Emerging technologies and applications in multimodality imaging for ischemic heart disease: current state and future of artificial intelligence by Praveen Kumar Chandra Sekar, Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran

“…Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is a major global health issue, frequently resulting in myocardial infarction and ischemic cardiomyopathy. …”
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Semi-Supervised Nuclei Instance Segmentation with Category-Adaptive Sampling and Region-Adaptive Attention by Xunci Li, Die Luo, Zimei Wei, Junan Long, Zhiwei Ye

“…However, in practical medical image processing, annotating dense cell nuclei at the instance level is often costly and time-consuming, making it challenging to acquire large-scale labeled datasets. …”
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Opioid Crisis Detection in Social Media Discourse Using Deep Learning Approach by Muhammad Ahmad, Grigori Sidorov, Maaz Amjad, Iqra Ameer, Ildar Batyrshin

“…This study investigates the efficacy of an automated tool leveraging natural language processing and transformer model, such as RoBERTa, to analyze patterns of substance use. …”
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The dynamics of mobile phone usage among small-scale oil palm processors: Evidence from the Eastern Region, Ghana by Manteaw Seth Awuku, Folitse Benjamin Yao, Swanzy Felix Kweku, Mahama Samuel, Adjeley Tracy Akosua

“…This paper presents a very interesting issue on the question of ICT integration in Ghana’s small-scale agro-processing industry. …”
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LENet: A Lightweight and Efficient High-Resolution Network for Human Pose Estimation by Ming Zhang, Xiandong Yu, Wenqiang Li, Xin Shu, Lei Pan, Zhongwei Shen

“…The DSB fully utilizes computational resources to extract expressive information during the whole processing. Experimental results demonstrate that with the same complexity as of Lite-HRNet, our LENet yields inference speeds of 40.8 FPS and 150.4 FPS on CPU and GPU respectively, obtaining a great improvement of 83% over that of Lite-HRNet. …”
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A Crowd Counting and Localization Network Based on Adaptive Feature Fusion and Multi-Scale Global Attention Up Sampling by Min Wang, Li Huang, Jingke Yan, Jin Huang, Tao Yang

“…Crowd counting is an important research topic in the fields of computer vision and image processing, with monitoring and management of crowded scenes becoming an increasingly prominent issue. …”
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Classification of tomato leaf disease using Transductive Long Short-Term Memory with an attention mechanism by Aarthi Chelladurai, D.P. Manoj Kumar, S. S. Askar, Mohamed Abouhawwash, Mohamed Abouhawwash

“…However, effective harvesting still remains a major issue because tomatoes are easily susceptible to weather conditions and other types of attacks. …”
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Underwater Time Delay Estimation Based on Meta-DnCNN with Frequency-Sliding Generalized Cross-Correlation by Meiqi Ji, Xuerong Cui, Juan Li, Lei Li, Bin Jiang

“…In underwater signal processing, accurate time delay estimation (TDE) is of crucial importance for ensuring the reliability of data transmission. …”
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Hierarchical multi step Gray Wolf optimization algorithm for energy systems optimization by Idriss Dagal, AL-Wesabi Ibrahim, Ambe Harrison, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso, Ahmad O. Hourani, Ievgen Zaitsev

“…While standard GWO suffers from premature convergence, HMS-GWO mitigates this issue by employing a multi-step search process and better solution diversity. …”
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Elucidating the role of nano boron and zinc oxide-coated silane-treated cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) on the mechanical, thermal, and flammability characteristics of high-density p... by Amirmohammad Raeisi, Ismat Ara, Greg Holt, Nicole Stark, Dilpreet S. Bajwa

“…The fire risk of synthetic polymers has emerged as a growing safety issue. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is one of the most used polymers in different applications. …”
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An Adaptive Non-Reference Approach for Characterizing and Assessing Image Quality in Multichannel GPR for Automatic Hyperbola Detection by Klaudia Pasternak, Anna Fryśkowska-Skibniewska, Łukasz Ortyl

“…The automation of the detection infrastructure in GPR imagery is a key issue, particularly in the context of the non-invasive acquisition of radargrams with a multi-antenna ground-penetrating radar. …”
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OW-YOLO: An Improved YOLOv8s Lightweight Detection Method for Obstructed Walnuts by Haoyu Wang, Lijun Yun, Chenggui Yang, Mingjie Wu, Yansong Wang, Zaiqing Chen

“…Walnut detection in mountainous and hilly regions often faces significant challenges due to obstructions, which adversely affect model performance. To address this issue, we collected a dataset comprising 2379 walnut images from these regions, with detailed annotations for both obstructed and non-obstructed walnuts. …”
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Research on a Density-Based Clustering Method for Eliminating Inter-Frame Feature Mismatches in Visual SLAM Under Dynamic Scenes by Zhiyong Yang, Kun Zhao, Shengze Yang, Yuhong Xiong, Changjin Zhang, Lielei Deng, Daode Zhang

“…The reprojection error variance is reduced by 65.2% and 63.0%, while the processing time is reduced by 69.4% and 31.5%, respectively. …”
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Automated Wall Moisture Detection in Heritage Sites Based on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for Infrared Imagery by Yu-Chieh Chu, Ya-Yun Huang, Chen-Yu Ye, Shih-Lun Chen

“…However, its reliance on manual interpretation by experts makes the process both time-consuming and costly. This study addresses the challenge of detecting wall moisture; this issue is closely linked to the deterioration of cultural heritage structures. …”
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Characteristics and Forecasting of Rocky Desertification Dynamics in the Pearl River Source Region from 1990 to 2030 by Haojun Sun, Shaoyun Zhang, Songyang He, Zecheng Liu

“…Rocky desertification is a significant ecological issue in the karst regions of Southwest China, severely affecting both the environment and local livelihoods. …”
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Absorptive capacity in startups: A systematic literature review by Ximena Alejandra Flechas Chaparro, Ricardo Kozesinski, Alceu Salles Camargo Júnior

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Biodegradation and valorisation of plastic based food packets: a microbial solution for sustainability and circular economy by Arindam Ganguly, Riyan Kaibarta, Suman Das, Raina Kundu, Subhajit Paramanik, Shibani Mohapatra, Samir Kumar Mukherjee, Debasis Mitra, Sourav Chattaraj

“…This study highlights the potential of microbial degradation as a sustainable solution for plastic waste management, with valorization processes transforming plastic waste into valuable resources.…”
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FLY ASH WASTE FOR OBTAINING BUILDING MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED DURABILITY by MARIA HARJA, MIHAELA CAFTANACHI, MIHAELA FANACHE VASILIU, GABRIELA CIOBANU

“…The partial hydrolysis of its, during alkali activation process, gel formation, and polycondensation produce the compulsory properties. …”
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A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Model for Rapid Rescheduling in Ship and Offshore Unit Design Projects by Kyeongho Kim, Minjoo Choi, Haram Seo, Jaekyeong Lee, Jihong Kim, Shinhyo Kim

“…To address this gap, this paper presents an optimization model that automates the rescheduling process for shipbuilding and offshore unit design projects. …”
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Optimization of Soft X-Ray Fresnel Zone Plate Fabrication Through Joint Electron Beam Lithography and Cryo-Etching Techniques by Maha Labani, Vito Clericò, Enrique Diez, Giancarlo Gatti, Mario Amado, Ana Pérez-Rodríguez

“…This minimized issues of under- and over-etching, producing well-defined patterns with a nanometer-scale resolution and low roughness. …”
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