Extracting road maps from high-resolution satellite imagery using refined DSE-LinkNet by Prativa Das, Satish Chand

“…To address the imbalanced class distribution problem, a new aggregate loss function is proposed by integrating binary cross-entropy, Jaccard coefficient, and Lovasz sigmoid loss functions. …”
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Breaking the Blockchain Trilemma: A Comprehensive Consensus Mechanism for Ensuring Security, Scalability, and Decentralization by Khandakar Md Shafin, Saha Reno

“…Employing established techniques such as elliptic curve cryptography, Schnorr verifiable random function, and zero-knowledge proof (zk-SNARK), alongside groundbreaking methodologies for stake distribution, anomaly detection, and incentive alignment, our framework sets a new benchmark for secure, scalable, and decentralized blockchain ecosystems. …”
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P300 ERP System Utilizing Wireless Visual Stimulus Presentation Devices by Yuta Sasatake, Kojiro Matsushita

“…Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate how such delays affect P300 detection accuracy. The second challenge lies in the variability of visual stimulus strength due to differences in viewing distance caused by the spatial distribution of stimulus devices. …”
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Single-molecule direct RNA sequencing reveals the shaping of epitranscriptome across multiple species by Ying-Yuan Xie, Zhen-Dong Zhong, Hong-Xuan Chen, Ze-Hui Ren, Yuan-Tao Qiu, Ye-Lin Lan, Fu Wu, Jin-Wen Kong, Ru-Jia Luo, Delong Zhang, Biao-Di Liu, Yang Shu, Feng Yin, Jian Wu, Zigang Li, Zhang Zhang, Guan-Zheng Luo

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Design of a Piezoelectrically Actuated Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD) Microcantilever Biosensor by Villarreal Daniel, Orlando Auciello, Elida de Obaldia

“…Subsequently, a Gaussian distribution mass function with a variance of 5 µm was implemented to evaluate the resonant frequency shift upon mass addition at a certain point on the microcantilever where a variation from 600 Hz to 100 Hz was observed when the mass distribution center was located at the tip of the microcantilever and the piezoelectric borderline, respectively. …”
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Strength on cut edge and ground edge glass beams with the failure analysis method by Stefano Agnetti

“…The aim of this work is the study of the effect of the finishing of the edge of glass when it has a structural function. Experimental investigations carried out for glass specimens are presented. …”
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B-Lines in the Assessment of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Scleroderma: The Role of Handheld Devices by Codrina Ancuța, Cristina Pomirleanu, Ecaterina Gănceanu, Milena Adina Man, Eugen Ancuta, Paraschiva Postolache

“…Statistically significant mild-to-moderate correlations between B-lines and clinical manifestations were demonstrated, as well as PFTs and Warrick’s scores (more B-lines, lower pulmonary function, but higher extent and severity on CT) (<i>p</i> < 0.05); there were differences between SSc patients without and with ILD in terms of the number and distribution of B-lines (<i>p</i> < 0.05), as well as different B-lines patterns and numbers in diffuse versus limited SSc (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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A UAV Image Stitching Method for Complex Urban Environments by W. Niu, D. Qiu, R. Wu, R. Wu, Z. Wang, Y. Shi

“…Then, multi-scale feature detection is achieved using a Gaussian scale-space pyramid, and dynamic grid division is employed to balance feature point distribution. …”
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Risk factors and foot biomechanical characteristics of idiopathic scoliosis: a cross-sectional study by Pengfei Sun, Yuqing Zhou, Yimin Xie, Shuai Chen, Guangming Bian, Yuheng Wu, Liansheng Shao, Lu Chen, Zhiying Lin, Wen Min

“…When compared to healthy people, IS patients exhibit foot biomechanics characterized by a diagonal distribution of bilateral weight-bearing and walking instability, as well as poor balance function if they have an abnormal foot type, as in the case of flat foot. …”
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A Facile Method for Screening DPP IV Inhibitors in Living Cell System Based on Enzyme Activity Probe by Shu-Mei Pan, Chun-Yu Xing, Hong-Wei Li, Rui-Min Wang, Xin-Yue Pu, Tie-Gang Wang, Dan-Dan Wang, Li-Wei Zou

“…Therefore, we aimed to construct a simple and easy-to-use assay for human DPP IV activity in a living cell system to achieve highly sensitive and selective detection of DPP IV function and further screening for its inhibitors. …”
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Prediction and Mapping of Soil Total Nitrogen Using GF-5 Image Based on Machine Learning Optimization Modeling by LIU Liqi, WEI Guangyuan, ZHOU Ping

“…The soil TN content distribution map generated based on GF-5 hyperspectral remote sensing data is detailed and consistent with results from other methods, providing technical support for future large-scale quantitative detection of soil nutrient status and rational fertilization.…”
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High-Precision Electrical Impedance Tomography for Electrical Conductivity of Metallic Materials by Shuanfeng Zhao, Yao Miao, Rongxia Chai, Jiaojiao Zhao, Yunrui Bai, Zheng Wei, Simin Ren

“…Suppose we can detect the conductivity distribution of metal materials in real time. …”
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Attack traffic allocation and load balancing mechanism for SDN by LI Man, ZHOU Huachun, XU Qi, DENG Shuangxing, ZOU Tao, ZHANG Ruyun

“…To tackle the problem of traditional traffic allocation methods in software-defined networks (SDN) potentially failing to effectively detect distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, a traffic allocation and load balancing mechanism for attack traffic was proposed. …”
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Visceral Adiposity Index: An Indicator of Adipose Tissue Dysfunction by Marco Calogero Amato, Carla Giordano

“…The Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI) has recently proven to be an indicator of adipose distribution and function that indirectly expresses cardiometabolic risk. …”
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Error Performance of DDPSK Receiver in the Presence of Composite Fading by Goran T. Djordjevic, Milica Petkovic, Nenad Milosevic, Bane Vasic

“…When shadowed multipath fading is modeled using the Fisher-Snedecor <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathcal {F}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> distribution, we present the probability density function (PDF) of the received composite signal phase in the form of the Fourier series and derive novel analytical expressions for its Fourier coefficients. …”
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T3 and T4 autoantibodies: emerging biomarkers for evaluating thyroid disorders by Jiameng Liu, Chaoming Mao, Xueqian Mao, Xi Wang, Tingting Zheng, Liyang Dong, Yufei Mao, Yufei Mao

“…Additionally, serum samples from 1,654 patients with various diseases were analyzed for T3-Ab and T4-Ab distribution levels and positive rates. Mass spectrometry and recovery experiments assessed potential interference of T3-Ab and T4-Ab with thyroid hormone detection.ResultsThe validation process confirmed the efficacy of the MCLIA kit in detecting serum T3-Ab and T4-Ab. …”
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Performance Analysis of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Systems by Qi Zhang, Dian-Wu Yue, Xian-Ying Xu

“…In the RIS-assisted UWOC systems with intensity modulation and direct detection (IM-DD), we apply the approximate distribution of the sum of Gamma-Gamma random variables to derive the probability density function (PDF) of the instantaneous received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the first time. …”
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Restoration of Turbid Underwater Images of Cobalt Crusts Using Combined Homomorphic Filtering and a Polarization Imaging System by Enzu Peng, Chengyi Liu, Haiming Zhao

“…To effectively exploit these valuable resources, underwater imaging is essential for real-time detection and distribution mapping in mining areas. …”
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Characterizing changes in the rate of protein-protein dissociation upon interface mutation using hotspot energy and organization. by Rudi Agius, Mieczyslaw Torchala, Iain H Moal, Juan Fernández-Recio, Paul A Bates

“…Our results also indicate that the distribution of the critical stability regions across protein-protein interfaces is a function of complex size more strongly than interface area. …”
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A Well-Characterized Survey for Centaurs in Pan-STARRS1 by Jacob A. Kurlander, Matthew J. Holman, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić, Aren Heinze, Matthew J. Payne

“…We use the debiasing population to fit a selection function and apply the selection function to a model Centaur population with orbital and size distributions from the literature. …”
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