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Forward genetic screening in engineered colorectal cancer organoids identifies regulators of metastasis Open

N. Adrian Leu, Keara Monaghan, Joshua H. Rhoades, Jonathan Heintz, Diego Méndez , et al. · 2025

Metastatic outgrowth requires that cancer cells delaminate from the primary tumor, intravasate, survive in circulation, extravasate, migrate to, and proliferate at a distal site. Recurrent genetic drivers of metastasis remain elusive, sugg…

Comparative genomics of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli reveals host-specific adhesiome adaptations in humans and cattle Open

Víctor A. Vidal Martínez, José T. Cartajena, Eduardo Méndez, Jéssica Dörner, Diego Méndez , et al. · 2025

Introduction Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a zoonotic pathogen responsible for severe human infections, with cattle recognized as the principal animal reservoir for human infection. Adhesion is a critical step in STEC co…

Advancements in Hand Function Rehabilitation for Stroke Patients: A Scoping Review of Immersive Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality Technologies and an Application Study Open

Bogdan Ignat, W. M., Catalina Alvarado‐Rojas, Diego Méndez, J. L. Rueda , et al. · 2025

Recent advancements in immersive virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) technologies have demonstrated promising results in the rehabilitation of hand function in stroke patients. These technologies provide im…

Development of goat behaviour prediction with accelerometer data: a machine learning and pre-processing approach Open

Diego Méndez, Blanca Fajardo, Sergi Sanjuan, J. M. Calabuig, Roger Arnau , et al. · 2025

On the Deployment of Edge AI Models for Surface Electromyography-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Open

Andres Gomez-Bautista, Diego Méndez, Catalina Alvarado‐Rojas, Iván F. Mondragón, Julian D. Colorado · 2025

Background: Robotic-based therapy has emerged as a prominent treatment modality for the rehabilitation of hand function impairment resulting from strokes. Aim: In this context, feature engineering becomes particularly important to estimate…

Soft Computing Approaches for Predicting Shade-Seeking Behaviour in Dairy Cattle under Heat Stress: A Comparative Study of Random Forests and Neural Networks Open

Sergi Sanjuan, Diego Méndez, Roger Arnau, J. M. Calabuig, X. Díaz de Otálora Aguirre , et al. · 2025

Heat stress is one of the main welfare and productivity problems faced by dairy cattle in Mediterranean climates. In this study, we approach the prediction of the daily shade-seeking count as a non-linear multivariate regression problem an…

Development of Goat Behaviour Prediction with Accelerometer Data: A Machine Learning and Pre-Processing Approach Open

Diego Méndez, Blanca Fajardo Viloria, Sergi Sanjuan, J. M. Calabuig, Roger Arnau , et al. · 2025

Beyond Rgb: Leveraging Depth and Generative Models for Enhanced Rabbit Weight Estimation Open

Diego Méndez, Carmen Cano, Alberto Martínez, Carlos Ruíz, Enrique Aguilar , et al. · 2025

Energy-Efficient Aggressive Duty-Cycling of V-Band Power Amplifiers Open

Maximilian Gottfried Becker, Marco Gunia, Diego Méndez, Frank Ellinger · 2025

In addition to implementing the core functionality, a design goal for modern circuits is reduced energy consumption. When options for improving active state efficiency are eventually exhausted, the next step is to aggressively minimize the…

Evaluation of Multi-Object Detection Models for the Real-Time Identification of Goat Behavior Open

Diego Méndez, Blanca Fajardo Viloria, Enrique Vidal, S. Calvet, Andrea Costantino · 2025

Edify Image: High-Quality Image Generation with Pixel Space Laplacian Diffusion Models Open

Nvidia Nvidia, NULL AUTHOR_ID, Yuval Atzmon, Madhu Bala, Yogesh Balaji , et al. · 2024

We introduce Edify Image, a family of diffusion models capable of generating photorealistic image content with pixel-perfect accuracy. Edify Image utilizes cascaded pixel-space diffusion models trained using a novel Laplacian diffusion pro…

Scalable O(log2n) Dynamics Control for Soft Exoskeletons Open

Julian D. Colorado, Diego Méndez, Andres Gomez-Bautista, John E. Bermeo, Catalina Alvarado‐Rojas , et al. · 2024

Robotic exoskeletons are being actively applied to support the activities of daily living (ADL) for patients with hand motion impairments. In terms of actuation, soft materials and sensors have opened new alternatives to conventional rigid…

A lightweight language filtering model for Brazilian portuguese trained by using active learning Open

Diego Méndez · 2024

Scalable <em>O</em>(<em>log2n</em>) Dynamics Control for Soft Exoskeletons Open

Julian D. Colorado, Diego Méndez, Andres Gomez-Bautista, John E. Bermeo, Catalina Alvarado‐Rojas , et al. · 2024

Robotic exoskeletons are being actively applied to support the activities of daily living (ADL) for patients with hand motion impairments. In terms of actuation, soft materials and sensors have opened new alternatives upon conventional rig…

A Cross-Layer Approach to Analyzing Energy Consumption and Lifetime of a Wireless Sensor Node Open

Fernando Ojeda, Diego Méndez, Arturo Fajardo, Maximilian Gottfried Becker, Frank Ellinger · 2024

Several wireless communication technologies, including Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), are essential for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. WSNs employ a layered framework to govern data exchanges between sender and recipient, which f…

TinyML4D: Scaling Embedded Machine Learning Education in the Developing World Open

Brian Plancher, Sebastian Büttrich, Jeremy Ellis, Neena Goveas, Laila D. Kazimierski , et al. · 2024

Embedded machine learning (ML) on low-power devices, also known as "TinyML," enables intelligent applications on accessible hardware and fosters collaboration across disciplines to solve real-world problems. Its interdisciplinary and pract…

IoT System for Monitoring of Workers at Height Open

Damián Camilo Martínez-Martínez, María Catalina Riaño-Jaramillo, Diego Méndez, Alejandra María González Correal, Margarita Narducci · 2023

Work at height is considered a high-risk task due to the exposure of personnel to non-daily or natural factors for the human being, such as changes in temperature, position and limited displacement, which might affect the person’s metaboli…

Forward genetic screening in engineered colorectal cancer organoids identifies novel regulators of metastasis Open

Zvi Cramer, Xin Wang, N. Adrian Leu, Keara Monaghan, Joshua H. Rhoades , et al. · 2023

Summary Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, due primarily to metastatic dissemination and colonization of distal sites. Recurrent genetic drivers of metastasis are elusive, suggesting that, unlike the stereotyped mutation…

On Wireless Sensor Network Models: A Cross-Layer Systematic Review Open

Fernando Ojeda, Diego Méndez, Arturo Fajardo, Frank Ellinger · 2023

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been adopted in many fields of application, such as industrial, civil, smart cities, health, and the surveillance domain, to name a few. Fateway and sensor nodes conform to WSN, and each node integrates…

Progressive Rehabilitation Based on EMG Gesture Classification and an MPC-Driven Exoskeleton Open

Daniel Bonilla, Manuela Bravo, Stephany Dashiell Bonilla-Rodríguez, Angela Iragorri, Diego Méndez , et al. · 2023

Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide, with a prevalence of 200 millions of cases worldwide. Motor disability is presented in 80% of patients. In this context, physical rehabilitation plays a fundamental role for grad…

Characterization of Rice Yield Based on Biomass and SPAD-Based Leaf Nitrogen for Large Genotype Plots Open

Andres F. Duque, Diego Patiño, Julian D. Colorado, E. Petró, Maria Camila Rebolledo , et al. · 2023

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) images for biomass and nitrogen estimation offers multiple opportunities for improving rice yields. UAV images provide detailed, high-resolution visual information about vegetation properties, enabl…

A TinyML Deep Learning Approach for Indoor Tracking of Assets Open

Diego Avellaneda, Diego Méndez, Giancarlo Fortino · 2023

Positioning systems have gained paramount importance for many different productive sector; however, traditional systems such as Global Positioning System (GPS) have failed to offer accurate and scalable solutions for indoor positioning req…

Time-domain transmission sensor system for on-site dielectric permittivity measurements in soil: A compact, low-cost and stand-alone solution Open

Manuel Pérez, Diego Méndez, Diego Avellaneda, Arturo Fajardo, Carlos I. Páez-Rueda · 2023

Dielectric-based measurement techniques have been shown to be very effective in determining the properties of various materials. These techniques have been widely used in a variety of fields and applications. Time Domain Transmission (TDT)…

Muscle-Like Soft Actuation for Motor-Less Robotic Exoskeletons Open

Julian D. Colorado, John E. Bermeo, Fredy Cuellar, Catalina Alvarado‐Rojas, Diego Méndez , et al. · 2023

Optimal Deployment of WSN Nodes for Crop Monitoring Based on Geostatistical Interpolations Open

Edgar Gutiérrez-Cáceres, Iván F. Mondragón, Julian D. Colorado, Diego Méndez · 2022

This paper proposes an integrated method for the estimation of soil moisture in potato crops that uses a low-cost wireless sensor network (WSN). Soil moisture estimation maps were created by applying the Kriging technique over a WSN compos…

A Communication Framework for Image Transmission through LPWAN Technology Open

Fabián Chaparro Becerra, Manuel Pérez, Diego Méndez · 2022

Analyzing the conditions of use and selecting which technology is more efficient to apply is required when transmitting information through wireless networks.The Internet of Things (IoT) has gained traction in industry and academia as a pa…

Four-Dimensional Plant Phenotyping Model Integrating Low-Density LiDAR Data and Multispectral Images Open

Manuel García Rincón, Diego Méndez, Julian D. Colorado · 2022

High-throughput platforms for plant phenotyping usually demand expensive high-density LiDAR devices with computational intense methods for characterizing several morphological variables. In fact, most platforms require offline processing t…

Coverage and Energy-Efficiency Experimental Test Performance for a Comparative Evaluation of Unlicensed LPWAN: LoRaWAN and SigFox Open

Manuel Pérez, Fabian Eduardo Sierra-Sanchez, Fabian leonardo Montañez chaparro, Diego Méndez, Carlos-Iván Páez-Rueda , et al. · 2022

Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) have emerged as an attractive Internet of Things (IoT) communication option. When deploying a communication network to support IoT applications, large coverage and low power consumption are critical req…

IDC Sensor for Low-Cost Water Quality Monitoring Applications Open

Diego Méndez, Manuel Pérez, Alejandro Hurtado Farfán, Eduardo A. Gerlein · 2021

In order to properly monitor the health status of the hydrological resources of a region, in terms of water contamination, a scalable and low-cost system is necessary to map the water quality at different locations and allow the prioritiza…

A novel NIR-image segmentation method for the precise estimation of above-ground biomass in rice crops Open

Julian D. Colorado, Francisco Calderón, Diego Méndez, E. Petró, Juan P. Rojas , et al. · 2020

Traditional methods to measure spatio-temporal variations in biomass rely on a labor-intensive destructive sampling of the crop. In this paper, we present a high-throughput phenotyping approach for the estimation of Above-Ground Biomass Dy…

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