LCDDN-YOLO: Lightweight Cotton Disease Detection in Natural Environment, Based on Improved YOLOv8 by Haoran Feng, Xiqu Chen, Zhaoyan Duan

“…The LCDDN-YOLO algorithm is based on YOLOv8n, and replaces part of the convolutional layers in the backbone network with Distributed Shift Convolution (DSConv). …”
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Royalties in Mature Upstream Oil and Gas Developments: Progression, Reduction or Abolition by Eduardo G. Pereira

“… Since 2000, over one hundred (100) countries either replaced their existing oil and gas royalty regime or made major amendments to it. …”
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FD-YOLO11: A Feature-Enhanced Deep Learning Model for Steel Surface Defect Detection by Zichen Dang, Xingshuo Wang

“…Furthermore, the DySample mechanism replaces the traditional upsampling method, effectively refining the feature fusion process and minimizing the semantic information loss. …”
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Investigating muscle protein synthesis using deuterium oxide: The impact of dietary protein interventions across the lifespan by Matthew S. Brook

“…Nevertheless, discrepancies remain regarding optimal protein requirements and the long‐term efficacy of supplementing with enriched suboptimal protein doses. …”
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Measuring the Effectiveness of the ‘Batch Operations’ Energy Design Pattern to Mitigate the Carbon Footprint of Communication Peripherals on Mobile Devices by Roberto Vergallo, Alberto Cagnazzo, Emanuele Mele, Simone Casciaro

“…However, the proliferation of these devices, along with their frequent replacements and the energy required to power them, contributes to a significant environmental footprint. …”
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Personalized cardiometabolic care powered by artificial intelligence by Mansur Shomali, Abhimanyu Kumbara, Janice MacLeod, Anand Iyer

“…We will also discuss principles that govern the responsible adoption of AI capabilities in healthcare to complement, not replace, the clinician.…”
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Cost-effective PV panel cleaning system controlled by raspberry PI using image processing by Uçkan Gökhan, Oğuzay Engin

“…Therefore, panels should optimally orient themselves to track the sun’s radiation as vertically as possible. …”
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An Efficient Aerial Image Detection with Variable Receptive Fields by Wenbin Liu, Liangren Shi, Guocheng An

“…Based on the RT-DETR architecture, our approach introduces three key innovations: the multi-scale receptive field adaptive fusion (MSRF²) module replaces the Transformer encoder with parallel dilated convolutions and spatial-channel attention to adjust receptive fields for confusing objects dynamically; the gated multi-scale context (GMSC) block reconstructs the backbone using Gated Multi-Scale Context units with attention-gated convolution (AGConv), reducing parameters while enhancing multi-scale feature extraction; and the context-guided fusion (CGF) module optimizes feature fusion via context-guided weighting to resolve multi-scale semantic conflicts. …”
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RRBM-YOLO: Research on Efficient and Lightweight Convolutional Neural Networks for Underground Coal Gangue Identification by Yutong Wang, Ziming Kou, Cong Han, Yuchen Qin

“…This indicates that RRBM-YOLO can attain an optimal equilibrium between detection precision and inference velocity, with excellent accuracy, robustness, and industrial application potential.…”
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YOLO-APDM: Improved YOLOv8 for Road Target Detection in Infrared Images by Song Ling, Xianggong Hong, Yongchao Liu

“…Replacing YOLOv8’s C2f module with C2f-DCNv3 increases the network’s ability to focus on the target region while lowering the amount of model parameters. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Psychology of Color in the Contemporary Poetry of Iranian and Afghanistanian Women Based on Max Luscher's Theory; A Case Study of the Poems of Forough Fa... by Shafiullah Salik, Mahsa Rone

“…The examination of the poetry notebooks of these two poets reveals that the use of calm and optimistic colors progressively replaces the use of dark colors. This demonstrates their aspiration and optimism for a more fulfilling existence, as well as their interest in implementing appropriate modifications to the image that evokes their emotions.…”
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Energy Efficiency and Feasibility Analysis of Solar Power Generation Using Hybrid System of an Educational Institution in Malaysia by Muhammad Firdaus Mohd Zublie, M. Hasanuzzaman, N. A. Rahim

“…Sustainable energy supply can be obtained through alternative energy sources, and efficient energy use is a high priority to optimize the environmental impact. This paper investigates the potential for energy savings involving five end-load equipment in academic institutions. …”
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LMD_YOLO: A Lightweight and Efficient Model for Pavement Defects Detection by Shuai He, Ye Yuan, Bingyang Yin

“…The model incorporates several innovations: the Diverse Branch Block enhances the detection head, improving accuracy; the mg_conv module replaces conventional convolution layers in the neck network, optimizing feature fusion without increasing computational cost; and improvements to the backbone network further enhance efficiency. …”
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Renewables in Countries of North Africa: Problems and Prospects of Use by SHKVARYA Lyudmila Vasilievna

“…In this regard, unconditional adherence to the EU’s energy policy and climate agenda cannot be considered an optimal scenario for the countries of the region. …”
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G-RCenterNet: Reinforced CenterNet for Robotic Arm Grasp Detection by Jimeng Bai, Guohua Cao

“…Second, an efficient attention module search strategy is proposed to replace traditional fully connected layer structures, which not only increases detection accuracy but also reduces computational overhead. …”
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Fourteen anti-tick vaccine targets are variably conserved in cattle fever ticks by Joseph D. Busch, Nathan E. Stone, Grant L. Pemberton, Mackenzie L. Roberts, Rebekah E. Turner, Natalie B. Thornton, Jason W. Sahl, Darrin Lemmer, Greta Buckmeier, Sara K. Davis, Roberto I. Guerrero-Solorio, Shahid Karim, Guilherme Klafke, Donald B. Thomas, Pia U. Olafson, Massaro Ueti, Juan Mosqueda, Glen A. Scoles, David M. Wagner

“…The Bm86 sequence used in the original Australian TickGARD vaccine carried many amino acid replacements compared with the R. microplus populations examined here, supporting the hypothesis that this vaccine target is not optimal for use in the Americas. …”
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Numerical analysis of the optoelectronic properties of selected Sn-based perovskites solar cells using SCAPS simulation by Olumide Olakunle Moyofola, Moses Eterigho Emetere

“…Consequently, the necessity to replace the toxic Pb in the perovskite solar cell business is driving an increase in research interest in Pb-free perovskite solar cells. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN MODERN CONDITIONS by I.V. Boyko, O.P. Bukhanchenko, V.M. Havryliev, V.V. Bondarenko

“… The replacing of world civilization and Ukrainian society in particular played a significant role in the evolution of medical education in Ukraine. …”
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A sustainable fertilization strategy to boost maize yield and photosynthetic resilience in saline soils by Hui Zhou, Hui Zhou, Jiawei Guo, Yongqiang Wang, Jian Wang, Jian Wang, Hu Liu, Hu Liu

“…Six nitrogen treatments were applied: no nitrogen (CK), inorganic nitrogen only (U1), and organic nitrogen replacing 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of inorganic nitrogen (U3O1, U1O1, U1O3, and O1). …”
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Forecasting Weather using Deep Learning from the Meteorological Stations Data : A Study of Different Meteorological Stations in Kaski District, Nepal by Supath Dhital, Kapil Lamsal, Sulav Shrestha, Umesh Bhurtyal

“…Averaging and linear interpolation techniques were used to fill out the missing values and outliers were detected using Box Plot and replaced with threshold value for each parameter. Stochastic Gradient Descent and Adam optimizer are used to optimize the LSTM model. …”
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