S. Poovizhi, T. R. Ganesh Babu, R. Praveena^*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.18, No.4, pp. 201-219, 2021, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2021.017984 - 27 October 2021

Abstract Skin is the largest organ and outer enclosure of the integumentary system that protects the human body from pathogens. Among various cancers in the world, skin cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancer which can be either melanoma or non-melanoma. Melanoma cancers are very fatal compared with non-melanoma cancers but the chances of survival rate are high when diagnosed and treated earlier. The main aim of this work is to analyze and investigate the performance of Non-Subsampled Bendlet Transform (NSBT) on various classifiers for detecting melanoma from dermoscopic images. NSBT is a multiscale More >

Saeed AlQadhi¹, Javed Mallick^1,*, Swapan Talukdar², Ahmed Ali Bindajam³, Ahmed Ali A. Shohan³, Shahfahad⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.129, No.2, pp. 755-786, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.016640 - 08 October 2021

Abstract Given that many cities in Saudi Arabia have been observing rapid urbanization since the 1990s, scarce studies on the spatial pattern of urban expansion in Saudi Arabia have been conducted. Therefore, the present study investigates the evidence of land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics and urban sprawl in Abha City of Saudi Arabia, which has been experiencing rapid urbanization, from the past to the future using novel and sophisticated methods. The SVM classifier was used in this study to classify the LULC maps for 1990, 2000, and 2018. The LULC dynamics between 1990–2000, 2000–2018,… More >

Razi J. Al-Azawi¹, Nadia M. G. Al-Saidi², Hamid A. Jalab^3,*, Rabha W. Ibrahim⁴, Dumitru Baleanu^5,6,7

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.3, pp. 3903-3915, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.020368 - 24 August 2021

Abstract Over the past years, image manipulation tools have become widely accessible and easier to use, which made the issue of image tampering far more severe. As a direct result to the development of sophisticated image-editing applications, it has become near impossible to recognize tampered images with naked eyes. Thus, to overcome this issue, computer techniques and algorithms have been developed to help with the identification of tampered images. Research on detection of tampered images still carries great challenges. In the present study, we particularly focus on image splicing forgery, a type of manipulation where a… More >

Animesh Kumar Dubey^*, Kavita Choudhary, Richa Sharma

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 929-943, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.018382 - 20 August 2021

Abstract Heart disease is a major health concern worldwide. The chances of recovery are bright if it is detected at an early stage. The present report discusses a comparative approach to the classification of heart disease data using machine learning (ML) algorithms and linear regression and classification methods, including logistic regression (LR), decision tree (DT), random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM), SVM with grid search (SVMG), k-nearest neighbor (KNN), and naive Bayes (NB). The ANOVA F-test feature selection (AFS) method was used to select influential features. For experimentation, two standard benchmark datasets of heart diseases, More >

Liping Yan^1,*, Wei-Chiang Hong²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.128, No.3, pp. 1069-1102, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.016499 - 11 August 2021

Abstract The timely and effective investment risk assessment and forecasting are of great significance to ensure the investment safety and sustainable development of wind energy along the Belt and Road. In order to obtain the scientific and real-time forecasting result, this paper constructs a novel hybrid intelligent model based on improved cloud model combined with GRA-TOPSIS and MBA-WLSSVM. Firstly, the factors influencing investment risk of wind energy along the Belt and Road are identified from three dimensions: endogenous risk, exogenous risk and process risk. Through the fuzzy threshold method, the final input index system is selected.… More >

Yunzuo Zhang^*, Kaina Guo, Wei Guo, Jiayu Zhang, Yi Li

Journal of Cyber Security, Vol.3, No.2, pp. 79-88, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jcs.2021.017082 - 02 August 2021

Abstract In recent years, pedestrian detection is a hot research topic in the field of computer vision and artificial intelligence, it is widely used in the field of security and pedestrian analysis. However, due to a large amount of calculation in the traditional pedestrian detection technology, the speed of many systems for pedestrian recognition is very limited. But in some restricted areas, such as construction hazardous areas, real-time detection of pedestrians and cross-border behaviors is required. To more conveniently and efficiently detect whether there are pedestrians in the restricted area and cross-border behavior, this paper proposes… More >

V. Sudha^1,*, T. R. Ganesh Babu², N. Vikram¹, R. Raja²

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.18, No.3, pp. 139-145, 2021, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2021.016056 - 15 July 2021

Abstract Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a disease that occurs in the eye which results in blindness as it passes to proliferative stage. Diabetes can significantly result in symptoms like blurring of vision, kidney failure, nervous damage. Hence it has become necessary to identify retinal damage that occurs in diabetic eye due to raised glucose level in its initial stage itself. Hence automated detection of anamoly has become very essential. The appearance of crimson and yellow lesions is considered as the earliest symptoms of DR which are called as hemorrhages and exudates. If DR is analysed at… More >

Taher M. Ghazal^1,2, Marrium Anam³, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan¹, Muzammil Hussain^4,*, Muhammad Sajid Farooq⁵, Hafiz Muhammad Ammar Ali⁴, Munir Ahmad⁶, Tariq Rahim Soomro⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.1, pp. 191-203, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015436 - 04 June 2021

Abstract Hepatitis C is a contagious blood-borne infection, and it is mostly asymptomatic during the initial stages. Therefore, it is difficult to diagnose and treat patients in the early stages of infection. The disease’s progression to its last stages makes diagnosis and treatment more difficult. In this study, an AI system based on machine learning algorithms is presented to help healthcare professionals with an early diagnosis of hepatitis C. The dataset used for our Hep-Pred model is based on a literature study, and includes the records of 1385 patients infected with the hepatitis C virus. Patients More >

Atta-ur-Rahman¹, Kiran Sultan³, Iftikhar Naseer⁴, Rizwan Majeed⁵, Dhiaa Musleh¹, Mohammed Abdul Salam Gollapalli², Sghaier Chabani², Nehad Ibrahim¹, Shahan Yamin Siddiqui^6,7, Muhammad Adnan Khan^8,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.1, pp. 21-34, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.013453 - 04 June 2021

Abstract COVID-19 turned out to be an infectious and life-threatening viral disease, and its swift and overwhelming spread has become one of the greatest challenges for the world. As yet, no satisfactory vaccine or medication has been developed that could guarantee its mitigation, though several efforts and trials are underway. Countries around the globe are striving to overcome the COVID-19 spread and while they are finding out ways for early detection and timely treatment. In this regard, healthcare experts, researchers and scientists have delved into the investigation of existing as well as new technologies. The situation… More >

Abeer A. AlFutamani, Heyam H. Al-Baity^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.29, No.1, pp. 89-109, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.016555 - 12 May 2021

Abstract Social media sites produce a large amount of data and offer a highly competitive advantage for companies when they can benefit from and address data, as data provides a deeper understanding of clients and their needs. This understanding of clients helps in effectively making the correct decisions within the company, based on data obtained from social media websites. Thus, sentiment analysis has become a key tool for understanding that data. Sentiment analysis is a research area that focuses on analyzing people’s emotions and opinions to identify the polarity (e.g., positive or negative) of a given… More >