Towards Predicting Basketball Player Positions with Transformative Insights by Angelos Tsiannis, Christodoulos Efstathiades

“…However, results also show that modern players contribute across multiple positions, reflecting a shift toward versatility. …”
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Dense Matching with Low Computational Complexity for Disparity Estimation in the Radargrammetric Approach of SAR Intensity Images by Hamid Jannati, Mohammad Javad Valadan Zoej, Ebrahim Ghaderpour, Paolo Mazzanti

“…Compared to a pyramid-based local normalized cross-correlation (NCC) algorithm and adaptive semi-global matching (SGM) models, the proposed method maintains good accuracy comparable to adaptive SGM while reducing processing time by up to 50% relative to pyramid SGM and achieving a 35-fold speedup over the local NCC algorithm with an optimal kernel size. …”
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Improved stereo matching network based on dense multi-scale feature guided cost aggregation by ZHANG Bo, ZHANG Meiling, LI Xue, ZHU Lei

“…Secondly, the initial cost volume was obtained by concatenating left feature maps with their corresponding right feature maps across each disparity level. …”
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Rill Erosion and Drainage Development in Post-Landslide Settings Using UAV–LiDAR Data by Xinyu Chen, Albertus Stephanus Louw, Ali P. Yunus, Saleh Alsulamy, Deha Agus Umarhadi, Md. Alamgir Hossen Bhuiyan, Ram Avtar

“…A flow-accumulation algorithm was adopted to automatically extract the rill network. …”
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Deep transcriptomics reveals cell-specific isoforms of pan-neuronal genes by Zachery Wolfe, David Liska, Adam Norris

“…Global splicing maps reveal several striking observations, including pan-neuronal genes harboring cell-specific splice variants, and abundant differential intron retention across neuron types. …”
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The battle for TNCs in Latin America: navigating policy trends and sociotechnical controversies in the regulation of ride-hailing platforms by Ronald Sáenz-Leandro

“…Over the past decade, the proliferation of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), such as Uber, DiDi, and Cabify, has significantly disrupted urban mobility across Latin America, igniting intense regulatory debates and clashes in city streets. …”
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Early Sweet Potato Plant Detection Method Based on YOLOv8s (ESPPD-YOLO): A Model for Early Sweet Potato Plant Detection in a Complex Field Environment by Kang Xu, Wenbin Sun, Dongquan Chen, Yiren Qing, Jiejie Xing, Ranbing Yang

“…Compared with the YOLOv8s baseline network, the number of parameters was reduced by 67.8%, the amount of computation was reduced by 53.1%, and the mAP0.5:0.95 increased by 3.5%. The improved algorithm has higher detection accuracy and a lower parameter and calculation amount. …”
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Universal Vector Calibration for Orientation-Invariant 3D Sensor Data by Wonjoon Son, Lynn Choi

“…For bidirectional step detection, the proposed algorithm with vector calibration improved step detection accuracy from 67.63% to 99.25% and forward/backward classification from 65.54% to 100% across various device orientations.…”
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Vision-Based Detection, Localization, and Optimized Path Planning for Rebar Intersections in Automated Construction by Chengxiang Li, Weimin Zhang, Fangxing Li, Meijun Guo, Shicheng Fan

“…This paper presents a vision-based methodology that integrates RGB-D sensing, camera calibration, and coordinate transformation techniques to robustly detect and localize rebar crossing points. A structured detection framework efficiently extracts intersection coordinates from RGB-D imagery, subsequently mapping these points to a global reference frame using extrinsic camera calibration parameters. …”
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Remote Sensing Based Crop Monitoring Techniques: A Case Study for the Navajo Nation by V. Thangavel, S. Nagarajan, M. Arockiasamy, Md. T. Khan, G. Sklivanitis

“…It covers 27,425 square miles across Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico and has a population of 165,158 people, according to the 2020 census. …”
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SpectralEarth: Training Hyperspectral Foundation Models at Scale by Nassim Ait Ali Braham, Conrad M. Albrecht, Julien Mairal, Jocelyn Chanussot, Yi Wang, Xiao Xiang Zhu

“…To close this gap, we introduce <italic>SpectralEarth</italic>, a large-scale multitemporal dataset designed to pretrain hyperspectral foundation models leveraging data from the environmental mapping and analysis program (EnMAP). SpectralEarth comprises 538 974 image patches covering 415 153 unique locations from 11 636 globally distributed EnMAP scenes spanning two years of archive. …”
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SR-YOLO: Spatial-to-Depth Enhanced Multi-Scale Attention Network for Small Target Detection in UAV Aerial Imagery by Shasha Zhao, He Chen, Di Zhang, Yiyao Tao, Xiangnan Feng, Dengyin Zhang

“…Compared to the baseline algorithm YOLOv8s, our SR-YOLO algorithm has improved mAP@0.5 by 6.3% and 3.5% and mAP@0.5:0.95 by 3.8% and 2.3% on the datasets VisDrone2019 and RSOD, respectively. …”
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An Automatic Movement Monitoring Method for Group-Housed Pigs by Ziyuan Liang, Aijun Xu, Junhua Ye, Suyin Zhou, Xiaoxing Weng, Sian Bao

“…The F1 scores of the trained YOLOv8m-seg model during training were greater than 90% across most confidence levels, and the model achieved an mAP50-95 of 0.96. …”
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Infrared Small Target Detection, High-Precision Localization and Segmentation: Using TDU Kernel by C. Ding, S. Chen, H. Liu, Z. Luo, J. Zhang

“…Aiming at the challenge of infrared small target detection with different shape and size under the different scene, a novel algorithm architecture is proposed using the kernel of Target Detection Unit (TDU). …”
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Towards Automatic Expressive Pipa Music Transcription Using Morphological Analysis of Photoelectric Signals by Yuancheng Wang, Xuanzhe Li, Yunxiao Zhang, Qiao Wang

“…When evaluated on four renowned pipa music pieces of varying difficulty levels, our fully time-domain-based onset detectors outperformed four short-time methods, particularly during tremolo. Our zero-crossing-based pitch estimator achieved a performance comparable to short-time methods with a far better computational efficiency, demonstrating its suitability for use in a lightweight algorithm in future work.…”
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Unlocking the bottleneck in forward genetics using whole-genome sequencing and identity by descent to isolate causative mutations. by Katherine R Bull, Andrew J Rimmer, Owen M Siggs, Lisa A Miosge, Carla M Roots, Anselm Enders, Edward M Bertram, Tanya L Crockford, Belinda Whittle, Paul K Potter, Michelle M Simon, Ann-Marie Mallon, Steve D M Brown, Bruce Beutler, Christopher C Goodnow, Gerton Lunter, Richard J Cornall

“…Current strategies depend on conventional mapping, so the propagation of affected mice requires non-lethal screens; accurate tracking of phenotypes through pedigrees is complex and uncertain; out-crossing can introduce unexpected modifiers; and Sanger sequencing of candidate genes is inefficient. …”
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Linear bifurcation analysis with applications to relative socio-spatial dynamics by M. Sonis

“…The use of the Routhian formalism is leading to the mapping of the domain of stability of equilibria from the space of control bifurcation parameters into the space of orbits of iteration processes. …”
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Efficient Brain Tumor Segmentation for MRI Images Using YOLO-BT by Mengying Xiong, Aiping Wu, Yue Yang, Qingqing Fu

“…The data results show that YOLO-BT improves Precision by 2.7%, Recall, mAP50 by 0.9%, and mAP50-95 by 0.3% in the candidate box-based evaluation compared to YOLOv11. …”
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Tensor-FLAMINGO unravels the complexity of single-cell spatial architectures of genomes at high-resolution by Hao Wang, Jiaxin Yang, Xinrui Yu, Yu Zhang, Jianliang Qian, Jianrong Wang

“…Beyond the sparse 2D contact maps, the complete 3D chromatin conformations promote an avenue to understand the dynamics of spatially coordinated molecular processes across different cells.…”
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Hexapod robot motion planning investigation under the influence of multi-dimensional terrain features by Chen Chen, Chen Chen, Junbo Lin, Junbo Lin, Bo You, Bo You, Jiayu Li, Jiayu Li, Biao Gao, Biao Gao

“…The proposed methodology systematically extracts multi-dimensional geometric and physical terrain features from a multi-layered environmental map. Based on these features, a traversal cost map is synthesized, and an enhanced A* algorithm is developed that incorporates terrain traversal metrics to optimize path planning safety across complex field environments. …”
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