YOLO-ACE: Enhancing YOLO with Augmented Contextual Efficiency for Precision Cotton Weed Detection by Qi Zhou, Huicheng Li, Zhiling Cai, Yiwen Zhong, Fenglin Zhong, Xiaoyu Lin, Lijin Wang

“…Experiments on the CottonWeedDet12 (CWD12) dataset show that YOLO-ACE achieves notable mAP@0.5 and mAP@0.5:0.95 scores—95.3% and 89.5%, respectively—surpassing previous benchmarks. Additionally, we tested the model’s transferability and generalization across different crops and environments using the CropWeed dataset, where it achieved a competitive mAP@0.5 of 84.3%, further showcasing its robust ability to adapt to diverse conditions. …”
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Role of Voice Signal Analysis in Screening for Cognitive Impairment: A Study on Community-dwelling Older Adults by Sangdo LEE, Young Chul YOUN, Gihyun YUN, Hunboc LEE, SangYun KIM, In Jeong KIM, Ho Tae JEONG

“…In particular, it showed a high NPV (89.19%), highlighting its ability to rule out cognitive decline. Nevertheless, its PPV (35.59%) and specificity reveal areas for refinement. …”
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Ribosome phenotypes for rapid classification of antibiotic-susceptible and resistant strains of Escherichia coli by Alison Farrar, Piers Turner, Hafez El Sayyed, Conor Feehily, Stelios Chatzimichail, Sammi Ta, Derrick Crook, Monique Andersson, Sarah Oakley, Lucinda Barrett, Christoffer Nellåker, Nicole Stoesser, Achillefs Kapanidis

“…Abstract Rapid antibiotic susceptibility tests (ASTs) are an increasingly important part of clinical care as antimicrobial resistance (AMR) becomes more common in bacterial infections. …”
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Pulsed Electric Field Induces Significant Changes in the Metabolome of <i>Fusarium</i> Species and Decreases Their Viability and Toxigenicity by Adam Behner, Jana Palicova, Anna-Hirt Tobolkova, Nela Prusova, Milena Stranska

“…As we found out, both fungal viability and the ability to produce mycotoxins significantly decreased after the PEF treatment for all of the species tested. …”
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Differential efficacy of olfactory neurospheres from deviated nasal septum and chronic rhinosinusitis patients in regenerating olfactory epithelium by Rong-San Jiang, Chiang-Wen Lee, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Jing-Jie Wang, Jia-Bin Liao, Kuo-Ti Peng, Yao-Chang chiang, Pei-Ling Chi

“…The regenerative efficacy of these ONS was tested in a methimazole-induced hyposmic mouse model, with the effects on cellular senescence, apoptosis, and proliferation in the olfactory epithelium assessed. …”
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A surrogate approach to model groundwater level in time and space based on tree regressors by Pedro Martínez-Santos, Víctor Gómez-Escalonilla, Silvia Díaz-Alcaide, Manuel Rodríguez del Rosario, Héctor Aguilera

“…Certain dynamic variables also include a subset of lag periods to depict seasonality. Algorithms are tested on a set of climatic scenarios in order to observe their ability to predict stable, declining and recovering groundwater trends. …”
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Identification of Novel Bioactive Compound Derived from Rheum officinalis against Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168 by Mohammed Yosri, Basma H. Amin, Nermine N. Abed, Amal S. Elithy, Sayed M. Kareem, Nagwa M. Sidkey

“…Fractionation pattern was obtained by column chromatography, while the purity test was done by thin-layer chromatography (TLC). …”
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Chitosan hydrogels loaded with Cu3SnS4 NSs for the treatment of second-degree burn wounds by Mingfei Ren, Jingjing Yao, Dicheng Yang, Jingyao Zhu, Kun Dai, Yujun Zhong, Jun Zhu, Liang Tang, Yan Xu, Jiangming Yu

“…In vitro antibacterial tests demonstrated that the CS/GP/Cu3SnS4 hydrogel dressing exhibits considerable antibacterial properties, achieving an antibacterial rate exceeding 95% after 4 h of contact with Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli (E. coli). …”
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Enhancing intrusion detection in wireless sensor networks using a Tabu search based optimized random forest by Vivek Kumar Pandey, Shiv Prakash, Tarun Kumar Gupta, Priyanshu Sinha, Tiansheng Yang, Rajkumar Singh Rathore, Lu Wang, Sabeen Tahir, Sheikh Tahir Bakhsh

“…As a result, TS will help RF automatically search optimal hyperparameters and improve the generalization ability. This work integrates the pros of TS with RF. …”
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Toxicity of oxalic acid and its toxic effect on antioxidative enzymes in honey bee larvae by T Majchrak, M Ratvaj, L Sabova, J Toporcak, L Molnar

“…The production of food of plant origin is critically dependent on the pollination ability of honey bees, whose health has been deteriorating for a long time, and whose population is declining. …”
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Harvesting Friction Energy on Zinc Oxide and Zinc Oxide/Europium Oxide Sol-Gel Catalysts for Tribocatalytic Paracetamol Degradation by Dobrina Ivanova, Hristo Kolev, Ralitsa Mladenova, Bozhidar I. Stefanov, Nina Kaneva

“…Similar to photocatalysis, organic pollutants can be effectively oxidized by the holes in the valence band of sol-gel catalysts due to their strong oxidative ability. The tribocatalytic tests demonstrated that ZnO and ZnO/Eu₂O₃ could eliminate organic analgesics (paracetamol) under magnetic stirring in the dark. …”
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Use of a competitive probe in assay design for genotyping of the UGT1A1*28 microsatellite polymorphism by the smart amplification process by Jun Watanabe, Yasumasa Mitani, Yuki Kawai, Takeshi Kikuchi, Yasushi Kogo, Atsuko Oguchi-Katayama, Hajime Kanamori, Kengo Usui, Masayoshi Itoh, Paul E. Cizdziel, Alexander Lezhava, Kenji Tatsumi, Yasushi Ichikawa, Shinji Togo, Hiroshi Shimada, Yoshihide Hayashizaki

“…A key feature of the smart amplification process version 2 (SMAP-2) is the ability to suppress mismatch amplification by using a unique asymmetric primer design and Thermus aquaticus MutS (Taq MutS). …”
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Unified constitutive modeling for hot tensile behavior of TC4 alloy with and without diffusion bonding joint by Zhongman Cai, Yong Li, Yanqiang Xu, Jiarui Chen, Xiaoxing Li, Guanglu Ma, Dongsheng Li

“…The constitutive model has been further applied to the finite element method (FEM), and the prediction ability of the deformation behavior and the fracture of the model for hot deformation processes have been verified. …”
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Reducing Wave Overtopping on Rubble Mound Breakwaters Using Floating Kelp Farms by Filipe Miranda, Tomás Calheiros-Cabral, Diogo Mendes, Paulo Rosa-Santos, Francisco Taveira-Pinto, Tiago Fazeres-Ferradosa

“…Physical modelling experiments with random waves have been conducted to assess the ability of this NBS to reduce the mean wave overtopping discharge on a rubble mound breakwater. …”
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A Modular and Scalable Approach to Hybrid Battery and Converter Integration for Full-Electric Waterborne Transport by Ramon Lopez-Erauskin, Argiñe Alacano, Aitor Lizeaga, Giuseppe Guidi, Olve Mo, Amaia Lopez-de-Heredia, Mikel Alzuri

“…The concept has been validated through simulations and real-scale laboratory tests, demonstrating its effectiveness. Key results highlight the system’s ability to maintain the DC bus voltage while operating at high efficiency (ranging from 97% to 98%) under different load conditions, supported by reliable and demanding real-time communication using the EtherCAT standard. …”
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DBO-DELM Method for Predicting Rolling Forces in Cold Rolling by LI Xiaoyang, PIAO Chunhui, WANG Xuelei, ZHANG Mingzhi

“…In summary, the DBO-DELM rolling force prediction model has obvious improvement in prediction accuracy compared with the existing neural network model in multiple frames and shows good generalisation ability, which provides an effective method for the rolling force prediction in cold continuous rolling.…”
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Investigating the effect of carpet fiber on the fresh, mechanical, durability and thermal conductivity properties of sustainable mortar; experimental work by Niyan Abdalkarim Hamid, Herish Omar Faraj Jaf, Hersh F. Mahmood, Sary Nasr Husein, Soran Abdrahman Ahamd, Azhi Surkew Sabir, Chovan Majeed Faraj, Merg Fazil Majed

“…To improve the bending ability of mortar and, by extension, the walls, numerous studies have focused on enhancing its properties. …”
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Bacillus subtilis supplementation enhances the growth performance, immune indicators, and stability of the intestinal flora of Cherax quadricarinatus by Duanduan Chen, Shouquan Wang, Kai An, Xiujuan Feng, Yubao Li, Hui Wang

“…The addition of Bacillus subtilis to the diet can enhance the natural defenses of aquatic creatures and improve their ability to combat diseases. We conducted a study to assess the effects of different concentrations (1.5×106 CFU/g, 1.5×107 CFU/g, and 1.5×108 CFU/g) of B. subtilis on the growth, development, immune response, and gut microbiota of Cherax quadricarinatus over a 45-day period. …”
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Sliding Mode Backstepping Control of Excavator Bucket Trajectory Synovial in Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm and Neural Network Disturbance Observer by Xiangfei Tao, Kailei Liu, Jing Yang, Yu Chen, Jiayuan Chen, Haoran Zhu

“…Afterwards, a co-simulation model of MATLAB/Simulink (MATLAB2023b) and AMESim (Simcenter Amesim 2304) was established for simulation analysis, and a test bench was set up for comparison and verification. …”
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A novel approach for encryption and decryption of digital imaging and communications using mathematical modelling in internet of medical things by S. Thalapathiraj, J. Arunnehru, V. C. Bharathi, R. Dhanasekar, L. Vijayaraja, R. Kannadasan, Muhammad Faheem, Arfat Ahmad Khan

“…To thoroughly evaluate the performance of the algorithm, multiple tests were conducted, including extensive statistical analyses and assessments of encryption quality. …”
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