Tuning a SAM-Based Model With Multicognitive Visual Adapter to Remote Sensing Instance Segmentation by Linghao Zheng, Xinyang Pu, Su Zhang, Feng Xu

“…The segment anything model (SAM), a foundational model designed for promptable segmentation tasks, demonstrates exceptional generalization capabilities, making it highly promising for natural scene image segmentation. However, SAM's lack of pretraining on massive remote sensing images and its interactive structure limit its automatic mask prediction capabilities. …”
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Effect of frost on plants, leaves, and forecast of frost events using convolutional neural networks by Sobia Wassan, Chen Xi, NZ Jhanjhi, Laiqa Binte-Imran

“…The flowers and plants get affected by natural climate and local weather extremes. However, the projected increase in the frost event causes sensitivity in plant reproduction and plant structure vegetation. …”
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Implications of δlCP~270° and θ23≳45∘ for Texture Specific Lepton Mass Matrices and 0νββ Decay by Rohit Verma

“…We study the phenomenological consequences of recent results from atmospheric and accelerator neutrino experiments, favoring normal neutrino mass ordering m1<m2<m3, a near maximal lepton Dirac CP phase δl~270∘ along with θ23≳45∘, for possible realization of natural structure in the lepton mass matrices characterized by (Mij)~O(mimj) for i,j=1,2,3. …”
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Clonal and seasonal genetic variation of major oil components of Salvia fruticosa Mill. by Fatma Uysal, Muharrem Golukcu, Murat Alan, Esra Alim, Kenan Turgut

“…This study aimed to determine the differences in essential oil components and seasonal changes in the components of six clonally selected C-clones and one natural population in a randomized block design with three replications. …”
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An overview of the application of GRACE satellite data in drought research by TANG Yingying, XIAO Liying, GUO Yongcheng, CHENG Yuxiang, LIU Xiangzhou

“…Drought is a natural disaster that is prevalent on a global scale and has far-reaching impacts on many aspects, including the environment, ecology, economy and society, etc. …”
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Resveratrol Enhances Cardiomyocyte Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells through Inhibiting Canonical WNT Signal Pathway and Enhancing Serum Response Factor-miR-1... by Hui Liu, Shaoli Zhang, Lihua Zhao, Yan Zhang, Qiuping Li, Xiaoyan Chai, Yongchun Zhang

“…Resveratrol (trans-3,5,4′-trihydroxystilbene) (RSV) is a natural polyphenol with protective effects over cardiac tissues and can affect cell survival and differentiation in cardiac stem cells transplantation. …”
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The Investigation of the Housing Stock in Turkey and Japan According to the Non-Structural Seismic Risks by Deniz Demirarslan

“…Earthquake is a significant natural incident which harms the people by affecting the housing settlements, in which they live in, developed by the cultures of the societies. …”
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Concentrations of Lead in Groundwater and Human Blood in the Population of Palosai, a Rural Area in Pakistan: Human Exposure and Risk Assessment by Yu Shuang Ren, Muhammad Ilyas, Rui Ze Xu, Waqas Ahmad, Rui Wang

“…Lead (Pb) is a toxic environmental contaminant, which enters water bodies from natural and anthropogenic activities. The present study investigates the Pb concentration in groundwater sources and evaluates their potential health risks in Palosai area, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. …”
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Energy and Productivity Yield Assessment of a Traditional Furnace for Noncentrifugal Brown Sugar (Panela) Production by Luis F. Gutiérrez-Mosquera, Sebastián Arias-Giraldo, Adela M. Ceballos-Peñaloza

“…Noncentrifugal brown sugar (called panela in Colombia) is a natural sweetener obtained from the extraction, purification, and concentration of sugarcane juices. …”
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Experimental Investigation on E-Waste Concrete Using Mineral Admixtures by Thulasirajan K., Sai Keerthi P., Lokesh D., Shiva Shankar Naik N., Sreekanth Y., Hemanth M.

“…It tackles the e- waste crisis by providing a sustainable disposal option, and it potentially reduces the construction industry's reliance on virgin resources like natural sand, contributing to a more sustainable future.…”
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Mononuclear Aluminum–Fluoride Ions, AlF<i>_x</i>^(+/−)—Study of Plausible Frameworks of Complexes with Biomolecules and Their In Vitro Toxicity by Anja Pavlovič, Larisa Janžič, Lucija Sršen, Andreja Nataša Kopitar, Kathleen F. Edwards, Joel F. Liebman, Maja Ponikvar-Svet

“…Of particular concern are aluminum–fluoride complexes (AlF<i>_x</i>), which are able to mimic the natural isostructural phosphate group and influence the activity of numerous essential phosphoryl transferases. …”
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NK cells modulate in vivo control of SARS-CoV-2 replication and suppression of lung damage. by Harikrishnan Balachandran, Kyle Kroll, Karen Terry, Cordelia Manickam, Rhianna Jones, Griffin Woolley, Tammy Hayes, Amanda J Martinot, Ankur Sharma, Mark Lewis, Stephanie Jost, R Keith Reeves

“…Natural killer (NK) cells play a critical role in virus control. …”
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Use of Coffee Silverskin and Stevia to Improve the Formulation of Biscuits by Garcia-Serna Esther, Martinez-Saez Nuria, Mesias Marta, Morales Francisco J., Castillo M. Dolores del

“…Sucrose, maltitol and stevia were used as sweeteners and coffee silverskin was used as a natural colouring and as a source of dietary fbre. …”
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Structural Stability and Dynamics of FGM Plates Using an Improved 8-ANS Finite Element by Weon-Tae Park

“…To overcome shear and membrane locking problems, the assumed natural strain method is employed. In order to validate and compare the finite element numerical solutions, the reference results of plates based on Navier’s method, the series solutions of sigmoid FGM (S-FGM) plates are compared. …”
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Ascetical and mystical experience in Chinese Buddhism by Dabetić Ilija

“…The oldest religious beliefs of the ancient China were characterized by personification of natural phenomena, cult of ancestors with a developed magical element and frequent practice of alchemical experimentation. …”
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Understanding the Anticontagion Process and Reopening of China during COVID-19 via Coevolution Network of Epidemic and Awareness by Lingbo Li, Ying Fan, An Zeng, Zengru Di

“…In this context, some questions arise naturally: What can countries caught up in the epidemic learn from China’s experience? …”
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Evaluation of Dynamic Properties of Fiber Reinforced Sandy Soil at High Cyclic Strains by Pankaj Kundu, Gowtham Padmanabhan, Neha Gupta

“…In the recent development of synthetic and natural fiber in the industry of cement materials, polypropylene fiber become cheap and globally available. …”
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Continuous Reinforcement Algorithm and Robust Economic Dispatching-Based Spot Electricity Market Modeling considering Strategic Behaviors of Wind Power Producers and Other Particip... by Zhenyu Zhao, Shuguang Yuan, Qingyun Nie, Weishang Guo

“…In a spot wholesale electricity market containing strategic bidding interactions among wind power producers and other participants such as fossil generation companies and distribution companies, the randomly fluctuating natures of wind power hinders not only the modeling and simulating of the dynamic bidding process and equilibrium of the electricity market but also the effectiveness about keeping economy and reliability in market clearing (economic dispatching) corresponding to the independent system operator. …”
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AlphaFold 2, but not AlphaFold 3, predicts confident but unrealistic β-solenoid structures for repeat proteins by Olivia S. Pratt, Luc G. Elliott, Margaux Haon, Shahram Mesdaghi, Rebecca M. Price, Adam J. Simpkin, Daniel J. Rigden

“…The potential implications for structure prediction of natural (near-)perfect sequence repeat proteins are also explored.…”
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Clinical entity-aware domain adaptation in low resource setting for inflammatory bowel disease by Sumam Francis, Fernando Crema Garcia, Kanimozhi Uma, Willem Mestdagh, Bart De Moor, Marie-Francine Moens

“…Extracting valuable information from unstructured clinical text presents a significant challenge, necessitating automated tools for efficient data mining. Natural language processing (NLP) methods have been pivotal in this endeavor, aiming to extract crucial clinical concepts embedded within free-form text. …”
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