When surgery leaves more than just scars: The curious case of gossypiboma— A case report and literature review by Syed Muhammad Ali, MBBS, Affan Faisal, MBBS, Talha Ashraf Zia, MBBS, Fatima Shahid, MBBS, Muhammad Nabeel Saddique, MBBS, Anurag Jha, MBBS, Atif Hussain Sarwar, MD, Javed Iqbal, RN, PhD

“…This case highlights the need for the fusion of medicine with technology< which prompts the use of innovations such as RFID-tagged sponges and electronic counting to minimize human error. …”
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Design and evaluation of clock-gating-based approximate multiplier for error-tolerant applications by Venkata Sudhakar Chowdam, Suresh Babu Potladurty, Prasad Reddy karipireddy

“…The proposed multipliers are useful in error-tolerant applications such as digital signal processing, image fusion, image blending, smoothing, and sharpening to produce high-quality images at high speed and with low power consumption.…”
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3D-Printed Dual-Mode Invar Channel Filters for Ku-Band Satellite Payloads by Talal Skaik, Emelia Hayward, EL-Moez A. Abd Mohamed, Moataz M. Attallah, Lu Qian, Cesar Miquel Espana, Paul Booth, Yi Wang

“…Two filters were fabricated from Invar alloy, making use of its low coefficient of thermal expansions (CTE) of 1-2 ppm&#x002F;K, using powder bed fusion with laser beam (PBF-LB) process. The first filter, as a reference design for comparison purpose, is comprised of four pieces assembled using screws, while the second filter was printed monolithically as one part. …”
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Fall detection method based on spatio-temporal coordinate attention for high-resolution networks by Xiaorui Zhang, Qijian Xie, Wei Sun, Ting Wang

“…The method employs 3D convolutions to extract spatio-temporal features and utilizes gradual down-sampling to generate a multi-resolution sub-network, thus realizing multi-scale fusion and perception enhancement of details. In particular, this study designs a pseudo-3D basic block, which simulates the ability of 3D convolution, to ensure the running speed of the network while controlling the number of parameters. …”
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Ultrawide bandgap semiconductor h-BN for direct detection of fast neutrons by J. Li, A. Tingsuwatit, Z. Alemoush, J. Y. Lin, H. X. Jiang

“…Neutron detectors are vital diagnostic instruments for nuclear and fusion reactor power and safety monitoring, oil field exploration, neutron imaging and therapy, as well as for plasma and material science research. …”
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4-Hydroxycinnamic acid attenuates neuronal cell death by inducing expression of plasma membrane redox enzymes and improving mitochondrial functions by Sujin Park, Yoon A Kim, Jaewang Lee, Hyunsoo Seo, Sang-Jip Nam, Dong-Gyu Jo, Dong-Hoon Hyun

“…Also, HCA increased mitochondrial fusion and decreased mitochondrial fission. Overall, HCA maintains redox homeostasis and energy metabolism under oxidative/metabolic stress conditions. …”
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Accounting for retarded weathering products in comparing methods for quantifying carbon dioxide removal in a short-term enhanced weathering study by Emily E. E. M. te Pas, Elliot Chang, Elliot Chang, Alison R. Marklein, Rob N. J. Comans, Mathilde Hagens

“…We aimed to contribute to the development of a standardized procedure for CDR quantification by complementing the results of a recently published soil column experiment, in which crushed olivine, wollastonite, and albite were added to soils, with total fusion ICP-OES analyses of base cation concentrations. …”
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IAE-CDNet: A Remote Sensing Change Detection Network for Buildings With Interactive Attention-Enhanced by Zhaoyang Han, Linlin Zhang, Qingyan Meng, Chongchang Wang, Wenxu Shi, Maofan Zhao

“…Additionally, our change perception attention enhancement module enhances the feature perception ability of the real change area through the joint action of the internal comprehensive feature extractor and the fusion attention mechanism. We conduct extensive experiments on three datasets. …”
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Probing SARS-CoV-2 membrane binding peptide via single-molecule AFM-based force spectroscopy by Qingrong Zhang, Raissa S. L. Rosa, Ankita Ray, Kimberley Durlet, Gol Mohammad Dorrazehi, Rafael C. Bernardi, David Alsteens

“…Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein’s membrane-binding domain bridges the viral and host cell membrane, a critical step in triggering membrane fusion. Here, we investigate how the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein interacts with host cell membranes, focusing on a membrane-binding peptide (MBP) located near the TMPRSS2 cleavage site. …”
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High Energy Density Welding of Ni-Based Superalloys: An Overview by Riccardo Donnini, Alessandra Varone, Alessandra Palombi, Saveria Spiller, Paolo Ferro, Giuliano Angella

“…Moreover, the localized thermal input helps in reducing distortion and residual stresses in the welds, minimizing the extension of the fusion zone and heat-affected zone. The use of these welding technologies can be decisive in the employment of sophisticated alloys such as Ni-based superalloys, which are notoriously excellent candidates for industrial components subjected to high temperatures and corrosive work conditions. …”
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Genome-Wide Association and Transcriptome-Wide Association Studies Identify Novel Susceptibility Genes Contributing to Colorectal Cancer by Ruimin Yin, Binbin Song, Jingjing Wang, Chaodan Shao, Yufen Xu, HongGang Jiang

“…Second, combined with the expression weight sets from GTEx (v7), susceptibility genes were identified with the FUSION software. Colocalization, conditional and fine-mapping analyses, phenome-wide association study (pheWAS), and Mendelian randomization were employed to further characterize the observed correlations. …”
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Analysis of Temperature Distribution and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welding of Al-Cu Joints Using Hardened H13 Steel Tools by J. Pratap Kumar, Anil Raj, A. R. Venkatraman, Arul Kulandaivel, G. Ashwin Prabhu, S. K. Narendranathan, Nagaraj Ashok

“…The substantial benefit of this technique is that it is capable of welding unweldable alloys by the conventional fusion welding method. The welding tool was rotated, traversed, and penetrated into the joint between two base plates. …”
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Multi-scale attention patching encoder network: a deployable model for continuous estimation of hand kinematics from surface electromyographic signals by Chuang Lin, Qiong Xiao, Penghui Zhao

“…Methods The sMAPEN consists of three modules, the Multi-scale Attention Fusion (MAF) module, the Patching Encoder (PE) module, and a smoothing layer. …”
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Development of a Komagataella phaffii cell factory for sustainable production of ( +)-valencene by Jintao Cheng, Jiali Chen, Dingfeng Chen, Baoxian Li, Chaozhi Wei, Tao Liu, Xiao Wang, Zhengshun Wen, Yuanxiang Jin, Chenfan Sun, Guiling Yang

“…Finally, we optimized the copy number of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase and ( +)-valencene synthase fusion protein, and when the copy number reached three, the yield of ( +)-valencene achieved 173.6 mg/L in shake flask level, which was 82-fold higher than that of the starting strain CaVAL1. …”
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AI Innovations in rPPG Systems for Driver Monitoring: Comprehensive Systematic Review and Future Prospects by Soha G. Ahmed, Katrien Verbert, Nazar Zaki, Ashraf Khalil, Hamad Aljassmi, Fady Alnajjar

“…A literature search up to April 2, 2024, across major databases, identified 344 studies; 29 were analyzed in depth, focusing on: 1) rPPG signal extraction and heart rate estimation, where deep learning improved accuracy; 2) fatigue detection, showing benefits of multimodal data fusion; 3) mental state monitoring, with machine learning classifying cognitive load and distraction; and 4) emotional state monitoring and dataset development, indicating a trend toward holistic driver assessment. …”
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Strategies for enhancing deep video encoding efficiency using the Convolutional Neural Network in a hyperautomation mechanism by Xiaolan Wang

“…This method utilizes a multi-level feature fusion network to reconstruct coding units. The effectiveness of the proposed variable-resolution coding technique is then evaluated by comparing its performance against the original method on the high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) test platform. …”
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Development of a handheld GPU-assisted DSC-TransNet model for the real-time classification of plant leaf disease using deep learning approach by Midhun P. Mathew, Sudheep Elayidom, V. P. Jagathy Raj, K. M. Abubeker

“…To address this requirement, this research introduces a hybrid deep learning model that combines the visual geometric group version 19 (VGG19) architecture features with the transformer encoder blocks. This fusion enables the accurate and précised real-time classification of leaf diseases affecting grape, bell pepper, and tomato plants. …”
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Nonlocal Intracranial Cavity Extraction by José V. Manjón, Simon F. Eskildsen, Pierrick Coupé, José E. Romero, D. Louis Collins, Montserrat Robles

“…To this end, an improved nonlocal label fusion scheme based on BEaST technique is proposed to increase the accuracy of the ICV estimation. …”
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Characterization of HIV-1 Infection and Innate Sensing in Different Types of Primary Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages by Elisabeth A. Diget, Kaja Zuwala, Randi K. Berg, Rune R. Laursen, Stine Søby, Lars Østergaard, Jesper Melchjorsen, Trine H. Mogensen

“…By contrast, all MDM types were activated to a comparable extent by intracellular DNA, and the macrophage serum-free medium-(Mac-SFM-)differentiated MDMs responded strongly to membrane fusion through expression of CXCL10. Finally, we found that HIV infection of RPMI/M-CSF-differentiated MDMs induced low-grade expression of two interferon-stimulated genes in some donors. …”
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Fast 3D Transmission Tower Detection Based on Virtual Views by Liwei Zhou, Jiaying Tan, Jing Fu, Guiwei Shao

“…Then, a novel local–global dual-path feature fusion network based on YOLO is applied to detect TTs on the virtual image, ensuring efficient and accurate identification of their positions and types. …”
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