PFML: Self-Supervised Learning of Time-Series Data Without Representation Collapse by Einari Vaaras, Manu Airaksinen, Okko Rasanen

“…We demonstrate the effectiveness of PFML through complex, real-life classification tasks across three different data modalities: infant posture and movement classification from multi-sensor inertial measurement unit data, emotion recognition from speech data, and sleep stage classification from EEG data. …”
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Does acute pancreatitis herald pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma? A multicenter electronic health research network study by Ritu R. Singh, Alison P. Klein, Neil R. Sharma, Eileen M. O'Reilly

“…Abstract Background and Objectives High mortality in pancreas ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is related to delayed diagnosis and lack of cost‐effective early detection strategies. Retrospective studies have demonstrated an association between PDAC and acute pancreatitis (AP). …”
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Multilevel Assessment of Exercise Fatigue Utilizing Multiple Attention and Convolution Network (MACNet) Based on Surface Electromyography by Guofu Zhang, Banghua Yang, Peng Zan, Dingguo Zhang

“…Finally, GradCAM visualization is used to verify the developed model’s interpretation, exploring the effects of sEMG channels and time-domain characteristics on exercise fatigue. …”
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A novel adversarial deep TSK fuzzy classifier with its inverse-free fast training by Limin Mao, Hangming Shi, Yongxin Chou, Jinliang Cong, Mingli Lu, Zekang Bian, Suhang Gu

“…The source code of AD-TSK classifier can be downloaded from https://github.com/gusuhang10/AD-TSK .…”
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Semi-automated annotation for video-based beef cattle behavior recognition by Zhiyong Cao, Chen Li, Xiujuan Yang, Shuai Zhang, Ling Luo, Hao Wang, Hongbo Zhao

“…The experimental results show that the model can effectively learn the corresponding category labels from the behavioural category data of the dataset, with an average recognition accuracy of 90.33% on the test set. …”
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“We witnessed medicines help our children, then we became proud”: experiences and acceptability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Aweil, South Sudan by Francis Okot, Maria Suau Sans, Erica Viganò, Abubaker Rom, Denis Mubiru, Kevin Baker, Jamshed Khan, Ahmed Julla

“…Factors reported that positively influenced acceptability included the perceived effectiveness of SMC in preventing malaria, the door-to-door delivery strategy and the use of trusted Boma Health Workers to deliver SMC. …”
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Injury and Illness Incidence in 2017 Super Rugby Tournament: A Surveillance Study on a Single South African Team by Kim Buchholtz, Curt Barnes, Theresa L. Burgess

“…# Background Professional rugby presents significant injury and illness risks to players, which need to be regularly assessed to monitor the effects of interventions and competition rules changes…”
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Visual tracking by matching points using diffusion model by Mohamad Alansari, Iyyakutti Iyappan Ganapathi, Sara Alansari, Hasan Al Marzouqi, Sajid Javed

“…Existing Siamese and Transformer-based trackers commonly approach Visual Object Tracking (VOT) as a one-shot detection problem, where the target object is located in a single forward evaluation. While effective, this approach lacks self-correction mechanisms, making these trackers prone to drifting toward visually similar distractors. …”
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Analysis of Seismic Responses and Vibration Serviceability in a High-Rise Timber–Concrete Hybrid Building by Chao Zong, Jiajun Zhai, Xiaoluan Sun, Xingxing Liu, Xiaowu Cheng, Shenshan Wang

“…The two dynamic concerns, seismic effects and the vibration of floors in hybrid structures, are key issues, in view of which this study aimed to investigate the small-seismic-response spectra and elastic time histories in a high-rise timber hybrid building, specifically the medical technology building of Jiangsu Provincial Rehabilitation Hospital in China. …”
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Enhancing LLM Reasoning Capabilities Through Brokered Multi-Expert Reflection by Tejasvee Sheokand, Garveet Jain, Arshdeep Bahga, Vijay K. Madisetti

“…To facilitate further investigation and validation of our proposed brokered multi-expert reflection framework for non-commercial use, the source code of our system is available at <uri>https://github.com/WiZY936/Brokered-Multi-Expert-Reflection</uri>…”
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ASAP: Automated Style-Aware Similarity Measurement for Selection of Annotated Pre-Training Datasets in 2D Biomedical Imaging by Miguel Molina-Moreno, Marcel P. Schilling, Markus Reischl, Ralf Mikut

“…Despite the constant publication of new annotated datasets and pre-trained models, a vast subset of them remains untapped, owing to the challenges in effectively applying transfer learning or domain adaptation across varying scenarios. …”
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iDOM: Statistical analysis of dissolved organic matter characterized by high‐resolution mass spectrometry by Fanfan Meng, Ang Hu, Kyoung‐Soon Jang, Jianjun Wang

“…The source code and example dataset of iDOM are publicly available on https://github.com/jianjunwang/iDOM. …”
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A graphical modelling approach to the dissection of highly correlated transcription factor binding site profiles. by Robert Stojnic, Audrey Qiuyan Fu, Boris Adryan

“…Inferring the combinatorial regulatory code of transcription factors (TFs) from genome-wide TF binding profiles is challenging. …”
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Research on Inspection Method of Intelligent Factory Inspection Robot for Personnel Safety Protection by Ruohuai Sun, Bin Zhao, Chengdong Wu, Xiaohong Qin

“…To address the issues of low efficiency and high omission rates in monitoring workers’ compliance with safety dress codes in intelligent factories, this paper proposes the SFA-YOLO network, an enhanced real-time detection model based on a Selective Feature Attention mechanism. …”
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Perceived shifts in routine vaccine confidence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kinshasa Province, DRC: A mixed-methods approach. by Alix Boisson-Walsh, Patrick Ngimbi, Camille E Morgan, Angela M Stover, Nana Mbonze, Sarah Ntambua, Jolie Matondo, Marcel Yotebieng, Melchior M Kashamuka, Linda James, Jonathan B Parr, Samuel Mampunza, Peyton Thompson

“…We also interviewed participants and coded open-ended responses to the SVC scale to explore context-specific perceptions. …”
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Exploring the barriers and facilitators to HIV information and health services among youth in N’Djamena, Chad: a qualitative descriptive study by Christopher R Sudfeld, Esias Bedingar, Ngarossorang Bedingar, Djimet Seli

“…Our findings highlight the importance of comprehensive community- and youth-led approaches that are youth-friendly and youth-centric and are needed to effectively communicate HIV information.…”
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Arctic tern-optimized weighted feature regression system for predicting bridge scour depth by Jui-Sheng Chou, Asmare Molla

“…The metaheuristic algorithm concurrently optimizes all hyperparameters of constituent WFLSSVR models, resulting in a highly effective system. Validation involves a comprehensive assessment using two case studies, which include datasets of scour depths across various complexities and pier foundation types. …”
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Early stroke behavior detection based on improved video masked autoencoders for potential patients by Meng Wang, Guanci Yang, Kexin Luo, Yang Li, Ling He

“…On the HMDB51 dataset, EPBR-PS has Top1 of 71.31%, which is 0.73% higher than that of the VideoMAE, providing the viable behavior detection for perception early signs of potential stroke in the home environment. This code is available at https://github.com/wang-325/EPBR-PS/ .…”
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A Comprehensive Analysis of Security Challenges in ZigBee 3.0 Networks by Akbar Ghobakhlou, Duaa Zuhair Al-Hamid, Sara Zandi, James Cato

“…While ZigBee 3.0 introduces enhanced security features such as install codes and trust centre link key updates, there remains a lack of empirical research evaluating their effectiveness in real-world deployments. …”
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Coverage intensity of optimal sensors for common, isolated, and integrated steel structures using novel approach of FEM-MAC-TTFD by Mehdi Firoozbakht, Hamidreza Vosoughifar, Alireza Ghari Ghoran

“…All of novel optimal sensor placement processes were done through FEM-MAC-TTFD code modeled and developed in MATLAB by authors of this article. …”
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