Recently, Vision Transformers (ViTs) have been actively applied to fine-grained visual recognition (FGVR). ViT can effectively model the interdependencies between patch-divided object regions through an inherent self-attention mechanism. In addition,...
In this study, an unsupervised infrared object-detection approach based on spatial–temporal patch tensor and object selection is proposed to fully use effective temporal information and maintain a balance between object-detection performance an...
Multi-cohort forest management in northern hardwood stands may well be the best way to successfully regenerate tree species of intermediate shade tolerance, such as yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.). The creation of large enough gaps in the...
Recently, Transformer-based video recognition models have achieved state-of-the-art results on major video recognition benchmarks. However, their high inference cost significantly limits research speed and practical use. In video compression, methods...
Source camera identification has long been a hot topic in the field of image forensics. Besides conventional feature engineering algorithms developed based on studying the traces left upon shooting, several deep-learning-based methods have also emerg...
Chest X-ray (CXR) examination serves as a widely employed clinical test in medical diagnostics. Many studied have tried to apply artificial intelligence (AI) programs to analyze CXR images. Despite numerous positive outcomes, assessing the applicabil...
Adversarial patch attacks threaten the reliability of modern vision models. We present PatchMap, the first spatially exhaustive benchmark of patch placement, built by evaluating over 1.5×108 forward passes on ImageNet validation images. PatchMa...
A filtering antenna based on the Substrate Integrated Suspended Line (SISL) platform applied for the n78 band of 5G is presented in this paper. The antenna has a segmented feed line, a rectangular driven patch etched with a double I-slot, and a squar...
Driven by the rapid development of digital imaging and network technologies, the opinion-unaware blind image quality assessment (BIQA) method has become an important yet very challenging task. In this paper, we design an effective novel scheme for op...
In this paper, a low cross-polarization improved-gain rectangular patch antenna is presented. A patch-ground shorting pin with defected patch structure (DPS) is introduced to suppress the cross-polarization level. A High Reflective Frequency Selectiv...
Multi-exposure image fusion methods are often applied to the fusion of low-dynamic images that are taken from the same scene at different exposure levels. The fused images not only contain more color and detailed information, but also demonstrate the...
Micro expressions are usually subtle and brief facial expressions that humans use to hide their true emotional states. In recent years, micro-expression recognition has attracted wide attention in the fields of psychology, mass media, and computer vi...
Research on electronic healthcare (eHealth) systems has increased dramatically in recent years. eHealth represents a significant example of the application of the Internet of Things (IoT), characterized by its cost effectiveness, increased reliabilit...
Background: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a precancerous gastric condition that requires accurate histopathological diagnosis to enable early intervention and cancer prevention. Traditional evaluation of H&E-stained tissue slides can be labor-int...
Voltage-gated sodium channels (NaVs) play fundamental roles in eukaryotes, but their exceptional size hinders their structural resolution. Bacterial NaVs are simplified homologues of their eukaryotic counterparts, but their use as models of eukaryoti...
Slope failures occur when parts of a slope collapse abruptly under the influence of gravity, often triggered by a rainfall event or earthquake. The resulting slope failures often cause problems in mountainous or hilly regions, and the detection of sl...
Unidentified pathogenetic mechanisms and genetic and clinical heterogeneity represent critical factors hindering the development of treatments for inherited retinal dystrophies. Frameshift mutations in Cacna2d4, which codes for an accessory subunit o...
Homogeneous band- or pixel-based feature selection, which exploits the difference between spectral or spatial regions to select informative and low-redundant bands, has been extensively studied in classifying hyperspectral images (HSIs). Although man...
This study aimed to develop and validate an automated segmentation method for surface muscles using a three-dimensional (3D) U-Net based on selective voxel patches from whole-body computed tomography (CT) images. Our method defined a voxel patch (VP)...
Janus particles are of great research interest because of their reduced symmetry, which provides them with unique physical and chemical properties. Such particles can be prepared from spherical structures through colloidal assembly. Whilst colloidal...
Distresses, such as cracks, directly reflect the structural integrity of subway tunnels. Therefore, the detection of subway tunnel distress is an essential task in tunnel structure maintenance. This paper presents the performance improvement of deep...
Stains, as one of most common degradations of paper cultural relics, not only affect paintings’ appearance, but sometimes even cover the text, patterns, and colors contained in the relics. Virtual restorations based on common red–green&nd...
Some hearing, vestibular, and vision disorders are imputable to voltage-gated Ca2+ channels of the sensory cells. These channels convey a large Ca2+ influx despite extracellular Na+ being 70-fold more concentrated than Ca2+; such high selectivity is...
In this study, a hybrid sensor based on a defective square-truncated patch antenna (STPA) and a frequency-selective surface (FSS) was analyzed numerically and experimentally for different glucose–distilled water solutions. Here, an FSS was empl...
The precise identification of priority areas for conservation based on connectivity can significantly enhance protection efficacy and mitigate biodiversity loss in fragmented landscapes. Priority area selection efforts are typically conducted in land...
With the increasing use of composite materials in aircraft structures and the extension of their service life, the selection of repair patch shapes for composite material damage repair has become a significant engineering concern. The ultimate streng...
The specific aim of this work was to prepare mucoadhesive patches containing tetracycline hydrochloride and carvacrol in an attempt to develop a novel oral drug delivery system for the treatment of mouth infections. The bilayered patches were prepare...
Patch level-based noise level estimation (NLE) is often inaccurate and inefficient because of the harsh criteria required to select a small number of homogeneous patches. In this paper, a fast image NLE method based on a global search for similar pix...
Non-spherical colloids provided with well-defined bonding sites—often referred to as patches—are increasingly attracting the attention of materials scientists due to their ability to spontaneously assemble into tunable surface structures....
The additive Gaussian white noise (AGWN) level in real-life images is usually unknown, for which the empirical setting will make the denoising methods over-smooth fine structures or remove noise incompletely. The previous noise level estimation metho...
This study presents the modeling and analysis of a composite structure incorporating an embedded macro fiber composite (MFC) patch. MFC actuators are available in several variants, with types P1 and P2 being the most commonly used. In this paper, an...
Bucoadhesive patches of Pentazocine (PZ) for unidirectional drug delivery were prepared by casting carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC) with glycerol or propylene glycol and CMC-hydroxy ethyl cellulose (HEC) with glycerol. In vitro mucoadhesivity of the pr...
We present a saliency-based patch sampling strategy for recognizing artistic media from artwork images using a deep media recognition model, which is composed of several deep convolutional neural network-based recognition modules. The decisions from...
(1) Background: Surgery is a frequent cause of persistent pain, defined chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP). The capsaicin 8% patch (Qutenza®) is approved for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) and for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) of...
Imbalance ensemble classification is one of the most essential and practical strategies for improving decision performance in data analysis. There is a growing body of literature about ensemble techniques for imbalance learning in recent years, the v...
Investigations into plant–herbivore interactions are of importance for understanding grassland ecosystem dynamics. Our research quantified the effects of vegetation heterogeneity at a patch scale of 30 m on bison space use in a tallgrass prairi...
As the performance of supervised classification using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are affected significantly by training patches, it is necessary to analyze the effects of the information content of training patches in patch-based classifica...
The landscape patterns of urban green spaces have been proven to be important factors that affect urban thermal environments. However, the spatial effect of the landscape patterns of urban patches with different vegetation densities on land surface t...
In presence of vegetation patches in a channel bed, different flow–morphology interactions in the river will result. The investigation of the nature and intensity of these structures is a crucial part of the research works of river engineering. In th...
Mixed Sample Data Augmentation (MSDA) enhances deep learning model generalization by blending a source patch into a target image. Selecting source patches based on image saliency helps to prevent label errors and irrelevant content; however, it relie...
Flower traits, such as flower size or color changes, can act as honest signals indicating greater rewards such as nectar; however, nothing is known about shelter-rewarding systems. Large flowers of Royal irises offer overnight shelter as a reward to...
The traditional nonlocal filters for polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) images are based on square patches matching to obtain homogeneous pixels in a large search window. However, it is still difficult for the regular patches to work well...
Hooded Cranes (Grus monacha) rely on wetlands for the majority of their life cycle and respond to the environmental conditions during the wintering period. Future conservation planning should be driven by an understanding of how cranes respond to env...
This paper presents a thorough review of the techniques involved in the enhancement of the efficiency performance of the reflectarray antenna. The effect of the selection of a suitable patch element or a proper feeding mechanism on efficiency improve...
The advent of skin patch formulation design and technology has enabled the commercialisation of methyl salicylate (MS) as a topical patch. However, the most fundamental aspect of skin permeation is unknown at present. The study aims to investigate th...
The widespread use of composite materials has led to an increased focus on restoring the mechanical properties of damaged composite structures to ensure system safety. This study combines compression experiments and finite element simulations to inve...
This paper proposes the use of a 1-dimensional (1-D) electromechanical impedance model to extract proper design guidelines when selecting patch-size and frequency range for corrosion detection in reinforced concrete structures using the electromechan...
Due to the explosive growth of software quantity and the mixed ability of software developers, a large number of software defects emerge during the later stages of software maintenance. The search method based on genetic programming is one of the mos...
Sparse Representation has been widely applied to classification of hyperspectral images (HSIs). Besides spectral information, the spatial context in HSIs also plays an important role in the classification. The recently published Multiscale Adaptive S...
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in males. In the case of locally advanced prostate cancer radical prostatectomy is one of the first-line therapy. However, recurrence after resection of the tumor can appear. Drug-eluting bioresorbable...
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