This paper aims to develop a nonrigid registration method of preoperative and intraoperative thoracoabdominal CT images in computer-assisted interventional surgeries for accurate tumor localization and tissue visualiz...This paper aims to develop a nonrigid registration method of preoperative and intraoperative thoracoabdominal CT images in computer-assisted interventional surgeries for accurate tumor localization and tissue visualization enhancement.However,fine structure registration of complex thoracoabdominal organs and large deformation registration caused by respiratory motion is challenging.To deal with this problem,we propose a 3D multi-scale attention VoxelMorph(MAVoxelMorph)registration network.To alleviate the large deformation problem,a multi-scale axial attention mechanism is utilized by using a residual dilated pyramid pooling for multi-scale feature extraction,and position-aware axial attention for long-distance dependencies between pixels capture.To further improve the large deformation and fine structure registration results,a multi-scale context channel attention mechanism is employed utilizing content information via adjacent encoding layers.Our method was evaluated on four public lung datasets(DIR-Lab dataset,Creatis dataset,Learn2Reg dataset,OASIS dataset)and a local dataset.Results proved that the proposed method achieved better registration performance than current state-of-the-art methods,especially in handling the registration of large deformations and fine structures.It also proved to be fast in 3D image registration,using about 1.5 s,and faster than most methods.Qualitative and quantitative assessments proved that the proposed MA-VoxelMorph has the potential to realize precise and fast tumor localization in clinical interventional surgeries.展开更多
Accurate estimation of the Direction-of-Arrival(DoA)of incident plane waves is essential for modern wireless communication,radar,sonar,and localization systems.Precise DoA information enables adaptive beamforming,spat...Accurate estimation of the Direction-of-Arrival(DoA)of incident plane waves is essential for modern wireless communication,radar,sonar,and localization systems.Precise DoA information enables adaptive beamforming,spatial filtering,and interference mitigation by steering antenna array beams toward desired sources while suppressing unwanted signals.Traditional one-dimensional Uniform Linear Arrays(ULAs)are limited to elevation angle estimation due to geometric constraints,typically within the range[0,π].To capture full spatial characteristics in environments with multipath and angular spread,joint estimation of both elevation and azimuth angles becomes necessary.However,existing 2D and 3D array geometries often entail increased hardware complexity and computational cost.This work proposes a novel and efficient framework for joint elevation and azimuth angle estimation using three spatially separated,parallel ULAs.The array configuration exploits spatial diversity and orthogonal projections to capture complete directional information with minimal structural overhead.A customized objective function based on the mean square error between measured and reconstructed array outputs is formulated to guide the estimation process.To solve the resulting non-convex optimization problem,three strategies are investigated:a global Genetic Algorithm(GA),a local Pattern Search(PS),and a hybrid GA-PS method that combines global exploration with local refinement.The proposed framework supports automatic pairing of elevation and azimuth angles,eliminating the need for manual post-processing.Extensive simulations validate the robustness,convergence,and accuracy of all three methods under varying signal-to-noise ratio conditions.Results confirm that the hybrid GA-PS approach achieves superior estimation performance and reduced computational complexity,making it well-suited for real-time and resource-constrained applications in next-generation sensing and communication systems.展开更多
Previous studies have shown that octamer-binding transcription factor 4(Oct4)plays a significant role in early embryonic development of mammalian animals,and different Oct4 expression levels induce multi-lineage diffe...Previous studies have shown that octamer-binding transcription factor 4(Oct4)plays a significant role in early embryonic development of mammalian animals,and different Oct4 expression levels induce multi-lineage differentiation which are regulated by DNA methylation.To explore the relationship between the methylation pattern of Oct4 gene exon 1 and embryonic development,in this work,five different tissues(heart,liver,lung,cerebrum and cerebellum)from three germ layers were chosen from low age(50–60 d)and advanced age(60–70 d)of fetal cattle and the differences between tissues or ages were analyzed,respectively.The result showed that the DNA methylation level of Oct4 gene exon 1 was significant different(P〈0.01)between any two of three germ layers in low age(〈60 d),but kept steady of advanced age(P〉0.05)(〉60 d),suggesting that 60-d post coital was an important boundary for embryonic development.In addition,in ectoderm(cerebrum and cerebellum),there was no significant methylation difference of Oct4 gene exon 1 between low age and advanced age(P〉0.05),but the result of endoderm(liver and lung)and mesoderm(heart)were on the contrary(P〈0.01),which indicated the development of ectoderm was earlier than endoderm and mesoderm.The methylation differences from the 3rd,5th and 9th Cp G-dinucleotide loci of Oct4 gene exon 1 were significantly different between each two of three germ layers(P〈0.05),indicating that these three loci may have important influence on bovine embryonic development.This study showed that bovine germ layers differentiation was significantly related to the DNA methylation status of Oct4 gene exon 1.This work firstly identified the DNA methylation profile of bovine Oct4 gene exon 1 and its association with germ layers development in fetus and adult of cattle.Moreover,the work also provided epigenetic information for further studying bovine embryonic development and cellular reprogramming.展开更多
An information hiding algorithm is proposed,which hides information by embedding secret data into the palette of bitmap resources of portable executable(PE)files.This algorithm has higher security than some traditiona...An information hiding algorithm is proposed,which hides information by embedding secret data into the palette of bitmap resources of portable executable(PE)files.This algorithm has higher security than some traditional ones because of integrating secret data and bitmap resources together.Through analyzing the principle of bitmap resources parsing in an operating system and the layer of resource data in PE files,a safe and useful solution is presented to solve two problems that bitmap resources are incorrectly analyzed and other resources data are confused in the process of data embedding.The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed algorithm are confirmed through computer experiments.展开更多
The demand for Electronic Shelf Labels(ESL),according to the Internet of Things(IoT)paradigm,is expected to grow considerably in the immediate future.Various wireless communication standards are currently contending t...The demand for Electronic Shelf Labels(ESL),according to the Internet of Things(IoT)paradigm,is expected to grow considerably in the immediate future.Various wireless communication standards are currently contending to gain an edge over the competition and provide the massive connectivity that will be required by a world in which everyday objects are expected to communicate with each other.Low-Power Wide-Area Networks(LPWANs)are continuously gaining momentum among these standards,mainly thanks to their ability to provide long-range coverage to devices,exploiting license-free frequency bands.The main theme of this work is one of the most prominent LPWAN technologies,LoRa.The purpose of this research is to provide long-range,less intermediate node,less energy dissipation,and a cheaper ESL system.Much research has already been done on designing the LoRaWAN network,not capable to make a reliable network.LoRa is using different gateways to transmit the same data,collision,data jamming,and data repetition are expected.According to the transmission behavior of LoRa,50%of data is lost.In this paper,the Improved Backoff Algorithm with synchronization technique is used to decrease overlapping and data loss.Besides,the improved Adaptive Data Rate algorithm(ADR)avoids the collision in concurrently transmitted data by using different Spreading Factors(SFs).The allocation of SF has the main role in designing LoRa based network to minimize the impact of the intra-interference,cost function,and Euclidean distance.For this purpose,the K-means machine learning algorithm is used for clustering.The data rate model is using an intra-slicing technique based on Maximum Likelihood Estimation(MLE).The data rate model includes three critical communication slices,High Critical Communication(HCC),Medium Critical Communication(MCC),and Low Critical Communication(LCC),having the specified number of End devices(EDs),payload budget delay,and data rate.Finally,different combinations of gateways are used to build ESL for 200 electronic shelf labels.展开更多
COVID-19 posed challenges for global tourism management.Changes in visitor temporal and spatial patterns and their associated determinants pre-and peri-pandemic in Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks are analyzed.D...COVID-19 posed challenges for global tourism management.Changes in visitor temporal and spatial patterns and their associated determinants pre-and peri-pandemic in Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks are analyzed.Data was collected through social media programming and analyzed using spatiotemporal analysis and a geographically weighted regression(GWR)model.Results highlight that COVID-19 significantly changed park visitation patterns.Visitors tended to explore more remote areas peri-pandemic.The GWR model also indicated distance to nearby trails was a significant influence on visitor density.Our results indicate that the pandemic influenced tourism temporal and spatial imbalance.This research presents a novel approach using combined social media big data which can be extended to the field of tourism management,and has important implications to manage visitor patterns and to allocate resources efficiently to satisfy multiple objectives of park management.展开更多
The cloud data centres evolved with an issue of energy management due to the constant increase in size,complexity and enormous consumption of energy.Energy management is a challenging issue that is critical in cloud d...The cloud data centres evolved with an issue of energy management due to the constant increase in size,complexity and enormous consumption of energy.Energy management is a challenging issue that is critical in cloud data centres and an important concern of research for many researchers.In this paper,we proposed a cuckoo search(CS)-based optimisation technique for the virtual machine(VM)selection and a novel placement algorithm considering the different constraints.The energy consumption model and the simulation model have been implemented for the efficient selection of VM.The proposed model CSOA-VM not only lessens the violations at the service level agreement(SLA)level but also minimises the VM migrations.The proposed model also saves energy and the performance analysis shows that energy consumption obtained is 1.35 kWh,SLA violation is 9.2 and VM migration is about 268.Thus,there is an improvement in energy consumption of about 1.8%and a 2.1%improvement(reduction)in violations of SLA in comparison to existing techniques.展开更多
With cloud computing,large chunks of data can be handled at a small cost.However,there are some reservations regarding the security and privacy of cloud data stored.For solving these issues and enhancing cloud computi...With cloud computing,large chunks of data can be handled at a small cost.However,there are some reservations regarding the security and privacy of cloud data stored.For solving these issues and enhancing cloud computing security,this research provides a Three-Layered Security Access model(TLSA)aligned to an intrusion detection mechanism,access control mechanism,and data encryption system.The TLSA underlines the need for the protection of sensitive data.This proposed approach starts with Layer 1 data encryption using the Advanced Encryption Standard(AES).For data transfer and storage,this encryption guarantees the data’s authenticity and secrecy.Surprisingly,the solution employs the AES encryption algorithm to secure essential data before storing them in the Cloud to minimize unauthorized access.Role-based access control(RBAC)implements the second strategic level,which ensures specific personnel access certain data and resources.In RBAC,each user is allowed a specific role and Permission.This implies that permitted users can access some data stored in the Cloud.This layer assists in filtering granular access to data,reducing the risk that undesired data will be discovered during the process.Layer 3 deals with intrusion detection systems(IDS),which detect and quickly deal with malicious actions and intrusion attempts.The proposed TLSA security model of e-commerce includes conventional levels of security,such as encryption and access control,and encloses an insight intrusion detection system.This method offers integrated solutions for most typical security issues of cloud computing,including data secrecy,method of access,and threats.An extensive performance test was carried out to confirm the efficiency of the proposed three-tier security method.Comparisons have been made with state-of-art techniques,including DES,RSA,and DUAL-RSA,keeping into account Accuracy,QILV,F-Measure,Sensitivity,MSE,PSNR,SSIM,and computation time,encryption time,and decryption time.The proposed TLSA method provides an accuracy of 89.23%,F-Measure of 0.876,and SSIM of 0.8564 at a computation time of 5.7 s.A comparison with existing methods shows the better performance of the proposed method,thus confirming the enhanced ability to address security issues in cloud computing.展开更多
During its growth stage,the plant is exposed to various diseases.Detection and early detection of crop diseases is amajor challenge in the horticulture industry.Crop infections can harmtotal crop yield and reduce farm...During its growth stage,the plant is exposed to various diseases.Detection and early detection of crop diseases is amajor challenge in the horticulture industry.Crop infections can harmtotal crop yield and reduce farmers’income if not identified early.Today’s approved method involves a professional plant pathologist to diagnose the disease by visual inspection of the afflicted plant leaves.This is an excellent use case for Community Assessment and Treatment Services(CATS)due to the lengthy manual disease diagnosis process and the accuracy of identification is directly proportional to the skills of pathologists.An alternative to conventional Machine Learning(ML)methods,which require manual identification of parameters for exact results,is to develop a prototype that can be classified without pre-processing.To automatically diagnose tomato leaf disease,this research proposes a hybrid model using the Convolutional Auto-Encoders(CAE)network and the CNN-based deep learning architecture of DenseNet.To date,none of the modern systems described in this paper have a combined model based on DenseNet,CAE,and ConvolutionalNeuralNetwork(CNN)todiagnose the ailments of tomato leaves automatically.Themodelswere trained on a dataset obtained from the Plant Village repository.The dataset consisted of 9920 tomato leaves,and the model-tomodel accuracy ratio was 98.35%.Unlike other approaches discussed in this paper,this hybrid strategy requires fewer training components.Therefore,the training time to classify plant diseases with the trained algorithm,as well as the training time to automatically detect the ailments of tomato leaves,is significantly reduced.展开更多
Social propagation denotes the spread phenomena directly correlated to the human world and society, which includes but is not limited to the diffusion of human epidemics, human-made malicious viruses, fake news, socia...Social propagation denotes the spread phenomena directly correlated to the human world and society, which includes but is not limited to the diffusion of human epidemics, human-made malicious viruses, fake news, social innovation, viral marketing, etc. Simulation and optimization are two major themes in social propagation, where network-based simulation helps to analyze and understand the social contagion, and problem-oriented optimization is devoted to contain or improve the infection results. Though there have been many models and optimization techniques, the matter of concern is that the increasing complexity and scales of propagation processes continuously refresh the former conclusions. Recently, evolutionary computation(EC) shows its potential in alleviating the concerns by introducing an evolving and developing perspective. With this insight, this paper intends to develop a comprehensive view of how EC takes effect in social propagation. Taxonomy is provided for classifying the propagation problems, and the applications of EC in solving these problems are reviewed. Furthermore, some open issues of social propagation and the potential applications of EC are discussed.This paper contributes to recognizing the problems in application-oriented EC design and paves the way for the development of evolving propagation dynamics.展开更多
To satisfy the demand for good quality underwater welding and maintenance of nuclear power stations,a set of local dry automatic welding systems has been developed.These systems were based on an underwater robot that ...To satisfy the demand for good quality underwater welding and maintenance of nuclear power stations,a set of local dry automatic welding systems has been developed.These systems were based on an underwater robot that consisted of a special high-power underwater welding power supply,diving wire feeder,mini drain cap,welding robot,and special underwater welding torch.With a digital signal controller microprocessor as its core and combined with a dual inverter topology,the welding power supply was characterized by full-digital construction and multi-waveform flexible output.A compact diving wire feeding device was designed,based on the armature voltage negative feedback and high-frequency chopping pulse width modulation.This device yielded a high-efficiency seal of the driving motor with the help of dynamic and static sealing technology.To overcome the difficulty of local protection and deslagging in the welding area,a mini drain cap(with a duplexgas structure)based on the principle of the convergent nozzle was designed.The practical tests and the underwater welding experiments revealed that the underwater robotic local dry welding system is quite feasible.That is,the system could strike the arc stably and reliably in the shallow water environment,and formed beautiful welding seams.展开更多
A Recommender System(RS)is a crucial part of several firms,particularly those involved in e-commerce.In conventional RS,a user may only offer a single rating for an item-that is insufficient to perceive consumer prefe...A Recommender System(RS)is a crucial part of several firms,particularly those involved in e-commerce.In conventional RS,a user may only offer a single rating for an item-that is insufficient to perceive consumer preferences.Nowadays,businesses in industries like e-learning and tourism enable customers to rate a product using a variety of factors to comprehend customers’preferences.On the other hand,the collaborative filtering(CF)algorithm utilizing AutoEncoder(AE)is seen to be effective in identifying user-interested items.However,the cost of these computations increases nonlinearly as the number of items and users increases.To triumph over the issues,a novel expanded stacked autoencoder(ESAE)with Kernel Fuzzy C-Means Clustering(KFCM)technique is proposed with two phases.In the first phase of offline,the sparse multicriteria rating matrix is smoothened to a complete matrix by predicting the users’intact rating by the ESAE approach and users are clustered using the KFCM approach.In the next phase of online,the top-N recommendation prediction is made by the ESAE approach involving only the most similar user from multiple clusters.Hence the ESAE_KFCM model upgrades the prediction accuracy of 98.2%in Top-N recommendation with a minimized recommendation generation time.An experimental check on the Yahoo!Movies(YM)movie dataset and TripAdvisor(TA)travel dataset confirmed that the ESAE_KFCM model constantly outperforms conventional RS algorithms on a variety of assessment measures.展开更多
Leukaemia is a type of blood cancer that is caused by undeveloped White Blood Cells(WBC),and it is also called a blast blood cell.In the marrow of human bones,leukaemia is developed and is responsible for blood cell g...Leukaemia is a type of blood cancer that is caused by undeveloped White Blood Cells(WBC),and it is also called a blast blood cell.In the marrow of human bones,leukaemia is developed and is responsible for blood cell generation with leukocytes and WBC,and if any cell gets blasted,then it may become a cause of death.Therefore,the diagnosis of leukaemia in its early stages helps greatly in the treatment along with saving human lives.Subsequently,in terms of detection,image segmentation techniques play a vital role,and they turn out to be the important image processing steps for the extraction of feature patterns from the Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia(ALL)type of blood cancer.Moreover,the image segmentation technique focuses on the division of cells by segmenting a microscopic image into background and cancer blood cell nucleus,which is well-known as the Region Of Interest(ROI).As a result,in this article,we attempt to build a segmentation technique capable of solving blood cell nucleus segmentation issues using four distinct scenarios,including K-means,FCM(Fuzzy Cmeans),K-means with FFA(Firefly Algorithm),and FCM with FFA.Also,we determine the most effective method of blood cell nucleus segmentation,which we subsequently use for the Leukaemia classification model.Finally,using the Convolution Neural Network(CNN)as a classifier,we developed a leukaemia cancer classification model from the microscopic images.The proposed system’s classification accuracy is tested using the CNN to test the model on the ALL-IDB dataset and equate it to the current state of the art.In terms of experimental analysis,we observed that the accuracy of the model is near to 99%,and it is far better than other existing models that are designed to segment and classify the types of leukaemia cancer in terms of ALL.展开更多
Medical image segmentation plays a crucial role in clinical diagnosis and therapy systems,yet still faces many challenges.Building on convolutional neural networks(CNNs),medical image segmentation has achieved tremend...Medical image segmentation plays a crucial role in clinical diagnosis and therapy systems,yet still faces many challenges.Building on convolutional neural networks(CNNs),medical image segmentation has achieved tremendous progress.However,owing to the locality of convolution operations,CNNs have the inherent limitation in learning global context.To address the limitation in building global context relationship from CNNs,we propose LGNet,a semantic segmentation network aiming to learn local and global features for fast and accurate medical image segmentation in this paper.Specifically,we employ a two-branch architecture consisting of convolution layers in one branch to learn local features and transformer layers in the other branch to learn global features.LGNet has two key insights:(1)We bridge two-branch to learn local and global features in an interactive way;(2)we present a novel multi-feature fusion model(MSFFM)to leverage the global contexture information from transformer and the local representational features from convolutions.Our method achieves state-of-the-art trade-off in terms of accuracy and efficiency on several medical image segmentation benchmarks including Synapse,ACDC and MOST.Specifically,LGNet achieves the state-of-the-art performance with Dice's indexes of 80.15%on Synapse,of 91.70%on ACDC,and of 95.56%on MOST.Meanwhile,the inference speed attains at 172 frames per second with 224-224 input resolution.The extensive experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed LGNet for fast and accurate for medical image segmentation.展开更多
Background A large number of robots have put forward the new requirements for human robot interaction.One of the problems in human-swarm robot interaction is how to naturally achieve an efficient and accurate interact...Background A large number of robots have put forward the new requirements for human robot interaction.One of the problems in human-swarm robot interaction is how to naturally achieve an efficient and accurate interaction between humans and swarm robot systems.To address this,this paper proposes a new type of human-swarm natural interaction system.Methods Through the cooperation between three-dimensional(3D)gesture interaction channel and natural language instruction channel,a natural and efficient interaction between a human and swarm robots is achieved.Results First,A 3D lasso technology realizes a batch-picking interaction of swarm robots through oriented bounding boxes.Second,control instruction labels for swarm-oriented robots are defined.The instruction label is integrated with the 3D gesture and natural language through instruction label filling.Finally,the understanding of natural language instructions is realized through a text classifier based on the maximum entropy model.A head-mounted augmented reality display device is used as a visual feedback channel.Conclusions The experiments on selecting robots verify the feasibility and availability of the system.展开更多
Molecular motors are proteins or protein complexes which function as transporting engines in biological cells. This paper models the tether between motor and its cargo as a symmetric linear potential. Different from E...Molecular motors are proteins or protein complexes which function as transporting engines in biological cells. This paper models the tether between motor and its cargo as a symmetric linear potential. Different from Elston and Peskin＇s work for which performance of the system was discussed only in some limiting cases, this study produces analytic solutions of the problem for general cases by simplifying the transport system into two physical states, which makes it possible to discuss the dynamics of the motor--cargo system in detail. It turns out that the tether strength between motor and cargo should be greater than a threshold or the motor will fail to transport the cargo, which was not discussed by former researchers yet. Value of the threshold depends on the diffusion coefficients of cargo and motor and also on the strength of the Brownian ratchets dragging the system. The threshold approaches a finite constant when the strength of the ratchet tends to infinity.展开更多
The security of the wireless sensor network-Internet of Things(WSN-IoT)network is more challenging due to its randomness and self-organized nature.Intrusion detection is one of the key methodologies utilized to ensure...The security of the wireless sensor network-Internet of Things(WSN-IoT)network is more challenging due to its randomness and self-organized nature.Intrusion detection is one of the key methodologies utilized to ensure the security of the network.Conventional intrusion detection mechanisms have issues such as higher misclassification rates,increased model complexity,insignificant feature extraction,increased training time,increased run time complexity,computation overhead,failure to identify new attacks,increased energy consumption,and a variety of other factors that limit the performance of the intrusion system model.In this research a security framework for WSN-IoT,through a deep learning technique is introduced using Modified Fuzzy-Adaptive DenseNet(MF_AdaDenseNet)and is benchmarked with datasets like NSL-KDD,UNSWNB15,CIDDS-001,Edge IIoT,Bot IoT.In this,the optimal feature selection using Capturing Dingo Optimization(CDO)is devised to acquire relevant features by removing redundant features.The proposed MF_AdaDenseNet intrusion detection model offers significant benefits by utilizing optimal feature selection with the CDO algorithm.This results in enhanced Detection Capacity with minimal computation complexity,as well as a reduction in False Alarm Rate(FAR)due to the consideration of classification error in the fitness estimation.As a result,the combined CDO-based feature selection and MF_AdaDenseNet intrusion detection mechanism outperform other state-of-the-art techniques,achieving maximal Detection Capacity,precision,recall,and F-Measure of 99.46%,99.54%,99.91%,and 99.68%,respectively,along with minimal FAR and Mean Absolute Error(MAE)of 0.9%and 0.11.展开更多
The current advancement in cloud computing,Artificial Intelligence(AI),and the Internet of Things(IoT)transformed the traditional healthcare system into smart healthcare.Healthcare services could be enhanced by incorp...The current advancement in cloud computing,Artificial Intelligence(AI),and the Internet of Things(IoT)transformed the traditional healthcare system into smart healthcare.Healthcare services could be enhanced by incorporating key techniques like AI and IoT.The convergence of AI and IoT provides distinct opportunities in the medical field.Fall is regarded as a primary cause of death or post-traumatic complication for the ageing population.Therefore,earlier detection of older person falls in smart homes is required to improve the survival rate of an individual or provide the necessary support.Lately,the emergence of IoT,AI,smartphones,wearables,and so on making it possible to design fall detection(FD)systems for smart home care.This article introduces a new Teamwork Optimization with Deep Learning based Fall Detection for IoT Enabled Smart Healthcare Systems(TWODLFDSHS).The TWODL-FDSHS technique’s goal is to detect fall events for a smart healthcare system.Initially,the presented TWODL-FDSHS technique exploits IoT devices for the data collection process.Next,the TWODLFDSHS technique applies the TWO with Capsule Network(CapsNet)model for feature extraction.At last,a deep random vector functional link network(DRVFLN)with an Adam optimizer is exploited for fall event detection.A wide range of simulations took place to exhibit the enhanced performance of the presentedTWODL-FDSHS technique.The experimental outcomes stated the enhancements of the TWODL-FDSHS method over other models with increased accuracy of 98.30%on the URFD dataset.展开更多
Achieving reliable and efficient weather classification for autonomous vehicles is crucial for ensuring safety and operational effectiveness.However,accurately classifying diverse and complex weather conditions remain...Achieving reliable and efficient weather classification for autonomous vehicles is crucial for ensuring safety and operational effectiveness.However,accurately classifying diverse and complex weather conditions remains a significant challenge.While advanced techniques such as Vision Transformers have been developed,they face key limitations,including high computational costs and limited generalization across varying weather conditions.These challenges present a critical research gap,particularly in applications where scalable and efficient solutions are needed to handle weather phenomena’intricate and dynamic nature in real-time.To address this gap,we propose a Multi-level Knowledge Distillation(MLKD)framework,which leverages the complementary strengths of state-of-the-art pre-trained models to enhance classification performance while minimizing computational overhead.Specifically,we employ ResNet50V2 and EfficientNetV2B3 as teacher models,known for their ability to capture complex image features and distil their knowledge into a custom lightweight Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)student model.This framework balances the trade-off between high classification accuracy and efficient resource consumption,ensuring real-time applicability in autonomous systems.Our Response-based Multi-level Knowledge Distillation(R-MLKD)approach effectively transfers rich,high-level feature representations from the teacher models to the student model,allowing the student to perform robustly with significantly fewer parameters and lower computational demands.The proposed method was evaluated on three public datasets(DAWN,BDD100K,and CITS traffic alerts),each containing seven weather classes with 2000 samples per class.The results demonstrate the effectiveness of MLKD,achieving a 97.3%accuracy,which surpasses conventional deep learning models.This work improves classification accuracy and tackles the practical challenges of model complexity,resource consumption,and real-time deployment,offering a scalable solution for weather classification in autonomous driving systems.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[62301374]Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China[2022CFB804]+2 种基金Hubei Provincial Education Research Project[B2022057]the Youths Science Foundation of Wuhan Institute of Technology[K202240]the 15th Graduate Education Innovation Fund of Wuhan Institute of Technology[CX2023295].
文摘This paper aims to develop a nonrigid registration method of preoperative and intraoperative thoracoabdominal CT images in computer-assisted interventional surgeries for accurate tumor localization and tissue visualization enhancement.However,fine structure registration of complex thoracoabdominal organs and large deformation registration caused by respiratory motion is challenging.To deal with this problem,we propose a 3D multi-scale attention VoxelMorph(MAVoxelMorph)registration network.To alleviate the large deformation problem,a multi-scale axial attention mechanism is utilized by using a residual dilated pyramid pooling for multi-scale feature extraction,and position-aware axial attention for long-distance dependencies between pixels capture.To further improve the large deformation and fine structure registration results,a multi-scale context channel attention mechanism is employed utilizing content information via adjacent encoding layers.Our method was evaluated on four public lung datasets(DIR-Lab dataset,Creatis dataset,Learn2Reg dataset,OASIS dataset)and a local dataset.Results proved that the proposed method achieved better registration performance than current state-of-the-art methods,especially in handling the registration of large deformations and fine structures.It also proved to be fast in 3D image registration,using about 1.5 s,and faster than most methods.Qualitative and quantitative assessments proved that the proposed MA-VoxelMorph has the potential to realize precise and fast tumor localization in clinical interventional surgeries.
基金supported and funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University(IMSIU)(grant number IMSIU-DDRSP2504)。
文摘Accurate estimation of the Direction-of-Arrival(DoA)of incident plane waves is essential for modern wireless communication,radar,sonar,and localization systems.Precise DoA information enables adaptive beamforming,spatial filtering,and interference mitigation by steering antenna array beams toward desired sources while suppressing unwanted signals.Traditional one-dimensional Uniform Linear Arrays(ULAs)are limited to elevation angle estimation due to geometric constraints,typically within the range[0,π].To capture full spatial characteristics in environments with multipath and angular spread,joint estimation of both elevation and azimuth angles becomes necessary.However,existing 2D and 3D array geometries often entail increased hardware complexity and computational cost.This work proposes a novel and efficient framework for joint elevation and azimuth angle estimation using three spatially separated,parallel ULAs.The array configuration exploits spatial diversity and orthogonal projections to capture complete directional information with minimal structural overhead.A customized objective function based on the mean square error between measured and reconstructed array outputs is formulated to guide the estimation process.To solve the resulting non-convex optimization problem,three strategies are investigated:a global Genetic Algorithm(GA),a local Pattern Search(PS),and a hybrid GA-PS method that combines global exploration with local refinement.The proposed framework supports automatic pairing of elevation and azimuth angles,eliminating the need for manual post-processing.Extensive simulations validate the robustness,convergence,and accuracy of all three methods under varying signal-to-noise ratio conditions.Results confirm that the hybrid GA-PS approach achieves superior estimation performance and reduced computational complexity,making it well-suited for real-time and resource-constrained applications in next-generation sensing and communication systems.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province,China(2014JQ3104)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31000655)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project(2014M560809)
文摘Previous studies have shown that octamer-binding transcription factor 4(Oct4)plays a significant role in early embryonic development of mammalian animals,and different Oct4 expression levels induce multi-lineage differentiation which are regulated by DNA methylation.To explore the relationship between the methylation pattern of Oct4 gene exon 1 and embryonic development,in this work,five different tissues(heart,liver,lung,cerebrum and cerebellum)from three germ layers were chosen from low age(50–60 d)and advanced age(60–70 d)of fetal cattle and the differences between tissues or ages were analyzed,respectively.The result showed that the DNA methylation level of Oct4 gene exon 1 was significant different(P〈0.01)between any two of three germ layers in low age(〈60 d),but kept steady of advanced age(P〉0.05)(〉60 d),suggesting that 60-d post coital was an important boundary for embryonic development.In addition,in ectoderm(cerebrum and cerebellum),there was no significant methylation difference of Oct4 gene exon 1 between low age and advanced age(P〉0.05),but the result of endoderm(liver and lung)and mesoderm(heart)were on the contrary(P〈0.01),which indicated the development of ectoderm was earlier than endoderm and mesoderm.The methylation differences from the 3rd,5th and 9th Cp G-dinucleotide loci of Oct4 gene exon 1 were significantly different between each two of three germ layers(P〈0.05),indicating that these three loci may have important influence on bovine embryonic development.This study showed that bovine germ layers differentiation was significantly related to the DNA methylation status of Oct4 gene exon 1.This work firstly identified the DNA methylation profile of bovine Oct4 gene exon 1 and its association with germ layers development in fetus and adult of cattle.Moreover,the work also provided epigenetic information for further studying bovine embryonic development and cellular reprogramming.
基金supported by the Applied Basic Research Programs of Sichuan Province under Grant No.2010JY0001the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No.ZYGX2010J068
文摘An information hiding algorithm is proposed,which hides information by embedding secret data into the palette of bitmap resources of portable executable(PE)files.This algorithm has higher security than some traditional ones because of integrating secret data and bitmap resources together.Through analyzing the principle of bitmap resources parsing in an operating system and the layer of resource data in PE files,a safe and useful solution is presented to solve two problems that bitmap resources are incorrectly analyzed and other resources data are confused in the process of data embedding.The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed algorithm are confirmed through computer experiments.
基金This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61702020)Beijing Natural Science Foundation(4172013)Beijing Natural Science Foundation-Haidian Primitive Innovation Joint Fund(L182007).
文摘The demand for Electronic Shelf Labels(ESL),according to the Internet of Things(IoT)paradigm,is expected to grow considerably in the immediate future.Various wireless communication standards are currently contending to gain an edge over the competition and provide the massive connectivity that will be required by a world in which everyday objects are expected to communicate with each other.Low-Power Wide-Area Networks(LPWANs)are continuously gaining momentum among these standards,mainly thanks to their ability to provide long-range coverage to devices,exploiting license-free frequency bands.The main theme of this work is one of the most prominent LPWAN technologies,LoRa.The purpose of this research is to provide long-range,less intermediate node,less energy dissipation,and a cheaper ESL system.Much research has already been done on designing the LoRaWAN network,not capable to make a reliable network.LoRa is using different gateways to transmit the same data,collision,data jamming,and data repetition are expected.According to the transmission behavior of LoRa,50%of data is lost.In this paper,the Improved Backoff Algorithm with synchronization technique is used to decrease overlapping and data loss.Besides,the improved Adaptive Data Rate algorithm(ADR)avoids the collision in concurrently transmitted data by using different Spreading Factors(SFs).The allocation of SF has the main role in designing LoRa based network to minimize the impact of the intra-interference,cost function,and Euclidean distance.For this purpose,the K-means machine learning algorithm is used for clustering.The data rate model is using an intra-slicing technique based on Maximum Likelihood Estimation(MLE).The data rate model includes three critical communication slices,High Critical Communication(HCC),Medium Critical Communication(MCC),and Low Critical Communication(LCC),having the specified number of End devices(EDs),payload budget delay,and data rate.Finally,different combinations of gateways are used to build ESL for 200 electronic shelf labels.
基金This research was supported by the UBC APFNet Grant(Project ID:2022sp2 CAN).
文摘COVID-19 posed challenges for global tourism management.Changes in visitor temporal and spatial patterns and their associated determinants pre-and peri-pandemic in Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks are analyzed.Data was collected through social media programming and analyzed using spatiotemporal analysis and a geographically weighted regression(GWR)model.Results highlight that COVID-19 significantly changed park visitation patterns.Visitors tended to explore more remote areas peri-pandemic.The GWR model also indicated distance to nearby trails was a significant influence on visitor density.Our results indicate that the pandemic influenced tourism temporal and spatial imbalance.This research presents a novel approach using combined social media big data which can be extended to the field of tourism management,and has important implications to manage visitor patterns and to allocate resources efficiently to satisfy multiple objectives of park management.
文摘The cloud data centres evolved with an issue of energy management due to the constant increase in size,complexity and enormous consumption of energy.Energy management is a challenging issue that is critical in cloud data centres and an important concern of research for many researchers.In this paper,we proposed a cuckoo search(CS)-based optimisation technique for the virtual machine(VM)selection and a novel placement algorithm considering the different constraints.The energy consumption model and the simulation model have been implemented for the efficient selection of VM.The proposed model CSOA-VM not only lessens the violations at the service level agreement(SLA)level but also minimises the VM migrations.The proposed model also saves energy and the performance analysis shows that energy consumption obtained is 1.35 kWh,SLA violation is 9.2 and VM migration is about 268.Thus,there is an improvement in energy consumption of about 1.8%and a 2.1%improvement(reduction)in violations of SLA in comparison to existing techniques.
基金funded by UKRI EPSRC Grant EP/W020408/1 Project SPRITE+2:The Security,Privacy,Identity and Trust Engagement Network plus(phase 2)for this studyThe authors also have been funded by PhD project RS718 on Explainable AI through UKRI EPSRC Grant funded Doctoral Training Centre at Swansea University.
文摘With cloud computing,large chunks of data can be handled at a small cost.However,there are some reservations regarding the security and privacy of cloud data stored.For solving these issues and enhancing cloud computing security,this research provides a Three-Layered Security Access model(TLSA)aligned to an intrusion detection mechanism,access control mechanism,and data encryption system.The TLSA underlines the need for the protection of sensitive data.This proposed approach starts with Layer 1 data encryption using the Advanced Encryption Standard(AES).For data transfer and storage,this encryption guarantees the data’s authenticity and secrecy.Surprisingly,the solution employs the AES encryption algorithm to secure essential data before storing them in the Cloud to minimize unauthorized access.Role-based access control(RBAC)implements the second strategic level,which ensures specific personnel access certain data and resources.In RBAC,each user is allowed a specific role and Permission.This implies that permitted users can access some data stored in the Cloud.This layer assists in filtering granular access to data,reducing the risk that undesired data will be discovered during the process.Layer 3 deals with intrusion detection systems(IDS),which detect and quickly deal with malicious actions and intrusion attempts.The proposed TLSA security model of e-commerce includes conventional levels of security,such as encryption and access control,and encloses an insight intrusion detection system.This method offers integrated solutions for most typical security issues of cloud computing,including data secrecy,method of access,and threats.An extensive performance test was carried out to confirm the efficiency of the proposed three-tier security method.Comparisons have been made with state-of-art techniques,including DES,RSA,and DUAL-RSA,keeping into account Accuracy,QILV,F-Measure,Sensitivity,MSE,PSNR,SSIM,and computation time,encryption time,and decryption time.The proposed TLSA method provides an accuracy of 89.23%,F-Measure of 0.876,and SSIM of 0.8564 at a computation time of 5.7 s.A comparison with existing methods shows the better performance of the proposed method,thus confirming the enhanced ability to address security issues in cloud computing.
基金funded by UKRI EPSRC Grant EP/W020408/1 Project SPRITE+2:The Security,Privacy,Identity,and Trust Engagement Network plus(phase 2)for this studyfunded by PhD project RS718 on Explainable AI through the UKRI EPSRC Grant-funded Doctoral Training Centre at Swansea University.
文摘During its growth stage,the plant is exposed to various diseases.Detection and early detection of crop diseases is amajor challenge in the horticulture industry.Crop infections can harmtotal crop yield and reduce farmers’income if not identified early.Today’s approved method involves a professional plant pathologist to diagnose the disease by visual inspection of the afflicted plant leaves.This is an excellent use case for Community Assessment and Treatment Services(CATS)due to the lengthy manual disease diagnosis process and the accuracy of identification is directly proportional to the skills of pathologists.An alternative to conventional Machine Learning(ML)methods,which require manual identification of parameters for exact results,is to develop a prototype that can be classified without pre-processing.To automatically diagnose tomato leaf disease,this research proposes a hybrid model using the Convolutional Auto-Encoders(CAE)network and the CNN-based deep learning architecture of DenseNet.To date,none of the modern systems described in this paper have a combined model based on DenseNet,CAE,and ConvolutionalNeuralNetwork(CNN)todiagnose the ailments of tomato leaves automatically.Themodelswere trained on a dataset obtained from the Plant Village repository.The dataset consisted of 9920 tomato leaves,and the model-tomodel accuracy ratio was 98.35%.Unlike other approaches discussed in this paper,this hybrid strategy requires fewer training components.Therefore,the training time to classify plant diseases with the trained algorithm,as well as the training time to automatically detect the ailments of tomato leaves,is significantly reduced.
基金by National Key Research and Development Project,Ministry of Science and Technology,China(No.2018AAA0101300)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61976093 and 61873097)+1 种基金Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Innovative Platform of Big Data and Computational Intelligence(No.2018B050502006)Guangdong Natural Science Foundation Research Team(No.2018B030312003).
文摘Social propagation denotes the spread phenomena directly correlated to the human world and society, which includes but is not limited to the diffusion of human epidemics, human-made malicious viruses, fake news, social innovation, viral marketing, etc. Simulation and optimization are two major themes in social propagation, where network-based simulation helps to analyze and understand the social contagion, and problem-oriented optimization is devoted to contain or improve the infection results. Though there have been many models and optimization techniques, the matter of concern is that the increasing complexity and scales of propagation processes continuously refresh the former conclusions. Recently, evolutionary computation(EC) shows its potential in alleviating the concerns by introducing an evolving and developing perspective. With this insight, this paper intends to develop a comprehensive view of how EC takes effect in social propagation. Taxonomy is provided for classifying the propagation problems, and the applications of EC in solving these problems are reviewed. Furthermore, some open issues of social propagation and the potential applications of EC are discussed.This paper contributes to recognizing the problems in application-oriented EC design and paves the way for the development of evolving propagation dynamics.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Numbers 51375173).
文摘To satisfy the demand for good quality underwater welding and maintenance of nuclear power stations,a set of local dry automatic welding systems has been developed.These systems were based on an underwater robot that consisted of a special high-power underwater welding power supply,diving wire feeder,mini drain cap,welding robot,and special underwater welding torch.With a digital signal controller microprocessor as its core and combined with a dual inverter topology,the welding power supply was characterized by full-digital construction and multi-waveform flexible output.A compact diving wire feeding device was designed,based on the armature voltage negative feedback and high-frequency chopping pulse width modulation.This device yielded a high-efficiency seal of the driving motor with the help of dynamic and static sealing technology.To overcome the difficulty of local protection and deslagging in the welding area,a mini drain cap(with a duplexgas structure)based on the principle of the convergent nozzle was designed.The practical tests and the underwater welding experiments revealed that the underwater robotic local dry welding system is quite feasible.That is,the system could strike the arc stably and reliably in the shallow water environment,and formed beautiful welding seams.
文摘A Recommender System(RS)is a crucial part of several firms,particularly those involved in e-commerce.In conventional RS,a user may only offer a single rating for an item-that is insufficient to perceive consumer preferences.Nowadays,businesses in industries like e-learning and tourism enable customers to rate a product using a variety of factors to comprehend customers’preferences.On the other hand,the collaborative filtering(CF)algorithm utilizing AutoEncoder(AE)is seen to be effective in identifying user-interested items.However,the cost of these computations increases nonlinearly as the number of items and users increases.To triumph over the issues,a novel expanded stacked autoencoder(ESAE)with Kernel Fuzzy C-Means Clustering(KFCM)technique is proposed with two phases.In the first phase of offline,the sparse multicriteria rating matrix is smoothened to a complete matrix by predicting the users’intact rating by the ESAE approach and users are clustered using the KFCM approach.In the next phase of online,the top-N recommendation prediction is made by the ESAE approach involving only the most similar user from multiple clusters.Hence the ESAE_KFCM model upgrades the prediction accuracy of 98.2%in Top-N recommendation with a minimized recommendation generation time.An experimental check on the Yahoo!Movies(YM)movie dataset and TripAdvisor(TA)travel dataset confirmed that the ESAE_KFCM model constantly outperforms conventional RS algorithms on a variety of assessment measures.
基金We deeply acknowledge Taif University for supporting this study through Taif University Researchers Supporting Project number(TURSP-2020/115),Taif University,Taif,Saudi Arabia.
文摘Leukaemia is a type of blood cancer that is caused by undeveloped White Blood Cells(WBC),and it is also called a blast blood cell.In the marrow of human bones,leukaemia is developed and is responsible for blood cell generation with leukocytes and WBC,and if any cell gets blasted,then it may become a cause of death.Therefore,the diagnosis of leukaemia in its early stages helps greatly in the treatment along with saving human lives.Subsequently,in terms of detection,image segmentation techniques play a vital role,and they turn out to be the important image processing steps for the extraction of feature patterns from the Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia(ALL)type of blood cancer.Moreover,the image segmentation technique focuses on the division of cells by segmenting a microscopic image into background and cancer blood cell nucleus,which is well-known as the Region Of Interest(ROI).As a result,in this article,we attempt to build a segmentation technique capable of solving blood cell nucleus segmentation issues using four distinct scenarios,including K-means,FCM(Fuzzy Cmeans),K-means with FFA(Firefly Algorithm),and FCM with FFA.Also,we determine the most effective method of blood cell nucleus segmentation,which we subsequently use for the Leukaemia classification model.Finally,using the Convolution Neural Network(CNN)as a classifier,we developed a leukaemia cancer classification model from the microscopic images.The proposed system’s classification accuracy is tested using the CNN to test the model on the ALL-IDB dataset and equate it to the current state of the art.In terms of experimental analysis,we observed that the accuracy of the model is near to 99%,and it is far better than other existing models that are designed to segment and classify the types of leukaemia cancer in terms of ALL.
基金supported by the Open-Fund of WNLO (Grant No.2018WNLOKF027)the Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robot in Wuhan Institute of Technology (Grant No.HBIRL 202003).
文摘Medical image segmentation plays a crucial role in clinical diagnosis and therapy systems,yet still faces many challenges.Building on convolutional neural networks(CNNs),medical image segmentation has achieved tremendous progress.However,owing to the locality of convolution operations,CNNs have the inherent limitation in learning global context.To address the limitation in building global context relationship from CNNs,we propose LGNet,a semantic segmentation network aiming to learn local and global features for fast and accurate medical image segmentation in this paper.Specifically,we employ a two-branch architecture consisting of convolution layers in one branch to learn local features and transformer layers in the other branch to learn global features.LGNet has two key insights:(1)We bridge two-branch to learn local and global features in an interactive way;(2)we present a novel multi-feature fusion model(MSFFM)to leverage the global contexture information from transformer and the local representational features from convolutions.Our method achieves state-of-the-art trade-off in terms of accuracy and efficiency on several medical image segmentation benchmarks including Synapse,ACDC and MOST.Specifically,LGNet achieves the state-of-the-art performance with Dice's indexes of 80.15%on Synapse,of 91.70%on ACDC,and of 95.56%on MOST.Meanwhile,the inference speed attains at 172 frames per second with 224-224 input resolution.The extensive experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed LGNet for fast and accurate for medical image segmentation.
基金Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(2019B090915002).
文摘Background A large number of robots have put forward the new requirements for human robot interaction.One of the problems in human-swarm robot interaction is how to naturally achieve an efficient and accurate interaction between humans and swarm robot systems.To address this,this paper proposes a new type of human-swarm natural interaction system.Methods Through the cooperation between three-dimensional(3D)gesture interaction channel and natural language instruction channel,a natural and efficient interaction between a human and swarm robots is achieved.Results First,A 3D lasso technology realizes a batch-picking interaction of swarm robots through oriented bounding boxes.Second,control instruction labels for swarm-oriented robots are defined.The instruction label is integrated with the 3D gesture and natural language through instruction label filling.Finally,the understanding of natural language instructions is realized through a text classifier based on the maximum entropy model.A head-mounted augmented reality display device is used as a visual feedback channel.Conclusions The experiments on selecting robots verify the feasibility and availability of the system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30600121)Doctoral Foundation of Shandong Province of China (Grant No. 2007BS09002)
文摘Molecular motors are proteins or protein complexes which function as transporting engines in biological cells. This paper models the tether between motor and its cargo as a symmetric linear potential. Different from Elston and Peskin＇s work for which performance of the system was discussed only in some limiting cases, this study produces analytic solutions of the problem for general cases by simplifying the transport system into two physical states, which makes it possible to discuss the dynamics of the motor--cargo system in detail. It turns out that the tether strength between motor and cargo should be greater than a threshold or the motor will fail to transport the cargo, which was not discussed by former researchers yet. Value of the threshold depends on the diffusion coefficients of cargo and motor and also on the strength of the Brownian ratchets dragging the system. The threshold approaches a finite constant when the strength of the ratchet tends to infinity.
基金Authors extend their appreciation to King Saud University for funding the publication of this research through the Researchers Supporting Project number(RSPD2024R809),King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia.
文摘The security of the wireless sensor network-Internet of Things(WSN-IoT)network is more challenging due to its randomness and self-organized nature.Intrusion detection is one of the key methodologies utilized to ensure the security of the network.Conventional intrusion detection mechanisms have issues such as higher misclassification rates,increased model complexity,insignificant feature extraction,increased training time,increased run time complexity,computation overhead,failure to identify new attacks,increased energy consumption,and a variety of other factors that limit the performance of the intrusion system model.In this research a security framework for WSN-IoT,through a deep learning technique is introduced using Modified Fuzzy-Adaptive DenseNet(MF_AdaDenseNet)and is benchmarked with datasets like NSL-KDD,UNSWNB15,CIDDS-001,Edge IIoT,Bot IoT.In this,the optimal feature selection using Capturing Dingo Optimization(CDO)is devised to acquire relevant features by removing redundant features.The proposed MF_AdaDenseNet intrusion detection model offers significant benefits by utilizing optimal feature selection with the CDO algorithm.This results in enhanced Detection Capacity with minimal computation complexity,as well as a reduction in False Alarm Rate(FAR)due to the consideration of classification error in the fitness estimation.As a result,the combined CDO-based feature selection and MF_AdaDenseNet intrusion detection mechanism outperform other state-of-the-art techniques,achieving maximal Detection Capacity,precision,recall,and F-Measure of 99.46%,99.54%,99.91%,and 99.68%,respectively,along with minimal FAR and Mean Absolute Error(MAE)of 0.9%and 0.11.
基金The Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR)at King Abdulaziz University (KAU),Jeddah,Saudi Arabia has funded this project,under grant no.KEP-4-120-42.
文摘The current advancement in cloud computing,Artificial Intelligence(AI),and the Internet of Things(IoT)transformed the traditional healthcare system into smart healthcare.Healthcare services could be enhanced by incorporating key techniques like AI and IoT.The convergence of AI and IoT provides distinct opportunities in the medical field.Fall is regarded as a primary cause of death or post-traumatic complication for the ageing population.Therefore,earlier detection of older person falls in smart homes is required to improve the survival rate of an individual or provide the necessary support.Lately,the emergence of IoT,AI,smartphones,wearables,and so on making it possible to design fall detection(FD)systems for smart home care.This article introduces a new Teamwork Optimization with Deep Learning based Fall Detection for IoT Enabled Smart Healthcare Systems(TWODLFDSHS).The TWODL-FDSHS technique’s goal is to detect fall events for a smart healthcare system.Initially,the presented TWODL-FDSHS technique exploits IoT devices for the data collection process.Next,the TWODLFDSHS technique applies the TWO with Capsule Network(CapsNet)model for feature extraction.At last,a deep random vector functional link network(DRVFLN)with an Adam optimizer is exploited for fall event detection.A wide range of simulations took place to exhibit the enhanced performance of the presentedTWODL-FDSHS technique.The experimental outcomes stated the enhancements of the TWODL-FDSHS method over other models with increased accuracy of 98.30%on the URFD dataset.
文摘Achieving reliable and efficient weather classification for autonomous vehicles is crucial for ensuring safety and operational effectiveness.However,accurately classifying diverse and complex weather conditions remains a significant challenge.While advanced techniques such as Vision Transformers have been developed,they face key limitations,including high computational costs and limited generalization across varying weather conditions.These challenges present a critical research gap,particularly in applications where scalable and efficient solutions are needed to handle weather phenomena’intricate and dynamic nature in real-time.To address this gap,we propose a Multi-level Knowledge Distillation(MLKD)framework,which leverages the complementary strengths of state-of-the-art pre-trained models to enhance classification performance while minimizing computational overhead.Specifically,we employ ResNet50V2 and EfficientNetV2B3 as teacher models,known for their ability to capture complex image features and distil their knowledge into a custom lightweight Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)student model.This framework balances the trade-off between high classification accuracy and efficient resource consumption,ensuring real-time applicability in autonomous systems.Our Response-based Multi-level Knowledge Distillation(R-MLKD)approach effectively transfers rich,high-level feature representations from the teacher models to the student model,allowing the student to perform robustly with significantly fewer parameters and lower computational demands.The proposed method was evaluated on three public datasets(DAWN,BDD100K,and CITS traffic alerts),each containing seven weather classes with 2000 samples per class.The results demonstrate the effectiveness of MLKD,achieving a 97.3%accuracy,which surpasses conventional deep learning models.This work improves classification accuracy and tackles the practical challenges of model complexity,resource consumption,and real-time deployment,offering a scalable solution for weather classification in autonomous driving systems.
