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White balancing based improved nighttime image dehazing
The nighttime captured images mostly suffer from low contrast, color distortion, and glow effects due to the presence of haze (fog or smog), illumination variations, and artificial lighting. In this paper, we ...
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Electrochemical performance evaluation of a newly developed ZnS–SnO2 composite in an aqueous electrolyte
We reported the sol–gel synthesis for preparing ZnS and SnO2 products and their composite material, for the first time for application as an electrode for a hybrid supercapacitor to attain an optimized energy s...
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Floating Fog: extending fog computing to vast waters for aerial users
There are thousands of flights carrying millions of passengers each day, having three or more Internet-connected devices with them on average. Usually, onboard devices remain idle for most of the journey (whic...
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Point-to-Box Network for Accurate Object Detection via Single Point Supervision
Object detection using single point supervision has received increasing attention over the years. However, the performance gap between point supervised object detection (PSOD) and bounding box supervised detec...
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Weakly-supervised action localization based on seed superpixels
In this paper, we present action localization based on weak supervision with seed superpixels. In order to benefit from the superpixel segmentation and to learn a priori knowledge we select the seed superpixel...
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The Retinex based improved underwater image enhancement
The underwater images suffer from low contrast and color distortion due to variable attenuation of light and nonuniform absorption of red, green and blue components. In this paper, we propose a Retinex-based u...
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A cascaded approach for image defogging based on physical and enhancement models
In this paper, we propose a novel cascade strategy approach for visibility restoration in foggy images. The proposed cascade strategy is based on the combination of enhancement and physical models, the contras...
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Enhanced Anharmonic Oscillations in Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2(Ca2−yMgy)Cu3−xCdxO10−δ (y = 0, 1; x = 0, 1.5) Superconductors
Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca2Cu3O10−δ (undoped), Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2(CaMg)Cu3O10−δ (Mg-doped), Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca2Cu1.5Cd1.5O10−δ (Cd-doped), and Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2(CaMg)Cu1.5Cd1.5O10−δ (Cd/Mg-codoped) samples were synthesized by two-step ...
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Vanadium oxide (V2O3) for energy storage applications through hydrothermal route
V2O3 samples were successfully prepared using [VOSO4·xH2O] as the starting material by a template-free hydrothermal method with the addition of KBrO3. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction ...
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Enhanced superconducting properties of Ti doped (Cu0.5Tl0.5)Ba2(Ca2−xTix)Cu3O10−δ samples
Ti-doped (Cu0.5Tl0.5)Ba2(Ca2−xTix)Cu3O10−δ (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.0) superconductors have been synthesized by solid state reaction method. The prepared samples are characterized by XRD, electrical resistivit...
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Excess conductivity analyses of (Cu0.5Tl0.5)Ba2Ca3Cu4O12−δ thin film samples synthesized at different temperatures and post-annealed in flowing nitrogen atmosphere
The (Cu0.5Tl0.5)Ba2Ca3Cu4O12−δ thin films were synthesized at 895, 905 and 920 °C. These films are c-axis oriented and have shown tetragonal structure. The samples have been investigated for excess conductivity a...
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Excess Conductivity Analysis of Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca n−1Cu n O 2n+4−δ (n = 2, 3, 4) Thin Films
Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca n−1Cu n O 2n+4−δ (n = 2, 3, 4) thin film samples have been in...
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Influence of Be substitution on the superconducting properties of (Cu0.5Tl0.5)Ba2(Ca2−yBey)(Cu2.5Cd0.5)O10−δ (y = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.35, 0.5) samples
Be doped (Cu0.5Tl0.5)Ba2(Ca2−yBey)(Cu2.5Cd0.5)O10−δ (y = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.35, 0.5) superconductive samples are synthesized by solid state reaction method at normal pressure. The X-ray diffraction of these samples r...
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Influence of Ti do** on the superconducting properties of YBa2(Cu3−xTix)O7−δ materials
YBa2(Cu3−xTix)O7−δ (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5) superconductors are synthesized at 900 °C by solid state reaction method. The superconducting properties of the samples are studied by X-ray diffraction, resist...
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Enhanced Magnetic Properties in Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca2Cu3O10−δ Superconductor Doped with Carbon Nanotubes
Fluctuation-induced conductivity (FIC) analysis in the critical fluctuation region (cr), three-dimensional (3D), two-dimensional (2D), and zero-dimensional (0D) regions is reported for undoped and carbon nanot...
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Structural and electrical properties of doped polypyrrole and its composite with montmorillonite clay
Polypyrrole is synthesized and doped with Dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid. The doped Polypyrrole with Dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid is intercalated into the layers of Montmorillonite clay successfully by in situ p...
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A comparative study of structural, thermal and electrical properties of undoped and doped with dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid polypyrrole
Polypyrrole was synthesized and doped with dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid; the latter was confirmed by means of FTIR spectroscopy. The percentage of crystallinity of synthesized polymers was estimated from X-ray...
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Suppression of Superconductivity Due to Enhanced Co Do** in Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca2Cu3−y Co y O10−δ Superconductors
Fluctuation Induced Conductivity (FIC) of Co-doped Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca2Cu3−y Co y O10−δ (y=0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5) Superconductors have be...
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Thermally activated dissipation mechanism in Sn doped CuTl-1223 superconductors
We have carried out magneto-resistance measurements of Sn-doped Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca2Cu3−y S y O10−δ (y = 0.5, 1.0, 1.5) superconductors and from there studied...
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Fluctuation-Induced Conductivity of Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca2Cu2M1O10−δ (M = Si, Sn, Ge) Superconductors
Fluctuation-induced conductivity of Cu0.5Tl0.5Ba2Ca2Cu2M1O10−δ (M = Si, Sn, Ge) superconductors has been studied from the resistivity vs. temperature data. The logarithmic plots of excess...
