Land Use/Cover Change Detection and Urban Sprawl Analysis in Bandar Abbas City, Iran by Mohsen Dadras, Helmi Zulhaidi Mohd Shafri, Noordin Ahmad, Biswajeet Pradhan, Sahabeh Safarpour

“…To calculate urban sprawl and land use changes, aerial photos and satellite images are utilized in different time spans. The results demonstrate that urban region area has changed from 403.77 to 4959.59 hectares between 1956 and 2012. …”
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Impact of visual presentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque on cardiovascular risk profile using mHealth technologies by Greta Ullrich, Alexander Bäuerle, Lisa Maria Jahre, Katrin Paldán, Jana Rosemeyer, Chiara Kalaitzidis, Christos Rammos, Martin Teufel, Tienush Rassaf, Julia Lortz

“…It included ultrasound images of participants´ individual carotid plaque, which were updated regularly. …”
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Visible Fat Content of Hotpot Beef Acceptability by New Zealand Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Consumers by M. M. Farouk, M. Staincliffe, D. L. Hopkins, G. Wu, C. Che, A. E. D. Bekhit, M. J. Y. Yoo, A. Horita, G. Urquiola, C. Craigie, K. Taukiri, R. Zhang, H. Ho, M. J. Challies

“…Hotpot beef with six visible fat levels (11%–35%) was produced and digitally photographed, and the images were ranked by panels of New Zealand Chinese (110), Japanese (145), and Korean (118) consumers. …”
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An Experimental Study on the Microstructures of Cemented Paste Backfill during Its Developing Process by Bo Zhang, Jie Xin, Lang Liu, Lijie Guo, Ki-Il Song

“…The characteristics including pore size, pore shape, and orientation of the microstructures of CPB at different curing times were analyzed based on the SEM images. The porosity, fractal dimension, and probability entropy were characterized using the Particles and Pore Recognition and Analysis System (PPRAS). …”
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A Case of Ruptured Aortic Arch Aneurysm Successfully Treated by Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair with Chimney Graft by Yohei Kawatani, Yujiro Hayashi, Yujiro Ito, Hirotsugu Kurobe, Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Yuji Suda, Takaki Hori

“…Contrast-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) images revealed an aortic arch aneurysm rupture. Considering the patient’s age and postoperative activities of daily living, TEVAR was used. …”
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Study on the Photodegradation Stability of Poly(butylene Succinate-co-butylene Adipate)/TiO2 Nanocomposites by Lihai Cai, Zhiguo Qi, Jun Xu, Baohua Guo, Zhongyao Huang

“…The effect of TiO2 nanoparticles on the photodegradation behaviors of the nanocomposite was investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), rheological measurements, and mechanical tests. TEM images of the PBSA/TiO2 revealed that the TiO2 nanoparticles were well dispersed in the matrix without obvious aggregation. …”
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Identifying factors affecting the creation of brand identity in Iran's banking industry by Seyed Mahdi Saatchi, farzad asayesh, Sedighe Tootian Esfahani, Seyed Mahmood Hashemi

“…Brand identity and brand image are two important components related to the brand; brand identity determines what the brand talks about, and brand image tells how the brand is heard by customers (Clottey, Gyampoh & Anaba, 2023). …”
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Analysis of Land Use Changes In the period 2018-2005 in Nazloo District of Urmia City by Sahar Mehrran, Ali Akbar Taghilou, Khadijeh Javan

“…The purpose of this study was to detect land use changes in Nazlou district in Urmia city using Landsat TM and OLI satellite images by Object Oriented Classification. Also, two methods of change detection and change intensity index in land use change monitoring were used to investigate the severity and trend of land use changes. …”
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A BigBiGAN-Based Loop Closure Detection Algorithm for Indoor Visual SLAM by Qiubo Zhong, Xiaoyi Fang

“…Moreover, the unsupervised learning method does solve restrictions on image quality and singleness semantics in many traditional SLAM methods. …”
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Uniform Local Binary Pattern for Fingerprint Liveness Detection in the Gaussian Pyramid by Yujia Jiang, Xin Liu

“…Firstly, preprocessing operation for each fingerprint is necessary. Then, to solve image rotation and scale invariance, three-layer spatial pyramids of fingerprints are introduced in this paper. …”
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Stochastic Risk Assessment with a Lagrangian Solution for the Optimal Cost Allocation in High-Speed Rail Networks by Jing Zuo, Jianwu Dang, Min Lyu

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No longer euroskeptics: the evolution of the strategy of «Brothers of Italy» by Maria O. Shibkova, Alena I. Nebyanskaya

“…However, being a vivid example of a populist and personalized party, «Brothers of Italy» in this election campaign bet not only on the image of Meloni herself, but also on a new strategy of building relations with the European Union. …”
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Recognition of features of the entrance of Pahlavi period buildings in Zahedan City by Shahrzad Teymouri, Faramarz Hassanpour, mehrpooya Hossein

“…Data collection in the first stage is through content analysis method based on images and researcher observations of 8 buildings in the city. …”
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Study on Mechanical Model for Postpeak Shear Behavior of Rock Joints Based on Degradation Characteristics of the 3D Morphology by Juan Liu, Feng Gao, Yan Xing, Xianghe Gao

“…Four different parameters and the damaged area quantitatively described by the image binarization and box dimension were calculated and compared to study the roughness evolution of joint surfaces. …”
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Perceptions of Altered Smile Esthetics: A Comparative Evaluation in Orthodontists, Dentists, and Laypersons by Amjad Al Taki, Mohammed Khalesi, Muftah Shagmani, Islam Yahia, Fatma Al Kaddah

“…Materials and Methods. Twenty-six images were randomized in a survey and graded according to attractiveness by the orthodontists, general dentists, and laypeople. …”
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Overview of American Heart Association / American College of Cardiology guidelines 2017 for management of patients with valvular heart disease by M.Т. Vatutin, G.A. Smyrnova, G.G. Taradin, Yu.P. Gritsenko, K.S. Gasendich

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LiDAR-Based Windshear Detection via Statistical Features by Jie Zhang, Pak Wai Chan, Michael K. Ng

“…Besides the indicators directly derived from the wind velocity data, we also study the visual information from the corresponding conical images of wind velocity. Based on the proposed indicators, we construct three feature vectors for windshear and non-windshear classification. …”
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Multivisual Animation Character 3D Model Design Method Based on VR Technology by Leiming Li, Wenyao Zhu, Hongwei Hu

“…It mainly analyzes the 3D graphics algorithm used in the three-dimensional geometric transformation of computer graphics and studies the basic texture technology, basic lighting model, and other image output processes used in the fragment processing stage. …”
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Portable motorized telescope system for wind turbine blades damage detection by Alejandro Carnero, Cristian Martín, Manuel Díaz

“…The system consists of a stand‐alone Android application that makes use of convolutional neural networks for image processing, a portable telescope to take precise photographs of the turbine blades, and a motorized mount that allows the movement of the telescope. …”
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O.J. Zharinov, V.O. Kuts, O.A. Yepanchintseva, G.P. Verezhnikova, L.O. Tkachenko, N.O. Lifantyeva, N.V. Ponych, N.B. Ivanyuk, N.Yu. Vasilyeva by O.J. Zharinov, V.O. Kuts, O.A. Yepanchintseva, G.P. Verezhnikova, L.O. Tkachenko, N.O. Lifantyeva, N.V. Ponych, N.B. Ivanyuk, N.Yu. Vasilyeva

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