Adversarial examples defense method based on multi-dimensional feature maps knowledge distillation by Baolin QIU, Ping YI

“…The neural network approach has been commonly used in computer vision tasks.However, adversarial examples are able to make a neural network generate a false prediction.Adversarial training has been shown to be an effective approach to defend against the impact of adversarial examples.Nevertheless, it requires high computing power and long training time thus limiting its application scenarios.An adversarial examples defense method based on knowledge distillation was proposed, reusing the defense experience from the large datasets to new classification tasks.During distillation, teacher model has the same structure as student model and the feature map vector was used to transfer experience, and clean samples were used for training.Multi-dimensional feature maps were utilized to enhance the semantic information.Furthermore, an attention mechanism based on feature map was proposed, which boosted the effect of distillation by assigning weights to features according to their importance.Experiments were conducted over cifar100 and cifar10 open-source dataset.And various white-box attack algorithms such as FGSM (fast gradient sign method), PGD (project gradient descent) and C＆amp;W (Carlini-Wagner attack) were applied to test the experimental results.The accuracy of the proposed method on Cifar10 clean samples exceeds that of adversarial training and is close to the accuracy of the model trained on clean samples.Under the PGD attack of L2 distance, the efficiency of the proposed method is close to that of adversarial training, which is significantly higher than that of normal training.Moreover, the proposed method is a light-weight adversarial defense method with low learning cost.The computing power requirement is far less than that of adversarial training even if optimization schemes such as attention mechanism and multi-dimensional feature map are added.Knowledge distillation can learn the decision-making experience of normal samples and extract robust features as a neural network learning scheme.It uses a small amount of data to generate accurate and robust models, improves generalization, and reduces the cost of adversarial training.…”
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Influence of Process Parameters on Content Uniformity of a Low Dose Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient in a Tablet Formulation According to GMP by Muselík Jan, Franc Aleš, Doležel Petr, Goněc Roman, Krondlová Anna, Lukášová Ivana

“…Cutting down of production time and material, shortening of analyses, and fast and reliable statistic evaluation of results can reduce the final price without affecting product quality. …”
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Visualization of Observational Learning and Peer Influence on Plastic Waste Diversity in the Campus Environment Using ArcGIS by Nüket Sivri, Atilla Aydoğdu, Vildan Zülal Sönmez, Ceyhun Akarsu

“…Ultimately, the study emphasizes the need to support youth through various initiatives that exemplify ecological practices to encourage the adoption of sustainable solutions and urge authorities to take immediate action.…”
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You Only Attack Once: Single-Step DeepFool Algorithm by Jun Li, Yanwei Xu, Yaocun Hu, Yongyong Ma, Xin Yin

“…The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperforms the original approach in various scenarios, especially in resource-constrained environments. …”
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Reusable Biosensor for Easy RNA Detection from Unfiltered Saliva by Paweł Wityk, Agata Terebieniec, Robert Nowak, Jacek Łubiński, Martyna Mroczyńska-Szeląg, Tomasz Wityk, Dorota Kostrzewa-Nowak

“…This reusable, easy-to-use biosensor offers significant potential for point-of-care applications in various healthcare settings, providing a fast, efficient, and cost-effective method for detecting viral infections such as COVID-19. …”
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Performance Degradation of Subsea Shield Tunnel Segment Accounting for Concrete Strength Loss and Steel Bar Corrosion by Jiaqi Guo, Weiling Yang, Chong Xu, Bo Peng, Jinhai Lin, Yuan Qian

“…Under the action of chloride penetration and carbonization, tunnel lining segments are often damaged because of concrete strength loss and steel bar corrosion induced concrete cracking during their service life, which seriously degrades the service performance of the tunnels. …”
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Transforming traffic accident investigations: a virtual-real-fusion framework for intelligent 3D traffic accident reconstruction by Yanzhan Chen, Qian Zhang, Fan Yu

“…Finally, the Gaussian Mixture Model assisted by MIPBO accurately separates various traffic elements in the accident scenes, demonstrating higher effectiveness compared to other classical clustering algorithms.…”
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Frequency and Distribution of Parasites Detected in Children Between 2017-2022 (6-year Period) by Yelda Sorguç

“…Objective: In the study, various complaints such as gastrointestinal complaints such as diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, weight loss, night urination, itching around the anus, malnutrition, malabsorption, anemia, intelligence and developmental delay were reported to University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Dr. …”
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Detection of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in dairy cattle from Shahrekord, Iran by M. Rahmani Dehkordi, Z. Hemati, M. Ghorbanpour, R. Goethe, L. Abdolmohammadi Khiav

“…It can be concluded that serious precautions with respect to JD are needed in Shahrekord.…”

Comparative Analysis of Traditional and Modern NLP Techniques on the CoLA Dataset: From POS Tagging to Large Language Models by Abdessamad Benlahbib, Achraf Boumhidi, Anass Fahfouh, Hamza Alami

“…Notably, state-of-the-art (SOTA) results were obtained by fine-tuning GPT-4o with extensive hyperparameter tuning, including experimenting with various epochs and batch sizes. This comparative analysis provides valuable insights into the relative strengths of each technique for identifying morphological, syntactic, and semantic violations, highlighting the effectiveness of LLMs in these tasks.…”
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Alcohol, alcoholism and related consequences by M. V. Mayevskaya

“…Moreover, 35% of patients with alcoholism die in the age most effective for various forms of activity (i.e. 20–50 years). Combined efforts of government institutions, medical community, professional organizations are necessary for resolution of this issue. …”
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Acoustic interaction of submerged thin-shell structures considering seabed reflection effects by Xin Zhang, Kai Ai, Sen Yang, Sen Yang, Qingxiang Pei, Qingxiang Pei, Guang Lei, Guang Lei

“…The interaction between acoustic waves and shell vibration is crucial in various engineering applications, particularly in underwater acoustics and ocean engineering. …”
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An Improved Topology of Isolated Bidirectional Resonant DC-DC Converter Based on Wide Bandgap Transistors for Electric Vehicle Onboard Chargers by Md. Tanvir Shahed, A. B. M. Harun-Ur Rashid

“…A 5 kW CLLL converter with an input range of 400–460 V direct current (DC) and an output range of 530–610 V DC, and a switching frequency of 1 MHz has been designed and investigated under various loading scenarios. Gallium nitride (GaN) switching device-based designs achieved the highest levels of efficiency among the switching devices. …”
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Multi-terminal flexible DC grid circuit breaker withstands multi-lightning strike analysis by Yutao Tang, Hongchun Shu, Kai He, Yue Dai, Yu Kuang, Yiming Han, Weijie Lou

“…During multi-lightning strikes, lightning intrusive waves pose a greater threat to the insulation of equipment such as hybrid DC fuses, fast mechanical switches, and insulated gate bipolar transistors. …”
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Robust and Adaptive Tuning of PI Current Controllers for Grid-Forming Inverters by Florian Reisner, George Weiss

“…This is mitigated by employing fast output current controllers (OCCs), which allow us to correct the effect of measurement errors and delays and accurately track the reference currents. …”
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Arctiin Protects Chondrocytes from Interleukin-1β-Induced Inflammation and Apoptosis by RNA Sequence In vivo and In vitro by Yong-Jia Song, Jia-Min Bao, Zeng-Qiao Zhang, Yun-Xiang Hai, Hao-Nan Wen, Tian-Jun Zhai, Wei Feng, Min Song

“…Arctiin (ARC) has been shown in many studies to have potential anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and antioxidant effects in various diseases. However, the mechanism by which ARC exerts its protective effects in OA is not fully understood. …”
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Investigation into the determinants of decision speed in product elimination decision (decision-reaching and implementation) processes in cosmetic industries by Homa Doroudi, Yasser Heidari

“…Purpose: One of the issues faced by the managers of production and commercial organizations, which generally requires making challenging decisions with high risk and fast, is removing the product. Removal of a product for various reasons such as its life cycle status, entry of similar products and loss of market, lack of technical and economic justification for continuing its production and supply or the decision to enter newer products, product diversity, competition, activities of companies in the innovative environment. …”
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Investigating the effect of electric field amplitude on the thermal behavior of paraffin/Cu nanostructure in a tube containing non-connected rotating ribs using molecular dynamics... by Ahmed Shawqi Sadeq, Rassol Hamed Rasheed, Shaima Albazzaz, Mohammad N. Fares, Soheil Salahshour, Rozbeh Sabetvand

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Boosting singlet oxygen generation for salinity wastewater treatment through co-activation of oxygen and peroxymonosulfate in photoelectrochemical process by Qianqian Yang, Zhiyuan Feng, Yanbo Zhou, Hongying Zhao, Guohua Zhao

“…An optimized 1O2 generation rate of 39.4 μmol L−1s−1 is obtained, which is 15.7–945.0 times higher than that in traditional advanced oxidation processes. Fast kinetics are achieved for removing various phenolic pollutants in a nonradical oxidation pathway, which is less susceptible to the coexistence of natural organic matter and inorganic ions. …”
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Exploring molecular determinants and pharmacokinetic properties of IgG1-scFv bispecific antibodies by Kristina M.J. Aertker, Minu Ravindra Pilvankar, Tobias M. Prass, Michaela Blech, Fabian Higel, Srinath Kasturirangan

“…Bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) capable of recognizing two distinct epitopes or antigens offer promising therapeutic options for various diseases by targeting multiple pathways. The favorable pharmacokinetic (PK) properties of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are crucial, as they directly influence patient safety and therapeutic efficacy. …”
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