An Improved Multibranch Convolutional Neural Network with a Compensator for Crowd Counting by Zhiyun Zheng, Zhenhao Sun, Guanglei Zhu, Zhenfei Wang, Junfeng Wang

“…However, as the number of webcams increases, a crowd with extremely high density can obtain less error by summing the images of multiple close-range webcams, but there are still some problems such as heavy occlusions and large-scale variation. …”
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Conflicting Visions of War: Winston Churchill and Rudyard Kipling’s Evocation of the Boer War by Laïli Dor

“…Kipling and Churchill witnessed the war in fairly similar conditions, observing the fighting at close range and enjoying friendly contact with British soldiers. …”
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A Real-Time Optical Tracking and Measurement Processing System for Flying Targets by Pengyu Guo, Shaowen Ding, Hongliang Zhang, Xiaohu Zhang

“…Optical tracking and measurement for flying targets is unlike the close range photography under a controllable observation environment, which brings extreme conditions like diverse target changes as a result of high maneuver ability and long cruising range. …”
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Security & safety issues and endogenous security for intelligent connected vehicles by JIA Hongying, LI Yufeng

“…In order to promote the overall goal of achieving endogenous safe boarding, a close range planning scheme for intelligent connected vehicles with the core of “pre blocking, mid defense, and post traceability” had also been explored.…”
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Multirotor UAV-Based Photogrammetric Mapping for Road Design by Muhammad Akmal Zulkipli, Khairul Nizam Tahar

“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can be used for close range mapping. In engineering survey works, the conventional survey involves huge cost, labour, and time. …”
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Wind Turbine Clutter Mitigation in Coastal UHF Radar by Jing Yang, Chao Pan, Caijun Wang, Dapeng Jiang, Biyang Wen

“…It could compensate the blind zone of HF surface wave radar at close range and reach further distance than microwave radars. …”
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Joining of Incompatible Polymer Combinations by Form Fit Using the Vibration Welding Process by Michael Wolf, Tobias Kleffel, Christoph Leisen, Dietmar Drummer

“…The production of components consisting of various polymer types by welding is severely restricted and only possible for bonding compatible materials with melting points in a close range. Several modifications, such as the cross-linking of one joining partner, allow for circumventing the restrictions regarding the melting points but do not help in joining bonding incompatible materials. …”
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Biomechanics of Heading a Soccer Ball: Implications for Player Safety by Charles F. Babbs

“…Focus on teaching proper technique, the re-design of age-appropriate balls for young players with reduced weight and inflation pressure, and avoidance of head contact with fast, rising balls kicked at close range can substantially reduce risk of subtle brain injury in players who head soccer balls.…”
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An Improved Composite Fly Ash Gel to Extinguish Underground Coal Fire in Close Distance Coal Seams: A Case Study by Jun Guo, Guobin Cai, Yan Jin, Xuezhao Zheng, Yin Liu

“…Finally, the optimized fly ash colloid fire prevention and extinguishing technology was successfully applied to the fire control engineering examples of close-range coal seam groups, and the rationality of the developed powder and its proportion was tested, and the feasibility in coal fire control was tested.…”
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Vision-Based Object Recognition and Precise Localization for Space Body Control by Zeyu Shangguan, Lingyu Wang, Jianquan Zhang, Wenbo Dong

“…The experimental results show that the recognition method based on deep-learning at a distance and marker matching in close range effectively eliminates the false target recognition and improves the precision of positioning at the same time. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of the Distribution and Development of Soil Caves on the Stability of High-Voltage Transmission Tower Foundations by Yingbo Zhou, Li Zhou, Zhiqiang Duan, Fangchao Ke, Huan Liu

“…Finally, under the condition of a close-range double soil cave distribution, the influence of the size, depth, and gap between the two caves on the tower foundation is simulated. …”
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Evaluation on Braking Stability of Autonomous Vehicles Running along Curved Sections Based on Asphalt Pavement Adhesion Properties by Binshuang Zheng, Xiaoming Huang, Junyao Tang, Jiaying Chen, Runmin Zhao, Zhengqiang Hong, Tao Tang, Meiling Han

“…To study the braking stability of autonomous vehicles on curved sections under different road conditions, the advanced close-range photogrammetry system was utilized to extract the road surface texture information. …”
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Modeling and Simulation of Departure Passenger’s Behavior Based on an Improved Social Force Approach: A Case Study on an Airport Terminal in China by Yaping Zhang, Jialin Li, Dexuan Kong, Xiaoqing Xing, Qian Luo, Jian Mao

“…At the decision level of the proposed model, the avoiding force model including common avoiding force and additional horizontal avoiding force was established on the basis of setting time and space limitations for taking avoiding action and was used to describe passengers’ path planning in close-range space. At the tactical level of the proposed model, the route and node choice models were established to describe passengers’ path planning in long-range space. …”
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Experimental study of different oxides in B2O3–ZnO–BaO glass system for gamma-ray shielding by Mohamed Elsafi, M. I. Sayyed, Taha A. Hanafy

“…Through comparing the linear attenuation coefficient (LAC) data (experimental and Phy-X) for the BZBX glass samples, the LAC values for glass samples obtained experimentally and using Phy-X are in a very close range. All the glass samples have the greatest LAC values at 0.0595 MeV, the lowest energy value. …”
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Failure Modes and Fault Morphology by Adam J. Cawood, David A. Ferrill, Kevin J. Smart

“…Here, we use field data and close-range digital photogrammetry to characterize, in detail, the surface morphology of three normal faults with cm-scale displacements in mechanically layered carbonates of the Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation at Canyon Lake Gorge, Comal County, Texas. …”
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Three-Dimensional Digital Documentation for the Conservation of the Prambanan Temple Cluster Using Guided Multi-Sensor Techniques by Anindya Sricandra Prasidya, Irwan Gumilar, Irwan Meilano, Ikaputra Ikaputra, Rochmad Muryamto, Erlyna Nour Arrofiqoh

“…The internal and external qualities of each sensor result showed the millimeter- to centimeter-range root mean squared error, with the terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) having the best accuracy, followed by aerial close-range and terrestrial-mode photogrammetry and nadiral Lidar and photogrammetry. …”
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A Binocular Vision-Assisted Method for the Accurate Positioning and Landing of Quadrotor UAVs by Jie Yang, Kunling He, Jie Zhang, Jiacheng Li, Qian Chen, Xiaohui Wei, Hanlin Sheng

“…The experimental results demonstrate a 100% target recognition success rate and high positioning accuracy, with <i>x</i> and <i>y</i>-axis errors not exceeding 0.01 m in close range, the <i>x</i>-axis relative error not exceeding 0.05 m, and the <i>y</i>-axis error not exceeding 0.03 m in the medium range. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variations in 94-GHz Radar Backscatter From a Springtime Snowpack by William D. Harcourt, Duncan A. Robertson, David G. Macfarlane, Brice R. Rea, Mike R. James, Mark Diggins, Blair Fyffe

“…Measuring the interaction between atmospheric conditions and a snowpack at high spatial and temporal resolution requires the use of close-range sensors. Here, we measured the variability of a spring snowpack across two corries in Scotland using ground-based 94 GHz radar in order to assess its ability to monitor snowpack changes. …”
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Iconic Celebration of Charms and Friendship in Poetry: Fálétí’s “Adébímpé Ọ̀jẹ́dòkun” by Michael Oladejo Afoláyan

“…It was at this point that the great hunter, Adébímpé, choke-holding the leopard, called on the younger hunters and ordered them to come near and shoot the beast at close range. The nervous hunter was the first to attempt the shoot, emptying the loaded barrel into the leopard, himself falling headlong at the sound of his own gun. …”
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On Linear Difference Equations for Which the Global Periodicity Implies the Existence of an Equilibrium by István Győri, László Horváth

“…It is proved that any first-order globally periodic linear inhomogeneous autonomous difference equation defined by a linear operator with closed range in a Banach space has an equilibrium. This result is extended for higher order linear inhomogeneous system in a real or complex Euclidean space. …”
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