“ShapeNet”: A Shape Regression Convolutional Neural Network Ensemble Applied to the Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiography by Eduardo Galicia Gómez, Fabián Torres-Robles, Jorge Perez-Gonzalez, Fernando Arámbula Cosío

“…ShapeNet predicts optimal pose (rotation, translation, and scale) and shape parameters, which are refined using the improved ASM. …”
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Petroleum Hydrocarbons Contamination Profile of Ochani Stream in Ejamah Ebubu, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria by Akuro Adoki

“…Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination profile, heavy metals and some physicochemical parameters were investigated in Ochani Stream site in Ejamah Ebubu, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. …”
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Improving the Accuracy of Forest Structure Analysis by Consumer-Grade UAV Photogrammetry Through an Innovative Approach to Mitigate Lens Distortion Effects by Arvin Fakhri, Hooman Latifi, Kyumars Mohammadi Samani, Fabian Ewald Fassnacht

“…The generation of aerial and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based 3D point clouds in forests and their subsequent structural analysis, including tree delineation and modeling, pose multiple technical challenges that are partly raised by the calibration of non-metric cameras mounted on UAVs. …”
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Inversion model of stress state reconstruction for geological hazard pipelines based on digital twin by Xue Luning, Tian Mingliang, Zhao Juncheng

“…Abstract Due to the frequent occurrence of geological disasters worldwide, which pose a serious threat to infrastructure such as pipelines, accurately assessing the stress state of pipelines has become an urgent issue to be addressed. …”
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Research progress on thermochemical conversion technology of sewage sludge by ZOU Zhengkang, GUO Xiao, LIANG Sha*, XU Xiaoxiao, DUAN Huabo, YANG Jiakuan

“…In addition to organic components and nutrients, municipal sludge may also contain pollutants such as pathogenic bacteria and heavy metals, which pose potential environmental risks. With the annual growth of sludge production, treating and disposing of sludge has become a prominent problem in realizing the construction of a " waste free city" . …”
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Correlation of heavy metals in milk and drinking water by Davidov Ivana, Božić Aleksandar, Radinović Miodrag, Vranešević Milica, Davidov Nikola, Jurakić Željka

“…The aim was to determine the extent of transfer of these heavy metals from water into milk, which could pose a risk to both animal health and food safety. …”
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A Novel Long Short-Term Memory Seq2Seq Model with Chaos-Based Optimization and Attention Mechanism for Enhanced Dam Deformation Prediction by Lei Wang, Jiajun Wang, Dawei Tong, Xiaoling Wang

“…However, the nonlinear relationships between deformation and time-varying environmental factors pose significant challenges, often limiting the accuracy of conventional and deep learning models. …”
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Possible approaches to assessing terrain mobility after the effects of artillery munition by Martin Sedláček, Filip Dohnal, Jan Ivan, Michal Šustr

“…The objective of this study is to determine the dimensions of shell craters resulting from artillery fires on terrains with diverse soil compositions atop varying geological bedrocks. These craters may pose obstacles to military vehicles, thereby limiting their mobility. …”
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Exploring the Impact of Anthropometric Measurements on Kidney Cancer Progression in Iraqi Patients: A Comprehensive Analysis by Rana Kareem Mohammed, Salah Mohammed Fezea

“…If certain trace elements are present in excess, they can have harmful effects and pose major health hazards. Objective: The aims to examine the connection between serum zinc, copper levels, and the Cu/Zn ratio, and several anthropometric parameters, including an index of body mass and the waist-hip ratio. …”
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Multistable Soft Robots Assembled from Bistable Auxetic Building Blocks by Bojian Zhang, Zhiqiang Meng, Xudong Yang, Yiran Zhang, Tianyu Chen, Yu Chen, Yifan Wang

“…However, their inherent limitations of material or structural softness pose a persistent challenge in terms of shape retention and load capacity for various applications. …”
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Structural degradation assessment of a preheater tower in a cement plant in Peru by Paula Barboza, Enzo Martinelli, Guillermo Etse

“…PTs are defined by their considerable total and inter-platform heights, substantial live loads on all platforms and prolonged exposure to high temperatures from the clinker preheating process. These factors pose significant structural challenges in ensuring long-term safety. …”
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Tracing Pharmaceuticals in Water Systems: Focus on Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Treatments by Paula Paíga, Cristina Delerue-Matos

“…Pharmaceutical residues in aquatic ecosystems pose significant environmental and public health challenges. …”
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Application of Object Based Image Classification Using Orthophotos: A Case Study of the Van-Erciş Earthquake by Aslı Sabuncu, Filiz Sunar

“…Earthquake-induced building damage detection is a very important step after earthquakes since such buildings pose a risk for cities. The recent advances in digital photogrammetry/remote sensing technology and satellite sensor/camera systems have inspired to emerge new and different research areas and applications. …”
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The Importance of Anthropogenic Influence in Assessing the Ecological Condition of Cities in Uzbekistan (in the Case of Navoi) by Normurod Faxriddin o’g’li Latipov, Nilufar Karshiboevna Komilova

“…In this article, the main parameters of the study are covered with accurate calculations. …”
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The effect of silver nitrate on the alkaline phosphatase activity, TNF and IL-10 gene expression; Experimental and computational studies by Nader jadid, Ali Asghar Moshtaghie, Hashem Nayeri, Masoud Foladgar, Maryam Ostadsharif

“…Molecular docking analysis further revealed that the optimal binding pose for ALP, based on the docking score, was −5.28 kcal/mol, with a re-ranking score of −7.43 kcal/mol. …”
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Study of urban infrastructure elements for personal mobility devices safe movement by V. V. Donchenko, V. A. Kupavtsev

“…In order to determine the possibility of a overturning taking these elements into account, the analysis of the urban infrastructure was determined, the main elements that pose a risk to PMD traffic were identified, their geometric parameters were established and a mathematical calculation of the traffic conditions was carried out in the study. …”
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A Review on the Security of IoT Networks: From Network Layer’s Perspective by Asma Jahangeer, Sibghat Ullah Bazai, Saad Aslam, Shah Marjan, Muhammad Anas, Sayed Habibullah Hashemi

“…RPL protocol faces many attacks such as selective forwarding attacks, blackhole attacks, sybil attacks, wormhole attacks, and sinkhole attacks. All these attacks pose great threats to IoT networks and can substantially affect the performance of the network. …”
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Disagreement in Detected Heatwave Trends Resulting From Diagnostic Methods by Boyuan Zhang, Yongli He, Zhanbo Wang, Bo Huang, Yongkun Xie, Xiaodan Guan, Jianping Huang

“…Abstract Heatwaves pose increased risk to ecosystem and society. Advanced event‐based detection methods offer novel insights into the spatiotemporal dynamics of heatwaves. …”
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Effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation in improving sleep quality in insomnia: a systematic review by Mohammad Khosravi, Reza Khosravi

“…Traditional treatments, such as pharmacotherapy, often have limited efficiency and pose risks of dependency and adverse effects. Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS), including rTMS, tDCS, and tACS, shows promise in improving sleep quality. …”
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A Procedure for Developing a Flight Mechanics Model of a Three-Surface Drone Using Semi-Empirical Methods by Stefano Cacciola, Laura Testa, Matteo Saponi

“…Aircraft and fixed-wing drones, designed to perform vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), often incorporate unconventional configurations that offer unique capabilities but simultaneously pose significant challenges in flight mechanics modeling, whose reliability strongly depends on the correct tuning of the inertial and aerodynamic parameters. …”
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