Semantic information boosts the acquisition of a novel grammatical system in different presentation formats by Katharina Wendebourg, Birgit Öttl, Detmar Meurers, Barbara Kaup

“…In Experiment 1, we presented semantic information in the form of naturalistic photographs, whereas in Experiment 2, the semantic information was implemented by quasi-translations. …”
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Validation of wing geometric morphometrics in Chrysodeixis spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to support pest identification in invasive species survey programs by Allan H. Smith-Pardo, Karina M. Torres, Silvana V. Paula-Moraes

“…The cleaned wings of specimens with validated identification were photographed under a digital microscope, and seven venation landmarks were annotated from the images. …”
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An In Vitro Comparative Study of the Adaptation and Sealing Ability of Two Carrier-Based Root Canal Obturators by Ahmed Alkahtani, Sara Al-Subait, Sukumaran Anil

“…Specimens were examined under scanning electron microscope and digitally photographed. AutoCAD software was used to measure the gap between the canal surface and obturation material. …”
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Shaping Ability of Reciproc, UnicOne, and Protaper Universal in Simulated Root Canals by Etevaldo Matos Maia Filho, Cláudia de Castro Rizzi, Matheus Bandeca Coelho, Sara Freitas Santos, Luzia Mayanne Oliveira Costa, Ceci Nunes Carvalho, Rudys Rodolfo de Jesus Tavarez, Janir Alves Soares

“…Thirty resin blocks with simulated curved root canals were distributed into three groups (n=10), and prepared using Reciproc (RCp), UnicOne (UnO) and the Protaper Universal (PTu). Standardized photographs were taken before and after the instrumentation, after which they were superimposed. …”
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Corrosion Monitoring of Flexible Metallic Substrates for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Trystan Watson, Gavin Reynolds, David Wragg, Geraint Williams, David Worsley

“…Whilst the two methods provide very similar kinetic data on corrosion, the photographic method has the advantage that it can be used to image multiple samples in large arrays for rapid screening and is also relatively low cost. …”
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Self-Organized Crystallization Patterns from Evaporating Droplets of Common Wheat Grain Leakages as a Potential Tool for Quality Analysis by Maria Olga Kokornaczyk, Giovanni Dinelli, Ilaria Marotti, Stefano Benedettelli, Daniele Nani, Lucietta Betti

“…The patterns were observed and photographed using dark field microscopy in small magnifications. …”
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Influence of Teeth Preparation Finishing on the Adaptation of Lithium Disilicate Crowns by Bruna Salamoni Sinhori, Mauro Amaral Caldeira de Andrada, Guilherme Carpena Lopes, Sylvio Monteiro Junior, Luiz Narciso Baratieri

“…The adaptation of the pieces was evaluated using polyvinyl siloxane replicas and stereomicroscope photographs with 70x magnifications. The normality test indicated a nonnormal result, so a Man–Whitney nonparametric test was performed. …”
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Wound Morphology and Topography in the Diabetic Foot: Hurdles in Implementing Angiosome-Guided Revascularization by Dimitri Aerden, Nathalie Denecker, Sarah Gallala, Erik Debing, Pierre Van den Brande

“…Data was retrieved from a registry of patients scheduled for below-the-knee (BTK) revascularization. Photographs of the foot and historic benchmark diagrams were used to assign wounds to their respective angiosomes. …”
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Two Cases of Lacaziosis in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Japan by Keiichi Ueda, Ayako Sano, Jyoji Yamate, Eiko Itano Nakagawa, Mitsuru Kuwamura, Takeshi Izawa, Miyuu Tanaka, Yuko Hasegawa, Hiroji Chibana, Yasuharu Izumisawa, Hirokazu Miyahara, Senzo Uchida

“…Although the Japanese coast is not considered an endemic area, photographic records of lacaziosis-like skin lesions were found in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) that were migrating in the Goto Islands (Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan). …”
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Effect of Anatomical Customization of the Fiber Post on the Bond Strength of a Self-Adhesive Resin Cement by Adricyla Teixeira Rocha, Leticia Machado Gonçalves, Ana Júlia de Carvalho Vasconcelos, Etevaldo Matos Maia Filho, Ceci Nunes Carvalho, Rudys Rodolfo De Jesus Tavarez

“…The roots were sectioned into three slices, cervical, middle, and apical, and photographed with a digital camera attached to a stereomicroscopic loupe. …”
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Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B versus Oral Minocycline in Treatment of Unstable Vitiligo: A Prospective Comparative Trial by Amir Hossein Siadat, Naser Zeinali, Fariba Iraji, Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini, Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh, Kioumars Jamshidi, Parastoo Khosravani

“…Vitiligo disease activity (VIDA) score was noted every 4 weeks for 12 months. Digital photographs were taken at baseline and monthly intervals. …”
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Landscape lexical diversity for readability and safety mitigation on the commuter line bilingual information board by Nuruz Zaman Mochamad, Supriatnoko, Naufal Alhilmy Muhammad

“…Data were collected through direct observation, photographic documentation, and field notes and analyzed using domain, taxonomy, componential, and cultural theme. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Oral Bisphosphonates on Choroidal Neovascularization in the Human Eye by Shigeru Honda, Takayuki Nagai, Naoshi Kondo, Masahide Fukuda, Sentaro Kusuhara, Yasutomo Tsukahara, Akira Negi

“…The best-corrected visual-acuity (BCVA), the lesion size in fundus photographs and fluorescein angiography, foveal thickness and total macular volume in optical coherence tomography were compared between pre- and post-treatment. …”
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Analyzing diverse soliton wave profiles and bifurcation analysis of the (3 + 1)-dimensional mKdV–ZK model via two analytical schemes by S. M. Yiasir Arafat, M. A. Saklayen, S. M. Rayhanul Islam

“…Moreover, we show the balance point in the photographic form to examine the signal’s stability by specifying the saddle point and system center. …”
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Classification of Coconut Trees Within Plantations from UAV Images Using Deep Learning with Faster R-CNN and Mask R-CNN by Morakot Worachairungreung, Nayot Kulpanich, Pornperm Sae-ngow, Kunyaphat Thanakunwutthirot, Kawinphop Anurak, Phonpat Hemwan

“…For the analysis process, aerial photographs obtained from unmanned aerial vehicles, merged with the principles of aerial photography measurement, were analyzed. …”
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Examination of memory and culture based on the architectural facade: Facadism at Beyoğlu district by Aliye Rahsan Karabetca, Sedef Sav

“…The second aim of this study is to identify the changes made on the facades in terms of culture and memory and propose suggestions by using photographing, literature review, and analysis with collage methods. …”
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Climbing Mont Blanc (4808 m a.s.l.): What Are the Risks in the Grand Couloir Du Goûter and On the North Face of Mont Blanc Du Tacul? by Ludovic Ravanel, Jacques Mourey, Lorig Tamian, Sébastien Ibanez, Didier Hantz, Pascal Lacroix, Pierre-Allain Duvillard

“…Hazards in these two sectors and the number of climbers were measured using a multi-sensor system and automatic photographic acquisition, respectively. On the first site, which has a very high accident rate with an average of 3.7 deaths per year, 17,768 passages were recorded during the summer of 2019 and 2,648 seismic signals were classified as rockfalls affecting the Grand Couloir. …”
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Discoloration of Roots Caused by Residual Endodontic Intracanal Medicaments by Belinda Kuan-Jung Chen, Roy George, Laurence James Walsh

“…The roots were then exposed to an intense light source for 30 minutes each week and photographed after a further 1, 3, or 6 months. Digital images were standardized and data for changes in luminosity were analysed using repeated measures ANOVA and a post hoc test. …”
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The Experience of Emotional Distancing in The Managementagement of Compulsive Hoarding: A Visual Methods Approach Using The “Hoard” Acronym Tool by Colin Jones, Satwant Singh

“…Participants were asked to take photographs which best reflected their hoarding problem, and reflect upon these using the “HOARD” acronym tool whilst in a neutral environment and then again in their own home. …”
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JPEG reversible data hiding method based on optimal DCT frequency embedding by Ziyang ZHOU, Yun TAN, Jiaohua QIN, Xuyu XIANG

“…Joint photographic experts group (JPEG) images are widely used on the Internet due to their ability to maintain good picture quality while requiring less storage space.Reversible data hiding (RDH) techniques for JPEG images enable the hiding and extraction of secret information while allowing for lossless restoration of the original image.RDH is of great significance in file management and image authentication.However, many existing RDH methods result in a significant increase in the storage space of the encoded image after embedding secret information.For methods based on discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficient embedding, the key issue that affects the performance of reversible information hiding in JPEG images is how to select the frequency band position.A reversible information hiding method for JPEG images was proposed, based on optimal DCT frequency embedding.The entropy decoded JPEG image was divided into 8×8 non-overlapping DCT blocks.The average texture complexity of each DCT block was calculated and ordered in ascending order.Then the alternating current (AC) in adjacent DCT blocks was paired pairwise.By satisfying the capacity of the information to be embedded, the optimal AC coefficient frequency position set was obtained from the distortion cost function of the AC coefficient frequency.The secret information was embedded according to the designed two-dimensional histogram mapping strategy.Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can reduce the expansion of the loaded image file’s storage size compared to existing methods, while maintaining good visual quality of the cover image.…”
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