General Background: Deep image matting is a fundamental task in computer vision, enabling precise foreground extraction from complex backgrounds, with applications in augmented reality, computer graphics, and video processing. Specific Background: Despite advancements in deep learning-based methods, preserving fine details such as hair and transparency remains a challenge. Knowledge Gap: Existing approaches struggle with accuracy and efficiency, necessitating novel techniques to enhance matting precision. Aims: This study integrates deep learning with fusion techniques to improve alpha matte estimation, proposing a lightweight U-Net model incorporating color-space fusion and preprocessing. Results: Experiments using the AdobeComposition-1k dataset demonstrate superior performance compared to traditional methods, achieving higher accuracy, faster processing speed, and improved boundary preservation. Novelty: The proposed model effectively combines deep learning with fusion techniques, enhancing matting quality while maintaining robustness across various environmental conditions. Implications: These findings highlight the potential of integrating fusion techniques with deep learning for image matting, offering valuable insights for future research in automated image processing applications, including augmented reality, gaming, and interactive video technologies. Highlights: Better Precision: Fusion techniques enhance fine detail preservation. Faster Processing: Lightweight U-Net improves speed and accuracy. Wide Applications: Useful for AR, gaming, and video processing. Keywords: Deep image matting, computer vision, deep learning, fusion techniques, U-Net
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This research examines the electrical, optical, and structural properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) and tin(IV) oxide (ZnO)1-x (SnO2)x composite thin films made by pulsed laser deposition, as well as the impact of composition concentration. The structural study of (ZnO)1-x (SnO2)x composites and thin films was conducted by X-ray analysis (XRD). Optical properties were investigated by UV–Vis infrared spectroscopy. The structural analysis revealed that all prepared thin-film composites were polycrystalline, exhibiting both hexagonal wurtzite and tetragonal phases for pure ZnO and SnO2, as well as a mixture of both phases for x=0.2 and 0.4. In contrast, the SnO2 phase was predominant for x=0.6 and 0.8. The increase in crystal size in the (
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The aim of this paper is to determine the effect of internal marketing through three dimensions: vision, development, and reward - on organizational citizenship behavior in three private universities in Iraq. Organizations’ view of their members as internal customers could be made them more realistic in dealing with the reasons for leaving and going to other organizations. This can promote business organizations to build an organizational environment that contributes to making the organization look like the homeland of those workers. The research method is descriptive and analytical. The tool for data collection was the questionnaire. Statistical software (SPSS V.23 and AMOS V.23) was used to analyze the data. The research sample was r
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Collaborative learning is a way that prepares students practically for real-world applications. Working together as teamwork to execute various writing skills is essential in most professions since it increases the level of experience. Thus, the current study aims to identify the role collaborative writing in developing students' level of performance in writing. It is qualitative in nature since the researcher depended on the extant literature in achieving the objective of the study. The researcher touched upon related theories that addressed Collaborative learning, categories, and problems .It concluded that collaborative writing increases the students’ self-confidence, self-esteem, creativity, and motivation through the interact
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تبنت العديد من المؤسسات الأكاديمية التعلم الإلكتروني منذ سنوات ، وقد أثبت فاعليته في كثير من هذه المؤسسات لاسيما تلك المهتمة بتعلم اللغات الاجنبية. الا انه مع انتشار جائحة كورونا اصبح التعليم الالكتروني ضرورة ملحة في الجامعات في جميع أنحاء العالم ، بما في ذلك الجامعات العراقية. تهدف الدراسة الحالية إلى تقصي أثر هذا الوباء على التعلم الإلكتروني في أحدى الكليات العراقية . يفترض الباحث أن تقبل ال
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The purpose of this research is to identify the youth issues in Talk Shows in the Iraqi satellite channels via monitoring a sample of episodes of the Talk Shows episodes which are concerned and analyzed the youth issues in the Iraqi satellite channels, namely, «Hala Shabab Program» at Al-Iraqia satellite Channel and «Shabab wa Banat Program» at Al-Sumaria satellite Channel by recording and re-watching them again. This research is classified as one of descriptive researches. The survey method was adopted in this study.
For this purpose, the researcher prepared an analysis form. The researcher de
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Background This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of once-daily liraglutide as an add-on to oral antidiabetics (OADs) on glycemic control and body weight in obese patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes (T2D). Methods A total of 27 obese T2D patients who received 7 months (0.6 mg/day for the first month, 1.2 mg/day for 3 months, and 1.8 mg/day for 3 months) of liraglutide treatment as an add-on to OADs were included. Data on body weight (kg), fasting plasma glucose (FPG, mg/dL), postprandial glucose (PPG, mg/dL), and HbA1c (%), were recorded. Results Liraglutide doses of 1.2 mg/day and 1.8 mg/day were associated with significant decreases in body weight (by 8.0% and 11.9%, respectively, p < 0.01 for each) and HbA1c (by 20.0
... Show Moreعملية تغيير حجم الصورة في مجال معالجة الصور باستخدام التحويلات الهندسية بدون تغيير دقة الصورة تعرف ب image scaling او image resizing. عملية تغيير حجم الصورة لها تطبيقات واسعة في مجال الحاسوب والهاتف النقال والاجهزة الالكترونية الاخرى. يقترح هذا البحث طريقة لتغيير حجم الصورة باستخدام المعادلات الخاصة بمنحني Bezier وكيفية الحصول على افضل نتائج. تم استخدام Bezier curve في اعمال سابقة في مجالات مختلفة ولكن في هذا البحث تم استخد
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