AI-based estimation of forest plant community composition from UAV imagery by Lindo Nepi, Giacomo Quattrini, Simone Pesaresi, Adriano Mancini, Roberto Pierdicca

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Bending Resistance of Composite Sections with Nonductile Shear Connectors and Partial Shear Connection by Svetlana M. Kostic, Biljana Deretic-Stojanovic

“…The presented section analysis is used in the parameter study in order to evaluate different methods proposed by design codes for determining the bending moment resistance of composite cross sections with nonductile shear connectors and different degrees of shear connection. …”
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Evaluation of Urban Composite Carbon Sink Value: A Case Study of Shenyang by Tiemao SHI, Di WANG, Yu TANG, Peiying LI

“…Therefore, this research endeavors to address this issue by proposing a method for calculating the composite carbon sink value of urban areas, which is based on the distinct characteristics of urban ecosystems, with the ultimate aim of comprehensively uncovering the true composite carbon sink value of cities.MethodsOn the basis of the analysis of carbon sink elements in urban spaces, a carbon storage estimation model for vegetation, soil and buildings is established by combining remote sensing imagery with plot data. …”
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Engineered LDH-alginate composite hydrogel columns for selective heavy metal removal by Hualai Hao

“…IntroductionHeavy metal pollution poses significant food safety risks. To address this, a composite hydrogel composed of hydrotalcite and alginic acid was developed for adsorbing cationic heavy metal pollutants prevalent in food-related wastewater.MethodsThe composite hydrogel was synthesized via hydrothermal methods and chemically crosslinked with calcium ions. …”
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Short-Term, Significant Gains from a 10-Day Field-Based Multi-Modal Outdoor Activity Camp with Time-Restricted Feeding Dissipate at Three-Month Follow-Up by Katarina Milanović, Nikola Stojanović, Vladimir Miletić, Željko Rajković, Darko Stojanović, Vladimir Ilić, Milica Filipović, Slavka Durlević, Ana Orlić, Igor Ilić

“…<b>Objectives:</b> This single-arm, pre–post intervention study with a three-month follow-up aimed to determine whether a ten-day outdoor camp combining mixed-modality physical activity and time-restricted feeding elicits positive changes in multiple body-composition outcome measures and whether those changes persist at three-month follow-up. …”
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A Composite Network for CS ISAR Integrating Deep Adaptive Sampling and Imaging by Lianzi Wang, Ling Wang, Miguel Heredia Conde, DaiYin Zhu

“…In addition, we adopt the block-based CS method in the sampling network to alleviate the computational burden caused by vectorizing and stacking the data and introduce a nonlocal self-similarity model into the reconstruction network to improve the imaging quality. …”
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Prediction on rock strength by mineral composition from machine learning of ECS logs by Dongwen Li, Xinlong Li, Li Liu, Wenhao He, Yongxin Li, Shuowen Li, Huaizhong Shi, Gaojian Fan

“…Positive correlations were observed between rock strength and the dry weight of anhydrite and carbonate minerals, while negative correlations emerged with clay, pyrite, and quartz-feldspar-mica. The Random Forest model outperformed the Transformer model in terms of predictive accuracy and computational efficiency. …”
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Graph neural networks for mechanical property prediction of 2D fiber composites by Erdem Caliskan, Reza Abedi, Massimiliano Lupo Pasini

“…This work investigates the ability of graph neural networks (GNNs) to homogenize 2D fiber composite microstructures. We use different inhomogeneity and anisotropy indices to motivate and show that the Volume Elements (VEs) used in ML methods should ideally be far from their Representative Volume Element (RVE) size limit and, consequently, are notably anisotropic. …”
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An Evaluation of Thailand’s Healthier Choices Nutrient Scoring Algorithm for the Composite Meal Category by Hung Nguyen Ngoc, Wantanee Kriengsinyos

“…In Thailand, a front-of-package nutrition labeling scheme (FOPNL), known as the “Healthier Choice” symbol (HCL), has been adopted. For composite meal products, the HCL uses a nutrient profiling model (HCL–NPM) to determine which product qualifies as ‘healthier’ and is allowed to display the HCL symbol. …”
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Determination of Residual Stress and Design of Process Parameters for Composite Cylinder in Filament Winding by Chao Kang, Yaoyao Shi, Bo Deng, Tao Yu, Pengcheng Sun

“…This study proposed a reverse derivation method to design the winding tension based on the residual stress model of the composite cylinder. …”
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Numerical and Theoretical Study on the Settlement of Capped Piles Composite Foundation under Embankment by Ming-Quan Liu, Da Huang, Yi-Xiang Song, Duo-Feng Cen

“…In addition, a real embankment engineering with capped piles composite foundation is adopted to validate the accuracy of this method; by comparing with other methods, the results show that this method is in better agreement with the field monitoring data. …”
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Dynamic Properties of Concrete Composite Panels under Eccentric Compression Loading Tests by Max De Castro MAGALHAES, Roberto Marcio da SILVA

“…For each step, dynamic impact testing was performed and the modal damping, peak amplitude and natural frequencies obtained. Second, a ‘hybrid’ model, based on the concepts of modal analysis and the Finite Element Method, was developed in order to obtain the natural frequencies and corresponding normal modes of the composite panels within the frequency range 0–200 Hz. …”
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Static Analysis of a Composite Box Plate with Functionally Graded Foam Core by Andrejs Kovalovs

“…In the numerical analysis, two models of composite box plate are considered and the material properties of graded polymeric foam core are assumed to vary continuously by the power law along the width of cross-sectional structures. …”
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Statistics on Differences in the Institutional Composition of the National Economy and Issues Related to its Harmonization by O. V. Morozov, A. G. Biryukov, M. A. Vasiliev

“…Criteria of minimum required and maximum possible scale of the public sector have been defined and it is shown that as of 2016 the integral indicator of the scale of the public sector of the Russian economy does not reach the minimum required value. A quantitative model for optimizing the sectoral composition of the national economy has been constructed. …”
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Experimental Research and Numerical Analysis on Fire Resistance of Prefabricated Concrete Composite Beams by LIU Yanchun, SUN Shuqi, LIU Caiwei, WANG Pengfei, LU Xiuliang, MAO Jiayuan, MIAO Jijun

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Longitudinal shear behavior of composite slabs with recycled coarse and fine aggregate concrete by Jiongzhuo Bai, Yue Geng, Yu-Yin Wang, Charles K.S. Moy, Huan Zhang

“…Therefore, this study systematically investigates recycled aggregates (RAs) composite slabs through experimental testing and numerical modeling. …”
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The Associations between body composition, macronutrient intake, and physical fitness in adolescent swimmers by Renaldy Carlos Gunawan, Satwika Arya Pratama

“…Including exercise activities, body composition, and nutrient variables increased R² to 0.597, but the full model was not statistically significant (adjusted R² = 0.404, p = 0.803). …”
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Factors affecting body composition in preterm infants: Assessment techniques and nutritional interventions by K. Strydom, E. Van Niekerk, M.A. Dhansay

“…Available literature was reviewed and the Dauncey anthropometric model, which includes skinfold thickness at two primary sites and nine body dimensions, is considered in this review the best method to accurately determine body composition in preterm infants, especially in resource-poor countries. …”
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Triple Down on Robustness: Understanding the Impact of Adversarial Triplet Compositions on Adversarial Robustness by Sander Joos, Tim Van hamme, Willem Verheyen, Davy Preuveneers, Wouter Joosen

“…Specifically, we introduce a novel framework that explains how different compositions of adversarial triplets lead to distinct training dynamics, thereby affecting the model’s adversarial robustness. …”
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Distribution of temperature field strength on the surface of graphene inclusions in a matrix composite by Igor V. Lavrov, Vladimir V. Bardushkin, Victor B. Yakovlev

“…The study sets out to obtain an analytical expression for the distribution of the temperature field strength on the surfaces of anisotropic graphene inclusions taking the form of thin disks in the matrix composite and to use the obtained expressions to predict the strength of the temperature field on the surface of inclusions from the matrix side.Methods. …”
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