Enhancing Classification Models With Sophisticated Counterfactual Images by Xiang Li, Ren Togo, Keisuke Maeda, Takahiro Ogawa, Miki Haseyama

“…In this paper, we aimed to 1) improve existing processes for generating language-guided counterfactual images and 2) employ counterfactual images to efficiently and directly identify model weaknesses in learning incorrect feature relationships. …”
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Time-Frequency Feature Extraction of HRRP Using AGR and NMF for SAR ATR by Xinzheng Zhang, Zhouyong Liu, Shujun Liu, Guojun Li

“…Finally, hidden Markov models (HMMs) are employed to characterize the time-frequency feature vectors corresponding to one target and are used to being the recognizer. …”
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Vietnamese religiosity, premarital sexual permissiveness, and abortion attitudes: the mediating role of filial piety by Phuoc-Thien Nguyen, Vu Hoang Anh Nguyen, Tuan-Khai Truong, Tri-Bao Nguyen, Ky Luu, Vy Truc Le, Ngoc-Han Nguyen-Thi, Yen-Trang Chu-Nguyen, Lan Thi Nguyen, Vinh-Long Tran-Chi

“…Drawing on data from 656 participants, the research employed the Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) method and identified significant differences in intrinsic religiosity (IR) based on various forms of cohabitation with parents. …”
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Regulating the Competence of Administrative Justice and the Public-Private Law Divide by Krisztina F. Rozsnyai

“…Design/Methodology/Approach: The study employs juridical analysis of normative texts and legal comparison. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Flow Resistance in a Coal Mine Ventilation Air Methane Preheated Catalytic Oxidation Reactor by Bin Zheng, Yongqi Liu, Ruixiang Liu, Jian Meng, Mingming Mao

“…It can also be used in deriving much needed data for preheated catalytic oxidation designs when employed in industry.…”
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Prediction of Favorable Carbonate Reservoirs under Extremely Thick Salts via Poststack Facies-Controlled and Prestack Zoeppritz Equation Inversions in the Santos Basin of Brazil by Sheng Zhang, Suoliang Chang, Handong Huang, Yinping Dong, Youyi Shen, Yaneng Luo, Baoheng Zhu

“…Due to the low-frequency bandwidth of the seismic data and the poor signal quality for this kind of reservoir target, there is a demand for accurate seismic prediction methods. We employ the facies-controlled inversion using a low-pass filter matrix to ensure the accuracy of the low frequency and to improve the robustness of the inversion results. …”
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On the Analytical and Numerical Solutions in the Quantum Magnetoplasmas: The Atangana Conformable Derivative (1+3)-ZK Equation with Power-Law Nonlinearity by Mostafa M. A. Khater, Yu-Ming Chu, Raghda A. M. Attia, Mustafa Inc, Dianchen Lu

“…This model is formulated and derived by employing the well-known reductive perturbation method. …”
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How does climate shock affect technology adoption in rice production? by Thai Phan Nguyen, Duc Kien Nguyen, Quang Dung Truong

“…This study utilised VARHS (The Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey) panel data from 2012 to 2018 and employed regression analysis following the application of propensity score matching (PSM) to address potential selection bias caused by drought and flood shocks. …”
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Estimation of subsurface flow hydrograph of catchments using time-area hydrograph method by Hossein Fariborzi, Mostafa Akbari Kheirabadi, Touraj Sabzevari, Andrea Petroselli, Mohsen Tarahi

“…Aim of the study: In this study, a novel approach was undertaken, employing the concept of SSF isochrones in tandem with the time-area histogram (TAH) method as a fresh model for SSF estimation within catchments. …”
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A Numerical Scheme Based on an Immersed Boundary Method for Compressible Turbulent Flows with Shocks: Application to Two-Dimensional Flows around Cylinders by Shun Takahashi, Taku Nonomura, Kota Fukuda

“…The turbulent flow region is modeled by a second-order pseudo skew-symmetric form with minimum dissipation, while the monotone upstream-centered scheme for conservation laws (MUSCL) scheme is employed in the shock region. The present scheme is applied to the flow around a two-dimensional cylinder under various freestream Mach numbers. …”
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Optimal Portfolio Selection of Mean-Variance Utility with Stochastic Interest Rate by Shuang Li, Shican Liu, Yanli Zhou, Yonghong Wu, Xiangyu Ge

“…In order to tackle the problem of how investors in financial markets allocate wealth to stochastic interest rate governed by a nested stochastic differential equations (SDEs), this paper employs the Nash equilibrium theory of the subgame perfect equilibrium strategy and propose an extended Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation to analyses the optimal control over the financial system involving stochastic interest rate and state-dependent risk aversion (SDRA) mean-variance utility. …”
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Transluminal Angioplasty of Transplanted Renal Artery Stenosis: A Review of the Literature for Its Safety and Efficacy by Polytimi Leonardou, Sofia Gioldasi, Paris Pappas

“…Colour Doppler Ultrasonography (CDU) is the screening procedure of choice in most studies whereas some centers employ Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA), if available. …”
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A novel approach of Consensus-based Finite-time Distributed Sliding Mode Control for Stewart platform manipulators motion tracking by Duc Cuong Vu, Tung Lam Nguyen, Danh Huy Nguyen

“…The Gough-Stewart Platform, often referred to simply as the Stewart Platform, is a parallel mechanical system with six degrees of freedom, which is widely employed in simulation and precise applications. This study gives a thorough Lagrangian-based model of the Stewart Platform, emphasizing its dynamic behavior and control mechanisms. …”
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UNHEARD VOICES OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE, WITH IMPLICATIONS OF EMPOWERMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF TODAY’S CHURCH by L.M. Mudimeli, J.D.N. Van der Westhuizen

“…As the empowerment of women is located within the discourses of gender equality, a gender lens, which is a biblical liberation hermeneutic of vhusadzi theology, is employed to reconstruct positive discourses regarding people’s perceptions about women in societies. …”
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Using Pneumatic Systems in the Representation of Historical Buildings Damaged in Earthquakes: The Case of Hatay by Esra İmamoğlu Yılmaz, Güray Yusuf Baş, Tayfur Emre Yavru, Semih Yılmaz

“…As an innovative proposal within these practices a model that employs pneumatic system technology to represent earthquake-damaged historical structures has been developed and examined for its practical application possibilities. …”
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Ultrasonic Irradiation: Synthesis, Characterization, and Preliminary Antimicrobial Activity of Novel Series of 4,6-Disubstituted-1,3,5-triazine Containing Hydrazone Derivatives by Hessa H. Al-Rasheed, Monirah Al Alshaikh, Jamal M. Khaled, Naiyf S. Alharbi, Ayman El-Faham

“…Novel series of 4,6-disubstituted-1,3,5-triazines containing hydrazone derivatives were synthesized employing ultrasonic irradiation and conventional heating. …”
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Infrared Spectroscopic Characterization of Photoluminescent Polymer Nanocomposites by Kyle Gipson, Kathryn Stevens, Phil Brown, John Ballato

“…The nanoparticles comprised organic ligands (acetylsalicylic acid, ASA, and 2-picolinic acid, PA) attached to the lanthanum trifluoride (LaF3) host crystals that were doped with optically active terbium III (Tb3+) and synthesized using solution-based methods. The ligands were employed to functionalize the surface of Tb3+:LaF3 nanocrystals to aid in dispersing the nanoparticles. …”
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An Investigation of Facets and Microsenses of Words in Persian by S. Hamzeh Mousavi, Seyed Mohammad Mousavi

“…Subsequently, the Persian Academy Corpus was employed to identify additional examples of each word, thereby facilitating a comprehensive exploration of facets and microsenses associated with each lexical item. …”
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Impact of Sanction Shock on Iran's Stock Market Index by Reza Tehrani, Mahmood Mokhtarband, Menal Aboodeh

“…The research methodology employed an Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model, considering datasets with both annual and seasonal frequencies over a 30-year period from 1991 to 2021. …”
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First-principles generated mechanical property database for multi-component Al alloys: Focusing on Al-rich corner by Wang J., Du Y., Tao X., Ouyang Y., Zhang L., Chen Q., Engström A.

“…Phonon density of states or Debye model is employed to calculate the linear thermal expansion, which is then used to calculate the temperature dependence of elastic properties. …”
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