Attention-Based Convolutional Neural Network for Pavement Crack Detection by Haifeng Wan, Lei Gao, Manman Su, Qirun Sun, Lei Huang

“…In this context, an encoder-decoder network-based architecture named CrackResAttentionNet was proposed in this study, and the position attention module and channel attention module were connected after each encoder to summarize remote contextual information. …”
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Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes with Gold Nanoparticles to Fabricate a Sensor for Hydrogen Peroxide Determination by Halimeh Rajabzade, Parandis Daneshgar, Elham Tazikeh, Ramin Zafar Mehrabian

“…The gold nanoparticles were modified to form a monolayer on CNT, followed by decoration with ionic liquid for determination of hydrogen peroxide. …”
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The formaldehyde stress on photosynthetic efficiency and oxidative stress response of moss Racomitrium japonicum L. by Wanting Li, Wanting Li, Jiawen Zhang, Siqi Ma, Min Zhou, Min Zhou, Ruixin Li, Ruixin Li, Hao Tang, Haiyan Qiu, Peng Ren, Yunlai Tang, Yunmei Lu, Renhua Huang, Ke Chen, Ke Chen

“…IntroductionFormaldehyde is a common gaseous pollutant emitted by buildings and decorative materials. In recent years, growing concerns have been raised regarding its harmful effects on health in indoor air. …”
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DIMD-DETR: DDQ-DETR With Improved Metric Space for End-to-End Object Detector on Remote Sensing Aircrafts by Huan Liu, Xuefeng Ren, Yang Gan, Yongming Chen, Ping Lin

“…Initially, a bilayer targeted prediction method is proposed to strengthen gradient interaction across decoder layers, thereby enhancing detection accuracy and sensitivity in complex scenarios. …”
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Unveiling the Original Polychromy of Archaic Architecture: The Gigantomachy on the West Pediment of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi (6th c. B.C.) by Giasemi G. Frantzi, Georgios P. Mastrotheodoros, Panayiotis Theoulakis, Sotiria Kogou, Athanasia Psalti, Hariclia Brecoulaki

“…This study aims to investigate the polychromy of the west pediment through a thorough investigation of the remnants of the original decoration. The adopted methodology includes exclusively non-destructive techniques and advanced imaging methods, such as portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, visible-induced luminescence (VIL), and 3D microscope observation. …”
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Growth Rates of  Morphometric Variables in Approximately Linear Sections Using Lines in R3 by Aquiles E. Darghan, Enrique Quevedo García, Sergio Esteban Gamboa Muñoz, Carlos Armando Rivera Moreno

“…The application was illustrated with growth data of the equatorial and longitudinal diameters of peach fruits measured on different days after defoliation, using data from different elevations above sea level. …”
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Design, Manufacture and Evaluation of Oat De-Husking Machine by Kaumars Merikhi, Hekmat Rabbani, sohbat Bahraminejad

“…To prevent the lower belt from bending, a tray is installed under the lower belt. The amount of dehulled grain is calculated based on the speed of the lower belt. …”
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Les paons affrontés dans l’art lombard des viii e‑ix e siècles by Raphaël Demès

“…The image of the peacocks facing each other on several Lombard chancels between the 8th and 9th centuries offers us a precious source of reflection on the close links between the decoration and its support. In this position, the peacocks obstruct the passage of the faithful, thus embodying perpetual guardians of the threshold of the choir, gathered around the cross and/or the chalice on which they watch. …”
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Breaking the Frame: Arabesque and Metric Complexity in the Sunrise Scene from Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé (1912) by Gurminder Kaur Bhogal

“…This undulating figure’s initial characterization as an inconsequential decoration betrays its growing significance as a metric, formal, and narrative catalyst. …”
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Cooperative Preparation of Glass-ceramics by Blast Furnace Slag and Low-carbon Chromium Iron Alloy Slag by Yifan WANG, Yici WANG, Ruixin WANG, Fengguang ZHAO, Yifan CHAI, Guoping LUO

“…The glass-ceramics prepared under the optimal raw material ratio met the requirements for national class A decoration materials, i.e. IRa≤1.0 and Iγ≤1.3, and the leaching concentration of heavy metal chromium in the glass-ceramics met the national standard, indicating that it is feasible to prepare glass-ceramics with blast furnace slag and low-carbon chromium iron alloy slag.…”
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Peroxidase-like activity of citrate-functionalized magnetite nanoparticles augmented its antibacterial potency by Haitham Al-Madhagi, Abd Alraouf Tarabishi, Fatima Al-Zahra Hamsho, Zaher Tahan, Lama Alchab, Wassim Abdelwahed

“…In conclusion, citrate-decorated IOMNPs deserves further examination on antibiotic resistant strains and subsequent in vivo models as a novel antibacterial agent.…”
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Attention-Guided Shared Hybrid Network for Enhanced Land Cover Segmentation by Yinbing Jiang, Linfeng Shi, Xinyu Fan

“…Additionally, during the decoding stage, we introduce a Multi-Scale Dual Representation Alignment Filter(MDAF) module to mitigate semantic ambiguity between shallow and deep features. …”
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An Attempt to Understand Islamic Arts with Deconstruction by Yaşar Özrili

“…On the contrary, it is based on the hypothesis that some intellectual gaps, contradictions and information pollution can be found by re-evaluating and deconstructing the ornamental and decorative elements of Islamic arts such as architecture, metal, wood, stone, brick, tile, ceramic, calligraphy, miniature, illumination, illumination, binding, marbling, etc. from the perspective of the 21st century consciousness thinking, perception, power to interpret the world, etc. …”
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PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA) OF THE ACTIVITIES OF INFORMAL CONSTRUCTION WORKERS/ARTISANS IN NIGERIA by Sunday Julius Odediran, Olubola Babalola

“…The result also classifies activities in the industry into various trades including plumbing installations, mansory & blockwork, steelworks, woodworks, electrical installations, painting & decoration; and demolition & reconstruction. The finding of this study provides information on the activities of the informal workers/artisans in the construction industry for the professionals, employers and policy makers to provide enabling and friendly environment for efficient service delivery in the construction industry. …”
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Wolbachia infection in populations of the coniferous forest pest Dendrolimus superans sibiricus Tschetverikov, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) by M. A. Yudina, V. V. Dubatolov, R. A. Bykov, Yu. Yu. Ilinsky

“…Outbreaks of this pest lead to defoliation and forest destruction in a vast area of the Asian part of Russia. …”
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Unveiling the content of frontal feedback in challenging object recognition by Nastaran Darjani, Jalaledin Noroozi, Mohammad-Reza A. Dehaqani

“…Through the analysis of human EEG data, we decode feedback characteristics within frontotemporal networks, uncovering intricate neural mechanisms during occlusion coding, with a specific emphasis on processing complex stimuli such as occluded faces. …”
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Application of Proteomics to Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research: Current Status and Future Perspectives by Arash Assadsangabi, Caroline A. Evans, Bernard M. Corfe, Alan Lobo

“…Despite recent advances in decoding the pathophysiology of IBD, many questions regarding disease pathogenesis remain. …”
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Infrared Small Target Detection Based on Weak Feature Enhancement and Target Adaptive Proliferation by Xiaoyu Xu, Weida Zhan, Yichun Jiang, Depeng Zhu, Yu Chen, Jinxin Guo, Ziqiang Hao, Deng Han

“…Then, we introduced a multiscale feature enhancement module that used vertical-horizontal bidirectional attention and multiscale feature encoding to establish stable feature interaction channels between the encoder and decoder, further enhancing key features of small targets. …”
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HDAC6 inhibitor-loaded brain-targeted nanocarrier-mediated neuroprotection in methamphetamine-driven Parkinson's disease by Khang-Yen Pham, Shristi Khanal, Ganesh Bohara, Nikesh Rimal, Sang-Hoon Song, Thoa Thi Kim Nguyen, In-Sun Hong, Jinkyung Cho, Jong-Sun Kang, Sooyeun Lee, Dong-Young Choi, Simmyung Yook

“…Herein, we engineered lactoferrin-decorated CAY-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles (denoted as PLGA@CAY@Lf NPs) to effectively counter methamphetamine (Meth)-induced PD. …”
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Single-cell transcriptomes reveal cell-type-specific and sample-specific gene function in human cancer by Huating Yuan, Xin Liang, Xinxin Zhang, Yu Cao

“…Collectively, we compared the prediction performance of bulk data and scRNA-seq data from multiple perspectives, revealing the irreplaceable role of single-cell sequencing in decoding the biological progresses in which the gene involved.…”
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