Fault Core Thickness: Insights from Siliciclastic and Carbonate Rocks by A. Torabi, M. U. Johannessen, T. S. S. Ellingsen

“…Fault core accommodates intense deformation in the form of slip surfaces and fault rocks such as fault gouge, cataclasite, breccia, lenses, shale smear, and diagenetic features. The complexity and variation in fault core geometry and thickness affect fluid flow both along and across the fault. …”
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Pupil Detection Algorithm Based on ViM by Yu Zhang, Changyuan Wang, Pengbo Wang, Pengxiang Xue

“…This algorithm introduces weighted feature fusion, aiming to enable the model to adaptively learn the contribution of different feature patches to the pupil detection results; combines ViM with the MSA (multi-head self-attention) mechanism), aiming to integrate global features and improve the accuracy and robustness of pupil detection; and uses FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) to convert the time-domain vector outer product in MSA into a frequency–domain dot product, in order to reduce the computational complexity of the model and improve the detection efficiency of the model. …”
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Encrypted Image Retrieval System based on Features Analysis by Methaq Talib GAATA, Fadya Fouad Hantoosh

“…Fourth,  image encryption phase, as security mechanism for CBIR, we combine two research fields in computer science, CBIR and image cryptography, which grow up to meet the trends of security and speed in current computer sciences, chaos and stream cipher systems were applied as an image encryption system. …”
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Scaled Fenwick Trees by Matthew Cushman

“…A novel data structure that enables the storage and retrieval of linear array numeric data with logarithmic time complexity updates, range sums, and rescaling is introduced and studied. …”
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Improved YOLOv8-Based Algorithm for Citrus Leaf Disease Detection by Zhengbing Zheng, Yibang Zhang, Luchao Sun

“…Furthermore, it strikes an effective balance between enhancing detection accuracy, reducing model complexity, and maintaining a lightweight architecture, making them well-suited for efficient citrus leaf disease detection.…”
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Electron tailoring of thermal and magnetocaloric properties in Tb55TM17.5Al27.5 (TM = Fe, Co, and Ni) metallic glasses by F. Jin, C.M. Pang, S.Y. Li, H.B.C. Yin, W. Li, L.Y. Li, J.Z. Ma, L. Li, J.T. Huo, C.R. Cao, C.C. Yuan

“…In this work, ternary Tb55TM17.5Al27.5 (TM = Fe, Co, and Ni) MGs without the complexities induced by high-entropy effects were designed. …”
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Performance analysis of DC-DC Buck converter with innovative multi-stage PIDn(1+PD) controller using GEO algorithm by Mostafa Jabari, Davut Izci, Serdar Ekinci, Mohit Bajaj, Ievgen Zaitsev

“…Abstract Power electronic converters are widely used in various fields of electrical equipment. Due to their fast dynamics and non-linear nature, controlling them requires dealing with various complexities. …”
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An improved Red-billed blue magpie feature selection algorithm for medical data processing. by Chenyi Zhu, Zhiyi Wang, Yinan Peng, Wenjun Xiao

“…Feature selection is a crucial preprocessing step in the fields of machine learning, data mining and pattern recognition. …”
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Artificial Intelligence for Objective Assessment of Acrobatic Movements: Applying Machine Learning for Identifying Tumbling Elements in Cheer Sports by Sophia Wesely, Ella Hofer, Robin Curth, Shyam Paryani, Nicole Mills, Olaf Ueberschär, Julia Westermayr

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionised various scientific fields and industries through precise data-driven analyses, yet their application in acrobatic sports remains limited despite significant potential for enhancing performance evaluation and coaching. …”
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Psychology's Questionable Research Fundamentals (QRFs): Key problems in quantitative psychology and psychological measurement beyond Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) by Jana Uher, Jan Ketil Arnulf, Jan Ketil Arnulf, Paul T. Barrett, Moritz Heene, Jörg-Henrik Heine, Jack Martin, Lucas B. Mazur, Lucas B. Mazur, Marek McGann, Robert J. Mislevy, Craig Speelman, Aaro Toomela, Ron Weber, Ron Weber

“…This comprehensive multi-perspectival review presents diverse philosophies of science that are used in quantitative psychology and pinpoints four major areas of development. (1) Psychology must advance its general philosophy of science (esp. ontology, epistemology, methodology) and elaborate coherent paradigms. (2) Quantitative psychologists must elaborate the philosophy-of-science fundamentals of specific theories, approaches and methods that are appropriate for enabling quantitative research and for implementing genuine analogues of measurement in psychology, considering its study phenomena's peculiarities (e.g., higher-order complexity, non-ergodicity). (3) Psychologists must heed the epistemic necessity to logically distinguish between the study phenomena (e.g., participants' beliefs) and the means used for their exploration (e.g., descriptions of beliefs in items) to avoid confusing ontological with epistemological concepts—psychologists' cardinal error. …”
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Pockels laser directly driving ultrafast optical metrology by Shixin Xue, Mingxiao Li, Raymond Lopez-rios, Jingwei Ling, Zhengdong Gao, Qili Hu, Tian Qiu, Jeremy Staffa, Lin Chang, Heming Wang, Chao Xiang, John E. Bowers, Qiang Lin

“…We envision its profound impact across diverse fields including communication, sensing, autonomous driving, quantum information processing, and beyond.…”
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New understanding and research directions of oil and gas accumulation in Paleozoic buried hills， Jiyang Depression by WANG Yongshi, ZHANG Pengfei, WANG Xuejun, MA Shuai, LUO Xia, ZHANG Yunyin, XIONG Wei, WANG Yong, TIAN Wen, LIU Ruijuan

“…Paleozoic buried hill is one of the high-yield fields of oil and gas enrichment in Jiyang Depression， and it is a critical reserve expansion position. …”
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Phase transition and bandgap modulation in TiO2 nanostructures for enhanced visible-light activity and environmental applications by Rajwali Khan, Nasir Rahman, Adhimoorthy Prasannan, Khayriniso Ganiyeva, Sabyasachi Chakrabortty, Sambasivam Sangaraju

“…Abstract Due to its wide-ranging applications in the climate and energy fields, enhancing the visible-light photoactivity of TiO2 nanoparticles remains a crucial challenge in photocatalysis. …”
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Using random forests to forecast daily extreme sea level occurrences at the Baltic Coast by K. Bellinghausen, B. Hünicke, E. Zorita

“…It uses spatially resolved fields of daily sea level pressure, surface wind, precipitation, and the pre-filling state of the Baltic Sea as predictors for daily sea level above the 95 % quantile at each of seven tide gauge stations representative of the Baltic coast.…”
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Evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine implementation in a large safety net health system by Jennifer C. Chen, Jennifer C. Chen, Griselda Gutierrez, Griselda Gutierrez, Rachel Kamran, Jill Terry, Jill Terry, Armenui Telliyan, Armenui Telliyan, Camilo Zaks, Savanna L. Carson, Arleen Brown, Karen Kim, Karen Kim

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One step reconstruction of carbon/P zeolite from coal gasification slag and its adsorption mechanism for crystal violet by Yuhua WU, Caizhu LIU, Yulong MA, Yonggang SUN, Wenxin JI, Li ZHU, Hongcun BAI

“…The efficient resource utilization of coal gasification slag is a key issue that urgently needs to be addressed in the fields of energy, environmental protection, and sustainable development. …”
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Territories -in- between by Alexander Wandl

“…Moreover, evidence points in the direction that a large amount of dispersed urban development also asks for different planning approaches and instruments, which reflect the complexity and network structure of theses specific settlement patterns. …”
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Analysis of the Contextual Factors Influencing the Expansion of Construction Violations with an Emphasis on the Role and Position of Key Urban Stakeholders (Case Study: Isfahan Met... by Ahmad Shahivandi, Afsaneh Talebi Varnosfaderani

“…To achieve this, 100 questionnaires were distributed among specialists and experts in urban fields and the collected data were analyzed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in SPSS and Amos Graphics software. …”
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