Comparison of Directional and Diffused Lighting for Pixel-Level Segmentation of Concrete Cracks by Hamish Dow, Marcus Perry, Jack McAlorum, Sanjeetha Pennada

“…This method was benchmarked against two diffused lighting crack detection techniques across a dataset with crack widths typically ranging from 0.07 mm to 0.4 mm. …”
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Patch-Wise-Based Diffusion Model with Uncertainty Guidance for Low-Light Image Enhancement by Li Li, Jishen Peng, Yingcai Wan

“…Existing low-light enhancement methods based on diffusion models have demonstrated effectiveness; however, they suffer from slow training processes and less structured guidance during optimization. …”
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Observation of Diffuse Galactic Light Near the Galactic Center with ONC-T on Board Hayabusa2 by Kei Sano, Yuto Tome, Kana Kurosaki, Kohji Tsumura, Shuji Matsuura, Kohji Takimoto, Takahiro Iwata, Manabu Yamada, Tomokatsu Morota, Toru Kouyama, Masahiko Hayakawa, Yasuhiro Yokota, Eri Tatsumi, Moe Matsuoka, Naoya Sakatani, Koki Yumoto, Shingo Kameda, Hidehiko Suzuki, Yuichiro Cho, Kazuo Yoshioka, Kazunori Ogawa, Kei Shirai, Hirotaka Sawada, Seiji Sugita

“…Diffuse Galactic light (DGL) is starlight scattered by interstellar dust. …”
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Effect of High Pressure Sodium and Light-Emitting Diode Lamps’ Supplementary Lighting and Diffusion Glass on Growth, Yield, and Fruit Quality of Pink Tomato by Katarzyna Kowalczyk, Małgorzata Mirgos, Anna Geszprych, Jarosław Przybył, Marzena Sujkowska-Rybkowska, Wojciech Borucki, Stanisław Kalisz, Jerzy Jonczak, Anna Sobczak-Samburska, Małgorzata Kunka, Janina Gajc-Wolska

“…In this study, for first time, the efficiency of the yield and fruit quality of the pink tomato cultivar ‘Tomimaru Muchoo’ was studied in hydroponic cultivation with top and interlighting with LEDs (light-emitting diodes) and diffusion glass (<i>DGlass</i>) to cover the glasshouse roof (LED+LED+<i>DGlass</i>). …”
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Enhancing needle puncture detection using high-pass filtering and diffuse reflectance by Rachael L’Orsa, Rachael L’Orsa, Rachael L’Orsa, Rachael L’Orsa, Anupam Bisht, Linhui Yu, Kartikeya Murari, Kartikeya Murari, Kartikeya Murari, Garnette R. Sutherland, Garnette R. Sutherland, David T. Westwick, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

“…Instrumented needles could help operators more reliably identify when the tool has entered the target space.MethodsThis paper investigates technical approaches to provide such support; we created an experimental system that acquires needle force and position signals, as well as the diffuse backscattered reflectance from white light carried to and collected from the needle’s tip via two in-bore optical fibers. …”
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Rw-Dm: Retinex and wavelet-based diffusion model for low-light image enhancement in underground coal mines by Yadong Li, Jun Tian, Yang Chen, Hongdong Wang, Hui Yan, Yang Peng, Tianjiao Wang

“…This methodology harnesses the generative capabilities of diffusion models to produce visually appealing outcomes in the enhancement of low-light images. …”
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Using Lyα Absorption to Measure the Intensity and Variability of z ∼ 2.4 Ultraviolet Background Light by Laurel H. Weiss, Karl Gebhardt, Dustin Davis, Erin Mentuch Cooper, Maja Lujan Niemeyer, Mahdi Qezlou, Mahan Mirza Khanlari, Robin Ciardullo, Daniel Farrow, Eric Gawiser, Simon Gazagnes, Caryl Gronwall, Gary J. Hill, Donald P. Schneider

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The neuropathological basis of elevated serum neurofilament light following experimental concussion by John D. Arena, Douglas H. Smith, Ramon Diaz Arrastia, D. Kacy Cullen, Rui Xiao, Jiaxin Fan, Danielle C. Harris, Cillian E. Lynch, Victoria E. Johnson

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A lightweight remote sensing image detection model with feature aggregation diffusion network by Xiaohui Cheng, Xukun Wang, Yun Deng, Qiu Lu, Yanping Kang, Jian Tang, Yuanyuan Shi, Junyu Zhao

“…To address this, we propose LightFAD-YOLO, a lightweight model integrating feature aggregation diffusion for multi-scale context propagation, enhancing small object detection in complex scenes. …”
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Driver Drowsiness Detection Using Swin Transformer and Diffusion Models for Robust Image Denoising by Samy Abd El-Nabi, Ahmed F. Ibrahim, El-Sayed M. El-Rabaie, Osama F. Hassan, Naglaa F. Soliman, Khalil F. Ramadan, Walid El-Shafai

“…This study presents a robust and scalable driver drowsiness detection framework that integrates a Swin Transformer-based deep learning model with a diffusion model for image denoising. …”
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Generative Diffusion Models for Compressed Sensing of Satellite LiDAR Data: Evaluating Image Quality Metrics in Forest Landscape Reconstruction by Andres Ramirez-Jaime, Gonzalo R. Arce, Nestor Porras-Diaz, Oleg Ieremeiev, Andrii Rubel, Vladimir Lukin, Mateusz Kopytek, Piotr Lech, Jarosław Fastowicz, Krzysztof Okarma

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Prospects for Detecting Cosmic Filaments in Lyα Emission across Redshifts z = 2–5 by Yizhou Liu, Liang Gao, Shihong Liao, Kai Zhu

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Tensor-valued diffusion MRI detects brain microstructural abnormalities in HIV infected individuals with cognitive impairment by Md Nasir Uddin, Meera V. Singh, Abrar Faiyaz, Filip Szczepankiewicz, Markus Nilsson, Zachary D. Boodoo, Karli R. Sutton, Madalina E. Tivarus, Jianhui Zhong, Lu Wang, Xing Qiu, Miriam T. Weber, Giovanni Schifitto

“…However, quantitative neuroimaging may be able to detect ongoing subtle microstructural changes. In this study, we hypothesized that tensor-valued diffusion encoding metrics would provide greater sensitivity than conventional diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics in detecting HIV-associated brain microstructural injury. …”
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Effects of Sheet Resistance on mc-Si Selective Emitter Solar Cells Using Laser Opening and One-Step Diffusion by Sheng-Shih Wang, Jyh-Jier Ho, Jia-Jhe Liou, Jia-Show Ho, Song-Yeu Tsai, Hsien-Seng Hung, Chi-Hsiao Yeh, Kang L. Wang

“…In order to simplify process procedure and improve conversion efficiency (η), we present new steps of laser opening and one-step POCl3 diffusion to fabricate selective emitter (SE) solar cells, in which heavily doped regions (HDR) and lightly doped regions (LDR) were formed simultaneously. …”
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Investigating the Application of Pomegranate-Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents for Enhancing Breast Cancer Detection via Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy by Hala S. Abuelmakarem, Mohamed Aly Saad Aly, Shaza H. Aly, Sodfa Ayman, Muhammad Shamim Al Mamun, Omnia Hamdy

“…Cytotoxicity measurements revealed that the nanomaterials achieved a selective cytotoxic effect toward tumor cells. Results also showed significant wavelength-dependent changes in diffuse reflectance characteristics between malignant and normal cells. …”
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Association of plasma neurofilament light chain with microstructural white matter changes in Down syndrome by Herminia Diana Rosas, Nathaniel David Mercaldo, Yasemin Hasimoglu, Melissa Petersen, Lydia R. Lewis, Florence Lai, David Powell, Asim Dhungana, Ali Demir, David Keater, Michael Yassa, Adam M. Brickman, Sid O'Bryant

“…WM microstructural properties correlated with plasma neurofilament light chain (NfL). NfL may reflect early, selective WM changes in adults with DS at high risk of developing AD.…”
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SSCD-YOLO: Semi-Supervised Cross-Domain YOLOv8 for Pedestrian Detection in Low-Light Conditions by Fangliang Cao, Kai Yan, Hongliang Chen, Zhen Wang, Yunliang Du, Zekang Zheng, Kefan Li, Baozhu Qi, Mingjia Wang

“…To mitigate the domain differences between infrared and visible light images and address the challenges of data annotation and poor pedestrian detection performance in low-light environments, we propose a semi-supervised cross-domain YOLOv8 pedestrian detection model SSCD-YOLO for low-light environments. …”
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An approach to select between the plausible kinetic models of a heterogeneous catalytic process using intraparticle diffusion with external mass transfer resistance by O. O. Zhokh, P. E. Strizhak

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RGB-T Object Detection With Failure Scenarios by Qingwang Wang, Yuxuan Sun, Yongke Chi, Tao Shen

“…Currently, RGB-thermal (RGB-T) object detection algorithms have demonstrated excellent performance, but issues such as modality failure caused by fog, strong light, sensor damage, and other conditions can significantly impact the detector&#x0027;s performance. …”
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Towards Non-Contact Glucose Sensing in Aqueous Turbid Medium at &#x223C;1.1 Meters Distance by Daqing Piao, John O'Hara, Satish Bukkapatnam, Sabit Ekin

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