OW-YOLO: An Improved YOLOv8s Lightweight Detection Method for Obstructed Walnuts by Haoyu Wang, Lijun Yun, Chenggui Yang, Mingjie Wu, Yansong Wang, Zaiqing Chen

“…To enhance efficiency and multi-scale feature fusion, we incorporated the HSFPN (High-Level Screening Feature Pyramid Network) and redesigned the detection head by replacing the original head with the more efficient LADH detection head while removing the head processing 32 × 32 feature maps. …”
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Horseshoe kidney presenting with features of left ureteropelvic junction obstruction—insights into management: a case report and review of the literature by Philipo Felix Mwita, Charles John Nhungo, Amini Mitamo Alexandre, Sylvia Bedas Nsato, Theofilo Mmbando, Gabriel Mtaturu, Obadia Nyongole, Charles A. Mkony

“…Abstract Background Horseshoe kidney is the most common renal fusion anomaly, occurring in approximately 1 in 500 individuals worldwide. …”
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Redesigning error control in cross-linking mass spectrometry enables more robust and sensitive protein-protein interaction studies by Boris Bogdanow, Max Ruwolt, Julia Ruta, Lars Mühlberg, Cong Wang, Wen-feng Zeng, Arne Elofsson, Fan Liu

“…Taken together, target-decoy fusion and context-sensitive data filtering deepen and fine-tune XL-MS-based interactomics.…”
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VEXAS, Chediak–Higashi syndrome and Danon disease: myeloid cell endo-lysosomal pathway dysfunction as a common denominator? by Coline Savy, Maxence Bourgoin, Thomas Cluzeau, Arnaud Jacquel, Guillaume Robert, Patrick Auberger

“…It is thus well established that different cell types from Danon disease patients that harbor invalidating mutations in LAMP2 exhibit giant lysosomes containing undigested materials characteristic of defects in the fusion of lysosomes with autophagosomes, a feature also found in VEXAS and CHS. …”
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UPL-SLAM: Unconstrained RGB-D SLAM With Accurate Point-Line Features for Visual Perception by Xianshuai Sun, Yuming Zhao, Yabiao Wang, Zhigang Li, Zhen He, Xiaohui Wang

“…Therefore, in this study, we propose a line feature fusion strategy along with a model incorporating an adaptive length suppression parameter for line features. …”
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MeHg Causes Ultrastructural Changes in Mitochondria and Autophagy in the Spinal Cord Cells of Chicken Embryo by Fabiana F. Ferreira, Evelise M. Nazari, Yara M. R. Müller

“…However, the MeHg-treated embryos showed an increased number of altered mitochondria and a decreased number of mitochondrial fusion profiles. Additionally, unusual mitochondrial shapes were found in MeHg-treated embryos as well as autophagic vacuoles similar to mitophagic profiles. …”
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Evolution of artificial intelligence in healthcare: a 30-year bibliometric study by Yaojue Xie, Yuansheng Zhai, Yuansheng Zhai, Guihua Lu, Guihua Lu

“…This study undertakes a dynamic and longitudinal bibliometric analysis of AI publications within the healthcare sector over the past three decades to investigate the current status and trends of the fusion between medicine and artificial intelligence.MethodsFollowing a search on the Web of Science, researchers retrieved all reviews and original articles concerning artificial intelligence in healthcare published between January 1993 and December 2023. …”
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El legado personal y científico de los pioneros del Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología: Una perspectiva agroecológica sobre la gestión de las áreas de montaña by José M. García-Ruiz

“…En 1968 el IEP se trasladó a Jaca, con Enrique Balcells también como director. A partir de 1983 la fusión de los dos centros de investigación dio lugar al IPE. …”
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PMDNet: An Improved Object Detection Model for Wheat Field Weed by Zhengyuan Qi, Jun Wang

“…PMDNet incorporates the Poly Kernel Inception Network (PKINet) as the backbone, the self-designed Multi-Scale Feature Pyramid Network (MSFPN) for multi-scale feature fusion, and Dynamic Head (DyHead) as the detection head, resulting in significant performance improvements. …”
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Enhancing unsupervised learning in medical image registration through scale-aware context aggregation by Yuchen Liu, Ling Wang, Xiaolin Ning, Yang Gao, Defeng Wang

“…We introduce ScaMorph, an unsupervised learning model for DIR that employs scale-aware context aggregation, integrating multiscale mixed convolution with lightweight multiscale context fusion. This model effectively combines convolutional networks and vision transformers, addressing various registration tasks. …”
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Design of Silicide-Strengthened Nb–Si–Cr–(Mo) alloys for additive manufacturing by Alice Perrin, Patxi Fernandez-Zelaia, Chris Ledford, Yan-Ru Lin, Ellen Berry, Ryan Dehoff, Michael Kirka, Ying Yang

“…Three high–intermetallic volume Nb–Si–Cr–(Mo) alloys were designed using CALPHAD modeling with the goal of identifying high–specific strength, oxidation-resistant alloys that can be additively manufactured using powder bed fusion. The silicides Nb5Si3 and Nb9Si2Cr3 were targeted as the primary strengthening phases, and the addition of Cr promoted the NbCr2 phase. …”
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Multi-Task Federated Split Learning Across Multi-Modal Data with Privacy Preservation by Yipeng Dong, Wei Luo, Xiangyang Wang, Lei Zhang, Lin Xu, Zehao Zhou, Lulu Wang

“…Additionally, our scheme employs an optimized attention mechanism guided by mutual information to achieve efficient multi-modal data fusion, maximizing information integration while minimizing computational overhead and preventing overfitting. …”
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Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop Laboratory Testing for Multisensor Sense and Avoid Systems by Giancarmine Fasano, Domenico Accardo, Lidia Forlenza, Alfredo Renga, Giancarlo Rufino, Urbano Tancredi, Antonio Moccia

“…Real-time multisensor tracking results based on flight data are reported, which demonstrate reliability of the laboratory simulation while also showing the effectiveness of radar/electro-optical fusion in a non-cooperative collision avoidance architecture.…”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: An intelligent dynamic cyber physical system threat detection system for ensuring secured communication in 6G autonomous vehicle networks by Shanthalakshmi M, Ponmagal R S

“…The proposed Intelligent Intrusion Detection System (IIDS) employs a combination of advanced learning techniques, including Data Fusion, One-Class Support Vector Machine, Random Forest, and k-Nearest Neighbor, to improve detection accuracy. …”
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α-Synuclein fibrils enhance HIV-1 infection of human T cells, macrophages and microglia by Lia-Raluca Olari, Sichen Liu, Franziska Arnold, Julia Kühlwein, Marta Gil Miró, Ajeet Rijal Updahaya, Christina Stürzel, Dietmar Rudolf Thal, Paul Walther, Konstantin M. J. Sparrer, Karin M. Danzer, Jan Münch, Frank Kirchhoff

“…Mechanistic studies show that α-synuclein and Aβ fibrils interact with HIV-1 particles and promote virion attachment and fusion with target cells. Despite an overall negative surface charge, these fibrils facilitate interactions between viral and cellular membranes. …”
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Application of simulated annealing algorithm in multi-objective cooperative scheduling of load and storage of source network for load side of new power system by Xinming Wang, Huayang Liang, Xiaobo Jia, Shihui Li, Shengyang Kang, Yan Gao

“…The simulated annealing algorithm is adopted to realize the load characteristics fusion and adaptive scheduling processing of energy network on the load side of the power system, and the spectral characteristics of the load dynamic parameters are extracted. …”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Colistin: Extended Application of Novel Quantitative and Morphologic Assay Using Scanning Electron Microscopy by Omar Zmerli, Sara Bellali, Gabriel Haddad, Rim Iwaza, Akiko Hisada, Erino Matsumoto, Yusuke Ominami, Didier Raoult, Jacques Bou Khalil

“…The killing effect of Colistin was best observed after 120 minutes of incubation with the antibiotic, with significant changes in morphologic features, including bacterial inflation, fusion, and lysis, observed as early as 30 minutes. …”
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Design of generic vedic ALU using reversible logic by Kanchan S. Tiwari

“…The proposed Generic low-power Vedic ALU using reversible logic opens up new opportunities for energy-efficient computing applications, such as portable devices, embedded systems, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The fusion of Vedic mathematics with reversible logic offers a novel approach to design efficient ALUs, contributing to the advancement of low-power and high-performance digital circuitry.…”
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Corrosion Sensor Development for Condition-Based Maintenance of Aircraft by Gino Rinaldi, Trisha Huber, Heather McIntosh, Les Lebrun, Heping Ding, John Weber

“…It is being developed primarily for monitoring environmental and material factors for the purpose of providing a means to more accurately assess the structural integrity of aerospace aluminium alloys through fusion of multiparameter sensor data. Preliminary experimental test results are presented for chloride ion concentration, hydrogen gas evolution, humidity variations, and material degradation.…”
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Advances in the application of digital technology in orthodontic monitoring by WANG Qi, LUO Ting, LU Wei, ZHAO Tingting, HE Hong, HUA Fang

“…Furthermore, the multimodal data fusion method offers valuable insights into the monitoring of the root-alveolar relationship. …”
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