Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images Using Siamese Affinity Network by Zheng Chen, Yuheng Lian, Jing Bai, Jingsen Zhang, Zhu Xiao, Biao Hou

“…First, we design a seed enhancement module for semantic affinity, which strengthens contextual relevance in the feature map by enforcing a unified constraint principle of cross-pixel similarity, thereby capturing semantically similar regions within the image. …”
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A YOLO11-Based Method for Segmenting Secondary Phases in Cu-Fe Alloy Microstructures by Qingxiu Jing, Ruiyang Wu, Zhicong Zhang, Yong Li, Qiqi Chang, Weihui Liu, Xiaodong Huang

“…Specifically, the EIEM module enhances the C3K2 structure to improve edge perception; the CSPSA module is optimized into C2CGA to strengthen multi-scale feature representation; and the RepGFPN and DySample techniques are integrated to construct the GDFPN neck network. …”
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Hyperspectral Image Super-Resolution via Grouped Second-Order Spatial Features and Spectral Attention Network by Allen Patnaik, M. K. Bhuyan, Sultan Alfarhood, Mejdl Safran

“…We employed a grouped spectral attention (GSA) module to extract spectral details across different bands of HSI images. …”
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RDAU-Net: A U-Shaped Semantic Segmentation Network for Buildings near Rivers and Lakes Based on a Fusion Approach by Yipeng Wang, Dongmei Wang, Teng Xu, Yifan Shi, Wenguang Liang, Yihong Wang, George P. Petropoulos, Yansong Bao

“…To address the above issues, the present study proposes the design of a U-shaped segmentation network of buildings called RDAU-Net that works through extraction and fuses a convolutional neural network and a transformer to segment buildings. …”
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SFG-Net: A Scattering Feature Guidance Network for Oriented Aircraft Detection in SAR Images by Qingyang Ke, Youming Wu, Wenchao Zhao, Qingbiao Meng, Tian Miao, Xin Gao

“…The core components of the proposed method include the detail feature supplement (DFS) module and the context-aware scattering feature enhancement (CAFE) module. …”
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Wheat disease recognition method based on the SC-ConvNeXt network model by Tianliang Dong, Xiao Ma, Bin Huang, Wenyu Zhong, Qingan Han, Qinghai Wu, You Tang

“…Subsequently, the CBAM attention module is integrated into ConvNeXt-T to enhance the model’s feature extraction and generalization capabilities in complex backgrounds, and each attention module’s loss function is improved with a LeakyReLU activation function to prevent neuron deactivation when inputs are negative. …”
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PigFRIS: A Three-Stage Pipeline for Fence Occlusion Segmentation, GAN-Based Pig Face Inpainting, and Efficient Pig Face Recognition by Ruihan Ma, Seyeon Chung, Sangcheol Kim, Hyongsuk Kim

“…PigFRIS employs state-of-the-art occlusion detection with the YOLOv11 segmentation model, a GAN-based inpainting reconstruction module using AOT-GAN, and a lightweight recognition module tailored for pig face classification. …”
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ELTrack: Events-Language Description for Visual Object Tracking by Mohamad Alansari, Khaled Alnuaimi, Sara Alansari, Sajid Javed

“…Additionally, we generate NL descriptions using a Visual-Language (VL) image-captioning module featuring BLIP-2 and GPT-4. These modalities are seamlessly integrated using a superimpose fusion module to enhance tracking performance. …”
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Principles of Organization and Functioning of Mini-CHP Plants Using Local Fuels in Conditions of Hydrogen Energy by R. S. Ignatovich

“…The analysis of literary sources on the current state of development of mini-CHP plants on LF in the structure of the country's energy balance revealed a number of issues related to their operation and construction that arose after the commissioning of the Belarusian NPP. …”
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Pilot peer health education for noncommunicable disease prevention in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Palau by Lemlem W Gebremariam, Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Shahrin E Rayna, Fahmida A Khan, Chifa Chiang, Yupeng He, Everlynn J Temengil, Sherilynn Madraisau, Md Khalequzzaman, Sohel R Choudhury, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Atsuko Aoyama

“…We developed an education module including role plays and demonstration of sugar amount in popular beverages. …”
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DGSS-YOLOv8s: A Real-Time Model for Small and Complex Object Detection in Autonomous Vehicles by Siqiang Cheng, Lingshan Chen, Kun Yang

“…The key innovation lies in the synergistic integration of several architectural enhancements: the DCNv3_LKA_C2f module, leveraging Deformable Convolution v3 (DCNv3) and Large Kernel Attention (LKA) for better the capture of complex object shapes; an Optimized Feature Pyramid Network structure (Optimized-GFPN) for improved multi-scale feature fusion; the Detect_SA module, incorporating spatial Self-Attention (SA) at the detection head for broader context awareness; and an Inner-Shape Intersection over Union (IoU) loss function to improve bounding box regression accuracy. …”
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Remote Sensing Image Compression via Wavelet-Guided Local Structure Decoupling and Channel–Spatial State Modeling by Jiahui Liu, Lili Zhang, Xianjun Wang

“…It comprises two key modules. The Wavelet Transform-guided Local Structure Decoupling (WTLS) module applies multi-scale wavelet decomposition to disentangle and separately encode low- and high-frequency components, enabling efficient parallel modeling of global contours and local textures. …”
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ANF-Net: A Refined Segmentation Network for Road Scenes with Multiple Noises and Various Morphologies of Cracks by Xiao Hu, Qihao Chen, Xiuguo Liu, Gang Deng, Cheng Chi, Bin Wang

“…However, challenges persist due to the presence of numerous noisy pixels in the image background and the diverse and intricate morphologies of cracks, leading to issues such as misclassification and omission. To address these issues, this paper proposes a refined pixel-level segmentation network (ANF-Net) suitable for complex crack detection scenarios with high noise levels and diverse crack morphologies. …”
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Reliability, validity, and acceptability of the simplified Mandarin Chinese EORTC QLQ-OPT30 for uveal melanoma patients by Yonghui Huang, Panpan Cui, Guangyan Dong, Tongfang Fan

“…The module measures various aspects such as ocular irritation, visual impairment, headaches, concerns about disease recurrence, appearance issues, functional problems related to vision impairment, reading difficulties, functional issues in the treated eye, and driving problems. …”
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Multi-scale fusion network for coal mine drill rod counting based on directional object detection in complex scenes by Fukai Zhang, Shuo Zhao, Haiyan Zhang, Yongqiang Ma, Qiang Zhang, Shaopu Wang, Wenjing Chang

“…DrillNet comprises two main components: the YOLO with Multi-Scale Global Context Aggregation Network (YOLO-GC) and the Drill-Count module.The core architecture of YOLO-GC integrates the WaveletPool module, C2f-EMSCP feature extraction unit, GCFPN global context fusion pyramid network, and the oriented bounding box detection head (OBBHead), thereby effectively tackling the issues of insufficient detection accuracy and robustness in challenging coal mine scenarios. …”
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Monitoring and prediction spatiotemporal vegetation changes using NDVI index and CA-Markov model (case study: Kermanshah city) by Shadman Darvishi, Karim Solaimani

“…Kermanshah city as one of the growing areas in recent years has experienced a large population growth and due to the role of population in land use changes and vegetation cover, this issue requires awareness of the vegetation status of this area for proper management of natural resources. …”
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LKB1‐SIK2 loss drives uveal melanoma proliferation and hypersensitivity to SLC8A1 and ROS inhibition by Sarah Proteau, Imène Krossa, Chrystel Husser, Maxime Guéguinou, Federica Sella, Karine Bille, Marie Irondelle, Mélanie Dalmasso, Thibault Barouillet, Yann Cheli, Céline Pisibon, Nicole Arrighi, Sacha Nahon‐Estève, Arnaud Martel, Lauris Gastaud, Sandra Lassalle, Olivier Mignen, Patrick Brest, Nathalie M Mazure, Frédéric Bost, Stéphanie Baillif, Solange Landreville, Simon Turcotte, Dan Hasson, Saul Carcamo, Christophe Vandier, Emily Bernstein, Laurent Yvan‐Charvet, Mitchell P Levesque, Robert Ballotti, Corine Bertolotto, Thomas Strub

“…To address this critical issue, we performed a kinome‐wide CRISPR‐Cas9 knockout screen, which revealed the LKB1‐SIK2 module in restraining uveal melanoma tumorigenesis. …”
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Large-Scale Apple Orchard Identification from Multi-Temporal Sentinel-2 Imagery by Chunxiao Wu, Yundan Liu, Jianyu Yang, Anjin Dai, Han Zhou, Kaixuan Tang, Yuxuan Zhang, Ruxin Wang, Binchuan Wei, Yifan Wang

“…Finally, to address the issue of the low proportion of apple orchards in remote sensing images, a Convolutional Block Attention Module (CBAM) and Focal Loss function were integrated into the SegNet model, followed by hyperparameter optimization, resulting in AOCF-SegNet. …”
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RSNC-YOLO: A Deep-Learning-Based Method for Automatic Fine-Grained Tuna Recognition in Complex Environments by Wenjie Xu, Hui Fang, Shengchi Yu, Shenglong Yang, Haodong Yang, Yujia Xie, Yang Dai

“…Based on YOLOv8s-seg, RSNC-YOLO integrates Reparameterized C3 (RepC3), Selective Channel Down-sampling (SCDown), a Normalization-based Attention Module (NAM), and C2f-DCNv3-DLKA modules. By utilizing a subset of images selected from the Fishnet Open Image Database, the model achieves a 2.7% improvement in mAP@0.5 and a 0.7% improvement in mAP@0.5:0.95. …”
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Education students in Zambia – comparative education in action by Dan Davies

“…They were self-funding and participating in a second year undergraduate module entitled ‘Education in Africa’ which examines generic educational and development issues through case studies in different African countries. …”
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