Deep Learning-Assisted Microscopic Polarization Inspection of Micro-Nano Damage Precursors: Automatic, Non-Destructive Metrology for Additive Manufacturing Devices by Dingkang Li, Xing Peng, Zhenfeng Ye, Hongbing Cao, Bo Wang, Xinjie Zhao, Feng Shi

“…Firstly, a multi-scale perception module is constructed based on the Large Separable Kernel Attention mechanism, significantly enhancing the network’s feature detection capability in complex industrial scenarios. …”
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Left ventricle strain and T1 mapping evaluation in a mouse model with myocardial infarction by Khaoula Bouazizi, Thulaciga Yoganathan, Frank Kober, Gwennhael Autret, Perrine Marsac, Clément Delacroix, Shannon Soulez, Mohamed Zarai, Vincent Nguyen, Adil Squalli, Paul Alayrac, Estelle Robidel, Bertrand Tavitian, Alban Redheuil, Jean-Sébastien Hulot, Nadjia Kachenoura

“…Radial and circumferential strain measurements were conducted using a custom software based on feature tracking. To address ECG signal interference, adjustments were made for accurate strain calculations. …”
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Taguchi Method-Based Synthesis of a Circular Antenna Array for Enhanced IoT Applications by Wided Amara, Ramzi Kheder, Ridha Ghayoula, Issam El Gmati, Amor Smida, Jaouhar Fattahi, Lassaad Latrach

“…Linear antenna arrays exhibit radiation patterns that are restricted to a half-space and feature axial radiation, which can be a significant drawback for applications that require omnidirectional coverage. …”
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Loan Monitoring Costs and Loan Payment in SACCOs: A Case Study of Mitooma People's SACCO in Mitooma Town Council Mitooma District. by Mugarura, Adison

“…The study findings revealed that physical verification of the borrower's workplace, physical verification of the borrower's mortgaged property or hypothecated, presentation of collateral security to the SACCO, giving early notifications to the borrower, pledging for the collaterals is another feature of the interest rate in most semi-formal financial institutions and internal auditing were some of loan monitoring techniques used by Mitooma People's SACCO. …”
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Research and application of micro-scale fracture prediction technology for deep coalbed methane based on five-dimensional seismic data by Lei ZHANG, Fengyin XU, Jiangnan TONG, Feng ZHANG, Feng WANG, Wei HOU, Yihang CHANG, Songyi HOU, Xiangbing PEI, Zhenyi CAO, Tong CHEN, Xuefeng LI, Ke ZHOU, Yongzhou LI, Huaibin ZHEN, Wenting ZENG

“…Through precise 3D seismic interpretation in the early stage, it was found that faults were not developed in the block, suggesting that the development of local micro-scale fractures might be a significant factor causing fracturing interference in horizontal wells. Focusing on the deep No. 8 coal seam in the study area, we rely on high-quality 3D seismic data characterized by “two wide and one high” features. …”
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A Long-Tail Fault Diagnosis Method Based on a Coupled Time–Frequency Attention Transformer by Li Zhang, Ying Zhang, Hao Luo, Tongli Ren, Hongsheng Li

“…Furthermore, the model’s ability to fully learn features is enhanced through the linear coupling of time–frequency domain attention, which effectively mitigates noise interference and corrects imbalances in data distribution. …”
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Parameter-efficient adaptation with multi-channel adversarial training for far-field speech recognition by Tong Niu, Yaqi Chen, Dan Qu, Hengbo Hu, ChengRan Liu

“…This method uses fixed-length vector sequences appended to input features of each layer, enhancing the model’s capability for handling complex FSR tasks. …”
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Wavelength Switchable Mode-Locked Fiber Laser With Tapered Two-Mode Fiber by Liqin Xie, Fang Fang, Bing Sun, Mengmeng Chen, Zuxing Zhang

“…The TTMF based filter constructed with single-mode fiber-TTMF-single-mode fiber configuration, features smooth interference spectrum. It is attributed to that only two modes are involved into the interference in the specially designed TTMF, which is confirmed by both simulations and experiments. …”
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Remote Sensing Monitoring and Ecological Risk Assessment of Landscape Patterning in the Agro-Pastoral Ecotone of Northeast China by Min Guo, Shijun Wang

“…The agro-pastoral ecotone, an ecological transition zone connecting adjacent areas of agricultural planting area and grassland animal husbandry, has three features: a complex natural condition, relatively pronounced population pressure, and a fragile ecological environment. …”
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Neural dynamics of visual working memory representation during sensory distraction by Jonas Karolis Degutis, Simon Weber, Joram Soch, John-Dylan Haynes

“…Second, we collapsed neural signals across time to assess the degree of interference between VWM contents and sensory distractors, specifically by testing the alignment of their encoding spaces. …”
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A hydrogeomorphology-informed method for mapping continuous river networks from satellite imagery by Xiaodong Yi, Kang Yang, Wei Mao, Mengtian Man, Dinghua Chen, Jinyu Liu

“…However, existing methods and datasets still face the challenge of eliminating interference features and extracting continuous river networks. …”
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BD-WNet: Boundary Decoupling-Based W-Shape Network for Road Segmentation in Optical Remote Sensing Imagery by Shilong Fan, Jianlin Xie, Yin Zhuang, He Chen, Zhibao Su, Lianlin Li

“…The stable features among the overall features are decoupled into the main body of the road, while the dynamic features are decoupled into the boundary of the road. …”
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Intelligent Firefighting Technology for Drone Swarms with Multi-Sensor Integrated Path Planning: YOLOv8 Algorithm-Driven Fire Source Identification and Precision Deployment Strateg... by Bingxin Yu, Shengze Yu, Yuandi Zhao, Jin Wang, Ran Lai, Jisong Lv, Botao Zhou

“…Second, an attention mechanism is incorporated into the neck portion of YOLOv8, which focuses on fire source feature regions, significantly reducing interference from background noise and further improving recognition accuracy in complex environments. …”
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Application of a Dual-Stream Network Collaboratively Based on Wavelet and Spatial-Channel Convolution in the Inpainting of Blank Strips in Marine Electrical Imaging Logging Images:... by Guilan Lin, Sinan Fang, Manxin Li, Hongtao Wu, Chenxi Xue, Zeyu Zhang

“…Electrical imaging logging technology precisely characterizes the features of the formation on the borehole wall through high-resolution resistivity images. …”
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RETRACTED: Standards for ensuring the legality of covert activities in criminal proceedings through the prism of European Court of Human Rights by O. V. Kaplina, A. R. Tumanyants, I. O. Kritskaya

“…The formal-legal (legal-technical) method was used to study the rules of law, to analyze the features of legal technique; and the hermeneutical method revealed the legal content of the norms, legislative proposals and defects in legal regulation. …”
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Bifunctional Memristive Behavior of a Dual‐Layer Structure Depending on the Configuration of Charge Transport by Suji Ha, YoungJu Park, Chanjin Lim, Eunyeong Yang, Taegil Kim, Seon Joon Kim, Junwoo Park

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Single Vector Hydrophone DOA Estimation: Leveraging Deep Learning with CNN-CBAM by Fanyu ZENG, Yaning HAN, Hongyuan YANG, Dapeng YANG, Fan ZHENG

“…By inputting the covariance matrix of the received signal into the neural network and integrating the CBAM module, this method enhances the model’s sensitivity to critical features. The CBAM module leverages channel and spatial attention mechanisms to adaptively focus on essential information, effectively suppressing noise interference and improving directional accuracy. …”
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Current status and outlook of UWB radar personnel localization for mine rescue by ZHENG Xuezhao, MA Jiawen, HUANG Yuan, LI Qiang, REN Jing, LIU Yu

“…Key challenges in mine rescue scenarios are identified: ① significant localization errors and limited effective detection range in thick, heterogeneous, and discontinuous media; ② weakened radar echoes and severe clutter interference under Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) conditions, leading to low-precision micro-motion target detection and large real-time errors for dynamic targets; ③ signal interference and occlusion effects among multiple targets degrading localization accuracy. …”
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Magnetically tunable 4 × 2 encoder utilizing Terfenol-D-embedded phononic crystal ring resonators by Ehsan Mehdizadeh Omrani, Fakhroddin Nazari

“…The encoder features an ultra-compact footprint of 125 × 10-6 m2, with four input waveguides and two output waveguides, each equipped with a pair of ring resonators. …”
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Allelopathy: Mechanisms and Applications in Regenerative Agriculture by Margot Schulz, Vincenzo Tabaglio

“…Allelopathy is an important mechanism in plant communication and interference, involving the release of plant/microorganism self-produced, special featured organic molecules into the environment [...]…”
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