Protective effects of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) skin gelatin hydrolysates on osteoporosis rats induced by retinoic acid by Bingtong Liu, Liping Sun, Yongliang Zhuang

“…The bone length, dry weight index, maximum load, and Ca content of OP rats significantly increased by treatment TSGH in a dose-dependent manner. Micro-CT images of the femurs and tibias of the rats indicated that the bone mineral density, cortical bone thickness, and cortical/trabecular bone area ratios were recovered and that OP symptoms were improved. …”
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An Overview of Human Pose Estimation Based on Wireless Signals by Yan CHEN, Rui ZHANG, Yadong LI, Ruiyuan SONG, Ruixu GENG, Hanqin GONG, Binquan WANG, Dongheng ZHANG, Yang HU

“…Human pose estimation holds tremendous potential in fields such as human-computer interaction, motion capture, and virtual reality, making it a focus in human perception research. However, optical image-based pose estimation methods are often limited by lighting conditions and privacy concerns. …”
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Synergistic Effect of Latex Powder and Rubber on the Properties of Oil Well Cement-Based Composites by Jianjian Song, Mingbiao Xu, Weihong Liu, Xiaoliang Wang, Yumeng Wu

“…The conventional properties, mechanical properties, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of the modified cement were analyzed. In comparison with latex powder-incorporated cement and rubber-incorporated cement, a significant improvement of fluid loss, flexural strength, impact strength, and elasticity of the cement slurry was observed when using the hybrid combinations of 3 wt.% latex powder and 2 wt.% rubber, although this synergistic effect was not remarkable on the compressive strength and the thickening time. …”
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Biomechanical Stress and Strain Analysis of Mandibular Human Region from Computed Tomography to Custom Implant Development by Rafael Ferreira Gregolin, Cecília Amelia de Carvalho Zavaglia, Ruís Camargo Tokimatsu, João A. Pereira

“…The use of tomographic images in the creation of biomodels has been arousing great interest in the medical and bioengineering area. …”
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Place-pedagogies of water stress by Anna Wilson, Gillian Black, Leif Petersen, Liezl Dick, Sikhululekile Ncube, Tsitsi Mpofu-Mketwa, Amber Abrams, Kirsty Carden, Laurence Piper, Jen Dickie, Niall Hamilton-Smith, Guy Lamb

“…By analysing assemblages of images and accompanying texts produced through a PhotoVoice process undertaken by co-researchers in this settlement, we show how water’s presence as an always imminent absence has profound pedagogical impact. …”
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Tourisme et « éco-ethnicité » : les enjeux d’un soft power environnemental pour les minorités de l’Asie d’altitude (Chine, Laos, Népal) by Frédéric Landy, Raghubir Chand, Steve Déry, Pierre Dérioz, Olivier Ducourtieux, Nadège Garambois, Evelyne Gauche, Marie-Anne Germaine, Lisa Hiwasaki, Mauve Letang, Isabelle Sacareau

“…Cet article teste l'hypothèse suivante : la double image identitaire ethnique et environnementale d'un groupe – que nous appelons éco-ethnicité – peut expliquer dans une large mesure son émancipation ; ainsi, le fait d'être doté d'une éco-ethnicité significative pourrait fournir à ce groupe un soft power substantiel tiré du tourisme. …”
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Deep phenotyping platform for microscopic plant-pathogen interactions by Stefanie Lück, Salim Bourras, Dimitar Douchkov

“…This system is adaptable to various image data types and extendable with modules for additional phenotypes and pathogens. …”
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Stego on FPGA: An IWT Approach by Balakrishnan Ramalingam, Rengarajan Amirtharajan, John Bosco Balaguru Rayappan

“…A reconfigurable hardware architecture for the implementation of integer wavelet transform (IWT) based adaptive random image steganography algorithm is proposed. The Haar-IWT was used to separate the subbands namely, LL, LH, HL, and HH, from 8×8 pixel blocks and the encrypted secret data is hidden in the LH, HL, and HH blocks using Moore and Hilbert space filling curve (SFC) scan patterns. …”
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Type II Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in an Esophageal Lung by Blanca Estela Martínez-Martínez, María Elena Yuriko Furuya, Irma Martínez-Muñiz, Mario H Vargas, Rosalinda Flores-Salgado

“…Chest x-rays revealed decreased lung volume and multiple radiolucent images in the right lung, as well as overdistention of the left lung. …”
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Well-Distributed Polysilsesquioxane-Modified Carbon Nanotubes for Thermal Conductive Insulating Silicone Rubbers by Long Han, Zhaobo Wang, Jing Hua, Jieting Geng

“…The incorporation of PSQ could significantly improve the dispersion of CNTs in the silicon rubbers, and a strong interfacial interaction was formed between CNTs-PSQ and silicon rubber matrix, as observed from TEM images of silicon rubber/CNTs-PSQ nanocomposites. …”
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Measuring quality for destination marketing: local public stakeholders’ perceptions in Portugal by Andreia Filipa Antunes Moura, Lisete Santos Mendes Mónico, Maria do Rosário Campos Mira

“…Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed to measure destination marketing quality, resulting in the identification of two factors: (1) image and promotion and (2) product differentiation. …”
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Laboratory and Centrifuge Model Tests on Influence of Swelling Rock with Drying-Wetting Cycles on Stability of Canal Slope by Chen Zhang, Zheng-yin Cai, Ying-hao Huang, Hao Chen

“…A series of laboratory tests were conducted on a swelling rock, with the cracking and strength behaviors investigated. By using image-processing technique, the crack patterns were described, and then quantitatively analyzed on the basis of the fractal dimension. …”
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The Unity of Virtue and Body: Moral Realization in Mencius’ Theory of Embodying Virtue by Siyuan Jiang, Pinghua Liu

“…Additionally, the paper analyzes the contemporary significance of the “Theory of Embodying Virtue” from the perspectives of modern ethics and body philosophy, particularly in terms of its implications for moral education, the improvement of social ethics, and the shaping of leaders’ moral images. By conducting an in-depth discussion, this paper reveals that Mencius’ “Theory of Embodying Virtue” still holds significant theoretical and practical value in contemporary society.…”
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Microspatial Distributional Patterns of Vectors of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil by Maria Rita Donalisio, A. Townsend Peterson, Pietra Lemos Costa, Fernando José da Silva, Hélio França Valença, Jeffrey J. Shaw, Sinval P. Brandão Filho

“…To summarize vegetation characteristics and phenology, we calculated the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index from Landsat images. Using niche modeling approaches, we assessed suites of environmental factors to identify areas of transmission risk. …”
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The Semenov-Znamensky family in Harbin. Materials for the biography by A. N. Steblyanskaya

“…We should not forget about the people who built the Chinese Eastern Railway, as well as about the Russian emigrants who lived in Harbin, but kept the image of Russia in their hearts and contributed enough to Russian culture and science. …”
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Legitimation of University in Modern Culture by M. A. Vasilyeva, O. V. Bezzubova

“…The authors adduce as examples modern universities’ websites with the visual images that are presented on their title pages. Based on this material, the authors draw a conclusion about the main modern strategies of self-legitimation of the university as positioning on the scales: tradition and innovation, loyalty to the government and independence from it, history and community.…”
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Avoiding the Inherent Limitations in Datasets Used for Measuring Aesthetics When Using a Machine Learning Approach by Adrian Carballal, Carlos Fernandez-Lozano, Nereida Rodriguez-Fernandez, Luz Castro, Antonino Santos

“…Subsequently, three different evaluation methods were considered, one derived from the ratings available at DPChallenge.com and two obtained under experimental conditions related to the aesthetics and quality of images. We observed different criteria in the DPChallenge.com ratings, which had more to do with the photographic quality than with the aesthetic value. …”
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Recovery and Modification of Waste Tire Particles and Their Use as Reinforcements of Concrete by Eduardo Sadot Herrera-Sosa, Gonzalo Martínez-Barrera, Carlos Barrera-Díaz, Epifanio Cruz-Zaragoza, Fernando Ureña-Núñez

“…The results show that improvements on the mechanical properties depend of gamma irradiation as well as concentration and size of waste tire particles. Moreover, SEM images are related to mechanical properties; for instance, rough surface of the tire particles changes when applying irradiation; more smooth surfaces are created, due to the cross-linking of polymer chains. …”
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Plant Regeneration and Cellular Behaviour Studies in Celosia cristata Grown In Vivo and In Vitro by Rosna Mat Taha, Sharifah Nurashikin Wafa

“…The occurrence of somaclonal variation and changes in cellular behavior from in vivo and in vitro grown plants were investigated through cytological studies and image analysis. It was observed that Mitotic Index (MI), mean chromosome numbers, and mean nuclear to cell area ratio of in vitro root meristem cells were slightly higher compared to in vivo values. …”
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Application of sacrificial coatings and effect of composition on Al-Al3Ni ultrafine eutectic formation by Čelko L., Klakurková L., Smetana B., Slámečka K., Žaludová M., Hui D., Švejcar J.

“…The formation processes and resultant microstructures were studied by means of differential thermal analysis, metallography, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive microanalysis, and image analysis techniques.…”
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