Performance evaluation of hyper-parameter tuning automation in YOLOV8 and YOLO-NAS for corn leaf disease detection by Huzair Saputra, Kahlil Muchtar, Nidya Chitraningrum, Agus Andria, Alifya Febriana

“…The preprocessing stage involved creating new dataset folders for images and labels, resizing images while preserving their aspect ratio, and rotating them if necessary. The images, containing 11,596 labeled instances, were analyzed using YOLOv8 and YOLO-NAS models. …”
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Fracture Behavior of Engineered Cementitious Composites Concrete Under Center Point Bending Load by Al-Masraf Harith Mohammed, Al-Attar Tareq Salih, Freyyah Qais Jawad

“…Two engineering cementitious concrete mixtures containing 1.5% and 2% polyvinyl fiber for grades M25 and M65, respectively, obtained higher modulus of rupture. …”
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A Nodulation-Proficient Nonrhizobial Inhabitant of Pueraria phaseoloides by W. M. M. Wedage, A. H. M. N. R. Aberathne, I. N. Harischandra, D. Gunawardana

“…When we constructed a phylogenetic tree with neighboring sequences, we encountered nifH sequences of Pseudacidovorax, forming a monophyletic cluster, which too contained a single Azospirillum species. The genus Pseudacidovorax is a bacterium that, so far, has not been associated with legume nodules. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study towards Genomic Predictive Power for High Production and Quality of Milk in American Alpine Goats by Y. Tilahun, T. A. Gipson, T. Alexander, M. L. McCallum, P. R. Hoyt

“…The initial dataset was composed of ~60,000 rows of SNPs and 21 columns of phenotypic traits and composed of 53,384 scaffolds containing other informative data points used for genomic predictive power. …”
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Synthesis of Some Metal Complexes with New Heterocyclic Ligand (5-(((2-(3-(1<i>H</i>-indol-3-yl)acryloyl)phenyl)amino)methylene)-2-thiooxodihydropyrimidine-4,6(1<i>H</i>,5<i>H</i>)... by Thanaa Abdul Ameer Hilal, Ibtihal Kadhim Kareem

“…A novel ligand 5-(((2-(3-(1H-indol-3-yl)acryloyl)phenyl)amino)methylene)-2-thioxodihydropyrimidine-4,6(1H,5H)-dione) (L1) which contains two groups of carbonyl synthesized in one pot and three-component reaction with thiobarbituric acid as starting material, and its complexes with Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Au(III) have been synthesized. …”
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A Multicriteria Approach to Support Task Allocation in Projects of Distributed Software Development by Marum Simão Filho, Plácido R. Pinheiro, Adriano B. Albuquerque, Régis P. S. Simão, Raimundo S. N. Azevedo, Luciano C. Nunes

“…The proposed approach comprises a workflow containing responsible actors and descriptions of the activities. …”
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Efficiency comparison of natural coagulants (Cactus pads and Moringa seeds) for treating textile wastewater (in the case of Kombolcha textile industry) by Getahun Demeke Worku, Shimeles Nigussie Abate

“…The issue of water contamination has gotten worse worldwide due to industrialization and population increase. …”
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DYNAMICS OF HAEMATOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS OF PEKIN DUCK BLOOD DURING ADMINISTRATION OF ORGANIC SELENIUM PREPARATION by Ye. O. Anisimova, V. V. Pronin, L. V. Kletikova, N. N. Yakimenko

“…The test results showed that during all age periods total protein and albumin contents in ducks of the experimental group exceeded those of the control group. The selenium-containing preparation had a positive influence on the carbohydrate metabolism ensuring high level of metabolic processes in birds, contributed to optimal calcium to phosphorus ratio which positively influenced mineral metabolism and development of the locomotor system. …”
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Quality management of production processes of engineering products in the network by Ya. V. Denisova

“…Practical significance: the conclusions and results contained in the article can be used in the development of strategies for the formation and strengthening of technological sovereignty both in the machine-building industry and in the industrial complex as a whole.…”
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Deep learning classification of MGMT status of glioblastomas using multiparametric MRI with a novel domain knowledge augmented mask fusion approach by İlker Özgür Koska, Çağan Koska

“…A subset of the BRATS 2021 MGMT methylation dataset containing both MGMT class labels and segmentation masks was used. …”
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Giant Hydatid Cyst Originating From Psoas Muscle Extending to the Iliac Bone: A Case Report by Mohammad Hadi Niakan, Fatemeh Mirparsa, Hamid Zaferani Arani, Sedighe Hooshmandi, Elham Peyravi

“…Infection occurs when individuals ingest eggs from contaminated food or water, leading to cyst formation primarily in the liver. …”
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Marginalisation and stereotypes relating to the elderly in the context of social changes and family problems. Generation gap and methods of prevention in Poland by Bartosz Łukaszewski, Leon Szot, Mirosław Kalinowski, Iwona Niewiadomska

“…Material and methods Present social change in Poland was analyzed based on the European Social Survey 10 (ESS 10) data (created, selected subset containing style of life variables, health variables, satisfaction of life variables, economic and “everyday life variables” – certain kind of subjective well being index). …”
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Effect of Adding Silica Nanoparticles on the Physicochemical Properties, Antimicrobial Action, and the Hardness of Dental Stone Type 4 by Navid Aghbolaghi, Solmaz Maleki Dizaj, Ramin Negahdari, Amir Reza Jamei Khosroshahi, Yashar Rezaei, Sepideh Bohlouli, Mohammad Ali Ghavimi

“…Clinical trials are needed to enlarge for dental stone type 4 containing silica nanoparticles in the future.…”
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CDSS-Pan: Convolutional Dictionary Learning With State Space Model for Pansharpening by Zixu Li, Jintao Song, Genji Yuan, Jinjiang Li

“…The purpose of pansharpening methods is to combine the rich spectral-spatial information contained in MS and PAN images to generate the high-resolution multispectral image. …”
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LINKS. A System for Historical Family Reconstruction in the Netherlands by Kees Mandemakers, Gerrit Bloothooft, Fons Laan, Joe Raad, Rick J. Mourits, Richard L. Zijdeman

“…For more than 20 years, thousands of volunteers have been working to build this index, which contains not only the names of newborn, married and deceased persons, but also the names of their parents, places of birth, ages and sometimes their occupational titles. …”
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In vitro and ex vivo comparison of reactive oxygen-releasing granules for internal tooth bleaching by Romy M. Mayer, Andrea Gubler, Thomas Attin, Matthias Zehnder

“…In addition, effects on mechanical dentin integrity were tested using bovine dentin beams (n = 9) exposed to a 3-point bending test (ISO 4049) after immersion in test suspensions or control solutions (35% H2O2 and physiological saline) for 1 week.ResultsGranules release between 21.5% and 35.2% (wt/wt) of H2O2 equivalent. The sodium-containing granules (perborate and percarbonate) caused an alkaline pH of 10.3 and 10.6, respectively. …”
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Neoadjuvant programmed death ligand-1 with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective study by Zhi Yang, Yan-qing Wang, Xiujun Chang

“…Patient demographics, radiological and pathological evaluations of tumor response, surgical information, toxicity profiles, tumor marker and follow-up results of both groups were evaluated.Results17 patients were included in this retrospective study, of which, 11 patients received ICI and chemotherapy-containing regimens and 6 patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy only. …”
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Integration of fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag into palm oil fuel ash based geopolymer concrete: a review by Ying Yi Tan, Hanizam Awang, Noor Haida Mohd Kaus

“…Palm oil fuel ash (POFA) contains abundant silicates and aluminates, making it well-suited for use as binder in geopolymer concrete. …”

The United States and the Challenges of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Internal Stability: A Historical Retrospective by L. R. Khlebnikova

“…The paper’s first section contains a brief overview of the history of the relations between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan during the Cold War. …”
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Experimental analysis on a solar photovoltaic indoor cooker integrated with an energy storage system: A positive step towards clean cooking transition for Sub-Saharan Africa by Jimmy Chaciga, Denis Okello, Karidewa Nyeinga, Ole J. Nydal

“…The system consists of a heat storage tank, a heating funnel and a cooking unit. The heat storage contains heat transfer oil and rock pebbles. The heating funnel was made in the form of a Y-shape where a small volume of oil is heated very fast to higher temperatures. …”
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