GaVe: A webcam-based gaze vending interface using one-point calibration by Zhe Zeng, Sai Liu, Hao Cheng, Hailong Liu, Yang Li, Yu Feng, Felix Siebert

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Refractoriness in sustained visuo-manual control: is the refractory duration intrinsic or does it depend on external system properties? by Cornelis van de Kamp, Peter J Gawthrop, Henrik Gollee, Ian D Loram

“…Whether refractoriness and the associated serial ballistic hypothesis generalises to sustained control tasks has remained open for more than sixty years. Recently, a method of analysis has been presented that quantifies refractoriness in sustained control tasks and discriminates intermittent (serial ballistic) from continuous control. …”
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An Elderly-Oriented Form Design of Low-Speed New Energy Vehicles Based on Rough Set Theory and Support Vector Regression by Zimo Chen

“…In order to fill this gap, the design of low-speed NEVs are selected as the study objects so as to explore the relationship between the visual perception of elderly users and car design; thus, a design method for the form of elderly-oriented cars is proposed. …”
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Identification of Far-Field Long-Period Ground Motions Using Phase Derivatives by Minghui Dai, Yingmin Li, Shuoyu Liu, Yinfeng Dong

“…Furthermore, the analysis of classification results provides insight into the causes for discrepancy and verifies the effectiveness of the proposed method. Finally, comparisons of the mean normalized acceleration response spectrum with respect to the predictors, as well as the local site effects, are performed.…”
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Psychological Effects of Hands-On Training Using Public Transportation among Inpatients with Physical Disabilities: Analysis of the Self-Efficacy and Perception of Occupational Ena... by Masahiro Ogawa, Yoriko Hayashi, Tatsunori Sawada, Mizuki Kobashi, Hitoshi Tanimukai

“…This study is aimed at understanding how practicing the use of public transportation can affect the self-efficacy and perceptions of occupational enablement among patients with physical disabilities in a recovery rehabilitation hospital. Method. We recruited 21 inpatients with physical disabilities caused by stroke or orthopedic diseases from a recovery rehabilitation hospital in Japan and used a multimethod design including an intervention study and a follow-up survey. …”
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Relationship between occurrence of lahar and hydraulic properties of ashfall covered ground in the Arimura River basin of Sakurajima Volcano, Japan by Hayato Sugawara, Yutaka Gonda

“…This study employed a runoff analysis model based on the kinematic wave method to evaluate the surface conditions indirectly by hydraulic conductivity parameter values at the time of lahar occurrence. …”
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Effect of ionic strength on the dissolution and precipitation of carbonate minerals and the nature of ionic species from some calcareous soil by Abd Al-Kader A. Alhadede, and Qahtan D. Essa Al-Khafagi

“… A laboratory study was conducted to demonstrate the effect of ionic strength on the dissolution and precipitation of carbonate minerals and ionic species using well water with ionic strengths of (0.013, 0.065, 0.130) mol l-1 by the method of wetting and drying of natural, unexcited soil columns taken from five different sites in their content of calcium carbonate within Nineveh Governorate / northern Iraq, classified within the Calciothirds soil group, and for five wetting and drying cycles, the duration of one cycle being ten days. …”
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POLYMORPHISM OF GSTM1 AND GSTT1 GENES IN WORKERS OF FERROUS METALLURGY WITH PROFESSIONAL FLUOROSIS by V. V. Zakharenkov, N. I. Gafarov, I. V. Viblaya

“…In this study DNA was isolated by phenolhloroformnym method performing polymerase chain reaction amplification products electrophoresed on agarose gel, and the products were visualized under ultraviolet light. …”
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Evaluating Art Exhibition Spaces Through Space Syntax and Multimodal Physiological Data by Yunwan Dai, Yujie Ren, Hong Li, Meng Wang

“…Therefore, spatial syntax, when coupled with physiological indicators, provides a robust and actionable method for evaluating and optimizing exhibition space design.…”
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A paper-based loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for highly pathogenic avian influenza by Mohamed Kamel, Josiah Levi Davidson, Jenna M. Schober, Gregory S. Fraley, Mohit S. Verma

“…Overall, the paper-based LAMP assay provides a promising method for rapidly and reliably detecting the H5 subtype of AIV, contributing to improved surveillance and early intervention strategies.…”
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Topical issues of personnel training in the field of unmanned aircraft systems by I. V. Blagodaryashchev, M. A. Kiselev, R. S. Naumov, V. S. Shapkin

“…The legal regulation, and hence, the training system in the field of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the Russian Federation, the European Union and the United States is based on the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) rating with respect to UAS maximum take-off weight (MTOW) and their purpose (method of use). In this regard, small-unmanned aircraft (sUAS) are identified – in our country up to 30 kg, in the EU and the USA up to 55 lbs (25 kg) and UAV with larger weight. …”
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Investigation of geodiversity in Lar basin, northern Iran by Manijeh Ghahroudi Talia, Mehrnoosh Heidarya

“…This research is conducted based on 1: 25000 topographic maps, digital elevation model, visible bands Landsat image version 8 on 26 August 2017 and field studies. The research method includes elevation zoning for landform energy mapping and landform fragmentation based on spectral homogeneity criterion, supervised classification and visual identification of the landfill has been performed to map the land surface and to calculate geodiversity indicators, the study area is divided into 46 zones. …”
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Co-occurrence patterns based fruit quality detection for hierarchical fruit image annotation by Sangita B. Nemade, Shefali P. Sonavane

“…Automatic image annotation is a method of assigning caption to images that provide some convenient way to index, retrieve and handle a large amount of data objects. …”
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Tracking replicating HPV genomes in proliferating keratinocytes by Jonathan R. Shin, Ivan Avilov, Mario Schelhaas, Franck Gallardo, Alison A. McBride

“…The exact method by which HPVs partition to daughter cells is not well understood, and the elucidation of such mechanisms may reveal relevant pharmacological targets to combat persistent HPV infection.…”
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DCD-FPI: A Deformable Convolution-Based Fusion Network for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Localization by Yufei He, Feiyang Chen, Jiahao Chen, Jiqi Fan, Enhui Zheng

“…In previous research, a pure vision-based self-positioning method was employed, which determined the UAV’s position by matching the vertical view image of the UAV with offline satellite remote sensing images. …”
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The Interspinous Spacer: A New Posterior Dynamic Stabilization Concept for Prevention of Adjacent Segment Disease by Antoine Nachanakian, Antonios El Helou, Moussa Alaywan

“…Actually, it plays an important in the management of adjacent segment disease in previously fused lumbar spine. Materials and Method. We report our experience with posterior dynamic stabilization using an interspinous spacer. 134 cases performed in our institution between September 2008 and August 2012 with different lumbar spine pathologies. …”
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EXAMINING POWERS THROUGH SURYANI’S REPRESENTATION AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN WREGAS BHANUTEJA’S PHOTOCOPIER by Sonny Angjaya, Hianly Muljadi, Joanna Deborah

“…The study is conducted qualitatively using content analysis method which examines the visual aspects as well as dialogues from the film and applying Amy Allen’s theory of feminist power relation. …”
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Computer vision-based location-aware antenna system for 5G applications by Irshad Ali T K, Ansal K A, Sumitha Mathew, Rashida K

“…The system incorporates a machine learning-based computer vision algorithm, specifically the You Only Look Once (YOLO) model, and an optimisation technique for analysing visual data. This method identifies and extracts positional coordinates for potential users, allowing the antenna system—mounted on a rotating assembly—to adjust its orientation and accurately direct its beam toward the target objects determined by the algorithm. …”
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Enhancing multiclass brain tumor diagnosis using SVM and innovative feature extraction techniques by Mustafa Basthikodi, M. Chaithrashree, B. M. Ahamed Shafeeq, Ananth Prabhu Gurpur

“…This approach will not only improves categorization performance but also improves efficacy of computation, making it a robust and effective method for multiclass brain tumor prediction.…”
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Linguistic and rhetoric Defamiliarization in Hossein Panahi's poetry by Mehran Sadeghi Gogari, Pouran Yousefipour Kermani, Hooshmand Esfandiyarpoor

“…This research, conducted by content analysis method with a descriptive-analytical approach, examines the poems of the contemporary poet Hossein Panahi from the perspective of linguistic and rhetorical de-familiarization. …”
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