Curiosity-Driven Camouflaged Object Segmentation by Mengyin Pang, Meijun Sun, Zheng Wang

“…Notably, we develop a novel curiosity-calculation operation to discover and remove curiosity, leading to accurate segmentation results. …”
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A New Concept Proposal of the Tidal Level Designed for the Security of Coastal Levee during Storm Surge — Taking the Lingdingyang Estuary as an Example by LI Bin, HE Yong, FANG Shenguang

“…Based on the analysis of the design frequency tidal levels,storm surge water increase and flood inflow upstream of control stations in Lingdingyang Estuary over years,it showed that the tidal levels of designed frequency of 0.5%~2.0% raised from 0.2 to 1.0 m in recent years,the extreme storm surge elevations exceed 2.5 m commonly,and the current tidal level difference of adjacent design frequency was less than 0.2 m.During the emergence of the extreme storm surge elevation in the estuary flood upstream would not be appeared simutaneously,while the moderate tide was most likely encounterred.Therefore,there were some problems in the application of design frequency tidal levels in estuarine waters,such as the small tidal level difference between adjacent frequencies,the severe frequency jump of tide level during strong typhoon,and the failure to directly reflect the leading role of the extreme storm surge elevation in the elevation design of coastal levee.The concept of the tidal levels designed for storm surge security of coastal levee was proposed in the paper,which were composed of multi-year average high tidal level and the maximum extreme storm surge elevation,clearly and easily to be used.It highlights the main role played by coastal levee to resist the disaster by strong storm surge.The calculated values were close to and slightly more than the designed tidal levels of 100~200 year return period of main stations in the mouth of Lingdingyang estuary,Shiziyang water area and delta river network area after reviewed in 2020,proving its safety and reliability.The reviewed tidal levels of designed frequency in the Chiwan station in 2020 were likely too high by analysis preliminarily.The tidal level designed for storm surge security of coastal levee could be widely used in reinforcement design,safety risk assessment in storm surge and storm surge disaster warning and response.…”
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Investigation of nitrogen dioxide behavior in Mashhad and its relationship with Meteorological Parameters by Atefeh Shahmohammadi, Ali Bayat, Saeed Mashhadizadeh Maleki

“…After eliminating the significant components of the time series of the average monthly nitrogen dioxide, the trend was calculated. The amount of nitrogen dioxide in each year for Mashhad was 2.41 × 1013  molec/cm2.…”
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SELECTION OF EQUIPMENTFOR PROCESSING ANCIENT GRAINS by V. Petrov, A. Aleksashin, S. Pozner

“…When introducing the newly created equipment at the enterprises of the industry, it was found that the use of an impact-peeling machine allows to improve economic performance: increase labor productivity by 1.375 times, reduce specific electricity consumption by 3.3 kW, obtain a profit of 290,153 UAH, recoup capital investments in 2.12 years, which is economically feasible. The calculations performed indicate the economic feasibility and economic efficiency of improving the impact-peeling machine.…”
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Bacteria Load Determination of the Intestinal Microbiota and Identification of Spiroplasma and Wolbachia in Anopheles gambiae by Haziz Sina, Kamirou Chabi-Sika, Razaki Ossè, Akim Socohou, Ibrahim A. Abibou, Hafiz Salami, Germain Gil Padonou, Adolphe Adjanonhoun, Lamine Baba-Moussa

“…The count was done on media plate count agar (PCA), and subsequently, the bacterial load was calculated. Comparison of batches bacterial load was carried out with the variance analysis test (ANOVA). …”
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The Association of Obesity and the Antiaging Humoral Factor Klotho in Middle-Aged and Older Adults by Carlos H. Orces

“…The baseline measured height, and self-reported weight were used to calculate the body mass index (BMI) at two-time intervals: age 25 and ten years before the measured BMI. …”
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Complex Diophantine interval-valued Pythagorean normal set for decision-making processes by Murugan Palanikumar, Nasreen Kausar, Ponnaiah Tharaniya, Željko Stević, Fikadu Tesgera Tolasa

“…This study aimed to examine several aggregation operators using complex Diophantine interval-valued Pythagorean normal sets. We calculated the weighted average and geometric distance based on an aggregating model. …”
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Association between oxidative balance score and gallstone disease: a population-based study from NHANES by Mengmeng Zhang, Aiming Yang

“…However, the relationship between OBS and gallstones remains unclear.MethodsThis study analyzed cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017–2020. OBS was calculated based on the 24-h recall interviews or questionnaires. …”
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Effects of iron supplement and exercise intensities on the levels of blood hemoglobin among Jimma University male soccer players by Biruk Amare, Molla Deyou, Sirak H Marıam

“…Anthropometric (age, height, weight and body mass index), physiological (resting heart rate and blood pressure), endurance performance (12 min run and Bruce incremental test) and hematological (hemoglobin and red blood cell tests) variables were tested by digital scale in meter, digital balanced beam scale in kilogram, and body mass index was calculated, Sphygmomanometer, stop watch and humacount hematology analyzer. …”
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The efficiency of the seismic isolating sliding belt under the impact of the most unfavourable earthquake accelerograms by O. V. Mkrtychev, S. R. Mingazova

“…To determine the most unfavourable earthquake accelerograms, a method was used that accounted for all the most significant natural frequencies of the building under consideration.Results. Based on the calculations conducted, relative displacements and stress intensities for the building as a whole and in detail for the most loaded floor were determined. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Integrated Analysis of PANoptosis Patterns in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Reveals a Signature Predicting Survival and Immunotherapy by Lanlan Tang, Wei Zhang, Yang Zhang, Wenjun Deng, Mingyi Zhao

“…Importantly, we successfully constructed a prognostic signature comprising nineteen genes, enabling the stratification of patients into high-risk and low-risk groups based on individually calculated risk scores. Furthermore, we developed a robust and practical nomogram model, integrating the risk score and other pertinent clinical features, to facilitate accurate patient survival prediction. …”
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Land Use Change in Zhengzhou during 2000—2021 and Its Impact on Comprehensive Runoff Coefficient by JIANG Yu, WANG Xinghan, ZHOU Xiaoxue, CHEN Jingxia, YU Guosong, WU Dan, KUANG Gaoming, CHEN Haihua, LI Shubo, BAI Chunxiang, DU Dejie, LAN Zhenwei

“…Flood disasters are a prominent water safety problem for the major cities in China.Land use change has a great impact on the formation of flood disasters,and the comprehensive runoff coefficient is an important factor in response to the hydrological process of floods.Therefore,studying land use change and its impact on the comprehensive runoff coefficient is of great significance.With land use classification data from three phases of Landsat remote sensing images of Zhengzhou for 2000—2021,the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of land use in Zhengzhou were analyzed,and the regional comprehensive runoff coefficient and the urban ground hardening rate were calculated.The following observations could be made from the results:① The land use in Zhengzhou underwent drastic changes during 2000—2021.Specifically,the area of construction land increased by 1 425.97 km²,while those of forest/grassland and cultivated land decreased by 777.25 km² and 810.88 km²,respectively.② The percentage of the total area of land use conversion in Zhengzhou during 2000—2021 was 43.39%,and the conversion mainly took place among cultivated land,forest/grassland,and construction land.During the period of 2000—2014,the land use conversion was mainly from cultivated land and forest/grassland to construction land and from forest/grassland to cultivated land.During the period of 2014—2021,it was mainly from cultivated land to forest/grassland and construction land and from forest/grassland and construction land to cultivated land.③ During 2000—2021,the urban ground hardening rate of Zhengzhou increased from 12.32% to 31.14%,and its comprehensive runoff coefficient grew from 0.24 to 0.40.…”
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The Immune Landscape of Hepatitis B Virus-Related Acute Liver Failure by Integration Analysis by Jiao Gong, Yaqiong Chen, Jing Cao, Yang Wang, Jiahao Chen, Danyang Li, Liuping Sha, Xinhua Li, Yutian Chong, Bo Hu

“…The enrichment scores of cell death gene sets from Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) were calculated by gene set variation analysis method, and a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed using Cytoscape. …”
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Mechanical Response of Surrounding Rock of Karst Tunnel under Stress-Damage-Seepage Coupling Effect by An Gang-jian, Cao Zheng-zheng, Duan Hong-fei, Li Guo-sheng, Li Ao

“…In order to reveal the mechanical response of surrounding rock of karst tunnel under stress-damage-seepage coupling effect, a new damage constitutive mechanical model of surrounding rock of karst tunnel under stress-damage-seepage coupling effect is established, which is calculated by the COMSOL Multiphysics in this paper. …”
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Study on Seismic Performance of Recycled Steel Fibers Locally Reinforced Cruciform Concrete Frame Beam-Column Joint by Yan Li, Rong-Hua Zhao, Dong-Yi Li, Chang Qu

“…Considering the reinforcing effect of recycled steel fibers on concrete matrix and based on the design formula of shear capacity of reinforced concrete joints, the design formulas of shear capacity of recycled steel fiber-reinforced concrete beam-column joints were established by using the statistical analysis method and the baroclinic rod-truss model, and the calculation results were in good agreement with the test results. …”
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Quantifying the Elasticity Properties of the Median Nerve during the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Test 1 by Ming Lin, Yaodong Chen, Weixin Deng, Hongying Liang, Suiqing Yu, Zhijie Zhang, Chunlong Liu

“…The intra- and interoperator reliabilities measured by two operators at NP and CCF+WE and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were calculated. Results. The intraoperator (ICC=0.72–0.75) and interoperator (ICC=0.89–0.94) reliabilities for measuring the elasticity of the median nerve ranged from good to excellent. …”
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Accuracy of Global Geospace Simulations: Influence of Solar Wind Monitor Location and Solar Wind Driving by Q. Al Shidi, T. I. Pulkkinen, D. Welling, G. Toth

“…The solar wind propagation method is a timeshift based on the calculated phase front normal (PFN) which leads to some uncertainties. …”
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Adsorption of a Non-Ionic Surfactant on Soils: A Model Study by Xiaobo Xue, Yanmei Zhou, Dongshen Wang

“…The magnitude of the calculated enthalpy of adsorption (ca. 10 kJ/mol) demonstrated that the uptake at the solid/liquid interface at an equilibrium pH of 6.1 was largely due to physisorption.…”
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Association between BAFF gene polymorphism and systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis by Qing Wu, Qin Zhang, Dong-Qing Ye

“…Methods All researches exploring the link of BAFF gene promoter-871C > T single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with SLE before February 2023 were retrospectively selected, and the allele frequency was calculated by allele counting. Results The study amalgamates data from five independent researches, encompassing a total of 514 cases and 605 controls. …”
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Local Relationship between Global-Flash Multifocal Electroretinogram Optic Nerve Head Components and Visual Field Defects in Patients with Glaucoma by Chan Hee Moon, Jungwoo Han, Young-Hoon Ohn, Tae Kwann Park

“…The local relationship between the ONHC measurements and visual field defects was evaluated by calculating the overlap between the ONHC deficiency maps and visual field defect plots. …”
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