An Alternating Variable Step-Size Adaptive Long-Range Prediction of LMS Fading Signals by Xi Liao, Rui Xue, Dan-feng Zhao, Yang Wang

“…Finally, combining variable step-size least mean squares and adaptive long-range prediction, we introduce the VSS-ALRP algorithm to predict LMS channel fading signals in the case of “ good ” state, and the obtained prediction results would be revised based on the linear prediction of error when shadowing condition is in the “ bad ” state. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can not only offer an accurate prediction for long-range channel state and fading signals over the two-state Gilbert-Elliot channel model and greatly enhance the fading signals’ autocorrelation, but also have considerably better performance than long-range prediction (LRP) algorithm from the results of mean square error (MSE) and correlation coefficient.…”
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Millimeter-Wave Underlay D2D Communications: Channel Assignment, Transmission mode Selection and Power Control for Full-CSI and Limited-CSI Scenarios by Nima Reisi

“…We focus on the main features of mmWave communication including larger bandwidth, directive antenna arrays at BS and users, and more severe path loss and shadowing. As the optimization problem is mixed-integer-non-linear programming, two heuristic algorithms are proposed, assuming full Channel Side Information (CSI) and limited CSI at Base Station, respectively. …”
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Image-Based Concrete Crack Detection Using Convolutional Neural Network and Exhaustive Search Technique by Shengyuan Li, Xuefeng Zhao

“…However, conventional image-based methods need extract crack features using complex image preprocessing techniques, so it can lead to challenges when concrete surface contains various types of noise due to extensively varying real-world situations such as thin cracks, rough surface, shadows, etc. To overcome these challenges, this paper proposes an image-based crack detection method using a deep convolutional neural network (CNN). …”
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Race, transformation and education as contradictions in a neoliberal South Africa by Isha Dilraj

“… In navigating the complexities of race and inequality in South African society, shadowed by colonialism and apartheid, the term transformation has gained traction as the mantra for growth, retribution, education reform, and economic and societal prosperity. …”
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Case report: a 3-year follow-up on nodal marginal zone lymphoma coexisting with disseminated Talaromyces marneffei infection in a non-endemic area by Xiping Yu, Houyun Xu, Junjie Zhou, Zhiqiang Zhu, Baizhou Li

“…A chest un-enhanced CT showed flaky high-density shadows in the left lung, along with multiple enlarged lymph nodes in the lung hilar, mediastinal regions, and the left supraclavicular side. …”
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Kansei Analysis of the Japanese Residential Garden and Development of a Low-Cost Virtual Reality Kansei Engineering System for Gardens by Tatsuro Matsubara, Shigekazu Ishihara, Mitsuo Nagamachi, Yukihiro Matsubara

“…The rendering is scalable from low to high resolution and enables drop object shadowing, which is indispensable for considering the effect of daytime changes in insolation. …”
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Ruxolitinib Associated Tuberculosis Presenting as a Neck Lump by Eamon Shamil, David Cunningham, Billy L. K. Wong, Piyush Jani

“…A chest radiograph showed extensive shadowing in both lungs. CT scan demonstrated perilymphatic nodes in addition to the cervical mass. …”
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To the problem of optimization of criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of providing the national security of the State by Y. V. Kobko

“…It has been performed the classification of the relevant criteria, which is most appropriate to divide into the following groups: 1) financial and economic, which include: the level of shadowing of the economy; the level of GDP per capita; the ratio of public debt to GDP; the average level of wages in the state; 2) socio-cultural, in particular: the demographic situation in the country (depopulation rate); the level of legal consciousness of society and cultural development; national consent and unity; a sense of personal security; the level of support of the population of the state; 3) political: stability and effectiveness of public policy (domestic political stability); resilience to ensure a high level of readiness of society and the state to respond to a wide range of threats; the level of democracy, the formation and effectiveness of the legal framework of the rule of law; 4) indicators of combat readiness of the army: the state of the armed forces, their combat capability and combat readiness; logistical, financial support of troops; adequacy of staffing. …”
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The Town and the City in Charles Williams's Fiction by Maurice Levy

“…L'objet de cette communication est d'explorer le rôle de la ville dans ses œuvres de fiction, plus particulièrement dans Shadows of Ecstasy, Descent into Hell, War in Heaven, et All Hallows' Eve. …”
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Non-Fiction from a Historical Perspective: Situation of Lithuanian Statemen Amid Tragic Events of 1940–1941 by Юрате Ландсберґіте-Бехер

“…It is characteristic of the current era, in which real wars of history develop, and fiction causes the need for non-fiction looking for explanations, facts and illuminating shadowed destruction of the State and still dark turns of Lithuania’s historical path. …”
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Bound chaotic photon orbits in a magnetized Kerr–Newman spacetime by Caiyu Liu, Daqi Yang, Xin Wu

“…The method for finding these six types of photon orbits in the phase space will also be used as a new ray-tracing method to find the corresponding six regions on the observer’s plane and to obtain black hole shadows.…”
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The Performance of a New Heuristic Approach for Tracking Maximum Power of PV Systems by Aripriharta Aripriharta, Kusmayanto Hadi Wibowo, Irham Fadlika, Muladi Muladi, Nandang Mufti, Markus Diantoro, Gwo-Jiun Horng

“…This paper presents a new heuristic method for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) in PV systems under normal and shadowing situations. The proposed method is a modification of the original queen honey bee migration (QHBM) to shorten the computation time for the maximum power point (MPP) in PV systems. …”
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Checkmate to Bioethics? by Fabio Alberto Garzón Díaz

“… Bioethics, as the first cousin of philosophy, suffers from what philosopher Hegel told us during his lifetime, “When philosophy paints lights and shadows, an aspect of life has grown old, and cannot be rejuvenated, but only understood. …”
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Eel and Grouper Optimizer improvement three-stage algorithm for photovoltaic MPPT by ZiJian Zhou, YanHong Fang

“…Photovoltaic power generation system is extremely sensitive to the change of illumination, when it is obscured by dust, cloud shadows, etc., it will produce a power voltage characteristic curve with multi-peak characteristics, and the traditional Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) technology will fall into the local optimal solution when it meets multiple peaks. …”
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Hybrid Intersection Over Union Loss for a Robust Small Object Detection in Low-Light Conditions by Twahir Kiobya, Junfeng Zhou, Baraka Maiseli, Maqbool Khan

“…The main challenges affecting small object detection accuracy in low-light conditions are occlusion caused by the low light, shadows, and darkness that adversely affect the surrounding context leading to poor object classification and the insufficient spatial information that negatively affect object localization resulting in poor small object detection. …”
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Fatal Hemoptysis due to Chronic Cavitary Pulmonary Aspergillosis Complicated by Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Tuberculosis by Ioannis Kokkonouzis, Ioannis Athanasopoulos, Nikolaos Doulgerakis, Grigorios Tsonis, Ioannis Lampaditis, Nikolaos Saridis, Vasilios Skoufaras

“…A CT scan revealed multiple consolidations, fibrosis, scaring, and cavitary lesions in both upper lobes with newly shadows which were fungus balls inside them. Aspergillus flavius was isolated in three sputum samples, a diagnosis of chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis was made, and treatment with intravenous amphotericin B was started. …”
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Health risks from heavy metals in cosmetic products available in the online consumer market by Alicja Kicińska, Magdalena Kowalczyk

“…In the present study, we carried out analyses (mineralization with aqua regia HCl: HNO3) to determine the concentrations of selected metals (Cr, Fe, Ni, Mn and Zn) using ICP-MS in 23 samples of cosmetics (foundations, blushes, lipsticks, creams, face masks and eye shadows) in order to calculate the health risks associated with their daily use. …”
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Steganography in Game Actions by Ching-Chun Chang, Isao Echizen

“…The exchange of messages has always carried with it the timeless challenge of secrecy. From whispers in shadows to the enigmatic notes written in the margins of history, humanity has long sought ways to convey thoughts that remain imperceptible to all but the chosen few. …”
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Leclercia adecarboxylata Cholecystitis with Septic Shock in Immunocompetent Patient by Nooraldin Merza, John Lung, Ahmed Taha, Ahmed Qasim, Jill Frost, Tarek Naguib

“…Liver and gallbladder ultrasound was performed, revealing multiple nonmobile stones with shadowing noted within the gallbladder sac, a thickened gallbladder wall, and a moderate amount of pericholecystic fluid. …”
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‘Why is it that a photograph always looks clear and sharp, — not at all like a Turner?’ John Ruskin & Perceptual Aberration by Lawrence Gasquet

“…Photography either exaggerates shadows, or loses detail in the lights . . . and misses certain of the utmost subtleties of natural effect (which are often the things that Turner has chiefly aimed at,) while it renders subtleties of form which no human hand could achieve’. …”
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