Litchi is often harvested by clamping and cutting the branches, which are small and can easily be damaged by the picking robot.Therefore, the detection of litchi branches is particularly significant.In this article, an fully convolutional neural network-based semantic segmentation algorithm is proposed to semantically segment the litchi branches.Fi
Abstract Dried blood samples (DBSs) have many advantages; yet, impediments have limited the clinical utilization of DBSs.We developed a novel volumetric sampling device that collects a precise volume of blood, which overcomes the heterogeneity and hematocrit issues commonly encountered in a traditional KIDS MODUCARE DBS card collection as well as a
Abstract Background Single-cell genomic methods now provide unprecedented resolution for characterizing the component cell types and states of tissues such as the epithelial subsets of the gastrointestinal tract.Nevertheless, functional studies of these subsets at scale require faithful in vitro models of identified in vivo biology.While intestinal
Phenols represent an important class of compounds that present high antimicrobial potential.The seventeen selected phenols were tested in vitro for their antimicrobial activity showing different activity to S.aureus ATCC 25923, E.coli ATCC 25922, P.aeruginosa ATCC 27853 and C.albicans ATCC 90028.Most of the phenolic compounds Girls Boots have a goo
Farming is an activity which is heavily exposed to risk.Farmers have to deal daily with the change of weather, crops, and prices, resulting not only in fluctuations in income, but also in the need to incur emergency expenses.The purpose of this paper is to analyse the available catastrophic insurance dedicated to the agriculture sector, with partic