Flexi-YOLO: A lightweight method for road crack detection in complex environments. by Jiexiang Yang, Renjie Tian, Zexing Zhou, Xingyue Tan, Pingyang He

“…Experimental results show that Flexi-YOLO achieves an accuracy increase of 2.7% over YOLOv8n, a recall rate rise of 4.7%, a mAP improvement of 5.3%, a mAP@0.5-0.95 increase of 3.9%, a decrease of 0.5 in GFLOPS, and an F1 score improvement from 0.80 to 0.84. …”
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Anthropogenic Landscape Alteration, but Not Urbanization, Influences Non‐Adaptive Evolution in Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca L.) by Sophie T. Breitbart, Marc T. J. Johnson, Helene H. Wagner

“…Demographic analysis indicated that Ne decreased by > 99% within the past 800 years, with the rate of loss accelerating over time. These findings suggest that this A. syriaca population was little affected by the transition from rural to urban habitat; rather, anthropogenic activity prior to urbanization, such as precontact Indigenous inhabitation and colonial settlement, had observable effects on population demography. …”
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Effect of Load Carriage Lifestyle on Kinematics and Kinetics of Gait by Hsin-Huan Wang, Wei-Chi Tsai, Chi-Yao Chang, Min-Hao Hung, Jui-Hung Tu, Ti Wu, Chia-Hsiang Chen

“…The results indicated that active force, breaking force, impact peak, loading rate, active peak, maximum braking, hip flexion, and hip range of motion were substantially higher under load carriage conditions than under walking condition, however, time to peak was lower. …”
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SIMULATION OF COOLING TOWER AND INFLUENCE OF AERODYNAMIC ELEMENTS ON ITS WORK UNDER CONDITIONS OF WIND by K. V. Dobrego, M. M. Hemmasian Kashani, E. E. Lasko

“…Heat transfer coefficient of irrigator and its hydrodynamic resistance were established according to experimental data on total air rate in cooling tower. Numerical model is tested and verified with experimental data.Nonlinear dependence of CT thermal performance on wind velocity is demonstrated with the minimum (critical wind velocity) at ucr ~ 8 m/s for simulated system. …”
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Effect of Lamination on Shale Reservoir Properties: Case Study of the Montney Formation, Canada by Juhwan Woo, Hyun Suk Lee, Carl Ozyer, Chul Woo Rhee

“…Typically, the degree of lamination is controlled by the sedimentation rate and flow regime. Herein, we developed a mudstone classification scheme in terms of lamination because lamination-based shale facies are related to differing features in mineral composition, porosity, and Young’s modulus. …”
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Analysis of Consumer Behavioral Factors Between Online Shopping and Physical Store Experience in the M-Commerce Era by Ovidiu-Aurel Ghiuță, Andreea Nistor

“…In recent decades, people have used resources at a rate that exceeds the total consumed throughout history. …”
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Utilizing Footstep Sound Event Detection by Using CNN Techniques for Assuring Property Security by Furkan Y. Yavuz, Nejat Yumusak

“…The strategic incorporation of diverse open-source data fosters transparency and reproducibility, enhancing the model’s adaptability and reliability in handling real-world audio patterns, as evidenced by its commendable 1% error rate in precise identification.…”
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Enhancing Restoration in Urban Waterfront Spaces: Environmental Features, Visual Behavior, and Design Implications by Shiqin Zhou, Chang Lin, Quanle Huang

“…Key findings revealed the following: (1) The element visibility rate and visual characteristics of plant and building elements significantly influence restorative benefits. (2) Spatial configuration attributes (degree of enclosure, spatial hierarchy, and depth perception) regulate restorative benefits. (3) Visual behavior patterns (attributes of fixation points, fixation duration, and moderate dispersion of fixations) are significantly associated with restoration benefits. …”
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Transcriptome Classification Reveals Molecular Subgroups in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Yuxia Liu, Chang Xu, Wenxin Gao, Huaqiong Liu, Chenglong Li, Mingwei Chen

“…Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease of progressive lung fibrosis with a high mortality rate. This study aimed to uncover the underlying molecular features for different types of IPF. …”
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The Caddisfly Collective: Methods of assessing Trichoptera diversity on a continental scale with community scientists by Kelly M. Murray-Stoker, Shannon J. McCauley

“…We mailed collecting kits with a USB-powered ultraviolet LED light, a collecting container, bottles of preservative, data sheets, and collection labels to each participant; participants mailed back specimens and completed data sheets. There was a 79.7% rate of follow-through from sign-up to collection. …”
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Heartbeat detection and personal authentication using a 60 GHz Doppler sensor by Takuma Asano, Shintaro Izumi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi

“…BackgroundMicrowave Doppler sensors, capable of detecting minute physiological movements, enable the measurement of biometric information, such as walking patterns, heart rate, and respiration. Unlike fingerprint and facial recognition systems, they offer authentication without physical contact or privacy concerns. …”
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CyclicAugment: Optimized Medical Image Analysis via Adaptive Augmentation Intensity by Min-Jun Kim, Jung-Woo Chae, Hyun-Chong Cho

“…However, there are many challenges, such as data scarcity and complex structural patterns, limiting the performance of deep-learning models. …”
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Actoprotective activity of 5-(2-bromophenyl)-4-amino-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione and its S-derivatives by Ye. S. Pruglo

“…We have revealed some patterns regarding to the chemical structure and pharmacological action of the test substances. …”
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Effects of planting date and zinc oxide nano fertilizer on growth and yield of lentil (Lens culinaris L.) in two agroecological zones by Muthanna Abdulbasit Ali, Mojtaba Kordrostami, Fereshteh Mohamadhasani Javar, Mehdi Rahimi

“…Hierarchical clustering and principal component analysis revealed different efficacy patterns between treatments. Highlighting the important interactions between nutrient management, planting time, and location, correlation analysis revealed strong relationships between seed yield and traits such as site germination rate and number of nodes. …”
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Effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration on nitrification of farmland soil by DU Yilin, LIANG Jiabin, GUO Xinyu, LUO Jipeng, LIU Yuankun, MU Qili, LI Tingqiang

“…Our results showed that eCO₂ significantly increased potential nitrification rate (PNR), nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) abundance. …”
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External and Internal Load Response to Different Refereeing Techniques and to Sex of Players in Basketball Games by David Mancha-Triguero, Alberto Sánchez-Sixto, Carlos D. Gómez-Carmona, Eduardo Salazar-Martínez

“…Physical and physiological demands were measured using inertial devices and heart rate monitors during 37 matches (18 men’s and 19 women’s). …”
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Effective Detection of Cloud Masks in Remote Sensing Images by Yichen Cui, Hong Shen, Chan-Tong Lam

“…Subsequently, the second up-sampling module concatenates feature map channels to fuse contextual spatial information, which effectively reduces the false detection rate of unpredictable targets hidden in cloud shadows. …”
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Exploring the complex associations between community public spaces and healthy aging: an explainable analysis using catboost and SHAP by Man Zhang, Tao Shen, Ying Li, Qianqian Li, Yongqi Lou

“…An explainable machine learning approach, incorporating CatBoost and SHAP, was used to identify key correlates and patterns of interaction among features. Results Destination accessibility, public transport, residential density, and walking infrastructure were positively associated with all health dimensions, while traffic complexity and crime rate showed consistent negative associations. …”
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The effect of cognitive avoidance on rumination in college students: the chain mediating role of perfectionism and stress by Debao An, Debao An, Jiale Wang, Yeling Xia, Wenlong Xing

“…A total of 6,000 electronic questionnaires were distributed, and 5,412 valid responses were retained (effective rate: 90.20%). Participants completed the Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire, Rumination Scale, Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale, and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). …”
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PhysioDimClassifier—imbalance data classifier model for IoMT-based remote patient monitoring systems by Sayyed Johar, G.R. Manjula

“…By analyzingsequence interruptions, the model improves the retention of imbalanced data patterns, reducing misclassification. Experimental validation demonstrates that PDCM enhances data accuracy by up to 12.61 %, improves imbalance data detection by 13.23 %, increases classification rate by 10.98 %, lowers data imbalance by 11.22 %, and decreases assessment time by 10.5 %. …”
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