Vision Transformers (ViTs) have attained very promising results in the field of computer vision, but those models continue to face several critical issues such as gradient saturation and poor generalization on smaller datasets. The current attention mechanisms are inefficient to resolve issues by the leading to ineffective feature extraction and an...

By S. Shalini, P.S. Eliahim Jeevaraj

In Kirkuk City, Iraq, groundwater pollution is increasingly a problem due to intense urbanization, population growth, and unregulated water well drilling. Although the systematic assessment of groundwater pollution is essential to domestic and agricultural applications, the systematic analysis of its contamination has not been conducted, and the cu...

By Amel Nashat Shakir, Omar Falah Mirdan, Arjan Sharfuldeen Omar

This paper examines whether or not Augmented Reality (AR) is effective in the acquisition of vocabulary in neurodivergent language learners using the Cognitive Load Theory. The conventional teaching methods tend to cause a lot of extraneous cognitive load that poses a great obstacle to students with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder. To combat this...

By S. Mohan Krishna, M.V. Sangameswar, B. Sujatha

Asset restructuring has become a key tool for banks to deal with non-performing assets (NPAs) and sustain banking sector health, especially in emerging economies like India where the quality of assets is a persistent issue. This study examines the effect of asset restructuring on financial performance and financial stability of the Indian scheduled...

By T.M. Rajesha, Safika Praveen Sheikh

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with an increasingly common prevalence all around the world, necessitating the development of an early, accurate, and minimally invasive diagnosis method for such a devastating condition. However, traditional diagnostic methods such as neuropsychological testing and PET scans...

By Ratnakala Patil, Sachinkumar Veerashetty

Clinically-oriented AI-based diagnostic systems have exhibited impressive predictive accuracies; however, their poor interpretability capabilities and incapability to optimize their learning parameters in  eal-time pose a major challenge towards implementing such solutions in the actual healthcare settings. To overcome such limitations, in thi...

By A Vaideghy, V Sridevi, D Saraswathi, L. S Sindhuja

The study seeks to identify the joint effect of financial, operating, and governance features on the cash levels of retail firms listed in Vietnam. Instead of viewing the cash policy as a one-time decision that determines the cash balance, we model the cash level as a dynamic process where the current level is a function of past periods' cash level...

By Hien Nguyen Thi Bao, Sang Ha Van, Hoa Pham Thi Thanh

Low back pain can be caused by lumbar disc disorders; however, correct segmentation of the structures of the vertebrae and the disc disorders using MRI is crucial for clinical evaluation. In this case, previous deep-learning segmentation approaches have mainly concentrated on the segmentation of anatomical structures and lacked pathology-aware disc...

By Rana Riyadh Saeed, Muhammad Amir As’ari, Ahmad Zahran Md Khudzari, Ahmed Sabeeh Yousif, Hadeel Mohamed Farook Alhialy, Mohamed Muyaser Naif

This paper examines the determinants of capital buffers (CB) of 31 Vietnamese commercial banks over the period 2010-2024, taking into account the impact of income diversification ("DIV") under regulatory constraints (CARmin). In order to tackle endogeneity, unobservable heterogeneity, and panel persistence issues, a dynamic system GMM two-step proc...

By Tran Van Hai, Tran Thi Lan, Nguyen Anh Nguyet

Ho Chi Minh City, historically known as Saigon, is being redeveloped at a pace that places pressure on heritage values located beyond protected monuments and colonial-era buildings. This study examines how earlier hydrological, settlement, commercial, defensive, administrative, and metropolitan structures remain visible or latent in the present urb...

By Minh Hieu Nguyen, Ngoc Quynh Giao Pham, Thi Minh Dieu Nguyen