FruitQuery: A lightweight query-based instance segmentation model for in-field fruit ripeness determination by Ziang Zhao, Yulia Hicks, Xianfang Sun, Chaoxi Luo

“…FruitQuery runs in an end-to-end way and incorporates the convolution and Transformer to capture fine-grained features related to different fruits at different ripeness stages.Extensive experiments on the combined fruit dataset demonstrate that our FruitQuery achieves the highest average precision of 67.02 with only 14.08M parameters, outperforming 13 state-of-the-art models with 33 variants. …”
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Size-dependent toxicity of silver nanoparticles to bacteria, yeast, algae, crustaceans and mammalian cells in vitro. by Angela Ivask, Imbi Kurvet, Kaja Kasemets, Irina Blinova, Villem Aruoja, Sandra Suppi, Heiki Vija, Aleksandr Käkinen, Tiina Titma, Margit Heinlaan, Meeri Visnapuu, Dagmar Koller, Vambola Kisand, Anne Kahru

“…The concept of nanotechnologies is based on size-dependent properties of particles in the 1-100 nm range. However, the relation between the particle size and biological effects is still unclear. …”
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PUYA HAMATA DEMOGRAPHY AS AN INDICATOR OF RECENT FIRE HISTORY IN THE PÁRAMO OF EL ÁNGEL AND VOLCÁN CHILES, ECUADOR-COLOMBIA by PAOLA M. GARCÍA-MENESES, PAUL M. RAMSAY

“…Indicator species studies can provide a relatively efficient way to gain such understanding. …”
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Assessment of Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire for migraine with the help of a smartphone app by Renan Barros DOMINGUES, Isabella Silva PICON, Julia VESCOVi, Gabriel CHUNG, Felipe Teijeiro CABRAL, Ayrton Piassi BERTELLI, Annelise Akemi Higa LEE, Paulo Diego Santos SILVA

“…Conclusions: The results suggest WPAI Brazilian Portuguese version was efficient in assessing migraine related work impact. …”
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Immunoprofiling of Adult-Derived Human Liver Stem/Progenitor Cells: Impact of Hepatogenic Differentiation and Inflammation by Hoda El-Kehdy, Camillo Sargiacomo, Mohammad Fayyad-Kazan, Hussein Fayyad-Kazan, Catherine Lombard, Laurence Lagneaux, Etienne Sokal, Mehdi Najar, Mustapha Najimi

“…A better understanding of the molecular and physiological events related to such marker could help in designing the optimal conditions for an efficient therapeutic use of ADHLSCs.…”
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Advances in catalyst metals and supports for lignin hydrogenation by GAO Jie, ZHANG Yitian, LUO Gang, CAO Yang*, ZHANG Shicheng*

“…Lignin hydrogenation offers notable advantages, such as high product yields and relatively simple product compositions. However, harsh reaction conditions have prompted the development of efficient hydrogenation catalysts. …”
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Some Concepts of Interval Valued Pythagorean Fuzzy Graphs and Analysis of Socioeconomic Conditions of Communities by Waheed Ahmad Khan, Izhar Ahmed Shah, Trung Tuan Nguyen, Minh Hoan Pham, Hai van Pham

“…To fill this gap, we extend these notions within IVPyFGs and utilize them to analyze socioeconomic conditions across different communities. Initially, we introduce several key terms related to covering such as strong arcs (SAs), strong node cover (SNC) and strong node covering number (SNCN), and characterized different kinds of IVPyFGs including complete-IVPyFGs and complete bipartite IVPyFGs based on these terms. …”
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La biodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos en sistemas agroecológicos. Una revisión by Wendy Mercedes Ramírez-Suárez, Jorge Carlos López-Chouza, María de los Ángeles Flores-Acosta, Saray Sánchez-Cárdenas, Pedro Lázaro Rodríguez-Morejón

“…Materials and Methods: Different sources of information (114) were consulted and analyzed, referring to the available literature in the fields of biology, agricultural sciences and agroecology, with the purpose of deepening the state of knowledge related to biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by agroecological systems. …”
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Application of Carbon Quantum Dots in Food Business: A Comprehensive Review by Muhammad Sadiq Naseer, Ali Imran, Qaswaa Yousif Jameel, Ashok Kumar Bishoyi, Faiyaz Ahmed, Ahmed Elawady, Pranchal Rajput, Fakhar Islam, Tahir Zahoor, Abdela Befa Kinki, Saima Naz

“…ABSTRACT The growing demand for efficient, accurate, and affordable methods of evaluating food safety has led scholars to look into cutting‐edge analytical techniques. …”
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Evaluating Radiance Field-Inspired Methods for 3D Indoor Reconstruction: A Comparative Analysis by Shuyuan Xu, Jun Wang, Jingfeng Xia, Wenchi Shou

“…This paper aims to compare different RF-inspired methods with conventional SLAM-based methods and to assess their potential use for asset management and related downstream tasks in indoor environments. …”
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Development of a model system for in vitro simulated application testing of neurovascular stent systems by Siewert Stefan, Brandt-Wunderlich Christoph, Streckenbach Felix, Paetow Hagen, Schmidt Wolfram, Stiehm Michael, Langner Sönke, Cantré Daniel, Weber Marc-André, Schmitz Klaus-Peter

“…The described test setup allows for a diffentiation of neurovascular stent systems with regard to the trackability force as a major procedure related indicator for device handling. Therefore, the simulated application system presented within the current work represents an indispensable tool for safely and efficiently developing and evaluating new technologies for interventional neuroradiology prior to clinical implementation.…”
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Capitalization Rate and Real Estate Risk Factors: An Analysis of the Relationships for the Residential Market in the City of Rome (Italy) by Manganelli Benedetto, Anelli Debora, Tajani Francesco, Morano Pierluigi

“…The aim of the work is to identify the most significant local real estate risk factors related to the market, the tenant and the context on the residential capitalization rate. …”
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Pathophysiological mechanisms of type 2 diabetes mellitus involved in acute mesenteric ischemia by Andreea Pușcașu, Florin Bobîrcă, Alexandra Bolocan, Ion Daniel, Octavian Andronic, Dan Nicolae Păduraru

“…It is essential to understand its implications in the development and evolution of other pathologies in order to manage efficiently their complications thus decreasing overall mortality. …”
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Patterns in time series to image phase and multi-step forecasting of financial indices by Jun Wu, Cheng Wang, Zelin Zhang, Lang He, Yaxiong Chen, Wenming Cheng

“…The idea that transforming the original 1D time series into a 2D image makes properties from different levels in a spanned space. It realizes to analyze short-term autoregression and long-term relations of points at the same time. …”
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Prevention and Rehabilitation of the Athletic Hamstring Injury by Adriana Geraci, P.T., D.P.T., Delaney Mahon, P.T., D.P.T., Eric Hu, B.S., Jesus E. Cervantes, B.S., Shane J. Nho, M.D., M.S.

“…The purpose of this article is to summarize the different features and evaluation of hamstring injuries in athletes, highlight evidence-based rehabilitation interventions, and identify preventative strategies to effectively and efficiently treat athletes, particularly baseball players, with hamstring injuries. …”
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Multimodal integration strategies for clinical application in oncology by Baoyi Zhang, Zhuoya Wan, Yige Luo, Xi Zhao, Josue Samayoa, Weilong Zhao, Si Wu

“…These data types, spanning clinical, genomics, imaging, and other modalities, exhibit significant differences and possess distinct data structures. Therefore, most current analyses focus on a single data modality, limiting the potential of fully utilizing all available data and providing comprehensive insights. …”
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A decision‐making tool for navigating extracellular vesicle research and product development by Francesca Loria, Sabrina Picciotto, Giorgia Adamo, Andrea Zendrini, Samuele Raccosta, Mauro Manno, Paolo Bergese, Giovanna L. Liguori, Antonella Bongiovanni, Nataša Zarovni

“…Abstract Due to their intercellular communication properties and involvement in a wide range of biological processes, extracellular vesicles (EVs) are increasingly being studied and exploited for different applications. Nevertheless, their complex nature and heterogeneity, as well as the challenges related to their purification and characterization procedures, require a cautious assessment of the qualitative and quantitative parameters that need to be monitored. …”
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Transcriptomic and Metabolic Analysis Reveal Potential Mechanism of Starch Accumulation in <i>Spirodela polyrhiza</i> Under Nutrient Stress by Xin Fang, Yan Hong, Yang Fang, Li Cheng, Zhaofeng Li, Caiming Li, Xiaofeng Ban

“…Short-term nutrient-stress treatment had little effect on frond photosynthesis, enhanced the activity of starch synthesis-related enzyme, and weakened the activity of degradation-related enzymes. …”
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Smart cities & crowdsourcing. A bottom-up approach by Marta Christina SUCIU, Diana Florentina NÄ‚SULEA

“…Many of the best practices examples are based on automatization, innovative sensors for measuring pollution and on the big data approach like in the case of traffic monitoring. Even though different regions design some well-integrated projects, the goal of becoming a smart city ultimately lies in the ability of local communities to self-organize and voluntarily use some innovative technologies that might facilitate to find efficient and effective solutions for solving some of the most pressing daily issues, such as traffic. …”
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What can be lost? Genomic perspective on the lipid metabolism of Mucoromycota by Blanka Sokołowska, Małgorzata Orłowska, Alicja Okrasińska, Sebastian Piłsyk, Julia Pawłowska, Anna Muszewska

“…The core lipid metabolism genes showed no significant diversity in distribution, however specialized lipid metabolic pathways differed in this regard among different fungal lineages. …”
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