Barter vs. Currency Systems: Key Differences Explained

Compare barter and currency systems. Discover why currency dominates modern trade and explore the evolution of digital ...
IEEE

Multivariate Segment Expandable Encoder-Decoder Model for Time Series Forecasting

Abstract: Accurate time series forecasting is critical in a variety of fields, including transportation, weather prediction, energy management, infrastructure monitoring, and finance. Forecasting ...
IEEE

Towards Complex Backgrounds: A Unified Difference-Aware Decoder for Binary Segmentation

Abstract: Binary segmentation is used to distinguish objects of interest from background, and is an active area of convolutional encoder-decoder network research. The current decoders are designed for ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Enhanced Liver Tumor Detection in CT Images Using 3D U-Net and Bat Algorithm for Hyperparameter Optimization ()

1 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 2 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, ...
Frontiers

Thyroid nodule segmentation in ultrasound images using transformer models with masked autoencoder pre-training

Introduction: Thyroid nodule segmentation in ultrasound (US) images is a valuable yet challenging task, playing a critical role in diagnosing thyroid cancer. The difficulty arises from factors such as ...
Psychology Today

The Differences Between Guilt and Shame

Many people confuse shame and guilt, and it is useful to know the difference between the two. The first reason is that shame often masks anger and vice versa. Some chronically angry and raging people ...
Prevention

What Is the Difference Between Sugar Vs. Carbs? Doctors and a Dietitian Explain

Have you ever found yourself standing in the grocery store, reading a food label, and wondering, “Wait, what’s the difference between sugar versus carbs?” With so many nutrition terms being thrown ...
Game Rant

Biggest Differences Between The Nintendo Switch 2 And The Original

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...
Ars Technica

Apple Videotoolbox AV1 video encoding is almost too good to be true

I've been transcoding videos on handbrake using AV1 which I think is the latest encoder. AV1 on the Mac is often incredibly efficient. I'm talking 3gb -> 300mb efficient. Even tougher material with ...