Gradient pooling distillation network for lightweight single image super-resolution reconstruction by Zhiyong Hong, GuanJie Liang, Liping Xiong

“…In the GPDN we leverage multi-level stacked feature distillation hybrid units to capture multi-scale feature representations, which are subsequently synthesized for dynamic feature space optimization. …”
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A Novel Hybrid GCN-LSTM Algorithm for Energy Stock Price Prediction: Leveraging Temporal Dynamics and Inter-Stock Relationships by Babak Amiri, Amirali Haddadi, Kosar Farajpour Mojdehi

“…By employing a graph structure derived from Dynamic Time Warping (DTW), the GCN captures inter-stock relationships, while the attention mechanism within the LSTM component refines the modelling of temporal dynamics, allowing the model to focus on the most relevant historical information. …”
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Studying the fracture surface of brass CuZn37 and aluminum 1100 and their relationship with formability in Single Point Incremental Forming by Marwa K. Qate'a, Muhsin J. Jweeg, Adnan I. Mohammed

“…The formability of the specimens in terms of fracture depth and maximum wall angle was measured; and scanning electron microscopic photography was used to capture the fractured surface of the specimens to perform a fractography analysis. …”
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UniLF: A novel short-term load forecasting model uniformly considering various features from multivariate load data by Shiyang Zhou, Qingyong Zhang, Peng Xiao, Bingrong Xu, Geshuai Luo

“…To address the above problems, we design a novel STLF model called UniLF based on Transformer framework, which contains the proposed convolutional enhancement-fusion embedding method to capture the correlations between load and covariates for embedding, the proposed feature reconstruction-decomposition block to distill multiscale features as well as more detailed local-global variations from 2D space and the core mask-guided multiscale interactive self-attention mechanism to further realize the enhanced interactions of scale features and temporal features. …”
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XTNSR: Xception-based transformer network for single image super resolution by Jagrati Talreja, Supavadee Aramvith, Takao Onoye

“…Whereas the Xception blocks use depth-wise separable convolutions for hierarchical feature extraction, the LWFT blocks capture long-range dependencies and fine-grained qualities. …”
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A Large-Scale Snow Depth Retrieval Method for Alaska Based on Point-Surface Fusion and Random Forest Model by Ningjun Wang, Tiantian Liu

“…The results indicate that the proposed method effectively captures the spatiotemporal variations in snow depth across Alaska from 2008 to 2016, providing valuable technical support for snow depth monitoring and climate change research in cold regions.…”
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Techniques for Suppressing Mineral Dust Aerosol from Raw Material Stockpiles and Open Pit Mines: A Review by Hsin-Chieh Kung, Wan-Ching Lin, Bo-Wun Huang, Justus Kavita Mutuku, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien

“…Industries with notable mineral dust production capture and suppress dust using dry and wet techniques to curb nuisance and attain air quality regulations. …”
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Turistas en la Grand Place de Bruselas by María García

“…Tourists and visitors take pictures of these places as well as of themselves in such places, allowing an easy identification of the tourist city. It is a way of capturing a moment of the journey that, since the birth of photography, has served as memory and support for distinction. …”
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Assessing urban vegetation inequalities: Methodological insights and evidence by Alicia González-Marín, Marco Garrido-Cumbrera

“…The review highlights the importance of image acquisition times and temporal resolution in capturing dynamic urban environments. The spatial scale most adopted is the census block group, suitable for assessing urban inequalities. …”
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Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulations of the Hydrogen and Methane storage capacities of a novel Co-MOF by A. Granja-DelRío, I. Cabria

“…Given that Co-based MOF has been relatively unexplored for gas adsorption, this study provides a foundation for further research into their potential for broader industrial applications, including energy storage and environmental gas capture.…”
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The Impact of Stokvel and Banking Sector Efficiency: an Econometrics Model using (ARDL) Approach to Cointegration by Ngcobo, Lindiwe

“…Aim: The aims are to attempts to capture the relationship between stokvel and banking sector development across its proxy of banking sector efficiency. …”
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Paediatric one-day admission: why and is it necessary? by Jing Zhan Lock, Zi Xean Khoo, Jen Heng Pek

“…An unnecessary admission was defined as one with no diagnostic test ordered, intravenous medication administered, therapeutic procedure performed or specialty review made in the inpatient unit. Data were captured in a standardised form and analysed. Results: There were 13,944 paediatric attendances — 1,160 (8.3%) paediatric patients were admitted. …”
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Assessment of bias correction methods for high resolution daily precipitation projections with CMIP6 models: A Canadian case study by Xinyi Li, Zhong Li

“…QDM and SDM substantially enhance the performance of individual GCMs, which reduces RMSE by 26 % and 21 %, and shows satisfactory skill in capturing seasonal cycle and spatial variability as well as reproducing probability distribution of daily series and extreme events. …”
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Who Puts the ‘Open’ in Open Knowledge? by Montgomery Lucy, Neylon Cameron, Wilson Katie, Huang Chun-Kai (Karl), Hosking Richard, Ozaygen Alkim, Handcock Rebecca

“…However, open knowledge aspirations are being stymied by comparative rankings that are built on data that excludes the work of entire disciplines, continents and languages; and are not capable of capturing important aspects of the value universities create. …”
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Child Abuse and Pupils’ Academic Performance in Primary Schools of Kayonza Sub-County Kanungu District. by Turyahabwa, Alex

“…Qualitative data was analyzed to capture respondents' stories and experiences related to the research questions. …”
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An Examination of the Challenges Faced in the Implementation of the Competence Based Curriculum in Secondary Schools in Uganda. by Kukundakwe, Ruth

“…The study examined the challenges faced in the implementation of the competence-based curriculum in secondary schools in Uganda; A case study of Rukiga district following the objectives of the study which were to identify the methods used by secondary teachers in teaching the CBC, to examine the availability of materials (financial, library, physical, and instructional) used in competency-based curriculum in schools and to capture teachers’ suggestions for improvement. The study adopted descriptive research design using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. …”
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Commercial Banks and Socio Economic Wellbeing of the People: A case study of Equity Bank Kabale Branch. by Timothy, Begambagyedo

“…The study further recommends that the Commercial Banks should introduce and those that have maintain and upgrade the information technology to capture and control the history and progress on the loans that have been given out so as to reduce on the default rates of these commercial Banks The study also recommends that Banks should use Credit Reference Bureau as it provides information about the credit history of clients seeking facilities from the Bank.…”
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Operation Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction in Kabale District: A Case Study of Rubaya Sub-County by Katusiime, Marion

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Length-weight relationship, condition factors and reproductive biology of the spineless cuttlefish Sepiella inermis (Ferussac & d’Orbigny, 1848) in the southeastern regions of... by Roksana Jahan, Md. Nasim Mahmud

“…Five gonadal (immature, maturing, mature, spawning, and spent) and four testis maturation stages were observed. …”
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Captive breeding, developmental biology and commercial production of<i> Dravidia fasciata</i>- An indigenous ornamental fish of the Western Ghats of India by T.V. Anna Mercy, Eapen Jacob, K. Raju Thomas

“…A sexually mature male developed beautiful pinkish red tinge all over the body. …”
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