Reclaiming Urban Spaces: A Systemic Approach to Integrated Pedestrian‐Centric City Design in Rio de Janeiro by Carlo Andrea Biraghi, Hadi Mohammad Zadeh, Andrea Bruschi, Massimo Tadi

“…The numerical evidence provided by metrics and indicators is complemented by visual evidence from local‐scale maps. The proposed method is tested on a portion of Bairro Cidade Nova in Rio de Janeiro within the framework of the Integrated and Sustainable Urban Regeneration Milan–Rio (REMIRIO) project, a city‐to‐city cooperation project between Milan (Italy) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) funded by the European Union which aims to implement pilot nature‐based solutions to address local environmental issues such as flooding and overheating. …”
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Data-driven cultural background fusion for environmental art image classification: Technical support of the dual Kernel squeeze and excitation network. by Chenchen Liu, Haoyue Guo

“…This study aims to explore a data-driven cultural background fusion method to improve the accuracy of environmental art image classification. …”
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Deep learning-based screening for locomotive syndrome using single-camera walking video: Development and validation study. by Junichi Kushioka, Satoru Tada, Noriko Takemura, Taku Fujimoto, Hajime Nagahara, Masahiko Onoe, Keiko Yamada, Rodrigo Navarro-Ramirez, Takenori Oda, Hideki Mochizuki, Ken Nakata, Seiji Okada, Yu Moriguchi

“…This model objectively assesses gait patterns through single-camera video captures, offering a novel and efficient method for LS prediction and analysis. Our model was trained and validated using a dataset of 186 walking videos, plus 65 additional videos for external validation. …”
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Assessment of Selected Health Determinants among <i>Almajiri</i> Students in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria by Y. Sarkingobir, M.S. Nahantsi, Z. Shehu, A.A. Sadiq, N. Malami, A. Saadu, A. Hamza

“…This paper determined the factors that affect the health of Almajiri in their system of study in Gwadabawa local government of Sokoto state, Nigeria. Interview and visual observation were used to collect data, which was analyzed by thematic networks method. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF GLACIERS OF MOUNT ELBRUS AFTER THE LITTLE ICE AGE by E. A. Zolotarev, E. G. Kharkovets

“…Over the last 50 years (1957–2007) the Dzhikiugankez share in change of the glaciation area as a whole has reached 45 %. The method of glacier dynamics research, based on digital technologies of image processing and assuming first of all visual deciphering of changes and in the second – measurement of parameters of changes is offered. …”
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Shifting perspectives: A comparison of travel-time-based and carbon-based accessibility landscapes by Julia Kinigadner, David Vale, Benjamin Büttner, Gebhard Wulfhorst

“…Based on this exercise, several use cases in the context of low-carbon mobility planning are discussed and pathways to further develop and test the method in cooperation with decision-makers are outlined.…”
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Eye Tracking and Human Influence Factors’ Impact on Quality of Experience of Mobile Gaming by Omer Nawaz, Siamak Khatibi, Muhammad Nauman Sheikh, Markus Fiedler

“…While Quality of Experience (QoE) subjective evaluations through user surveys are the most reliable method for assessing user perception, various factors, termed influence factors (IFs), can affect user ratings of stimulus quality. …”
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The Efficacy of Single Dose Local Steroid Injection versus Standard Carpal Tunnel Release in the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Population of D.I. Khan Division, Pakistan by Shahab, Muhammad Aamir, Muhammad Shafiq

“…Seventy-four patients with a substantiated diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome were randomly selected by lottery method into two groups, i.e. Surgical treatment (control) and medical treatment by Steroid injection (Experimental). …”

A Metabolomics Exploration of Young Lotus Seeds Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging by Ying Chen, Xiaomeng Xu, Chunping Tang

“…To investigate the “homologous plants with different effects” phenomenon in traditional Chinese medicine, this study established a Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MALDI-MSI) method. This study employed immature lotus seeds as the experimental material, diverging from the mature seeds conventionally used. …”
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A Study of Periodicities in a One-Dimensional Piecewise Smooth Discontinuous Map by Rajanikant A. Metri, Bhooshan Rajpathak, Kethavath Raghavendra Naik, Mohan Lal Kolhe

“…The analytical findings are validated using bifurcation diagrams, cobweb plots, and basin of attraction visualizations.…”
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Needs Analysis and Teachers’ Perceptions: A Study of English Undergraduate Students by Abdul Qadar

“…It helps course designers to set objectives, choose content, method of instruction, appropriate teaching aids and classroom activities for different courses. …”
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A mapping review of studies exploring the barriers and facilitators to a dementia diagnosis through an intersectionality lens by Ben Hicks, Katherine Wheatley, Emma Porter, Nicolas Farina, Sube Banerjee

“…Method A systematic approach was undertaken, following the PRISMA guidelines, updating previous reviews. …”
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The Early Prediction of Kimchi Cabbage Heights Using Drone Imagery and the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Model by Seung-hwan Go, Jong-hwa Park

“…This study presents a novel method for the early prediction of Kimchi cabbage heights using drone imagery and a long short-term memory (LSTM) model. …”
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Earthquake damage mapped more comprehensively and accurately by radar satellites than optical imagery by Eleanor A. Ainscoe, Rohini Swaminathan, Lin Way, Sirio Modugno, Shi Tong Chin, Niroj Panta, Thierry Crevoisier, Sang-Ho Yun

“…This finding held true for both a state-of-the art machine learning method and for visual interpretation. The SAR-based maps achieved an F1 performance score approximately twice as high as the optical-based maps (0.47 vs 0.24, 0.23 and 0.15). …”
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Image Classification Models as a Balancer Between Product Typicality and Novelty by Hung-Hsiang Wang, Hsueh-Kuan Chen

“…Since vehicle manufacturers produce electric vehicles, they have faced the challenge of maintaining the typicality of their original products and presenting the innovation of new technologies. We propose a method that integrates artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images and image classification technology to help designers effectively balance between typicality and novelty. …”
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The impact of contaminated water with pharmaceutical hazards on the Vicia faba plant cell's components and mitosis behavior by Mariam Alketbi, Rania Ali, Abdullah A. L. Mutery

“…The pharmaceutical hazards in the recycled water should be investigated for its effect on plants’ stability and performance. Method This work carried the cytogenetics and cytological studies to visualize the plants performance under paracetamol stress in four concentrations (0, 6, 12.5, 25 and 50%) in two treatment times 3 & 6 h. …”
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Comparison of Pain Scores between a Home-made Nylon/Polyester and Stainless-Steel Finger Traps by khristian camagay, Jerome David Sison

“…The unpaired t-test was used as the statistical method for data analysis.  Result. The nylon/polyester finger trap group showed consistently lower VAS pain scores than the stainless-steel group during the first 10 minutes, with a statistically significant difference (p = 0.021). …”
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DFPS: An Efficient Downsampling Algorithm Designed for the Global Feature Preservation of Large-Scale Point Cloud Data by Jiahui Dong, Maoyi Tian, Jiayong Yu, Guoyu Li, Yunfei Wang, Yuxin Su

“…Experimental results demonstrate that, for a point cloud dataset containing millions of points, DFPS reduces processing time from approximately 161,665 s using the original FPS method to approximately 71.64 s at a 12.5% sampling rate, achieving an efficiency improvement of over 2200 times. …”
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A unique Ruleset for Saltmarsh and Mangrove monitoring using Sentinel-2 by I. J. Diti, S. M. M. Rasel

“…A range of vegetation indices, individual bands of Sentinel 2 and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data were tested in the feature selection method to find the best features for a Random Forest (RF) model. …”
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AI-Based Quantification of Enhancing Tumor Volume on Contrast-Enhanced MRI to Predict Pathologic Response and Prognosis in HCC After HAIC Plus Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy by Zhou Y, Li J, Li Q, Liu L, Huang P, Mao Y, Yang Y, Lv F, Liu Z

“…Yin Zhou,1,&amp;ast; Junjie Li,2,&amp;ast; Qingshu Li,3,&amp;ast; Liu Liu,1 Ping Huang,4 Yun Mao,1 Yaying Yang,3 Furong Lv,1 Ziyu Liu1 1Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Molecular Medicine Diagnostic and Testing Center, Chongqing Medical University, Department of Clinical Pathology Laboratory of Pathology Diagnostic Center, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China&amp;ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ziyu Liu, Master of Medicine, Department of radiology, the first affiliated hospital of Chongqing medical university, No. 1, Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, 400016, Tel +19942338328, Email liuziyu301@163.comPurpose: To explore the diagnostic and prognostic value of AI-quantified MRI tumor volume for assessing pathologic response in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC) after hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy plus targeted therapy and immunotherapy (HAIC-TI).Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 35 patients (46 lesions) who underwent HAIC-TI followed by hepatectomy. …”
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