Complying with the EU AI Act: Innovations in explainable and user-centric hand gesture recognition by Sarah Seifi, Tobias Sukianto, Cecilia Carbonelli, Lorenzo Servadei, Robert Wille

“…The EU AI Act underscores the importance of transparency, user-centricity, and robustness in AI systems, particularly for high-risk applications. In response, we present advancements in XentricAI, an explainable hand gesture recognition (HGR) system designed to meet these regulatory requirements. …”
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TAE Predict: An Ensemble Methodology for Multivariate Time Series Forecasting of Climate Variables in the Context of Climate Change by Juan Frausto Solís, Erick Estrada-Patiño, Mirna Ponce Flores, Juan Paulo Sánchez-Hernández, Guadalupe Castilla-Valdez, Javier González-Barbosa

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Real-time and universal network for volumetric imaging from microscale to macroscale at high resolution by Bingzhi Lin, Feng Xing, Liwei Su, Kekuan Wang, Yulan Liu, Diming Zhang, Xusan Yang, Huijun Tan, Zhijing Zhu, Depeng Wang

“…Abstract Light-field imaging has wide applications in various domains, including microscale life science imaging, mesoscale neuroimaging, and macroscale fluid dynamics imaging. …”
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Tailoring CdO-CuO-ZnO Mixed Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Anticancer Activity via Co-Precipitation Method by Aziz SN, Abdulwahab AM, Shuga Aldeen T, Ahmed AAA

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Deep learning for automated encrustation detection in sewer inspection by Wasiu Yusuf, Hafiz Alaka, Mubashir Ahmad, Wusu Godoyon, Saheed Ajayi, Luqman Olalekan Toriola-Coker, Abdullahi Ahmed

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Eco-Efficient Biosorbent Based on Leucaena leucocephala Residues for the Simultaneous Removal of Pb(II) and Cd(II) Ions from Water System: Sorption and Mechanism by C. A. Cimá-Mukul, Youness Abdellaoui, Mohamed Abatal, Joel Vargas, Arlette A. Santiago, Jesús Alberto Barrón-Zambrano

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Unveiling smart contract vulnerabilities: Toward profiling smart contract vulnerabilities using enhanced genetic algorithm and generating benchmark dataset by Sepideh HajiHosseinKhani, Arash Habibi Lashkari, Ali Mizani Oskui

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Single-shot single-beam coherent Raman scattering thermometry based on optically induced air lasing by Xu Lu, Yewei Chen, Francesco Mazza, Siyi He, Zihan Li, Shunlin Huang, Quanjun Wang, Ning Zhang, Bo Shen, Yuzhu Wu, Jinping Yao, Ya Cheng

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Preparation and characterization of low-cost ceramic microfiltration membranes for water treatment by Ghouil Boudjemaa, Khebli Zineb, Bouzerara Ferhat, Zermani Dounia, Zitouni Chahinez, Youla Keltoum, Idoui Tayeb, Khennouf Tarek

“…This work presents the preparation of microfiltration (MF) membranes deposited on highly porous supports tailored for microfiltration applications. …”
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Preparation of all solid-state electrolyte lithium ion batteries by multi-layer co-fired process by Shieh Derrick, Wang Sea-Fue, Chi Po-Wei, Hsu Yung-Fu, Wu Kuen Maw

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2nd-Order Debye relaxation in electromagnetic metasurfaces for wideband dispersion engineering by Xinmin Fu, Yajuan Han, Jiafu Wang, Jie Yang, Yong Sun, Chang Ding, Yuxiang Jia, Jun Wang, Shaobo Qu, Tiejun Cui

“…With this meta-atom, we demonstrated two metasurface prototypes that can achieve chromatic and achromatic focusing, respectively, in the entire X band (8.0–12.0 GHz), showcasing the powerful capacity of wideband dispersion engineering. This work digs out relaxation processes in metamaterials and opens up new territories for metamaterial research, which may find wide applications in wideband devices and systems.…”
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Imaging Estimation for Liver Damage Using Automated Approach Based on Genetic Programming by David Herrera-Sánchez, Héctor-Gabriel Acosta-Mesa, Efrén Mezura-Montes, Socorro Herrera-Meza, Eduardo Rivadeneyra-Domínguez, Isaac Zamora-Bello, María Fernanda Almanza-Domínguez

“…Imaging estimation is very important and helpful in biological applications. This work proposes a new approach for estimating the damages in the livers of the Wistar rats, using high-resolution RGB images. …”
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Silver Nanoparticle Production by Ruta graveolens and Testing Its Safety, Bioactivity, Immune Modulation, Anticancer, and Insecticidal Potentials by Hamed A. Ghramh, Essam H. Ibrahim, Mona Kilnay, Zubair Ahmad, Sadeq K. Alhag, Khalid Ali Khan, Ramadan Taha, Fawziah M. Asiri

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A multiband NIR upconversion core-shell design for enhanced light harvesting of silicon solar cells by Yue Wang, Wen Xu, Haichun Liu, Yuhan Jing, Donglei Zhou, Yanan Ji, Jerker Widengren, Xue Bai, Hongwei Song

“…However, its practical application under normal sunlight conditions has been hindered by the narrow NIR excitation bandwidth and the low UC efficiency of conventional materials. …”
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Lanthanide-based metal halides prepared at room temperature by recrystallization method for X-ray imaging by Huwei Li, Kai Li, Zheyu Li, Xinyu Fu, Qingxing Yang, Nan Wang, Xinyu Wang, Jing Feng, Shuyan Song, Hongjie Zhang

“…Besides, under X-ray irradiation, Cs3TbCl6 MCs show a high light yield of ~51,800 photons MeV−1 and the as-fabricated thin films possess promising X-ray imaging ability and excellent spatial resolutions (12 lp mm−1). This work provides a new method for ultrafast preparing Ln-based metal halides under mild synthetic conditions and highlights their excellent potential as scintillators for X-ray imaging.…”
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Chip-based label-free incoherent super-resolution optical microscopy by Nikhil Jayakumar, Luis E. Villegas-Hernández, Weisong Zhao, Hong Mao, Firehun T. Dullo, Jean-Claude Tinguely, Krizia Sagini, Alicia Llorente, Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia

“…The statistical similarity or finite coherence of the scattered light off the sample in label-free mode hinders the application of existing super-resolution methods based on incoherent fluorescence imaging. …”
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320 GHz photonic-electronic analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) exploiting Kerr soliton microcombs by Dengyang Fang, Daniel Drayss, Huanfa Peng, Grigory Lihachev, Christoph Füllner, Artem Kuzmin, Pablo Marin-Palomo, Patrick Matalla, Prashanta Kharel, Rui Ning Wang, Johann Riemensberger, Mian Zhang, Jeremy Witzens, J. Christoph Scheytt, Wolfgang Freude, Sebastian Randel, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Christian Koos

“…Abstract Kerr soliton microcombs have the potential to disrupt a variety of applications such as ultra-high-speed optical communications, ultra-fast distance measurements, massively parallel light detection and ranging (LiDAR) or high-resolution optical spectroscopy. …”
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Beta-Sitosterol Facilitates GLUT4 Vesicle Fusion on the Plasma Membrane via the Activation of Rab/IRAP/Munc 18 Signaling Pathways in Diabetic Gastrocnemius Muscle of Adult Male Rat... by JinJin Pei, Monisha Prasad, Ghada Mohamed Helal, Mohamed El-Sherbiny, Dalia Mahmoud Abdelmonem Elsherbini, Ponnulakshmi Rajagopal, Chella Perumal Palanisamy, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Selvaraj Jayaraman, Krishna Mohan Surapaneni

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Pretraining instance segmentation models with bounding box annotations by Cathaoir Agnew, Eoin M. Grua, Pepijn Van de Ven, Patrick Denny, Ciarán Eising, Anthony Scanlan

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Transverse mode coupling in monolithic few-mode fiber laser oscillators by Binyu Rao, Jinbao Chen, Zefeng Wang, Hao Li, Baolai Yang, Rong Zhao, Xinyu Ye, Hengyu Tang, Meng Wang, Zhixian Li, Zilun Chen, Jianqiu Cao, Hu Xiao, Wei Liu, Pengfei Ma, Tianfu Yao

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