Face Recognition Method for Underground Engineering Based on Dual-Target Domain Adaptation and Discriminative Feature Learning by Yongqiang Yu, Cong Guo, Lidan Fan, Jiyun Zhang, Liwei Yu, Peitao Li

“…Although various methods to improve algorithm robustness can enhance the overall model performance, the face recognition accuracy remains insufficient for the large number of blurred and NIR images generated during underground engineering. Accordingly, this paper proposes a novel face recognition method for underground engineering environments based on dual-target domain adaptation (DTDA) and discriminative feature learning (DFL). …”
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Selection of appropriate probiotic yeasts for use in dairy products: a narrative review by Sanaz Kazemi, Aziz Homayouni-Rad, Hossien Samadi Kafil, Vahideh Sarabi-aghdam, Payam Zeynolabedini, Bahareh pour Agha, Sevda Allah Madadi

“…This development prompts essential discussions regarding selecting suitable probiotic yeasts for specific dairy applications. This paper comprehensively examines the historical discovery, types, properties, and applications of probiotic yeasts in dairy products. …”
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Effect of Sun-exposure before Moisture-yellowing on the Aroma of Yellow Tea by Xinying CHEN, Junran QI, Lixia ZHANG

“…To further elucidate the impact of “sun-exposure” and “moisture-yellowing” as well as their interaction, based on low-temperature treatment of fresh leaves, on the aroma quality of yellow tea, this paper used fresh tea leaves with a bud and one leaf picked from ‘Jin Xuan’ variety and then treated at a low temperature of 5 ℃ for 18 h as raw material. …”
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Enhancement of a SWIPT Based Amplify and Forward Cooperative Relaying Protocol for Wireless Communication System by Festus Kehinde Ojo, Nafiu Olayiwola Akintoye, Samson Iyanda Ojo, Oluwatobi Omolola Oyedokun

“…SWIPT based Amplify and Forward (AF) relaying protocol previously used in addressing signal fading is characterized with poor performance due to noise amplification. Hence, this paper, enhanced a SWIPT based AF relaying technique for WC system using angular beamforming at the source and spectral subtraction at the relay node. …”
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Automatic Optical Path Alignment Method for Optical Biological Microscope by Guojin Peng, Zhenming Yu, Xinjian Zhou, Guangyao Pang, Kuikui Wang

“…The traditional automatic alignment methods for OBMs rely heavily on complex masker-detection techniques. This paper introduces an innovative, image-sensor-based optical path alignment approach designed for low-power objective (specifically 4×) automatic OBMs. …”
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Thermogravimetric analysis of rice husk and low-density polyethylene co-pyrolysis: kinetic and thermodynamic parameters by Divya Bisen, Ashish Pratap Singh Chouhan, Anil Kumar Sarma, Sakthivel Rajamohan, P. V. Elumalai, Dhinesh Balasubramanian, Aschalew Cherie

“…These tests were carried out in the presence of a nitrogen environment at a flow rate of 20 ml/min with a different heating rate of 10 to 40 °C/min from 30 to 600 °C.In this paper, activation energy (Ea) was measured using the integral method (coats and Redfern) and two distinct iso-conversional approaches are Flynn wall Ozawa (FWO) and Kissinger Akahira Sunose (KAS). …”
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Key Strata Inducing Dynamic Disasters Based on Energy Condition: Criterion and Application by Chao Xu, Gang Yang, Haoshi Sun, Liangliang Qin, Kai Wang, Bo Ren, Zhijie Wen

“…Therefore, the foundation and key of preventing dynamic disasters are to distinguish the THRS that could induce coal-rock dynamic disasters and to analyze the laws of rock stratum breaking and energy releasing. The paper proposed the theoretical calculation methods of the energy accumulation and attenuation of rock breaking which is greatly affected by the hanging length of rock strata and the spreading distance. …”
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AMEEGNet: attention-based multiscale EEGNet for effective motor imagery EEG decoding by Xuejian Wu, Xuejian Wu, Yaqi Chu, Yaqi Chu, Qing Li, Yang Luo, Yang Luo, Yiwen Zhao, Yiwen Zhao, Xingang Zhao, Xingang Zhao

“…But the low signal-to-noise ratio of MI EEG makes it difficult to decode effectively and hinders the development of BCI. In this paper, a method of attention-based multiscale EEGNet (AMEEGNet) was proposed to improve the decoding performance of MI-EEG. …”
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Diffusion Maps Clustering for Magnetic Resonance Q-Ball Imaging Segmentation by Demian Wassermann, Maxime Descoteaux, Rachid Deriche

“…QBI reconstructs the diffusion orientation distribution function (ODF), a spherical function that has its maxima agreeing with the underlying fiber populations. In this paper, we use a spherical harmonic ODF representation as input to the diffusion maps clustering method. …”
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Static and dynamic experimental study of strengthened reinforced short concrete corbel by using carbon fabrics, crack path in shear zone by I. Ivanova, J. Assih

“…The paper presents an experimental analysis of tracking the path of the cracks and crack growth in strengthened or repair reinforced concrete short corbels bonded by carbon fiber fabrics under static and dynamic loads. …”
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Using spectrometric analysis for indirect estimation of 146S component concentration while measuring FMDV RNA amount by M. I. Doronin, D. V. Mikhalishin, N. Ye. Kamalova, A. V. Borisov

“…Concentration of 146S particles, which are the main component affecting the vaccine immunogenicity, is determined during commercial scale production of FMD vaccines. The paper assesses feasibility of spectrometric analysis for indirect determination of 146S component concentration while measuring amount of FMDV RNA isolated after serological binding. …”
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A Markov decision optimization of medical service resources for two-class patient queues in emergency departments via particle swarm optimization algorithm by Chia-Hung Wang, Rong Tian, Kun Hu, Yu-Tin Chen, Tien-Hsiung Ku

“…Abstract In the modern healthcare system, the rational allocation of emergency department (ED) resources is crucial for enhancing emergency response efficiency, ensuring patient safety, and improving the quality of medical services. This paper focuses on the issue of ED resource allocation and designs a priority sorting system for ED patients. …”
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An interactive address matching method based on a graph attention mechanism by Ming Li, Jialin Su, Zhiyu Song, Juping Qiu, Yongping Lin

“…Problem:: Modernizing and standardizing place names and addresses is a key challenge in the development of smart cities. Purpose:: This paper proposes a solution to address matching challenges, such as incomplete descriptions, reversed word order, and the diverse descriptions often found in Chinese addresses. …”
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Nursing care of a patient with ischemic stroke complicated with pulmonary infection by aerosol inhalation of traditional Chinese medicine (中药雾化吸入在1例缺血性脑卒中并发肺部感染患者护理中的应用)... by GAO Ya (高雅), LIU Guiying (刘桂英), TANG Ling (唐玲), ZHOU Jie (周洁), ZHANG Yanyan (张艳艳)

“…This paper reviewed the nursing experience of an elderly patient with ischemic cerebrovascular disease complicated with pulmonary infection. …”
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Research progress of Traditional Chinese and Zhuang medicine in the treatment of postoperative pain after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (中医壮医治疗前交叉韧带重建术后疼痛的研究进展)... by WEI Jiajia (韦佳佳), LIU Shuang (刘霜), MO Lilu (莫理璐), HUANG Biqiu (黄碧秋)

“…However, it may seriously impair the postoperative recovery. This paper summarized the integrated Traditional Chinese and western medicine and Zhuang medicine ironing therapy in the treatment of postoperative pain after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, and provided reference for further exploration of new technologies for clinical postoperative pain management. …”
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A Two-Phase Numerical Model of Well Test Analysis to Characterize Formation Damage in Near-Well Regions of Injection Wells by Jia Zhang, Shiqing Cheng, Shiying Di, Zhanwu Gao, Rui Yang, Pengliang Cao

“…However, current works on characterizing the damage by well test analysis were basically focused on using single-phase analogy to solve two-phase flow issues, resulting in errors on the diagnosis and interpretation of transient pressure data. In this paper, we developed a two-phase model to simulate the pressure transient behavior of a water injection well in a multiwell system. …”
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ReMAV: Reward Modeling of Autonomous Vehicles for Finding Likely Failure Events by Aizaz Sharif, Dusica Marijan

“…Rather than actively training complex adversaries by interacting with the environment, there is a need to first intelligently find and reduce the search space to only those states where autonomous vehicles are found to be less confident. In this paper, we propose a black-box testing framework ReMAV that uses offline trajectories first to efficiently identify weaknesses of autonomous vehicles without the need for active interaction. …”
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From Homo Economicus to Homo Eudaimonicus: Anthropological and Axiological Transformations of the Concept of Happiness in A Secular Age by U. I. Lushch-Purii

“…Purpose. The paper is aimed to explicate a recently emerging anthropological model of homo eudaimonicus from its secular framework perspective. …”
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Coupling Beams’ Shear Capacity Prediction by Hybrid Support Vector Regression and Particle Swarm Optimization by Emad A. Abood, Mustafa Kamal Al-Kamal, Sabih Hashim Muhodir, Nadia Moneem Al-Abdaly, Luís Filipe Almeida Bernardo, Dario De Domenico, Hamza Imran

“…A precise forecasting of the critical shear capacity is essential to avoid early shear failure and attain the desired ductility performance of coupled shear wall systems in earthquake design. This paper examines the ability of Support Vector Regression (SVR) in predicting the shear performance of coupling beams. …”
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A Framework of Recommendation System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Autonomous Maneuver Decision by Qinzhi Hao, Tengyu Jing, Yao Sun, Zhuolin Yang, Jiali Zhang, Jiapeng Wang, Wei Wang

“…Leveraging the successful deployment of recommendation systems in commerce and online applications, this paper pioneers a framework tailored for UAV maneuvering decisions. …”
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