GAN-enhanced deep learning for improved Alzheimer's disease classification and longitudinal brain change analysis by Purushottam Pandey, Surbhi Bhatia Khan, Surbhi Bhatia Khan, Surbhi Bhatia Khan, Jyoti Pruthi, Eid Albalawi, Ali Algarni, Ahlam Almusharraf

“…AI techniques can process large datasets with high accuracy, significantly improving the speed and precision of AD detection. However, despite these advancements, issues such as limited accuracy, computational complexity, and the risk of overfitting still pose challenges in the field of AD classification. …”
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Bottom Trawling and Multi‐Marker eDNA Metabarcoding Surveys Reveal Highly Diverse Vertebrate and Crustacean Communities: A Case Study in an Urbanized Subtropical Estuary by Jack Chi‐Ho Ip, Hai‐Xin Loke, Sam King Fung Yiu, Meihong Zhao, Yixuan Li, Yitao Lin, Chun‐Ming How, Jiezhang Mo, Meng Yan, Jinping Cheng, Vincent Chi‐Sing Lai, Leo Lai Chan, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, Jian‐Wen Qiu

“…Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between eDNA read counts and trawl catch, but their correlation coefficient was low. We conclude that eDNA metabarcoding can provide high‐resolution detection of species, composition, and unravel community–environment relationships in estuarine ecosystems. …”
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Comparing Raman and NanoSIMS for heavy water labeling of single cells by George A. Schaible, John B. Cliff, Jennifer A. Crandall, Jeremy J. Bougoure, Michael N. Mathuri, Alex L. Sessions, Joseph Atwood, Roland Hatzenpichler

“…ABSTRACT Stable isotope probing (SIP) experiments in conjunction with Raman microspectroscopy (Raman) or nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) are frequently used to explore single cell metabolic activity in pure cultures as well as complex microbiomes. Despite the increasing popularity of these techniques, the comparability of isotope incorporation measurements using both Raman and NanoSIMS directly on the same cell remains largely unexplored. …”
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Detour-Straddle 3D-like path planning of unmanned mining truck in open pit mines based on optimized ant colony algorithm by Mingyu GAO, Jiusheng BAO, Yan YIN, Deping HU, Kekun ZHANG, Chenzhong ZHU, Maosen WANG, Kai WANG

“…Secondly, taking unmanned mining truck as the research object, a 3D collision detection method is designed, which can judge the conflict relationship between obstacles and vehicle body in the horizontal and vertical aspects respectively, and according to the structural characteristics of mining truck and road conditions, a parallel crossing strategy is developed to directly cross over obstacles that are not threatening to vehicles, which can effectively improve the passing efficiency of mining truck under the premise of ensuring safety. …”
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Assessment of Microsatellite Genetic Diversity of Cultured Eriocheir sinensis Populations from Jiangsu and Anhui by Yuting HU, Jun LING, He JIANG, Huan WANG, Tingshuang PAN, Guoqing DUAN, Huaxing ZHOU, Min YANG, Tong LI

“…Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) and the coefficient of genetic differentiation (Fst) were performed using Arlequin 3.5 software. …”
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Cardiovascular risk profile in patients with arterial hypertension who first seek medical attention by D. V. Nebieridze, T. V. Kamyshova, A. A. Sarycheva, A. S. Safaryan

“…After the risk assessment, all patients underwent an echo-cardiography, duplex ultrasonography screening of the brachiocephalic arteries and determination of microalbuminuria to detect target organ damage. According to results of a complex survey, the risk was reclassified based on the presence of target organ damage.Results. …”
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Single or multiple arterial grafting to design a coronary bypass: a retrospective study by A. V. Frolov, N. I. Zagorodnikov, R. S. Tarasov, E. V. Grigoriev

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A Newly Synthesized Tris(crown ether) Ionophore for Assisted Ion Transfer at NanoITIES Electrodes by Dr. Ran Chen, Dr. Anna Yang, Albert Chang, Philip F. Oweimrin, Julian Romero, Pitchaya Vichitcharoenpaisarn, Stephanie Tapia, Kevin Ha, Christopher Villaflor, Prof. Mei Shen

“…Abstract Assisted ion transfer at a pipet‐supported interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES) have become a prominent method for the detection of various ionic species and for studying ionic complexation. …”
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Pseudoexhaustive memory testing based on March A type march tests by V. N. Yarmolik, I. Mrozek, S. V. Yarmolik

“…Multiple March tests are highlighted to detect complex pattern-sensitive memory faults. To detect them, the necessary condition that test procedures must satisfy to deal complex faults, is substantiated. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Video Games: Towards a Unified Framework by Firas Safadi, Raphael Fonteneau, Damien Ernst

“…With modern video games frequently featuring sophisticated and realistic environments, the need for smart and comprehensive agents that understand the various aspects of complex environments is pressing. Since video game AI is often specifically designed for each game, video game AI tools currently focus on allowing video game developers to quickly and efficiently create specific AI. …”
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Causal inference for heritable phenotypic risk factors using heterogeneous genetic instruments. by Jingshu Wang, Qingyuan Zhao, Jack Bowden, Gibran Hemani, George Davey Smith, Dylan S Small, Nancy R Zhang

“…By using GWAS summary statistics, GRAPPLE can efficiently use both strong and weak genetic instruments, detect the existence of multiple pleiotropic pathways, determine the causal direction and perform multivariable MR to adjust for confounding risk factors. …”
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Artificial intelligence-based multi-expression programming prediction of magnetized radiative nanofluid flow between coaxial deformable tubes by Bilal Ahmed, Dong Liu, Bouthaina Dammak, Naeem Ullah, Afraz Hussain Majeed, Hafedh Mahmoud Zayani, Binjuan Zhao

“…Endoscopy is used to detect the inner diseases of body that are complex to detect from the ordinary visualization and outer tube shows the blood flow arteries. …”
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Dynamic 3D-Network Coating Composite Enables Global Isolation of Phosphopeptides, Stepwise Separation of Mono- and Multi-Phosphopeptides, and Phosphoproteomics of Human Lung Cells by Linlin Liu, Zhenhua Chen, Danni Wang, Weida Liang, Binbin Wang, Chenglong Xia, Yinghua Yan, Chuanfan Ding, Xiaodan Meng, Hongze Liang

“…These results demonstrate the material’s superior enrichment efficiency in complex biological samples.…”
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Vision Sensor for Automatic Recognition of Human Activities via Hybrid Features and Multi-Class Support Vector Machine by Saleha Kamal, Haifa F. Alhasson, Mohammed Alnusayri, Mohammed Alatiyyah, Hanan Aljuaid, Ahmad Jalal, Hui Liu

“…There are several elements that contribute to the complexity of the task, making it more challenging to detect human activities, i.e., (i) poor lightning conditions; (ii) different viewing angles; (iii) intricate clothing styles; (iv) diverse activities with similar gestures; and (v) limited availability of large datasets. …”
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Graph cut-based segmentation for intervertebral disc in human MRI by Leena Silvoster, R. Mathusoothan S. Kumar

“…Validation of the algorithm on a dataset of 15 patients demonstrates its efficient segmentation performance, achieving a Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) of 89%.…”
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Research on chaotic secure communication system based on all optical chaos injection double-loop electro-optical phase feedback loop by ZHOU Xuefang, WANG Fei, YANG Guowei, BI Meihua, XU Mengmeng, HU Miao

“…The results demonstrate that the designed chaotic secure communication system has higher complexity and the TDS are completely hidden when the feedback coefficient is small.…”
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The performance of 76 kHz positional acoustic telemetry is challenged by acoustic conditions in the tailrace of a hydroelectric dam by C. Ryan Hill, Antóin M. O’Sullivan, R. Allen Curry, Tommi Linnansaari, Philip M. Harrison

“…Abstract Background Positional acoustic telemetry permits high-resolution (2D and 3D) tracking of tagged fish based on the speed of sound and time at which acoustic signals are detected at independent receivers. Such positional data has important implications for understanding fish behavior in hydropower tailraces, where movement and fishway passage may be influenced by complex hydraulic conditions. …”
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Acoustic monitoring with miniature drones shows reduced Myotis bat occurrence with altitude and drone movement by Lauren Dobie, David M. Bird, Kyle H. Elliott

“…We investigate how habitat, drone altitude, and drone movement influence bat sampling efficiency. A hovering drone detected more bats per minute than a moving drone for the EPNO complex (Eptesicus fuscus and Lasionycteris noctivagans) and all bats. …”
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Development status and key technologies of deep-sea towing autonomous underwater vehicles by Guanyu LU, Tiedong ZHANG, Zhenglin LI, Dapeng JIANG, Ming LEI, Wanzhen LUO

“…Regarding key technologies, the overall design of towing AUVs is complex and involves multiple aspects, such as the design and layout of various components. …”
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Photothermal Therapeutic Gold Nanoparticles Loaded with PD-L1 siRNA Enhanced Killing of NSCLC Cells by Immune Cells by Gao L, Yang LH, Jiang FC, Ye WY, Chen X, Liu ZJ, He RQ, Huang WY, Feng ZB, Kong JL, Lai ZF, Chen G

“…Combining ICB therapy with other strategies that is able to stimulate tumor immunogenicity or increase infiltration of T cells aroused great concern in cancer therapy.Results: Herein, we constructed a kind of AuNP@NH2-PEG-SH/PD-L1 siRNA nanoparticle complex which showed prominent photothermal therapeutic (PTT) effects triggered by NIR laser and could efficiently deliver PD-L1 siRNA into NSCLC cells (knock-down efficiency were 75.8% and 83% in HCC827 and A549 cells). …”
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