Analysis of the status of leprosy symptom surveillance in Guangdong province: an exploring effort to promote early detection by Lei Chen, Quan Luo, Haoze Xue, Jing Wang, Xiaohua Wang, Cheng Wang

“…Abstract Objective To understand the implementation of leprosy symptom surveillance in Guangdong Province, explore its role in early detection of leprosy, and provide a theoretical basis for leprosy prevention and control. …”
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Infrared Small Target Detection Based on Double Gray-Values Descend Angle Contrast Measure by Song Guan, Dali Zhou, Xiaodong Wang, Pengji Zhou

“…However, the complexity of the detection environment and the interference from salt noise considerably increase the difficulty of the detection task. …”
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Strategies for active detection of tuberculosis in Ukraine: Comparative effectiveness amongst key populations (2014-2018) by Natalia Kamenska, Dilyara Nabirova, Karapet Davtyan, Hayk Davtyan, Rony Zachariah, Garry Aslanyan

“…Conclusions: The active case finding in KPs increased detection of TB cases in Ukraine, and the majority of diagnosed KPs initiated TB treatment. …”
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Breaking the paradigm: Optimized Case Finding multiplies tuberculosis detection among key populations in Ukraine by Liliia Masiuk, Olga Denisiuk, Evgenia Geliukh, Zahedul Islam, Garry Aslanyan, Rony Zachariah

“…TB was most frequent among people who inject drugs and homeless groups. Compared to TB detection using routine household case finding within the general population (1090/100,000), OCF was 3.6-fold more effective and when compared to passive case finding in the general population (60/100,000), OCF was 66 times more effective. 99% (273) of TB patients were linked to care and initiated TB treatment. …”
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Detection of a microbial metabolite by STING regulates inflammasome activation in response to Chlamydia trachomatis infection. by Steve J Webster, Sven Brode, Lou Ellis, Timothy J Fitzmaurice, Matthew J Elder, Nelson O Gekara, Panagiotis Tourlomousis, Clare Bryant, Simon Clare, Ronnie Chee, Hill J S Gaston, Jane C Goodall

“…We assayed inflammasome activation by immunoblotting and ELISA to detect IL-1β processing and LDH release to determine pyroptosis. …”
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Infrared Small Target Detection Based on Compound Eye Structural Feature Weighting and Regularized Tensor by Linhan Li, Xiaoyu Wang, Shijing Hao, Yang Yu, Sili Gao, Juan Yue

“…This paper proposes a low-rank and sparse decomposition method based on bio-inspired infrared compound eye image features for small target detection. Initially, a compound eye structural weighting operator is designed according to image characteristics, which enhances the sparsity of target points when combined with the reweighted <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>l</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-norm. …”
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An incremental high impedance fault detection method under non-stationary environments in distribution networks by Mou-Fa Guo, Meitao Yao, Jian-Hong Gao, Wen-Li Liu, Shuyue Lin

“…This enables the classifier model to maintain a high level of detection accuracy for the current cycle data, effectively enhancing the reliability of HIF detection.…”
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AI-Driven Ensemble Classifier for Jamming Attack Detection in VANETs to Enhance Security in Smart Cities by Walid El-Shafai, Ahmad Taher Azar, Saim Ahmed

“…Extensive simulations were conducted to rigorously test the model&#x2019;s efficacy, which yielded encouraging results. Initially, we assessed the detection accuracy of 14 different ML classifiers and 4 DL classifiers. …”
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The Validity Of 75gms OGTT For Detection Of GDM Keeping 100gms OGTT As Gold Standard by Shazia Mehreen, Muhammad Usman, Kashif Rauf, Saima Naz, Muhammad Abdul Rab Faisal Sultan, Muhammad Akram Randhawa

“… Objective: To determine the validity of 75gms (Oral Glucose Tolerance Test) OGTT for the detection of GDM keeping 100gms OGTT as the gold standard. …”
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A Spider Wasp Optimizer-Based Deep Learning Framework for Efficient Citrus Disease Detection by Abisola Olayiwola, Ajibola Oyedeji, Dare Olayiwola, Olufemi Awodoye, Olukunle Oyebode

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PermGuard: A Scalable Framework for Android Malware Detection Using Permission-to-Exploitation Mapping by Arvind Prasad, Shalini Chandra, Mueen Uddin, Taher Al-Shehari, Nasser A. Alsadhan, Syed Sajid Ullah

“…This paper introduces PermGuard, a scalable framework for Android malware detection that maps permissions into exploitation techniques and employs incremental learning to detect malicious apps. …”
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Comparison of two quantitative real time PCR assays for Rickettsia detection in patients from Tunisia. by Abir Znazen, Hanen Sellami, Emna Elleuch, Zouhour Hattab, Laroussi Ben Sassi, Fatma Khrouf, Hassen Dammak, Amel Letaief, Mounir Ben Jemaa, Adnene Hammami

“…Thus, successful treatment could be initiated to avoid unfavorable outcome. Our aim was to compare two qPCR assays for Rickettsia detection and to evaluate their contribution in early diagnosis of rickettsial infection in Tunisian patients.…”
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Blockchain enhanced distributed denial of service detection in IoT using deep learning and evolutionary computation by V. V. S. H. Prasad, Swathi Sowmya Bavirthi, C. S. S. Anupama, E. Laxmi Lydia, K. Sathesh Kumar, Khalid Ammar, Mohamad Khairi Ishak

“…The BC technology is initially applied to mitigate DDoS attacks by presenting decentralized security solutions. …”
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Detection of testosterone based on the interaction between variable regions of antibody heavy chain and light chain by Guangwei Zhao, Guangwei Zhao, Shengshuo Zhang, Yujie Zou, Nan Jia, Liyuan Zheng, Jinhua Dong, Jinhua Dong

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Adaptive Fuzzy C-Means with logit boost distributed clustering for cancer detection with protein sequences by K. Thenmozhi, M. Pyingkodi, V. S. Prakash, Kripa Josten, S. Manju Priya, J. Vennila

“…In contrast, the AFC-LBDC technique groups similar protein sequences to get better accuracy in cancer detection. Initially, a large protein dataset is divided into ‘C’ number of local clusters using an adaptive Fuzzy C-Means distributed clustering approach. …”
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Fluorescence-based methods for detecting caries lesions: systematic review, meta-analysis and sources of heterogeneity. by Thais Gimenez, Mariana Minatel Braga, Daniela Procida Raggio, Chris Deery, David N Ricketts, Fausto Medeiros Mendes

“…<h4>Background</h4>Fluorescence-based methods have been proposed to aid caries lesion detection. Summarizing and analysing findings of studies about fluorescence-based methods could clarify their real benefits.…”
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Development and Application of a Portable Environmental DNA Test for the Detection of Rafetus swinhoei in Viet Nam by Tracie A. Seimon, Nguyen Van Long, Minh Le, Timothy E. M. McCormack, Tham Thi Nguyen, Hanh Ngo, Nguyen Tai Thang, Thuy Hoang, Steven G. Platt, Hoang Van Ha, Nguyen Van Trong, Brian Horne, Colleen A. Barrett, Denise McAloose, Paul P. Calle

“…Species‐specific quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) testing can be used to detect eDNA in samples collected from the environment. eDNA trials to detect R. swinhoei were initiated by the Asian Turtle Program and Washington State University in 2013. …”
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Deepfake Face Detection and Adversarial Attack Defense Method Based on Multi-Feature Decision Fusion by Shanzhong Lei, Junfang Song, Feiyang Feng, Zhuyang Yan, Aixin Wang

“…To improve the accuracy of deepfake face detection models and strengthen their resistance to adversarial attacks, this manuscript introduces a method for detecting forged faces and defending against adversarial attacks based on a multi-feature decision fusion. …”
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A Comparative Crash-Test of Manual and Semi-Automated Methods for Detecting Complex Submarine Morphologies by Vasiliki Lioupa, Panagiotis Karsiotis, Riccardo Arosio, Thomas Hasiotis, Andrew J. Wheeler

“…A large number of (more than 7000) small but prominent reefs were detected, which made manual mapping extremely time-consuming. …”
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Acoustic emission detection and defect identification method for micro-leakage in natural gas pipeline valves by Lizhen ZHANG, Wen'ao WANG

“…To this end, it is imperative to develop an effective method for detecting and identifying micro-leakage defects. Methods An acoustic emission detection experimental setup was initially established targeting valve micro-leakage, with three pressure settings of 0.2 MPa, 0.4 MPa, and 0.6 MPa. …”
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