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📢 #CallForReading for the successful Special Issue - Algorithms and Methods for Designing and Scheduling Smart Manufacturing Systems Volume II 🔗mdpi.com/journal/applsc… 👨‍🔬 Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Vladimir Modrak Dr. Zuzana Soltysova

📢 #CallForReading for the successful Special Issue - Advanced Technologies in Optical and Microwave Transmission 🔗mdpi.com/journal/applsc… 👨‍🔬 Guest Editor: Dr. Dong Hou

📢 #CallForReading for the successful Special Issue - Knowledge Graphs: State-of-the-Art and Applications 🔗mdpi.com/journal/applsc… 👨‍🔬 Guest Editors: Dr. Fugazza Cristiano Dr. Gloria Bordogna

📢 #CallForReading for the successful Special Issue - Environmental Monitoring and Analysis for Hydrology 🔗mdpi.com/journal/applsc… 👨‍🔬 Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Wei Song Prof. Dr. Antonio Liotta Dr. Qi He

📢 #SpecialIssue Recent Advances and Trends in Internal Combustion Engines 📅 20 September 2026 👨‍🔬 Guest Editor: Dr. Boru Jia from Beijing Institute of Technology, China 🔗 mdpi.com/journal/applsc… #icengine #internalcombustionengine #efficiency #design #fuel #emission #boosting

📢 #SpecialIssue Advances in Sport, Physical Activity, and Health 📅 20 November 2026 👨‍🔬 Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Ferenc Ihász from Széchenyi István University, Hungary 🔗mdpi.com/journal/applsc… #exercise #sport #health #biomechanical

📣 #Announcement 📷 Q4 Applied Sciences Exceptional Reviewers List 2025 🎉 This program was designed to recognize and honor scholars who have delivered consistently exceptional review reports to our journal. 📷 More information: mdpi.com/about/announce…

#highlycited paper 📚Borehole Breakout Prediction Based on Multi-Output Machine Learning Models Using the #WalrusOptimizationAlgorithm 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Rui Zhang et al. @CentralSouth_U #boreholebreakout #ANN

#highlycited paper 📚Assessing Feature Importance in Eye-Tracking Data within #VirtualReality Using Explainable Artificial Intelligence Techniques 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Meryem Bekler et al. 🏫Gazi University #emotionrecognition #emotionmodels

#highlycited paper 📚Barriers to Industry Adoption of AI #VideoGeneration Tools: A Study Based on the Perspectives of Video Production Professionals in China 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Tao Yu et al. @KMU_tweet #videoindustry #industryadoptionbarriers

#highlycited paper 📚Prediction and Optimization of Open-Pit Mine Blasting Based on #IntelligentAlgorithms 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Jiang Guo et al. @CentralSouth_U #blasting #fragmentationprediction

#highlycited paper 📚Skin Lesion Classification Using a #DeepEnsembleModel 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Su Myat Thwin and Hyun-Seok Park @EwhaWomansUniv #skinlesionclassification

#highlycited paper 📚Synthetic Data-Driven Real-Time Detection Transformer #ObjectDetection in Raining Weather Conditions 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Chen-Yu Hao et al. 🏫Feng Chia University #neuralstyletransfer #CycleGAN

#highlycited paper 📚Research on the Fiber-to-the-Room #NetworkTrafficPrediction Method Based on Crested Porcupine Optimizer Optimization 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Jingjing Zang et al. @SHU19945 #trafficprediction #crestedporcupineoptimizer

#highlycited paper 📚An Improved Back Propagation #NeuralNetwork Based on Differential Evolution and Grey Wolf Optimizer and Its Application in the Height Prediction of Water-Conducting Fracture Zone 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Houzhu Wang et al. @CUMT1909 #differentialevolution #greywolfoptimizer

#highlycited paper 📚#SteelSurface Defect Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv8n 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Tian Zhang et al. 🏫Shenyang Jianzhu University #defectdetection #YOLOv8n

#highlycited paper 📚A Novel Dataset for #Fabric #DefectDetection: Bridging Gaps in Anomaly Detection 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Rui Carrilho et al. @UBI_pt #anomalydetection #textureinspection

#highlycited paper 📚AI-Based #DecisionSupportSystem Optimizing #WirelessSensorNetworks for Consumer Electronics in E-Commerce 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Mohammed Salem Basingab et al. @kauedu_sa #artificialintelligence #clustering

#highlycited paper 📚Enhancing Multimodal #EmotionRecognition through Attention Mechanisms in BERT and CNN Architectures 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Fazliddin Makhmudov et al. 🏫Gachon University #deeplearning #CNN

#highlycited paper 📚XAI-IDS: Toward Proposing an Explainable Artificial Intelligence Framework for Enhancing #NetworkIntrusionDetection Systems 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/1… 👨‍🔬by Osvaldo Arreche et al. 🏫Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis #intrusiondetectionsystems #explainableAI