Statistical Distribution of Urban Area Reveals a Converging Trend of Global Urban Land Expansion by Shengjie Hu, Zhenlei Yang, Sergio Andres Galindo Torres, Zipeng Wang, Haoying Han, Yoshihide Wada, Thomas Cherico Wanger, Ling Li

“…We analyzed the global urban extent data based on nighttime lights to examine the statistical distribution of urban land area at the global scale, and in 13 regions and countries over 29 years. …”
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Physicochemical Properties of Flaxseed Fortified Extruded Bean Snack by Naveen Vadukapuram, Clifford Hall, Mehmet Tulbek, Mary Niehaus

“…Extrudates with more flaxseed had decreased lightness values and expansion ratios. However, only the 15 and 20% flaxseed containing extrudates had expansion ratios that were significantly (P≤0.05) different from the control. …”
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Prevalence of congenital color vision deficiency (CCVD) among drivers in United Arab Emirates (UAE) by Osamudiamen McHillary Ogiemudia, Grace Ogbonna, Godwin Ovenseri-Ogbomo, Asantewaa Aboagye-MacCarthy, Tuwani Rasengane, Oforbuike Onyebuchi Ike, Magakwe Tshubelela Sello Simon, John Kwesi Assan, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu, Sandra C. Melvin

“…Conclusion: Although the prevalence of CVD was low, to ensure inclusivity and the safety of all road users in the UAE, it is recommended that traffic lights and road signs that mainly use connotative color coding be adapted to include denotative clues which can be interpreted by drivers with CVD. …”
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Graphene metamaterial solar absorber using Al-TiN-Fe for efficient solar thermal energy conversion and optimization using machine learning by Khaled Aliqab, Bo Bo Han, Om Prakash Kumar, Meshari Alsharari, Ammar Armghan, Shobhit K. Patel

“…The current solar absorber in the new design can be generated for the multi-solar purposes of water heating, lighting, ventilation, charging for electronic devices, and electric vehicle transportation.…”
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Introducing a Rapid and Practical Approach for Determining Fat Content in Cow Milk Using Image Processing by Lena Beheshti Moghadam, Seyed Saeid Mohtasebi, Behzad Nouri, Mahmoud Omid, Seyed Morteza Mohtasebi

“…Cow milk samples spanning a fat content range of 0.2% to 3.5% were analyzed under various lighting conditions, employing a fusion of image processing methods with artificial neural networks (ANNs) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithms. …”
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Independent Modal Variable Structure Fuzzy Active Vibration Control of Cylindrical Thin Shells Laminated with Photostrictive Actuators by R.B. He, S.J. Zheng, H.T. Wang

“…Photostrictive actuator, which can produce photodeformation strains under the activation of ultraviolet lights, is a new promising non-contact photoactuation technique for active vibration control of flexible structures. …”
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Automated Dead Chicken Detection in Poultry Farms Using Knowledge Distillation and Vision Transformers by Ridip Khanal, Wenqin Wu, Joonwhoan Lee

“…This method addresses key challenges such as the lack of explicit annotations for dead chickens, along with common farm issues like lighting variations, occlusions, cluttered backgrounds, chicken growth, and camera distortions. …”
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Economical sustainability of integrated photo voltaic and hydroponic systems for rural areas by Conny K Wachjoe, Hermagasantos Zein, Annisa Syafitri Kurniasetiawati, Teguh Sasono, Yanti Suprianti, Fitria Yulistiani

“…Photo voltaic technology has been used for a long time for lighting in remote areas. Integrating the photo voltaic system with hydroponics is a synergistic effort to use energy productively. …”
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LiDAR Forest Inventory with Single-Tree, Double-, and Single-Phase Procedures by Robert C. Parker, David L. Evans

“…Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data at 0.5–2 m postings were used with double-sample, stratified procedures involving single-tree relationships in mixed, and single species stands to yield sampling errors ranging from ±2.1% to ±11.5%. …”
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UPL-SLAM: Unconstrained RGB-D SLAM With Accurate Point-Line Features for Visual Perception by Xianshuai Sun, Yuming Zhao, Yabiao Wang, Zhigang Li, Zhen He, Xiaohui Wang

“…However, the quantity and quality of these feature points are contingent upon the environmental texture, lighting conditions, and motion speed. Although existing algorithms enhance adaptability by extracting point-line features simultaneously, the presence of trivial short lines resulting from environmental noise and object occlusion can adversely affect system robustness. …”
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The Effect of Beneng Taro (Xanthosoma undipes K.Koch) Flour Substitution on Physical and Sensory Characteristics of Muffins by Winda Nurtiana, Rina Rismaya, Eko Yuliastuti Endah Sulistyawati, Athiefah Fauziyyah, Dini Nur Hakiki, Mohamad Rajih Radiansyah, Alfi Rahmawan

“…The result of this research are the increase of beneng taro flour substitution in muffins decrease the expansion ratio, water content, lightness (L*) of the crust and crumb, a* chromaticity of the crust, b* chromaticity of the crust and crumb, hue (^oh) of the crust and crumb, and sensory acceptance. …”
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Electrically chargeable inorganic persistent luminescence in an alternating current driven electroluminescent device by Cunjian Lin, Rujun Yang, Zishuang Wu, Yajing Wang, Chenhan Zhan, Hirohisa Miyata, Xiankan Zeng, Yuantian Zheng, Shihai You, Ying Lv, Yixi Zhuang, Rong-Jun Xie, Jumpei Ueda

“…Despite the promise of electric power-driven PersL for lighting and display device applications due to its convenience and manageability, studies on electrically driven inorganic PersL are lacking. …”
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FGF2 Attenuates Neural Cell Death via Suppressing Autophagy after Rat Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Chonghui Tang, Yudong Shan, Yilan Hu, Zhanjian Fang, Yun Tong, Mengdan Chen, Xiaojie Wei, Xiaojun Fu, Xinlong Xu

“…This study extended our understanding of FGF2’s neuroprotective effects and shed lights on the pharmacological therapy after TBI.…”
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IoT-based home control system using NodeMCU and Firebase by Paul Oluwatobiloba Ayeni, Olayiwola Charles Adesoba

“…The developed IoT system allows users to control home appliances such as lights, sockets, fans, and cookers, and it also provides real-time updates of environmental parameters, such as temperature and humidity, which are measured by a DHT11 sensor. …”
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TOWARDS THE QUESTION OF SOCIO-CULTURAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL STATUS OF IDEOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY by V. E. Gromov

“…It is possible to talk about the existential newness, the rise of personal indifference in connection with the irresponsible short-sightedness with which today under the guise of democratic overcome the totalitarian narratives is lightly questioned the universally valid moral values, belittled the philosophical classics and dragged the false ideological omnivorous freedom and devaluation of high culture. …”
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An Insight of Vitamin E as Neuroprotective Agents by Hui-Min Yap, Kwan-Liang Lye

“…Tocotrienols, compared to tocopherols, are lightly studied due to the abundance of α-tocopherol in the human body and its antioxidant properties. …”
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Real-Time Vehicle Detection and Air Pollution Estimation Using YOLOv9 by Hari Suparwito, Bernardus Galih Hersa Prakoso, Rosalia Arum Kumalasanti, Agnes Maria Polina

“…Traffic CCTV camera footage was gathered under a wide range of circumstances including different lighting and varying traffic intensity. Folders were particularly structured and images annotated, in the manner, which served the purpose of meeting the requirements of the YOLO structure. …”
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Time-Series Image-Based Automated Monitoring Framework for Visible Facilities: Focusing on Installation and Retention Period by Seonjun Yoon, Hyunsoo Kim

“…The analysis includes 23 jack supports monitored daily over 28 days under varying environmental conditions, including lighting changes and structural configurations. The results demonstrate that the system achieves an average detection accuracy of 94.1%, effectively identifying discrepancies and reducing misclassifications caused by structural similarities and environmental variations. …”
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Carrier-independent screen-shooting resistant watermarking based on information overlay superimposition by Xiaomeng LI, Daidou GUO, Xunfang ZHUO, Heng YAO, Chuan QIN

“…Financial security, an important part of national security, is critical for the stable and healthy development of the economy.Digital image watermarking technology plays a crucial role in the field of financial information security, and the anti-screen watermarking algorithm has become a new research focus of digital image watermarking technology.The common way to achieve an invisible watermark in existing watermarking schemes is to modify the carrier image, which is not suitable for all types of images.To solve this problem, an end-to-end robust watermarking scheme based on deep learning was proposed.The algorithm achieved both visual quality and robustness of the watermark image.A random binary string served as the input of the encoder network in the proposed end-to-end network architecture.The encoder can generate the watermark information overlay, which can be attached to any carrier image after training.The ability to resist screen shooting noise was learned by the model through mathematical methods incorporated in the network to simulate the distortion generated during screen shooting.The visual quality of the watermark image was further improved by adding the image JND loss based on just perceptible difference.Moreover, an embedding hyperparameter was introduced in the training phase to balance the visual quality and robustness of the watermarked image adaptively.A watermark model suitable for different scenarios can be obtained by changing the size of the embedding hyperparameter.The visual quality and robustness performance of the proposed scheme and the current state-of-the-art algorithms were evaluated to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.The results show that the watermark image generated by the proposed scheme has better visual quality and can accurately restore the embedded watermark information in robustness experiments under different distances, angles, lighting conditions, display devices, and shooting devices.…”
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Guarding the Borders of Japan: Occupation, Korean War and Frontier Controls by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

“…It was a moonless autumn night, and the forested spine of hills above the jagged cliffs of the peninsula was devoid of lights.The boat – a 20-ton wooden vessel called the Hatsushima1 – had left the heavy swell of the open ocean and now moved slowly and quietly through the calmer waters of the Uwa Sea. …”
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