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GHD-DETR: Gated Hierarchical Dynamic Architecture for Object Detection Under Complex Imaging Conditions

The paper proposes GHD-DETR, a novel detection transformer architecture featuring GatedNestStage, BDB, and HAGF modules to significantly enhance object detection robustness for small, occluded, and low-contrast objects under complex imaging conditions, achieving substantial performance improvements on challenging datasets like RTTS, HazyDet, and DUO.

Zidian Wei, Wei Feng, Linghan Jiang, Zunwang Ke2026-09-01
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Dual-Branch Adaptive Diffusion and Motion-Guided Temporal Alignment for Robust Invisible Video Watermarking

This paper proposes a dual-branch adaptive diffusion and motion-guided temporal alignment framework that effectively resolves the trade-off between imperceptibility and robustness in invisible video watermarking by combining content-adaptive local diffusion with coordinate-aware global anchoring to achieve superior performance against local cropping and other attacks.

Zhanglei Huang, Chenming Yao, Jianfeng Lu, Qihao Liang, LI LI, Zhiheng Zhang2026-09-01
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A Deep Learning Framework for Multi-Class Lung Disease Detection Using CXR Imaging

This study proposes a bias-aware deep learning framework that utilizes a curated, uniformly preprocessed multisource CXR dataset and a source-prediction sanity check to mitigate dataset-origin bias, demonstrating that a customized ResNet-38 model achieves superior multi-class lung disease detection accuracy of approximately 93% compared to deeper ResNet architectures.

Neha Sehgal, Md. Arquam, Tayyab Khan, Akanksha Mrinali2026-09-01
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A Hybrid Machine-Learning Based Security Algorithm for Improved Detection of Distributed-Denial-of-Services Attacks in Internet of Things Networks

This paper proposes a hybrid Machine Learning-Based Security (MLBS) framework integrating K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) to achieve superior accuracy and robustness in detecting Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks within Internet of Things (IoT) networks, outperforming conventional models with a 98.72% detection rate.

Coster Baloyi, Topside Ehleketani Mathonsi, Tshimangadzo Mavin Tshilongamulenzhe, Tonderai Muchenje, Du Plessis Daniel2026-09-01
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An Adaptive Multi-Scale Multi-Expert Hybrid Deep Learning Framework for Explainable Breast Cancer Histopathological Image Classification

This study proposes an adaptive multi-scale multi-expert hybrid deep learning framework that combines EfficientNetB7 and Vision Transformer with dynamic feature fusion and attention refinement to achieve state-of-the-art accuracy and explainability in breast cancer histopathological image classification on the BreakHis dataset.

Praveen Kumar Kalangi, Sammulal Porika2026-09-01
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Identifying and Characterizing Risk Areas in Public API Support: An Integrated Analysis of YouTube APIs

This paper presents an empirical study of YouTube APIs that utilizes correlation analysis and tree-based models on 8,743 Stack Overflow interactions to identify and characterize high-risk support areas driven by environmental, code, and documentation factors, offering actionable insights for improving API support quality and response times.

Sultan Alanazy, Jeff Tian, Abdullah Bokhary2026-09-01
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An explainable hierarchical machine learning framework for schizophrenia biomarker detection based on electroencephalogram signals

This study presents an explainable hierarchical machine learning framework that integrates Sequential Forward Selection with SHAP analysis to identify robust EEG biomarkers, such as frontal permutation entropy and temporal spectral features, achieving up to 81.44% accuracy in distinguishing schizophrenia patients from healthy controls.

Mohammadreza Norouzi, Fatemeh Farokhshad, Amirhesam Ghasri, Sara Bagherzadeh, Pouya Tolou Kouroshi, Ahmad Shalbaf2026-09-01
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NACS-Net: Normality–Anatomy–Concept Segmentation for Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer on T2-Weighted MRI

The paper introduces NACS-Net, a novel segmentation framework that integrates a normality–deviation dual-stream, anatomy-gated iterative refinement, and a sparse concept bottleneck to effectively address foreground imbalance, low-contrast lesions, and cross-scanner generalization challenges in detecting clinically significant prostate cancer on T2-weighted MRI.

Shijie Liu, Fengshuo Liu, Yang Liu2026-09-01
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A Lightweight Lychee Detection Network for Orchard Harvesting Robots via ODConv and Spatial Feature Restoration

This paper proposes ODAF-YOLOv11-n, an ultra-lightweight object detector that integrates Omni-Dimensional Dynamic Convolution and a Lightweight Spatial Feature Restoration Module to achieve high-accuracy, real-time lychee detection in complex orchard environments while significantly reducing computational complexity for edge robotic deployment.

Dong Liu, Jing Chang, Jixiang Yang2026-09-01