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  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,791 Views
16 Pages

Colorful Image Colorization with Classification and Asymmetric Feature Fusion

  • Zhiyuan Wang,
  • Yi Yu,
  • Daqun Li,
  • Yuanyuan Wan and
  • Mingyang Li

20 October 2022

An automatic colorization algorithm can convert a grayscale image to a colorful image using regression loss functions or classification loss functions. However, the regression loss function leads to brown results, while the classification loss functi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Based on Deep Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,041 Views
15 Pages

Structural Optimization of Annular Thermoelectric Module Applied to Liquefied Natural Gas Cold Energy Recovery

  • Yulong Zhao,
  • Hongmei Diao,
  • Wenjie Li,
  • Zhiwei Xuan and ,
  • Qi Zhang,
  • Yulin Wang and
  • Minghui Ge
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

7 September 2023

The gasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is characterized by a substantial release of cold energy, which can be utilized for power generation via thermoelectric generator (TEG). Employing a gasifier integrated with a thermoelectric generator f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies and Materials for Sustainability in Energy Systems and Environmental Processes)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,428 Views
24 Pages

Recent Advances in Nucleic Acid Modulation for Functional Nanozyme

  • Xin Wang,
  • Yuancong Xu,
  • Nan Cheng,
  • Xinxian Wang and ,
  • Kunlun Huang and
  • Yunbo Luo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 May 2021

Nanozymes have the potential to replace natural enzymes, so they are widely used in energy conversion technologies such as biosensors and signal transduction (converting biological signals of a target into optical, electrical, or metabolic signals)....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State of the Art and Future Trends in Nanostructured Biocatalysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
979 Views
20 Pages

Temporal Capsule Feature Network for Eye-Tracking Emotion Recognition

  • Qingfeng Gu,
  • Jiannan Chi,
  • Cong Zhang,
  • Boxiang Cao and ,
  • Jiahui Liu and
  • Yu Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 December 2025

Eye Tracking (ET) parameters, as physiological signals, are widely applied in emotion recognition and show promising performance. However, emotion recognition relying on ET parameters still faces several challenges: (1) insufficient extraction of tem...

(This article belongs to the Section Behavioral Neuroscience)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,160 Views
21 Pages

Unsupervised Domain Adaption for High-Resolution Coastal Land Cover Mapping with Category-Space Constrained Adversarial Network

  • Jifa Chen,
  • Guojun Zhai,
  • Gang Chen,
  • Bo Fang and ,
  • Ping Zhou and
  • Nan Yu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 April 2021

Coastal land cover mapping (CLCM) across image domains presents a fundamental and challenging segmentation task. Although adversaries-based domain adaptation methods have been proposed to address this issue, they always implement distribution alignme...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Regional and Global Land Cover Mapping)
  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
8,803 Views
26 Pages

16 April 2022

Integrated optics, having the unique properties of small size, low loss, high integration, and high scalability, is attracting considerable attention and has found many applications in optical communications, fulfilling the requirements for the ever-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Photonic Chips for Optical Communications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,622 Views
20 Pages

Energy Hub’s Structural and Operational Optimization for Minimal Energy Usage Costs in Energy Systems

  • Thanh Tung Ha,
  • Yongjun Zhang,
  • Jinbao Hao,
  • V. V. Thang and ,
  • Canbing Li and
  • Zexiang Cai
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 March 2018

The structural and optimal operation of an Energy Hub (EH) has a tremendous influence on the hub’s performance and reliability. This paper envisions an innovative methodology that prominently increases the synergy between structural and operational o...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,874 Views
32 Pages

Zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are crucial for renewable energy conversion and storage due to their cost-effectiveness, excellent safety, and superior cycling stability. However, developing efficient and affordable bifunctional electrocatalysts for...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,243 Views
19 Pages

Recent Advances in Self-Assembled Molecular Application in Solar Cells

  • Linkun Zhong,
  • Chuangping Liu,
  • Shi Lai,
  • Bing’e Li and ,
  • Baihong Zheng and
  • Xiaoli Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 April 2024

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted much attention due to their low cost, high efficiency, and solution processability. With the development of various materials in perovskite solar cells, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have rapidly become...

(This article belongs to the Section Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,942 Views
24 Pages

24 December 2025

Characterized by their atomic thickness and exceptional mechanical properties, two-dimensional (2D) materials offer a compelling platform for developing flexible optoelectronic devices that maintain performance stability under mechanical deformation...

(This article belongs to the Section Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,736 Views
25 Pages

Framework Construction and Dynamic Characteristics of Spring Low-Temperature Disasters Affecting Winter Wheat in the Huang-Huai-Hai Region, China

  • Meixuan Li,
  • Zhiguo Huo,
  • Qianchuan Mi,
  • Lei Zhang and ,
  • Yi Wang,
  • Rui Kong,
  • Mengyuan Jiang and
  • Fengyin Zhang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

4 December 2024

The accurate and sub-daily identification of agricultural low-temperature disasters (LTDs) facilitates the understanding of their dynamic evolution, the evaluation of the characteristics of disaster events, and informs effective strategies aimed at d...

(This article belongs to the Section Precision and Digital Agriculture)
  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,576 Views
13 Pages

Remote Sensing Image Harmonization Method for Fine-Grained Ship Classification

  • Jingpu Zhang,
  • Ziyan Zhong,
  • Xingzhuo Wei,
  • Xianyun Wu and
  • Yunsong Li

17 June 2024

Target recognition and fine-grained ship classification in remote sensing face challenges of high inter-class similarity and sample scarcity. A transfer fusion-based ship image harmonization algorithm is proposed to overcome these challenges. This al...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for Remote Sensing Imagery Processing (4th Edition))
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,589 Views
28 Pages

Toxoplasma gondii and a Cancer Biology Dichotomy: A Systematic Review of Experimental Studies of Its Antitumor and Pro-Tumor Effects

  • Saachi Jhandi,
  • Brenda Anissa Vera,
  • Julian Galindo,
  • Jose G. Montoya and
  • Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is an intracellular parasite known to modulate host immunity and cellular signaling, raising interest in its potential influence on cancer biology. A systematic review was conducted to evaluate experimental evidence on t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
408 Views
31 Pages

Techno-Spatial and Economic Assessment of Rooftop Versus Land-Based Photovoltaic Deployment in a Biodiversity-Sensitive Region of the Mexican Caribbean

  • Mirna Valdez-Hernández,
  • Alberto Baeza-Pérez,
  • Jiliany Nabet,
  • Rosa M. Woo-García and ,
  • Francisco López-Huerta,
  • Dulce Y. Medina-Velázquez,
  • Abimael Rodríguez-Sánchez,
  • Mariana E. Callejas-Jiménez and
  • Edith Osorio-de-la-Rosa
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

4 August 2026

Solar photovoltaic (PV) expansion in fast-growing tropical regions requires engineering-based frameworks that compare deployment pathways in terms of electricity generation, spatial footprint, and economic performance. This study develops a techno-sp...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,583 Views
14 Pages

Enhancing Object Detection for VIPs Using YOLOv4_Resnet101 and Text-to-Speech Conversion Model

  • Tahani Jaser Alahmadi,
  • Atta Ur Rahman,
  • Hend Khalid Alkahtani and
  • Hisham Kholidy

Vision impairment affects an individual’s quality of life, posing challenges for visually impaired people (VIPs) in various aspects such as object recognition and daily tasks. Previous research has focused on developing visual navigation system...

(This article belongs to the Topic Interactive Artificial Intelligence and Man-Machine Communication)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,255 Views
24 Pages

21 December 2025

Land surface temperature (LST) is an important indicator of ecosystem sustainability and climate change resilience, particularly in highland watersheds characterized by fast land use and land cover (LULC) changes. In this research, the LST dynamics o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
80 Views
48 Pages

2 November 2026

The transition to near-zero-energy buildings requires advanced envelopes to mitigate winter thermal losses and the “cold-pane” effect inherent to passive highly glazed façades. This study empirically evaluates an active triple-glaz...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart and Sustainable Energy Systems: Optimization, Modeling, and Management for Global Energy Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,993 Views
26 Pages

Management of Environmental Life Cycle Impact Assessment of a Photovoltaic Power Plant on the Atmosphere, Water, and Soil Environment

  • Patryk Leda,
  • Adam Idzikowski,
  • Izabela Piasecka,
  • Patrycja Bałdowska-Witos and ,
  • Tomasz Cierlicki and
  • Marcin Zawada
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 May 2023

Photovoltaic power plants are considered to be environmentally friendly solutions to the production of electricity. Solar energy conversion does not release toxic compounds into the environment. However, the construction of solar power plant componen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Life Cycle Assessment in Waste Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,352 Views
9 Pages

Competition Seriousness and Competition Level Modulate Testosterone and Cortisol Responses in Soccer Players

  • Manuel Jiménez,
  • José Ramón Alvero-Cruz,
  • Juan Solla,
  • Jorge García-Bastida and ,
  • Virginia García-Coll,
  • Iván Rivilla,
  • Enrique Ruiz,
  • Jerónimo García-Romero,
  • Elvis A. Carnero and
  • Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

This study aimed to analyze the modulating effect of competition seriousness and competition level in the testosterone and cortisol responses in professional soccer player. Ninety five (95) soccer players were included in this study (professional, n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Psychophysiological Responses to Stress)
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
2,813 Views
34 Pages

Part II: State-of-the-Art Technologies of Solar-Powered DC Microgrid with Hybrid Energy Storage Systems: Converter Topologies

  • Dogga Raveendhra,
  • Rajana Poojitha,
  • Beeramangalla Lakshminarasaiah Narasimharaju,
  • Alexander Domyshev and ,
  • Aliona Dreglea,
  • Minh Hien Dao,
  • Mukesh Pathak,
  • Fang Liu and
  • Denis Sidorov
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

25 August 2023

Over the past few years, there have been significant advancements in Microgrid (MG) systems, particularly in the field of power electronics. These advancements aim to address the needs of the grid and loads, while integrating low-voltage, non-linear,...

(This article belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
16,780 Views
25 Pages

Efficiency and Sustainability in Solar Photovoltaic Systems: A Review of Key Factors and Innovative Technologies

  • Luis Angel Iturralde Carrera,
  • Margarita G. Garcia-Barajas,
  • Carlos D. Constantino-Robles,
  • José M. Álvarez-Alvarado and ,
  • Yoisdel Castillo-Alvarez and
  • Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

6 March 2025

PSS (Photovoltaic Solar Systems) are a key technology in energy transition, and their efficiency depends on multiple interrelated factors. This study uses a systematic review based on the PRISMA methodology to identify four main categories affecting...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interdisciplinary Insights in Engineering Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,353 Views
24 Pages

DAS-Net: A Dual-Attention Synergistic Network with Triple-Spatial and Multi-Scale Temporal Modeling for Dairy Cow Feeding Behavior Detection

  • Xuwen Li,
  • Ronghua Gao,
  • Qifeng Li,
  • Rong Wang and ,
  • Luyu Ding,
  • Pengfei Ma,
  • Xiaohan Yang and
  • Xinxin Ding
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

8 September 2025

The feeding behavior of dairy cows constitutes a complex temporal sequence comprising actions such as head lowering, sniffing, arching, eating, head raising, and chewing. Its precise recognition is crucial for refined livestock management. While exis...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,348 Views
30 Pages

Biostimulants from Hydrolyzed Proteins: Animal Versus Vegetal Sources

  • Cruz-Gómez Verónica,
  • Armenta-Jaime Silvia,
  • Hernández-Soto Iridiam,
  • Arce-Cervantes Oscar and ,
  • Cenobio-Galindo Antonio de Jesús and
  • Aguirre-Álvarez Gabriel
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Protein hydrolysates (PHs) have emerged as a pivotal category of plant biostimulants in sustainable agriculture. They are derived from the enzymatic, chemical, or thermal hydrolysis of agro-industrial by-products of animal or plant origin. These comp...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
971 Views
34 Pages

The booming clean energy industry has driven the expansion of photovoltaic (PV) and lithium-ion battery (LIB) sectors, causing the accumulation of new energy solid wastes such as wind turbine blades (WTB), PV modules and LIBs. Such solid wastes exhib...

  • Article
  • Open Access
866 Views
22 Pages

Context-Oriented Method for Resolving Lexical Ambiguities in Speech Synthesis for a Low-Resource Language

  • Elisa Izrailova,
  • Andrey Ronzhin,
  • Salaudin Umarkhadzhiev,
  • Arslanbek Astemirov and ,
  • Aleksandra Figurek and
  • Zelimkhan Sultanov
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Disambiguation resolution in speech synthesis is one of the main challenges in text-to-speech conversion. Machine learning methods and artificial neural networks have been successfully applied to this problem in synthesis systems for English, Spanish...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Natural Language Processing Applications in Big Data)
  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Views
24 Pages

AI-Powered Digital Twin for Sustainable Campus Facility Management

  • Mikhail Nikolaenko,
  • Ming Tang,
  • Aayush Kumar and
  • Sid Thatham

University campus buildings consume significant energy through chilled water (CHW) systems, yet facility and energy managers lack tools that connect sensor data to actionable, spatially grounded decisions without requiring programming expertise. We p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,027 Views
20 Pages

27 April 2026

Background: Sézary syndrome (SS) is an aggressive leukemic variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) with distinct clinical and biological features compared to rarer entities such as primary cutaneous CD8+ aggressive epidermotropic cytotoxic...

(This article belongs to the Section Methods and Technologies Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,991 Views
28 Pages

1 December 2025

English argumentative writing is a cornerstone of academic and professional communication, yet it remains a significant challenge for second-language (L2) learners. While Large Language Models (LLMs) show promise as components in automated feedback s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Application of a Large Language Model (LLM) in Education Reform and Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
845 Views
19 Pages

8 December 2025

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) based on non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are rapidly advancing as lightweight, flexible, and low-cost solar technologies, with power conversion efficiencies approaching 20%. To ensure that environmental sustainability prog...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,005 Views
25 Pages

A Framework for Fine-Grained Land-Cover Classification Using 10 m Sentinel-2 Images

  • Wenge Zhang,
  • Xuan Yang,
  • Zhanliang Yuan,
  • Zhengchao Chen and
  • Yue Xu

18 January 2024

Land-cover mapping plays a crucial role in resource detection, ecological environmental protection, and sustainable development planning. The existing large-scale land-cover products with coarse spatial resolution have a wide range of categories, but...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Deep Learning for Spectral-Spatial Hyperspectral Image Classification)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
3,792 Views
27 Pages

23 February 2025

Rice leaf diseases critically threaten global rice production by reducing crop yield and quality. Efficient disease detection in complex field environments remains a persistent challenge for sustainable agriculture. Existing deep learning-based metho...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)