The Connectivity of the Human Pulvinar: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography Study by Sandra E. Leh, M. Mallar Chakravarty, Alain Ptito

“…In the present study, we used an innovative imaging technique, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) tractography, to determine cortical and subcortical connections of the human pulvinar. …”
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A Time-Variant Model for Chloride Ion Diffusion Coefficient in Concrete by Hongliang Fang, Qiuwei Yang, Jiwei Ma, Xi Peng, Kangshuo Xia

“…This work first analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of several existing time-dependent models for chloride ion diffusion coefficients. Based on this foundation, a new time-varying model is proposed to more accurately predict the variation of chloride ion diffusion coefficient with service time. …”
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Pulse‐Level Quantum Robust Control with Diffusion‐Based Reinforcement Learning by Yuanjing Zhang, Tao Shang, Chenyi Zhang, Xueyi Guo

“…Additionally, when evaluated across different Hamiltonian variations, PQC‐DBRL shows smaller fidelity variance compared to GRAPE, indicating higher robustness against system parameter fluctuations. …”
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Study of diffuse scattering on facial surface using ray tracing approach by Po-Yen Lai, Ray Jia Hong Ng, Tatsuya Omotezako, Huizhe Liu, Wenjun Ding, Lim Jiun Yeu, Akira Matsubara

“…Abstract This study investigates the role of topographic attributes in light scattering and diffuse reflection on the skin surface, and diffuse transmission across the surface layer. …”
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DISCO: Efficient Diffusion Solver for large-scale Combinatorial Optimization problems by Hang Zhao, Kexiong Yu, Yuhang Huang, Renjiao Yi, Chenyang Zhu, Kai Xu

“…Combinatorial Optimization (CO) problems are fundamentally important in numerous real-world applications across diverse industries, notably computer graphics, characterized by entailing enormous solution space and demanding time-sensitive response. …”
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Leakage and diffusion simulation of submarine hydrogen-blended natural gas pipeline by Yitao FANG, Haichuan TAN, Liang TANG, Mengjie WANG, Jingfa LI, Yue SU

“…Notably, a distinct impact on leakage diffusion was identified across varying leakage aperture sizes. …”
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Scaling laws of political regime dynamics: stability of democracies and autocracies in the twentieth century by Paula Pirker-Diaz, Matthew C. Wilson, Soenke Beier, Karoline Wiesner

“…Utilizing the multidimensional V-Dem dataset, which covers over 170 countries across more than a century, alongside tools from statistical physics, we demonstrate that historical political regime dynamics follow a scaling law, which is a hallmark of diffusion. …”
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Diffusion based multi-domain neuroimaging harmonization method with preservation of anatomical details by Haoyu Lan, Bino A. Varghese, Nasim Sheikh-Bahaei, Farshid Sepehrband, Arthur W Toga, Jeiran Choupan

“…While GAN-based methods intrinsically transform imaging styles between two domains per model, we have demonstrated the diffusion model’s superior capability in harmonizing images across multiple domains with single model. …”
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Barriers to the Diffusion of Clean Energy Communities: Comparing Early Adopters and the General Public by Tanja Kamin, Urša Golob, Tina Kogovšek

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Network Diffusion Algorithms and Simulators in IoT and Space IoT: A Systematic Review by Charbel Mattar, Jacques Bou Abdo, Jacques Demerjian, Abdallah Makhoul

“…Network diffusion algorithms and simulators play a critical role in understanding how information, data, and malware propagate across various network topologies in Internet of Things and Space IoT configurations. …”
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Using high angular resolution diffusion imaging data to discriminate cortical regions. by Zoltan Nagy, Daniel C Alexander, David L Thomas, Nikolaus Weiskopf, Martin I Sereno

“…Our approach allows for further studies on the consistency of HARDI based parcellation across subjects and comparison with independent microstructural measures such as ex-vivo histology.…”
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Label-Efficient Fine-Tuning for Remote Sensing Imagery Segmentation with Diffusion Models by Yiyun Luo, Jinnian Wang, Jean Sequeira, Xiankun Yang, Dakang Wang, Jiabin Liu, Grekou Yao, Sébastien Mavromatis

“…However, traditional fine-tuning processes exhibit poor transferability across different downstream tasks and require large amounts of labeled data. …”
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Peripheral immune cell dysregulation following diffuse traumatic brain injury in pigs by Kathryn L. Wofford, Kevin D. Browne, David J. Loane, David F. Meaney, D. Kacy Cullen

“…Therefore, we characterized peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and plasma changes over time and across injury severity using an established large-animal TBI model of closed-head, non-impact diffuse rotational acceleration in pigs. …”
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Efficient Positivity-Preserving NSFD Scheme: Application to Advection-Diffusion-Reaction Equation by Reza Shokri Jahandizi, Mohammad Mehdizadeh Khalsaraei, Ali Shokri, Ali Khani

“…Solving problems across a wide range of scientific and engineering domains, encompassing physical, mechanical and biological systems as well as financial markets, necessitates addressing parabolic equations of the advection-diffusion-reaction (ADR) variety. …”
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Cerebral capillary oxygen diffusion: exploring the concept of intracapillary hemoglobin conformational changes by Gurgen Harutyunyan, Varsenik Harutyunyan Jaghatspanyan, Garnik Harutyunyan Jaghatspanyan, Emma Martirosyan, Artur Cherkezyan, Armen Varosyan, Suren Soghomonyan

“…Abstract The mechanisms of oxygen diffusion in brain capillaries have not been fully clarified to date. …”
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Application of explainable machine learning for estimating direct and diffuse components of solar irradiance by Rial A. Rajagukguk, Hyunjin Lee

“…Abstract The inclusion of diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI) and direct normal irradiance (DNI) is crucial in the context of solar energy applications. …”
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Optimized Synthetic Correlated Diffusion Imaging for Improving Breast Cancer Tumor Delineation by Chi-en Amy Tai, Alexander Wong

“…In this study, we explore the efficacy of optimizing the correlated diffusion imaging (CDI) protocol to tailor it for breast cancer tumor delineation. …”
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Toward Artificial General Intelligence in Hydrogeological Modeling With an Integrated Latent Diffusion Framework by Chuanjun Zhan, Zhenxue Dai, Jiu Jimmy Jiao, Mohamad Reza Soltanian, Huichao Yin, Kenneth C. Carroll

“…This study develops an integrated Latent Diffusion Model (LDM) framework to address four key hydrogeological modeling tasks: aquifer heterogeneity structure generation, surrogate modeling for flow and transport, and direct inversion of aquifer heterogeneity structure. …”
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The Disruption of Geniculocalcarine Tract in Occipital Neoplasm: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study by Yan Zhang, Sihai Wan, Ge Wen, Xuelin Zhang

“…The diffusion-sensitive gradient direction is 13. Compare the fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) values of healthy GCT with the corresponding values of GCT in peritumoral edema area. …”
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Benzyl Alcohol Increases Diffusion Limit of Nuclear Membrane in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells by Bengü Ergüden

“…Conclusion: The diffusion limit across the nuclear membrane in yeast cells is increased upon benzyl alcohol treatment. …”
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