Naif Al Mudawi^1,*, Muhammad Hanzla², Abdulwahab Alazeb¹, Mohammed Alshehri¹, Haifa F. Alhasson³, Dina Abdulaziz AlHammadi⁴, Ahmad Jalal^2,5

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.3, pp. 4491-4509, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.065490 - 30 July 2025

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly employed in traffic surveillance, urban planning, and infrastructure monitoring due to their cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and high-resolution imaging. However, vehicle detection and classification in aerial imagery remain challenging due to scale variations from fluctuating UAV altitudes, frequent occlusions in dense traffic, and environmental noise, such as shadows and lighting inconsistencies. Traditional methods, including sliding-window searches and shallow learning techniques, struggle with computational inefficiency and robustness under dynamic conditions. To address these limitations, this study proposes a six-stage hierarchical framework integrating radiometric calibration, deep learning, and classical feature engineering. The workflow… More >

Asaad Algarni¹, Iqra Aijaz Abro², Mohammed Alshehri³, Yahya AlQahtani⁴, Abdulmonem Alshahrani⁴, Hui Liu^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.3, pp. 5879-5896, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.064601 - 30 July 2025

Abstract Inertial Sensor-based Daily Activity Recognition (IS-DAR) requires adaptable, data-efficient methods for effective multi-sensor use. This study presents an advanced detection system using body-worn sensors to accurately recognize activities. A structured pipeline enhances IS-DAR by applying signal preprocessing, feature extraction and optimization, followed by classification. Before segmentation, a Chebyshev filter removes noise, and Blackman windowing improves signal representation. Discriminative features—Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) with Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC), spectral entropy, quaternion-based features, and Gammatone Cepstral Coefficients (GCC)—are fused to expand the feature space. Unlike existing approaches, the proposed IS-DAR system uniquely integrates diverse handcrafted features using… More >

Brij B. Gupta^1,2,3,4,*, Akshat Gaurav⁵, Wadee Alhalabi⁶, Varsha Arya^7,8, Shavi Bansal^9,10, Ching-Hsien Hsu¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.3, pp. 4755-4772, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.064053 - 30 July 2025

Abstract Detecting cyber attacks in networks connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) is of utmost importance because of the growing vulnerabilities in the smart environment. Conventional models, such as Naive Bayes and support vector machine (SVM), as well as ensemble methods, such as Gradient Boosting and eXtreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), are often plagued by high computational costs, which makes it challenging for them to perform real-time detection. In this regard, we suggested an attack detection approach that integrates Visual Geometry Group 16 (VGG16), Artificial Rabbits Optimizer (ARO), and Random Forest Model to increase detection accuracy… More >

Haniif Prasetiawan^1,2,*, Dewi Selvia Fardhyanti¹, Hadiyanto², Widya Fatriasari³

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.13, No.7, pp. 1347-1366, 2025, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2025.02024-0070 - 22 July 2025

Abstract Bio-oil is a renewable fuel that can be obtained from biomass waste, such as empty palm fruit bunches, sugarcane bagasse, and rice husks. Within a biorefinery framework, bio-oil had not met the standards as a fuel due to the presence of impurities like corrosive phenol. Therefore, the separation of phenol from bio-oil is essential and can be achieved using the extraction method. In this study, biomass wastes (empty fruit bunches of oil palm, sugarcane bagasse, and rice husk) were pyrolyzed in a biorefinery framework to produce bio-oil, which was then refined through liquid-liquid extraction with… More >

Jing Qu¹, Yanmei Li^1,2, Changrong Liu¹, Wen Wang¹, Weiping Fu^1,3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.2, pp. 3787-3810, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.065895 - 03 July 2025

Abstract Despite the gradual transformation of traditional manufacturing by the Human-Robot Collaboration Assembly (HRCA), challenges remain in the robot’s ability to understand and predict human assembly intentions. This study aims to enhance the robot’s comprehension and prediction capabilities of operator assembly intentions by capturing and analyzing operator behavior and movements. We propose a video feature extraction method based on the Temporal Shift Module Network (TSM-ResNet50) to extract spatiotemporal features from assembly videos and differentiate various assembly actions using feature differences between video frames. Furthermore, we construct an action recognition and segmentation model based on the Refined-Multi-Scale… More >

Andreea-Maria Tanasă, Simona-Vasilica Oprea^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.2, pp. 2905-2933, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.065421 - 03 July 2025

Abstract Extracting data from visually rich documents and charts using traditional methods that rely on OCR-based parsing poses multiple challenges, including layout complexity in unstructured formats, limitations in recognizing visual elements, and the correlation between different parts of the documents, as well as domain-specific semantics. Simply extracting text is not sufficient; advanced reasoning capabilities are proving to be essential to analyze content and answer questions accurately. This paper aims to evaluate the ability of the Large Language Models (LLMs) to correctly answer questions about various types of charts, comparing their performance when using images as input… More >

Mingyang Zhao^1,2,*, Xiaojun Li^1,3, Miao Li^1,2, Bangbang Mu^1,2

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.2, pp. 2827-2846, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.065251 - 03 July 2025

Abstract The control of gas extraction in coal mines relies on the effectiveness of gas extraction. The main method of gas extraction is to drive drill pipes into the coal seam through a drilling rig and use technologies such as hydraulic fracturing to pre-extract gas in the drill holes. Therefore, the real-time detection of the drill pipe status is closely related to the effectiveness of gas extraction. To achieve fast and accurate identification of drill pipes, we propose FSS-YOLO, which is a lightweight drill pipe detection method based on YOLOv8n-obb. This method first introduces the FasterBlock… More >

Syed Atir Raza^1,2, Muhammad Shoaib Farooq¹, Uzma Farooq³, Hanen Karamti ⁴, Tahir Khurshaid^5,*, Imran Ashraf^6,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.2, pp. 3149-3173, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.063255 - 03 July 2025

Abstract Urdu, a prominent subcontinental language, serves as a versatile means of communication. However, its handwritten expressions present challenges for optical character recognition (OCR). While various OCR techniques have been proposed, most of them focus on recognizing printed Urdu characters and digits. To the best of our knowledge, very little research has focused solely on Urdu pure handwriting recognition, and the results of such proposed methods are often inadequate. In this study, we introduce a novel approach to recognizing Urdu pure handwritten digits and characters using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). Our proposed method utilizes convolutional layers… More >

Cheng Cheng^*, Xuan-Ping Gong, Xiao-Yu Cheng, Lu Xiao, Xing-Ying Ma

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.23, No.3, pp. 1037-1051, 2025, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2025.065719 - 30 June 2025

Abstract To overcome the challenges associated with predicting gas extraction performance and mitigating the gradual decline in extraction volume, which adversely impacts gas utilization efficiency in mines, a gas extraction pure volume prediction model was developed using Support Vector Regression (SVR) and Random Forest (RF), with hyperparameters fine-tuned via the Genetic Algorithm (GA). Building upon this, an adaptive control model for gas extraction negative pressure was formulated to maximize the extracted gas volume within the pipeline network, followed by field validation experiments. Experimental results indicate that the GA-SVR model surpasses comparable models in terms of mean… More >

Amine Assouguem^1,*, Saoussan Annemer^2,3, Mohammed Kara⁴, Abderrahim Lazraq⁵

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.94, No.6, pp. 1631-1668, 2025, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2025.065750 - 27 June 2025

Abstract Unlike primary metabolites, secondary metabolites serve critical ecological functions, including plant protection, stress tolerance, and symbiosis. This review focuses on extracting, separating, and identifying the major classes of secondary metabolites, including alkaloids, terpenoids, phenolics, glycosides, saponins, and coumarins. It describes optimized methods regarding plant selection, extraction by solvents, and purification of the metabolites, highlighting the latest advancements in chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. The review also describes some of the most important problems, such as the instability of the compounds or diversity of the structures, and discusses emerging technologies that solve these issues. Moreover, it examines More >