Computer-aided cholelithiasis diagnosis using explainable convolutional neural network by Dheeraj Kumar, Mayuri A. Mehta, Ketan Kotecha, Ambarish Kulkarni

“…The results reveal that the proposed cholelithiasis classification approach beats the performance of state-of-the-art pre-trained CNN and Vision Transformer models. The heatmap generated through the proposed hybrid explanation method offers detailed visual explanations to enhance transparency and trustworthiness in the medical domain.…”
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Autonomous Quadrotor Path Planning Through Deep Reinforcement Learning With Monocular Depth Estimation by Mahdi Shahbazi Khojasteh, Armin Salimi-Badr

“…To validate our approach, we tested the model in three diverse environments simulated with AirSim: a dynamic city street, a downtown, and a pillar world, each with different weather conditions. Experimental results show that our method significantly improves success rates and demonstrates strong generalization across various starting points and environmental transformations.…”
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Factors Influencing QRIS Adoption in Warkops by Muhammad Zahran Nurendra, Liliana Inggrit Wijaya, Bobby Ardiansyahmiraja, Jun Kajee

“…Background: The rapid advancement of technology has significantly transformed how individuals interact, work, shop, and communicate. …”
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From Banknotes to Central Banks. The Formation and Models of Central Banks in a Comparative Legal Perspective by Zsolt Pfeffer

“… In the 17-18th century, during the process of civil transformations, starting from the economic policy based on the era of absolutism, the first central bank regulations appeared in Europe. …”
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From Banknotes to Central Banks. The Formation and Models of Central Banks in a Comparative Legal Perspective by Zsolt Pfeffer

“… In the 17-18th century, during the process of civil transformations, starting from the economic policy based on the era of absolutism, the first central bank regulations appeared in Europe. …”
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Tourism planning in Spain. From traditional paradigms to new approaches: smart tourism planning by Josep Antoni Ivars-Baidal, José Fernando Vera Rebollo

“…From a theoretical and conceptual approach, an evolutionary analysis of the tourism planning in Spain is carried out and different planning dimensions are discussed, such as the wear of the theoretical models of reference; the discredit of planning; the challenge of digitalization; the difficulty of applying new techniques, methods and sources of information; or the appearance of tourism dynamics in the local society that reconfigure the relations between residents and tourists. …”
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Deep Learning Applications in Medical Image Processing by Ayşe Gül Eker, Nevcihan Duru

“…Our aim is for this study to guide different studies on medical images with deep learning methods and serve as a basic resource in this field.…”
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Overview of the identification of traffic accident-prone locations driven by big data by Chunjiao Dong, Naixin Chang

“…This paper first systematically compares the research in Chinese and foreign literature, and proposes three types of identification indicators, namely absolute, relative and comprehensive, according to different reference standards. According to the evaluation indicators and modelling methods, the current status of research and problems in identification theory and methods are systematically summarised in terms of mathematical statistics, cluster analysis, machine learning and conflict technology. …”
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Discrimination of Types of Seizure Using Brain Rhythms Based on Markov Transition Field and Deep Learning by Anand Shankar, Samarendra Dandapat, Shovan Barma

“…For this purpose, the Markov transition field transformation technique has been employed for 2D image construction by preserving statistical dynamics characteristics of EEG signals, which are very important during the discrimination of different types of seizures. …”
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Analysis of the influence of selected audio pre-processing stages on accuracy of speaker language recognition by Олеся Барковська, Антон Гаврашенко

“…Taking into account the growing demand for accuracy and efficiency of audio information classification methods, evaluation and comparison of different audio pre-processing methods becomes important part of determining optimal solutions. …”
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A neural network-based model for cultivating applied talents in the context of industry-education integration by Lei Tong, Jingjing Zhang, Lixiao Yue, Li Chen, Mengxiang Wang

“…The study evaluates different teaching methods based on academic performance, practical skills, innovation, and professional competency alignment. …”
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Multiple myeloma with extramedullary plasmacytoma: pathogenesis and clinical case by M. V. Firsova, N. V. Risinskaya, M. V. Solovev, T. N. Obukhova, M. A. Kislitsyna, E. E. Nikulina, I. A. Yakutik, T. V. Abramova, A. B. Sudarikov, A. M. Kovrigina, L. P. Mendeleeva

“…To study the molecular and biological characteristics of the tumor substrate of the bone marrow and extramedullary plasmacytoma using various research methods.Materials and methods. A 55-year-old patient was admitted to National Medical Research Center for Hematology with a diagnosis of multiple myeloma occurring with extramedullary plasmacytoma of the retroperitoneal space. dNA was isolated from samples of different localization (blood plasma, Cd138+ bone marrow cells, plasmacytoma and buccal epithelial cells). …”
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A Novel Toolbox for Generating Realistic Biological Cell Geometries for Electromagnetic Microdosimetry by Mehrdad Saviz, A.H. Buchali Safiee, Elham Sharifi

“…We have considered four different methods of creating objects: Generalized Rotation, Super-Formula, 3D reconstruction of 2D parallel cross-sections and branching models. …”
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Evaluating text representations for unsupervised legal semantic textual similarity in Brazilian Portuguese by Daniel da Silva Junior, Daniel de Oliveira, Aline Paes

“…Another investigation shows that text characteristics directly impact the performance of Transformer-based models with different attention mechanisms. …”
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A Systematic Review of the Microfinance Literature: An ADO-TCM Framework Approach by Bahman Khodapanah, Mohammad Bashokouh Ajirlou, Fariba Mesri

“…Microfinance, recognized as a transformative approach in economic and social development, particularly within low-income communities, has garnered increasing attention. …”
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Improvement of accuracy and diagnostic significance of breast tumor fine-needle aspiration biopsy by miRNA analysis of material isolated from cytological smears by N. N. Kolesnikov, S. E. Titov, Yu. A. Veryaskina, A. V. Vladimirova, R. B. Samsonov, A. S. Artem’eva, V. I. Novik, L. M. Bershteyn, I. F. Zhimulev, A. V. Malek

“…In clinical practice methods are being applied: trepan-biopsy and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). …”
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Study on the Thermal Oxidation Surface Modification and Deformation Behavior of NiTi Alloys by YU Fei, XIE Dong

“…In order to investigate the effects of thermal oxidation surface modification on the properties of NiTi alloys，the effect of preparing oxide films on NiTi alloys by thermal oxidation technique at different temperatures (300～700 ℃) in atmospheric environment was investigated.The research primarily focused on analyzing the morphology，composition，phase structure，phase transformation temperatures and mechanical properties of the Ti-O films formed at different thermal oxidation temperatures.The influence of thermal oxidation on the superelasticity and shape memory effect of NiTi alloys was investigated through tensile tests and water bath heating method.The surface morphology，phase structure，phase transformation temperatures and hardness of the thermally oxidized samples after plane stretching and water bath heating were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM)，X-ray diffractometer (XRD)，differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and hardness testing.Results showed that at lower thermal oxidation temperatures (300～400 ℃)，the oxide layer formed on the NiTi alloy surface was very thin，and no titanium oxide coating was detected.When the thermal oxidation temperature reached 600 ℃，a dense rutile-TiO2 film formed on the surface，but it was prone to cracking and peeling after tensile deformation，exhibiting poor film-substrate adhesion，which was insufficient to meet practical application requirements.Tensile and water bath heating tests showed that when the thermal oxidation temperature exceeded 400 ℃，the reverse phase transformation of the NiTi alloy during unloading could not be completed，leading to a degradation of its superelastic properties.However，after water bath heating，the B19’→B2 martensitic reverse phase transformation was completed，indicating that high-temperature oxidation did not affect the shape memory effect of the NiTi substrate.These results provided important theoretical and experimental references for studying the film-substrate adhesion and coordination properties of thermally oxidized NiTi alloys.…”
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Antibacterial and Antitumor Application of Carbon Dots Based on Natural Products for Photodynamic/Photothermal Effects by Romero MP, Lagos KJ, Cuadrado CF, Garzón-Romero CC, Salazar MA, Solorzano G, Gardener JA, González MA, Rivera M

“…María P Romero,1 Karina J Lagos,1 Coralia Fabiola Cuadrado,1 Cristina C Garzón-Romero,2 Mateo A Salazar,2 Guillermo Solorzano,3 Jules A Gardener,4 Myriam A González,1 Miryan Rivera2 1Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Departamento de Materiales, Quito, 170143, Ecuador; 2Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador; 3School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; 4Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USACorrespondence: María P Romero, Email maria.romerom@epn.edu.ecIntroduction: This work presents an easy one-pot synthesis to prepare carbon dots (CDs) from natural products, and their successful application as photosensitizers (PS) and photothermal agents (PA) to combat bacteria and cancerous cells. Despite some differences may appear in the natural extracts due to the obtaining process, it was possible to obtain antibacterial/antitumor photoactivated nanomedicine from common carbon sources as annatto, cinnamon and curcumin.Methods: Water dispersions of Bixa Orellana L. …”
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The effectiveness of popular opinion leader educational program on nurses’ knowledge, behavioral intentions and alarm fatigue in alarm management: a quasi-experimental study by Bingyu Li, Liqing Yue, Shuoting Hu, Jianhui Zhou, Guiyuan Deng, Juan Lai, Cheng Yan, Bin Peng

“…Aim This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of a POL educational program on nurses’ theoretical knowledge of alarm management, their behavioral intentions regarding alarm management, and their levels of alarm fatigue. Methods A quasi-experimental design was employed, involving 85 nurses serving as alarm management liaisons in nursing units. …”
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THE POSTMODERN CITY TEXT IN SERHIY ZHADAN’S POETICS by Tetiana M. Starostenko., Ianina V. Gurtova

“…The research methods include hermeneutical, historical, literary, cultural methods and the method of contextual analysis. …”
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