Production of Hydrophobic Microparticles at Safe-To-Inject Sizes for Intravascular Administration by Francisca L. Gomes, Francisco Conceição, Liliana Moreira Teixeira, Jeroen Leijten, Pascal Jonkheijm

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Enhanced Underground Communication: A Circularly Polarized Smart Antenna with Beam Steering for Improved Coverage by Muhammad Ahsan Mahboob, Muhammad Ahsan Ashraf, Iqra Atif, Hajime Ikeda, Glen T. Nwaila, Amer Masood, Jahanzeb Qureshi, Bekir Genc, Inamullah Khan, Bruce Mellado

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Pandemics, intellectual property and ‘our economy’: A worldview analysis of Canada’s role in compromising global access to COVID-19 vaccines by Ben Brisbois, Katrina Plamondon, David Walugembe, Rodrigo Curty Pereira, Christine Edet, Jenna Dixon, Roojin Habibi, Mohammad Karamouzian, Ronald Labonté, Srinivas Murthy, Vardit Ravitsky

“…Rather than a puzzling lapse by a good faith ‘middle power’, Canada’s obstruction of global COVID-19 vaccine equity is a logical and deliberate extension of dominant neoliberal economic policy models. …”
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The New ‘Golden Age’ of Dentistry: A Highly Desirable Profession with Unprecedented Global Opportunities in Industry Settings by Artemiz Seif, Christian R. Jarry, Amélie Michèle Chauvel

“…Today, the global patient journey is already obstructed well before the point of care due to insufficient global coverage and imbalanced geographic distribution of dentists. …”
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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

“…However, environmental obstructions and animal behaviors complicate identification tasks. …”
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An Improved Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Forest Fire Detection Model Based on YOLOv8 by Bensheng Yun, Xiaohan Xu, Jie Zeng, Zhenyu Lin, Jing He, Qiaoling Dai

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Increasing Safety of Vulnerable Road Users in Scenarios With Occlusion: A Collaborative Approach for Smart Infrastructures and Automated Vehicles by Thiago de Borba, Ondrej Vaculin, Hormoz Marzbani, Reza Nakhaie Jazar

“…Hence, the proposed approach provides a complete solution to overcome scenarios with occluded VRUs. …”
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DANNET: deep attention neural network for efficient ear identification in biometrics by Deepthy Mary Alex, Kalpana Chowdary M., Hanan Abdullah Mengash, Venkata Dasu M., Natalia Kryvinska, Chinna Babu J., Ajmeera Kiran

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Advanced Monocular Outdoor Pose Estimation in Autonomous Systems: Leveraging Optical Flow, Depth Estimation, and Semantic Segmentation with Dynamic Object Removal by Alireza Ghasemieh, Rasha Kashef

“…Autonomous technologies have revolutionized transportation, military operations, and space exploration, necessitating precise localization in environments where traditional GPS-based systems are unreliable or unavailable. …”
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Corrosion Behavior of a Novel Low-chromium Alumina-forming Austenitic Stainless Steel in Supercritical Water by GAO Yang1, GUO Xianglong1, ZHOU Zhangjian2, ZHANG Lefu1

“…The porous outer Fe oxide film provides little obstruction to oxidizing specimen inward diffusion. …”

The Er.Cr.YSGG laser’s impact in the occlusion of dentinal tubules: in vitro study by Mohammed Ziad Tarik, Mohamed Dhahir, Salah Alkurtas

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to analyze dentin-obstructed surfaces. A qualitative evaluation of the micrographs was conducted to analyze the shift in surface features. …”
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Trajectory optimization of a flapping-wing robot in a wind field by Xiaoyang WU, Zhiguo ZHANG, Wei HE, Jingyan QIN, Junhai ZHANG, Tingting MENG

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Hydra Radio Access Network (H-RAN): Multi-Functional Communications and Sensing Networks, Initial Access Implementation, and Task-2 Approach by Rafid I. Abd, Daniel J. Findley, Kwang Soon Kim

“…Our solution contains several novelties that enhance both overhead and model accuracy. …”
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Wavelet-Based Analysis of Motor Current Signals for Detecting Obstacles in Train Doors by Yaojung Shiao, Premkumar Gadde, Chun-Yu Liu

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Exploring the dual relationship between fintech and financial inclusion in developing countries and their impact on economic growth: Supplement or substitute? by Chadi Azmeh, Marwan Al-Raeei

“…In contrast, a substitutability effect arises, where increased dependence on mobile technologies diminishes the relevance of traditional financial infrastructure, potentially obstructing broader economic growth. …”
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A Comprehensive Review on Light Field Occlusion Removal: Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions by Mostafa Farouk Senussi, Mahmoud Abdalla, Mahmoud Salaheldin Kasem, Mohamed Mahmoud, Bilel Yagoub, Hyun-Soo Kang

“…The review concludes with future research directions, emphasizing hybrid approaches, refined loss functions, and scalable solutions for LF occlusion removal.…”
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Particle size and fat content in coconut milk impact bioactive compounds and inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus in Thai red curry products by Sunee Eadmusik, Nirucha Boontest, Sriwiang Rittisak, Phanida Renumal, Pakkawat Detchewa, Chanthima Phungamngoen

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Leaching Kinetics of Ironmaking Blast Furnace Slag as a Source of Calcium for CO₂ Sequestration by Makhitha Masipa, Itumeleng Kohitlhetse, Hilary Rutto, Kentse Motsetse, Malibongwe S. Manono

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Impact of Low-Pressure in High-Altitude Area on the Aging Characteristics of NCM523/Graphite Pouch Cells by Xiantao Chen, Zhi Wang, Jian Wang, Yichao Lin, Jian Li

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Energy-Efficient Deep Learning for Cloud Detection Onboard Nanosatellite by Imane Khalil, Amina Daghouri, Mohammed Alae Chanoui, Zouhair Guennoun, Adnane Addaim

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