Influence of chitosan/gelatin/zinc oxide nanoparticles on mechanical and biological properties of three-dimensional scaffolds for tissue engineering by Parasto Hadaddi, Azadeh Asefnejad

“…Objective(s): Herein, we investigated the effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles on the mechanical and biological properties of a three-dimensional (3D) scaffold. Materials and Methods:The scaffolds were printed using chitosan and different ratios of gelatin and coated with sodium alginate and different ratios of nanoparticles. …”
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Ecologically facilitative green approach for synthesizing gold nanoparticles: a screening study of bioactivities by Sumaira Mumtaz, Ietzaz Husain, Muhammad Javid Iqbal

“…In vitro biological activities (total phenolic, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and hemolytic) using different concentrations of Au*nps along with EMk were assessed. …”
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Medical Image Visual Appearance Improvement Using Bihistogram Bezier Curve Contrast Enhancement: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative by Hong-Seng Gan, Tan Tian Swee, Ahmad Helmy Abdul Karim, Khairil Amir Sayuti, Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Kadir, Weng-Kit Tham, Liang-Xuan Wong, Kashif T. Chaudhary, Jalil Ali, Preecha P. Yupapin

“…Besides, statistical results from Fisher’s Least Significant Difference test and the Duncan test have consistently indicated that the proposed method outperforms fundamental contrast enhancement methods to exalt image visual quality. …”
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Investigation on the motion and fragmentation mechanism of rockfall based on PIV-seismic signal monitoring by Sui Zhende, Zhang Ke, Zhang Kai, Lin Qibin

“…Therefore, in-depth research into the movement mechanisms and fragmentation mechanisms of rockfalls is of significant importance for the development of early warning systems and the study of disaster mitigation measures.MethodsTaking the high slope at Puerdu, Yunnan Province as the prototype, this study proposes a novel rock specimen preparation method combining 3D printing technology with traditional cast-iron techniques. …”
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Robust Registration of Multimodal Remote Sensing Images Using Self-Similar Adjacent Self-Convolutional Feature by Tian Gao, Chaozhen Lan, Liang Lv, Qunshan Shi, Wenjun Huang, Yiqiao Wang, Zhizhen Mu

“…Based on this, a rapid structural similarity measurement method (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{Fast}-\text{SSIM}_{\text{SASF}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) is proposed, which utilizes 3-D fast Fourier transform techniques to enhance image matching efficiency. …”
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GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET SUSTAINABILITY: MODERN CHALLENGES IN SCOPE OF UKRAINIAN CONTEXT by Mariya Kuznetsova

“…In order to comprehensively explore the scientific aspects of the issues addressed in this research, a range of explanatory research methods were employed. Firstly, a comparative analysis will be conducted to identify both the similarities and the differences between the extant energy sector models in Ukraine and in other countries. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors: Classifications, Characterization, Fabrication, Applications, and Future Challenges by Sidra Naz, Tian-Bing Xu

“…Piezoelectric ultrasonic motors (USMs) are actuators that use ultrasonic frequency piezoelectric vibration-generated waves to transform electrical energy into rotary or translating motion. …”
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Bridging neuroscience and AI: a survey on large language models for neurological signal interpretation by Sreejith Chandrasekharan, Jisu Elsa Jacob

“…This paper delves into several use cases of LLM in EEG signal analysis and attempts to provide a comprehensive understanding of techniques in the domain that can be applied to different disease diagnostics. The study also strives to highlight challenges in the deployment of LLM models, ethical considerations, and bottlenecks in optimizing models due to requirements of specialized methods such as Low-Rank Adapation. …”
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Interdependent-path Recurrent Embedding for Knowledge Graph-aware Recommendation by Xiao Sha, Jianwen Wang, Xiaoran Xu, Jianchuan Ding

“…A dedicated attentive recurrent network then encodes these paths by learning relation-aware representations and adaptively weighting different predecessors’ influence. Comprehensive experiments on three real-world datasets demonstrate IPRE’s superiority, achieving average improvements of 8.79% in Hit ratio and 9.40% in NDCG over state-of-the-art methods. …”
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Multi-branch network for double JPEG detection and localization by Ahmed M. Fouad, Hala H. Zayed, Ahmed Taha

“…Therefore, developing forensic methods to detect forged images is crucial. JPEG image tampering often involves recompression with a different quantization table, known as double JPEG compression. …”
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Thermal Reaction Process and Thermokinetic Characteristics of Coking Coal Oxidation by Ruoyu Bao, Changkui Lei, Chengbo Wang, Fubao Zhou

“…In order to reveal the influence of different heating rates on the coal–oxygen composite reaction of coking coal, the TG-DSC experimental method was adopted to analyze the hysteresis effect of the characteristic temperature, inflection point temperature, and peak temperature under different heating rates. …”
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Fault diagnosis of mechanical seals using graph neural networks with multi-sensor data fusion by Xiaoran Zhu, Jiahao Wang, Binhui Wang, Hao Wang, Ren Sheng, Baozun Zhai

“…Secondly, we employ multiple methods to transform the original multi-channel data into graph data, thereby continuously increasing the diversity of the datasets used for training. …”
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Jin Opera Huhu: A Critical Sound Analysis of Cultural Representation in Conventional Jin Opera by Guanzhou Li, Ahmad Faudz bin Musib, Noris Mohd Norowi, Pan Jian

“…The analyses emphasised how traditional playing methods (particularly fretting) affect acoustic output. …”
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A generative adversarial network for multiple reads reconstruction in DNA storage by Xiaodong Zheng, Ranze Xie, Xiangyu Yao, Yanqing Su, Ling Chu, Peng Xu, Wenbin Liu

“…Specially this situation is even more serious in the 3rd generation of sequencing technologies. Different from previous error-correction and multiple sequence alignment methods, we first transform the multiple reads into a noisy mage, and then construct a conditional generative adversarial network to produce a “smooth” image which refers to the consensus sequence. …”
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Validation and Analysis of Recreational Runners’ Kinematics Obtained from a Sacral IMU by Hossein Asgari, Ben Heller

“…RMSE and Bland–Altman analysis assessed the validity of each filtering method against a motion capture system. Running data from 24 recreational runners were analyzed using Fourier transform coefficients, PCA, and k-means clustering. …”
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Humor through Exploitation of Meaning Duality in English Memes by Putu Wahyu Widiatmika, Ida Bagus Made Ari Segara, Ni Made Yunita Widya Kusuma

“…There are many mechanisms to integrate humor in English memes. One common method is to make incongruity through two different interpretations. …”
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A Hierarchical Machine Learning-Based Strategy for Mapping Grassland in Manitoba’s Diverse Ecoregions by Mirmajid Mousavi, James Kobina Mensah Biney, Barbara Kishchuk, Ali Youssef, Marcos R. C. Cordeiro, Glenn Friesen, Douglas Cattani, Mustapha Namous, Nasem Badreldin

“…Initially, this study investigated different satellite data, such as Sentinel-1 (S1), Sentinel-2 (S2), and Landsat 8 and 9, individually and combined, using the random forest (RF) method, with the best performance at the first two steps achieved using a combination of S1 and S2. …”
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Centrifugal Partition Chromatography Is a Powerful Tool for the Isolation of Antibiofilm Quantum Carbon Dots Synthesized by Hydrothermal Treatment of Avocado Peels by Nandis Fiallos, Sergio Acuña, Diana Correa-Otero, Matías Venegas-Toloza, Tatiana Beldarrain, Josefina Burgos, Francisca Fuentes, Francisco Bustamante, Girlenne Christiansen, Vanesa Roa, Eduardo Schott, Julio Alarcón-Enos, Edgar Pastene-Navarrete

“…Nine fractions were obtained and were characterized by UV-VIS spectrophotometry, Fourier transform infrared (F-TIR), and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), confirming the presence of CQD of different sizes. …”
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Cosine Similarity Template Matching Networks for Optical and SAR Image Registration by Wenxuan Xiong, Mingyu Sun, Hua Du, Bangshu Xiong, Congxuan Zhang, Qiaofeng Ou, Zhibo Rao

“…Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and optical imagery are complementary methods in Earth observation. However, traditional similarity measures struggle to accurately align these heterogeneous images due to sensor differences and modality disparities. …”
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Graphene-Doped Piezoelectric Transducers by Kriging Optimal Model for Detecting Various Types of Laryngeal Movements by Ming-Chan Lee, Cheng-Tang Pan, Shuo-Yu Juan, Zhi-Hong Wen, Jin-Hao Xu, Uyanahewa Gamage Shashini Janesha, Fan-Min Lin

“…Material characteristics were investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), contact angle measurements, and tensile testing. …”
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