Traffic Scene Analysis using Hierarchical Sparse Topical Coding by P. Ahmadi, I. Gholampour, M. Tabandeh

“…One of the most recent and successful unsupervised methods for complex traffic scene analysis is based on topic models. …”
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Optimization Analysis of Smart Steel-Plastic Geogrid Support for Tunnel by Qin Liu, Jiankun Guo, Lei Liu, Kunpeng Huang, Wei Tian, Xinzhi Li

“…Referring to the relevant engineering practice case, through finite element numerical simulation, the optimal layout of smart geogrid material was explored, and the principle of discrete curvature reconstruction curve sensing of smart geogrid was optimized by simulating the working conditions of different construction methods and supporting conditions, in order to provide a theoretical basis for the application of smart geogrid material in practical tunnel engineering.…”
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Investigation of Structural, SEM, TEM and Dielectric Properties of BaTiO3 nanoparticles by Suresh Sagadevan, Jiban Podder

“…BaTiO3 nanoparticles were prepared by solvothermal method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis was used to study the structure and crystallite size of BaTiO3 nanoparticles. …”
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Quantitative Determination of Surface Morphology of Red Blood Cell by Özlem Kocahan Yılmaz

“…In this study, the determination of the surface morphology of red blood cell (RBC) from interferogram image obtained by quantitative phase imaging (QPI) method is presented. QPI, is an optical measurement method frequently used in recent years, allows to obtain quantitative data for different samples (cell, thin film surface, etc.). …”
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Structural transformations and their impact on the mechanical and antifriction properties in the process of alloying graphitized hypereutectoid steel with copper by Natalia V. Stepanova, Elena A. Lozhkina

“…The purpose of the work is to develop a cast antifriction material based on an iron-carbon alloy with a high copper content for use in large, heavy duty sliding friction units. Using the casting method in self-hardening liquid glass mixtures, two specimens of hypereutectoid graphitized steel with different copper contents (0.09 and 8.76 wt.%) were produced. …”
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Use of image correlation to monitor the deformation behaviour of ship propellers during additive manufacturing using build-up welding by D. Hack, T. Ambrosat, M. Geist, M. Geist, C. Klötzer-Freese

“…The method is applied to two test series, one with flat steel plates and one with a ship propeller blade, using different welding materials.…”
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Sportwissenschaft by Steiner T, Raith S, Steegmann J, Fischer H, Hölzle F

“…As material resin-based carbon fiber laminates or polymethyl-methacrylate are generally utilized.Material & Methods: A positive, improved fit can be achieved bymethods of optical detection and the direct conversion by 3D printing. …”
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Fabrication-Tolerant Single-Transverse-Mode Supersymmetric Laser Arrays by Ruigang Zhang, Yu Lu, Tiange Wu, Sikang Yang, Kaiyuan Wang, Qiaomu Hu, Yunlong Li, Deming Liu, Shuang Zheng, Minming Zhang

“…Compared to conventional design method, the average mode discrimination increases by 8.21 GHz, 7.18 GHz, and 5.66 GHz, proving better single-transverse-mode characteristics with fabrication tolerance. …”
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Comparing the Randomized Trial Outcomes of 3D Low-Light Intensity-Assisted and Traditional Eyepiece-Assisted Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment by Xing Ge, Dandan Liu, Yalu Liu, Fangfang Fan, Yue Wang, Zhengpei Zhang, Haiyang Liu, Suyan Li

“…The optical fiber and chandelier light intensity in the 3D group were significantly lower than those in the eyepiece group and the difference being statistically significant (p < 0.001). …”
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kMetha-Mamba: K-means clustering mamba for methane plumes segmentation by Yuquan Liu, Hailiang Shi, Ke Cao, Shichao Wu, Hanhan Ye, Xianhua Wang, Erchang Sun, Yunfei Han, Wei Xiong

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Directed energy deposition of chromium-molybdenum-vanadium cold work tool steel Vanadis 4 Extra© by Dominic Bartels, Dimitrios Nikas, Raphaela März, Maximilian Marschall, Julian Schrauder, Marion Merklein, Aydin Şelte, Pavel Krakhmalev

“…Optical light microscopy proves a high relative part density above 99.5 % for different parameter combinations. …”
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A Noise-Robust, Baseline-Free, and Adaptive Damage Indicator of Plate-like Structures Based on the Multicomponent Information Separation of High-Resolution Mode Shapes Using Wavele... by Yuexin Wang, Tongfa Deng, Jinwen Huang, Maosen Cao, Dragoslav Sumarac

“…Adaptive wavelet scale selection via scale correlation analysis (SCA) improves noise separation, and an iterative weighted least squares fitting (IWLSF) method accurately fits the waveform trends. Finally, a noise-robust and baseline-free damage indicator (DI) is constructed through a difference operation to eliminate waveform trends, with damage localized at DI abrupt change positions. …”
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Pressure encryption toward physically uncopiable anti-counterfeiting by Dianlong Zhao, Shunxin Li, Yang Su, Jiajun Qin, Guanjun Xiao, Yuchen Shang, Xiu Yin, Pengfei Lv, Feng Wang, Jiayi Yang, Zhaodong Liu, Fujun Lan, Qiaoshi Zeng, Lijun Zhang, Feng Gao, Bo Zou

“…Abstract Current optical anti-counterfeiting technologies are mainly limited to materials with multicolor emissions, where the encryption method is only through photoexcitation. …”
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Design of Polarization-Maintaining FBGs Using Polyimide Films to Improve Strain-Temperature Sensing in CFRP Laminates by Andrea Annunziato, Francesco Anelli, James Gates, Christopher Holmes, Francesco Prudenzano

“…Panda, Bow tie and Pseudo-rectangle optical fiber shape sections are investigated employing three different embedding methods, for each optical fiber. …”
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Study physical characteristics of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Carboxymethyl cellulose blend films by sara hashem, Mahasin F. Hadi Al-Kadhemy, Khaldoon N. Abbas

“… The pure polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), pure CarboxyMethyl Cellulose (CMC), and CMC/PVA blend films with different amounts (0.1, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3 and 0.4 g) of both polymers were prepared by simple solution casting method in this study. …”
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Hybrid Energy Harvesting Applications of ZnO Nanorods for Future Implantable and Wearable Devices by Kathalingam Adaikalam, Hyun-Seok Kim

“…As ZnO can be synthesized using easy methods and materials at low cost, the conversion efficiencies of solar and other energy forms can increase considerably. …”
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Online Spectroscopic Study on the Positive and the Negative Electrolytes in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries by Le Liu, Jingyu Xi, Zenghua Wu, Wenguang Zhang, Haipeng Zhou, Weibin Li, Yonghong He

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ICP-OES Determination of Trace Metal Ions after Preconcentration Using Silica Gel Modified with 1,2-Dihydroxyanthraquinone by Reem M. Alghanmi

“…The relative standard deviations (RSD) were less than 3.0%. This method allowed for successful separation and preconcentration of trace metal ions in different water samples with satisfactory results.…”
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Photocatalytic study of some synthesized MWCNTs/TiO2 nanocomposites used in the treatment of industrial hazard materials by Badr A. El-Sayed, Walied A.A. Mohamed, Hoda R. Galal, H.M. Abd El-Bary, Mahmoud A.M. Ahmed

“…Multi-walled carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites were successfully synthesized by Sol-Gel method using new different ratios of tetrabutyl titanate and functionalized MWCNTs as the starting precursors. …”
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OCTNet: A Modified Multi-Scale Attention Feature Fusion Network with InceptionV3 for Retinal OCT Image Classification by Irshad Khalil, Asif Mehmood, Hyunchul Kim, Jungsuk Kim

“…We also performed an ablation study to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The model achieved an overall average accuracy of 99.50% and 99.65% with two different OCT datasets.…”
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