A controversial legacy from the Romantic period. Al-Andalus echoes in films featuring tourists (1905-1975) by Alfonso Fernández-Tabales, María C. Puche-Ruiz

“…Furthermore, the secondary objectives are to analyse the intense debate, running since the beginning of the 19th century, about the image of Al-Andalus among Spanish intellectuals; and analyse the (re)production of “phantom image” linked to Al-Andalus in films with tourists, using a qualitative method of film image analysis that can be considered novel (Grounded Theory built through visual analysis with NVivo software). …”
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Spiritual experiences hallucination phenomenology associated with spiritual experiences in a non-clinical population: a qualitative study by Alessandra Ghinato Mainieri, Alexander Moreira-Almeida

“…The aim of the study was to explore the phenomenology of anomalous experiences in mentally healthy mediums. Method Six mediums undergoing these experiences with high frequency were interviewed about their sensory experiences and the content categorized as predictability (trance-mediumship/non-trance) and sensory modality (kinesthetic, visual, auditory and olfactory). …”
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Comparative Efficacy of Conventional Versus Diode Laser Assisted Root Canal Treatment in Reduction of Postoperative Pain and Healing of Periapical Lesion: A Randomized Controlled C... by Priyanka Dubey, Anjali Savita, Ruba Khan, Rupal Saxena, Kriti Dubey, Purva Verma

“…Background: Laser assisted root canal treatment has emerged as a promising adjunct to conventional randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Material and method: To evaluate the same, we observed 90 patients (98 roots) with chronic periapical lesions; they were randomized into two groups (n = 45): diode laser and control. …”
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Challenges and Opportunities in Telephone Interpreting: A Study on The Perspectives of Interpreters by Özden Şahin Er

“…With the objective of shedding light on the practices and problems experienced by telephone interpreters and their opinions on how to improve this practice, the study employed interview as the data collection method. The study recruited 12 telephone interpreters, whose opinions were then analyzed using thematic analysis. …”
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Geospatial Data Interpretation of the Land Suitability of Heavy Chernozems (Karasolutsi) from North – East Bulgaria for Growing Agricultural Crops by Ivanka Lyubenova

“…Geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial analysis are the modern platform (method) for intelligent data interpretation. The study presents the results of geospatial data analysis of the land suitability of Heavy Chernozems (Karasolutsi) from Dobrich region - North-Eastern Bulgaria. …”
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Research on heterogeneous resource modeling and encapsulation technology of industrial cyber range by Du Lin, Zhu Junhu, Bai Yongqiang

“…Based on analyzing the management and control interface, collection interface and I/O interface of the resources, this paper establishes and realizes the component based resource encapsulation specification, so as to provide technical support for the flexible allocation and automatic management of industrial control network cyber range resources. The method of resource modeling encapsulation is verified by software tools. …”
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Examination of Objects’ Marking in Complex Forensic Expertise of Alcohol-Containing Liquids by I. L. Kazantseva, V. V. Egorova

“…The stage of object visual inspection is essential in the expertise of alcohol-containing liquids in original (or simulating original) packaging with undisturbed cork, integrity including the examination of a consumer container’s marking. …”
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How to Conduct an On-farm Dye Test and Use the Results to Improve Drip Irrigation Management in Vegetable Production by Eric Simonne, David Studstill, Michael Dukes, John Duval, Robert Hochmuth, Gene McAvoy, Teresa Olczyk, Steve Olson, Elizabeth Lamb

“…As water movement in the root zone below mulched beds is difficult to see, injecting soluble dye through the drip irrigation system provides a simple and practical method to visualize water movement in the soil. Understanding water movement in raised beds is essential for improving irrigation scheduling and nutrient delivery. …”
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Distributed Strapdown Inertial Navigation System Error and Inertial Sensory Bias Compensation by Nargess Sadeghzadeh Nokhodberiz, Javad Poshatn

“…The experimental results based on data from 3D MEMS IMU and camera system are provided to demonstrate efficiency of the proposed method.…”
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Coffee Bean Characterization Using Terahertz Sensing by Dook van Mechelen, Daan Meulendijks, Milan Koumans

“…We present a novel coffee bean sorting method using terahertz (THz) spectroscopy, which effectively penetrates both green and roasted beans. …”
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Fitting and comparing competing models of the species abundance distribution: assessment and prospect by Thomas J Matthews, Robert J Whittaker

“…We argue that it is time for SAD studies to move away from many of the traditional methods available for fitting and evaluating models, such as sole reliance on the visual examination of plots, and embrace statistically rigorous techniques. …”
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Novel Multimodal Fusion Algorithm for Non-Intrusive Anxiety Detection by Mahir Shadid, Mushfiqus Salehin Afnan, Rashed Mustafa, M. Jamshed Alam Patwary

“…TI-Fusion is a novel late multimodal fusion technique that integrates text and image data for a unified reliable outcome, overcoming limitations in existing methods. The primary advantage of TI-Fusion is its non-intrusive nature, ensuring patient comfort by avoiding invasive methods while still delivering robust diagnostic capabilities. …”
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Multimodal GRU with directed pairwise cross-modal attention for sentiment analysis by Zhenkai Qin, Qining Luo, Zhidong Zang, Hongpeng Fu

“…Abstract Multimodal sentiment analysis combines text, audio, and visual signals to understand human emotions. However, current methods often face challenges in handling asynchronous signals and capturing long-term dependencies between different modalities. …”
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Assessing the quality of angiographic display of brain blood vessels aneurysms compared to intraoperative state by Nikolić Igor M., Tasić Goran M., Jovanović Vladimir T., Repac Nikola R., Janićijević Aleksandar M., Šćepanović Vuk D., Nestorović Branislav D.

“…Clear visibility of the neck, the position of the aneurysm and surrounding structures are necessary for a proper choice of methods for excluding the aneurysm from the circulation. …”
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Fine-Tuning Models for Histopathological Classification of Colorectal Cancer by Houda Saif ALGhafri, Chia S. Lim

“…<b>Results and Conclusions:</b> On average across all datasets, CRCHistoDense, CRCHistoIncep, and CRCHistoXcep achieved test accuracies of 99.34%, 99.48%, and 99.45%, respectively, highlighting the effectiveness of fine-tuning in improving classification performance and generalization. Statistical methods, including paired <i>t</i>-tests, ANOVA, and the Kruskal–Wallis test, confirmed significant improvements in the proposed methods’ performance, with <i>p</i>-values below 0.05. …”
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The Potential of a Laser-Aspiration Solution for Refractive Lens Exchange by D. E. Arakelyan, S. Yu. Kopaev, I. A. Il’inskaya, V. V. Pominova

“…This review presents the current knowledge about the methods of lens surgery for the correction of refractive errors in patients with presbyopia and other refractive errors. …”
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Effectiveness of low level laser therapy in the treatment of TMD myalgia - Two case reports by Heleine Maria Chagas Rêgo, Natalia Cortez Gutierrez, Maria Ângela Lacerda Rangel Esper, Pedro Henrique Corazza, Carolina da Silva Machado Martinelli, Fernanda Campos, Carlos Rocha Gomes Torres, Sérgio Eduardo de Paiva Gonçalves

“…Laser was punctually applied on masseter and temporalis muscles bilaterally. Three methods were used to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment: pressure algometer, visual analog scale (VAS) and maximal mouth opening. …”
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Building rooftop extraction from high resolution aerial images using multiscale global perceptron with spatial context refinement by Qinglie Yuan

“…Overall, quantitative analysis and visual experiments confirmed that the proposed model is more efficient and superior to other state-of-the-art methods, with a 95.18% F1 score on the WHU dataset and a 93.29% F1 score on the Massub dataset.…”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Chinese English language learners’ vocabulary retention: Investigating the effectiveness of neuro/metacognitive and socio-cultural strategies by Wei Hu, Yipeng Luo

“…The experimental group (n = 45) received instruction involving visual imagery, multisensory rotation, circle rotation, and mind mapping over eight sessions, while the control group (n = 45) received traditional teaching methods. …”
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FDI-VSR: Video Super-Resolution Through Frequency-Domain Integration and Dynamic Offset Estimation by Donghun Lim, Janghoon Choi

“…Extensive experiments on the Vid4, SPMCs, REDS4, and UDM10 benchmarks, supported by detailed ablation studies, demonstrate that FDI-VSR not only surpasses conventional VSR methods but also achieves competitive results compared to recent state-of-the-art methods, with improvements of up to 0.82 dB in PSNR on the SPMCs benchmark and notable reductions in visual artifacts, all while maintaining lower computational complexity and faster inference.…”
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