Steel surface defect detection and segmentation using deep neural networks by Sara Ashrafi, Sobhan Teymouri, Sepideh Etaati, Javad Khoramdel, Yasamin Borhani, Esmaeil Najafi

“…While manual recognition is one of the most reliable techniques, recent advances in computer vision and machine learning have led to the development of automatic defect detection techniques. This paper proposes several deep-learning-based computer vision techniques, including semantic segmentation and object detection models, to detect surface defects on steel sheets. …”
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An Aerodynamic Extension for Motion Planning with Dynamics Awareness in Aerial Long-Reach Manipulators by Alvaro Caballero, Pedro J. Sanchez-Cuevas, Manuel Bejar, Guillermo Heredia, Miguel A. Trujillo, Anibal Ollero

“…This paper presents a novel method for motion planning of aerial long-reach manipulators that considers the aerodynamic effects generated by close surfaces in the trajectory generation process. …”
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Integrating Maternal and Child Health Into Climate Change: A Holistic Approach by Felix Amekpor, Waheed Sakariyau, Nathan Ezie Kengo, Nwodo Amarachukwu Sandra, Joseph Agyapong, Zakariya’u Dauda, Samuel Kwarteng, David Adeoye Adedokun, Gideon Darko

“…Climate change negatively affects life support systems, including air, food, water, shelter, and security, on which humans depend. This paper aims to holistically integrate maternal and child health into climate change.MethodsA narrative/literature review approach were adopted using papers sources from google scholar, research gate and web of science. …”
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Implementation and improvement of policies for building healthy cities in China by Quansheng Wang, Guoqing Han, Lansong Huang

“…Materials and methodsCollected here are policy texts from the Central People’s Government and local government of the People’s Republic of China on healthy cities from 2009 to 2023. This paper adopts the policy tool analysis method to design a two-dimensional analysis framework of the “policy tool-construction domain.” …”
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Implementing the Reverse Acute to Chronic Workload Ratio Model to Improve Movement Capacity and Roster Availability: An Example Using Data from the NFL by Trevor Short, Paulette M Yamada

“…As such, the Reverse ACWR Method allows practitioners to calculate target sport-specific workloads and training progressions derived from scientific-grounded methodology, which may enhance performance, readiness, and roster availability. Although this paper presents an example of how to use positional in-game data to prescribe American football training workloads, this model can be applied to any sport and team that has access to positional in-game movement data. …”
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Fedorova M. A. Elbel S., Hrnjak P. Performance optimization of two-stage compressor system using transcritical R744 / trans. from Engl. M. A. Fedorova by M. A. Fedorova

“…For applications that span a wide temperature range between the heat source and heat sink, the use of two-stage compressor results in numerous advantages in terms of efficiency and compressor discharge temperature. This paper presents experimental data for a transcritical R744 compressor system operating at high heat rejection temperatures. …”
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The vulnerability of regional agriculture regarding irrigation water from the Tagus-Segura transfer by José Daniel Buendía Azorín, Rubén Martínez Alpañez, María del Mar Sánchez de la Vega

“…In these methods, corrections are applied to the obtained variables that depend on the value given to certain unknown parameters. This paper use a proposal of a simple and efficient procedure for estimating these parameters from generally available information on road freight transport and goods imports from the rest of the world. …”
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Application of hand scraping therapy combined with Baduanjin exercise to relieve peripheral neurotoxicity and anxiety induced by oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy: A case report (手部刮痧... by SUN Yanan (孙亚南), WANG Yuhui (王玉慧), CHEN Yang (陈扬)

“…This paper reviewed the hand scraping therapy combined with Baduanjin exercise for a patient with peripheral neurotoxicity and anxiety induced by oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy. …”
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Structural Formation, Evolution, and Genetic Mechanisms of Fault in Controlling Hydrocarbon Migration of Unconventional Rocks: A Case Study of Zhuangnan Fault by Jing Wang, Yongwei Guo, Youwei Cui, Ke Sun, Huili Chu

“…From tectonic evolution and regional dynamic point of view, this paper discusses the activity law of the Zhuangnan fault zone and the boundary faults on the east and west sides of Jiyang Depression, which are Changdi fault, Wuhaozhuang fault, and Chengnan fault, respectively. …”
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Hydrogen Generation from the Hydrolysis of Diamond-Wire Sawing Silicon Waste Powder Vibration-Ground with KCl by Zhicheng Li, Tao Zhou, Jiangfan Liao, Xiufeng Li, Wenhui Ma, Guoqiang Lv, Shimin Zhao

“…Diamond-wire sawing silicon waste (DSSW) derived from the silicon wafer sawing process may lead to resource waste and environmental issues if not properly utilized. This paper propounds a simple technique aimed at enhancing the efficiency of hydrogen production from DSSW. …”
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Blockchain sharding scheme based on generative AI and DRL: Applied to building internet of things by Jinlong Wang, Yixin Li, Yunting Wu, Wenhu Zheng, Shangzhuo Zhou, Xiaoyun Xiong

“…To address these two challenges, this paper proposes a blockchain sharding scheme called AI-Shard. …”
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For and against Organ Donation and Transplantation: Intricate Facilitators and Barriers in Organ Donation Perceived by German Nurses and Doctors by Niels Christian Hvidt, Beate Mayr, Piret Paal, Eckhard Frick, Anna Forsberg, Arndt Büssing

“…Negative attitudes of HPs have been identified as the most significant barrier to actual ODT. The purpose of this paper was hence to investigate to what extent HPs (physicians and nurses) experience such facilitators and barriers in ODT and to what extent they are intercorrelated. …”
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An in situ hyperspectral dataset for typical aquatic vegetation by Yaqin Fang, Liqiao Tian, Jing Xia, Fang Chen, Cong Shen, Liqiong Liu, Zixiao Liu, Yuan Zhang

“…An in-situ hyperspectral reflectance dataset (spectral range: 350–2500 nm with 300 bands) of typical aquatic vegetation is described in this paper. The dataset includes 134 effective original spectral curves of 124 aquatic vegetation species, including 122 healthy canopy spectra, 7 spectra of withered leaves of aquatic plants, and 5 spectra of flowers. …”
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Analyzing the observational capabilities of a Moon-based platform for monitoring Earth’s outgoing radiation by Guang Liu, Runbo Dong, Yin Jin, Mengxiong Zhou, Hanlin Ye, Rui Song, Jan-Peter Muller, Huadong Guo

“…A Moon-based platform can observe the whole Earth’s disk instantaneously. This paper introduces a fully linked scheme to analyze the observational capabilities of Earth’s outgoing radiation from a Moon-based platform. …”
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A Study of the Roots of Folding Urbanism Based on the Genealogy of Michel Foucault by arsalan Karimi khiavi, Siamak Panahi, Shahab Kariminia

“…The research method in this paper is descriptive-analytical with a combination of inductive and deductive. …”
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Predicting Compressive Strength of Concrete Containing Industrial Waste Materials: Novel and Hybrid Machine Learning Model by Mohammed Majeed Hameed, Mustafa Abbas Abed, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Mohamed Khalid Alomar

“…In the construction and cement manufacturing sectors, the development of artificial intelligence models has received remarkable progress and attention. This paper investigates the capacity of hybrid models conducted for predicting the compressive strength (CS) of concrete where the cement was partially replaced with ground granulated blast-furnace slag (FS) and fly ash (FA) materials. …”
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Numerical Evaluation of Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality in an Office Space Equipped with a Radiant Ceiling Cooling System and Hybrid Radiative-Convective Cooling System by Mohammad Amini, Asgar Minaei, Negin Moallemi Khiavi

“…In the present paper, the performance of radiant ceiling and hybrid radiative-convective cooling systems in terms of thermal comfort and indoor air quality in an office space have been numerically evaluated by ANSYS Airpack software. …”
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Virtual Reality Design and Realization of Interactive Garden Landscape by Xuanfeng Zhang, Song Yan, QuanQi

“…It is very important to study and explore the application of virtual reality technology in landscape garden design, especially in the current environment of triple network integration and Internet of Things construction, to promote and facilitate the rapid development of digital landscape garden design in China. In this paper, we study the implementation method of virtual landscape gardening system and establish a virtual environment based on the ancient city of Yangcheng. …”
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Mind Over Waste: Decoding the Mental Models of Hard-to-Reach in Household Waste Practices by Bremane Inguna, Liberova Veronika, Bezrucko Alise Egija, Blumberga Dagnija, Blumberga Andra

“…However, the low involvement in waste reduction measures of certain consumer groups, especially hard-to-reach consumers, poses a significant challenge. This paper investigates the mental models of waste reduction practices of different consumer groups using cognitive maps as an analysis tool. …”
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Combination of Triple Therapy and Chronic PPI Use May Decrease Risk of Colonic Adenomatous Polyps in Helicobacter pylori Infection by Rina Zuniga, Josef Bautista, Katherine Sapra, Keith Westerfield, Susan Williams, Alexander M. Sy

“…Aim. The aim of the paper is to determine association between H. pylori and colonic adenomatous polyps and to explore whether treatment or chronic PPI use can mitigate this risk. …”
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