Asad Ullah

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Accurate identification and classification of intestinal parasitic eggs are essential for effectively diagnosing and treating parasitic infections. Traditional manual microscopic diagnosis methods are time-consuming and prone to errors. Recent advancements in technology have shown potential in automating this process, yet more advanced and accurate methods are needed to overcome existing challenges. The proposed research aims to develop a robust and efficient approach for intestinal parasitic egg segmentation and classification using the Mask R-CNN algorithm. The research begins with an extensive review of existing literature on intestinal parasitic infections, their impact, and the limitations of current diagnostic methods. It further explores the principles of image processing, medical imaging techniques, and the fundamentals of the Mask R-CNN algorithm. The proposed work involves accessing a dataset comprising 10 thousand images of 10 different types of parasitic eggs from IEEE and preprocessing them to enhance their quality. The Mask R-CNN algorithm is then trained on this dataset, enabling it to accurately segment and classify intestinal parasitic eggs. Performance evaluation uses quantitative measures such as Precision, recall, and F1-score (shown in Table [1](#tbl-cap-0001)). The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the Mask R-CNN algorithm in segmenting and classifying intestinal parasitic eggs, achieving an overall accuracy of 95%. These findings contribute to intestinal parasitic egg analysis by providing an advanced and automated approach for SegmentationSegmentation and classification. Future research endeavors could expand the dataset, optimise computational efficiency, and integrate the developed algorithm into practical diagnostic tools.

Asfandyar Khan

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In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are among the most popular microblogging applications, playing an important role in quickly disseminating up-to-date information to a large user base. In addition to being valuable sources of entertainment and platforms for business campaigns, social media apps significantly impact political activities in developing democracies. However, social media networks often become sources of rapid dissemination of fake news, viral videos, hate speech, and false articles, leading to political propaganda. Existing studies need to address how Pakistan’s three major political parties use social media platforms for this purpose. In this study, we used exploratory data analysis (EDA) to explore and analysed the initial content of social networks to understand, identify, and gain insights for further analysis. We developed a web scraper, a valuable tool used in data science, to extract unstructured content from the official Twitter and Facebook accounts, primarily used to spread political propaganda publicly. The web scraper automatically extracts various information from Facebook posts, including likes, shares, comments, and views. It extracts information such as likes, comments, and retweets from tweets. The collected data is then processed and analyzed using statistical methods to gain knowledge and insights from social media sites. One month of data analysis suggests that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) posted 79.37% more content on Facebook, while Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML (N)) tweeted 89.30% more on Twitter compared to other parties. This activity is part of their political propaganda to build a narrative and shape public opinion among their followers and voters in Pakistan.