Multi-Scale Locality-Constrained Spatiotemporal Coding for Local Feature Based Human Action Recognition by Bin Wang, Yu Liu, Wei Wang, Wei Xu, Maojun Zhang

“…In classification stage, the Locality-Constrained Group Sparse Representation (LGSR) is adopted to utilize the intrinsic group information of these sub-STV features. …”
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Prophet: A Context-Aware Location Privacy-Preserving Scheme in Location Sharing Service by Jiaxing Qu, Guoyin Zhang, Zhou Fang

“…Then, we propose a novel location anonymization mechanism, which adopts a ε-indistinguishability strategy to protect user’s sensitive location information published. …”
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A standardized image processing and data quality platform for rodent fMRI by Gabriel Desrosiers-Grégoire, Gabriel A. Devenyi, Joanes Grandjean, M. Mallar Chakravarty

“…Taken together, this software platform will allow the emerging community to adopt reproducible practices and foster progress in translational neuroscience.…”
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Unexpected Liver Embryonal Sarcoma in the Adult: Diagnosis and Treatment by Maurizio Pinamonti, Federico Vittone, Francesco Ghiglione, Andrea Borasi, Stefano Silvestri, Sergio Coverlizza

“…We describe the clinical, histopathological, and therapeutic options adopted in the multimodal treatment of this disease.…”
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Periapical Microsurgery with an Endoscope and Microscope of Two Upper Central Incisors Already Subjected to Periapical Surgery 25 Years Ago by Pablo Glera-Suarez, Blanca Serra-Pastor, David Peñarrocha-Oltra, Miguel Peñarrocha-Diago, Cosme Gay-Escoda

“…After soft tissue healing and complete bone regeneration of the lesion, retreatment of the incisors with a fixed prosthesis was carried out, adopting the biologically oriented preparation technique (BOPT). …”
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Navigating the landscape of remote patient monitoring in Canada: trends, challenges, and future directions by Khayreddine Bouabida, Khayreddine Bouabida, Khayreddine Bouabida, Khayreddine Bouabida, Breitner Gomes Chaves, Enoch Anane, Navaal Jagram

“…This perspective article explores the state of play and examines the current landscape of RPM platforms adopted across Canada, detailing their functionalities and measurable impacts on healthcare outcomes, particularly in chronic disease management and hospital readmission reduction. …”
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Analysis of application of heat loss recovery system using organic Rankine сycle for drive of process equipment by A. M. Kalashnikov, A. A. Kapelyukhovskaya, I. D. Obukhov

“…When modeling heat exchange processes, the following boundary conditions are adopted: the temperature of the heated surface; the coil heat exchanger is located at a distance from the heated surface of the process equipment. …”
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Synthesis and crystal structure of [Sr(urea)(NO3)2]n by Aysanem Bektursinova, Zulfiya Djumanazarova, Zamira Uzakbergenova, Jamshid Ashurov, Akram A Khan, Shakhnoza Kadirova, Batirbay Torambetov

“…Crystallizing in the orthorhombic space group Aba2, the asymmetric unit consists of an SrII cation, two nitrate anions, and two half urea molecules. The SrII cation adopts a distorted decahedral geometry coordinated by ten oxygen atoms, with Sr—O bond lengths ranging from 2.573 (3) to 2.847 (5) Å. …”
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Structure and Stability of B10N14: Cages, Sheets, and Rings by Melanie Walker, Kelvin Jones, DaiQuan Noble, Marquavias Walker, Douglas L. Strout

“…Boron nitride is a material similar to carbon in its ability to adopt numerous molecular forms, including two-dimensional sheets and three-dimensional cages and nanotubes. …”
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Modeling of Information Diffusion in Twitter-Like Social Networks under Information Overload by Pei Li, Wei Li, Hui Wang, Xin Zhang

“…View scope is introduced to model the user information-processing capability under information overload, and the average number of times a message appears in view scopes after it is generated by a given type user is adopted to characterize the information diffusion efficiency, which is calculated theoretically. …”
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Investigation Methodology of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for IoT by Doowon Jeong, Jungheum Park, Sangjin Lee, Chulhoon Kang

“…Cloud computing for IoT (Internet of Things) has exhibited the greatest growth in the IT market in the recent past and this trend is expected to continue. Many companies are adopting a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for private cloud computing to reduce costs and enhance the efficiency of their servers. …”
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Neural Network L1 Adaptive Control of MIMO Systems with Nonlinear Uncertainty by Hong-tao Zhen, Xiao-hui Qi, Jie Li, Qing-min Tian

“…In this architecture, a low-pass filter is adopted to guarantee fast adaptive rate without generating high-frequency oscillations in control signals. …”
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Reshaping the experience of topical skincare products: A multisensory approach for promoting loyalty and adherence by Brayan Rodríguez, Ana Arboleda, Felipe Reinoso-Carvalho

“…Multisensory design can be adopted to prioritize clear communication of function and efficacy for pharmaceuticals, or luxurious, pleasurable experiences for cosmetics. …”
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Design and Simulation of a Fully Digitized GNSS Receiver Front-End by Yuan Yu, Qing Chang, Yuan Chen

“…At first, a simplified sampling rate selection method is adopted to determine the optimal value. Then, the entire spectrum of GNSS signal is directly digitized through RF sampling at a very fast sampling rate. …”
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Study on Tensile Properties of Nanoreinforced Epoxy Polymer: Macroscopic Experiments and Nanoscale FEM Simulation Prediction by Zhenqing Wang, Fang Liu, Wenyan Liang, Limin Zhou

“…In numerical analysis, the weak interface strengthening and toughening mechanism was adopted. Virtual crack closure technique (VCCT) and extended finite element method (XFEM) were used to simulate phenomena of nanoparticle debonding and matrix crack growth. …”
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Investigation of Mode I fracture toughness of red Verona marble after thermal treatment by Daniela Scorza, Andrea Carpinteri, Giovanni Fortese, Sabrina Vantadori, Daniele Ferretti, Roberto Brighenti

“…A wide variety of specimen types and methods to determine Mode I fracture toughness of natural stones are available in the literature and, in this context, the model originally proposed for plain concrete, i.e. the Two-Parameter Model (TPM), is adopted. Such a method is able to take into account the slow nonlinear crack growth occurring before the peak load, typical of quasi-brittle materials, with the advantage of easy specimen preparation and simple test configuration. …”
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A novel framework for face recognition using robust local representation–based classification by Aihua Yu, Gang Li, Beiping Hou, Hongan Wang, Gaoya Zhou

“…A dimension reduction is then adopted in order to reduce the computation complexity via an optimized projection matrix. …”
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Tilted-Mode All-Optical Diffractive Deep Neural Networks by Mingzhu Song, Xuhui Zhuang, Lu Rong, Junsheng Wang

“…Diffractive deep neural networks (D²NNs) typically adopt a densely cascaded arrangement of diffractive masks, leading to multiple reflections of diffracted light between adjacent masks, thereby affecting the network’s inference capability. …”
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The Importance of Sports Activities in the Formation of Skills for an Active and Healthy Lifestyle in Young People by V. Lesco, V. Razmiret

“…The objectives of the research include examining the physical benefits of sports activities on the health of adolescents, highlighting the development of motor skills through sports activities, and analyzing the impact of sports activities on the social and emotional development of adolescents, especially through identifying strategies and resources available to encourage adolescents to participate in sports activities and adopt an active and healthy lifestyle. Sports activities are essential for training the skills for an active and healthy lifestyle in adolescents, contributing to the improvement of physical and mental health, the development of social and emotional skills, and the increase of self-confidence and self-esteem.…”
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A Stable Hash Function Based on Parity-Dependent Quantum Walks With Memory (August 2023) by Qing Zhou, Xueming Tang, Songfeng Lu, Hao Yang

“…In addition, we derive a type of inappropriate initial states of hash functions based on 1-D one-particle quantum walks (with ordinary shift operator) on cycles, with which all messages will be mapped to the same hash value, regardless of the angles adopted by the coin parameters.…”
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