Research on Improved Ray Casting Algorithm and Its Application in Three-Dimensional Reconstruction by ZheShu Jia, DeYun Chen, Bo Wang

“…The color value and opacity of the sampling points are obtained, and finally, the attributes of all the sampling points are synthesized and calculated to obtain the final rendering effect, and the reconstruction of the three-dimensional vertebra model is completed. …”
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A Review of Cocoa Drying Technologies and the Effect on Bean Quality Parameters by Banboye Frederick Dzelagha, Ngwabie Martin Ngwa, Divine Nde Bup

“…Open sun, solar, oven, microwave, and freeze drying methods have been investigated at various levels in the drying of cocoa beans with objectives to improve the drying properties and final quality of cocoa beans. While an open sun dryer employs natural passive mechanisms, the solar drying methods can employ a combination of passive and active mechanisms. …”
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Reducción de las paradas de planta aplicando el mapeo de la cadena de valor (VSM) y cambios rápidos (SMED) de la metodología Lean Manufacturing by Omar Luis Fajardo Cueva

“…La aplicación de estas herramientas se realizó por etapas, que incluyeron un pretest de diagnóstico (mapa actual), seguido por el diseño, implementación y, finalmente, un postest (mapa final). Una vez finalizado el proceso, se evaluaron los resultados y se comprobó que la aplicación del procedimiento que incluía cambios rápidos (SMED) permitía reducir considerablemente los tiempos de inactividad; se pasó de 82 min a 42 min por cada cambio de producto, con lo que el tiempo muerto de planta o desperdicio se redujo en 40 min y mejoraron los indicadores de lean manufacturing.…”
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Identification of bald patches in degraded alpine meadows by UAV-based remote sensing and deep learning by Lu Wang, Lulu Cui, Zihan Song, Min Zheng, Chengyi Li, Xilai Li

“…Then, based on deep learning techniques, four classical network frameworks, Hrnet, Deeplabv3+, PSPnet and Unet, were built and paired with different backbone networks for model training respectively. The final results showed that Hrnet had the best recognition results, with the highest mean values of 68.27%, 75.90%, 78.22% and 99.22% for the Mean Intersection over Union, Mean Pixel Accuracy, Recall and Accuracy, respectively. …”
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An intelligent system for lung CT image denoising using a hybrid WT-NLM filter by S.L. Soniya, T. Ajith Bosco Raj

“…In this study, a Hybrid Wavelet Transform with Non-Local Mean (Hybrid WT-NLM) filter is proposed for reducing noise in lung CT images. The final denoised images are formed by the summation of NLM-filtered images and wavelet coefficients. …”
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Dental Implant Placement with Simultaneous Anterior Maxillary Reconstruction with Block and Particulate Fresh Frozen Allograft Bone: A Case Report with 24-Month Follow-Up Data by J. S. Vieira, E. M. Brandão-Filho, F. R. Deliberador, J. C. Zielak, A. F. Giovanini, T. M. Deliberador

“…Four months later (postoperative month 14), the final fixed prosthesis was installed and the clinical success was observed. …”
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A Hybrid Model for Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction Based on Variational Mode Decomposition, Wavelet Threshold Denoising, and Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network by Yang Yu, Qiang Shang, Tian Xie

“…Then, each component is denoised by wavelet threshold to obtain the denoised subsequence. Finally, LSTM is used to predict each subsequence, and the predicted values of each subsequence are combined into the final prediction results. …”
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Application of an improved LightGBM hybrid integration model combining gradient harmonization and Jacobian regularization for breast cancer diagnosis by Xiaoyan Sun

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Power of communication as a factor of human resource management by Bajić Zoran, Karavidić Marija

“…Upon that depends the final result. Entities in business are all its members, but managers are the ones who communicate the most. …”
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Aerodynamic Shape Design and Validation of an Advanced High-Lift Device for a Regional Aircraft with Morphing Droop Nose by Alessandro De Gaspari, Frédéric Moens

“…In the present work, the aerodynamic shape design of an advanced high-lift system for a natural laminar flow (NLF) wing, based on the combination of a morphing droop nose and a single slot trailing edge flap, is presented. …”
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AUXIN DISTRIBUTION IN A TRANSVERSE ROOT SECTION by E. S. Novoselova, V. V. Mironova, T. M. Khlebodarova, V. A. Likhoshvai

“…It is hypothesized that the most likely factor in the formation of the final auxin distribution in a root section is an appropriate geometry of the auxin flow from the shoot to the root.…”
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A Secure Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Scheme in Mobile Cognitive Radio Networks by Jun Du, Daoxing Guo, Bangning Zhang, Ligang Shang

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Freeze-Thaw Effects on Stability of Open Pit Slope in High-Altitude and Cold Regions by Yong Hong, Zhushan Shao, Guangbin Shi, Yong Dou, Weiqin Wang, Wen Zhang

“…Numerical calculations are performed by inputting rock mass mechanical parameters obtained in traditional and modified criterions, to discuss the influences of the freeze-thaw action on the stabilities of both the present mining slope and the final slope at the end of the designed mining. The results show that the safety factors of the original slope are 2.33 and 1.67, respectively, while after the modification, they are 2.14 and 1.61, respectively. …”
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Humus and Humic Acids of Luvisol and Cambisol of Jiguli Ridges, Samara Region, Russia by Evgeny Abakumov, Nobihudu Fujitake, Takashi Kosaki

“…Morphological features of soil, which are frequently used as the main argument in solum diagnostics, are subjective and do not give final decision that continental Cambisols are a specific type of soils different from Luvisols. …”
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Expert Panel consensus statements on the optimal usage of rituximab for the management of rheumatoid arthritis in India by Keerthi Talari, Vinod Ravindran, Pradip Kumar, Pravin Patil, Sarath Chandra Mouli, Syamasis Bandyopadhyay, Balebail G Dharmanand, Abhrajit Ray, Shankaralingam Rajeshwari, Sanjiv N Amin, Jyotsna Oak, Ved Chaturvedi, Anand N Malaviya, Sukumar Mukherjee

“…Subsequently, a wider consultative process including voting on the draft statements involved 18 more rheumatologists from across India. The approved final version has 28 consensus statements related to the following seven areas of rituximab therapy in RA, namely, contraindication, pretreatment screening, treatment schedule, evaluation of response, safety, and research agenda for future. …”
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Customized Approach to the Implementation of Educational Programs for Training Engineers by N. A. Antonenko, T. A. Asaeva, O. V. Tikhonova, N. V. Grechushkina

“…The article discusses peculiarities of the customized approach, which takes into account the requirements of specific employers to the process and content of specialists’ training. Since the final consumer of the educational service provided by tertiary educational organization is the employer who hired the graduate, it is necessary to focus on the specifics of a particular organization activity when training specialists. …”
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A Torus-Chaotic System and Its Pseudorandom Properties by Jizhao Liu, Xiangzi Zhang, Qingchun Zhao, Jing Lian, Fangjun Huang, Yide Ma

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A Novel Robust Fuzzy Rough Set Model for Feature Selection by Yuwen Li, Shoushui Wei, Xing Liu, Zhimin Zhang

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From Melanocyte to Metastatic Malignant Melanoma by Bizhan Bandarchi, Linglei Ma, Roya Navab, Arun Seth, Golnar Rasty

“…The aim of this is to briefly review the microanatomy and physiology of the melanocytes, epidemiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, historical classification and histopathology and, more in details, the most recent discoveries in biology and genetics of malignant melanoma. At the end, the final version of 2009 AJCC malignant melanoma staging and classification is presented.…”
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Monthly Mean Meteorological Temperature Prediction Based on VMD-DSE and Volterra Adaptive Model by Guohui Li, Wanni Chang, Hong Yang

“…On this basis, the Volterra adaptive prediction model is established to modeling and predicting each component. Finally, the final predicted values are obtained by superimposing the predicted results. …”
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