Hand Detection Using Cascade of Softmax Classifiers by Yan-Guo Zhao, Feng Zheng, Zhan Song

“…In addition, to balance the detection accuracy and efficiency, the HOG features of increasing resolutions will be adopted by classifiers of increasing stage-levels in the cascade structure. …”
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Productization of carbon handprint – A product management perspective by Pukar Jung Kunwar, Janne Harkonen, Harri Haapasalo, Iqra Sadaf Khan, Jukka Majava

“…A conceptual research approach was adopted to develop a framework that links the carbon handprint to a broader product management perspective through productization. …”
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Communicating climate change: The role of nature-based community development program in enhancing stakeholders engagement by Widhagdha Miftah Faridl, Muktiyo Widodo, Kartono Drajat Tri, Padmaningrum Dwiningtyas

“…Climate change communication is carried out through the empowerment program by adopting a participatory approach, using local evidence as the primary information basis, involving local actors or local figures, conducting capacity-building training, and forming local community networks, all of which are executed through the implementation of nature-based community development program. …”
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Development of a Hybridized Model for Predicting the Life Span of Power Transformers by O.O. Olaluwoye, A.A. Okubanjo, O.K. Oyetola, P.O. Alao, O.G. Olasunkanmi

“…The second stage involved the hybridisation of the developed DP model with another rate constant model adopted from Arrhenius. This stage was also implemented in Matrix Laboratory 8.2 (R2013b)  environment. …”
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Hydraulic Fracturing Mechanism of Rock Mass under Stress-Damage-Seepage Coupling Effect by Zhengzheng Cao, Yue Wang, Haixiao Lin, Qiang Sun, Xiaogang Wu, Xiaoshuai Yang

“…Based on the theory of elasticity and Weibull distribution, the statistical damage constitutive model of rock mass and the finite element numerical algorithm are established, by adopting the COMSOL Multiphysics numerical software and MATLAB program. …”
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Generating a Spatiotemporal Dynamic Map for Traffic Analysis Using Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram by Yudi Li, Lei Zhu, Jian Sun, Ye Tian

“…This paper proposes a spatiotemporal dynamic map abstraction approach that adopts a time series clustering method to segment the analysis time horizon adaptively based on a Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) curve, which describes network-wide dynamic traffic states. …”
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Stability Assessment of Concrete Gravity Dams via Multifidelity Surrogate Models by Rodrigo José de Almeida Torres Filho, Rocio L. Segura, Patrick Paultre

“…When many repetitions of an expensive or time-consuming analysis are needed, simplified models are usually adopted to reduce the cost. This is often the case with gravity dams under seismic load, especially if geometry variation needs to be considered. …”
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Analysis of Nonlinear Duopoly Games with Product Differentiation: Stability, Global Dynamics, and Control by S. S. Askar, A. Al-khedhairi

“…In the second game, firms adopt Puu’s mechanism to update their productions. …”
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Damage Detection and Localization from Dense Network of Strain Sensors by Simon Laflamme, Liang Cao, Eleni Chatzi, Filippo Ubertini

“…A wind turbine blade is adopted as a case study, and numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of a data-driven algorithm relying on distributed strain data in evidencing the presence and location of damage, and sequentially ranking its severity. …”
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Effects of Atmospheric Refraction on an Airborne Weather Radar Detection and Correction Method by Lei Wang, Ming Wei, Tao Yang, Ping Liu

“…However, an error analysis indicates that a direct linear-fitting method produces significant errors in a negatively refractive atmosphere; a piecewise-fitting method can be adopted to revise the paths according to the actual atmospheric structure. …”
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Meta-Analysis on Cognitive Benefit of Exercise after Stroke by Bo Yang, Shuming Wang

“…SMD and 95% confidence intervals were calculated, and Chi-squared test (Q) was adopted to estimate the heterogeneity. Results. (a) Twenty-three studies met inclusion criteria, including 1528 participants. …”
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COVID-19 vaccines as a game-changing tool? A corpus-based study of vaccine communication in People's Daily and The New York Times by Zhihan Wen, Ming Liu, Changpeng Huan

“…This study suggests that both newspapers should adopt a more collaborative mindset to effectively combat COVID-19 and enhance health communication strategies.…”
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Biosurfactant-Producing Lactobacilli: Screening, Production Profiles, and Effect of Medium Composition by Eduardo J. Gudiña, José A. Teixeira, Lígia R. Rodrigues

“…The optimization procedure adopted in the current work was found to improve the biosurfactant production and opened new perspectives for the use of L. paracasei ssp. paracasei A20 as a promising biosurfactant-producer.…”
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Navigating Government Information System Efficacy: Insights from Human Resource Information System Implementation by Teuku Noerman, Eliana Sandy Yuliaji, Nia Riana

“…Digital-centric work system modification as the success of human resource management in adopting digital transformation, guided by HRIS steps to form a theoretical structure designed to ensure whether organizational performance can reach its potential after conversion to a digital system. …”
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The Influence of Green Product Innovation, Green Process Innovation, and End-of-Line Management Innovation on Sustainability Performance Dimensions by Ehsan Masoudi, Seyyed Amirhossein Emamiyan

“…Practical Implications- This research highlights the significance of GTI in enhancing SP, providing practical implications for SMEs to adopt eco-friendly practices, thereby improving operational efficiency, reducing environmental impact, and fostering competitive advantage in the market. …”
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The Impact of 3D Printed Ruminant Biomimetic Structures on the Performance of Biomethane Production from Kitchen Waste via Anaerobic Fermentation by ZUO Huan, SUN Chen

“…To address the long-term instability and weak resistance to external disturbances of anaerobic fermentation reactors, 3D printing technology and flexible silicone materials were adopted to creat ruminant biomimetic components that can be applied in continuous stirred-tank reactors to improve their operational performance. …”
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Border governance through local community empowerment: insights from Indonesia-Papua New Guinea borderline by Usman Pakasi, Muhammad Faridz, Hasbi Majid, Susilawati Susilawati

“…The research highlights that effectively empowering local communities in border governance involves strategic investments in complementary infrastructure, education and participatory processes. Adopting a comprehensive approach, policymakers are able to empower border communities to sustainably process their resources, improve their livelihoods, and contribute positively to sustainable development goals in the border area.…”
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Towards understanding the character of quality sampling in deep learning face recognition by Iurii Medvedev, João Tremoço, Beatriz Mano, Luís Espírito Santo, Nuno Gonçalves

“…It widely utilises deep learning computer vision tools and adopts large collections of unconstrained face images of celebrities for training. …”
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PTF-SimCM: A Simple Contrastive Model with Polysemous Text Fusion for Visual Similarity Metric by Xinpan Yuan, Xinxin Mao, Wei Xia, Zhiqi Zhang, Shaojun Xie, Chengyuan Zhang

“…Considering the above problems comprehensively, we present a novel visual similarity metric model named PTF-SimCM. It adopts a self-supervised contrastive structure like SimSiam and incorporates a multimodal fusion module to utilize textual modality correlated to the image. …”
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Robust Two-Stage Location Allocation for Emergency Temporary Blood Supply in Postdisaster by Dongqing Luan, Along Liu, Xiaoli Wang, Yanxi Xie, Zhong Wu

“…Disaster medical rescue in China mainly adopts the “on-site rescue” model. Whether the location of emergency temporary blood supply sites is reasonable or not directly affects the rescue efficiency. …”
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