Academic Articles & Research Papers

Reflections on Phishing for Phools – The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

Abstract: Nobel Prize winning economists Akerlof and Shiller’s phishing for phools explains the economics behind mass deception and manipulation in market economies. While “phishing” is commonly known as a form of internet fraught, their bo...

Discriminating Similar Naval Vessels Using YOLOv8 Deep Neural Network

The next generation of United States Navy uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) is expected to operate in global positioning system and radio frequency-denied maritime environments. In these challenging conditions, these UASs must accurately ident...

YOLOv11n-GrapeLite: A Lightweight Multi-Variety Grape Recognition Model

To address the challenges of rapid and accurate grape variety identification in natural orchard environments, along with the demand for efficient deployment on mobile devices, we propose in this paper YOLOv11n-GrapeLite, a lightweight model...

Multimodal deep learning for automated atomic qubits fabrication in silicon

Donor-based spin qubits in silicon are a promising platform for scalable quantum computing due to their long coherence times and high-fidelity gate operations. A viable path for fabricating donor qubit arrays with atomic precision is scanni...

Mcm5 mutation leads to silencing of Stat1-bcl2 which accelerating apoptosis of immature T lymphocytes with DNA damage

Abstract Mutation in genes involved in DNA replication continuously disrupt DNA replication and give rise to genomic instability, a critical driver of oncogenesis. To prevent leukemia, immature T lymphocytes with genomic instability often u...

Small Object Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv8 for Remote Sensing

Due to the limitations of small targets in remote sensing images, such as background noise, poor information, and so on, the results of commonly used detection algorithms in small target detection is not satisfactory. To improve the accurac...

GDG-YOLO: A dual-branch lightweight network based on global context augmentation for laryngeal disease detection.

DETECTION AND RECOGNITION OF ROAD SIGNS USING YOLOv5

In the field of deep learning, a convolutional neural network is a class of artificial neural networks that became dominant in various computer vision tasks, which is widely used to solve complex problems in various areas, including driver ...

Artificial Intelligence in Routine IVF Practice

Background: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool in in vitro fertilization (IVF) as it has done in other sectors. In IVF, AI offers advancements in embryo selection, treatment personalization, and outcome predic...

Automated Burr Quality Classification in Drilling of AA6013 Aluminum Alloy Using YOLOv10n

Burr formation during drilling of aluminum alloys can compromise hole quality and assembly accuracy, increasing the need for secondary deburring operations. The time-consuming and operator-dependent nature of manual visual inspection create...

TranSDet: Toward Effective Transfer Learning for Small-Object Detection

Small-object detection is a challenging task in computer vision due to the limited training samples and low-quality images. Transfer learning, which transfers the knowledge learned from a large dataset to a small dataset, is a popular metho...

Melanoma Lesion Detection and Segmentation Using YOLOv4-DarkNet and Active Contour

Melanoma is the skin cancer caused by the ultraviolet radiation from the Sun and has only 15-20% of survival rate. Late diagnosis of melanoma leads to the severe malignancy of disease, and metastasis expands to the other body organs i.e. li...

Advanced Swine Management: Infrared Imaging for Precise Localization of Reproductive Organs in Livestock Monitoring

Traditional methods for predicting sow reproductive cycles are not only costly but also demand a larger workforce, exposing workers to respiratory toxins, repetitive stress injuries, and chronic pain. This occupational hazard can even lead ...

A coarse to fine network for fast and accurate object detection in high‐resolution images

Abstract Because of the popularisation of high‐resolution images, detecting objects in these images quickly and accurately has attracted increasing attention in recent studies. Current convolutional neural networks (CNN)‐based detection met...

MaskDis R‐CNN: An instance segmentation algorithm with adversarial network for herd pigs

Abstract The current instance segmentation method can achieve satisfactory results in common scenarios. However, under the overlap or partial occlusion between targets caused by the complex scenes, accurate segmentation of pigs remains a ch...

A Systematic YOLO-Specific Model Selection for Mechanical Fault Identification in High-Voltage Insulators

Regular monitoring of outdoor insulators is crucial to ensure the reliable functioning of the power grid. With recent progress in computer vision technologies, traditional manual and expensive visual inspections can now be replaced by autom...

Implementation and Design of a Smart Pharmacy Automation System Using Raspberry Pi

Manual medication dispensing in pharmacies remains prone to human errors and is time-intensive, particularly under high patient loads, while existing commercial automation solutions are cost-prohibitive for small to medium-sized pharmacy se...

Autonomous Robotic Platform for Precision Viticulture: Integrated Mobility, Multimodal Sensing, and AI-Based Leaf Sampling

Viticulture is facing growing economic and environmental pressures that demand a transition toward intelligent and autonomous crop management systems. Phytopathologies remain one of the most critical threats, causing substantial yield losse...

A Self-Adaptive Traffic Signal System Integrating Real-Time Vehicle Detection and License Plate Recognition for Enhanced Traffic Management

Traffic management systems play a crucial role in smart cities, especially because increasing urban populations lead to higher traffic volumes on roads. This results in increased congestion at intersections, causing delays and traffic viola...

Detection and Control Framework for Unpiloted Ground Support Equipment within the Aircraft Stand

The rapid advancement in Unpiloted Robotic Vehicle technology has significantly influenced ground support operations at airports, marking a critical shift towards future development. This study presents a novel Unpiloted Ground Support Equi...