Change detection (CD) with heterogeneous images is currently attracting extensive attention in remote sensing. In order to make heterogeneous images comparable, the image transformation methods transform one image into the domain of another image, wh...
Existing remote sensing change detection methods often struggle to accurately capture the contours of complex change targets and subtle textural differences. This makes it difficult to effectively distinguish between the boundaries of change targets...
Photogrammetry can be a valuable tool for understanding landscape evolution and natural hazards such as landslides. However, factors such as vegetation cover, shadows, and unstable ground can limit its effectiveness. Using photos across time to monit...
Change detection (CD) methods work on the basis of co-registered multi-temporal images with equivalent resolutions. Due to the limitation of sensor imaging conditions and revisit period, it is difficult to acquire the desired images, especially in em...
Background: Orthodontic treatments have evolved significantly, with clear aligners becoming increasingly popular due to their aesthetic appeal and ease of use. This study systematically reviewed the impact of clear aligners in the changes in the oral...
Background: Transverse maxillary discrepancies during mixed dentition can negatively affect occlusal development and facial harmony. Clear aligners have been increasingly proposed as an interceptive alternative to traditional expansion approaches, bu...
This paper aims to develop a regression model that explains the relationship between changes in lumbar joint stiffness and pelvic alignment (posture or shape of the bones of the pelvis and lumbar spine) due to pelvic tightening. The proposed model is...
The digitization of paper documents enables rapid sharing and long-term preservation of information, making it a widely adopted approach for efficient document storage and management across various domains. However, the recent advances in image editi...
Against the backdrop of complex features and spectral heterogeneity in high-resolution remote sensing imagery, traditional methods suffer from insufficient semantic understanding, while existing vision–language change detection models face low...
Patients’ functional adaptation to pain can affect global sagittal alignment. This study evaluated the short-term spinal sagittal alignment change after transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) in lumbar spinal stenosis patients. Patie...
Understanding land use change patterns of rural town settlements (RTSs) is crucial for rural and small-town planning; however, few studies have explored pattern mining approaches to RTS trajectory analysis. In this study, we adopted a novel method by...
Lung cancer is a leading cause of death. Most previous studies have been based on traditional cell-culturing methods. However, lung cells are periodically subjected to mechanical forces during breathing. Understanding the mechanisms underlying the cy...
Background: The delimitation of species of Tulasnella has been extensively studied, mainly at the morphological (sexual and asexual states) and molecular levels—showing ambiguity between them. An integrative species concept that includes charac...
To address edge discrimination challenges in change detection, a novel network based on a localization-then-refinement strategy is proposed in this paper, namely LRNet. LRNet consists of two stages: localization and refinement. In the localization st...
A time-frequency method retrieving the acceleration changes in the terminal stage of the
M6.1 Ludian earthquake in China is discussed in this article. The non-linear, non-stationary
seismo-demformation was obtained by using the Hilbert–Huang tran...
Change detection from heterogeneous satellite and aerial images plays a progressively important role in many fields, including disaster assessment, urban construction, and land use monitoring. Currently, researchers have mainly devoted their attentio...
The relationship between spinal posture and quality of life has garnered considerable attention with the increase in older community-dwelling residents. However, details of this association remain insufficient. A recent Japanese population cohort epi...
With the powerful discriminative capabilities of convolutional neural networks, change detection has achieved significant success. However, current methods either ignore the spatiotemporal dependencies between dual-temporal images or suffer from decr...
Addressing climate change requires innovative, collective action and robust international collaboration. Through joint efforts, nations can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, pioneer sustainable technologies, and implement effective adapt...
Wild bees are vital for the pollination of native plants and crops, providing essential ecosystem services. Climate change is known to impact biodiversity and species distributions, but insects adapted to desert ecosystems may exhibit unique physiolo...
Cargo-fall accidents caused by improper cargo loading have frequently occurred on highways in recent years, posing a growing threat to driver safety. Because enforcement typically relies on fixed inspection stations, some drivers illegally alter thei...
Focusing on problems of blurred detection boundary, small target miss detection, and more pseudo changes in high-resolution remote sensing image change detection, a change detection algorithm based on Siamese neural networks is proposed. Siam-FAUnet...
Reciprocal sagittal alignment changes after adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) posterior corrective surgery have been reported in the cervical spine, but the evidence is not yet sufficient. Furthermore, much remains unknown about the effects of ce...
In recent years, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for surveillance tasks has increased considerably. This technology provides a versatile and innovative approach to the field. However, the automation of tasks such as object recognition or c...
Heterogeneous change detection (HCD) using satellite and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery is a pivotal task in remote sensing and Earth observation. However, the effective utilization of such multi-source data is significantly hindered by extrem...
The Chang’e-6 mission achieved the first successful sample collection and return from the Moon’s far side. Accurate alignment detection of the primary packaging container is critical for the success of this mission, as it ensures proper r...
6 November 2024
AI Alignment is a term used to summarize the aim of making artificial intelligence (AI) systems behave in line with human intentions and values. There has been little consideration in previous AI Alignment studies of the need for AI Alignment to be a...
Background/Objectives: The Chiari pelvic osteotomy (CPO) creates a bony roof by medialization of the acetabulum, thus improving the biomechanics of dysplastic hip joints. Long-term results have already been examined in various studies. However, the i...
Background/Objectives: The sanitary measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, although essential for limiting the virus propagation, hindered healthy behaviours and negatively affected mental health and quality of life. In immunosuppressed i...
This retrospective study evaluated changes in the pharyngeal portion of the upper airway in patients with constricted and normal airways treated with clear aligners (Invisalign, Align). Additionally, we assessed the change of tongue position in the o...
Background/Objectives: Alignment philosophy in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) may affect joints beyond the knee. Mechanical alignment (MA) targets a neutral mechanical axis, whereas kinematic alignment (KA) aims to restore native alignment and joint l...
The longitudinal changes in the tibiofibular relationship as the ankle valgus deformity progresses in patients with hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) are not well-known. We investigated the longitudinal changes and associating factors in the tibiof...
10 May 2022
Pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain is a common musculoskeletal problem, and postural changes are believed to be involved in these disorders. However, the lumbopelvic alignment changes in postpartum women remain unclear. This study aimed to determine...
Clear aligner treatment seems to be a good option for the periodontal patient by the reason of being removable. Multibracket appliances are more difficult to mantain clean and some bacteria might prefer to adhere on the archwire. A systematic review...
Background: Clear aligners (CA) are used 22 h daily, creating a bite-block effect. This work aims to (i) analyze occlusal changes before the beginning of treatment, after the first set of CA and after the use of additional aligners; (ii) compare plan...
Background: There is a paucity of data regarding the post-operative influence of total hip arthroplasty (THA) on the axial and coronal alignments of the ipsilateral knee. A CT study was designed to assess the post-THA changes in axial and coronal kne...
This research undertakes a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to determine the climate change potential of a typical newly built steel detached dwelling in Palmerston North, New Zealand (NZ) and assesses its results concerning the 2 °C and 1.5 °C 2050...
Background: Core exercises are widely prescribed, yet their immediate, exercise-specific mechanical effects on spinal alignment remain unclear because most evidence derives from multi-exercise programs. Non-invasive tools capable of detecting acute p...
Total hip arthroplasty (THA) reliably restores function, yet instability remains a clinically relevant complication. Increasing evidence indicates that postoperative stability is strongly influenced by the dynamic spine–pelvis–hip interac...
The accuracy of the wearable inertia-measurement-unit (IMU)-sensor-based gesture recognition may be significantly affected by undesired changes in the body-fixed frame and the sensor-fixed frame according to the change in the subject and the sensor a...
Background/Objectives: Limited data exist regarding the influence of total hip arthroplasty (THA) on the alignment of the lower limb. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate potential alterations in lower limb alignment (LLA) follow...
In order to guarantee the stable flight of a guided projectile, it is difficult to realize in-flight alignment for the micro inertial navigation system (MINS) during its short flight time. In this paper, a method based on changing acceleration using...
Background and objectives: The influence of changes in spinal alignment after total hip arthroplasty (THA) on improvement in lower back pain (LBP) remains controversial. To evaluate how changes in spinal malalignment correlate with improvement in pre...
The pursuit of scientific knowledge has long been humanity’s most potent tool for comprehending the natural world and driving technological advancements. However, a persistent paradox exists within the scientific enterprise: the occasional disc...
Background: This study assessed the long-term stability of dental arch changes achieved through clear aligner treatment in growing patients during the early mixed dentition stage. Methods: This retrospective study included 20 patients (mean age 8.3 &...
Background: Dentoalveolar transverse constriction is frequently encountered during orthodontic treatment in adolescents. Although both fixed appliances and clear aligners can produce transverse dental arch changes, comparative evidence regarding thei...
Clear aligner mandibular advancement is increasingly used for Class II correction in growing patients, but its effect on pharyngeal airway morphology remains unclear. This retrospective controlled pilot study evaluated pharyngeal airway, soft-palate,...
In liquid crystal (LC) displays, deriving an optimum resistance level of an LC alignment polyimide (PI) layer is important because of the trade-off between the voltage holding and surface-discharging properties. In particular, to apply a power-saving...
Background/Objectives: Standing whole-leg radiographs are central to coronal deformity assessment, but mechanical axis deviation (MAD) may not fully characterize the orientation of individual joint surfaces. We evaluated ankle joint orientation acros...
Increasing inter-pedal distance (Q-Factor: QF) in cycling increases peak internal knee abduction moments (KAbM). The effect of smaller and normalized changes in QF has not been investigated. The purposes of this study were to examine changes in KAbM...
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