In the field of computer vision, edge line segment detection in images is widely used in tasks such as 3D reconstruction and simultaneous localization and mapping. Currently, there are many algorithms that primarily focus on detecting straight line s...
Objective: The purpose of this study is to present a kyphosis measurement method based on quadratic spline fitting through three key vertebral landmarks: T12, T8 and T4. This approach aims to capture thoracic spine curvature more continuously and acc...
It is a basic task in Brillouin distributed fiber sensors to extract the peak frequency of the scattering spectrum, since the peak frequency shift gives information on the fiber temperature and strain changes. Because of high-level noise, quadratic f...
Digital image correlation techniques are well known for motion extraction from video images. Following a two-stage approach, the pixel-level displacement is first estimated by maximizing the cross-correlation between two images, then the estimation i...
We propose a sparsity-aware noise subspace fitting (SANSF) algorithm for direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation using an array of sensors. The proposed SANSF algorithm is developed from the optimally weighted noise subspace fitting criterion. Our form...
One natural way to measure model adequacy is by using statistical distances as loss functions. A related fundamental question is how to construct loss functions that are scientifically and statistically meaningful. In this paper, we investigate non-q...
Since the 1930s, due to the rapid development of the city and the increase of population, the demand from Beijing residents for water resources has gradually increased. Land deformation in the Beijing Plain is a serious issue. In order to warn of, an...
Reconstruction of 3D structures from multiple 2D images has wide applications in such fields as computer vision, cultural heritage preservation, etc. This paper presents a novel multi-view stereo algorithm based on homogeneous direct spatial expansio...
The aim of this study was to design a navigation system composed of a human-controlled leader vehicle and a follower vehicle. The follower vehicle automatically tracks the leader vehicle. With such a system, a human driver can control two vehicles ef...
A combination of Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 offers a high frequency of observations (3–5 days) at moderate spatial resolution (10–30 m), which is essential for crop yield studies. Existing methods traditionally apply vegetation indices (VIs...
By a “covering” we mean a Gaussian mixture model fit to observed data. Approximations of the Bayes factor can be availed of to judge model fit to the data within a given Gaussian mixture model. Between families of Gaussian mixture models, we propose...
A surface electromyography (EMG) analysis was performed in this study to examine central neural and peripheral muscle changes after a spinal cord injury (SCI). A linear electrode array was used to record surface EMG signals from the biceps brachii (B...
The computation of the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) is a fundamental step in the planning of cancer radiotherapy treatments with accelerated ions. Numerical parameters derived analyzing the dose response of the chosen cell line after irrad...
Fitting mathematical models to describe the influence of topographic factors and coexisting plants on wild jujube distribution was performed to provide a scientific basis for wild jujube forestation. Investigation quadrats, with straight-line distanc...
Variogram models are a valuable tool used to analyze the variability of a time series; such variability usually entails a spherical or exponential behavior, and so, models based on such functions are commonly used to fit and explain a time series. Va...
The purpose of this study was to develop a formulation of Sunsik with improved health benefits by adding germinated wheat (GW) and herbal plant extract (HPE) using a response surface methodology (RSM). The central composite experimental design (CCD)...
The convolutional neural network (CNN) has shown great potential in many fields; however, transferring this potential to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image interpretation is still a challenging task. The coherent imaging mechanism causes the SAR si...
A hyphenated pressurized hot water—aqueous two-phase extraction (PHW-ATPE) method was applied to extract solasodine from Solanum mauritianum (S. mauritianum). A central composite design (CCD) was applied to determine the optimal conditions for...
A large number of transits have been observed by TESS from the rapidly orbiting exoplanet 55 Cancri e. This amount of transit data, combined with the relatively high frequency of TESS observations, allows for a direct measurement of not only the plan...
The purpose of this work was to investigate the response of prostate cancer to different radiotherapy schedules, including hypofractionation, to evaluate potential departures from the linear–quadratic (LQ) response, to obtain the best-fitting p...
General linear modeling (GLM) has been widely employed to estimate the hemodynamic changes observed by functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) technology, which are found to be nonlinear rather than linear, however. Therefore, GLM might not be...
A rank-size rule following Zipf’s law was tested along a complete urban–rural hierarchy in Greece using 2021 census data released at different administrative levels. Testing five econometric specifications (linear, quadratic, and cubic fo...
Growth dynamics and morphological traits are used to define the characteristics of roselle cultivars Hibiscus sabdariffa. The morpho–agronomic variability of plants was evaluated, as well as the concentration of macro and micronutrients in leav...
Pepper berry (Piper nigrum L.) is known as the king of spices and has sharp, pungent flavour and aroma. In this study, the physical properties (weight, dimensions, sphericity, volume, surface area, and projected area) were measured, and the mass of p...
This paper examines the dynamics of circulating hormone changes connected with reproduction in geese during the annual period related to gonad morphometry. One hundred geese were examined. The levels of prolactin (PRL), triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxi...
4 August 2020
Walkability has been associated with urban development and political plans, contributing to more connected cities with improvements in communication, shopping, and pedestrian base. Among these services, fitness centers are becoming important elements...
In order to investigate the influence of ambient temperature on the temperature field of coal gangue dumps governed by heat pipes (HPs), using self-developed heat pipe and intelligent cloud monitoring software, a 1-year field test was conducted in th...
The increasing presence of pesticide residues in aquatic environments poses a significant threat to ecosystems and human health, necessitating the development of effective removal technologies. In this study, Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 (ZIF-8)...
This study investigates an unusual behavior observed in the Raman spectra of natural rhodochrosites under ambient conditions and varying temperature and pressure. While the typical MnCO3 spectrum is maintained, the relative intensities of libration (...
The use of nursing transfer robots is a vital solution to the problem of daily mobility difficulties for semi-disabilities. However, the fact that care-receivers have different physical characteristics leads to force concentration during human–...
Evolutionary algorithms, inspired by natural evolution, aim to optimize difficult objective functions without computing derivatives. Here we detail the relationship between classical population genetics of quantitative traits and evolutionary optimiz...
To achieve river channel detection in SAR (synthetic aperture radar) images, we developed a level-set-based model (LSBM) guided by a designed data-fitting energy which is called the SoDEF (sum of dual exponential functions)-fitting energy. Firstly, w...
Adequate estimation of water demand in cattle production feed yards is of high importance, especially due to reduced water availability because of changes in rain precipitation patterns and amounts. The pen surface in feed yards receives and reflects...
The contribution of this paper is to present an automatic emergency braking (AEB) optimized algorithm based on time to collision (TTC) and a professional driver fitting (PDF) braking pattern. When the TTC value is less than the given threshold, the P...
Nitrogen (N) response studies in rice (Oryza sativa L.) are conducted to provide grower recommendations with economically optimum N rates (EONRs). This study was conducted to determine if experimental design alters the predicted EONR for rice. The ef...
In this study, we propose to apply the transmuted log-logistic (TLL) model which is a generalization of log-logistic model, in a Bayesian context. The log-logistic model has been used it is simple and has a unimodal hazard rate, important characteris...
18 February 2020
The use of the harmonic regression model is well accepted in the epidemiological and biostatistical communities as a standard procedure to examine seasonal patterns in disease occurrence. While these models may provide good fit to periodic patterns w...
Replicating runs in designed experiments is essential for unbiased error variance estimation, particularly when the fitted model may not account for all active effects. Definitive screening designs (DSDs), while offering orthogonality between main ef...
Background/Objectives: Clinical studies have shown a marked reduction in tumor control in prostate cancer treated with radically hypofractionated high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT). The purpose of this study was to analyze the dose–response...
A central composite face-centered design (CCFD) was employed to examine the optimal conditions for the compression ratio of the Sardine Fish Oil Methyl Ester (SFOME) blend to the Thermal cracked Cashew Shell Nut Liquid T-CSNL blend by simultaneously...
Alternative models for the respiration rate (RR) of ready-to-eat strawberries were evaluated as a function of O2 and CO2 concentration and temperature. The effect of the gaseous atmosphere and temperature on RR was determined in a total factorial exp...
To address the problems of the complex structure and single packing trajectory of a packing machine, a hybrid-driven, five-bar packing machine for same-point pickup and different points of release in unmanned plant factories was designed, and a GRA-C...
In order to exploit plants as environmental biosensors, previous researches have been focused on the electrical signal response of the plants to different environmental stimuli. One of the important outcomes of those researches has been the extractio...
Understanding the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of engineering structures is challenging, especially for the systems that exhibit asymmetric nonlinear behavior. This paper compared four parameter identification methods for asymmetric nonlinear sy...
We show that upon applying Palatini
4 February 2020
Background: Although inorganic arsenic in drinking water at high levels (100s–1000s μg/L [ppb]) increases cancer risk (skin, bladder, lung, and possibly prostate), the evidence at lower levels is limited. Methods: We conducted an ecologic an...
ZnO photocatalysts were synthesized via solvothermal method and a reduced experimental design (Box–Behnken) was applied to investigate the influence of four parameters (temperature, duration, composition of the reaction mixture) upon the photocatalyt...
Valence topological charge-transfer (CT) indices are applied to the calculationof dipole moments. The algebraic and vector semisum CT indices are defined. Thecombination of CT indices allows the estimation of the dipole moments. The model isgeneraliz...
7 December 2015
High levels (> 200 µg/L) of inorganic arsenic in drinking water are known to be a cause of human lung cancer, but the evidence at lower levels is uncertain. We have sought the epidemiological studies that have examined the dose-response relationsh...
Response surface methodology was used to derive a prediction model for organic acids production by anaerobic acidogenic fermentation of cellobiose, using a mixed culture immobilized on γ-alumina. Three parameters (substrate concentration, temperature...
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