Yecheng Xu¹, Chaojie Xu¹, Mingsong Chen¹, Jianzhang Li¹, Ling Zeng², Jing Luo³, Qiang Gao^1,*, Sheldon Q. Shi^4,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.3, pp. 639-652, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018509 - 28 September 2021

Abstract Soy protein-based composite film is a potential replacement for petroleum-based film with multipurpose applications and cleaner production. It is difficult to improve both the tensile strength and toughness of a protein-based film without sacrificing its elongation. In this study, inspired by the hierarchical structure of nacre, a facile yet delicate strategy was developed to fabricate a novel bio-based film with excellent toughness and high strength. Triglycidylamine (TGA) crosslinked soy protein (SPI) as hard phase and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU) as soft phase comprise an alternative lay-up hierarchical structure. The interface of these two phases is More >

Wided Ben Daoud¹, Sami Mahfoudhi^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 2727-2742, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020141 - 27 September 2021

Abstract The Internet of Thing IoT paradigm has emerged in numerous domains and it has achieved an exponential progress. Nevertheless, alongside this advancement, IoT networks are facing an ever-increasing rate of security risks because of the continuous and rapid changes in network environments. In order to overcome these security challenges, the fog system has delivered a powerful environment that provides additional resources for a more improved data security. However, because of the emerging of various breaches, several attacks are ceaselessly emerging in IoT and Fog environment. Consequently, the new emerging applications in IoT-Fog environment still require… More >

Trinh Tan Dat¹, Le Tran Anh Dang^1,2, Nguyen Nhat Truong^1,2, Pham Cung Le Thien Vu¹, Vu Ngoc Thanh Sang¹, Pham Thi Vuong¹, Pham The Bao^1,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.40, No.2, pp. 539-555, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.019064 - 09 September 2021

Abstract This paper proposes an enhancement of an automatic text recognition system for extracting information from the front side of the Vietnamese citizen identity (CID) card. First, we apply Mask-RCNN to segment and align the CID card from the background. Next, we present two approaches to detect the CID card’s text lines using traditional image processing techniques compared to the EAST detector. Finally, we introduce a new end-to-end Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network (CRNN) model based on a combination of Connectionist Temporal Classification (CTC) and attention mechanism for Vietnamese text recognition by jointly train the CTC and… More >

Wejdan Wasel Aljaghthami^*, Mohammad Haseeb Zafar, Afraa Zuhair Attiah

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.1, pp. 1111-1126, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019912 - 07 September 2021

Abstract The accelerated development of wireless network technology has resulted in the emergence of Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN), which is a technology commonly used in the medical field. WBAN consists of tiny sensor nodes that interconnect with each other and set in the human body to collect and transmit the patient data to the physician, to monitor the patients remotely. These nodes typically have limited battery energy that led to a shortage of network lifetime. Therefore, energy efficiency is considered one of the most demanding challenges in routing design for WBAN. Many proposed routing mechanisms… More >

Eugene Tan, Yung-Wey Chong^*, Mohammed F. R. Anbar

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.1, pp. 1437-1459, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019516 - 07 September 2021

Abstract Software-defined networking (SDN) is a paradigm shift in modern networking. However, centralised controller architecture in SDN imposed flow setup overhead issue as the control plane handles all flows regardless of size and priority. Existing frameworks strictly reduce control plane overhead and it does not focus on rule placement of the flows itself. Furthermore, existing frameworks do not focus on managing elephant flows like RTSP. Thus, the proposed mechanism will use the flow statistics gathering method such as random packet sampling to determine elephant flow and microflow via a pre-defined threshold. This mechanism will ensure that the… More >

Zaibo Zhou¹, Juanhong Liu^1,2,3,*, Kun Luo¹, Aixiang Wu^1,3, Hongjiang Wang^1,3

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.2, pp. 373-384, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.016380 - 30 August 2021

Abstract In order to reduce the influence of impurities in hemihydrate phosphogypsum(HPG) on the environment and improve the workability of HPG, the effects of the content of quicklime and types of biopolymer (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, xanthan gum, sodium polyacrylate(PAANa)) on the compressive strength, softening coefficient and ultrasonic velocity of HPG were evaluated. When the content of quicklime was 1.5% and the content of PAANa was 0.2%, HPG had the best mechanical properties and workability, its water retention rate can be increased by 5.8%, and unconfined compressive strength of 3 days increased by 10.3% and 7 days increased More > Graphic Abstract

Zhong Yuan¹, Wei Fang^1,2,*, Yongming Zhao^3,*, Victor S. Sheng⁴

Journal on Artificial Intelligence, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 145-152, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jai.2021.026902 - 07 February 2022

Abstract Insects play an important role in the natural ecology, it is of great significance for ecology to research on insects. Nowadays, the invasion of alien species has brought serious troubles and a lot of losses to local life. However, there is still much room for improvement in the accuracy of insect recognition to effectively prevent the invasion of alien species. As the latest target detection algorithm, YOLOv5 has been used in various scene detection tasks, because of its powerful recognition capabilities and extremely high accuracy. As the problem of imbalance of feature maps at different… More >

Jiancheng Zou¹, Jiaxin Li^1,*, Juncun Wei¹, Zhengzheng Li¹, Xin Yang²

Journal on Artificial Intelligence, Vol.3, No.3, pp. 123-134, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jai.2021.027069 - 25 January 2022

Abstract Facial expression recognition is a research hot spot in the fields of computer vision and pattern recognition. However, the existing facial expression recognition models are mainly concentrated in the visible light environment. They have insufficient generalization ability and low recognition accuracy, and are vulnerable to environmental changes such as illumination and distance. In order to solve these problems, we combine the advantages of the infrared and visible images captured simultaneously by array equipment our developed with two infrared and two visible lens, so that the fused image not only has the texture information of visible… More >

Mengdan Ma^1,2, Yuchen Liu^1,*, Weiren Huang^1,*

Oncologie, Vol.23, No.4, pp. 463-492, 2021, DOI:10.32604/oncologie.2022.019415 - 31 December 2021

Abstract The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas system, which is an RNA-guided nuclease system, plays an important role in the adaptive immune response of bacteria, and it is a rapidly developing gene editing technology. It has been widely used in a variety of cells, microorganisms, plants, and animals. This technique has helped to overcome the limitations of previous gene editing methods, and it has promoted the development of synthetic biology, genetics, and proteomics. The ability of the CRISPR-Cas system to modify the genetic components of a system has led to various practical applications, such… More >

Peter M. Pinsky^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.129, No.3, pp. 1329-1350, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.017740 - 25 November 2021

Abstract A fundamental problem for cells with their fragile membranes is the control of their volume. The primordial solution to this problem is the active transport of ions across the cell membrane to modulate the intracellular osmotic pressure. In this work, a theoretical model of the cellular pump-leak mechanism is proposed within the general framework of linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics. The model is expressed with phenomenological equations that describe passive and active ionic transport across cell membranes, supplemented by an equation for the membrane potential that accounts for the electrogenicity of the ionic pumps. For active ionic More >