Factors Associated with High Prevalence of Multibacillary Leprosy in West Bengal: A Case–Control Study by Dipta Kanti Mukhopadhyay, Tarun Kumar Sarkar, Supantha Chatterjee, Soumalya Ray, Pritam Roy, Asit Kumar Biswas

“…R, version 4.1.1 (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, 2021, Vienna, Austria) was used for data analysis. …”
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An Efficient Tourism Path Approach Based on Improved Ant Colony Optimization in Hilly Areas by Mohamed A. Damos, Wenbo Xu, Jun Zhu, Ali Ahmed, Abdolraheem Khader

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Characterizing Sparse Spectral Diversity Within a Homogenous Background: Hydrocarbon Production Infrastructure in Arctic Tundra near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska by Daniel Sousa, Latha Baskaran, Kimberley Miner, Elizabeth Josephine Bushnell

“…Analysis involves two stages: first, computing the mixture residual of a generalized linear spectral mixture model; and second, nonlinear dimensionality reduction via manifold learning. …”
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Towards better and unlinkable protected biometric templates using label‐assisted discrete hashing by Kiran Raja, R. Raghavendra, Christoph Busch

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Lifting-Based Fractional Wavelet Filter: Energy-Efficient DWT Architecture for Low-Cost Wearable Sensors by Mohd Tausif, Ekram Khan, Mohd Hasan, Martin Reisslein

“…This paper proposes and evaluates the LFrWF, a novel lifting-based architecture to compute the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) of images using the fractional wavelet filter (FrWF). …”
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Auxo: A Temporal Graph Management System by Wentao Han, Kaiwei Li, Shimin Chen, Wenguang Chen

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Understanding excess mortality during COVID in Belgium: the influence of pre-existing health status and social factors by Laura Van den Borre, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Sylvie Gadeyne, Katrien Vanthomme, Didier Willaert

“…Mortality Rate Ratios (MRRs) were computed using Poisson regression analyses to investigate relative mortality inequalities. …”
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Maximum efficiency and power point tracking system for hybrid compensated wireless charging of electric vehicle by Pabba Ramesh, R.K. Pongiannan, Lukas Demel, Roman Hrbac, Narayanamoorthi R

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A Configurable Semantic-Based Transformation Method towards Conceptual Models by Tiexin Wang, Jingwen Cao, Chuanqi Tao, Zhibin Yang, Yi Wu, Bohan Li

“…SbACMT contains three parts: (i) a configurable semantic relatedness computing method building on the structured linguistic knowledge base “ConceptNet” (SRCM-CNet), (ii) a specific meta-model, which follows the Ecore standard, defines the rules of applying SRCM-CNet to different conceptual models to automatically detect transformation mappings, and (iii) a multistep matching and transformation process that employs SRCM-CNet. …”
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Towards unbiased skin cancer classification using deep feature fusion by Ali Atshan Abdulredah, Mohammed A. Fadhel, Laith Alzubaidi, Ye Duan, Monji Kherallah, Faiza Charfi

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A Systematic Review of Access Control Models: Background, Existing Research, and Challenges by Nastaran Farhadighalati, Luis A. Estrada-Jimenez, Sanaz Nikghadam-Hojjati, Jose Barata

“…Data confidentiality, integrity, and availability are crucial, particularly in sensitive domains like healthcare and cloud computing. While robust access control (AC) is essential, it must be balanced with maintaining operational efficiency. …”
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Last digit tendency: Lucky numbers and psychological rounding in mobile transactions by Hai Wang, Tian Lu, Yingjie Zhang, Yue Wu, Yiheng Sun, Jingran Dong, Wen Huang

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Optimization of Internet of Things E-Commerce Logistics Cloud Service Platform Based on Mobile Communication by Jun Chen, Huan Wu, Xi Zhou, Maoguo Wu, Chenyang Zhao, Shiyan Xu

“…Therefore, in order to decorate the customary natural environment of operation, it is quintessential to get rid of the preferred desktop in the true field, create a social logistics and transportation administration computing device with commodity agents and distributors as the key features, and mix freight logistics, business enterprise approach waft and data waft advertising and marketing, and advertising and marketing organically. …”
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Optimal Dependence of Performance and Efficiency of Collaborative Filtering on Random Stratified Subsampling by Samin Poudel, Marwan Bikdash

“…Dropping fractions of users or items judiciously can reduce the computational cost of Collaborative Filtering (CF) algorithms. …”
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Breast cancer classification based on hybrid CNN with LSTM model by Mourad Kaddes, Yasser M. Ayid, Ahmed M. Elshewey, Yasser Fouad

“…Medical image analysis methods and computer-aided diagnosis can enhance this process, providing training and assistance to less experienced clinicians. …”
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Nature-Inspired Metaheuristics for Two-Agent Scheduling with Due Date and Release Time by Hongwei Li, Yuvraj Gajpal, Chirag Surti, Dongliang Cai, Amit Kumar Bhardwaj

“…The algorithm’s performance was gauged against the optimal solution obtained from the AMPL-CPLEX solver for both solution quality and computational time. The outlined metaheuristics produce a solution that is comparable with a short computational time. …”
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Simulation-Based Framework for Estimating Crash Modification Factors (CMFs): A Case Study for ITS Countermeasures by Plaban Das, Seri Park, Parth Bhavsar

“…While researchers are utilizing advanced computing and communication tools to reduce number of crashes on the roadways, there is still an absence of appropriate method to evaluate the safety performances of these advanced technologies in the planning stage. …”
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A Brief Review of Network Embedding by Yaojing Wang, Yuan Yao, Hanghang Tong, Feng Xu, Jian Lu

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Internet of things enabled smart agriculture: Current status, latest advancements, challenges and countermeasures by Navod Neranjan Thilakarathne, Muhammad Saifullah Abu Bakar, Pg Emeroylariffion Abas, Hayati Yassin

“…Smart agriculture, interchangeably known as smart farming, utilizes IoT and related enabling technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and big data in agriculture and offers the potential to enhance agricultural operations by automating and making intelligent decisions, resulting in increased efficiency and a better yield with minimum waste. …”
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Ka-Band Slot-Microstrip-Covered and Waveguide-Cavity-Backed Monopulse Antenna Array by Li-Ming Si, Yong Liu, Yongjun Huang, Weiren Zhu

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