Fast and Accurate Hand Visual Detection by Using a Spatial-Channel Attention SSD for Hand-Based Space Robot Teleoperation by Qing Gao, Xin Zhang, Wenrao Pang

“…In this work, we propose a fast and accurate hand detection method by using a spatial-channel attention single shot multibox detector (SCA-SSD). The SSD framework is used and improved in our method by introducing spatial-channel attentions with feature fusion. …”
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Photoluminescence Response in Carbon Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition onto GaAs Substrates at Low Vacuum by F. Caballero-Briones, G. Santana, T. Flores, L. Ponce

“…Films were prepared at different number of pulses (1500 to 6000) with fixed fluence (32 J/cm2), target-to-substrate distance, and pulse frequency using a Q:Switched Nd:YAG laser at 1064 nm operating at a frequency of 10 Hz and producing burst-mode pulses with total duration per shot of 49 ns. Films were characterized by optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. …”
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Metaforlarla Şehri Anlamak: Önlisans Öğrencilerinin Selçuk’a (İzmir) Yönelik Metaforik Algılarının İncelenmesi by Gamze Özoğul

“…Çalışmanın verileri “Selçuk….gibidir çünkü……” şeklindeki açık uçlu soru ile elde edilmiştir. Araştırma bulgularına göre önlisans öğrencileri Selçuk’a yönelik toplam 38 adet geçerli metafor geliştirmiştir ve bu metaforlar ortak özellikleri bakımından incelenerek 4 kategori altında değerlendirilmiştir. …”
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Mix-Spectrum for Generalization in Visual Reinforcement Learning by Jeong Woon Lee, Hyoseok Hwang

“…Through extensive experiments on the DMControl Generalization Benchmark (DMControl-GB) and Procgen, our method demonstrates superior performance compared to existing frequency-based, normalization-based, and image augmentation methods in zero-shot generalization. In DMControl-GB, our method improved by 35.5% over the baseline and 15.2% over the second-best. …”
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Examining physical and technical performance among youth basketball national team development program players: a multidimensional approach by Kazimierz Mikołajec, Jorge Arede, Karol Gryko

“…A total of 234 athletes participated in a comprehensive test battery, assessing morphological (height, mass, standing reach), physical (sprinting, agility, jump height, endurance), technical (jump shot, free throws, dribbling), and functional movement screen variables. …”
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Implementing deep learning-based disruption prediction in a drifting data environment of new tokamak: HL-3 by Zongyu Yang, Wulyu Zhong, Fan Xia, Zhe Gao, Xiaobo Zhu, Jiyuan Li, Liwen Hu, Zhaohe Xu, Da Li, Guohui Zheng, Yihang Chen, Junzhao Zhang, Bo Li, Xiaolong Zhang, Yiren Zhu, Ruihai Tong, Yunbo Dong, Yipo Zhang, Boda Yuan, Xin Yu, Zongyuhui He, Wenjing Tian, Xinwen Gong, Min Xu

“…An Area Under receiver-operator characteristic Curve of 0.940 has been realized offline over a test campaign involving 72 disruptive and 240 non-disruptive shots, despite the limited training data available from the initial two campaigns. …”
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Hybrid Single-Packet IP Traceback with Low Storage and High Accuracy by Ming Hour Yang

“…To solve the storage and fragment problems in one shot, we propose a single-packet IP traceback scheme that only uses packets’ ID field for marking. …”
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Comprehensive Review of Meta-Learning Methods for Cold-Start Issue in Recommendation Systems by Jamallah M. Zawia, Maizatul Akmar Binti Ismail, Mohammad Imran, Buce Trias Hanggara, Diva Kurnianingtyas, Silvi Asna, Quang Tran Minh

“…The results demonstrate the application of model-independent meta-learning (MAML) and other techniques such as optimization-based methods, few-shot learning frameworks, and gradient-based meta-learning methods to solve the cold start problem. …”
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Effects of post-processing on the microstructural evolution and mechanical behaviour of an additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy by R. Ramesh, Saurabh Gairola, R. Jayaganthan, M. Kamaraj

“…The post-processing techniques such as heat treatment (HT) and shot blasting (SB) have the potential to enhance the fatigue performance of AlSi10Mg. …”
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A Small Beautiful Example of Sustainability in the Heart of Zimbabwe by G Venkatesh

“…While making progress and being aware of it, will be a shot in the arm, with success breeding more success, the journey may seem daunting at times. …”
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Offline prompt reinforcement learning method based on feature extraction by Tianlei Yao, Xiliang Chen, Yi Yao, Weiye Huang, Zhaoyang Chen

“…We focus on the characteristic of few-shot learning in pre-trained models, and combine prompt learning to enhance the ability of real-time policy adjustment. …”
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Female types in V.P. Meshchersky's publicistic and fictional works by Yu.B. Avdonina, G.I. Shcherbakova

“…Petersburg's Haut Monde” (1874–1879), “Notes of a High-School Student Who Shot Himself” (1875), “Conventionalist's Speeches” (1876), “Secrets of Contemporary St. …”
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Barınma Sorununda Yeni Bir Boyut: Enerji Yoksulluğu ve Öğrenci Hane Halkları by Manolya Aldıçoğlu, Esma Aksoy Khurami

“…Ayrıca gerçekleştirilen yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmelerde enerji yoksulluğu konusunda öznel değerlendirme yapılmasına imkân veren bir dizi soru yöneltilmiştir. Sonuçlar merkezi ısıtma sisteminden yararlananların ısınma harcamaları ile bireysel doğalgaz ısıtma sisteminden yararlananların altı aylık toplam üzerinden ortalama harcamaları arasında ciddi farklılıklar olmadığını ortaya koymuştur. …”
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SOSYAL HİZMET UZMANLARININ KANITA DAYALI UYGULAMALARININ ÇEŞİTLİ DEĞİŞKENLERE GÖRE İNCELENMESİ by Murat Çay

“…Demografik ve konuyla ilişkili soruların yer aldığı soru formu, 28 maddeden oluşan Kanıta Dayalı Uygulama Ölçeği (KDUÖ) veri toplama araçları olarak kullanılmıştır. …”
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Assessment framework to predict sensitivity of marine calcifiers to ocean alkalinity enhancement – identification of biological thresholds and importance of precautionary principle... by N. Bednaršek, H. van de Mortel, G. Pelletier, G. Pelletier, M. García-Reyes, R. A. Feely, A. G. Dickson, A. G. Dickson

“…There are large uncertainties in both short- and long-term outcomes related to potential environmental impacts, which would ultimately have an influence on the social license and success of OAE as a climate strategy. …”
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The clinical value of computed tomography Hounsfield unit for diagnosing palpable inguinal lymph node metastasis in patients with penile cancer by Yu Li, Yu Chen, Gansheng Xie, Gang Li, Huming Yin

“…By using radiologic software PACS, the layer with a maximum cross-sectional area of target lymph node was selected, and the short axis was defined as diameter. We outlined the edge of target lymph nodes, and the software automatically calculated its area, maximum CT HU, and average CT HU. …”
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Machine Reading Comprehension for the Tamil Language With Translated SQuAD by Anton Vijeevaraj Ann Sinthusha, Eugene Y. A. Charles, Ruvan Weerasinghe

“…Additionally, it explores improving these models’ performance by fine-tuning them with English SQuAD, Tamil SQuAD, and a newly developed Tamil Short Story (TSS) dataset for MRC. Tamil’s agglutinative nature, which expresses grammatical information through suffixation, results in a high degree of word inflexion. …”
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Characterization of local wind profiles: a random forest approach for enhanced wind profile extrapolation by F. (. Rouholahnejad, J. Gottschall

“…ERA5 data combined with short-term measurements through the “measure, correlate, predict” (MCP) method are commonly used for offshore applications in this context. …”
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The line Rico is the earliest maturing accession in the VIR collection of spring bread wheat by B. V. Rigin, E. V. Zuev, A. S. Andreeva, Z. S. Pyzhenkova, I. I. Matvienko

“…Spring wheat accessions with different speed of development were selected from the VIR collection for this study, along with the ultra-early lines Rifor 1 ... 10 (F6-7 Rico × Forlani Roberto k-42641) and Fori 1 ... 8 (k-65589 ... k-65596) (F4 Foton k-55696 × Rico). Their responses to a short 12-hour day were assessed. Vernalization conditions were 30 days at 3°C. …”
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Aspergillus terreus variant TB21 wet biomass optimized by in-situ transesterification for biodiesel production by Rashmi K. Bed, V. Ravi Kumar, Ameeta RaviKumar

“…The process optimization revealed that wet biomass and methanol were the most significant factors and in a short reaction time period of 5 min with low methanol: wet biomass ratio (10:1) influenced FAME production Statistical optimization studies showed that TB21 exhibited a higher FAME content of 76.5 and 38.1% (w/w) from wet and dry biomass, respectively when compared to wild type (48.1 and 24.5%). …”
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