DADNet: text detection of arbitrary shapes from drone perspective based on boundary adaptation by Jun Liu, Jianxun Zhang, Ting Tang, Shengyuan Wu

“…Additionally, we propose a Spatial Feature Fusion Module to adaptively fuse text features of different scales, thereby enhancing the model’s adaptability. …”
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Cities with dense networks of shared scooter parking have higher parking compliance by Sian Meng, Anne Brown, Calvin Thigpen, Brandon Haydu, Nicholas Klein

“…We used e-scooter and built environment data in 12 cities worldwide and conducted descriptive, regression, and non-linear analyses. …”
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Assessment of Physicochemical Properties of Water and Public Perceptions of Water Quality in Tasik Chini, Pahang, Malaysia by M. S. Islam, T. M. Ekhwan, F. N. Rasli and C. T. Goh

“…Multivariate statistical analysis was adopted to find spatial variations in water quality, determining the pollution level and sources of contamination. …”
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Can eDNA Replace Trawl Surveys for Estuarine Species Distribution Modeling: Insights From Collichthys lucidus in the Yangtze River Estuary by Xiaoyu Geng, Wei Tang, Jianhui Wu, Chunxia Gao, Xuefang Wang

“…These findings suggest that using eDNA as a sole input for spatially explicit habitat modeling in estuaries requires caution, particularly where precise location information is critical.…”
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HEAT: Incorporating hierarchical enhanced attention transformation into urban road detection by Ting Han, Chuanmu Li, Siyu Chen, Zongyue Wang, Jinhe Su, Yundong Wu, Guorong Cai

“…Comprehensive empirical studies are conducted to compare other mainstream methods in the KITTI and the Cityscapes dataset. …”
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Exploring the relationship between ecosystem services and sustainable development goals in Guangdong province, China by Linglong Zhu, Zhuo Wu, Xiaocheng Huang

“…We employed a spatial analysis to quantitatively evaluate the spatiotemporal conditions of the 10 ESs and SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and 15 (Life on Land). …”
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UAV-Based Structural Health Monitoring Using a Two-Stage CNN Model with Lighthouse Localization in GNSS-Denied Environments by Timothy Scott C. Chu, Joses Sorilla, Alvin Y. Chua

“…Two experiments were conducted: evaluating UAV localization accuracy and assessing the system’s ability to detect cracks and provide corresponding pose data. …”
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Evaluating the Efficiency of Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Finite Element Optimization in the ANSYS Environment by Antonino Cirello, Tommaso Ingrassia, Antonio Mancuso, Giuseppe Marannano, Agostino Igor Mirulla, Vito Ricotta

“…The performance of each optimizer was assessed in three case studies. The first two are spatial truss structures, one comprising 22 bars and the other 25 bars, commonly used in structural optimization research. …”
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A Novel Elliptical-Shaped UWB Two-Port MIMO Antenna With Enhanced Isolation for Wireless Application by Vikas Kumar JhunJhunwala, Pramod Kumar, Bharathi R. B., Krishna Murthy Nayak, Sameena Pathan, Subhash B. K., Om Prakash Kumar, Tanweer Ali

“…Additionally, an analysis is conducted on the diversity parameters. The designed antenna demonstrates a comparatively good performance.…”
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Evolution of the cluster development concept: from agglomeration theory to ecosystems by L. A. Gamidullaeva, E. P. Strakhov

“…Purpose: of the study is to substantiate the relationship between cluster theory and ecosystem concepts on the basis of systematization of scientific research directions on the problem of economic clustering.Methods: the study is based on the theories of regional, spatial economics, innovative development, network and ecosystem economics, presented in the works of the Russian and foreign scientists. …”
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Solid-state analog of gravitational redshift: Transport signatures of massless Dirac fermions in tilted Dirac cone heterostructures by Marziyeh Karmand, Mohsen Amini, Morteza Soltani, Ebrahim Ghanbari-Adivi, Seyed Akbar Jafari

“…A Dirac electron passing through a heterojunction with spatially variable tilt experiences an effective curved spacetime. …”
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Wind Power Prediction Based on a Hybrid Model of ICEEMDAN and ModernTCN-Informer by Jun He, Zijian Cheng, Zijie Zhong, Lizhuo Liang, Jianhui Ye

“…This effectively captures potential interrelationships in wind power data from both temporal and spatial dimensions, followed by accurate and efficient predictions using the Informer model. …”
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An Environment Recognition Algorithm for Staircase Climbing Robots by Yanjie Liu, Yanlong Wei, Chao Wang, Heng Wu

“…Finally, we fully validate the effectiveness of the method proposed in this paper by conducting multiple sets of SLAM and size detection experiments in real different staircase scenarios.…”
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Modern art visual characteristic transformation to a full-scale model by first-year architecture students by Marchelia Gupita Sari, Ardi Makki Pantow Gunawan

“…Therefore, quasi-qualitative research method is conducted. Semi-structured interview and visual observation become the data collection technique. …”
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A New Link Scheduling Algorithm for 60 GHz-WPAN Communication System by Wei Shi, Jingjing Wang, Hao Zhang, Yun Liu, Qiuna Niu, Chunlei Wu

“…Extensive simulations are conducted in order to demonstrate the efficiency of proposed scheme. …”
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YOLO-MARS: An Enhanced YOLOv8n for Small Object Detection in UAV Aerial Imagery by Guofeng Zhang, Yanfei Peng, Jincheng Li

“…Finally, a dynamic WIoU evaluation function is implemented, constructing adaptive penalty terms based on the spatial distribution characteristics of predicted and ground-truth bounding boxes, thereby optimizing the boundary localization accuracy of densely packed small targets from the UAV viewpoint. …”
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Spatiotemporal Land Use and Land Cover Changes and Their Impact on Landscape Patterns in the Colombian Coffee Cultural Landscape (2014–2034) by Anyela Piedad Rojas Celis, Jie Shen, Jose David Martinez Otalora

“…Future projections were conducted using a hybrid Cellular Automata and Artificial Neural Network model (CA-ANN), reaching an accuracy of 88.12% and a Kappa coefficient of 0.84. …”
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The impact of information-developmental teaching of Science and Social Studies on student knowledge by Ljiljana G. Bujišić

“…The need for students to engage in research, collaboration, the environmental changes in students’ upbringing, the challenges of new spatial organization, and the presence of digital devices in everyday life have caused numerous recommendations for changes in the teaching process over the past decades. …”
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AI-Driven Particulate Matter Estimation Using Urban CCTV: A Comparative Analysis Under Various Experimental Conditions by Woochul Choi, Hongki Sung, Kyusoo Chong

“…This study employed the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras densely installed within a city to explore the spatial expansion of PM information. It conducted a comparative analysis of PM estimation effects under diverse experimental conditions based on AI image recognition. …”
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High Overlap in Niches and Suitable Habitat Between an Imperiled and Introduced Cottontail by Kathryn E. Bischoff, Danielle Katz, Chadwick D. Rittenhouse, Tracy A. G. Rittenhouse

“…ABSTRACT When introduced species invade new environments, they often overlap with native species currently occupying those spaces, either spatially through suitable habitat or environmentally through their realized niches. …”
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