Blind super-resolution network based on local fuzzy discriminative loss for fabric data augmentation by Ning Dai, Xiaohan Hu, Kaixin Xu, Xudong Hu, Yanhong Yuan, Bo Cao, Luhong Shi

“…Subsequently, a novel loss function named Local Blur Discrimination Loss is designed to address the local blur phenomenon and suppress the generation of fabric artifacts during the super-resolution process. Finally, both subjective evaluations of super-resolution effects and objective comparisons of data augmentation performance were conducted during the experimental phase. …”
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Formation of the River Water Chemistry in the Middle Section of Dousitu River, China by Qian Hui, Li Peiyue, Ding Jia, Yang Chao, Zhang Xuedi

“…The chemical types of the river water change from HCO3•Cl-Na to Cl•SO4•HCO3-Na and finally to SO4•Cl-Na. The causes of these changes are analyzed and studied in depth using various methods. …”
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Collision-Free Path-Planning for Six-DOF Serial Harvesting Robot Based on Energy Optimal and Artificial Potential Field by Lufeng Luo, Hanjin Wen, Qinghua Lu, Haojie Huang, Weilin Chen, Xiangjun Zou, Chenglin Wang

“…Secondly, the harvesting sequence in path planning was computed by energy optimal method, and the anticollision path points were automatically generated based on the artificial potential field and sampling searching method. Finally, to verify and test the proposed path planning algorithm, a virtual test system based on virtual reality was developed. …”
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Recovery of Li, Mn, and Fe from LiFePO4/LiMn2O4 mixed waste lithium-ion battery cathode materials by Wang Y.-H., Wu J.-J., Hu G.-C., Ma W.-H.

“…Fe3+ in the leaching solution was precipitated as Fe(OH)3 and finally recovered as Fe2O3 after calcination. Mn2+ in the leaching solution was recovered as MnCO3. …”
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Advances in Pure Drug Self-Assembled Nanosystems: A Novel Strategy for Combined Cancer Therapy by Runyan Niu, Xuexue Liu, Xian Yang, Xiao Du, Siliang Wang, Xiaolong Ma, Shaoping Yin, Lihua Shao, Jinping Zhang

“…These include combinations of chemotherapeutic agents, phototherapeutic approaches, the integration of chemotherapy with phototherapy, and the synergistic use of immunotherapy with other treatment methods. Finally, the review highlights the potential of PDANSs in advancing tumor therapy and their prospects for clinical application, providing key insights for future research aimed at optimizing this technology and broadening its utility in cancer treatment.…”
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Numerical Investigation of Bundled RC Column under Impact Load by Abreha Abay, Temesgen Wondimu

“…The numerical results also show that pure axial load slightly improved the impact capacity of the BRC columns. Finally, while the global failure of the RC column governs the response of repeatedly impacted BRC columns, failure characteristics of the single impacted columns are associated with local concrete damage at the impact zone.…”
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The relationship between mitochondrial health, telomerase activity and longitudinal telomere attrition, considering the role of chronic stress by Mauricio Guillen-Parra, Jue Lin, Aric A. Prather, Owen M. Wolkowitz, Martin Picard, Elissa S. Epel

“…Here we show that both chronic stress exposure and lower MHI independently predicted decreases in telomerase activity over the subsequent 9 months. Finally, changes in telomere length were directly related with changes in telomerase activity, and indirectly with MHI and chronic stress, as revealed by a path analysis. …”
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MDMA. Un modèle pour l’identification et l’annotation des marqueurs discursifs « potentiels » en contexte by Catherine T. Bolly, Ludivine Crible, Liesbeth Degand, Deniz Uygur-Distexhe

“…In the present paper, we first present the annotation procedure, then we discuss several aspects of inter-rater agreement, and finally discuss the results from the in-depth corpus-based and statistical analyses.…”
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Time-varying channel estimation in OFDM systems based on multiple symbols BEM by Yong DING, Shan OUYANG, Yue-lei XIE, Jun-zheng JIANG, Xiao-mao CHEN

“…In view of the problem of low frequency spectrum utilization for the time-varying channel estimation in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM) systems based on basis expansion model (BEM),a new method based on multiple symbols BEM was proposed.Compared with the conventional method based on single symbol,the proposed method reduced the subcarriers for pilots.And by means of the baseline tilting technique,the new method mitigated the Gibbs phenomenon caused by Fourier series expansion.The theoretical analysis reveals that the channel model error is reduced due to the introduction of the baseline tilting technique when the normalized Doppler frequency is no more than <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mn>2</mn> </mfrac> <mo>−</mo><mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mi>M</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>1</mn><mo>+</mo><mfrac> <mrow> <msub> <mi>N</mi> <mi>g</mi> </msub> </mrow> <mi>N</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> </mfrac> <mtext> </mtext></math></inline-formula>.Finally,the numerical simulation shows that compared with conventional methods,the proposed algorithm achieves significant improvement on the estimation error performance and bit error rate (BER) performance under the conditions of the corresponding time-varying channel.…”
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Angiogenic Factors and Renal Disease in Pregnancy by Julie S. Rhee, Brett C. Young, Sarosh Rana

“…Prior studies show that there is an angiogenic factor imbalance with elevated levels of antiangiogenic proteins soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt1) and soluble endoglin (sEng) and reduced levels of the proangiogenic protein, placental growth factor (PlGF) in women with preeclampsia. …”
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Probability analysis and reliability evaluation of thermal barrier coating under thermal cycling load using probabilistic statistical method by Lubin Wang, Weize Wang, Jiangling Wan, Junhao Wang, Yangguang Liu

“…The theoretically predicted lifespan was compared to experimental results, indicating the overall life is higher than the predicted value, with a maximum deviation of 16.8 %. Finally, an extensive evaluation was performed to identify the factors that influence the reliability of the TBCs. …”
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The optimization model for allocating reward to employees using GAHP and cluster analysis by Mehdi Ajalli

“…For this purpose, first, by designing and distributing a comparative questionnaire of indicators and completing them by the experts of Shahid Fakuri Industries' component manufacturing unit, and by using the group hierarchical analysis process model with Expert Choice software, the weight of the effective indicators in employee evaluation was calculated, then the values of the indicators for 29 employees with using the formula of the normalization function in the Excel software, it is standardized, and the weight of the indicators is multiplied by the standard values of the data, and then the distance matrix and the optimal number of clusters are calculated through the Machaon software, and finally, using the discriminative clustering approach and using the K-means method, data clustering was done with SPSS and Makaon software and a suitable model was presented for allocating rewards to the workers of the parts making unit.…”
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Research on digital twin modeling method for combustion process based on model reduction by Yue Zhang, Jiale Li

“…The average absolute error of the reconstructed temperature fields from three methods under different operating conditions is then compared. Finally, the model is refined using clustering segmentation, resulting in an improvement of approximately 0.6 % in reconstruction accuracy. …”
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Some Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Muirhead Means with Their Application to Multiattribute Group Decision-Making by Jun Wang, Runtong Zhang, Xiaomin Zhu, Yuping Xing, Borut Buchmeister

“…Furthermore, we propose a novel approach to MAGDM in a hesitant fuzzy linguistic context based on the proposed operators. Finally, we conduct a numerical experiment to demonstrate the validity of our method. …”
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Exploring Men’s Experiences of Engagement With General Practice: A Qualitative Study by Ruth Mursa, Christopher Patterson, Gemma McErlean, Elizabeth Halcomb

“…“Interpersonal communication” addressed preferences for direct and authentic communication. Finally, “barriers to engagement” revealed the challenges in accessing care. …”
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Opposing roles of p38α-mediated phosphorylation and PRMT1-mediated arginine methylation in driving TDP-43 proteinopathy by Mari Aikio, Hana M. Odeh, Heike J. Wobst, Bo Lim Lee, Úna Chan, Jocelyn C. Mauna, Korrie L. Mack, Bradley Class, Thomas A. Ollerhead, Alice F. Ford, Edward M. Barbieri, Ryan R. Cupo, Lauren E. Drake, Joshua L. Smalley, Yuan-Ta Lin, Stephanie Lam, Reuben Thomas, Nicholas Castello, Ashmita Baral, Jenna N. Beyer, Mohd A. Najar, John Dunlop, Aaron D. Gitler, Ashkan Javaherian, Julia A. Kaye, George M. Burslem, Dean G. Brown, Christopher J. Donnelly, Steven Finkbeiner, Stephen J. Moss, Nicholas J. Brandon, James Shorter

“…Persistent activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is implicated in ALS. However, it is unclear how p38 MAPK affects TDP-43 proteinopathy. …”
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Dynamic Stiffness Measurements of Road Pavements by Means of Impact Hammer in a Non-Resonant Configuration by Matteo Bolognese, Erica Greco, Francesco Bianco, Gaetano Licitra

“…In the present paper, the TAD, the measurement optimization work, the data analysis performed, and the proposed representation method will be described. Finally, we will present the results obtained and possible future perspectives.…”
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Potential of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Antagonist Compounds as Therapeutic Agents for a Wide Range of Cancer Types by Jack D. Burton, David M. Goldenberg, Rosalyn D. Blumenthal

“…Also, additive antiproliferative effects of combinations of agonist plus antagonist drugs were observed. Finally, there are preclinical in vivo data showing that antagonist compounds can be administered safely, with favorable metabolic effects as well as antitumor effects. …”
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Mixed targets localization using symmetric nested frequency diverse array radar by Hui Chen, Wen‐Qin Wang, Wei Wang

“…Then a mixed range‐dependent overcomplete dictionary with DOAs estimation is formulated in the compressive sensing framework to classify targets types by using periodic characteristics of the estimated range‐dependent beampattern. Finally, the range estimations of all targets are obtained via 1‐D range‐domain spectral searching. …”
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Unmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road construction by Pengju Yue, Xiaohua Xia, Yongbiao Hu, Xuebin Wang, Pengcheng He, Xufang Qin

“…Subsequently, the lateral distances are measured by the designed lateral positioning methods. Finally, field validation experiments are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed lateral positioning method. …”
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