Multi-feature enhancement based on sparse networks for single-stage 3D object detection by Zunwang Ke, Chenyu Lin, Tao Zhang, Tingting Jia, Minghua Du, Gang Wang, Yugui Zhang

“…Firstly, a MAP coding module is introduced to optimize previous point cloud feature coding modules, allowing for the efficient extraction of fine-grained features from point cloud data. Then, we introduce an innovative sparse dual attention (SDA) to efficiently filter out irrelevant details in feature extraction, thereby improving the pertinence and efficiency of information extraction. …”
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Characterisation and Properties of Lithium Disilicate Glass Ceramics in the SiO2-Li2O-K2O-Al2O3 System for Dental Applications by Naruporn Monmaturapoj, Pornchanok Lawita, Witoon Thepsuwan

“…The results found that P2O5 and CaF2 served as a nucleating site for lithium phosphate and fluorapatite to encourage heterogenous nucleation and produce a fine-grained interlocking microstructure of lithium disilicate glass ceramics. …”
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Unzipping of knotted DNA via nanopore translocation by Antonio Suma, Cristian Micheletti

“…Here we use molecular dynamics simulations and a coarse-grained model of DNA to address the nanopore unzipping of DNA filaments that are knotted. …”
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Structural Design and Testing of a Corn Header for Soybean–Corn Intercropping by Zhipeng Cao, Qiqiang Li, Linfeng Chen, Yang Zhou, Junshan Nie, Qi Chen, Yuanfeng Xiao, Shaohao Zhou, Lihua Zhang

“…The optimal working parameter combination for the combine harvester includes a forward speed of 0.94 m/s, a stalk roll rotational speed of 566.5 r/min, and a kernel moisture content of 25%, under which conditions the grain loss rate of the corn header is 0.32% and the ear loss rate is 1.1%. …”
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Crack path in liquid metal embrittlement: experiments with steels and modeling by T. Auger, S. Hémery, M. Bourcier, C. Berdin, M. Martin, I. Robertson

“…The main finding is that most of the cracking process takes place at grain boundaries, lath or mechanical twin boundaries while cleavage or plastic flow localization is rarely the observed fracture mode. …”
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A Few-Shot Knowledge Graph Completion Model With Neighbor Filter and Affine Attention by Hongfang Gong, Yingjing Ding, Minyi Ma

“…However, existing FKGC approaches suffer from the drawbacks of not fully utilizing the structural information in KGs and ignoring the fine-grained information of interactions between entity pairs. …”
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Investigating How Cu Addition Affects the Gas Sensing, Electrical, Optical and Structural Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles by Fatemeh Moosavi, Giovanni Neri

“…X-ray diffraction analysis of the synthesized nanoparticles displayed a hexagonal wurtzite crystalline arrangement with a grain size distribution of 21.2 nm for the pure- and 17.5 nm for Cu doped-ZnO. …”
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dStream: An Online-Based Dynamic Operator-Level Query Mapping Scheme on Discrete CPU-GPU Architectures by Gyeonghwan Jung, Yeonwoo Jeong, Kyuli Park, Dongjae Lee, Hongsu Byun, Suyeon Lee, Sungyong Park

“…However, this coarse-grained approach can limit performance for two main reasons. …”
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Investigation on enhancing strength and ductility of as-cast Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Zr alloy by fine-tuning Zn/RE ratio by Yongfeng Li, Ang Zhang, Chuangming Li, Hecong Xie, Hengrui Hu, Bin Jiang, Yuyang Gao, Yuhong Cui, Zongliang Tan, Zhihua Dong, Fusheng Pan

“…The improvement in ductility is attributed to the {10 1‾ 2} twins facilitating the grain deviation from hard orientations and the activation of non-basal <c+a> slip. …”
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On the Elevated Temperature, Tensile Properties of Al-Cu Cast Alloys: Role of Heat Treatment by A. Girgis, A. M. Samuel, H. W. Doty, S. Valtierra, F. H. Samuel

“…The present study aims to investigate the mechanical properties of a newly developed aluminum Al-6.5% Cu-based alloy, coded HT200, as well as to determine how these properties can be further improved using grain refinement and heat treatment. As a result, the effects of different heat treatments and alloying additions on the ambient and high-temperature tensile properties were examined. …”
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Evaluation of Genotype Diversity in Oat Germplasm and Definition of Ideotypes Adapted to the Mediterranean Environment by Anna Iannucci, Pasquale Codianni, Luigi Cattivelli

“…A germplasm evaluation was carried out to determine the genetic diversity, using univariate and multivariate analyses, and to define an oat ideotype for grain and fodder production adapted to the Mediterranean environment. …”
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Investigation of functionally graded triply periodic minimal surfaces with graphene-reinforced AlSi10Mg powder: Design, fabrication and impact resistance by Mengyuan Hu, Xueqing Wu, Yangyang Xu, Xin Huang, Da Lu, Baoqing Pei

“…The PGG and PGD lattice structures possessed superior impact resistance under both loading conditions, which the mechanical properties were improved by the load transfer, grain refinement, thermal expansion mismatch and Orowan strengthening mechanism of graphene. …”
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Melatonin Promotes Yield Increase in Wheat by Regulating Its Antioxidant System and Growth Under Drought Stress by Xue Li, Jia Liu, Cuiping Zhang, Ze Liu, Xiang Guo, Shaoxiang Li, Hongsheng Li, Kun Liu, Kunzhi Li, Mingliang Ding

“…Further studies demonstrated that 100 µM melatonin seed coating promoted the increase in the thousand-grain weight and yield of wheat under drought stress. …”
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Multi-level representation learning via ConvNeXt-based network for unaligned cross-view matching by Fangli Guan, Nan Zhao, Zhixiang Fang, Ling Jiang, Jianhui Zhang, Yue Yu, Haosheng Huang

“…However, most of the existing methods focus on extracting fine-grained features and ignore the connection of contextual information in the image. …”
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Combining OpenStreetMap with Satellite Imagery to Enhance Cross-View Geo-Localization by Yuekun Hu, Yingfan Liu, Bin Hui

“…Additionally, we employ a transformer-based BEV perception module that utilizes attention mechanisms to construct fine-grained BEV features from street-view images for matching with fused map features. …”
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Comparative study of stability models for identifying stable spring wheat genotypes in diverse conditions by Vijay Kamal Meena, Ram Kumar Sharma, Subhash Chand, Shahil Kumar, Kapil Choudhary

“…Abstract To assess the agronomic performance and genetic stability for grain yield, a set of 36 spring wheat genotypes were grown consecutively for two crop seasons in six environments with varying sowing dates at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi using randomized complete block design with three replications. …”
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Modeling of winter wheat yield prediction based on solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence by machine learning methods by Minxue Zheng, Han Hu, Yue Niu, Qiu Shen, Feng Jia, Xiaolei Geng

“…The results highlighted the benefits of combining multiple sources of data and revealed the advantages of RF and XGB models in crop yield prediction in the major grain production region.…”
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RESEARCH ON BENDING FORMABILITY OF Q960 STRUCTURAL STEEL PLATE ASSISTED BY PULSE CURRENT by MA Nan, WANG SuYing, WANG Lin, LI YingLe

“…A large number of equiaxed crystal structures are formed on the outer side, showing the characteristics of slip plastic deformation, resulting in a slightly asymmetric tension and compression state. With a grain size of 13 μm or so, the microstructure of the base plane slips due to electroplastic action, which realizes the plastic transformation of the material without twin coordination. …”
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Food manipulation and processing in wild western gorillas of Central African Republic: implications for studying behavioural variability by Shelly Masi, Ellen JM Meulman, Françoise Aubaile, Sabrina Krief, Angelique Todd, Emanuelle Pouydebat

“…Such manipulative abilities may induce fine-grain inter-individual variability in food-manipulation techniques and, when such techniques are socially transmitted, greater cultural diversity. …”
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Design, Manufacture and Evaluation of Oat De-Husking Machine by Kaumars Merikhi, Hekmat Rabbani, sohbat Bahraminejad

“…The amount of dehulled grain is calculated based on the speed of the lower belt. …”
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