Automatic Segmentation of Asphalt Cracks on Highways After Large-Scale and Severe Earthquakes Using Deep Learning-Based Approaches by Mehmet Yilmaz, Erkut Yalcin, Fatih Demir, Ahmet Munir Ozdemir, Muhammed Atar, Aysegul Gunes, Beyza Furtana Yalcin, Ertugrul Cambay

“…This study develops a deep learning-based automated system for detecting and segmenting earthquake-induced asphalt cracks, offering a rapid and reliable solution for post-disaster road condition assessments. …”
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Information Communication Technology and Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda: A Case Study of Equity Bank In Kabale Municipality. by Sabiiti, Ignatius

“…The study results on ICT platforms used by Equity bank Kabale branch, responses were obtained from automated teller machine, Mobile banking and PC banking, the study went ahead to find the effect of ICT on performance of Equity bank Kabale branch, responses were obtained from information technology has helped in easing enquiry, saving time and improving service delivery, information and communication technology has provided self-service facilities, it helps customer to validate their account numbers and receive instruction on when and how to receive their cheque books, credit and debit cards, it offers retail banking services to customers at their offces/homes and saves customers time, and gives more convenience for higher productivity and the study results further on challenges facing ICT use by Equity bank Kabale branch, the responses were obtained from in adequate ICT infrastructure, technophobia among the ICT bank officials due to inadequate skills in information technology, the cost demands of ICT gadgets, lack of digital preservation knowledge and network problem. …”
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Machine Reading Comprehension for the Tamil Language With Translated SQuAD by Anton Vijeevaraj Ann Sinthusha, Eugene Y. A. Charles, Ruvan Weerasinghe

“…Machine Reading Comprehension (MRC) is a challenging task in Natural Language Processing (NLP), crucial for automated customer support, enabling chatbots and virtual assistants to accurately understand and respond to queries. …”
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Association of Alzheimer’s and Lewy body disease pathology with basal forebrain volume and cognitive impairment by Julia Schumacher, Stefan Teipel, Alexander Storch

“…Basal forebrain and hippocampus volumes were extracted using an established automated MRI volumetry approach. Associations of regional volumes with pathological markers (Braak stage, CERAD score, and McKeith criteria for LB pathology) and cognitive performance were assessed using Bayesian statistical methods. …”
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Neonatal Sepsis in a Resource-Limited Setting: Causative Microorganisms and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile by Edna Nai Acheampong, Joseph Adjei Tsiase, Daniel Kwame Afriyie, Seth Kwabena Amponsah

“…Blood culture was done using a fully automated BACTEC 9240 blood culture system. Bacteria isolates were identified by Gram staining and conventional biochemical methods. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Diagnosis and Management of Nail Disorders: A Narrative Review by Vishal Gaurav, Chander Grover, Mehul Tyagi, Suman Saurabh

“…For nail psoriasis, AI has been used to automate the scoring of disease severity, reducing the time and effort required. …”
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Assessing the Inter-Rater and Inter-Trial Reliability of the NeurOptics Pupillary Light Response-3000 Pupillometer by Deborah A Jehu, Lori A Bolgla, Samantha Armas, Forest Dutton

“…# Background An automated pupillometer is a handheld device used to stimulate the pupillary light response (PLR) and track the entirety of the response from constriction to dilation. …”
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Epidemiology and Determinants of Vitamin D Deficiency in Eastern Nepal: A Community-Based, Cross-Sectional Study by O. Sherchand, J. K. Baranwal, B. Gelal

“…A semi-structured questionnaire helped obtain sociodemographic data followed by anthropometric measurements and blood sampling. 25(OH)D level was measured by chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) via a fully automated Maglumi 1000 analyzer (SNIBE Co., Ltd., China). …”
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The sorption of Tebuconazole and Linuron from an Aqueous Environment with a Modified Sludge-Based Biochar: Effect, Mechanisms, and Its Persistent Free Radicals Study by Jingjie Yang, Hongwei Sun, Yucan Liu, Xiaohan Wang, Kamran Valizadeh

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The external validity of machine learning-based prediction scores from hematological parameters of COVID-19: A study using hospital records from Brazil, Italy, and Western Europe. by Ali Safdari, Chanda Sai Keshav, Deepanshu Mody, Kshitij Verma, Utsav Kaushal, Vaadeendra Kumar Burra, Sibnath Ray, Debashree Bandyopadhyay

“…The unprecedented worldwide pandemic caused by COVID-19 has motivated several research groups to develop machine-learning based approaches that aim to automate the diagnosis or screening of COVID-19, in large-scale. …”
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Exploring the Dynamics of Sleep Deprivation: Insights into Complete Blood Count and Coagulation Parameters in a Case-Control Study by Abd Elhadi Agena, Leena Mirghani, Abdirasak Ali Mude

“…The ACL 7000 coagulation analyzer and Sysmex fully automated hematology analyzers were used for coagulation and whole blood count analysis. …”
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Current utility, instruments, and future directions for intra-renal pressure management during ureteroscopy: scoping review by global research in intra-renal pressure collaborative... by Steffi Kar Kei Yuen, Wen Zhong, Yun Sang Chan, Daniele Castellani, Naeem Bhojani, Madhu Sudan Agarwal, Theodoros Tokas, Stefanie Croghan, Helene Jung, Thomas Herrmann, Bhaskar Somani, Vineet Gauhar

“…Current noninvasive IRP monitoring devices include ureteric catheters placed retrogradely or via percutaneous tubing and connected to pressure transducers, amplified by cardiology-used pressure sensing systems or urodynamic systems, automated pressure-regulating systems, pressure sensing guidewires, and IRP sensing flexible ureteroscopes. …”
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The Association of Arterial Pulse Wave Velocity with Internal Carotid Artery Blood Flow in Healthy Subjects: A Pilot Study by Salahaden R. Sultan

“…ICA diameter was measured using automated edge-detection software. Results Significant positive correlations were found between cfPWV and age (Spearman’s rho coefficient 0.33, p = 0.04), BMI (Spearman’s rho coefficient 0.32, p = 0.05), and ICA diameter (Pearson’s coefficient 0.35, p = 0.03). …”
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Optimization Design and Feasibility Analysis of Electromagnetic Direct Drive Transmission by Yu Xiao, Ge Wenqing, LI Bo, Tan Cao, Jiang Xiaohan

“…A Direct-Driving Automated Mechanical Transmission （DAMT） for electric vehicles with integrated electromagnetic linear drive is proposes，and the shift performance is analyzed by simulation and experiment. …”
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The Impact of AI-Generated Instructional Videos on Problem-Based Learning in Science Teacher Education by Nikolaos Pellas

“…Specifically, there is a lack of research on AI’s potential to support personalized professional development through automated analysis of classroom interactions and tailored feedback. …”
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Deep Learning Based Dual Channel Banana Grading System Using Convolution Neural Network by Raghavendra S, Souvik Ganguli, P. Thirumarai Selvan, Mitali Madhusmita Nayak, Sushovan Chaudhury, Randell U. Espina, Isaac Ofori

“…With small number of image samples, the system is capable of automating assembly line related work for classifying bananas along with sufficient overall accuracy. …”
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Changing educational trends in the context of global digitalization of society by Yuliya D. Ermakova

“…However, the results of the analysis of potential and already implemented methods using interactive scientific developments allow us to come to the conclusion that we should not forget that high-quality education at the highest professional level requires personal and subjective attention, which cannot be automated. The author's conclusions obtained from the analysis of publications on this issue are the value of the study and can be applied in the implementation of the educational process in the context of global digitalization at many stages of education.…”
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Evaluation and comparison of methods for neuronal parameter optimization using the Neuroptimus software framework. by Máté Mohácsi, Márk Patrik Török, Sára Sáray, Luca Tar, Gábor Farkas, Szabolcs Káli

“…In recent years, manual model tuning has been gradually replaced by automated parameter search using a variety of different tools and methods. …”
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Prevalence of “weak B” phenotypes and their evaluation and differentiation in healthy blood donor population in Eastern India by Sudipta Sekhar Das, Sourav Mukherjee, Sourav Chowdhury

“…Initial blood grouping and antibody screening of all donor samples were performed using automated solid-phase assay. Any sample showing blood group discrepancy or weaker agglutination was subjected to further immunohematological investigations. …”
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Terminologie et ontologie pour les humanités numériques : le cas des vêtements de la Grèce antique by Christophe Roche, Maria Papadopoulou

“…It should be noted that today there is no universally recognised (semi-)automated classification of garments as cultural artefacts of past cultures.This is why we are interested in the notion of ontology resulting from knowledge engineering and the semantic Web, and consequently in ontoterminology, a terminology whose conceptual system is a formal ontology. …”
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