IECAU-Net: A Wood Defects Image Segmentation Network Based on Improved Attention U-Net and Attention Mechanism by Yingda Dong, Chunguang He, Xiaoyang Xiang, Yuhan Cui, Yongkang Kang, Anning Ding, Huaqiong Duo, Ximing Wang

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LiSA-MobileNetV2: an extremely lightweight deep learning model with Swish activation and attention mechanism for accurate rice disease classification by Yongqi Xu, Dongcheng Li, Changcheng Li, Zheming Yuan, Zhijun Dai

“…LiSA-MobileNetV2 provides a high-accuracy, resource-efficient solution for real-time rice disease detection in smart farming systems.…”
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Industrial production and functional profiling of probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici 72 N for potential use as a swine feed additive by Nay Zin Myo, Ratchnida Kamwa, Benjamas Khurajog, Pawiya Pupa, Wandee Sirichokchatchawan, David J. Hampson, Nuvee Prapasarakul

“…Conventional and statistical optimization techniques were used to screen food-grade carbon sources (glucose, dextrose, sucrose) and nitrogen sources (beef extract, yeast extract, sweet whey) to develop the optimal formulation. …”
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Effect of Forest Species Canopy on the Accumulation of Toxic Metals in the Soil Within and Around Macedonia Airport, Northern Greece by Ioannis Mousios, Marianthi Tsakaldimi, Evangelia Gkini, Theocharis Chatzistathis, Petros Ganatsas

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Discriminant canonical analysis as a tool to determine traces of endangered native hen breed introgression through egg hatchability phenomics by Antonio González Ariza, Francisco Javier Navas González, Ander Arando Arbulu, José Manuel León Jurado, Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo, María Esperanza Camacho Vallejo

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Enhanced YOLOv7-Tiny for Small-Scale Fire Detection via Multi-Scale Channel Spatial Attention and Dynamic Upsampling by Shihao Wu, Yi Xia

“…Furthermore, the Focaler-IoU loss function is employed to focus the model on hard samples, enhancing the accuracy of small fire detection. …”
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Bio-nanoparticles sensor couple with smartphone digital image colorimetry and dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction for aflatoxin B1 detection by Mahsa Alikord, Nabi Shariatifar, Mammad Saraji, Hedayat Hosseini, Gholamreza Jahed Khaniki, Shahram Shoeibi, Toba Rezazadeh, Mohammad Fazeli

“…Abstract A novel nanobiosensor-based colorimetric method was developed by integrating ZnO nanoparticles functionalized with curcumin, dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME), and smartphone digital image colorimetry for the sensitive detection of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in baby food samples. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Detection Methods for <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and Its Enterotoxins in Food: From Traditional to Emerging Technologies by Assia Mairi, Nasir Adam Ibrahim, Takfarinas Idres, Abdelaziz Touati

“…Molecular methods, such as PCR and isothermal amplification, provide high specificity and speed for bacterial and toxin gene detection but cannot confirm functional toxin production. …”
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Scalable Electrochemical Synthesis of Novel Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles and Its Application to High-Sensitive Detection of 4-Nitrophenol in Aqueous System by Van-Tuan Hoang, Ngo Xuan Dinh, Tuyet Nhung Pham, Tran Vinh Hoang, Pham Anh Tuan, Tran Quang Huy, Anh-Tuan Le

“…Under a direct-current voltage source, the biomolecules in GTE can release electrons to promote the reducing process of Ag+ to Ag0. …”
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Glycylglycine promotes the solubility and antigenic utility of recombinant HCV structural proteins in a point-of-care immunoassay for detection of active viremia by Heba Shawky, Ashraf A. Tabll, Reem M. Elshenawy, Naiera M. Helmy, Rehab I. Moustafa, Yasser K. Elesnawy, Marwa M. Abdelghany, Yasmine S. El-Abd

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Discovery of candidate functional non-coding mutations in acute myeloid leukemia using single-cell chromatin accessibility sequencing by Ming Zhu, Jiali Zhu, Zhijuan Zhu, Yiding Yang, Jinxian Dai, Hua Li, Nainong Li, Jialiang Huang

“…Additionally, we develop eMut, an integrated computational pipeline for detecting, imputing, and functionally characterizing non-coding mutations in CREs at the single-cell level. …”
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AI-Driven Integration of Deep Learning With Lung Imaging, Functional Analysis, and Blood Gas Metrics for Perioperative Hypoxemia Prediction by Kecheng Huang, Chujun Wu, Rongpeng Pi, Jieyu Fang

“… This viewpoint article explores the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in predicting perioperative hypoxemia through the integration of deep learning with multimodal clinical data, including lung imaging, pulmonary function tests, and arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis. …”
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Enhancing microseismic event detection with TransUNet: A deep learning approach for simultaneous pickings of P-wave and S-wave first arrivals by Kun Chen, Meng Li, Xiaolian Li, Guangzhi Cui, Jia Tian, JiaLe Li, RuoYao Mu, JunJie Zhu

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Nutritional and Functional Characterization of Flour from Seeds of Chañar (<i>Geoffroea decorticans</i>) to Promote Its Sustainable Use by Marisa Ayelen Rivas, Enzo Agustin Matteucci, Ivana Fabiola Rodriguez, María Alejandra Moreno, Iris Catiana Zampini, Adriana Ramon, María Inés Isla

“…A high polyphenol and dietary fiber content was detected. Flavonoids and condensed tannins were the dominant phenolics. …”
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Saponins from <i>Solanum nigrum</i> L. Fruit: Extraction Optimization, Structural Characterization, and Dual-Functional Efficacy by Shuyuan Chen, Weiyun Guo, Tonghe Zhang, Jianfang Chen, Li Huang, Jihong Huang, Ruqiang Huang

“…., a widely consumed Asian medicinal edible plant, is a promising source of bioactive saponins for functional food applications. …”
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Identification and Functional Testing of ERCC2 Mutations in a Multi-national Cohort of Patients with Familial Breast- and Ovarian Cancer. by Andreas Rump, Anna Benet-Pages, Steffen Schubert, Jan Dominik Kuhlmann, Ramūnas Janavičius, Eva Macháčková, Lenka Foretová, Zdenek Kleibl, Filip Lhota, Petra Zemankova, Elitza Betcheva-Krajcir, Luisa Mackenroth, Karl Hackmann, Janin Lehmann, Anke Nissen, Nataliya DiDonato, Romy Opitz, Holger Thiele, Karin Kast, Pauline Wimberger, Elke Holinski-Feder, Steffen Emmert, Evelin Schröck, Barbara Klink

“…Ten out of eleven mutations that were tested exemplarily in cell-based functional assays exert diminished excision repair efficiency and/or decreased transcriptional activation capability. …”
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Ago HITS-CLIP expands understanding of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus miRNA function in primary effusion lymphomas. by Irina Haecker, Lauren A Gay, Yajie Yang, Jianhong Hu, Alison M Morse, Lauren M McIntyre, Rolf Renne

“…In summary, we provide an extensive list of cellular and viral miRNA targets representing an important resource to decipher KSHV miRNA function.…”
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MTCDNet: Multimodal Feature Fusion-Based Tree Crown Detection Network Using UAV-Acquired Optical Imagery and LiDAR Data by Heng Zhang, Can Yang, Xijian Fan

“…Accurate detection of individual tree crowns is a critical prerequisite for precisely extracting forest structural parameters, which is vital for forestry resources monitoring. …”
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Compact Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detector with Adjustable Laser Focal Spot for Multiple Purposes by Zihe Xu, Xi Chen, Fangwu Liu

“…The influence of the excitation power on the detection limit was studied through experiments, and the configuration results for LED/LD as light sources and 487/450 nm wavelengths were compared and optimized. …”
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ENHANCEMENT OF SENSOR PANEL TACTILE TOUCH INTERFACE by Oleksandr Karpin, Zinovii Liubun, Vasyl Mandziy, Oleh Tereshchuk, Nestor Hotsiy

“…The proposed classification algorithm exhibits satisfactory accuracy in identifying the two signals within a minimal timeframe and requires minimal computational resources. Therefore, it can be employed cost-effectively to enhance the functionality of touch panels. …”
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