent scheduling method for virtual power… More >

Kangkang Zhao¹, Yaojie Chen^1,*, Jianbo Li²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.1, pp. 745-762, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.063906 - 09 June 2025

Abstract Traditional cameras inevitably suffer from motion blur when facing high-speed moving objects. Event cameras, as high temporal resolution bionic cameras, record intensity changes in an asynchronous manner, and their recorded high temporal resolution information can effectively solve the problem of time information loss in motion blur. Existing event-based deblurring methods still face challenges when facing high-speed moving objects. We conducted an in-depth study of the imaging principle of event cameras. We found that the event stream contains excessive noise. The valid information is sparse. Invalid event features hinder the expression of valid features due to… More >

Zhenfu Zhang¹, Haiyan Yin², Liudong Zuo³, Pan Lai^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.1, pp. 919-936, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.062980 - 09 June 2025

Abstract The knapsack problem is a classical combinatorial optimization problem widely encountered in areas such as logistics, resource allocation, and portfolio optimization. Traditional methods, including dynamic programming (DP) and greedy algorithms, have been effective in solving small problem instances but often struggle with scalability and efficiency as the problem size increases. DP, for instance, has exponential time complexity and can become computationally prohibitive for large problem instances. On the other hand, greedy algorithms offer faster solutions but may not always yield the optimal results, especially when the problem involves complex constraints or large numbers of items.… More >

Lingyun Xiang¹, Hang Fu¹, Chunfang Yang^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.1, pp. 325-345, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.062834 - 09 June 2025

Abstract In the Visual Place Recognition (VPR) task, existing research has leveraged large-scale pre-trained models to improve the performance of place recognition. However, when there are significant environmental differences between query images and reference images, a large number of ineffective local features will interfere with the extraction of key landmark features, leading to the retrieval of visually similar but geographically different images. To address this perceptual aliasing problem caused by environmental condition changes, we propose a novel Visual Place Recognition method with Cross-Environment Robust Feature Enhancement (CerfeVPR). This method uses the GAN network to generate similar… More >

Yinuo Chen¹, Xu Wu¹, Jiaxin Fan¹, Guangyu Zhu^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.1, pp. 1597-1613, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.062779 - 09 June 2025

Abstract The consultation intention of emergency decision-makers in urban rail transit (URT) is input into the emergency knowledge base in the form of domain questions to obtain emergency decision support services. This approach facilitates the rapid collection of complete knowledge and rules to form effective decisions. However, the current structured degree of the URT emergency knowledge base remains low, and the domain questions lack labeled datasets, resulting in a large deviation between the consultation outcomes and the intended objectives. To address this issue, this paper proposes a question intention recognition model for the URT emergency domain,… More >

Qing Xie^*, Ruiyun Yu

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.1, pp. 1123-1144, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.062712 - 09 June 2025

Abstract Although existing style transfer techniques have made significant progress in the field of image generation, there are still some challenges in the field of exhibition hall design. The existing style transfer methods mainly focus on the transformation of single dimensional features, but ignore the deep integration of content and style features in exhibition hall design. In addition, existing methods are deficient in detail retention, especially in accurately capturing and reproducing local textures and details while preserving the content image structure. In addition, point-based attention mechanisms tend to ignore the complexity and diversity of image features… More >