Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm and Its Application in Image Segmentation by Yu Liyang

“…Meanwhile, classical segmentation methods such as OSTU, Watershed and K-means are also widely used in medical image processing due to their simplicity and effectiveness. …”
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Uvaol attenuates TGF-β1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human alveolar epithelial cells by modulating expression and membrane localization of β-catenin by Liliane Patrícia Gonçalves Tenório, Liliane Patrícia Gonçalves Tenório, Liliane Patrícia Gonçalves Tenório, Liliane Patrícia Gonçalves Tenório, Liliane Patrícia Gonçalves Tenório, Felipe Henrique da Cunha Xavier, Felipe Henrique da Cunha Xavier, Felipe Henrique da Cunha Xavier, Felipe Henrique da Cunha Xavier, Mônica Silveira Wagner, Kayo Moreira Bagri, Erick Gabriel Alves Ferreira, Romulo Galvani, Romulo Galvani, Romulo Galvani, Romulo Galvani, Claudia Mermelstein, Adriana Cesar Bonomo, Adriana Cesar Bonomo, Adriana Cesar Bonomo, Adriana Cesar Bonomo, Wilson Savino, Wilson Savino, Wilson Savino, Wilson Savino, Emiliano Barreto, Emiliano Barreto

“…We also performed wound scratch experiments to explore its effects on cell migration. Uvaol had no significant cytotoxic effects on A549 cells. …”
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Agricultural Innovation Characteristics and Their Utilisation: A Case of National Agricultural Research Organization by Barekye, Alex

“…The research was carried out to assess the utilization of agricultural innovations in Uganda using a case of the National Agricultural Research Organisation with the following objectives: to establish the factors that influence development of agricultural innovations, to determine the relationship between agricultural innovation characteristics and utilization of innovations at farm level, and to examine the effect of market attributes on utilization of innovations in agriculture. …”
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Application of Governance in spatial scales by hassan kamran

“…Since the study of sovereignty in political geography is very important, therefore, it is necessary to examine its dimensions and spatial levels. Political geography focuses on the study of phenomena, processes and political currents, and emphasizes their geographic and spatial effects. …”
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Digital transformation as an adaptation factor for personnel to realise productive capacity in a pandemic by S. V. Koblov

“…In analysing levels of manageability levels, the influence on the staff labor activity the factors such as remuneration, social and living conditions in the enterprise, ergonomic conditions at the workplace, interpersonal horizontal and vertical relationships in the team, and social effectiveness of management, have been studied. …”
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Treatment of Postpartum Depression with Neurosteroids by Reda Stankevičiūtė, Robertas Strumila

“… Neurosteroids, such as allopregnanolone, are primarily synthesized substances in the central nervous system which influence processes occurring in the brain. Fluctuations in the levels of neurosteroids can result in an increased anxiety and heightened sensitivity. …”
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THE ROLE OF NATIONAL SOCIAL STATES FOR PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF SOCIAL VALUES IN THE CONTEXT OF NEOLIBERAL GLOBAL ORDER by Domeniko Kvartuč, Valentino Kuzelj

“…The paper presents the levels at which global market integration takes place (macro, meso, and micro), and highlights the various effects of the globalization process on developed (Western) democracies, emerging market economies, developing countries, and post-transition countries from socialism to democracy. …”
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Image denoising algorithm based on multi-channel GAN by Hongyan WANG, Xiao YANG, Yanchao JIANG, Zumin WANG

“…Aiming at the issue that the noise generated during image acquisition and transmission would degrade the ability of subsequent image processing, a generative adversarial network (GAN) based multi-channel image denoising algorithm was developed.The noisy color image could be separated into red-green-blue (RGB) three channels via the proposed approach, and then the denoising could be implemented in each channel on the basis of an end-to-end trainable GAN with the same architecture.The generator module of GAN was constructed based on the U-net derivative network and residual blocks such that the high-level feature information could be extracted effectively via referring to the low-level feature information to avoid the loss of the detail information.In the meantime, the discriminator module could be demonstrated on the basis of fully convolutional neural network such that the pixel-level classification could be achieved to improve the discrimination accuracy.Besides, in order to improve the denoising ability and retain the image detail as much as possible, the composite loss function could be depicted by the illustrated denoising network based on the following three loss measures, adversarial loss, visual perception loss, and mean square error (MSE).Finally, the resultant three-channel output information could be fused by exploiting the arithmetic mean method to obtain the final denoised image.Compared with the state-of-the-art algorithms, experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can remove the image noise effectively and restore the original image details considerably.…”
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Construction and optimization of a smart classroom system for emotional computing by HUANG Lijuan, CHENG Zhengyi, YANG Ziyan

“…Finally, through verification, the multiple resources joint optimization method of the smart classroom system can effectively reduce the maximum delay of device data collection and processing, greatly improve the real-time performance of emotional computing in the smart classroom system, and avoid blindly pursuing the minimum average delay, effectively avoiding the situation where a single user experienced poorly due to poor real-time performance. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF LISINOPRIL IN TABLET DOSAGE FORM by Nataliya Shulyak, Kateryna Budzivula, Lubomyr Kryskiw, Tetiana Kucher

“…Fast, simple, reliable, cost-effective, in accordance with the principles of "green" chemistry spectrophotometric method for determination of lisinopril in pure substance and tablets has been proposed. …”
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Experiment and Numerical Simulation of Seawater Intrusion under the Influences of Tidal Fluctuation and Groundwater Exploitation in Coastal Multilayered Aquifers by Qiaona Guo, Jiangwei Huang, Zhifang Zhou, Jinguo Wang

“…For the low tide, the inland freshwater recharge has main effect on groundwater level fluctuation. The rising tide has a negative effect on the drawdown of the groundwater level induced by pumping. …”
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Structure of Spatial Correlation Network and Influencing Factors of Urban-Rural Integration in China by Wang Kai, Liu Meilun, Tan Jiaxin, Gan Chang

“…The results revealed the following: 1) During the study period, the level of China's interprovincial urban-rural integration showed an increasing trend, but the process of improvement was slow. …”
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A Fault Diagnosis Method for One-Dimensional Vibration Signal Based on Multiresolution tlsDMD and Approximate Entropy by Zhang Dang, Yong Lv, Yourong Li, Guoqian Wei

“…By applying the algorithm on three experimental mechanical vibration data, we verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The result demonstrates that the proposed scheme can effectively recognize different fault forms as a fault diagnosis method.…”
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Study on the Impact of High-Quality Economic Development and Flood Resilience on Flood Damage in the Yangtze River basin: Evidence from Provincial Administrative Regions in the Yan... by Qichun Zhang, Zihao Miao

“…(ii) The HQED model, which has been pushed forward, will significantly improve the level of FR. Various mediating effect test methods revealed that FR has a significant negative mediating effect on the process of HQED to mitigate FD. …”
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Analysis of Thermal Stimulation to Enhance Shale Gas Recovery through a Novel Conceptual Model by Liang Xue, Cheng Dai, Lei Wang, Xiaoxia Chen

“…To investigate the effect of thermal stimulation on shale gas recovery, a novel conceptual model coupling shale gas flow and temperature is proposed. …”
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Comparative quantitative assessment of the placement and intensity of laser spots for treating diabetic macular edema by E.A. Zamytskiy, A.V. Zolotarev, E.V. Karlova, N.Yu. Il’yasova, A.S. Shirokanev

“…Planned precise placement of laser spots and the introduction of techniques of more precise preventive adjustment of energy level for each laser spot will contribute to the maximum effect of photocoagulation for DME. …”
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Bidirectional Relationship between Gastric Emptying and Plasma Glucose Control in Normoglycemic Individuals and Diabetic Patients by Bogdan Mircea Mihai, Cătălina Mihai, Cristina Cijevschi-Prelipcean, Elena-Daniela Grigorescu, Mihaela Dranga, Vasile Drug, Ioan Sporea, Cristina Mihaela Lăcătușu

“…Among incretins, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) has multiple glycemic-regulatory effects that include delayed gastric emptying, thus triggering a feedback loop lowering postprandial serum glucose levels. …”
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Fast contrast enhancement by adaptive pixel value stretching by Gang Cao, Huawei Tian, Lifang Yu, Xianglin Huang

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Gaussian Function Fusing Fully Convolutional Network and Region Proposal-Based Network for Ship Target Detection in SAR Images by Peipei Zhang, Guokun Xie, Jinsong Zhang

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Prevalence, Dispersion and Nature of Bioaerosols over a Solid Landfill Site in Central India by Priyanka D. Bhoyar, Pooja Kamdi, Amit Bafana, Panuganti C. S. Devara, Saravanadevi Sivanesan, Amrit Kumar, Kannan Krishnamurthi

“…They are the least investigated pollutants due to their complex structure and composition. The effects of bioaerosols, originating due to the processes, such as wastewater management, handling of sludge, composting, municipal solid waste, and animal facilities, on human health are well recognized. …”
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