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18 November 2022

The pharmaceutical industry is a regulatory-based high-tech industry that requires long-term R&D investments from product development to market entry. This study investigates how pharmaceutical firms in Korea have grown their production size, cha...

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12 Citations
5,683 Views
21 Pages

A Generative Urban Space Design Method Based on Shape Grammar and Urban Induction Patterns

  • Ling Yang,
  • Jian Li,
  • Hsiao-Tung Chang,
  • Zhiqing Zhao,
  • He Ma and
  • Libin Zhou

1 June 2023

This paper focuses on how to solve the demand of how to quickly explore more urban space design and layout in terms of the conservation and reuse of historical blocks under computer-aided design technology. Referring to urban inductive patterns, the...

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195 Citations
15,180 Views
24 Pages

State-of-the-Art: DTM Generation Using Airborne LIDAR Data

  • Ziyue Chen,
  • Bingbo Gao and
  • Bernard Devereux

14 January 2017

Digital terrain model (DTM) generation is the fundamental application of airborne Lidar data. In past decades, a large body of studies has been conducted to present and experiment a variety of DTM generation methods. Although great progress has been...

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14 Citations
3,459 Views
23 Pages

6 November 2018

Part of the large amounts of waste generated by human activities could have a second use while solving social problems. In this sense, the authors are carrying out a research project involving the participative development of innovative solar control...

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11 Citations
4,995 Views
28 Pages

12 October 2024

Accurately grasping users’ Kansei needs and rapidly transforming them into product design solutions are key factors in enhancing product competitiveness and sustainability. This paper proposes a product appearance design method based on Kansei...

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379 Views
13 Pages

Cognitive warfare is a hybrid threat that combines information manipulation with psychological influence, often amplified by digital platforms and synthetic media. Conventional cybersecurity tooling is optimized for technical intrusion and offers lim...

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7 Citations
7,355 Views
19 Pages

Future Service Robot Scenarios in South Korea

  • Uijin Jung,
  • Jinseo Lee,
  • Ji-Young Choi,
  • Hyun Yim and
  • Myoung-Jin Lee

7 November 2023

Advances in digital technology, periodic threats from infectious diseases, and shrinking working-age populations have increased the demand for autonomous systems. South Korea is now in crisis because its society is aging and has limited resources. Th...

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3 Citations
3,468 Views
17 Pages

Although data-based healthcare innovation has been spotlighted in South Korea in recent years, previous studies have made little effort to systematically predict various possible future outcomes in the data-driven healthcare economy. This study inves...

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39 Citations
8,974 Views
20 Pages

Quantifying the Generality and Adaptability of Building Layouts Using Weighted Graphs: The SAGA Method

  • Pieter Herthogs,
  • Wim Debacker,
  • Bige Tunçer,
  • Yves De Weerdt and
  • Niels De Temmerman

This paper presents an assessment method that uses weighted graphs to quantify a building’s capacity to support changes. The method is called Spatial Assessment of Generality and Adaptability (SAGA), and evaluates the generality (passive suppor...

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6 Citations
1,690 Views
14 Pages

Research on Defect Diagnosis of Transmission Lines Based on Multi-Strategy Image Processing and Improved Deep Network

  • Ming Gou,
  • Hao Tang,
  • Lei Song,
  • Zhong Chen,
  • Xiaoming Yan,
  • Xiangwen Zeng and
  • Wenlong Fu

28 August 2024

The current manual inspection of transmission line images captured by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive but also prone to high rates of false detections and missed inspections. With the development of arti...

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18 Citations
4,063 Views
16 Pages

Beyond Traditional Morphological Characterization of Lung Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: In Silico Study of Next-Generation Sequencing Mutations Analysis across the Four World Health Organization Defined Groups

  • Giovanni Centonze,
  • Davide Biganzoli,
  • Natalie Prinzi,
  • Sara Pusceddu,
  • Alessandro Mangogna,
  • Elena Tamborini,
  • Federica Perrone,
  • Adele Busico,
  • Vincenzo Lagano and
  • Massimo Milione
  • + 4 authors

24 September 2020

Lung neuroendocrine neoplasms (LNENs) represent a rare and heterogeneous population of lung tumors. LNENs incidence rate has increased dramatically over the past 30 years. The current World Health Organization LNENs classification (WHO 2015), disting...

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7 Citations
2,738 Views
11 Pages

24 May 2024

With its ability to estimate yield, winemakers may better manage their vineyards and obtain important insights into the possible crop. The proper estimation of grape output is contingent upon an accurate evaluation of the morphology of the vine canop...

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1 Citations
3,649 Views
26 Pages

Developing a Hybrid Morphological Analyzer for Low-Resource Languages

  • Musica Supriya,
  • Dinesh Acharya Udupi,
  • Ashalatha Nayak and
  • Arjuna Srirangapatna Raghavendra

19 May 2025

Morphological analysis is the fundamental and preliminary task for Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications, which involve speech and language. Kannada is a low-resource language belonging to the Dravidian language family, which is highly agglu...

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1,236 Views
13 Pages

10 October 2024

Object segmentation in images is typically spatial and focuses on the spatial coherence of pixels. Nanoparticles in electron microscopy images are also segmented frame by frame, with subsequent morphological analysis. However, morphological analysis...

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24 Citations
4,372 Views
14 Pages

Chitosan–Hydroxyapatite Composite Layers Generated in Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Discharge: From Plasma to Structural and Morphological Analysis of Layers

  • Dragana Biliana Dreghici,
  • Bogdan Butoi,
  • Daniela Predoi,
  • Simona Liliana Iconaru,
  • Ovidiu Stoican and
  • Andreea Groza

21 December 2020

Chitosan–hydroxyapatite composite layers were deposited on Si substrates in radio frequency magnetron sputtering discharges. The plasma parameters calculated from the current–voltage radio frequency-compensated Langmuir probe characterist...

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31 Citations
10,988 Views
28 Pages

7 March 2013

Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (HEMA) has been used as a clinical material, in the form of a soft hydrogel, for various surgical procedures, including endovascular surgery of liver. It is a clear liquid compound and, as a soft, flexible, water-ab...

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9 Citations
4,957 Views
9 Pages

The morphology and the activity of a submarine caldera, Avyssos, at the northern part of Nisyros volcano in the South Aegean Sea (Greece), has been studied by means of remotely-operated underwater vehicle dives. The recorded time series of temperatur...

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1 Citations
1,720 Views
16 Pages

Multifractal Analysis of Neuronal Morphology in the Human Dorsal Striatum: Age-Related Changes and Spatial Differences

  • Zorana Nedeljković,
  • Bojana Krstonošić,
  • Nebojša Milošević,
  • Olivera Stanojlović,
  • Dragan Hrnčić and
  • Nemanja Rajković

Multifractal analysis offers a sophisticated method to examine the complex morphology of neurons, which traditionally have been analyzed using monofractal techniques. This study investigates the multifractal properties of two-dimensional neuron proje...

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31 Citations
10,413 Views
23 Pages

Morphology Analysis and Optimization: Crucial Factor Determining the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Wenjin Zeng,
  • Xingming Liu,
  • Xiangru Guo,
  • Qiaoli Niu,
  • Jianpeng Yi,
  • Ruidong Xia and
  • Yong Min

This review presents an overall discussion on the morphology analysis and optimization for perovskite (PVSK) solar cells. Surface morphology and energy alignment have been proven to play a dominant role in determining the device performance. The effe...

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6 Citations
2,111 Views
16 Pages

18 October 2024

The morphology of particles formed in different environments contains critical information. Thus, the rapid and effective reconstruction of their three-dimensional (3D) morphology is crucial. This study reconstructs the 3D morphology from two-dimensi...

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2 Citations
3,183 Views
24 Pages

(Re)Writing the City from Within: An Exploratory Approach to Sustainable Urban Morphologies from the Dialogue Between Public Space and Public Transport in Barcelona’s Trambesòs

  • Emilio Reyes-Schade,
  • Carlos Grande-Ayala,
  • Ayman Imam,
  • Abdulrhman M. Gbban,
  • Maher Summan,
  • Abdullah Saeed Karban,
  • Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Majrashi and
  • Mohammed Alamoudi

6 November 2024

Research on urban transport and mobility through everyday practices has generated new theoretical and methodological approaches to achieve more sustainable urban morphologies. This paper focuses on the characterization of the process of urban (re)qua...

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65 Citations
12,384 Views
21 Pages

8 February 2018

Malaria is an epidemic health disease and a rapid, accurate diagnosis is necessary for proper intervention. Generally, pathologists visually examine blood stained slides for malaria diagnosis. Nevertheless, this kind of visual inspection is subjectiv...

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1 Citations
1,665 Views
14 Pages

A Comparative Analysis of In Vivo-Generated and Artificial CoCrMo Wear Particles Created by High-Energy Ball Milling and the Buchhorn Method

  • Adrian Buchholz,
  • Rebecca Höpfer,
  • Julia Becker,
  • Vadym Voropai,
  • Janett Schmelzer,
  • Manja Krüger and
  • Jessica Bertrand

31 January 2025

This study compares CoCrMo particles generated by a high-energy ball milling method with those produced by the established Buchhorn method and with in vivo-generated wear particles from periprosthetic tissue. CoCrMo particles were produced utilizatio...

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12 Citations
2,221 Views
24 Pages

7 June 2024

This article studies the morphological parameters of vegetative and generative organs of different age groups of Crataegus ambigua from four populations in Western Karatau (Mangistau region, Kazakhstan). In this study, we examined four populations: S...

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2 Citations
1,640 Views
11 Pages

A New Method of Predicting Final Mandibular Length Based on the Morphology of Cervical Vertebrae

  • Manami Yamaguchi,
  • Yong-Il Kim,
  • Heetae Park and
  • Tetsutaro Yamaguchi

21 December 2024

Background/Objectives: Methods for predicting final mandibular length have been studied for many years. We aimed to estimate the final mandibular length at the end of the growth period by analyzing changes in cervical vertebral morphology using longi...

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10 Citations
8,015 Views
20 Pages

Molecular Characterization of Twenty-Five Marine Cyanobacteria Isolated from Coastal Regions of Ireland

  • Katie Shiels,
  • Norma Browne,
  • Fiona Donovan,
  • Patrick Murray and
  • Sushanta Kumar Saha

7 August 2019

Twenty-five marine cyanobacteria isolated from Irish coasts were characterized based on their morphological characters and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. In addition, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) isoenzyme banding patte...

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14 Pages

Three-Dimensional Anatomical Analysis of Muscle–Skeletal Districts

  • Martina Paccini,
  • Giuseppe Patanè and
  • Michela Spagnuolo

25 November 2022

This work addresses the patient-specific characterisation of the morphology and pathologies of muscle–skeletal districts (e.g., wrist, spine) to support diagnostic activities and follow-up exams through the integration of morphological and tiss...

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14 Citations
5,353 Views
13 Pages

Parametric thinking has found wide acceptance in both the building industry and environmental sciences. In the context of environmental urban morphology however, parametric thinking has been neglected. This paper critically assesses environmental opt...

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6 Citations
3,790 Views
16 Pages

Geometric Analysis of Seed Shape Diversity in the Cucurbitaceae

  • José Javier Martín-Gómez,
  • Diego Gutiérrez del Pozo,
  • José Luis Rodríguez-Lorenzo,
  • Ángel Tocino and
  • Emilio Cervantes

31 December 2023

The Cucurbitaceae is a monophyletic family with close to 1000 species of climbers, including important agronomic species and varieties characterized by tendrils and pepo fruits. The seed’s morphology is varied, and the development and structure...

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A Point-of-Care Diagnostic Method Using Desiccation Patterns of Blood Sessile Droplets

  • Hui He,
  • Lujia Xuan,
  • Yihe Lin,
  • Min Zhang,
  • Junjie Mou and
  • Ruoyang Chen

The evaporation of a blood sessile droplet on a solid substrate generates distinctive desiccation patterns. These patterns have been identified as a potential tool for interpreting the pathological information of donors, since their morphological fea...

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178 Citations
10,727 Views
18 Pages

20 December 2017

This work is focused on the structural and morphological investigations of polyaniline and poly(o-anisidine) polymers generated in a direct current glow discharge plasma, in the vapors of the monomers, without a buffer gas, using an oblique angle-pos...

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20 Citations
3,765 Views
15 Pages

8 December 2022

The residual stress and hardness generated by the nitriding process are important parameters for increasing the bending fatigue strength to Ti-6Al-4V. Therefore, this research is focused on the analysis of residual stress and hardness, including surf...

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Characterization of a Gamma Radiation (60Co) Induced Mutant Population of Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia velutina F.A.C. Weber) Plants In Vitro Using ISSR Molecular Markers

  • Eréndira Rubio-Ochoa,
  • Eulogio De la Cruz-Torres,
  • Rosa Elena Pérez-Sánchez,
  • Héctor Eduardo Martínez-Flores,
  • Liberato Portillo,
  • Pedro Antonio García-Saucedo and
  • Juan Florencio Gómez-Leyva

The nopal cactus, a plant from the Cactaceae family, holds significant economic and nutritional value for Mexico. This study aimed to enhance the genetic diversity and morphological traits of Opuntia velutina, a species cultivated as a vegetable nopa...

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1,497 Views
20 Pages

The 3D Multifractal Characteristics of Urban Morphology in Chinese Old Districts

  • Chenyang Zhang,
  • Junyan Yang,
  • Xinzhe Liu,
  • Dian Shao,
  • Zhonghu Zhang,
  • Zhihan Zhang,
  • Haocheng Sun,
  • Yuyue Huang,
  • Daijun Chen and
  • Xun Zhang

The compactness, diversity, and nested structures of the old districts in Chinese cities, in terms of their three-dimensional (3D) morphology, are particularly distinctive. However, existing multifractal measurement methods are insufficient in reveal...

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2 Citations
2,525 Views
18 Pages

Variation in the Floral Morphology of Prosthechea karwinskii (Orchidaceae), a Mexican Endemic Orchid at Risk

  • María Hipólita Santos-Escamilla,
  • Gabriela Cruz-Lustre,
  • Manuel Cuéllar-Martínez,
  • Luicita Lagunez-Rivera and
  • Rodolfo Solano

20 July 2024

Prosthechea karwinskii is an orchid endemic to Mexico, threatened by the destruction of its habitat and the extraction of specimens to meet its demand for ornamental and religious use. Most of its populations, including the most locally abundant ones...

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1 Citations
3,385 Views
39 Pages

5 October 2021

The sensitivity of macroscopic mechanical and thermal properties of grey cast iron is computationally investigated for a variety of graphite morphologies over a wide temperature range. In order to represent common graphite morphologies according to E...

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2,915 Views
14 Pages

Rosenfeld’s Staining: A Valuable Tool for In Vitro Assessment of Astrocyte and Microglia Morphology

  • Alana Alves Farias,
  • Ana Carla dos Santos Costa,
  • Jéssica Teles Souza,
  • Érica Novaes Soares,
  • Cinthia Cristina de Oliveira Santos Costa,
  • Ravena Pereira do Nascimento,
  • Silvia Lima Costa,
  • Victor Diogenes Amaral da Silva and
  • Maria de Fátima Dias Costa

In homeostasis, the glial cells support pivotal functions, such as neuronal differentiation, neuroprotection, nutrition, drug metabolism, and immune response in the central nervous system (CNS). Among these cells, astrocytes and microglia have been h...

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17 Pages

Hybridization is considered an important mode of species evolution, but the genetic evolutionary process of Anthurium andraeanum hybridization is still poorly characterized. In order to provide the molecular and morphological basis for phylogenetic a...

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3 Citations
1,857 Views
10 Pages

15 March 2023

In general, FeCrAl alloys are faced with the separation of the high-chromium solid solution into α and α′ phases. For the Fe-25Cr-5Al-RE alloy, it is imperative to investigate the structure and morphology and their effect on the all...

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21 Citations
3,220 Views
17 Pages

9 April 2020

This study collected and analyzed dynamic spatial data of eight traditional villages scattered in different regions of China. A multi-temporal analysis of morphological metrics of spatial patterns and a regression analysis of the morphological evolut...

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3 Citations
2,570 Views
14 Pages

30 March 2021

Numerical study of the influence of pulsed laser deposited TiN thin films’ microstructure morphologies on strain heterogeneities during loading was the goal of this research. The investigation was based on the digital material representation (DMR) co...

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2 Citations
3,116 Views
15 Pages

This paper describes the first results of the application of an innovative methodology for the development of a walkability overall index for urban street infrastructure, aimed at the application of urban design techniques to improve the urban form a...

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2 Citations
1,849 Views
18 Pages

11 June 2024

In this work, we analyzed the morphology and genetic structure of Teucrium montanum, T. capitatum and their hybrid T. × rohlenae from three syntopic populations. A morphometric study showed that the parents and their hybrids exhibited continuou...

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26 Citations
6,418 Views
27 Pages

Molecular Phylogeny and Morphology of Amphisphaeria (= Lepteutypa) (Amphisphaeriaceae)

  • Milan C. Samarakoon,
  • Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura,
  • Jian-Kui (Jack) Liu,
  • Kevin D. Hyde,
  • Itthayakorn Promputtha and
  • Marc Stadler

17 September 2020

Amphisphaeriaceous taxa (fungi) are saprobes on decaying wood in terrestrial, mangrove, and freshwater habitats. The generic boundaries of the family have traditionally been based on morphology, and the delimitation of genera has always been challeng...

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Diagnostic Performance of Leukocyte Abnormality Detection in a Large Cohort of Healthy Blood Donors Using Sysmex XN Series Analyzers Integrated with Peripheral Blood Morphology and Flow Cytometry

  • Francesca Romano,
  • Valentina Becherucci,
  • Sara Ciullini Mannurita,
  • Edda Russo,
  • Alessandra Mongia,
  • Anna Maria Grazia Gelli,
  • Alessandra Fanelli and
  • Francesca Brugnolo

25 February 2026

Background: The Sysmex XN series (XN-1000 and XN-9100, Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, Japan) represents a latest-generation automated hematology platform integrating fluorescence-based technologies and multi-channel analysis (WDF and WPC) to improve leuko...

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8 Citations
3,677 Views
14 Pages

A Comparison of Two Morphological Techniques in the Classification of Urban Land Cover

  • Lesiba Thomas Tsoeleng,
  • John Odindi and
  • Paidamwoyo Mhangara

28 March 2020

Understanding the often-heterogeneous land cover in urban areas is critical for, among other things, environmental monitoring, spatial planning, and enforcement. Recently, several earth observation satellites were developed with an enhanced spatial r...

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11 Citations
4,966 Views
11 Pages

7 September 2021

Otolith morphology analysis is one of the main tools used for fish or fish stock identification. Moreover, otolith shape can also be used in animal dietary studies (stomach content) for the identification of prey fishes and their size according to th...

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14 Pages

28 February 2026

The paw pad is an outstanding cushioning structure, which demonstrates nonlinear mechanical characteristics when subjected to pressure. Nonlinear mechanical characteristics are generally considered to be related to the viscoelastic properties of the...

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6 Citations
4,113 Views
25 Pages

11 August 2021

A better understanding of the microstructure–property relationship can be achieved by sampling and analyzing a microstructure leading to a desired material property. During the simulation of filled rubber, this approach includes extracting common agg...

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31 Citations
7,138 Views
16 Pages

6 March 2019

This study aims to establish a structured business modelling methodology for successful implementation of Product-service system (PSS). The morphological analysis is applied in investigating the possible patterns of the PSS business model. To systema...

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