Estimation of Anthocyanins in Apple Leaves Based on Ground Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning Models by Yu Zhang, Mi Zou, Yanjun Li, Qingrui Chang, Xing Chen, Zhiyong Dai, Weihao Yuan

“…The original hyperspectral imaging at wavelengths before 720 nm shows a decrease in reflectance as the growth stages progress, while the spectral curves after 720 nm remain largely consistent across stages; (2) Compared to single original spectral variables, multivariate estimation models using original spectra and second-order derivative transformed spectra show improved accuracy for anthocyanins estimation across different growth stages, with the most significant improvement during the Fruit Enlargement stage; (3) Although the computation of the three-band spectral indices is resource-intensive and time-consuming, it can enhance anthocyanins estimation accuracy; (4) Among all models, the CatBoost model based on original spectra and second-order derivative transformed spectra indices for the entire growth period achieved the highest accuracy, with a validation set R² of 0.934 and a RPD of 3.888, and produced effective leaf anthocyanins inversion maps. …”
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Experimental Studies of Fluid Flow Resistance in a Heat Exchanger Based on the Triply Periodic Minimal Surface by Marcin Kruzel, Krzysztof Dutkowski, Tadeusz Bohdal

“…They mainly concern computer simulations that have yet to be experimentally verified. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with false hyperkalaemia in Asians in primary care: a cross-sectional study (the Unlysed Hyperkalaemia- the Unseen Burden (UHUB) study) by Ngiap Chuan Tan, Alicia Ying Ying Boo, Yi Ling Eileen Koh, Pei Lin Hu

“…The proportion of such patients was computed to determine its prevalence. Linear and logistic regressions were used to identify the associated factors.Results The study population comprised of 3014 index cases, of which 1575 had repeat potassium tests without preceding SPS. 86.4% (1362/1575) of them had potassium ≤5.5 mmol/L. …”
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Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Failure of Sandwich Specimens with Tabs under Four-Point Bending by V. N. Paimushin, S. A. Kholmogorov, M. V. Makarov, N. V. Levshonkova

“…The algorithm of the developed method was implemented as an application software, which facilitated a series of computational experiments. The results obtained were compared with the experimental data on the four-point bending of sandwich specimens with the facing layers made of a unidirectional fiber-reinforced composite characterized by specific geometric and physico-mechanical properties, as well as with tabs under the loading rollers. …”
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Survey on blockchain privacy protection techniques in cryptography by Feng LIU, Jie YANG, Jiayin QI

“…In recent years, the issue of data privacy has attracted increased attention, and how to achieve effective privacy protection in blockchain is a new research hotspot.In view of the current research status and development trend of blockchain in privacy protection, the privacy protection methods of blockchain in transaction address,prophecy machine and smart contract were explained, and the privacy strategies of blockchain in the protection of basic elements were summarized.Based on high-level literature at home and abroad, two types of blockchain cryptographic protection methods and usage scenarios were analyzed, including special cryptographic primitives and post-quantum cryptography.The advantages and disadvantages of seven cryptographic techniques applicable to current blockchain privacy protection were also reviewed, including attribute-based encryption, special data signature, homomorphic encryption, secure multi-party computation, zero-knowledge proofs, and lattice ciphers.It was concluded that the privacy protection of blockchain applications cannot be achieved without cryptographic technology.Meanwhile, the blockchain privacy protection technologies were analyzed in terms of both basic element protection and cryptographic protection.It was concluded that it was difficult to effectively solve the privacy problem only from the application and contract layers of the blockchain, and various cryptographic technologies should be used to complement each other according to different needs and application scenarios.In addition, according to the current development status of blockchain privacy cryptography, the narrative was developed from blockchain basic element protection and cryptography-based protection.From the perspectives of both endogenous basic element security and exogenous cryptographic privacy security, basic element privacy protection should be studied first, followed by an in-depth analysis of cryptographic protection techniques for blockchain privacy.The strengths and weaknesses and the potential value of the privacy handling aspects of the corresponding safeguards should be measured in terms of the development of technology in conjunction with practical applications, while considering the timeliness of the technology.Finally, an outlook on the future direction of blockchain privacy protection technologies was provided, indicating the issues that need to be addressed in focus.…”
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Design of an iterative method for enhanced early prediction of acute coronary syndrome using XAI analysis by Shital Hajare, Rajendra Rewatkar, K.T.V. Reddy

“…The study harnesses diverse algorithms—Support Vector Machines, Logistic Regression, Gradient Boosting Machines, and Deep Forest—tailored for nuanced ACS detection, balancing simplicity with computational depth to optimize performance metrics. …”
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Evaluation of positions of four lingula shapes for mandibular ramus surgery by Kun-Jung Hsu, Kun-Jung Hsu, Pei-Jung Chen, Han-Sheng Chen, Han-Sheng Chen, Kun-Tsung Lee, Kun-Tsung Lee, Chun-Ming Chen, Chun-Ming Chen

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the location of the lingula in both horizontal and vertical planes among four different shapes of the mandibular ramus.MethodsNinety patients, 60 female and 30 male, underwent cone beam computed tomography scans to evaluate the measurements of the lingula tip (Li) in relation to the anterior border (AB), posterior border (PB), sigmoid notch (SN), and inferior border (IB) of the ramus. …”
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Transforming traffic accident investigations: a virtual-real-fusion framework for intelligent 3D traffic accident reconstruction by Yanzhan Chen, Qian Zhang, Fan Yu

“…This study proposes a novel virtual-real-fusion simulation framework that integrates traffic accident generation, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based image collection, and a 3D traffic accident reconstruction pipeline with advanced computer vision techniques and unsupervised 3D point cloud clustering algorithms. …”
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Investigation of Sandstone Mesostructure Damage Caused by Freeze-Thaw Cycles via CT Image Enhancement Technology by Hui Liu, Gengshe Yang, Yehui Yun, Jianghao Lin, Wanjun Ye, Huimei Zhang, Yao Zhang

“…In this regard, this paper proposes a quantitative evaluation method based on computed tomography (CT) scanning technology for investigating the mesostructure and damage characteristics of sandstone subjected to freeze-thaw conditions. …”
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Fully automated segmentation and classification of renal tumors on CT scans via machine learning by Jang Hee Han, Byung Woo Kim, Taek Min Kim, Ji Yeon Ko, Seung Jae Choi, Minho Kang, Sang Youn Kim, Jeong Yeon Cho, Ja Hyeon Ku, Cheol Kwak, Young-Gon Kim, Chang Wook Jeong

“…Materials and methods The model was developed using computed tomography (CT) images of pathologically proven renal tumors collected from a prospective cohort at a medical center between March 2016 and December 2020. …”
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Educational creative task as the main teaching tool for formation of compositional abilities of prospective leaders of the studio of decorative and applied creativity by Ekaterina S. Sachkova

“…In the process of research the theoretical analysis of pedagogical, psychological, methodological literature on the problem of research and empirical methods: pedagogical observation, testing, stating and forming experiments.As a result of the research the specificity of compositional activity in the sphere of decorative and applied art is revealed, the definition and structure of compositional abilities of leaders of the Studio of decorative and applied creativity is formulated, the complex of pedagogical means of formation of compositional abilities of students of higher education institutions of culture and arts - prospective leaders of the Studio of decorative and applied creativity is developed and tested.The formation of compositional abilities of prospective leaders of the Studio of decorative and applied creativity is carried out in the process of specially organized activities, the main content of which is the solution in the prescribed manner and combinations of educational and creative composite tasks presented in various techniques of decorative and applied art and in computer performance, having a certain level of complexity, subjects and orientation. …”
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Genetic Artificial Hummingbird Algorithm-Support Vector Machine for Timely Power Theft Detection by Emmanuel Gbafore, Davies Rene Segera, Cosmas Raymond Mutugi Kiruki

“…The methodology entailed data preprocessing, data split into training, validation, and testing sets in an 80-10-10 ratio, z-score normalization, optimization, training, validation, testing, and computation of six evaluation metrics. Its performance is compared with 13 metaheuristic classifiers and the conventional support vector machine. …”
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Impact of morphological traits and irrigation levels on fresh herbage yield of sorghum x sudangrass hybrid: Modelling data mining techniques. by Halit Tutar, Senol Celik, Hasan Er, Erdal Gönülal

“…Plant height of 251.22 cm, stem diameter of 7.03 mm, fresh herbage yield of 8010.69 kg da-1, crude protein ratio of 9.09%, acid detergent fiber 33.23%, neutral detergent fiber 57.44%, acid detergent lignin 7.43%, dry matter digestibility of 63.01%, dry matter intake 2.11%, and relative feed value of 103.02 were the descriptive statistical values that were computed. Model fit statistics, including coefficient of determination (R2), adjusted R2, root of mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), standard deviation ratio (SD ratio), Mean Absolution Error (MAE) and Relative Absolution Error (RAE), were used to evaluate the prediction abilities of the fitted models. …”
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Correlation between the Severity of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease and Serum Uric Acid to Serum Creatinine Ratio by Jing Liu, Hongye Peng, Che Wang, Yutong Wang, Rongrui Wang, Jixiang Liu, Tianhui Zhou, Shukun Yao

“…Methods. 228 participants were enrolled and divided into 2 groups, including mild MAFLD and non-MAFLD group and moderate-severe MAFLD group, based on liver/spleen computed tomography (CT) ratios. The correlations between sUA/Cr and the severity of MAFLD were analyzed by logistic and linear regression. …”
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In silico methods for immunogenicity risk assessment and human homology screening for therapeutic antibodies by Aimee E. Mattei, Andres H. Gutierrez, Soorya Seshadri, Jacob Tivin, Matt Ardito, Amy S. Rosenberg, William D. Martin, Anne S. De Groot

“…Even if the source of a given biologic is ‘fully human’, T cell epitopes that are contained in the sequences of the biologic may activate the immune system, enabling the development of anti-drug antibodies that can reduce drug efficacy and may contribute to adverse events. Computational tools that identify T cell epitopes from primary amino acid sequences have been used to assess the immunogenic potential of therapeutic candidates for several decades. …”
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Information retrieval interfaces in virtual reality-A scoping review focused on current generation technology. by Maurice Schleußinger

“…The Information Retrieval user experience has remained largely unchanged since its inception for computers and mobile devices alike. However, recent developments in Virtual Reality hardware (pioneered by Oculus Rift in 2013) could introduce a new environment for Information Retrieval. …”
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Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and blood pressure in the early life of children by Xiaodong Chen, Lingling Dong, Lina Yang, Yan Yang, Liyu Yang, Sijia Han

“…Additionally, we applied quantile g-computation (g-comp) and Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) to assess the combined and interaction effects of multiple PAH metabolites. …”
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Design and modeling of a highly compact negative index floral shape metamaterial for flight navigation applications by M. Pallavi, Praveen Kumar, B. R. Shivakumar

“…The results indicate that the proposed structure retains its DNG behavior in the desired frequency range, regardless of the incident angles. The computed effective medium ratio of the structure is 13.47 at the CAS central frequency (1.06 GHz), highlighting its compactness and efficacy. …”
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Reliability of Upper Extremity Functional Performance Tests for the Non-overhead Athlete by Bryan L Riemann, George J Davies

“…Measures of systematic bias, absolute reliability and relative reliability were computed between the sessions. Additionally, correlational analyses were conducted between the three UEFPT…”
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Under a not so white sky: visual impacts of stratospheric aerosol injection by Ansar Lemon, David W Keith, Steve Albers

“…We use population density and AOD data to compute the distribution of AODs people experience and then simulate sky images for the 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles of that distribution. …”
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