Inzamam Mashood Nasir¹, Asima Bibi², Jamal Hussain Shah², Muhammad Attique Khan¹, Muhammad Sharif², Khalid Iqbal³, Yunyoung Nam⁴, Seifedine Kadry^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.2, pp. 1949-1962, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.012945 - 26 November 2020

Abstract Agriculture is essential for the economy and plant disease must be minimized. Early recognition of problems is important, but the manual inspection is slow, error-prone, and has high manpower and time requirements. Artificial intelligence can be used to extract fruit color, shape, or texture data, thus aiding the detection of infections. Recently, the convolutional neural network (CNN) techniques show a massive success for image classification tasks. CNN extracts more detailed features and can work efficiently with large datasets. In this work, we used a combined deep neural network and contour feature-based approach to classify fruits… More >

Yuming Chu^1,2, Muhannad A. Shallal³, Seyed Mehdi Mirhosseini-Alizamini⁴, Hadi Rezazadeh⁵, Shumaila Javeed^6,*, Dumitru Baleanu^7,8

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.2, pp. 1369-1378, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.012611 - 26 November 2020

Abstract The purpose of this work is to find new soliton solutions of the complex Ginzburg–Landau equation (GLE) with Kerr law non-linearity. The considered equation is an imperative nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) in the field of physics. The applications of complex GLE can be found in optics, plasma and other related fields. The modified extended tanh technique with Riccati equation is applied to solve the Complex GLE. The results are presented under a suitable choice for the values of parameters. Figures are shown using the three and two-dimensional plots to represent the shape of the… More >

K. V. Praveen¹, P. M. Joe Prathap², S. Dhanasekaran³, I. S. Hephzi Punithavathi⁴, P. Duraipandy⁵, Irina V. Pustokhina⁶, Denis A. Pustokhin^7,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.2, pp. 1987-2003, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.012398 - 26 November 2020

Abstract Recent developments in information technology can be attributed to the development of smart cities which act as a key enabler for next-generation intelligent systems to improve security, reliability, and efficiency. The healthcare sector becomes advantageous and offers different ways to manage patient information in order to improve healthcare service quality. The futuristic sustainable computing solutions in e-healthcare applications depend upon Internet of Things (IoT) in cloud computing environment. The energy consumed during data communication from IoT devices to cloud server is significantly high and it needs to be reduced with the help of clustering techniques.… More >

Adnan¹, Umar Khan², Naveed Ahmed³, Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din⁴, Ilyas Khan^5,*, Dumitru Baleanu^6,7,8, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar⁹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.2, pp. 1563-1576, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.012326 - 26 November 2020

Abstract Thermal transport investigation in colloidal suspensions is taking a significant research direction. The applications of these fluids are found in various industries, engineering, aerodynamics, mechanical engineering and medical sciences etc. A huge amount of thermal transport is essential in the operation of various industrial production processes. It is a fact that conventional liquids have lower thermal transport characteristics as compared to colloidal suspensions. The colloidal suspensions have high thermal performance due to the thermophysical attributes of the nanoparticles and the host liquid. Therefore, researchers focused on the analysis of the heat transport in nanofluids under… More >

Ling Li^*, Xuyu Yan, Juan Li, Yashan Tian, Pan Ren

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.90, No.1, pp. 35-50, 2021, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2021.012276 - 20 November 2020

Abstract Heavy metal-contaminated soil is one of the major environmental pollution problems of agricultural production and human health in the world. Remediation of heavy metals in soil is one of the most popular research subjects. Different remediation strategies have been reported to remove heavy metals from contaminated soil, among which phytoremediation is the most important one. Compared with other major crops, cotton shows the strongest and most widespread resistance to abiotic stresses, such as heavy metals. Although heavy metal stress adversely affects the growth and development of cotton, cotton possesses a set of sophisticated stress-resistance strategies.… More >

Riaz Ahmad¹, Muhammad Akbar Anjum^1,*, Safina Naz¹, Rashad Mukhtar Balal²

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.90, No.1, pp. 17-34, 2021, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.011680 - 20 November 2020

Abstract Selection and use of molecular markers for evaluation of DNA polymorphism in plants are couple of the most important approaches in the field of molecular genetics. The assessment of genetic diversity using morphological markers is not sufficient due to little differentiating traits among the species, genera or their individuals. Morphological markers are not only highly influenced by environmental factors but skilled assessment is also prerequisite to find the variations in plant genetic resources. Therefore, molecular markers are considered as efficient tools for detailed DNA based characterization of fruit crops. Molecular markers provide new directions to More >

Yanping Wang^1,2, Zhengqiang Feng¹, Almaspoor Zahra^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.1, pp. 919-929, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.012261 - 30 October 2020

Abstract In recent years, there has been an increased interest among the researchers to propose new families of distributions to provide the best fit to lifetime data with monotonic (increasing, decreasing, constant) and non-monotonic (unimodal, modified unimodal, bathtub) hazard functions. We further carry this area of research and propose a new family of lifetime distributions called a new logarithmic family via the T-X family approach. For the proposed family, explicit expressions for some mathematical properties along with the estimation of parameters through Maximum likelihood method are discussed. A sub-model, called a new logarithmic Weibull distribution is taken… More >

Rizwan Ali Naqvi¹, Dildar Hussain², Woong-Kee Loh^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.1, pp. 715-732, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.013249 - 30 October 2020

Abstract Multiple ocular region segmentation plays an important role in different applications such as biometrics, liveness detection, healthcare, and gaze estimation. Typically, segmentation techniques focus on a single region of the eye at a time. Despite the number of obvious advantages, very limited research has focused on multiple regions of the eye. Similarly, accurate segmentation of multiple eye regions is necessary in challenging scenarios involving blur, ghost effects low resolution, off-angles, and unusual glints. Currently, the available segmentation methods cannot address these constraints. In this paper, to address the accurate segmentation of multiple eye regions in… More >

Naeem Ahmad Jan¹, Saad Hassan Kiani², Daniyal Ali Sehrai², Muhammad Rizwan Anjum³, Amjad Iqbal⁴, Mujeeb Abdullah⁵, Sunghwan Kim^6,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.1, pp. 35-44, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.012800 - 30 October 2020

Abstract In this paper, a low cost, highly efficient and low profile monopole antenna for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications is presented. A new inverted triangular-shape structure possessing meander lines is designed to achieve a wideband response and high efficiency. To design the proposed structure, three steps are utilized to achieve an UWB response. The bandwidth of the proposed antenna is improved with changing meander lines parameters, miniaturization of the ground width and optimization of the feeding line. The measured and simulated frequency band ranges from 3.2 to 12 GHz, while the radiation patterns are measured at 4,… More >

Fuyong Su^a,* , Guozhi Zhang^b, Guojun Chen^c

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.15, pp. 1-5, 2020, DOI:10.5098/hmt.15.4

Abstract The iron and steel industry produces a large number of low-grade waste heat resources, which are not fully utilized. In addition, the iron and steel industry consumes a lot of water. This paper presents a method of utilizing waste heat of blast furnace slag flushing water for seawater desalination. After the flash process, heat exchange process and heat repair process, the blast furnace slag water was converted into steam which is 70 °C, which provided a heat source for MED (Multi-effect Desalination). This utilization method of waste heat was verified by thermodynamics and production data. More >