Intelligent BIM Searching via Deep Embedding of Geometric, Semantic, and Topological Features by Pin-Hao Huang, Sheng-Yu Song, Zhen Xu, Zhen-Zhong Hu, Jia-Rui Lin

“…Experiments show that the proposed approach demonstrates an efficiency of 780 times greater than manual retrieval methods and 4–6% more efficient than traditional methods. …”
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Non-local spatiotemporal fusion incorporating optical flow estimation and spatial-spectral mitigation-based residual by Yaxu Wang, Xiaobo Luo, Hongwei Ye

“…Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method outperforms other weighted-based methods visually and quantitatively.…”
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Determining the number of clusters using nonparametric statistics by Darius Šimoliūnas

“… A Gaussian mixture model is investigated in this paper. A method for estimation of unknown number of clusters in the case of equal covariance matrices is discribed. …”
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Comparative Clinical and Laboratory Assessment of the Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Therapy in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee Joints by O. A. Rechkunova, T. V. Chernysheva, I. A. Krivotulova, N. V. Sharapova

“…The average age of the patients was 60 [46; 76] years. Depending on the method of rehabilitation treatment, the patients were divided into 3 equal groups (n=40): the 1st group was prescribed periarticular subcutaneous ozone therapy in combination with therapeutic exercise, the 2nd group — magnetotherapy and electrophoresis on the knee joint area in combination with therapeutic exercise, and 3rd group — only the complex of therapeutic exercise. …”
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Learning deep forest for face anti-spoofing: An alternative to the neural network against adversarial attacks by Rizhao Cai, Liepiao Zhang, Changsheng Chen, Yongjian Hu, Alex Kot

“…Thus, developing methods other than NNs is worth exploring to improve security at the system level. …”
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Palatal rugae assessment using plaster model and dental scan: a cross-sectional comparative analysis by Laura Roselli, Federica Mele, Carmela Suriano, Valeria Santoro, Roberto Catanesi, Massimo Petruzzi

“…The coefficients of correlation and determination were strong to very strong for all six parameters assessed, with no statistically significant differences detected between the two methods of palatal rugae impression.ConclusionBoth digital and traditional methods were equally reliable in capturing palatal rugae patterns. …”
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Safe Semi-Supervised Contrastive Learning Using In-Distribution Data as Positive Examples by Min Gu Kwak, Hyungu Kahng, Seoung Bum Kim

“…The existing methods assume that the class distributions of labeled and unlabeled data are equal; however, their performances are significantly degraded in class distribution mismatch scenarios where out-of-distribution (OOD) data exist in the unlabeled data. …”
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Instantaneous Frequency Analysis Based on High-Order Multisynchrosqueezing Transform on Motor Current and Application to RV Gearbox Fault Diagnosis by Shiyi Chai, Kai Xu

“…However, for gearboxes, the commonly used methods of detecting faulty frequency sidebands are easily disturbed by installation errors, inherent harmonics, and fundamental frequency with high amplitude. …”
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Elaboration and Use of Communication Media in Teaching and Learning The Arabic Language for Foreigners | اندماج وسائل الاتصال واستخدامه في تعليم وتعلم اللغة العربية للناطقين بغيرها... by Ahmed Safidin

“…The paper concluded that the adoption of audio and visual laboratories in teaching Arabic in various stages of study, in addition to traditional methods, can create an attractive environment to contribute to teaching the Arabic language for non-native speakers and upgrade the skills of Arabic writing by adopting the concept of paper and network research. …”
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Thematic and Methodological Trends of Computational Thinking Skills-Related Graduate Theses in Turkey by Mithat Elçiçek

“…It has been concluded that graduate theses are mostly designed by using the quantitative research method and quasi-experimental design, and secondary school sample profile is mostly preferred in the studies. …”
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Detection of Chips on the Threaded Part of Cosmetic Glass Bottles by Daiki Tomita, Yue Bao

“…To overcome these challenges, this study proposes a method that combines infrared backlighting and image processing to determine the range of screw threads and detect chips accurately. …”
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Current trends and prospects for the development of research in hydroabrasive cutting technology in mining and general engineering by A.М. Makhno

“…Hydroabrasive cutting technology (AWJ) is a practical material processing method that provides high accuracy, minimal thermal impact, and various industry applications. …”
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Regulating foreign direct investment to achieve technological sovereignty in the European Union by A. A. Makarova

“…Tables were used to systematize the presentation of the results. A graphical method was used to visualize the measurements.Results: based on the analysis of economic, political and organizational factors that hinder ensuring technological sovereignty, the problems of regulating the general policy of the European Union in the field of foreign direct investment are identified. …”
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Combining OpenStreetMap with Satellite Imagery to Enhance Cross-View Geo-Localization by Yuekun Hu, Yingfan Liu, Bin Hui

“…This paper presents a novel CVGL method that fuses OSM data with satellite imagery, leveraging their complementary strengths to enhance localization robustness. …”
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Predictive Models for Environmental Perception in Multi-Type Parks and Their Generalization Ability: Integrating Pre-Training and Reinforcement Learning by Kangen Chen, Tao Xia, Zhoutong Cao, Yiwen Li, Xiuhong Lin, Rushan Bai

“…Compared with CNN, the proposed method improves accuracy by 5.1% and F1 Score by 6.6%. …”
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Numerical simulation of food particle mixing effect in three-dimensional motion mixer by CHENG Yuefeng, MENG Zhaoxin, WANG Menggang, SHA Yufeng

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of different active shaft speeds and barrel shapes on the mixing performance of food particles in a three-dimensional motion mixer.MethodsSimplified modeling of the three-dimensional motion mixer was performed using 3D software. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to the integration of cervical cancer screening and treatment service with antiretroviral therapy follow-up clinics for women living with HIV in Northwest... by Kelemework Gashinet Ferede, Addisu Gasheneit Ferede, Asiya Mohammed Abdu, Birhaneslasie Gebeyehu Yazew, Zewdu Bishaw Aynalem, Eneyew Talie Fenta, Daniel Shitu Mekonnen, Berihun Bantie, Gebiyaw Wudie Tsegaye

“…Facilitators included the accessibility of free ART and CCS services, the simplicity of the visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) screening method, the availability of staff trained in either ART or CCS, and patient familiarity with ART providers.ConclusionIntegrating cervical cancer screening with HIV care in Northwest Ethiopia encounters substantial obstacles, including facility limitations, clinician training deficits, motivational issues, policy gaps, and a lack of evidence. …”
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Correlation of Coronary Calcium Measured on Conventional Computed Tomography with Coronary Angiography Findings in Lung Transplant Patients by Sergio Tapia Concha, Concepción Fariñas-Álvarez, Pedro Muñoz Cacho, José Manuel Cifrian Martínez, Javier Zueco Gil, José Antonio Parra Blanco

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> The visual assessment method yielded results similar to the other two quantification methods. …”
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Geodetic data inversion to estimate a strain-rate field by introducing sparse modeling by Yohei Nozue, Yukitoshi Fukahata

“…As a result, we find: (1) regardless of the locking depth of the fault, the proposed method reproduces localized strain rates near the fault with almost equal or better accuracy than the L2 regularization method (i.e., only the smoothness constraint); (2) the advantage of the proposed method over the L2 regularization method is clearer when data coverage is worse (i.e., when fewer observation points are available); and (3) the proposed method can be applied when observation errors are small. …”
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Efficacy of TNF-α antagonist and other immunomodulators in the treatment of patients with ophthalmologic manifestations of Behcet's disease and HLA B51 positive vasculitis by Zlatanović Gordana, Jovanović Svetlana, Veselinović Dragan, Živković Maja

“…The treatment effects were evaluated based on the presence of the best corrected visual acuity and the inflammation of the vitreous humour before and after the application of our therapeutic method. …”
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