A Standard Test Apparatus and Method for Validating the Accuracy of Mobile Phone Apps in Measuring Concrete Crack Widths by Chyuan-Hwan Jeng, Min Chao, Jian-Hung Chen

“…This paper presents a standardized apparatus and method for testing the accuracy of mobile phone apps designed to measure concrete crack widths. …”
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A survey of face recognition techniques under occlusion by Dan Zeng, Raymond Veldhuis, Luuk Spreeuwers

“…Abstract The limited capacity to recognise faces under occlusions is a long‐standing problem that presents a unique challenge for face recognition systems and even humans. …”
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The Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Luca Pugliese, Alessandra Luciano, Marcello Chiocchi

“…Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiomyopathy, caused by either sarcomere protein or other gene mutations. …”
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Ranking Ecological Risk of Metals to Freshwater Organisms in Lake Taihu, China by Qi Wang, Yalin Du, Fuhong Sun, Xinmiao Deng, Hong Chang

“…The objective of the present study was to rank metals in Lake Taihu based on the threat they pose to aquatic organisms. …”
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Smart Localization Using a New Sensor Association Framework for Outdoor Augmented Reality Systems by F. Ababsa, I. Zendjebil, J.-Y. Didier, M. Mallem

“…The quality of the real/virtual registration depends mainly on the accuracy of the 3D camera pose estimation. In this paper, we present an original real-time localization system for outdoor AR which combines three heterogeneous sensors: a camera, a GPS, and an inertial sensor. …”
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Atypical Spitz Tumor Mimicking Pyogenic Granuloma: A Case Report and Literature Review by Yuka Nagasaka, Tomohiro Shiraishi, Takahiro Shibayama, Takashi Hibiya, Junji Shibahara, Akihiko Takushima

“…Atypical Spitz tumors pose challenges in both clinical and pathological diagnoses. …”
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Left ventricular thrombus as a rare complication of pulmonary tuberculosis by Amit Kumar, Aman Dubey, Yogesh Sanwaria, Shweta Tanwar

“…Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a significant public health burden in endemic regions, remaining a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. …”
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Dengue virus and lipid metabolism: unravelling the interplay for future therapeutic approaches by Ying Xie, Li Jiao, Qiangming Sun

“…In recent years, Dengue virus (DENV) has continued to pose significant health risks in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide, raising health alerts worldwide. …”
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The Role of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Patients with Depression in Parkinson's Disease by Andreas Charidimou, John Seamons, Caroline Selai, Anette Schrag

“…Depression is a common complication of Parkinson's disease (PD) with considerable impact on patients' quality of life. However, at present the most appropriate treatment approach is unclear. …”
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Hysteresis compensation and decoupling control of an XYΘ-type flexure-based mechanism via inverse hysteresis-coupling hybrid modeling by Yanding Qin, Jie Yuan, Yunpeng Zhang, Hui Tang, Jianda Han

“…First, a specially designed kinematic chain is adopted to transfer the pose of the end effector into the linear motions at three prismatic joints. …”
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Clinical management of lipid metabolism abnormalities induced by antipsychotics in closed psychiatric settings: challenges and integrated strategies by Jiakuan Tu, Yu Qiu, Yueting Zhang, Yang Yang, Yi Huang

“…This study presents an integrated framework involving surveillance, intervention, and interdisciplinary collaboration. …”
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Enabling real-time applications in Wi-Fi networks by Dmitry Bankov, Evgeny Khorov, Andrey Lyakhov, Mark Sandal

“…The article presents a novel approach to enable real-time communications by exploiting an additional radio. …”
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Morphology, Molecular Phylogeny, and Fungicide Sensitivity of Phytophthora nagaii and P. tentaculata in Korea by Seung Hyun Lee, Bora Nam, Dong Jae Lee, Young-Joon Choi

“…Phytophthora species, classified under Oomycota, cause significant damage to various crops and trees. The present study introduced Phytophthora species, P. nagaii and P. tentaculata, new to Korea, which pose notable risks to their respective host plants. …”
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Virtual Networking Performance in OpenStack Platform for Network Function Virtualization by Franco Callegati, Walter Cerroni, Chiara Contoli

“…On the other hand, it will pose a number of challenges in terms of virtual network performance and customer isolation. …”
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Comprehensive Cardiac Monitoring and Early Intervention in a Patient with Hypertension Using Smartphone-based Portable Electrocardiogram by Yogendra Singh, C. B. Pandey, Shashank Pandey, Nitin Chandola, Deeksha Agarwal

“…Cardiovascular diseases pose significant global health challenges, necessitating effective early detection and management strategies. …”
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Impedance Model-Based Optimal Regulation on Force and Position of Bimanual Robots to Hold an Object by Darong Huang, Hong Zhan, Chenguang Yang

“…To implement this method, two necessary algorithms are presented, which are the closed-loop inverse kinematics (CLIK) method to work out joint positions from desired EE pose and the generalized-momentum-based external force observer to measure the subjected force acting on the EE so as to properly compensate for the joint torques. …”
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REGULATING SUSPECT DISPLAY IN PRESS CONFERENCES: SAFEGUARDING HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE by Adam Ilyas, Maman Sudirman

“…However, these press conferences pose significant risks to the presumption of innocence and may lead to violations of human rights. …”
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Entropy-Driven Global Best Selection in Particle Swarm Optimization for Many-Objective Software Package Restructuring by Amarjeet Prajapati, Anshu Parashar, null Sunita, Alok Mishra

“…It has been observed that these kinds of many-objective optimization problems (MaOPs) often pose several performance challenges to the traditional multi-objective optimization algorithms. …”
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Investigation of Drying Process Kinetics of Composite Granules by Zhanna Petrova

“…Today, these fields reached their capacity three times over and pose a danger, the consequences of which go far beyond environmental problems and have grown into a chain of socio-economic, technical, medical-biological and moral-ethical problems. …”
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La compétence interculturelle dans le cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues : enjeux théoriques et implications pédagogiques by Taoufiq KADRI

“…L’article examine également les défis méthodologiques et évaluatifs que pose l’intégration de cette compétence dans les pratiques pédagogiques contemporaines. …”
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