Academic Articles & Research Papers

EdgeAIGC: Model caching and resource allocation for edge artificial intelligence generated content

With the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence technology, the traditional cloud-based centralized model training and inference face significant limitations due to high transmission latency and costs, which restrict user-s...

Layout and Assembly Selection Algorithm for Standard Ring+Turning Ring Shield Tunnel Segments

Objective To address the challenges associated with the manual layout and point selection of S+T (standard rings+turning rings (double-sided wedges)) in shield tunnel segments, including high subjectivity, complex calculations, and heavy re...

Challenges in automotive software engineering

The amount of software in cars grows exponentially. Driving forces of this development are cheaper and more powerful hardware and the demand for innovations by new functions. The rapid increase of software and software based functionality b...

Knowledge management in software engineering

Software organizations’ main assets are not plants, buildings, or \nexpensive machines. A software organization’s main asset is its intellectual \ncapital, as it is in sectors such as consulting, law, investment \nbanking, and advertising. ...

Advances in Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

The papers collected in this book were invited by the editors as tutorial courses or keynote speeches for the Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. The book offers wide coverage of the main topic...

A Scalable Real-Time SDN-Based MQTT Framework for Industrial Applications

The increasing prominence of concepts such as Smart Production and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) within the context of Industry 4.0 has introduced a new set of requirements for the engineering of industrial systems, including support...

Software engineering economics

This work aims to shed light on an important topic that has begun to emerge in recent years, which is the economics of software engineering as a basic pillar in national development and confronting the competitive market challenges that cha...

Ultrasound-based breast nodule malignancy diagnosis using CNN enhanced by knowledge distillation.

Nuclear astrophysics

Nuclear astrophysics is that branch of astrophysics which helps understanding some of the many facets of the Universe through the knowledge of the microcosm of the atomic nucleus. In the last decades much advance has been made in nuclear as...

High Energy Astrophysics

What role does viscosity play in accretion discs? How do you calculate the 'glitch function' of a pulsar? And can strong shocks account for the energy spectrum of electrons in our Galaxy? These are just some of the exciting questions that P...

Astrophysics for Physicists

Designed for teaching astrophysics to physics students at advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level, this textbook also provides an overview of astrophysics for astrophysics graduate students, before they delve into more specialize...

Accretion Power in Astrophysics

Accretion Power in Astrophysics examines accretion as a source of energy in both binary star systems containing compact objects, and in active galactic nuclei. Assuming a basic knowledge of physics, the authors describe the physical process...

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is a comprehensive, well-organized and engaging text covering every major area of modern astrophysics, from the solar system and stellar astronomy to galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, and cosmol...

Assessment of the learning environment among medical students at Tabuk University, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

BackgroundThe learning environment (LE) is integral to medical students’ academic performance, emotional well-being, and professional development. Students’ perceptions of their learning environment provide valuable insights for identifying...

Statistics and Truth

Uncertainty, randomness and creation of new knowledge taming of uncertainty - evolution of statistics principles and strategies of data analysis - cross examination of data principles and strategies of data analysis - weighted and clouded d...

NON-INVASIVE INVESTIGATIONS IN HEROIN USERS AND NON-USERS-A CASE CONTROL STUDY

bjective: To compare heroin users with their age and gender matched relatives as regards non-invasive investigations like chest x-ray, electrocardiography (ECG) and 2D-echocardiography. Study Design: Case control study. Place and Duration o...

Statistics

Statistics: A Very Short Introduction describes a field very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light and en...

Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SRREN) assesses the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change. It covers the six most important renewable energy sources – bioenergy, solar, ge...

Fundamentals of renewable energy processes

With energy sustainability and security at the forefront of public discourse worldwide, there is a pressing need to foster an understanding of clean, safe alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. Aldo da Rosa's highly respec...

Renewable Energy Resources

Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text covering the full range of renewable energy technologies and their implementation worldwide. Energy supplies from renewables (such as from biofuels, solar heat, photovoltaics, w...