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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The article presents a sociological study of promise‐to‐marry ‘rape’ cases in India to illuminate the inner lives of intimacies. It argues that promise‐to‐marry cases cannot be understood merely as instances of deceptive sex, wherein the consent of the victim is vitiated by a false promise of marriage as a pretext for sexual intercourse ...
Monika
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A UAV-Based Visual Inspection Method for Rail Surface Defects
Applied Sciences, 2018 Rail surface defects seriously affect the safety of railway systems. At present, human inspection and rail vehicle inspection are the main approaches for the detection of rail surface defects.
Yunpeng Wu +3 more
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The law of AI knowledge distillation
American Business Law Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Knowledge distillation—the practice of training a compact student model on the outputs of a larger teacher model—has emerged as the fastest‐growing technique for replicating and disseminating frontier artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
Taorui Guan
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Research on Rail Surface Defect Detection Based on Improved CenterNet
Rail surface defect detection is vital for railway safety. Traditional methods falter with varying defect sizes and complex backgrounds, while two-stage deep learning models, though accurate, lack real-time capabilities.
Yizhou Mao +4 more
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Rail failure root cause analysis on North American Railway
, 2021 NRC analyzed a broken rail that occurred on a North American Railway in the springtime. The break took place in 115RE standard rail placed in the high rail position of a 5 degree lubricated curve.
Caldwell, Robert, Szablewski, Daniel
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Story2Board: A Training‐Free Approach for Expressive Visual Storytelling
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract We present Story2Board, a training‐free framework for expressive storyboard generation from natural language. Existing methods narrowly focus on subject identity, overlooking key aspects of visual storytelling such as spatial composition, background evolution, and narrative pacing.
D. Dinkevich +4 more
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Scanning laser techniques for characterisation of different surface breaking defect geometries [PDF]
, 2012 Measurements using a laser scanning system consisting of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser to generate surface ultrasonic waves and an interferometer to detect the surface displacement, are presented for different samples and defect geometries.
Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) +4 more
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Ibis, EarlyView.Seabirds play key ecological roles but face increasing threats worldwide. Among them, Tītī (Sooty Shearwater) Ardenna grisea are among the most abundant and culturally significant species in the Southern Hemisphere but are also threatened. Kapiti Island, Aotearoa (New Zealand), holds a Tītī colony which, despite eradication of non‐native mammalian ...
Etienne Ossona De Mendez +7 more
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Radical Innovation Validation: Delivering Value in Radical Innovation Development
R&D Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Radical innovation (RI) offers significant benefits, but the challenges encountered during its implementation can be formidable. Recent literature suggests the use of practices such as prototyping, experimentation, piloting, and demonstration to address these challenges through small‐scale, iterative approaches.
Ruxin Zhang +3 more
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, 2021 Regulatory and special visual inspection of railway tracks is important to ensure the safe and secure operation of trains. Due to increased traffic volumes, operational speeds and axle loads, new technologies are emerging to collect and monitor data more
Hendry, Michael T. +3 more
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