Hybrid Intersection Over Union Loss for a Robust Small Object Detection in Low-Light Conditions by Twahir Kiobya, Junfeng Zhou, Baraka Maiseli, Maqbool Khan

“…This loss utilizes the top-bottom distances of the targeted and predicted bounding boxes and the manhattan distance of the boxes’ centres to deal with the issue of misalignment that negatively affect the small object detection accuracy. …”
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Modeling the Magnetic Connection from Earth to Solar Corona during the May 11 Geomagnetic Superstorm by Alessandro Ippolito, Tommaso Alberti, Fabio Giannattasio

“…The findings have significant implications for predicting space weather effects on Earth and other solar system bodies, contributing to the development of more accurate models for future space exploration missions. …”
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Modelling current and future forest fire susceptibility in north-eastern Germany by K. H. Horn, K. H. Horn, S. Vulova, S. Vulova, H. Li, B. Kleinschmit

“…Model accuracy ranged between 69 % (<span class="inline-formula">RF_test</span>) and 71 % (leave one year out, LOYO), showing a moderately high model reliability for predicting FFS. The model results underscore the importance of anthropogenic parameters and vegetation parameters in modelling FFS on a regional level. …”
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Effect of Preadolescents&#x2019; Obesity on Inhibitory Control During Stop-Signal Task: A Functional EEG Network Study by Yuqin Li, Qian Yang, Yuxin Liu, Yutong Zheng, Jianfu Li, Chunli Chen, Baodan Chen, Dezhong Yao, Liang Yu, Peng Xu, Fali Li, Yi Liang

“…Additionally, significant correlations were found between network connectivity and properties and preadolescents&#x2019; body mass index (BMI), with their combination predicting BMI scores successfully. <italic>Conclusions</italic>. …”
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BPI-ANCA Provides Additional Clinical Information to Anti-Pseudomonas Serology: Results from a Cohort of 117 Swedish Cystic Fibrosis Patients by Ulrika Lindberg, Malin Carlsson, Thomas Hellmark, Mårten Segelmark

“…Receiver operator curve (ROC) analysis revealed that this could be predicted by BPI-ANCA (AUC = 0.77), (p=0.002) to a better degree compared with serology tests. …”
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Prognostic Value of Adrenomedullin and Natriuretic Peptides in Uroseptic Patients Induced by Ureteroscopy by Wei Hu, Pang-hu Zhou, Wei Wang, Lijun Zhang, Xiao-bin Zhang

“…The areas under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of ADM, ANP, and BNP for predicting urosepsis were 0.811, 0.728, and 0.764, respectively. …”
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Machine Learning Applications in Manufacturing&#x2014;Challenges, Trends, and Future Directions by Alexandre Manta-Costa, Sara Oleiro Araujo, Ricardo Silva Peres, Jose Barata

“…This research delves into the implications of I-ML in various manufacturing scenarios, including predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and quality control, providing a comprehensive overview of practical applications along with an identification of related emerging technologies and trends. …”
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Developing an Optimal Antiviral Method for the Air-filtration System of Subway Stations by Dae Hoon Park, Jungho Hwang, Dongho Shin, Younghun Kim, Gunhee Lee, Inyong Park, Sang Bok Kim, Keejung Hong, Bangwoo Han

“…Our model can be applied to the antiviral air-filtration system of subway stations to prevent the pandemic spread and predict the life cycle of antiviral filters.…”
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The effects of plasma source on adiabatic electron acceleration at dipolarization fronts by S. N. F. Chepuri, A. N. Jaynes, J. Joseph, D. L. Turner, C. Gabrielse, I. J. Cohen, D. N. Baker, B. H. Mauk, T. Leonard, J. F. Fennell

“…In previous work, we attempted to match the observed change in electron energy to the change predicted by betatron acceleration, but found that although this worked in some cases, overall betatron acceleration alone could not describe the observed energy spectrum changes. …”
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Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of peptide PvGBP2 against pathogenic bacteria that contaminate Auricularia auricular culture bags by Shen Yang, Zijin Yuan, Jude Juventus Aweya, Shanggui Deng, Wuyin Weng, Yueling Zhang, Guangming Liu

“…., Arthrobacter arilaitensis and Staphylococcus warneri, were isolated and identified from bacteria-contaminated A. auricular culture bags. An in silico predicted antimicrobial peptide from the β-1,3-glucan-binding protein sequence of Penaeus vannamei, designated PvGBP2 (FLKLGRKSRYGMLKL), was screened and its antibacterial effect and mechanism of action on the isolated Bacillus spp. explored. …”
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Mendelian randomization analysis reveals genetic evidence for a causal link between inflammatory bowel disease and uterine cervical neoplasms by Chunge Cao, Xiaorui Sun, Xiaohu Chen, Ying Zhang, Chaoyan Yue

“…Sensitivity analyses confirmed these findings.ConclusionGenetically predicted IBD and CD are risk factors for the development of malignant cervical carcinoma. …”
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A comprehensive characterization biotransformation of chlorinated paraffin by human and carp liver microsomes via liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry and screen... by Liujun Chen, Caiming Tang, Zhiqiang Yu, Yanhong Zeng, Bixian Mai, Xiaojun Luo

“…This study also highlighted potential toxicity concerns, with computational predictions showing varying degrees of acute oral toxicity for CP-4 and its metabolites. …”
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Typhoon Vulnerability Analysis in South Korea Utilizing Damage Record of Typhoon Maemi by Ji-Myong Kim, Kiyoung Son, Sang-Guk Yum, Sungjin Ahn

“…The results and metric of this research provide a pragmatic approach that helps create vulnerability functions for abovementioned sectors and like estimating local vulnerabilities and predicting and coping with the possible damage and loss from typhoons.…”
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Language Proficiency Across Tasks in Sequential Bilingual and Monolingual Children by Susan Logue, Raffaella Folli, Christina Sevdali, Victoria Singer, Juliana Gerard

“…We also find selective effects of age for monolinguals and both age and length of exposure (LOE) for bilinguals; in particular, while LOE predicts variation between the first and second language, age effects reflect underlying similarity across languages. …”
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A PLS-SEM Neural Network Approach for Understanding Cryptocurrency Adoption by Osama Sohaib, Walayat Hussain, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Ahmad, Manuel Mazzara

“…Also, ANN is capable of modelling complex linear and non-linear relationships with high predictive accuracy compared to SEM methods. Also, an Importance-Performance Map Analysis (IPMA) of the PLS-SEM results provides a more specific understanding of each factor&#x2019;s importance-performance.…”
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Investigating the dynamic history of a promontory ice rise using radar data by M. Reza Ershadi, Reinhard Drews, Jean-Louis Tison, Carlos Martín, A. Clara J. Henry, Falk Marius Oraschewski, Veronica Tsibulskaya, Sainan Sun, Sarah Wauthy, Inka Koch, Paul Dirk Bons, Olaf Eisen, Frank Pattyn

“…Stability is inferred over millennia for the saddle connecting HIR to the mainland, but dome ice-fabric appears relatively young compared to 2D model predictions. In a broader context, quad-polarimetric measurements provide valuable insights into ice-flow models, particularly for anisotropic rheology. …”
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Laboratory Testing of Polymer Flooding by Hydrolyzed Poly(acrylamide) in High Salinity Conditions by I. Gussenov, A. Shakhvorostov, A. Ayazbayeva, S.E. Kudaibergenov

“…In fact, as the molecular weight increased from low to medium high and super high, it required the assumption of a much higher viscosity to achieve a fit between fractional flow predictions and actual polymer flood results. These findings highlight the potential of high molecular weight HPAM solutions to enhance oil recovery in high salinity environments and underscore the importance of using both sand pack flooding experiments and fractional flow calculations for comparing different polymers. …”
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Aspect category sentiment analysis based on pre-trained BiLSTM and syntax-aware graph attention network by Guixian Xu, Zhe Chen, Zixin Zhang

“…Abstract Aspect Category Sentiment Analysis (ACSA) is a fine-grained sentiment analysis task aimed at predicting the sentiment polarity associated with aspect categories within a sentence.Most existing ACSA methods are based on a given aspect category to locate sentiment words related to it. …”
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The Effect of Path and Beginning Time of Ascending on Incidence of Acute Mountain Sickness around Mount Damavand in Iran (5671 m) by Reza Alizadeh, Vahid Ziaee, Lotf-Ali Frooghifard, Mohammad-Ali Mansournia, Ziba Aghsaeifard

“…Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to explore the independent predicting variables for AMS. Results. Overall incidence rate of AMS was 53.6%. …”
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Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Large Population of Women Living in Spain: Implications for Preventative Strategies by Ana M. Ramos-Leví, Natalia Pérez-Ferre, M. Dolores Fernández, Laura del Valle, Elena Bordiu, Ana Rosa Bedia, Miguel A. Herraiz, M. José Torrejón, Alfonso L. Calle-Pascual

“…The aim of this study is to establish a risk appraisal model for GDM by identifying modifiable factors that can help predict the risk of GDM in a large population of 2194 women living in Spain. …”
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