In this paper, a high capacity reversible data hiding technique using a parametric binary tree labeling scheme is proposed. The proposed parametric binary tree labeling scheme is used to label a plaintext image’s pixels as two different categories, r...
Using the local correlation of carrier images to embed secret data in MSBs is a popular scheme for reversible data hiding in encrypted images (RDHEI). However, most existing methods based on this scheme face challenges in achieving complete compressi...
Images, as carriers of rich information, are generated, stored, and transmitted in various forms across diverse scenarios. It has become an important issue in the field of information security today to encrypt images to ensure information security. T...
Fusion of remote sensing images with different spatial and temporal resolutions is highly needed by diverse earth observation applications. A small number of spatiotemporal fusion methods using sparse representation appear to be more promising than t...
The latest generation of standard versatile video coding (VVC) continues to utilize hybrid coding architecture to further promote compression performance, where the intra-mode decision module selects the optimal mode to balance bitrate and coding dis...
The spatial variability of land surface temperature (LST) is considerably affected by urban morphology. Previous research has focused separately on the thermal effects of urban morphology and the cooling effects of water bodies and urban parks. Howev...
The brute-force behaviour of High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) is the biggest hurdle in the communication of the multimedia contents. Therefore, a novel method will be presented here to expedite the intra mode decision process of HEVC. In the first...
This paper investigates the effects of the repetitive block-wise training process on the classification accuracy for a code-modulated visual evoked potentials (cVEP)-based brain–computer interface (BCI). The cVEP-based BCIs are popular thanks t...
The setting of the measurement number for each block is very important for a block-based compressed sensing system. However, in practical applications, we only have the initial measurement results of the original signal on the sampling side instead o...
Pedestrian detection is a critical task for safety-critical systems, but detecting pedestrians is challenging in low-light and adverse weather conditions. Thermal images can be used to improve robustness by providing complementary information to RGB...
Correlated phases in Hall systems have topological character. Multilayer configurations of planar electron systems create the opportunity to change topological phases on demand using macroscopic factors, such as vertical voltage. We present an analys...
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Adults with tetraparesis cerebral palsy (i.e., wheelchair users) tend to experience more accelerated ageing, resulting in physical deterioration that increases the impact of the disability, leading to a loss of mobility that interferes with people&rs...
This paper proposes a compressive sensing (CS) method for multi-channel electroencephalogram (EEG) signals in Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) applications, where the battery life of sensors is limited. For the single EEG channel case, known as the...
Limited by the existing imagery sensors, hyperspectral images are characterized by high spectral resolution but low spatial resolution. The super-resolution (SR) technique aiming at enhancing the spatial resolution of the input image is a hot topic i...
The finger tapping test (FTT) is a tool to evaluate the motor performance of the hand and fingers and eye-hand coordination with applicability in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the intra- and inter-rater...
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) represent a subset of immunological constituents within the tumor microenvironment that can influence cancer growth. We retrospectively evaluate the density and pattern of CD3 and CD20 expression in salivary glan...
Targeted therapy aims to block tumor-driving signaling pathways and is generally based on analysis of one primary tumor (PT) biopsy. Tumor heterogeneity within PT and between PT and metastatic breast lesions may, however, impact the effect of a chose...
Early evidence suggests a strong impact of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) on both the prognosis and clinical behaviour of ovarian cancer. Proven associations, however, have not yet translated to successful immunotherapies and further work in...
Video splicing forgery is a common object-based intra-frame forgery operation. It refers to copying some regions, usually moving foreground objects, from one video to another. The splicing video usually contains two different modes of camera sensor p...
The existence of pieces of the Variscan belt in the Alpine basement has been acknowledged for a long time but the correlation of these massifs to the litho-tectonic domains established in Western Europa outside the Alpine chain is still disputed. Due...
During the development of mouse embryonic stem cells (ESC) to neuronal committed cells (NCC), coordinated changes in the expression of 2851 genes take place, mediated by the nuclear form of FGFR1. In this paper, widespread differences are demonstrate...
Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.) is a transcontinental tree species in North America, making it an ideal species to study intra-specific hybrid vigour as a tool for increasing genetic gain in growth. We tested the hypothesis that intra-specific...
Cup-to-disc ratio (CDR) is of great importance during assessing structural changes at the optic nerve head (ONH) and diagnosis of glaucoma. While most efforts have been put on acquiring the CDR number through CNN-based segmentation algorithms followe...
The technology of remote sensing image segmentation has made great progress in recent years. However, there are still several challenges which need to be addressed (e.g., ground objects blocked by shadows, higher intra-class variance and lower inter-...
Low back pain (LBP) affects over 60% of individuals in their lifetime and is a leading cause of disability and increased healthcare expenditure. Facet joint pain (FJP) occurs in 27% to 40% of LBP patients but is often overlooked or misdiagnosed. Addi...
(1) Background: Transmembrane proteins (TMPs) act as gateways connecting the intra- and extra-biomembrane environments, exchanging material and signals crossing the biofilm. Relevant evidence shows that corresponding interactions mostly happen on the...
Classification of atrial fibrillation (AF) is currently based on clinical characteristics. However, classifying AF using an objective electrophysiological parameter would be more desirable. The aim of this study was to quantify parameters of atrial c...
In prostate cancer, the early detection of distant spread has been shown to be of importance. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-binding radionuclides in positron emission tomography (PET) is a promising method for precise disease staging. PET...
Multi-frame super-resolution (MFSR) leverages complementary information between image sequences of the same scene to increase the resolution of the reconstructed image. As a branch of MFSR, burst super-resolution aims to restore image details by leve...
Background/Objectives: COVID-19 is associated with multiple systemic effects, including cardiovascular complications. However, its interplay with cardiac conduction abnormalities remains underexplored. We compared the clinical profile of COVID-19 pat...
Purpose: The main objective of this research is to highlight the managerial and organizational implications for businesses resulting from the implementation of blockchain logic and technologies. The functionalities of blockchain technologies are comp...
Background: Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is an effective management method for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). The P wave in the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) represents atrial depolarisation. This study aims to utilise the P wave to predic...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the deadliest cancers worldwide and the only cancer with an increasing incidence in the United States. Recent advances in sequencing technology have enabled detailed profiling of liver cancer genomes and revea...
In this article, we review the biological and clinical implication of the Recruitment-Secretory Block (“R-SB”) phenomenon. The phenomenon refers to the reaction of the liver with regard to protein secretion in conditions of clinical stimulation. Our...
The diagnosis of tendon injury relies on clinical signs and diagnostic imaging but imaging is subjective and does not always correlate with clinical signs. A molecular marker would potentially offer a sensitive and specific diagnostic tool that could...
Hot dry rock (HDR) is a promising renewable energy resource whose vast reserves and wide distribution have attracted extensive attention in recent years. However, exploiting HDR resources requires hydraulic stimulation, which is typically accompanied...
Background: The clinical significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression has been thoroughly researched in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). To address the impact of intr...
Skin cancer is the world’s fifth most diagnosed malignancy and is increasingly occurring in young adults. The elevated morbidity and mortality of skin cancer are known to be highly correlated with its frequent recurrence after tumor excision. A...
Atrial arrhythmias are considered prominent phenomena in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) resulting from atrial electrical and structural remodeling. Endothelin (ET)-1 levels correlate with PAH severity and are associated with atrial remodeling...
In this paper, a real-time deep learning-based framework for detecting and tracking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in video streams captured by a fixed-wing UAV is proposed. The proposed framework consists of two steps, namely intra-frame multi-UAV...
To create a realistic 3D perception on glasses-free displays, it is critical to support continuous motion parallax, greater depths of field, and wider fields of view. A new type of Layered or Tensor light field 3D display has attracted greater attent...
The Cobb angle (CA) serves as the principal method for assessing spinal deformity, but manual measurements of the CA are time-consuming and susceptible to inter- and intra-observer variability. While learning-based methods, such as SpineHRNet+, have...
Multimodal contrastive learning has achieved significant performance advantages in self-supervised skeleton-based action recognition. Previous methods are limited by modality imbalance, which reduces alignment accuracy and makes it difficult to combi...
Genetic variation in wild relatives, GenBank accessions, landraces, and cultivars can unlock key alleles for the traits of interest for breeding programs. Breeding programs often utilize different strategies to quantify the source of heritable variat...
Proper management of agricultural disease is important to ensure sustainable food security. Staple food crops like rice, wheat, cereals, and other cash crops hold great export value for countries. Ensuring proper supply is critical; hence any biotic...
Objective: Previous studies have shown that the cleavage of Sirt1 contributes to the development of osteoarthritis (OA). In fact, OA was effectively abrogated by the intra-articular (IA) administration of two compounds, one blocking Sirt1 cleavage (C...
Background and Objective: The accurate detection of sleep stages and disorders in older adults is essential for the effective diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders affecting millions worldwide. Although Polysomnography (PSG) remains the primary...