A Framework for Promoting Passive Breast Cancer Monitoring: Deep Learning as an Interpretation Tool for Breast Thermograms by Mohamad Firouzmand, Keivan Majidzadeh, Maryam Jafari, Shahpar Haghighat, Rezvan Esmaeili, Leila Moradi, Nima Misaghi, Mahsa Ensafi, Fatemeh Batmanghelich, Mohammadreza Keyvanpour, Seyed Vahab Shojaedini

“…In comparison to DMR, the lower statistics of the proposed database (between 2 and 7 percent) indicates that more diverse breast thermograms should be captured in conjunction with improvements to imaging equipment as well as adherence to thermography recording protocols in order to improve the reliability and efficiency of the database.…”
Get full text

Empirical Modeling of Ionospheric Current Using Empirical Orthogonal Function Analysis and Artificial Neural Network by Charles Owolabi, Haibing Ruan, Yosuke Yamazaki, Jinfeng Li, Jiahao Zhong, A. V. Eyelade, Shishir Priyadarshi, Akimasa Yoshikawa

“…In addition, both the EOF and ANN models capture the variation of the total Sq current (Jtotal) intensity with respect to solar activity. …”
Get full text

River Channel Microgeomorphic Feature Extraction and Potential Sandstorm Source Identification Method Based on a Convolutional Autoencoder Model by Kecong Wu, Lirong Chen, Yalige Bai, Xinhang Wang, Danzeng Pingcuo, Zhongpeng Han, Chengshan Wang

“…Convolutional kernels in convolutional neural networks capture local spatial structures, and their size is essential for accurately analyzing internal structures. …”
Get full text

Neuroeconomically dissociable forms of mental accounting are altered in a mouse model of diabetes by Chinonso A. Nwakama, Romain Durand-de Cuttoli, Zainab M. Oketokoun, Samantha O. Brown, Jillian E. Haller, Adriana Méndez, Mohammad Jodeiri Farshbaf, Y. Zoe Cho, Sanjana Ahmed, Sophia Leng, Jessica L. Ables, Brian M. Sweis

“…Here, we characterized value-based decision-making behavior of a streptozocin-induced diabetic mouse model on Restaurant Row, a naturalistic neuroeconomic foraging paradigm capable of behaviorally capturing multiple decision systems known to depend on dissociable neural circuits. …”
Get full text

Anti-lipid-oxidation effects and edible safety evaluation of the oil extracted by a supercritical CO2 process from coix seed fermented by Monascus purpureus by Haiying Zeng, Anran Zhu, Shengling He, Mingjun Wu, Muhammad Mazhar, Anyan Wen, Na Liu, Likang Qin, Song Miao

“…In addition, the FCS-O has been confirmed to be a very safe edible oil, with no acute toxicity (LD50 > 10 g/kg bw, considered actually non-toxic) and no induced mutagenicity, cytotoxicity or genotoxicity. …”
Get full text

Effective Connectivity Study Guiding the Neuromodulation Intervention in Figurative Language Comprehension Using Optical Neuroimaging by Tania Alexandra Couto, Shiyang Xu, Paulo Armada da Silva, Chenggang Wu, Karl Neergaard, Meng-Yun Wang, Juan Zhang, Yutao Xiang, Zhen Yuan

“…The method is aimed at mapping significant causal relationships across language brain networks, captured by functional near-infrared spectroscopy measurements (fNIRS): (i) definition of regions of interest (ROIs) based on significant channels extracted from spatial activation maps; (ii) inspection of significant causal relationships in temporal resolution, exploring the experimental task agreement; and (iii) early identification of stronger causal relationships that guide neuromodulation intervention, targeting impaired connectivity pathways. …”
Get full text

RED-Net: A Neural Network for 3D Thyroid Segmentation in Chest CT Using Residual and Dilated Convolutions for Measuring Thyroid Volume by Min-Ji Kim, Jin-A Kim, Naae Kim, Yul Hwangbo, Hyun Jeong Jeon, Dong-Hwa Lee, Ji Eun Oh

“…This combination allows the model to extract features at multiple scales and capture contextual information to effectively segment even tiny thyroid glands in the complex anatomical structures observed in chest CT scans. …”
Get full text

Comparison of Empirical and Theoretical Models of the Thermospheric Density Enhancement During the 3–4 February 2022 Geomagnetic Storm by Jianhui He, Elvira Astafyeva, Xinan Yue, Nicholas M. Pedatella, Dong Lin, Timothy J. Fuller‐Rowell, Mariangel Fedrizzi, Mihail Codrescu, Eelco Doornbos, Christian Siemes, Sean Bruinsma, Frederic Pitout, Adam Kubaryk

“…We found the models captured the upper and lower thermosphere changes, however, their simulated density enhancements differ by up to 70%. …”
Get full text

Characterizing the agroecological transition of Italian farming systems using FADN database by Sarah Stempfle, Simone Russo, Vincenzo Fiore, Ruggiero Sardaro, Piermichele La Sala, Luigi Roselli

“…Although essential environmental and social information will be included in the forthcoming Farm Sustainability Data Network, further integrative sources should be explored to capture multifaced aspects of agroecological transition within broader agri-food systems, while in-depth studies based on primary data collection could offer more detailed and nuanced insights.…”
Get full text

Shadow Detection in Remote Sensing Images Based on Multibranch Feature Aggregation and Channel-Spatial Attention by Xueli Chang, Haiyang Shi, Tiejun Zhang, Huazhong Jin, Ao Xu

“…The C-SPAFFM enhances channel information to highlight boundary features and optimizes spatial information to more accurately capture spatial variations in shadows, thereby further reducing the possibility of missed detections. …”
Get full text

pH‐Dependent Assembly and Stability of Toll‐Like Receptor 3/dsRNA Signaling Complex: Insights from Constant pH Molecular Dynamics and Metadynamics Simulations by Penghui Li, Mingsong Shi, Yibo Wang, Qiong Liu, Xiubo Du, Xiaohui Wang

“…Histidines in TLR3 act as pH‐dependent, positively charged binding sites that capture negatively charged dsRNA. Additionally, these histidines form a [H682⁺]—[E626⁻] dipole, facilitating the assembly of two TLR3 molecules into an antisymmetric dimer through dipole–dipole interactions. …”
Get full text

Understanding and Modeling the Dynamics of Storm‐Time Atmospheric Neutral Density Using Random Forests by K. Murphy, A. J. Halford, V. Liu, J. Klenzing, J. Smith, K. Garcia‐Sage, J. Pettit, I. J. Rae

“…During quiet‐times, all three models perform well; however, during geomagnetic storms, the combined high cadence solar iradiance/geomagnetic model performs significantly better than the models based solely on solar activity. The combined model capturing an additional 10% in the variability of density and having an error up to six times smaller during geomagnetic storms then the solar models. …”
Get full text

Betalain–Chickpea Protein Particles Produced by Freeze Drying and Spray Drying: Physicochemical Aspects, Storage Stability, and In Vitro Digestion by Mary H. Grace, Roberta Targino Hoskin, Malak Alghamdi, Mary Ann Lila, Vesela I. Chalova

“…The encapsulation method affected particles’ morphology, water activity, hygroscopicity, solubility, and color. Particles captured total betalains of 9.30 ± 0.61 and 4.40 ± 0.92 mg/g for CB-SD and CB-FD, respectively. …”
Get full text

Gamified Shoulder Rehabilitation for Mild Stroke Patients Using Virtual Reality by Roy Francis Navea, Vincent Mao Talde, Francisco Luis Armintia, Sarrah Mae Dela Cruz, Gabriel Medina, Alvin Decena

“…Gamification in VR has the potential to transform traditional methods in healthcare, education, training, and entertainment by providing an engaging, interactive experience that captures users' attention and fosters positive outcomes.…”
Get full text

Effect of interface morphology on tensile response of Ti6Al4V alloy fabricated by laser hybrid additive manufacturing: Experiments & simulations by Wei Fan, Guang Hu, Yuguang Chen, Yue Du, Yijie Peng, Yongxia Wang, Yunlong Li, Hua Tan, Fengying Zhang, Xin Lin

“…A novel numerical simulation approach is employed to capture the transitional properties of the interface, which are often simplified in traditional models. …”
Get full text

Renal Dysfunction, Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality by David Martins, Chizobam Ani, Deyu Pan, Omolola Ogunyemi, Keith Norris

“…Renal disease is commonly described as a complication of metabolic syndrome (MetS) but some recent studies suggest that Chronic Kidney disease (CKD) may actually antecede MetS. Few studies have explored the predictive utility of co-clustering CKD with MetS for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. …”
Get full text

Separation Time of Aluminothermic Reduction Products for Sustainable Silicon Production [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Óscar Crego, Javier Bullón, Dolores Gómez, José Luis Ferrín, Luis Javier Pérez-Pérez, Iván Martínez

“…Methods The process takes place in a rotary kiln producing silicon (Si) and alumina slag (actually, a CaO – Al2O3 slag), which must be separated at the end to extract the silicon. …”
Get full text

Building a reliable 16S mini-barcode library of wild bees from Occitania, south-west of France by Anaïs Marquisseau, Kamila Canale-Tabet, Emmanuelle Labarthe, Géraldine Pascal, Christophe Klopp, André Pornon, Nathalie Escaravage, Rémi Rudelle, Alain Vignal, Annie Ouin, Mélodie Ollivier, Magalie Pichon

“…Sequenced specimens were captured in Occitania (south-west of France) and morphologically identified by entomologists, with a total of 530 individuals belonging to 171 species and 19 genera. …”
Get full text

Experimental and numerical research on jet dynamics of cavitation bubble near dual particles by Yuning Zhang, Xuan Lu, Jinsen Hu, Jiaxin Yu, Yuning Zhang

“…The morphological development of a laser-induced bubble as well as the production of jets are captured by utilizing high-speed photography. The principles of bubble morphology evolution and jet formation are revealed by a OpenFOAM solver, which takes into account the effects of two-phase fluid compressibility, phase changes, heat transfer, and surface tension. …”
Get full text

Effect of digital elevation model’s resolution in producing flood hazard maps by J.L. Ogania, G.R. Puno, M.B.T. Alivio, J.M.G. Taylaran

“…The two-dimensional models were processed using three different digital elevation models, captured through light detection and ranging, interferometric synthetic aperture radar, and synthetic aperture radar technologies, to simulate and compare the flood inundation of 5-, 25- 100-year return periods. …”
Get full text