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Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the activation functions appropriate to detect bacteria from Gram stained smears images by YOLOv8. First, we detect bacteria by replacing all the occurrences of ...

The gut microbiome has been a rising star in the world of health science over the last several years, garnering interest from both researchers and the general public. This is mostly due to its ...

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Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota 57006, United States Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, South Dakota State University, Brookings, ...