Recognition of Reconstructed Frontal Face Images Using FFT-PCA/SVD Algorithm by Louis Asiedu, Felix O. Mettle, Joseph A. Mensah

“…Modern face recognition modules/algorithms have been successful in many application areas (access control, entertainment/leisure, security system based on biometric data, and user-friendly human-machine interfaces). …”
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Role of Epigenetic Histone Modifications in Diabetic Kidney Disease Involving Renal Fibrosis by Jing Sun, Yangwei Wang, Wenpeng Cui, Yan Lou, Guangdong Sun, Dongmei Zhang, Lining Miao

“…These imply that epigenetic factors modulate kidney gene expression. There is evidence to suggest that in diabetes and hyperglycemia, epigenetic histone modifications have a significant effect in modulating renal fibrotic and ECM gene expression induced by TGF-β1, as well as its downstream profibrotic genes. …”
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Multi-objective optimization of the heating oil circuit inside the calendering roller for the lithium battery pole piece by Shuangqiu Sun, Junqiang Wang, Rongying Zhang, Zhenchao Si, Zhijie Yang

“…In the multi-objective optimization procedure, an integrated optimization framework is established by the prebuilt CAD module and the FEM module in the commercial software. …”
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Role of Thyroid Hormone in Neurodegenerative Disorders of Older People by Arshag D. Mooradian, Michael J. Haas

“…The effect of THRP on cell viability is not modulated by c-Abl tyrosine kinase. The causal relationship between specific biochemical perturbations in cerebral tissue and thyroid dysfunction remains to be elucidated.…”
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Akkermansia muciniphila Mediated the Preventive Effect of Disulfiram on Acute Liver Injury via PI3K/Akt Pathway by Ruonan Zhang, Xuewei Sun, Han Lu, Xinrui Zhang, Mingyan Zhang, Xuewen Ji, Xinyi Yu, Chengliang Tang, Zihan Wu, Yinghua Mao, Jin Zhu, Minjun Ji, Zhan Yang

“…In conclusion, DSF ameliorates ALI by modulating the intestinal microbiome and activating the PI3K/AKT pathway through A. muciniphila.…”
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Multi-branch convolutional neural network with cross-attention mechanism for emotion recognition by Fei Yan, Zekai Guo, Abdullah M. Iliyasu, Kaoru Hirota

“…The feature fusion module was used to enhance the inter-correlation between features based on channel-efficient attention mechanism. …”
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IAE-CDNet: A Remote Sensing Change Detection Network for Buildings With Interactive Attention-Enhanced by Zhaoyang Han, Linlin Zhang, Qingyan Meng, Chongchang Wang, Wenxu Shi, Maofan Zhao

“…Additionally, our change perception attention enhancement module enhances the feature perception ability of the real change area through the joint action of the internal comprehensive feature extractor and the fusion attention mechanism. …”
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MCRCNet: A Bearing Fault Diagnosis Method for Unknown Faults Based on Transfer Learning by Guangyuan Xu, Ruifeng Guo, Zhenyu Yin, Feiqing Zhang

“…Secondly, this paper designs an improved convolutional reconstruction module AcConv (Adaptive Convolution reconstruction), which highlights key feature information and reduces redundant features by reconstructing the feature map. …”
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A deep learning approach for early prediction of breast cancer neoadjuvant chemotherapy response on multistage bimodal ultrasound images by Jiang Xie, Jinzhu Wei, Huachan Shi, Zhe Lin, Jinsong Lu, Xueqing Zhang, Caifeng Wan

“…In this study, a novel convolutional neural network model with bimodal layer-wise feature fusion module (BLFFM) and temporal hybrid attention module (THAM) is proposed, which uses multistage bimodal ultrasound images as input for early prediction of the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) patients. …”
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FFUNet: A novel feature fusion makes strong decoder for medical image segmentation by Junsong Xie, Renju Zhu, Zezhi Wu, Jinling Ouyang

“…Inherited from convolutional networks and transformers, FFUNet, a hybrid network structure with a novel module named the Feature Fusion Module (FFM) is proposed for medical image segmentation. …”
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Design and Experimental Evaluation on an Advanced Multisource Energy Harvesting System for Wireless Sensor Nodes by Hao Li, Gaofei Zhang, Rui Ma, Zheng You

“…Since the MPPT and the power management module are utilized, the system is able to effectively achieve a low power consumption. …”
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Single-Frame Infrared Small Target Detection Network Based on Multibranch Feature Aggregation by Ziqiang Hao, Zheng Jiang, Xiaoyu Xu, Zhuohao Wang, Zhicheng Sun

“…Furthermore, we introduce a differential correction module that corrects erroneous target features through differential methods, significantly boosting detection accuracy. …”
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Electrical and Thermal Performance Analysis for a Highly Concentrating Photovoltaic/Thermal System by Ning Xu, Jie Ji, Wei Sun, Wenzhu Huang, Zhuling Jin

“…The modules are connected to produce both electrical and thermal energy. …”
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Rapid and Simultaneous Detection of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Pesticides in Soil Based on Electronic Nose by Cheng Kong, Lin Sun, Xiaodan Li, Yu Yan, Zhiyong Chang, Mo Li, Fuyan Gou, Baojun Rong

“…In this paper, we developed an electronic nose system for the simultaneous detection of petroleum hydrocarbons and organic pesticides in soil based on gas technology, which includes a sampling module and recognition model. The developed sampling module can simultaneously acquire the odor signals of petroleum hydrocarbons and organic pesticides in soil. …”
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Integrated Management Software for Factory Production of Modular Buildings by SungHoon Nam, DooYong Lee, BongHo Cho, KyungRai Kim

“…These functions can link all the relevant data for managing modular production and can help manage several types of modules. The production management system is verified through simulation of the existing processes observed for a completed project and comparing the results to an alternative process. …”
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Lattice defect engineering advances n-type PbSe thermoelectrics by Qian Deng, Xiao-Lei Shi, Meng Li, Xiaobo Tan, Ruiheng Li, Chen Wang, Yue Chen, Hongliang Dong, Ran Ang, Zhi-Gang Chen

“…Moreover, a robust Co/PbSe interface is designed to effectively prevent chemical reactions/diffusion; this interface exhibited a low electrical contact resistivity of ~10.9 μΩ cm2, excellent durability, and good stability in the thermoelectric module, which achieves a record-high conversion efficiency of 13.1% at a temperature difference of 460 K in segmented thermoelectric modules. …”
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Binocular Video-Based Automatic Pixel-Level Crack Detection and Quantification Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Concrete Structures by Liqu Liu, Bo Shen, Shuchen Huang, Runlin Liu, Weizhang Liao, Bin Wang, Shuo Diao

“…In this methodology, the proposed method based on the following four modules is adopted: a lightweight classification algorithm, a high-precision segmentation algorithm, a semi-global block matching algorithm (SGBM), and a crack quantification technique. …”
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Energy analysis of PV surfaces in BIPV applications by Molina-Tamayo Santiago, Yesid Moreno Andrés, Mendoza Felipe, Mesa Gabriel Espitia, Osorio- Gómez Gilberto

“…In the concave configuration, 77.8% of the power generated by a flat PV module is achieved, while in the convex configuration, 80.21% is achieved. …”
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An Improved YOLOv7-Tiny-Based Algorithm for Wafer Surface Defect Detection by Mengyun Li, Xueying Wang, Hongtao Zhang, Xiaofeng Hu

“…First, a coordinate attention (CA) module is incorporated into the feature extraction network to enhance the network’s ability to learn features at defect locations. …”
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Structure elucidation and in vitro rat intestinal fermentation properties of a novel sulfated glucogalactan from Porphyra haitanensis by Peilin Chen, Lu Liu, Zirun Cheng, Yi Zhang, Baodong Zheng, Xiaoke Hu, Hongliang Zeng

“…Prediction of metabolic function suggested that PHP2 could modulate cholesterol metabolism. The sulfated glucogalactan fermentation behavior may be associated with its monosaccharide composition, chain branching and chain conformation. …”
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