Ocular Disease Detection Using Fundus Images: A Hybrid Approach of Grad-CAM and Multiscale Retinex Preprocessing With VGG16 Deep Features and Fine KNN Classification by Shreemat Kumar Dash, Kante Satyanarayana, Santi Kumari Behera, Sudarson Jena, Ashoka Kumar Ratha, Prabira Kumar Sethy, Aziz Nanthaamornphong

“…Experimental results showed an initial classification accuracy of 89.2% using features from Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping (Grad-CAM) heatmaps and 83.1% using Multiscale Retinex (MSR) enhanced images. …”
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Effect of Aerogel Particle Concentration on Mechanical Behavior of Impregnated RTV 655 Compound Material for Aerospace Applications by Firouzeh Sabri, Jeffrey G. Marchetta, K. M. Rifat Faysal, Andrew Brock, Esra Roan

“…Aerogels are a unique class of materials with superior thermal and mechanical properties particularly suitable for insulating and cryogenic storage applications. …”
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Fusion Mechanisms for Human Activity Recognition Using Automated Machine Learning by Ana-Cosmina Popescu, Irina Mocanu, Bogdan Cramariuc

“…The outputs of all networks are combined in a summarizing array of class scores using fusion mechanisms that are not computationally intensive but reflect the meaningful information from a video. …”
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Spatial Patterns of Land Take in a Mediterranean City: An Assessment of the SDG Indicator 11.3.1 in the Peri-Urban Area of Thessaloniki by Athena Yiannakou, George Zografos

“…However, the spatial pattern of urban expansion displays a fragmented yet linear form, creating fragmented enclaves of agricultural land.…”
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A New Risk Assessment Methodology Based on Control Limits by Ali Kokangül, Cansu Dağsuyu, Şeyda Taşkınırmak, Müfide Narlı

“…With the new scale that is created based on the average and standard deviation of FMEA values, the comparative importance of the hazards within their groups was revealed. …”
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Novel feature extraction method for signal analysis based on independent component analysis and wavelet transform. by Mariusz Topolski, Jędrzej Kozal

“…This class of models requires a high amount of computational power to train and deploy and large dataset. …”
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ANALYSIS OF RURAL INCOME INEQUALITY IN NIGERIA: BEFORE AND DURING THE DEMOCRATIC ERA by Ridwan MUKAILA, Lynda Ogechi EGWUE

“…Democracy as a form of government was created to ensure that every citizen enjoys the dividends of government. …”
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Effectiveness of Scaffolding Strategies in Learning Against Decrease in Mathematics Anxiety Level by Imam Kusmaryono, Akbar Muntoha Gufron, Achmad Rusdiantoro

“…Sampling through random sampling techniques obtained by students of class X-IPA-1 and X-IPA-2 in SMA Negeri 6 Semarang. …”
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Exploring the Potentials of Unplugged Activities by Mads Middelboe Rehder, Jesper Juellund Jensen, Thilde Emilie Møller, Vibeke Schrøder

“…Data collection includes video recordings, audio recordings, post-class interviews, and artefacts created by the students. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Based Approaches for Face Detection and Recognition by Ratnesh Kumar Shukla, Arvind Kumar Tiwari

“…In this article, we are performing comprehensive and systemic studies to check the efficacy of these classic representation learning structures on class-imbalanced outcomes. We also show that deeper discrimination can be learned by creating a deep network that retains inter-cluster differences both and within groups. …”
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Leveraging artificial intelligence to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the teacher-student relationship in higher education. by Md Juwel Ahmed Sarker, Mahmudul Hasan, Alamgir Kabir, Abdullah Haque

“…We observed a deterioration in the interaction between teachers and students during COVID-19. However, the class conduction, exam taking, and assessment system were the most affected areas compared to personal interaction, catering support to students, and collaborative research activities.…”
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Discourse markers in modern Russian linguistics: analysis of some theoretical approaches by A. V. Kuleshova

“…The problem of separating discourse markers on an equal basis with other linguistic units into a separate class or an independent category is raised, their characteristics and features of functioning depending on the type of discourse are analyzed. …”
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Hybrid feature selection and classification technique for early prediction and severity of diabetes type 2. by Praveen Talari, Bharathiraja N, Gaganpreet Kaur, Hani Alshahrani, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Adel Sulaiman, Asadullah Shaikh

“…The model was created using a combined SMOTE and SMO strategy, which achieved 99.07% correction with 0.1 ms of runtime. …”
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Exploring teachers' experiences in teaching learners with Dissociative identity disorder at rural schools in the Amajuba district KwaZulu-Natal by Nelly Mokoena

“…Qualitative findings revealed that dissociative episodes, memory lapse, and the psychological stress associated with Dissociative Identity DID adversely affected learners’ participation in class, homework completion, and exam performance. …”
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The Spatial-Temporal Canvas That We Call the Stage: Text and Performance in Final Solutions by Ananya Ghoshal, Manivendra Kumar

“…Scholars Jisha Menon (2013) and Aparna Dharwadker (2005) commend Dattani’s ‘innovative’ dramaturgy for realistically representing the urban-middle-class home along with the complex social issues pervading this social milieu. …”
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Comics in The Classroom : A Study On Improving Students' Creative Reading Literacy in Indonesian Language Learning by Ariesty Fujiastuti, Purwati Zisca Diana

“…The study's results are as follows: (1) Initial observations highlighted the need for developing learning media in class VII SMP/MTs, which served as the basis for product development; (2) The design stage involved creating learning media components ready for development; (3) The development stage produced comic-based learning media tested by several experts and students, along with an effectiveness test; (4) Material expert tests scored 3.80, media expert tests scored 4.00, indicating good quality. …”
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Clinical trial of DprE1 inhibitors: from bench to bedside by A. V. Snehalatha, N. V. Anil Kumar

“…Article Highlights DprE1 inhibitors are a new class of anti-TB drugs that target the DprE1 enzyme. …”
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Searching for a Room of One’s Own: Rethinking the Iranian Diaspora in “Persepolis”, “Shahs of Sunset” and “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” by Emily Edwards

“… For diasporic communities created through violence or forcible resettlement, home transcends physical boundaries and becomes a blend of past experience and future imagination. …”
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Assessing of some physical factors affecting the health and performance of elementary School students in Qom Province by M Asadi-ghalhari, M mahdinia, S mohebi, R hokmabadi, E gharedaghi

“…Results: The results showed that the minimum national standard was not supplied in 13% of the classes. The average of illumination was between the minimum and recommended standard in 68.7% of classes. …”
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Reach for the stars: The impact on consumer preferences of introducing a new top-tier typology into a PDO wine by Gabriele Scozzafava, Francesca Gerini, Andrea Dominici, Caterina Contini, Leonardo Casini

“…With this purpose in mind, we performed a choice experiment on Italian wine consumers. A Latent Class Model allowed us to identify three distinct classes of consumers that differ in their preferences for price and PDO. …”
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