Ship Contour: A Novel Ship Instance Segmentation Method Using Deep Snake and Attention Mechanism by Chen Chen, Songtao Hu, Feng Ma, Jie Sun, Tao Lu, Bing Wu

“…Furthermore, a Mish activation function replaces ReLU to better adapt deep network learning. …”
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A Lightweight Transformer Model for Defect Detection in Electroluminescence Images of Photovoltaic Cells by Yang Yang, Jing Zhang, Xin Shu, Lei Pan, Ming Zhang

“…To ensure solar panels function well, efficient and accurate defect detection of PV modules is essential. …”
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A Robust Multi-Scale Depthwise Separable With Dual-Reservoir Bi-LSTM Model for Gait Phase Recognition Across Complex Terrains by Jing Tang, Zequan Jiang, Chen Yao, Minghu Wu

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Estimating the Economic and Clinical Value of Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance to Three Gram-negative Pathogens in Japan by Tetsuya Matsumoto, Oliver Darlington, Ryan Miller, Jason Gordon, Phil McEwan, Takahisa Ohashi, Amer Taie, Akira Yuasa

“…Clinical and economic outcomes were assessed as a function of varying AMR levels of three Gram-negative pathogens in Japan by up to 100% of the current level…”
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A Field-to-Parameter Pipeline for Analyzing and Simulating Root System Architecture of Woody Perennials: Application to Grapevine Rootstocks by Lukas Fichtl, Daniel Leitner, Andrea Schnepf, Dominik Schmidt, Katrin Kahlen, Matthias Friedel

“…The digitized RSA data were converted to root system markup language (RSML) format and imported into the CPlantBox modeling framework, which we adapted to include a static initial root system and a probabilistic tropism function. …”
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Drug Abuse Perception and Associated Variables among Secondary School Students in Duhok City by Alaa Noori Sarkees, Sardar Abdullah Issa, Azad Jameel Hussein

“…A probability sample was adapted to select students from each secondary school to reach (135) students. …”
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Additive manufacturing as smart manufacturing system for fabrication of interference screw by Lusia Permata Sari HARTANTI, Paulus Wisnu ANGGORO, Rifky ISMAIL, Jamari JAMARI, Athanasius Priharyoto BAYUSENO

“…One of the implants utilized in ACL reconstruction is an interference screw. …”
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Exosomes and microRNAs as mediators of the exercise by Haoyuan Li, Guifang Liu, Bing Wang, Mohammad Reza Momeni

“…The aim of this review is to summarize the effect of exercise on the function of miRNAs and exosomes.…”
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Optimization and Simulation of Saw Dust Ash Concrete Using Extreme Vertex Design Method by Uzoma Ibe Iro, George Uwadiegwu Alaneme, Abdalrhman Milad, Bamidele Charles Olaiya, Obeten Nicholas Otu, Edward Uchenna Isu, Magnus Nnaemeka Amuzie

“…The details generated from laboratory program were utilized for the development of the EVD model through fits statistical evaluation, ANOVA, diagnostic test and influence statistics, numerical optimization, and graphical statistical computations to analyze the datasets and locate the optimal levels of mixture ingredients using desirability function. …”
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Underwater Drag Reduction Applications and Fabrication of Bio-Inspired Surfaces: A Review by Zaixiang Zheng, Xin Gu, Shengnan Yang, Yue Wang, Ying Zhang, Qingzhen Han, Pan Cao

“…Bio-inspired superhydrophobic surfaces form stable gas–liquid interfaces through the construction of micro-nanostructures and reduce frictional resistance by utilizing the slip boundary effect. Bio-inspired modified coatings, on the other hand, realize the synergistic function of drag reduction and antifouling through targeted chemical modification of materials and design of micro-nanostructures. …”
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DT-YOLO: An Improved Object Detection Algorithm for Key Components of Aircraft and Staff in Airport Scenes Based on YOLOv5 by Zhige He, Yuanqing He, Yang Lv

“…A dropout layer was introduced to reduce redundant and noisy features, prevent overfitting, and improve the model’s generalization ability. In addition, we utilized deformable convolutions in CNNs to extract features from multi-scale and deformed objects, further enhancing the model’s adaptability and detection accuracy. …”
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Effects of climate change on goat production and mitigatory measures in semiarid savanna ecosystems by Alban Mugoti, Casper Nyamukanza, Anderson Munengwa, Sizo Moyo, Nation Chikumba

“…Climate change negatively affects goat productivity through decreased availability of high-quality forage, impaired reproductive function due to heat stress, and increased incidence of diseases associated with changing weather patterns. …”
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Alternative ‘block and delivery’ approach for alcohol septal ablation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with ischemia: a case report by S. M. Mamun Iqbal, Neuton Mondal, Mafuza Tabassum Khan, Ashir Faishal Hamim, Nurullah Mujahid Majumder, Anindita Das Barshan, Mohammad Jahid Hasan

“…Abstract Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a prevalent hereditary cardiac disorder characterized by marked myocardial hypertrophy, which may lead to impaired diastolic function and relative myocardial ischemia. On rare occasions, HCM coexists with coronary artery disease (CAD), complicating therapeutic decisions due to heightened risks of heart failure and ischemic events. …”
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Genetic effects on carcass traits in F1 cockerels from reciprocal crosses of Fayoumi and two exotic chicken breeds by Fikrineh Negash, Ashenafi Getachew

“…This study examined the genetic basis of carcass traits in F1 cockerels produced through reciprocal crosses between the tropically adapted Fayoumi (FM) breed and two exotic breeds: dual-purpose Koekoek (KK) and layer-type White Leghorn (WL). …”
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Application of Improved YOLOv8 Image Model in Urban Manhole Cover Defect Management and Detection: Case Study by Yanqiong Ding, Baojiang Han, Hua Jiang, Hao Hu, Lei Xue, Jiasen Weng, Zhili Tang, Yuzhang Liu

“…A combined loss function design using GIoU loss, dynamically weighted BCE loss, and Distribution Focal Loss (DFL) is adopted to address the issues of sample imbalance and inter-class differences. …”
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Leveraging Blockchain Technology With Enhanced MDSVA for Robust Meteorological Sensor Data Validation by Md Abdullah Al Mamun, Mei Li, Bijon Kumar Pramanik, Faisal Hussain, A. Z. M. Shakilur Rahman

“…Our enhanced MDSVA introduces a sophisticated five-component validation function that simultaneously addresses drift and noise compensation, environmental adaptation, periodic variations, dynamic thresholds, and transient adjustments. …”
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Global path planning algorithm for mining vehicles integrating simplified visibility graph and A* algorithm by ZHANG Chuanwei, LU Siyan, QIN Peilin, ZHOU Rui, ZHAO Ruiqi, YANG Jiajia, ZHANG Tianle, ZHAO Cong

“…Finally, a path smoothing algorithm was utilized to further reduce the number of path nodes, thereby enhancing path planning efficiency. …”
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An electricity price optimization model considering time-of-use and active distribution network efficiency improvements by Yan Li, Yaheng Su, Qixin Zhao, Bala Wuda, Kaibo Qu, Lei Tang

“…Moreover, its superior performance in economic benefits and market adaptability was comprehensively validated through high-precision power consumption forecasting. …”
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DFN-YOLO: Detecting Narrowband Signals in Broadband Spectrum by Kun Jiang, Kexiao Peng, Yuan Feng, Xia Guo, Zuping Tang

“…The deformable attention mechanism embedded in DCFFN adaptively focuses on critical signal regions, while the loss function is optimized to the focal scaled intersection over union (Focal_SIoU), improving detection accuracy under low-SNR conditions. …”
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Immunometabolic analysis of primary murine group 2 innate lymphoid cells: a robust step-by-step approach by Sai Sakktee Krisna, Sai Sakktee Krisna, Sai Sakktee Krisna, Sai Sakktee Krisna, Rebecca C. Deagle, Rebecca C. Deagle, Rebecca C. Deagle, Nailya Ismailova, Nailya Ismailova, Nailya Ismailova, Ademola Esomojumi, Ademola Esomojumi, Ademola Esomojumi, Audrey Roy-Dorval, Audrey Roy-Dorval, Audrey Roy-Dorval, Frederik Roth, Frederik Roth, Frederik Roth, Gabriel Berberi, Gabriel Berberi, Gabriel Berberi, Sonia V. del Rincon, Sonia V. del Rincon, Sonia V. del Rincon, Jörg H. Fritz, Jörg H. Fritz, Jörg H. Fritz, Jörg H. Fritz

“…Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILC2s) have recently been shown to exert key regulatory functions in both innate and adaptive immune response networks that drive the establishment and progression of type 2 immunity. …”
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