Innovative approach for gauge-based QPE in arid climates: comparing neural networks and traditional methods by Bayan Banimfreg, Ernesto Damiani, Vesta Afzali Gorooh, Duncan Axisa, Luca Delle Monache, Youssef Wehbe

“…These improvements highlight the model’s ability to assimilate diverse climatic and topographical inputs for more accurate rainfall prediction, particularly in areas where conventional methods fall short due to sparse or irregular precipitation. …”
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Radiomics analysis of thoracic vertebral bone marrow microenvironment changes before bone metastasis of breast cancer based on chest CT by Hao-Nan Zhu, Yi-Fan Guo, YingMin Lin, Zhi-Chao Sun, Xi Zhu, YuanZhe Li

“…Multiple machine learning algorithms were utilized to construct various radiomics models for predicting the risk of bone metastasis, and the model with optimal performance was integrated with clinical features to develop a nomogram. …”
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An Enhanced Phenology Dataset for Global Drylands from 2001 to 2019 by Yuqi Dong, Yu Zhou, Li Zhang, Feng Tian, Qiaoyun Xie, Yiyang Chen, Linlin Ruan, Bo Zhang

“…Existing land surface phenology (LSP) products exhibit low accuracy in drylands due to coarse spatiotemporal data sources and algorithms optimized for other ecosystems. Here we present the Global Dryland Phenology Dataset (GDPD) for 2001–2019, derived from daily 500-m two-band Enhanced Vegetation Index using MODIS NBAR data and an improved retrieval algorithm with dynamic, pixel-wise amplitude thresholds. …”
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Tire Pressure Monitoring System Using Feature Fusion and Family of Lazy Classifiers by Arpit Pandey, Sridharan Naveen Venkatesh, Prabhakaranpillai Sreelatha Anoop, B. R. Manju, Vaithiyanathan Sugumaran

“…The study examines autoregressive moving average (ARMA), histogram, and statistical features individually and in combinations (statistical‐histogram, histogram‐ARMA, statistical‐ARMA, and statistical‐histogram‐ARMA) to improve predictive accuracy. By integrating these features, the study aims to optimize predictive modeling of TPMS. …”
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A lightweight knowledge graph-driven question answering system for field-based mineral resource survey by Mingguo Wang, Chengbin Wang, Jianguo Chen, Bo Wang, Wei Wang, Xiaogang Ma, Jiangtao Ren, Zichen Li, Yicai Ye, Jiakai Zhang, Yue Wang

“…The results also suggest that further studies on geoscience pre-trained models, an informative library of question templates, and multimodal knowledge graphs are necessary to improve the performance of the knowledge graph-driven question-answering system.…”
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A Rapid Artificial Intelligence-Based Computer-Aided Diagnosis System for COVID-19 Classification from CT Images by Hassaan Haider Syed, Muhammad Attique Khan, Usman Tariq, Ammar Armghan, Fayadh Alenezi, Junaid Ali Khan, Seungmin Rho, Seifedine Kadry, Venkatesan Rajinikanth

“…The proposed method includes four core steps: (i) preparing a database of three different classes such as COVID-19, pneumonia, and normal; (ii) modifying three pretrained deep learning models such as VGG16, ResNet50, and ResNet101 for the classification of COVID-19-positive scans; (iii) proposing an activation function and improving the firefly algorithm for feature selection; and (iv) fusing optimal selected features using descending order serial approach and classifying using multiclass supervised learning algorithms. …”
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Integrated pixel-level crack detection and quantification using an ensemble of advanced U-Net architectures by Rakshitha R, Srinath S, N Vinay Kumar, Rashmi S, Poornima B V

“…Binary Focal Loss proved particularly effective in addressing class imbalance across four benchmark datasets. To further improve segmentation performance, two ensemble strategies were applied: stochastic reordering using logical operations (AND, OR, and averaging) and a weighted average ensemble optimized through grid search. …”
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Randomization-Driven Hybrid Deep Learning for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection by A. M. Mutawa, G. R. Hemalakshmi, N. B. Prakash, M. Murugappan

“…We enhance the model’s diagnostic capability through complex image preprocessing techniques, such as improved noise reduction and morphological approaches. …”
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Effect of tool angle in nanocutting of single crystal GaN using diamond cutter by Yongqiang WANG, Hao XIA, Zhihang HU, Shuaiyang ZHANG, Shaohui YIN

“…Large-scale MD simulations are meticulously performed to model the nanoscale cutting process of single-crystal GaN using a diamond tool. …”
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Duck Egg Crack Detection Using an Adaptive CNN Ensemble with Multi-Light Channels and Image Processing by Vasutorn Chaowalittawin, Woranidtha Krungseanmuang, Posathip Sathaporn, Boonchana Purahong

“…In current practice, human inspectors use standard white light for crack detection, and many researchers have focused primarily on improving detection algorithms without addressing lighting limitations. …”
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A comprehensive systematic review of intrusion detection systems: emerging techniques, challenges, and future research directions by Arjun Kumar Bose Arnob, Rajarshi Roy Chowdhury, Nusrat Alam Chaiti, Sudipta Saha, Ajoy Roy

“…This research also highlights the success of models such as Genetic Algorithms (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), and Explainable AI (XAI) in improving detection accuracy as well as computational efficiency and interoperability. …”
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Performance of Machine Learning Classifiers for Diabetes Prediction by Mijala Manandhar, Shaikat Baidya, Babalpreet Kaur, Katia Atoji

“…Logistic Regression and Multilayer Perceptron also showed robust results, but SGD was superior in most metrics. For the Rules classifiers, JRip outperformed others due to its iterative rule optimization, whereas OneR's simplicity resulted in the lowest performance. …”
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River Surface Space–Time Image Velocimetry Based on Dual-Channel Residual Network by Ling Gao, Zhen Zhang, Lin Chen, Huabao Li

“…An adaptive threshold Sobel operator in the edge channel improves the model’s ability to extract edge features in STI. …”
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IDENTIFYING IMPORTANT GENES IN OVARIAN CANCER FROM HIGH-DIMENSIONAL MICROARRAY DATA USING SIFS-CART METHOD by Ni Kadek Emik Sapitri, Umu Sa'adah, Nur Shofianah

“…Many studies only focus on improving the machine learning classification algorithms to achieve higher performance. …”
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LSTM-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robust Trajectory Tracking Control of Skid-Steer Mobile Robots Under Terra-Mechanical Constraints by Jose Manuel Alcayaga, Oswaldo Anibal Menéndez, Miguel Attilio Torres-Torriti, Juan Pablo Vásconez, Tito Arévalo-Ramirez, Alvaro Javier Prado Romo

“…Four state-of-the-art DRL algorithms, i.e., Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO), Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG), Twin Delayed DDPG (TD3), and Soft Actor–Critic (SAC), are selected to evaluate their ability to generate stable and adaptive control policies under varying environmental conditions. …”
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HAF-YOLO: Dynamic Feature Aggregation Network for Object Detection in Remote-Sensing Images by Pengfei Zhang, Jian Liu, Jianqiang Zhang, Yiping Liu, Jiahao Shi

“…The growing use of remote-sensing technologies has placed greater demands on object-detection algorithms, which still face challenges. This study proposes a hierarchical adaptive feature aggregation network (HAF-YOLO) to improve detection precision in remote-sensing images. …”
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Near Miss Detection Using Distancing Monitoring and Distance-Based Proximal Indicators by Lek Ming Lim, Lu Yang, Wen Zhu, Ahmad Sufril Azlan Mohamed, Majid Khan Majahar Ali

“…Despite efforts to improve road safety, accidents persist due to insufficient evidence from manual police reporting, non-optimized detection algorithms, and technical limitations in real-time video processing and modelling. …”
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Analysis of Static Stability of Earth-Rockfill Dam Slope Based on PSO-PR-IE Method by LIU Qiankun, PAN Shiyang, LI Tongchun, LIU Baoyong

“…In order to fully consider the advantages of the anti-sliding performance of the contact interface using the partitioned rigid body–interface element (PR-IE) method, the static stability analysis method of earth-rockfill dam slope based on the PR-IE method was improved, and the particle swarm optimization (PSO) method was adopted, yielding a static stability analysis method of earth-rockfill dam slope based on PSO-PR-IE method. …”
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FLIP: A Novel Feedback Learning-Based Intelligent Plugin Towards Accuracy Enhancement of Chinese OCR by Xinyue Tao, Yueyue Han, Yakai Jin, Yunzhi Wu

“…The best performing model achieved 99.42% precision, with ablation studies confirming that feedback learning contributes additional improvements from 0.45% to 4.66% across different OCR architectures.…”
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Research on Recognition of Green Sichuan Pepper Clusters and Cutting-Point Localization in Complex Environments by Qi Niu, Wenjun Ma, Rongxiang Diao, Wei Yu, Chunlei Wang, Hui Li, Lihong Wang, Chengsong Li, Pei Wang

“…Comparative experiments on YOLOv5s, YOLOv8s, and YOLOv11s models revealed that YOLOv11s achieved a recall of 0.91 in leaf-occluded environments, marking a 21.3% improvement over YOLOv5s, with a detection speed of 28 Frames Per Second(FPS). …”
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