Segmentation and Fractional Coverage Estimation of Soil, Illuminated Vegetation, and Shaded Vegetation in Corn Canopy Images Using CCSNet and UAV Remote Sensing by Shanxin Zhang, Jibo Yue, Xiaoyan Wang, Haikuan Feng, Yang Liu, Meiyan Shu

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Unraveling the complexities of plant cell wall biosynthesis for enhanced biofuel production: a molecular genetics perspective by Jyoti Prakash Sahoo, Bhagyashree Priyadarshini, Jayanta Kumar Nayak, Subhashree Subhadarshini, Akshaya Kumar Nayak, Samikshya Malik

“…Techniques such as transgenic approach, quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping and association mapping are also employed to identify and manipulate genes associated with cell wall polymer synthesis, offering potential for marker-assisted breeding. …”
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Apple Pomace Integrated Biorefinery for Biofuels Production: A Techno-Economic and Environmental Sustainability Analysis by Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Sofía Estévez, Diógenes Hernández, Gumersindo Feijoo, María Teresa Moreira, Sara González-García

“…The combination of techno-economic process modelling and life cycle assessment is an integrated methodology that addresses quantitative operational data, and evaluates the emissions associated with any process under development. …”
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The Impact of Digitization on Legal Systems in Developing Countries by Ikhtiyor Djuraev, Azim Baratov, Shokhjakhon Khujayev, Iroda Yakubova, Mokhichekhra Rakhmonova, Bobur Mukumov, Nodirakhon Abdurakhmanova

“…A mixed-method approach, combining qualitative interviews and quantitative analysis of legal reforms, reveals that digitization significantly reduces case backlogs, improves transparency, and accelerates judicial processes. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of element and metabolite content between the seeds of Apocynum venetum and Apocynum pictum provides new sights for the salt tolerance in Apocynum by Li Jiang, Yu Zhao, Zijun Jiang, Yukun Wu, Bin Wen, Siyu Zhang, Junyi Zhan, Nana Su

“…Since seed metabolic processes play a pivotal role in determining germination efficiency and subsequent plant development, seed biochemistry has become an essential parameter for evaluating seed viability and stress resilience. …”
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Predicting the Likelihood of Operational Risk Occurrence in the Banking Industry Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Hamed Naderi, Mohammad Ali Rastegar Sorkhe, Bakhtiar Ostadi, Mehrdad Kargari

“…The AMA employs both quantitative and qualitative methods for operational risk modeling, leveraging databases to collect statistical data and utilizing the loss distribution approach (LDA) to model frequency and severity distributions. …”
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Bifacial single glass encapsulation of solar module – An effective solution to enhance reliability via breathability by Yihua Yu, Zhan Wang, Hailong Sun, Deng Tang, Jingshuai Song, Jianwei Lin

“…Breathability ensures PV module higher reliability as well as high efficiency by removal of water and acetic acid and eventually results in more annual power generation. …”
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Improving the procedure for group expert assessment in the analysis of professional risks in fuel and energy companies by Ekaterina I. Karchina, Mariya V. Ivanova, Аlla T. Volokhina, Elena V. Glebova, Aleksei E. Vikhrov

“…This approach allows a significant increase in objectivity and efficiency of the professional risk management system and provision of the PPE to employees in the concept of a risk-oriented approach helping to prevent industrial injuries and improve the level of occupational safety culture in fuel and energy companies taking into account global practice.…”
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Analysis of logistics measures of CEP service providers for the last-mile delivery in small- and medium-sized cities: A case study for the Aachen city region by Abdulrahmon Ghazal, Santhanakrishnan Narayanan, Ibraheem Oluwatosin Adeniran, Carina Kehrt, Constantinos Antoniou

“…Hence, CEP service providers should replace diesel trucks with a mix of sustainable logistics measures for last-mile delivery in small- and medium-sized cities to achieve better operational efficiency and lesser environmental impacts.…”
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A SEM–ANN analysis to examine impact of artificial intelligence technologies on sustainable performance of SMEs by Raheem Bux Soomro, Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi, Nisar Ahmed Dahri, Latifah Almuqren, Abeer S. Al-mogren, Ayad Aldaijy

“…Employing a hybrid quantitative approach, this research combines Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to examine the influence of various organizational, technological, and external factors on AI adoption. …”
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Rapid Automated Mapping of Clouds on Titan With Instance Segmentation by Zachary Yahn, Douglas M. Trent, Ethan Duncan, Benoît Seignovert, John Santerre, Conor A. Nixon

“…We demonstrate that an automated technique can provide quantitative measures for clouds, such as areas and centroids, that may otherwise be prohibitively time‐intensive to produce by human mapping. …”
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Estimation of the Extent of Cervical Cancer Using Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Е. V. Tarachkova, E. V. Nikolaev, М. A. Shorikov, V. О. Panov, I. Е. Tyurin

“…Objective. To increase the efficiency of diagnosis and estimation of the local extent of a tumor process in cervical cancer (CC) using all modalities of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI).Subjects and methods. …”
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Unraveling the genetic basis of resistance traits for fungal diseases in sorghum by Vinoth Kumar Govintharaj, M. Arumugam Pillai, V. Sumithra, Andrew Peter Leon, Ephrem Habyarimana, Jeshima Khan Yasin

“…The identification of fungal resistance genes forms the bedrock of breeding programs aimed at developing robust and sustainable crop varieties. Through quantitative trait loci mapping studies, numerous genomic regions linked to fungal disease resistance have been reported, providing crucial insights for targeted breeding strategies. …”
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THE STUDY OF THE TYPES OF INHERITANCE OF PLANT HEIGHT OF WINTER SOFT WHEAT HYBRIDS F2 by О. A. Nekrasova, P. I. Kostylev, O. V. Skripka, E. I. Nekrasov

“…The genetic analysis of the quantitative trait of a stem height was carried out with the help of the computer programs Gen-3 and Plygen A. …”
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Relationship between macroeconomic variables and primary public offerings in Peru by Celeste Lucero Barzola-Castro, Franklin Cordova-Buiza, Arthur Giuseppe Serrato-Cherres

“…Macroeconomic conditions have a significant influence on the effectiveness of these offers since they affect the government’s ability to issue sovereign bonds and manage its debt efficiently. Therefore, the present study seeks to determine the relationship between macroeconomic variables and PPOs in the capital market in Peru during the period 2019–2023, employing a quantitative methodology, non-experimental design, basic type, which uses SPSS software for Pearson correlation analysis. …”
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THE IMPACT OF QUALITY IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY IN ROMANIA. A COMPARATIVE STUDY by Sorin Romulus BERINDE, Paula Ramona RĂCHIȘAN, Adrian GROȘANU, Alina Beattrice VLADU, Dan Dacian CUZDRIOREAN

“…The study aims to differentiate between the results of these environments. This quantitative research has been carried out based on data processed by regression analysis extracted from three different sources and covers the time interval 2005-2022. …”
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Kinematic Analysis of Dynamic Coactivation During Arm Swing at the Shoulder and Elbow Joints by Jae Ho Kim, Jaejin Hwang, Myung-Chul Jung, Seung-Min Mo

“…The dependent variables consisted of quantitative kinematic parameters, including joint range of motion (ROM, in degrees), peak and minimum joint angular velocity (deg/s), and peak and minimum joint angular acceleration (deg/s²). …”
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Experimental Investigation on IceBreaking Resistance and Ice Load Distribution for Comparison of Icebreaker Bows by Xuhao Gang, Yukui Tian, Chaoge Yu, Ying Kou, Weihang Zhao

“…The analysis reveals that bow geometry profoundly influences icebreaking efficiency: the stem angle governs the proportion of bending failure during vertical ice penetration, while the flare angle modulates circumferential failure modes along the hull-ice interface. …”
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SCRED-Distillation: Improving Low-Dose CT Image Quality via Feature Fusion and Mutual Learning by Yanqing Wang, Xinru Zhan, Wanquan Liu, Yingying Li, Kexin Guo, Huafeng Wang

“…This approach synergistically integrates the global contextual awareness of Transformer architectures with the efficiency and regularization benefits of Knowledge Distillation. …”
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Average direct cost of peripherally inserted central catheterization by nurses in hospitalized patients: a cost estimate by Maithê Gomes Lima Zandonadi, Danielly Negrão Guassú Nogueira, Amanda Salles Margatho do Nascimento, Paula Buck de Oliveira Ruiz, Natália Marciano de Araújo Ferreira, Suellen Karina de Oliveira Giroti, Flávia Meneguetti Pieri

“…Methods: A cost estimation study using a quantitative approach was conducted in a public teaching hospital in northern Paraná to calculate the direct costs of peripherally inserted central catheterization. …”
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