Synergizing BRDF correction and deep learning for enhanced crop classification in GF-1 WFV imagery by Yuanwei Chen, Yang Li, Runze Li, Chongzheng Guo, Jilin Li

“…GF-1 Wide Field View (WFV) imagery suffers from Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) effects due to large viewing angles (0°–48°), reducing crop classification accuracy. …”
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Upper limb kinematic measurement using markerless motion capturing (MMC) in stroke survivors: A cross-sectional experimental study by Winnie WT Lam, Kenneth NK Fong, Chi-Wen Chien

“…This study evaluates: (a) differences in upper limb joint angles between stroke survivors with different functional levels and their healthy counterparts in controlled indoor and uncontrolled outdoor environments; and (b) the relationship between the kinematic information obtained by the MMC system and the scores of manual motor assessments. …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF METHODS OF RECEPTION OF LONGITUDINAL PROFILE OF ROADS by V. G. Mikhailov

“…Though in the future in process of perfection of accuracy of sounding and availability of the information the given mode is represented to the most perspective.The method of registration of cross-sections/biases of the big sites of roads in the course of movement of the vehicle on the basis of microcontroller Arduino Due, the gauge of speedups and discharge angles MPU-6050 and data recording on a SD- card is offered, application of the combined processing of the information on the basis of the developed programs in language With in the microcontroller and in module S-Function Builder in package Matlab/Simulink is considered.By means of the offered methods registration of biases of road of difficult character by extent of 10 km is spent. …”
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Fatigue life study of the door on the new-type 160 km/h railway box wagon by MA Chengcheng, FU Maohai, AN Qi, WANG Yang

“…The door's fatigue damage was calculated with two analyzing methods, which were the frequency domain analysis based on the stress response power spectrum density function and the time domain analysis based on the rain flow counting method. …”
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Free In-Plane Vibration Analysis of Circular, Annular, and Sector Plates Using Isogeometric Approach by Xiaohui Qin, Guoyong Jin, Mingfei Chen, Shaoping Yin

“…The NURBS basic functions can not only preserve the exact geometry of sector, annular, and circular plates, but also provide higher continuity of basis function and its derivatives. …”
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Diaphragmatic curvature analysis using dynamic digital radiography by Takuya Hino, Akinori Tsunomori, Noriaki Wada, Akinori Hata, Taiki Fukuda, Yusei Nakamura, Yoshitake Yamada, Tomoyuki Hida, Mizuki Nishino, Masako Ueyama, Atsuko Kurosaki, Takeshi Kubo, Shoji Kudoh, Kousei Ishigami, Hiroto Hatabu

“…Methods: This retrospective study included healthy volunteers and COPD patients recruited from 2009 to 2014 at Fukujuji Hospital, who received DDR and pulmonary functional test. AUD was defined as an area under a hemidiaphragm and above the line connecting the ipsilateral costophrenic angle to the top of the hemidiaphragm on DDR image. …”
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A coherent double spectral method for measuring the parameters of single-mode optical fibers with strong linear birefringence by Golovchenko Andrew, Petrov Aleksandr, Temkina Valentina, Archelkov Arseniy, Tsibinogina Marina, Kotov Oleg

“…Analytical expressions for the birefringence and beat length of polarization modes having regard to the RI dispersion, as well as for the spectral transfer function (STF) of the polarization interferometer and its Fourier image were derived. …”
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Design and modeling of a highly compact negative index floral shape metamaterial for flight navigation applications by M. Pallavi, Praveen Kumar, B. R. Shivakumar

“…The CAS antenna routes the signal throughout the complete azimuth region, so the designed MTM must be proficient to withstand its DNG characteristics for different incident angles. Hence, the proposed design is tested at various incident angles spanning between to along the azimuth region, at a deviation. …”
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Quantitative fracture characterization and damage evolution mechanisms of MWM under splitting tension by Chunjie Li, Jun Cai, Johnny F.I. Lam, Kaicong Kuang, Hongniao Chen

“…Through integrated digital image correlation (DIC) and cubic specimen (100 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm) testing, a piecewise constitutive model was developed, combining a 6th-degree polynomial (ascending phase, R2=0.942) with a rational fraction function (descending phase, R2=0.999), resolving limitations of linear approximations. …”
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The influence of surface rocking motion on the dynamic responses of drillstring during horizontal well drilling by Liu Yang, Chen Sitong, Wei Shuyong, Tao Haijun, Xiang Xingyun, Ma Tianshou

“…The frictional velocity dependence is described by the Dieterich-Ruina model and the discontinuous rocking motion is depicted by a trapezoidal wave function. The accuracy of the model is validated through scaled experiments and field data. …”
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Abordagem neuroendoscopica transnasal transeptal para a região selar: estudo de 30 casos Neuroendoscopic endonasal transseptal approach to the sellar region: study of 30 cases by Jackson Gondim, Israel Pinheiro

“…The use of endoscope allowed close inspection and differentiation between tumor tissue and glandular remains, resulting in micro dissection of the tumor with maximumu preservation of pituitary function. The angled view of the endoscope helps gross total removal of the tumor tissue, from the supra and para sellar extension. …”
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Influence of high powder flow dynamics on the efficiency of laser-directed energy deposition by Hong Seok Kim, Sang Hu Park

“…A physics-based model is proposed to calculate powder incorporation efficiency into the melt pool as a function of feeding rate and key physical parameters—namely, the melting ratio of in-flight particles, melt pool size, and both the particle count and residence time on the melt pool surface. …”
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Vibration Optimization of Fiber-Metal Laminated Composite Shallow Shell Panels Using an Adaptive PSO Algorithm by Hadi Ghashochi-Bargh, Mohammad Homayoun Sadr

“…The use of the inertia weight provided a balance between global and local exploration and exploitation and resulted in fewer iterations on average to find an optimal solution. The fitness function was computed with a semi-analytical FSM. The number of layers, the fiber orientation angles, edge conditions, length/width (a/b) ratios, and length/radii of curvature (a/R) ratios were considered as design variables. …”
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Optimized Blade Design of Counter-Rotating-Type Pump-Turbine Unit Operating in Pump and Turbine Modes by Jin-Woo Kim, Jun-Won Suh, Young-Seok Choi, Kyoung-Yong Lee, Toshiaki Kanemoto, Jin-Hyuk Kim

“…The pump and turbine mode efficiencies of the unit were selected as the objective functions and they combined into a single specific objective function with the weighting factors. …”
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Stiffening multistable origami-inspired deployable structures from embeddable bistable units by Dimitrios Michalaros, Clark C. Addis, Jhonatan Rincon, Chelsea Tinsley, Kendal Tinsley, Maria Pundik, Salvador Rojas, Andres F. Arrieta

“…Both unit designs are experimentally characterised, and their stiffnesses are modelled as a function of deformation with fitted equations. We show that the locking ability of the embedded units helps maintain the stiffness of the Origami-inspired structures under distributed loads, with or without coupling the initial and final hinge twist angles. …”
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Elastic scattering of Lithium induced nuclear reactions by S. Madhu, Reddi Rani L., H.C. Manjunatha, N. Sowmya, H.S. Anushree, Krishnakanth E.

“…Elastic scattering cross-sections of 6,7Li-induced fusion reactions are function of the Coulomb-interaction parameter and center of mass energy. …”
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Atypical cristae in bundle sheath mitochondria in leaves of Atriplex tatarica (Chenopodiaceae s. str. / Amaranthaceae s. l.) by Fediuk O., Bilyavska N., Akimov Yu., Zolotareva O.

“…In many cases, such mitochondria are found in close proximity to chloroplasts. A functional connection between the architecture of atypical cristae and their physiological function in BS cells is possible. …”
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ANALISIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE MAIN PARAMETERS AND CONDITION OF WORK OF AIRCRAFT CESN ON THE EFFICENCY OF THEIR USE METHODS OF MATHEMATICAL MODELING by V. I. Troitsky

“…The analysis of the obtained dependences shows a fairly stable tendency to reduce errors of CESN with a decrease in navigation angles. This dependence is demonstrated graphically. …”
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The Initial Attitude Estimation of an Electromagnetic Projectile in the High-Temperature Flow Field Based on Mask R-CNN and the Multi-Constraints Genetic Algorithm by Jinlong Chen, Miao Yu, Yongcai Guo, Chao Gao

“…In a single launch, the target with 70% occlusion was successfully recovered, achieving average deviations of 0.76°, 0.72°, and 0.44° in pitch, roll, and yaw angles, respectively.…”
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LittleFaceNet: A Small-Sized Face Recognition Method Based on RetinaFace and AdaFace by Zhengwei Ren, Xinyu Liu, Jing Xu, Yongsheng Zhang, Ming Fang

“…Retinaface-Resnet is designed for face detection and localization, while adaface is employed to address low-resolution face recognition by using feature norm approximation to estimate image quality and applying an adaptive margin function. Additionally, a multi-object tracking algorithm is used to solve the problem of moving occlusion. …”
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