‘I dare’: experiences of young adults at risk participating in a one-year inclusive-theatre project in Norway by Ellen Andvig, Jan Kåre Hummelvoll

“…The data material was analysed with thematic content analysis. Findings: The main theme was ‘a changed self-image’ and four sub-themes emerged: ‘increased self-confidence’, ‘increased ability to cope’, ‘responsibility’, and ‘connectedness to others and society’. …”
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Unsupervised Selection of Color Factor Weight and Segmentation Scale Parameter for Successful Segmentation of Urban Land Use/Land Cover by G. B. Ikokou, K. M. Malale

“…Image segmentation is a crucial step in object-based image analysis of urban remote sensing data. …”
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Automated interpretation of influenza hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) assays: Is plate tilting necessary? by Garrett Wilson, Zhiping Ye, Hang Xie, Steven Vahl, Erica Dawson, Kathy Rowlen

“…In this work, we tested the hypothesis that an automated image analysis algorithm can be used to achieve an accurate and non-subjective interpretation of HAI assays-specifically without the need to tilt plates. …”
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Use of Pulsating Water Jet Technology for Removal of Concrete in Repair of Concrete Structures by Libor Sitek, Josef Foldyna, Petr Martinec, Jiří Ščučka, Lenka Bodnárová, Rudolf Hela

“…Results of the study of effects of pulsating and continuous high-speed water jets on concrete surfaces using methods of optical microscopy and image analysis are also discussed in this paper.…”
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Explainability-driven adversarial robustness assessment for generalized deepfake detectors by Lorenzo Cirillo, Andrea Gervasio, Irene Amerini

“…Specifically, we apply feature attribution methods to identify image regions where the model is focusing to make its prediction. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture Treatment at Dazhui (GV14) and Mingmen (GV4) Modulates the PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling Pathway in Rats after Spinal Cord Injury by Ke Li, Juntong Liu, Liangyu Song, Wei Lv, Xi Tian, Zhigang Li, Suhua Shi

“…A rat model of SCI was established by a modified Allen’s weight-drop method. In the EA Group, rats were stimulated on Dazhui (GV14) and Mingmen (GV4) for 20 min by sterilized stainless steel needles. …”
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ANATOMICAL VARIANTS OF PYRIFORM APERTURES AND NASAL BONES IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL CONFIGURATION AND DIFFERENT AESTHETIC DEFORMITIES OF EXTERNAL NOSE USING MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOG... by D. A. Lezhnev, D. V. Davydov, M. O. Dutova, V. V. Petrovskaya

“…To identify the anatomical variants of nasal bones and pyriform apertures in view of normal configuration of external nose and different types of aesthetic nasal deformities, to estimate its possible relations.Material and methods. We performed a retrospective analysis of multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) data of 2737 patients with the image processing (multiplanar and 3D-volume rendering). …”
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Numerical investigation of different transverse Rib shapes on thermal convection in a channel filled with nanofluid by Fatima-Zahra Barhdadi, Ikrame Jamal, Kamal Amghar, Salah Daoudi, Réda Yahiaoui, Kamal Ghoumid

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Modelling radiological features fusion and explainable AI in pneumonia detection: A graph- based deep learning and transformer approach by Pratham Kaushik, Eshika Jain, Vinay Kukreja, Shanmugasundaram Hariharan, Murugaperumal Krishnamoorthy, Vandana Ahuja, Abhishek Bhattacherjee, Rajesh Kumar Kaushal, Shih-Yu Chen

“…Noise sensitivity analysis revealed a performance drop beyond a noise level of 0.3. …”
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The impact of cell density variations on nanoparticle uptake across bioprinted A549 gradients by Luigi Di Stolfo, Wang Sik Lee, Dimitri Vanhecke, Sandor Balog, Patricia Taladriz-Blanco, Alke Petri-Fink, Alke Petri-Fink, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser

“…Confocal fluorescence microscopy and 3D image analysis were used to quantify NP uptake, cell surface area, and cell volume. …”
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Adversarial domain adaptation for deforestation detection in remote sensing imagery by José Matheus Fonseca dos Santos, Pedro Juan Soto Vega, Guilherme Lucio Abelha Mota, Gilson Alexandre Ostwald Pedro da Costa

“…In the experimental analysis, we assess the performance of different variants of the proposed method, and compare their outcomes with those delivered by state-of-the-art domain adaptation methods for deforestation detection, over forest areas in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado biomes.…”
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Assessment of Urban Landscape Patterns to Measure the Effects of Urbanization on Landscape Structure (Case Study: Kermanshah City) by Gholam Reza Sabzghabaei, Soolmaz Dashti, Kaveh Jafarzadeh, Mojgan Bazmara Baleshti

“…That human land use, wasteland and without cover, tree cover, agricultural and water according to the understanding of the area. Then the images were classified with maximum likelihood method by software ENVI 4/7 and land use map was prepared. …”
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Accuracy is not enough: a heterogeneous ensemble model versus FGSM attack by Reham A. Elsheikh, M. A. Mohamed, Ahmed Mohamed Abou-Taleb, Mohamed Maher Ata

“…Further, a comprehensive analysis of the drop in performance of every model affected by the FGSM attack is carried out over a range of epsilon values (the perturbation parameter). …”
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Progressive Pruning of Light Dehaze Networks for Static Scenes by Byeongseon Park, Heekwon Lee, Yong-Kab Kim, Sungkwan Youm

“…Our experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of our progressive pruning method. Our progressive pruning algorithm, targeting a specific PSNR(Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio) threshold, achieved optimal results at a certain pruning ratio, significantly reducing the number of channels in the target layer while maintaining PSNR above the threshold and preserving good structural similarity, before automatically stopping when performance dropped below the target. …”
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Enhanced multi-scale detection of olive tree crowns in UAV orthophotos using a deep learning architecture by Youness Hnida, Mohamed Adnane Mahraz, Ali Yahyaouy, Ali Achebour, Jamal Riffi, Hamid Tairi

“…Our methodology includes splitting images into different sizes (1 × 1, 3 × 3, 6 × 6, and 9 × 9) to enhance analysis and improve detection performance at various scales. …”
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Utility of Fundus Autofluorescence and Optical Coherence Tomography in Measuring Retinal Vascular Thickness, Macular Density, and Ophthalmic Manifestations in Women with Gestationa... by Rami Al-Dwairi, Omar Altal, Marwa Fares, Sharaf H. Adi, Shahed A. Said, Asmaa Shurair, Rania Al-Bataineh, Ihsan Aljarrah, Seren Al Beiruti, Ahmed H. Al Sharie, Abdelwahab Aleshawi

“…Furthermore, macular OCT with analysis of the central subfield thickness (CST) and total thickness was carried out. …”
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Analysing Time Series of Land Subsidence in the West of Tehran Province (Shahriar Plain) and its Relation to Groundwater Discharge by InSAR Technique by Ramin Papi, ُSara Attarchi, Masoud Soleimani

“…The findings from time series analysis of InSAR data indicate a continuous subsidence occurrence in the agricultural lands of the region. …”
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Combined MRI-TRUS fusion targeted and systematic biopsy versus systematic biopsy alone for the detection of prostate cancer: protocol for a prospective single-centre trial by Bin Yang, Kun Zhu, Qin Wei, Xudong Yao, Guang Xu, Yanyan He, Wujianhong Liu, Aimaitiaji Kadier, Danjing Shen, Shengrong Dong, Binghui Zhao, Shiyu Mao, Changcheng Guo, Dongyan Han

“…The sample size is established as 660 participants, considering a 10% drop-out rate. The primary outcome is the detection rate of csPCa in men without prior biopsy using MRI-TRUS fusion TB combined with the standard TRUS-guided 12-core SB method. …”
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Development Process and Characteristics Study of Tree Line Discharge in 10 kV Overhead Power Lines by XU Huikai, HUANG Xiaolong, YANG Chunlan, CHEN Tianxiang, YANG Nongchao, CHEN Long

“…It examines the development characteristics of 10 kV overhead line tree line discharge, investigates variations in temperature and water content across different stages of discharge, proposes the development mechanism of the charring channel, and introduces a feature extraction method based on these findings.MethodsBased on the characteristics of a 10 kV three-phase ungrounded distribution network system during single-phase ground faults, an experimental platform for 10 kV overhead line tree discharges was constructed. …”
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Safety of dobutamine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting by Jannick Heins, Janek Salatzki, Anne Köhrer, Andreas Ochs, Lukas D. Weberling, Hauke Hund, Evangelos Giannitsis, Norbert Frey, Dirk Loßnitzer, Florian André, Henning Steen

“…This study aims to evaluate the safety of DCMR in patients with CABG. Methods: We retrospectively studied patients after CABG who subsequently underwent DCMR between November 2008 and July 2018. …”
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