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Hierarchical fuzzy deep learning system for various classes of images

There has been an increasing interest in the development of deep-learning models for the large data processing such as images, audio, or video. Image processing has made breakthroughs in addressing important problems such as genome-wide biological networks, map interactions of genes and proteins, network, etc. With the increase in sophistication of the system, and other areas such as internet of t...
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Laser-Visible Face Image Translation and Recognition Based on CycleGAN and Spectral Normalization

The range-gated laser imaging instrument can capture face images in a dark environment, which provides a new idea for long-distance face recognition at night. However, the laser image has low contrast, low SNR and no color information, which affects observation and recognition. Therefore, it becomes important to convert laser images into visible images and then identify them. For image translation...
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Flood-Related Multimedia Benchmark Evaluation: Challenges, Results and a Novel GNN Approach

This paper discusses the importance of detecting breaking events in real time to help emergency response workers, and how social media can be used to process large amounts of data quickly. Most event detection techniques have focused on either images or text, but combining the two can improve performance. The authors present lessons learned from the Flood-related multimedia task in MediaEval2020, ...
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Deep Learning Based Vehicle Detection on Real and Synthetic Aerial Images: Training Data Composition and Statistical Influence Analysis

The performance of deep learning based algorithms is significantly influenced by the quantity and quality of the available training and test datasets. Since data acquisition is complex and expensive, especially in the field of airborne sensor data evaluation, the use of virtual simulation environments for generating synthetic data are increasingly sought. In this article, the complete process chai...
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Intellectual property protection for traditional medical knowledge in China's context: a round peg in a square hole?

This article is an examination of the extent to which traditional medical knowledge in China can be protected by intellectual property laws. The analysis begins by providing a global picture with regard to the historic origin of intellectual property, exploring the reasons why China does not have indigenous counterparts to the western system of intellectual property rights protecting its tradition...
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Visitors’ Environmental Concerns in Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary: An Offshore Marine Protected Area

Marine sanctuaries serve as popular destinations for ecotourism, natural resource exploration, and recreation across the US. While often positive, visitation in marine and coastal areas can cause ecological threats to these ecosystems. Increased visitation in marine environments has led to the need for management due to negative ecological and social impacts. Understanding environmental values, at...
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A comparative survey of veterinarians, equine owners, and equine keepers regarding the knowledge and implementation of legal requirements in Germany for the use and documentation of veterinary medicines in equines intended for slaughter.

In Europe, equines destined for human consumption (hereafter called slaughter equines) are subject to the same restrictions of usage of veterinary drugs as other food-producing animals, with amendments regulated in the so-called 'positive list', Regulation (EC) No. 1950/2006. Due to the complex legal requirements for drug administration in slaughter equines, it might be that specific knowledge reg...
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Energy Efficiency in the Residential, Service and Energy Sectors : Barriers, Drivers and System Studies

Increased energy efficiency is a prerequisite for achieving the national energy and climate goals, the goals set by the European Union, and the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the member states of the United Nations. Close to 40% of Sweden’s total energy use and approximately 20% of domestic greenhouse gas emissions are allocated to the residential and service sector. There is great pot...
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Legal Protection for Workers who are at risk of being laid off due to exposure to Covid-19

This study aims to find answer to the problem of workers who are laid off because of illness for less than 12 mounth, Article 81 No 40 of the job Creation Law “Termination of employment carried out for reasons as reffered to in paragraph (1) is null and void by law and the employer obliged to re-employ the worker concerned”. If the company continues to lay off workers, the workers can make dem...
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Clean, green, and just? Community perspectives on the renewable energy transition in a New England city

In 2021, Massachusetts policymakers enacted a new climate law to cut carbon emissions by no less than 50% by 2030 on the way to a net zero energy system in 2050. Reaching this goal will require massive public investments in energy infrastructure, public and private efforts to make buildings and urban infrastructure more energy efficient, and shifts in personal energy consumption at the household l...
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