Research on a UAV-View Object-Detection Method Based on YOLOv7-Tiny by Yuyang Miao, Xihan Wang, Ning Zhang, Kai Wang, Lianhe Shao, Quanli Gao

“…The algorithm’s performance in handling object occlusion and multi-scale detection is enhanced by introducing the VarifocalLoss loss function and improving the feature fusion network to BiFPN. …”
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GESC-YOLO: Improved Lightweight Printed Circuit Board Defect Detection Based Algorithm by Xiangqiang Kong, Guangmin Liu, Yanchen Gao

“…Simultaneously, the model size is reduced by 25.4%, the parameter count is cut down by 28.6%, and the computational resource consumption is reduced by 26.8%. This successfully achieves the harmonization of detection precision and model lightweighting.…”
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RSWD-YOLO: A Walnut Detection Method Based on UAV Remote Sensing Images by Yansong Wang, Xuanxi Yang, Haoyu Wang, Huihua Wang, Zaiqing Chen, Lijun Yun

“…Furthermore, to optimize the detection performance under hardware resource constraints, we apply knowledge distillation to RSWD-YOLO, thereby further improving the detection accuracy. …”
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Automatic Detection and Identification of Underdense Meteors Based on YOLOv8n-BP Model by Siyuan Chen, Guobin Yang, Chunhua Jiang, Tongxin Liu, Xuhui Liu

“…Utilizing the Fresnel oscillation properties of meteor echoes, a BP network based on a Gaussian activation function is designed in this paper to enable it to detect meteor head and tail positions more accurately. …”
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YOLOLS: A Lightweight and High-Precision Power Insulator Defect Detection Network for Real-Time Edge Deployment by Qinglong Wang, Zhengyu Hu, Entuo Li, Guyu Wu, Wengang Yang, Yunjian Hu, Wen Peng, Jie Sun

“…However, deploying deep learning models on edge devices presents significant challenges due to limited computational resources and strict latency constraints. To address these issues, we propose YOLOLS, a lightweight and efficient detection model derived from YOLOv8n and optimized for real-time edge deployment. …”
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Host selection is not a universal driver of phyllosphere community assembly among ecologically similar native New Zealand plant species by Anya S. Noble, Jaber Abbaszadeh, Charles K. Lee

“…Furthermore, we propose that phyllosphere microbiomes under strong host selection, such as that of mānuka, may act as a source of microorganisms for the phyllosphere microbiomes of neighbouring plants. …”
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Solvent-free valorization of sugarcane bagasse fibers into nitrogen-doped microporous carbons: Efficient contenders for selective carbon dioxide capture by Urooj Kamran, Nasir Shezad, Soo-Jin Park, Kyong Yop Rhee, Shujie You, Farid Akhtar

“…Melamine and KOH were used as a nitrogen-doping source and an activator, respectively. The specimen (SBF-BC-KM0.5), prepared with optimized melamine loading, possessed efficient textural features, including a specific surface area (SSA) of 1138 m² g⁻¹ , a micropore volume of 0.396 cm³ g⁻¹ , high concentration of ultra-micropores (<0.6 nm) (89 %) and high content of pyrrolic-N functionality (35 %). …”
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A secure and energy-efficient routing using coupled ensemble selection approach and optimal type-2 fuzzy logic in WSN by S. Ambareesh, Pundalik Chavan, S. Supreeth, Rajesh Nandalike, P. Dayananda, S. Rohith

“…Abstract Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are imperative to a huge range of packages, along with environmental monitoring, healthcare structures, army surveillance, and smart infrastructure, however they’re faced with numerous demanding situations that impede their functionality, including confined strength sources, routing inefficiencies, security vulnerabilities, excessive latency, and the important requirement to keep Quality of Service (QoS). …”
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Methods of Additive Manufacturing for Dental Co-Cr Alloys: Systematic Review by Evan Hussain Alwan, Sabiha Mahdi Kanaan

“…Qualities of additive aspects of production such component design flexibility, part complexity, light- weighting, component consolidation, and functional design are generating specific interest in the additive fabrication of metal for use in automotive, marine, oil & gas, and aerospace industries during powder bed fusion, each layer of the powder bed is only partially fused employing a laser or electron beam as an energy source, the recent and most promising additive manufacturing technologies utilized to produce intricate, low-volume, tiny metallic parts. …”
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YOLO-SRMX: A Lightweight Model for Real-Time Object Detection on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Shimin Weng, Han Wang, Jiashu Wang, Changming Xu, Ende Zhang

“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) face a significant challenge in balancing high accuracy and high efficiency when performing real-time object detection tasks, especially amidst intricate backgrounds, diverse target scales, and stringent onboard computational resource constraints. …”
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GSF-YOLOv8: A Novel Approach for Fire Detection Using Gather-Distribute Mechanism and SimAM Attention by Caixiong Li, Dali Wu, Xing Zhang, Peng Wu

“…To address the current challenges in fire detection algorithms, including insufficient feature extraction, high computational complexity, limited deployment on resource-constrained devices, missed detections, false detections, and low accuracy, we developed a high-precision algorithm named GSF-YOLOv8. …”
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Certificateless Batch Authentication Scheme and Intrusion Detection Model Based on the Mobile Edge Computing Technology NDN-IoT Environment by Jianzhao Sun

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Investigating the utilization of biomaterials and bioengineering methods in developing functional cardiac tissue for heart repair by Omar Elsaka

“…The primary purpose of the present research is to examine the use of biomaterials and bioengineering methods to create functioning cardiac tissue. Techniques for tissue maturation, scaffold design, cell sources, and biomaterial selection are important subjects. …”
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Rice-SVBDete: a detection algorithm for small vascular bundles in rice stem’s cross-sections by Xiaoying Zhu, Weiyu Zhou, Jianguo Li, Jianguo Li, Mingchong Yang, Mingchong Yang, Haiyu Zhou, Haiyu Zhou, Jiada Huang, Jiada Huang, Jiahua Shi, Jun Shen, Guangyao Pang, Lingqiang Wang, Lingqiang Wang, Lingqiang Wang

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Uncovering functional deterioration in the rhizosphere microbiome associated with post-green revolution wheat cultivars by Monique E. Smith, Vanessa N. Kavamura, David Hughes, Rodrigo Mendes, George Lund, Ian Clark, Tim H. Mauchline

“…Of the 113 functional genes that were differentially abundant between heritage and modern cultivars, 95% were depleted in modern cultivars and 65% of differentially abundant reads best mapped to genes involved in staurosporine biosynthesis (antibiotic product), plant cell wall degradation (microbial mediation of plant root architecture, overwintering energy source for microbes) and sphingolipid metabolism (signal bioactive molecules). …”
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Relationships between vegetation indices and surface reflectance: Implications for detecting and monitoring sandification in arid regions by Yifan Yue, Wenzhi Zhao, Rentao Liu

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A Wind Power Density Forecasting Model Based on RF-DBO-VMD Feature Selection and BiGRU Optimized by the Attention Mechanism by Bixiong Luo, Peng Zuo, Lijun Zhu, Wei Hua

“…Wind power, as a pivotal renewable energy source, is anticipated to play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, security, and stability of the global energy supply system. …”
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Enhanced Intrusion Detection in In-Vehicle Networks Using Advanced Feature Fusion and Stacking-Enriched Learning by Ali Altalbe

“…To address this problem, machine learning (ML) based intrusion detection systems (IDSs) have been proposed. However, existing IDSs suffer from low detection accuracy, limited real-time response, and high resource requirements. …”
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Energy-Efficiency using Critical Nodes Detection Problem in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (IWSNs) by Karima MOULEY, Mohamed Amin TAHRAOUI, Abdelaziz KELLA

“…Experiments simulation validates our proposed approach, approving its efficiency in reducing significant energy consumption while preserving connectivity and functionality for industrial systems. Furthermore, the results highlight the potential of using critical node analysis to support sustainable and efficient operations in resource-constrained industrial environments. …”
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Effect of Cs atoms adsorption on the work function of the LaB6 (100) surface by Huaqing Zheng, Xin Zhang, Jun Hu, Yuhong Xu, Guangjiu Lei, Sanqiu Liu, Heng Li, Zilin Cui, Yiqin Zhu, Xiaolong Li, Xiaoqiao Liu, Shaofei Geng, Xiaochang Chen, Haifeng Liu, Xianqu Wang, Hai Liu, Jun Cheng, Changjian Tang

“…These results provide some reference for the selection of fusion plasma gird materials and the production of hydrogen negative ion sources for neutral beam injection.…”
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