Dendrites endow artificial neural networks with accurate, robust and parameter-efficient learning by Spyridon Chavlis, Panayiota Poirazi

“…These advantages are likely the result of a different learning strategy, whereby most of the nodes in dendritic ANNs respond to multiple classes, unlike classical ANNs that strive for class-specificity. …”
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Comparison between an Acrylic Splint Herbst and an Acrylic Splint Miniscrew-Herbst for Mandibular Incisors Proclination Control by Antonio Manni, Marco Pasini, Laura Mazzotta, Sabrina Mutinelli, Claudio Nuzzo, Felice Roberto Grassi, Mauro Cozzani

“…All subjects from both groups were successfully treated to a bilateral Class I relationship; mean treatment time was 8,1 months in the test group and 7.8 in the controls. …”
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Digitized thermo-responsive shape memory matrix band for tooth restorations by Chao Liu, Qin Huang, Bin Feng, Guanchen Ye, Yu Wang, Tianer Zhu, Junjie Wu, Lining Lin, Dongqi You, Haiping Yang, Weifang Zhang

“…However, the accuracy of the final contour of class II restoration is often unpredictable and quite technique-sensitive due to the limitation of traditional matrix band system. …”
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Platelet Rich Plasma in the Treatment of Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: Personal Experience and Review of the Literature by F. Longo, A. Guida, C. Aversa, E. Pavone, G. Di Costanzo, L. Ramaglia, F. Ionna

“…Bisphosphonates (BPs) are a class of synthetic drugs commonly used to treat bone metastasis and various bone diseases that cause osseous fragility (such as osteoporosis). …”
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The UNIfy Program: Providing Additional Support to Students With Mental Health Issues in a University Context by Jocelyn Courtney

“…However, students attending regional universities such as the University of the Sunshine Coast are at a greater risk of developing a mental illness due to factors such as social isolation, relocation and financial difficulties. …”
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ANALYSING HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS ON THE COMPULSORY ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR TENTH GRADERS OF INDONESIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS by Andi Sukmawijaya, Wisma Yunita, Dedi Sofyan

“…In addition, the content of higher-order thinking skills in tasks of the compulsory English textbook of “Bahasa Inggris of class ten employed in senior, vocational and Islamic senior high schools” is relevant to the 2013 curriculum. …”
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Power at play in paranormal history by Christine Ferguson

“…I demonstrate how the controversial paranormal claims made about the Cottingley cameras by Arthur Conan Doyle and Edward Gardner relied on the manipulation and obfuscation of key episodes in their history of use, a strategy that worked to distance the objects from each other and from their young female working-class operators Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright. …”
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Does the Panoramic Radiography Have the Power to Identify the Gonial Angle in Orthodontics? by Rıdvan Okşayan, Ali Murat Aktan, Oral Sökücü, Esin Haştar, Mehmet Ertuğrul Ciftci

“…There were no significant differences between Class I, II, and III malocclusion group values of gonial angles determined by lateral cephalometric radiograph and panoramic radiographs (). …”
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SNCA: Semi-Supervised Node Classification for Evolving Large Attributed Graphs by Faima Abbasi, Muhammad Muzammal, Qiang Qu, Farhan Riaz, Jawad Ashraf

“…The study of attributed networks is challenging due to noise, sparsity, and class imbalance issues. In this work, we consider node centrality in conjunction with edge signs to contemplate the node classification problem in attributed networks. …”
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A socially responsive university by Mariekie Burger

“…This conceptual article draws on a class project to suggest a way in which the three tasks can be combined to respond so a particular social need. …”
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SuroTex: Surrounding texture datasetMendeley Data by Muhammad Ardi Putra, Wahyono, Agus Harjoko

“…The two main reasons behind this problem are the limited number of texture classes and the non-uniformity of the image sizes. …”
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Application of an intelligent English text classification model with improved KNN algorithm in the context of big data in libraries by Qinwen Xu

“…An improved method based on in-class K-means clustering and class mean distance is used to characterize and extract text information with a vector space model. …”
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Evaluation of Compressive and Tensile Strength of Self-Curing Concrete by Adding Crushed Bricks as Additive Material by Sana T. Abdulhussain

“…This water should not affect the water-cement ratio. Lightweight coarse or fine aggregate or using absorbent polymer particles with an ability to keep water inside the concrete mixture can be used for this purpose. …”
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An assessment of correlation between fingerprint and malocclusion in a sample of Erbil city. by Bahoz Himdad Majeed, Omar Fawzi Chawshli

“…All three types of fingerprints were mostly found in participants with Angle’s Class I malocclusion. There was no significant difference between types of finger print patterns in all ten hand fingers and malocclusions. …”
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Determination of Suitable Areas for Physical Development of Cities Based on Geomorphological Parameters (Case Study: Baneh City) by Morteza Akbarian, Dyana Dortaj

“…The resulting map combines information layers into five classes, which are very large, medium, low, and very much proportionate. …”
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Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Recycled Concrete under Microwave Irradiation by Dandan Shi, Qingxuan Shi, Lei Yang

“…In this study, microwave irradiation technology is used to treat recycled concrete in order to obtain reinforced recycled coarse aggregate. Then, the quasi-static and dynamic mechanical properties of concrete (C), recycled concrete (RC), and recycled concrete irradiated by microwave (MRC) were studied, and the effect of the replacement rate of coarse aggregates on its mechanical properties was also studied. …”
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Effect of Particle Breakage and Shape on the Mechanical Behaviors of Granular Materials by Yongxin Wang, Shengjun Shao, Zhi Wang

“…The particle breakage property under loading is an important factor affecting the nonlinearity of the shear strength and stress-strain curves of coarse-grained soils. The macromechanical behaviors of coarse granular materials under consolidation and drainage shearing were tested by using a large true triaxial apparatus. …”
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Leveraging Partial Labels for Cervical Lesion Classification via a Multilabel Approach by Margaret Dy Manalo, Kota Aoki, Shuqiong Wu, Mariko Shindo, Yutaka Ueda, Yasushi Yagi

“…This refined dataset is then fed to a Vision Transformer, which performs per-class feature extraction and incorporates a part selection module that emphasizes critical areas within the cervigram, while integrating inter-class information within both early and late stages of the model. …”
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Rough Sets Data Analysis in Knowledge Discovery: A Case of Kuwaiti Diabetic Children Patients by Aboul ella Hassanien, Mohamed E. Abdelhafez, Hala S. Own

“…Rough confusion matrix is used to evaluate the performance of the predicted reducts and classes. A comparison between the obtained results using rough sets with decision tree, neural networks, and statistical discriminate analysis classifier algorithms has been made. …”
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Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), Mercury by Salvatore Buoninfante, Valentina Galluzzi, Luigi Ferranti, David A. Rothery, Harald Hiesinger, Laura Guzzetta, Felix Prüße, Benjamin Man, Annie R. Lennox, Alistair Blance, Maurizio Milano, Pasquale Palumbo

“…We distinguish three geomorphological plains units (smooth, intermediate, and intercrater plains) and, based on their degradation state, three morpho-stratigraphic classes of craters with diameter ≥ 20 km. The surface of this quadrangle is dominated by intermediate plains and by degraded crater materials of class c2. …”
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