Responses of Poultry to Heat Stress and Mitigation Strategies During Summer in Tropical Countries: A Review by RAHUL AVI

“…Management practices such as housing design, including orientation, insulation and ventilation, controlled lighting and thermal manipulation are critical to maintaining poultry in their thermoneutral zone. …”
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THE COMPLEX OF EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES, RELEVANT MANIFESTATIONS OF INSPIRATION by Pavel A. Starikov, Eugenia P. Porkhacheva, Svetlana N. Lykova

“…Maslow («feeling of love for all existing, all life»; «a deep sense of self importance, the inner feeling of approval of self»; «feeling of unity with the whole world»; «acute perception of the beauty of the world of nature, “beautiful instant”»; «feeling of lightness, flowing») are included in this complex in accordance with the study results. …”
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Screw material extrusion of super soft thermoplastic elastomer for additive manufacturing of inflatables by Albert Curmi, Arif Rochman

“…These results enable the development of an innovative elastic inflatable actuator (EIA) to successfully pick and place fragile objects using soft, lightly pressurised inflatables. In conclusion, a production method for prototyping and general fabrication of large expansion AM inflatables has been established.…”
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Research on Power Efficiency of DC Microgrids Considering Fire Protection Systems by Ju-Ho Park, Sang-Yong Park

“…This research analyzed the changes when fire protection systems such as receivers, transmitters, fire alarms, emergency lighting, and evacuation guidance, which have traditionally used AC power, were converted to DC circuits. …”
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Optimizing classroom environments for visually impaired school children a scoping review protocol. by Nur Aresya Ahmad Najmee, Zainora Mohammed, Mohd Harimi Abd Rahman, Norliza Mohamad Fadzil, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin

“…2) What recommendations or specific guidelines exist regarding the physical measurement, layout, lighting, contrast, and appropriate position for visually impaired school children? …”
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Road Surface State Recognition Based on SVM Optimization and Image Segmentation Processing by Jiandong Zhao, Hongqiang Wu, Liangliang Chen

“…However, hybrid road surface and road surface under different lighting environments are two crucial problems. In this paper, the road surface states are categorized into 5 types including dry, wet, snow, ice, and water. …”
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Small face detection based on improved YOLOv5s by ZHOU Lifang, HU Zhen, LIU Bo

“…At present, in the complex real-world application scenairos, the task of small face detection encounters numerous challenges, which include small face scale, abrupt lighting changes and low accuracy. In order to address the concerns of overlooking small face detection within existing models, this study introduced a novel small face detection model termed SK-YOLOv5s which was based on convolutional kernel attention mechanism. …”
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Gear Defect Modeling of a Multiple-Stage Gear Train by Andrew Sommer, Jim Meagher, Xi Wu

“…Torsional vibration is shown to cause teeth separation and double-sided impacts in unloaded and lightly loaded gearing drives. Vibration and impact force distinctions between backlash and combinations of transmission errors are demonstrated under different initial velocities and load conditions. …”
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Kinetics of Texture and Colour Changes in Chicken Sausage during Superheated Steam Cooking by Abdulhameed Asmaa A., Yang Tajul A., Abdulkarim A. A.

“…The texture profile was evaluated in terms of hardness, cohesiveness, gumminess, and chewiness, while the colour parameters were estimated in terms of lightness (L*), redness (a*), yellowness (b*), and total colour difference (∆E). …”
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In-pixel foreground and contrast enhancement circuits with customizable mapping by Md Rahatul Islam Udoy, Md Mazharul Islam, Elijah Johnson, Ahmedullah Aziz

“…The contrast enhancement function is customizable both during the design phase and in real-time, allowing the circuit to adapt to specific applications and varying lighting conditions. A model of the designed pixel circuit is developed and applied to a full pixel array, demonstrating significant improvements in image quality. …”
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A Lightweight Model for Shine Muscat Grape Detection in Complex Environments Based on the YOLOv8 Architecture by Changlei Tian, Zhanchong Liu, Haosen Chen, Fanglong Dong, Xiaoxiang Liu, Cong Lin

“…Automated harvesting of “Sunshine Rose” grapes requires accurate detection and classification of grape clusters under challenging orchard conditions, such as occlusion and variable lighting, while ensuring that the model can be deployed on resource- and computation-constrained edge devices. …”
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Vision-Based Satellite Recognition and Pose Estimation Using Gaussian Process Regression by Haopeng Zhang, Cong Zhang, Zhiguo Jiang, Yuan Yao, Gang Meng

“…Extensive experiments are performed on two simulated image datasets containing satellite images of 1D and 2D pose variations, as well as different noises and lighting conditions. Experimental results validate the effectiveness and robustness of our approach.…”
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Constitutive Investigation on Viscoelasticity of PolyVinyl Butyral: Experiments Based on Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Method by Bohan Liu, Jun Xu, Yibing Li

“…Results may offer useful fundamental experimental data and important constitutive characteristics of PVB and shed lights on further studies on viscoelasticity behavior of PVB and energy mitigation ability of laminated glass.…”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of the impact of green finance on carbon dioxide emissions based on panel data of cities in China by Qiuyi Xu, Li Yao, Kaifang Shi, Wei Zhou, Xuguang Tang

“…To investigate its tangible effects on China since the implementation of green finance, we utilized the nighttime lighting (NTL) data to evaluate urban CO2 emission of Chinese cities from 2010 to 2020. …”
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Pathogenicity and Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of a Pseudorabies Virus Strain FJ-2012 Isolated from Fujian, Southern China by Xue-min Wu, Qiu-yong Chen, Ru-jing Chen, Yong-liang Che, Long-bai Wang, Chen-yan Wang, Shan Yan, Yu-tao Liu, Jin-sheng Xiu, Lun-jiang Zhou

“…In summary, this study shed lights on the molecular basis of the prevalence and pathology of the pseudorabies virus strain FJ-2012. …”
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Prediction of end-point phosphorus content of molten steel in BOF with machine learning models by Kang Y., Ren M.-M., Zhao J.-X., Yang L.-B., Zhang Z.-K., Wang Z., Cao G.

“…The factors influencing the end-point phosphorus (P) content in BOF were ranked in order of importance as: Tapping temperature > Turning down times > Steel scrap quantity> Operation habits of different working groups > Amount of oxygen injection> Sulfur and phosphorus content of molten iron > Addition amount of lime, limestone, and lightly burnt dolomite in the slag > Slag-splashing amount.…”
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Quantitative assessment of thermal effects on the auricle region caused by mobile phones operating in different modes by Tomasz Rok, Artur Kacprzyk, Eugeniusz Rokita, Dorota Kantor, Grzegorz Tatoń

“…Thermograms were taken before and after a standardized 15-minute phone call when the mobile phone was placed lightly against the skin surface in the auricle region. …”
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LCMorph: Exploiting Frequency Cues and Morphological Perception for Low-Contrast Road Extraction in Remote Sensing Images by Xin Li, Shumin Yang, Fan Meng, Wenlong Li, Zongchi Yang, Ruoyu Wei

“…Road extraction in remote sensing images is crucial for urban planning, traffic navigation, and mapping. However, certain lighting conditions and compositional materials often cause roads to exhibit colors and textures similar to the background, leading to incomplete extraction. …”
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The Impact of Research & Development Capabilities & Innovation Capabilities on the Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Marketing by Firas Karim Ali, Amer Abdul Latif Kadhum

“…The targeted research sample is represented in the Energy-Saving Lighting Plant (LED) in Al – Taji area. The descriptive analytic method was used by using the questionnaire instrument to collect the data from the research population numbered (173) employees .A random sample numbered (138) employees was chosen. …”
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