Small objects detection is a challenging task in computer vision due to the limited semantic information that can be extracted and the susceptibility to background interference. In this paper, we propose a decoupled multi-scale small object detection...
Phospholipids are essential membrane constituents that regulate diverse cellular processes, yet most current workflows rely on relative quantification using high-resolution LC–MS. We developed and validated a highly selective targeted method th...
Smallholders play a key role in specialty coffee production. Implementing industrial ecology coffee (IEC) practices is crucial for sustainable coffee production (SCP), aiming to add value, achieve zero waste, and respect the environment. For that pur...
This study focuses on estimating the nine parameters of the three-diode model (3DM) for photovoltaic (PV) cells by integrating the Atan-Sinc Optimization Algorithm (ASOA) with the Newton–Raphson (NR) method. The ASOA, a population-based metaheu...
At least four non-coplanar anchor nodes (ANs) are required for the time-of-arrival (ToA)-based three-dimensional (3D) positioning to enable unique position estimation. Direct method (DM) and particle filter (PF) algorithms were developed to address t...
We have investigated the morphology of two-dimensional monolayers of gramicidin-D (GD) and alamethicin (Al) formed on the water surface by the dropping method (DM) using surface tension measurement (STm), Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), and atomic f...
To carry out data analysis, it is necessary to implement a model that guides the process in an orderly and sequential manner, with the aim of maintaining control over software development and its documentation. One of the most widely used tools in th...
This study focuses on the solution of the rotationally symmetric Rossler attractor by using the adaptive predictor–corrector algorithm (Apc-ABM-method) and the fractional Laplace decomposition method (
This study is aimed to determine the MLU development factors by executing a Delphi Method (DM). The MLU factors can contribute to the land-use development process in the thickly populated urban centers of developing countries. This is the first study...
At present, the common practice in the power system of China is to represent the small and medium hydropower generator group as a negative load. This paper presents a method to build a dynamic equivalent model of the hydropower generator group using...
In recent decades, many optimization algorithms have been proposed by researchers to solve optimization problems in various branches of science. Optimization algorithms are designed based on various phenomena in nature, the laws of physics, the rules...
Tourism forecasting has garnered considerable interest. However, integrating tourism forecasting with volatility is significantly less typical. This study investigates the performance of both the single models and their combinations for forecasting t...
The quality of the public transport sector affects the economy and the daily livelihoods of passengers. One of the most important objectives of policymakers is to choose the influencing criteria for performance evaluations. A variety of factors are c...
Urban vitality is the primary driver of urban development. However, assessing urban vitality has always been a challenge. This paper builds on the research framework of sustainable development evaluation and selects evaluation indicators from the thr...
Accurate prediction of endpoint carbon at the dynamic control stage in the converter is crucial for achieving smelting targets. Currently, there are two main methods for converter endpoint prediction: the data-driven method and the mechanism-based me...
5 November 2023
The prevalence of T2DM represents a challenge for health agencies due to its high risk of morbidity and mortality. Physical Activity (PA) is one of the fundamental pillars for the treatment of T2DM, so Physical Exercise (PE) programs have been applie...
Phase contrast microscopy (PCM) is a widely used analytical method for airborne asbestos, but it is unable to distinguish asbestos from non-asbestos fibers and requires time-consuming and laborious manual counting of fibers. Previously, we developed...
This paper proposes a control method to improve the dynamic performance of a two-phase DM (Differential Mode)-coupled boost converter designed for applications such as hybrid vehicles and railway systems. A conventional boost converter can be modifie...
Many modern technological objects in practice are characterized by the uncertainty of the initial information necessary for their management. Recently, one of the pressing scientific and practical problems is the development of new optimization metho...
A semi-industrial scale hydrocyclone with a 250 mm internal diameter was used to concentrate medium-grade celestine ore (75%–85% celestine) from the Montevive deposit of Granada (Spain) using a dense ferrosilicon (FeSi) medium. For this purpose...
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) presents growing public health challenges due to its strong links to modifiable behaviors. This systematic review examined how researchers have studied behavioral domains such as diet, physical activity, medication adherence, an...
This paper is a summary of the development and demonstration of an optimization program, voltage VAR optimization (VVO), in the Korean Smart Distribution Management System (KSDMS). KSDMS was developed to address the lack of receptivity of distributed...
The traditional method to obtain optimum bitumen content and the relevant parameters of asphalt pavements entails time-consuming, complicated and expensive laboratory procedures and requires skilled personnel. This research study uses innovative and...
This study investigated whether mobile payment services could drive post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery in the ‘experience goods’ sector (e.g., tourism) utilising Bandura’s self-efficacy or social cognitive theory. It explored the facto...
The strong and stable wind at offshore locations and the increasing demand for energy have made the application of wind turbines in deeper water surge. A novel concept of a 5 MW baseline Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (FVAWT) and a 5 MW optimise...
Aim: To compare diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) and cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) between T1DM and T2DM patients. Methods: This study enrolled 66 T1DM and 79 T2DM patients. DPN was evaluated using three different methods: clinical examination, usi...
Objective: To investigate the risk of deep neck infection (DNI) in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Methods: The database of the Registry for Catastrophic Illness Patients, affiliated to the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Dat...
The recognition of data matrix (DM) codes plays a crucial role in industrial production. Significant progress has been made with existing methods. However, for low-quality images with protrusions and interruptions on the L-shaped solid edge (finder p...
Crack problems in multilayered elastic media have attracted extensive attention for years due to their wide applications in both a theoretical analysis and practical industry. The boundary element method (BEM) is widely chosen among various numerical...
Many real-world optimization problems involving several conflicting objective functions frequently appear in current scenarios and it is expected they will remain present in the future. However, approaches combining multi-objective optimization with...
(1) Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a diabetes mellitus (DM) complication where neurodegeneration plays a significant role. The aim of our study was to determine the differences between type 1 DM (T1DM) and 2 DM (T2DM) in the multifocal elec...
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most complex and variable trinucleotide repeat disorder caused by an unstable CTG repeat expansion, reaching up to 4000 CTG in the most severe cases. The genetic and clinical variability of DM1 depend on the sex...
Directional modulation (DM) technique has the ability to enhance the physical layer security (PLS) of wireless communications. Conventional DM schemes are usually based on a single antenna array with the basic assumption that eavesdroppers (Eves) and...
1 April 2021
Background: To analyze the incidence, use of therapeutic procedures, and in-hospital outcomes among patients suffering an ischemic stroke (IS) according to the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Spain (2016–2018) and to assess the existen...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been recognized as one of the most important and independent risk factors for hepatocellular cancer (HCC). However, there is still a lack of ideal tumor markers for HCC detection in the T2DM population. Serum lipid...
The esterification of galacturonic acid with methanol and/or acetic acid is important for the structural analysis of pectin. Although several methods have been reported for determining the degree of methylesterification (DM) and acetylation (DAc), th...
Background/Objectives: The objective of this study was to compare trends in the incidence of deliveries and in obstetric interventions and outcomes in women with and without type 1 diabetes (T1DM), type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and gestational diabetes (GD...
A DataMatrix (DM) code is an automatic identification barcode based on a combination of coding and image processing. Traditional DM code sampling methods are mostly based on simple segmentation and sampling of a DM code. However, the obtained DM code...
Background: Deep neck infections (DNIs) can compromise the airway and are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia that is associated with several comorb...
(1) Background: To analyze incidence and in-hospital mortality (IHM) of COVID-19 needing hospital admission in Spain (2020) in patients with T2DM. (2) Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study. Using the Spanish Register of Specialized Care-...
30 March 2022
Background: Saliva has been studied as a better indicator of disorders and diseases than blood. Specifically, the salivary glucose level is considered to be an indicator of diabetes mellitus (DM). However, saliva collection methods can affect the sal...
It is essential to estimate the indoor pesticides/insecticides exposure risk since reports show that 80% of human exposure to pesticides occurs indoors. As one of the three major contamination sources, surface collected pesticides contributed signifi...
To realize the decoupling control of the dual corrector of liquid crystal (LC)–deformable mirror (DM) adaptive optics (AO) systems and prevent the loss of correction ability induced by coupling aberrations, a wavefront decoupling method based o...
Background: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the seventh leading cause of cancer-related deaths with increasing incidence and link to the onset of diabetes mellitus (DM). The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of DM among patie...
(1) Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been shown to have adverse inflammatory effects on lung anatomy and physiology. We investigated the imp...
Background/Objectives: Previous studies have examined perinatal outcomes in women with type 1 (T1DM) or type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in pregnancy compared with the general population, but few have directly assessed the impact of T1DM and T2DM on pregnancy...
Purpose: To identify the effects of prolonged type 2 diabetes (T2DM) on macular microcirculation and the inner retinal layer in diabetic eyes without clinical diabetic retinopathy (DR). Methods: 97, 92, and 57 eyes in the control, patients with T2DM...
The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) have increased rapidly worldwide over the last two decades. Because the pathogenic factors of DM are heterogeneous, determining clinically effective treatments for DM patients is difficult. Apply...
30 July 2022
Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a chronic condition with a high disease burden worldwide, and individuals with T2DM often have other morbidities. Understanding the local multimorbidity profile of patients with T2DM will inform precision medicin...
Aim: To present the short- and long-term outcomes of lower extremity bypass (LEB) surgery in patients with critical limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI), comparing diabetic (DM) and non-diabetic (non-DM) patients. Methods: Retrospective analysis of anon...
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