Ecosystems like coral reefs mitigate rising coastal flood risks, but investments into their conservation remain low relative to the investments into engineered risk-mitigation structures.One reason is that quantifying the risk-reduction benefits of coral reefs requires an estimate of their fragility to severe stresses.Engineered structures typicall
Leishmaniasis encompass a group of infectious parasitic diseases occurring in 97 endemic countries where over one billion people live in areas at risk of infection.It is in the World Health Organization list Games of neglected diseases and it is considered a serious public health problem, with more than 20,000 deaths a year and high morbidity.Infec
Inspired by living organisms and DAMIANA being the forefront of robotics evolution, the research in soft robotics has been growing exponentially.Due to the flexibility of these robots that is made from soft materials such as silicone or even a fabric allows them to manoeuvre on secluded environments through crevice openings which bring many advanta
In semantic segmentation tasks, the transition from convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to transformers is driven by the latter's superior ability to capture global semantic information in remote sensing images.However, most transformer methods face challenges such as slow inference speed and limitations in capturing local features.To addre
Transfusion-transmitted leishmaniasis has been a concern in regions endemic for the disease.Whether immediate or delayed, the risks posed by this mode of transmission call for careful assessment.The purpose of this study was to detect Leishmania infection in blood donors living in an endemic area and to investigate progression to the disease in the