Generative Adversarial Networks for Climate-Sensitive Urban Morphology: An Integration of Pix2Pix and the Cycle Generative Adversarial Network by Mo Wang, Ziheng Xiong, Jiayu Zhao, Shiqi Zhou, Yuankai Wang, Rana Muhammad Adnan Ikram, Lie Wang, Soon Keat Tan

“…Compared to the model trained by Pix2Pix coupled with LCZ alone, the approach offers urban planners a more precise tool for designing climate-responsive cities, optimizing urban layouts to mitigate heat island effects, improve energy efficiency, and enhance resilience.…”
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2dSpAn-Auto: an automated tool for analysis of two-dimensional dendritic spine images by Shauvik Paul, Rahul Pramanick, Nirmal Das, Ewa Baczynska, Zeinab Bedrood, Tapabrata Chakraborti, Subhadip Basu, Jakub Wlodarczyk

“…While both 3D and 2D approaches exist for spine analysis, 2D methods offer advantages in computational efficiency, rapid assessment, and more reasonable to use in case of limited z-resolution images acquired through confocal and previous generation super-resolution microscopy. …”
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APAKAH FINTECH PAYMENT MEMPENGARUHI JUB? BUKTI DARI STUDI DI INDONESIA PASCA TERJADINYA COVID-19 by Siti Fatimah Azzahro, Handy Nugraha

“…The development of fintech has an important influence on increasing transaction efficiency, financial accessibility, and will affect monetary stability in this case the Amount of Money Circulating in Society. …”
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Optimization of The Budget of The Industrial Complex Transformation Strategy Based on Neural Network Modeling by A. G. Boev, A. G. Puzakov, Yu. P. Anisimov

“…The relevance of the study is due to the need to restructure business processes and models of strategic management in industry, as well as the overall increase in the efficiency of domestic enterprises in the conditions of the formation of the digital economy. …”
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Oil-Painting Style Classification Using ResNet with Conditional Information Bottleneck Regularization by Yaling Dang, Fei Duan, Jia Chen

“…We implement this conditional term using a matrix-based Rényi’s entropy estimator, thereby avoiding costly variational approximations and ensuring computational efficiency. We evaluate our method on two public benchmarks: the Pandora dataset (7740 images across 12 artistic movements) and the OilPainting dataset (19,787 images across 17 styles). …”
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Environmental impacts and nitrogen-carbon-energy nexus of vegetable production in subtropical plateau lake basins by Yousheng He, Ruifeng Su, Yuan Wang, Shunjin Li, Qi Huang, Xinping Chen, Wei Zhang, Zhi Yao, Zhi Yao

“…Our results indicated that vegetable production in the study area, the Erhai Lake Basin, was high but came at a high environmental cost, mainly due to low fertilizer efficiency and high nutrient loss. Root vegetables have relatively high environmental costs due to the significant environmental impacts of fertilizer production, transportation, and application. …”
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Perception of Space in the Traditional and Virtual Classroom by T. G. Nikitina

“…Students of a higher educational institution were offered a questionnaire, the results of which were processed using a statistical method. Quantitative trends were then interpreted in the application to the learning process. …”
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Effects of Hmcn1 on osteogenic differentiation, migration and proliferation of MC3T3-E1 cells in vitro by ZHOU Tao, WANG Zuolin

“…The relative expression of Hmcn1 was detected by real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‐qPCR) at 0, 3, 7 and 14 d respectively. …”
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Statistical analysis of the financial state of the banking sector by O. G. Tretyakova, T. I. Chinaeva

“…The main indicators of the bank resource base and efficiency of its use are considered. The main trends of changes in  the structure of bank liabilities and assets are analyzed, and the  analysis of the ratios of loans and deposits is given. …”
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Dietary milk phospholipids increase body fat and modulate gut permeability, systemic inflammation, and lipid metabolism in mice by Albert Lihong Zhou, Robert E. Ward

“…Hepatic expression of genes associated with lipid metabolism was assessed by real-time quantitative PCR. The MPL diet increased the efficiency of converting food into body fat and facilitated body fat accumulation compared with CO. …”
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Copy number variations at the Rhg1 locus and their relationship with resistance to soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) by Dinesh Poudel, Guiping Yan, Carrie Miranda, Gustavo Fernando Kreutz, Intiaz Amin Chowdhury

“…The qPCR assay demonstrated 94.36% efficiency for the target gene at Rhg1 locus, Glyma18g02590, with copy number detected by the assay correlating strongly (r=0.994) with whole genome sequencing data in previous study. …”
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Adapting Vision Transformer-Based Object Detection Model for Handwritten Text Line Segmentation Task by Osman Furkan KARAKUŞ, Ayla GULCU, Ali Can KARACA

“…We show that the DETR model which requires only a single fine-tuning phase for adapting to line-segmentation task, not only simplifies the training and implementation process but also improves accuracy and efficiency in detecting and segmenting handwritten text lines. …”
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Biases from Oxford Nanopore library preparation kits and their effects on microbiome and genome analysis by Ziming Chen, Chian Teng Ong, Loan To Nguyen, Harrison J. Lamb, O. González-Recio, M. Gutiérrez-Rivas, Sarah J. Meale, Elizabeth M. Ross

“…Due to longer reads, ligation kits showed increased taxonomic classification efficiency compared to the rapid protocols. Rumen microbial profile at different taxonomic levels and mock community profile showed significant variation due to the library preparation method used. …”
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Rethinking Macramé Instruction: A Mathematical Approach to Sustainable Cord Usage in Textile Education by Fatimatu Hajia Ibrahim, Boakye Antwi, Karim Azumah, Issah Mohammed Seini

“…Furthermore, the study demonstrates that integrating mathematical precision into Macramé instruction can foster innovation and efficiency in craft-based learning. The overall results (p < .001) indicate significant improvements in engagement and motivation following the intervention, reinforcing the effectiveness of a structured instructional approach in Macramé education. …”
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ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AS A METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL ABRASION OF HARD TISSUES OF TEETH by G.M. Balia, I.M. Tkachenko, D.M. Korol, V.M. Dvornyk

“…The EMG data of the research groups before treatment showed a different degree of the rhythm of chewing movements, a clear alternation of the phases of activity and rest, uneven inclusion of motor units in the contraction process compared to healthy patients, the habitual side of chewing was determined, as a result of which an extension of chewing time, a decrease in its rhythm and chewing efficiency. Thirty days after the appropriate treatment, the electromyographic study showed morphological and functional changes in the maxillofacial apparatus of the patients of the experimental groups, which were reflected in the quantitative indicators of the EMG of the masticatory muscles. …”
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A gene expression atlas of Nicotiana tabacum across various tissues at transcript resolution by Shizhou Yu, Jufen Wan, Jufen Wan, Tenghang Xu, Tenghang Xu, Jie Zhang, Linggai Cao, Jie Liu, Hongfeng Liu, Xueliang Ren, Zhixiao Yang

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Pore-scale study of CO2 desublimation in a contact liquid by Timan Lei, Geng Wang, Junyu Yang, Jin Chen, Kai H. Luo

“…Moreover, parametric studies and quantitative analyses are set out to identify optimal conditions for CCC. …”
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Ortho-NeRF: generating a true digital orthophoto map using the neural radiance field from unmanned aerial vehicle images by Shihan Chen, Qingsong Yan, Yingjie Qu, Wang Gao, Junxing Yang, Fei Deng

“…Compared with the NeRF efficiency, that of the Ortho-NeRF increased 104 times in training and about 1000 times in rendering.…”
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The construction and validation of the novel nomograms for the risk prediction of prenatal depression: a cross-sectional study by Lanting Huo, Xingfeng Yu, Anum Nisar, Lei Yang, Xiaomei Li

“…Moreover, two novel nomograms were constructed for the quantitative risk prediction.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, the participants were recruited using convenience sampling and administered with the research questionnaires. …”
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Three-dimensional models of the brachial plexus as the basis of augmented reality and artificial transplants by N. S. Gorbunov, K. V. Kober, E. W. Kasparov, S. I. Rostovtsev, D. N. Gorbunov, D. N. Lebedeva, B. Yu. Nikishaev

“…Creating a complete set of three-dimensional models of all variants of the structure of the brachial plexus will allow you to operate in augmented reality and increase the efficiency of operations. The conducted research is also the basis for the subsequent manufacture of biocompatible and biodegradable transplants that will allow to repair complex nerve damage in the upper limb.…”
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