Sequentially Modified Gravitational Search Algorithm for Image Enhancement by Ferzan Katırcıoğlu, Uğur Güvenç

“…The success of this method has been increased by optimizing the parameters of the transformation function used. …”
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Human Rights Conflict Between Iran and The United States by Marzieh Karimi, Reza Simbar, Ahmad Jansiz

“…The victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979 led to a profound and fundamental transformation in the relations between Iran and the United States. …”
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Recombining Features of Frequency Domain and Location for Machine Recognition of Sign Language by Sirous Tannaz

“…In this algorithm, the ratio of the number of white pixels to the total number of pixels is calculated in each of the areas. In Radon transformation, in addition to obtaining the general information of the image in each of the modes, we have increased the accuracy of the detection by using the proposed method and discarding additional information. …”
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Sourcing efficacy – The role of supportive intelligence by Aleksandar Erceg, Santhosh Joseph

“…Methodology: The research used in the paper used a multi-method approach with quantitative and qualitative elements. …”
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中學生成長型思維與學習投入之關係： 以後設認知與羞愧感為中介變項 A Study on the Impact of Growth Mindset on Learning Engagement Among Junior and Senior High School Students: Exploring the Mediating Roles of Metac... by 王佳琪 Chia-Chi Wang, 孫國瑋 Guo-Wei Sun

“…Furthermore, previous studies have found that individuals with different mindsets respond differently to setbacks and failures. …”
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Characterization of hepatocellular adenoma and carcinoma using microRNA profiling and targeted gene sequencing. by Jian Zheng, Eran Sadot, Joana A Vigidal, David S Klimstra, Vinod P Balachandran, T Peter Kingham, Peter J Allen, Michael I D'Angelica, Ronald P DeMatteo, William R Jarnagin, Andrea Ventura

“…<h4>Background</h4>Hepatocellular adenomas (HCA) are benign liver tumors that may transform into hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the molecular drivers of this transformation remain ill-defined. …”
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Modeling and Performance Analysis of Uplink Laser Transmission Across Sea Surfaces: A Channel Characterization Study by Hong Gao, Tinglu Zhang, Ruiman Yuan, Lianbo Hu, Shuguo Chen

“…This study simulates uplink laser transmission through a seawater–sea surface–air channel via ray tracing and Monte Carlo methods, with an emphasis on the impacts of the sea surface channel. …”
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Trends in clinically significant anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation and service utilisation among US medical students, 2018–2023 by Xue Du, Yusen Zhai, Laurence M Boitet, John Soldner, Jennifer D Lockman

“…To date, little is known about how these mental health outcomes have changed over time.Objective To examine recent trends in clinically significant anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and counselling service utilisation among US medical students.Methods We analysed five waves of the Healthy Minds Study throughout the academic years between 2018 and 2023. …”
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Advancing Anesthesia Care and Challenges by Artificial Intelligence: A Prospective Study based on Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mostafa Ahmed Abdellah Ahmed, Attiya Razzaq, Amna Batool, Shaheer Nayyar, Mahmood Ahmad Zahid, Muhammad Hussain

“…There were no significant differences in the outcomes of recovery (SMD: -0.36, 95% CI: -1.20 to 0.49). …”
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The Antibacterial and remineralizing effects of orthodontic adhesive modified by nano-chitosan loaded with calcium phosphate by Lara Riyadh Al-banaa, Ali Al-Khatib, Fawzi Habeeb Jabrail

“… Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the remineralizing and antibacterial effects of orthodontic adhesive modified with nano-chitosan loaded with calcium phosphate, and to investigate the adhesive’s physical and chemical properties. Material and Methods: Transbond™ XT adhesive primer was modified by nano-chitosan loaded with calcium phosphate, this study compared three groups: Control primer without any additive, 5% and 10% nano-chitosan/ calcium phosphate primer in terms of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer, Shear Bond Strength, Degree of monomer Conversion, Contact Angle measurement, Antibacterial properties against Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy to examine remineralization of the demineralized enamel. …”
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Developing a novel therapeutic and bioactive resin-based root canal sealer incorporated with silver polydopamine-modified hydroxyapatite fillers by Samar M. Nashaat, Enas T. Enan, Ahmed S.G. Srag El-Din, Dina Abdelaziz

“…The aim of this study was to develop therapeutic and bioactive resin-based root canal sealer (RCS) with good wetting ability. Methods Silver polydopamine-modified hydroxyapatite (HA-PDA-Ag-PDA) fillers were synthesized. …”
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RECTAL CANCER INCIDENCE IN ARKHANGELSK REGION: TRENDS AND SHORT-TERM PROGNOSIS BY THE DATA OF THE ARKHANGELSK REGIONAL CANCER REGISTRY by D. M. Dubovichenko, М. Y. Valkov, K. V. Shelygin

“…The ARIMA model (autoregressive integrated moving average) was chosen to analyze the variations of the time series and to estimate prognosis. To transform the series to a stationary form and to reduce dispersion, the first or second differences of their values and the natural logarithms were taken. …”
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An artificial intelligence approach to palaeogeographic studies: a case study of the Late Ordovician brachiopods of Laurentia by Akbar Sohrabi

“…For example, what was the rate of morphological transformation from Rhynchotrema to Hiscobeccus? Did morphological changes occur similarly in different regions with different palaeoenvironments on the Laurentian plate? …”
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Classifying vocal responses of broilers to environmental stressors via artificial neural network by T. Lev-ron, Y. Yitzhaky, I. Halachmi, S. Druyan

“…This study aims to classify various stress calls in broilers exposed to cold, heat, or wind, using acoustic signal processing and a transformer artificial neural network (ANN). Two consecutive trials were conducted with varying amounts of collected data, and three ANN models with the same architecture but different parameters were examined. …”
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LEXICAL DESYNONYMY IN B. VIAN’S NOVEL “FROTH ON THE DAYDREAM” by Anastasiia V. Lepetiukha

“…In this research, we use the transformational method, which makes possible the identification of structural and semantic peculiarities of primary and secondary desynonymic constructions as asymmetrical signs in language and discourse, the method of systematization which helps to establish the typology of lexical desynonyms in the novel “Froth on the Daydream” by B. …”
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Success and Failure in Foreign Policy: Narrative Analysis of JCPOA by Heidarali Masoudi, Masoud Hamiani

“…Accordingly, the main question of the article is: what are the different narratives about the JCPOA as a pivotal moment in Iran's foreign policy, and what elements constitute these narratives.Methods: Initially, a qualitative analysis of texts, including official and semi-official statements about the JCPOA, revealed three distinct narratives: Success, Failure, and Intermediate narrative. …”
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Future Drought Change Characteristics and Population Exposure Estimation in the Xijiang River Basin of Guangxi Based on CMIP6 by Qin Nianxiu, Wen Feng, Wang Junneng, He Jiye, Jiang Tong

“…The findings are as follows: (1) By employing Taylor diagrams to evaluate the multi-model ensemble mean method (MME) of 18 CMIP6 climate models, we found that the method effectively simulated temperature and precipitation in the Xijiang River Basin, reducing the uncertainty associated with single-model simulations. …”
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Reverse design of solid propellant grain based on deep learning: Imaging internal ballistic data by Lin Sun, Xiangyu Peng, Yang Liu, Shu Long, Weihua Hui, Ran Wei, Futing Bao

“…This paper conducts comparative experiments across various neural network models, validating the effectiveness of the feature extraction method that transforms internal ballistic time-series data into images, as well as its generalization capability across different CNN architectures. …”
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Evolving Cultural Experience of Historical Places: From Livability to Visibility (A Case Study of Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan) by Seyed Mahdi Etemadifard, Amirmohammad Niroumand

“…These materials included books and theses written about Naqsh-e Jahan Square, as well as the data obtained from the square's managers and the information websites of Isfahan municipality.The combined results of these field-based and analytical methods supported the researchers in addressing the research questions and developing a comprehensive understanding of the transformations in the cultural experience of this historic site. …”
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TDFNet: twice decoding V-Mamba-CNN Fusion features for building extraction by Wenlong Wang, Peng Yu, Mengmeng Li, Xiaojing Zhong, Yuanrong He, Hua Su, Yunxuan Zhou

“…Research shows the importance of both global context and spatial details for accurate building extraction. Therefore, methods integrating convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and visual transformers (ViTs) are popular nowadays. …”
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