Identification of hydrochemical processes and assessment of groundwater quality: a case study of the intergranular aquifer in Dili City, Timor-Leste by Marçal Ximenes, João A. M. S. Pratas, José M. M. De Azevedo, Fernando. P. O. O. Figueiredo, Mattew Currell

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From the guest editors by Urszula Ledzewicz, Avner Friedman, Jacek Banasiak, Heinz Schättler, Edward M. Lungu

“…The workshop was originally planned as a small US-SAmeeting, but with the growing interest of participants from other countries,we ended up with about 60 participants representing 16 countries from Europe,Africa and even Asia and Australia. Topics addressed at the workshop includedthe spread of infectious diseases and the growing need for robust and reliablemodels in ecology, both of special importance in the host country of SouthAfrica where research naturally has been focused on fighting disease andepidemics like HIV/AIDS, malaria and others. …”
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A simple model of the Draupner Wave Experiment by Graeme Hocking, Emma Nel, Alice Markham, Erick Mubai, Thama Duba, Samah Ali, Hloniphile Sithole Mthethwa, Morwakoma Matabane, Ndivhuwo Ndou, Katlego Sebogodi, Salma Ahmedai, Nyathi Freeman

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Refined matrix completion for spectrum estimation of heart rate variability by Lei Lu, Tingting Zhu, Ying Tan, Jiandong Zhou, Jenny Yang, Lei Clifton, Yuan-Ting Zhang, David A. Clifton

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Multi-Head Spatiotemporal Attention Graph Convolutional Network for Traffic Prediction by Ariyo Oluwasanmi, Muhammad Umar Aftab, Zhiguang Qin, Muhammad Shahzad Sarfraz, Yang Yu, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf

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CO2 Reforming Characteristics under Visible Light Response of Cr- or Ag-Doped TiO2 Prepared by Sol-Gel and Dip-Coating Process by Akira Nishimura, Go Mitsui, Katsuya Nakamura, Masafumi Hirota, Eric Hu

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Notas sobre la Calidad de la Atención a la Infancia by Robert G. Myers

“…Se presentan y comentan tres ejemplos de definición de calidad (de Chile, de Europa y de Australia). Se concluye que hay que: 1) aceptar la complejidad del concepto y reconocer sus múltiples dimensiones y 2) negociar el significado de la calidad en comunidades educativas específicas. …”
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Multifractal Analysis of Acoustic Emissions during Hydraulic Fracturing Experiments under Uniaxial Loading Conditions: A Niutitang Shale Example by Jingqiang Tan, Jun Xie, Lei Li, Qiao Lyu, Jianqiang Han, Zhengguang Zhao

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Tweetluenza: Predicting Flu Trends from Twitter Data by Balsam Alkouz, Zaher Al Aghbari, Jemal Hussien Abawajy

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Indigenous landscaping and biophilic urbanism: case studies in Noongar Six Seasons by Agata Cabanek, Peter Newman, Noel Nannup

“…It will illustrate this in Western Australia using the Noongar People’s Six Seasons of distinct landscape each with importance for providing a living environment (shelter, food, medicine, and spiritual nourishment) and as a basic requirement for biodiversity management over 60,000 years. …”
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Global foot-and-mouth disease risk assessment based on multiple spatial analysis and ecological niche model by Qi An, Yiyang Lv, Yuepeng Li, Zhuo Sun, Xiang Gao, Hongbin Wang

“…The areas primarily include the southern region of North America, the northern, southern, and eastern regions of South America, the Mediterranean region, the eastern region of Europe, the central and southern regions of Africa, the central, eastern, and southern regions of Asia, and parts of Australia. These findings will provide valuable insights into the prevention and control of FMD.…”
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Pacific Pumas in Indian Jungle: Place of Latin America in Indo-Pacific by T. A. Vorotnikova

“…It identifies key areas of cooperation between these nations and major players in the IP such as India, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. Chile and Peru have established a more robust transpacific partnership compared to their neighbors. …”
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A new computational method for sparse optimal control of cyber-physical systems with varying delay by Sida Lin, Dongyao Yang, Jinlong Yuan, Changzhi Wu, Tao Zhou, An Li, Chuanye Gu, Jun Xie, Kuikui Gao

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Severe Wound Infection with Photobacterium damselae ssp. damselae and Vibrio harveyi, following a Laceration Injury in Marine Environment: A Case Report and Review of the Literatur... by Jörg Hundenborn, Steffi Thurig, Mechthild Kommerell, Heike Haag, Oliver Nolte

“…We report a case of severe wound infection, caused by the marine Photobacterium damselae (Vibrionaceae), in a 64-year-old male patient, returning from Australia. The isolate tested positive for pPHDD1, a plasmid conferring high-level virulence. …”
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What is the influence of single-entry models on access to elective surgical procedures? A systematic review by Deborah A Marshall, Zaheed Damani, Barbara Conner-Spady, Tina Nash, Henry Tom Stelfox, Tom W Noseworthy

“…Article quality was assessed using a modified Downs and Black checklist.Results 11 studies from Canada, Australia and the UK were included with mostly weak observational design—2 simulations, 5 before–after, 2 descriptive and 2 cross-sectional studies. 9 studies showed a decrease in patient waiting times; 6 showed that more patients were meeting benchmark waiting times; and 5 demonstrated that waiting lists decreased using an SEM as compared with controls. …”
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Targeting C-Reactive Protein in Inflammatory Disease by Preventing Conformational Changes by J. R. Thiele, J. Zeller, H. Bannasch, G. B. Stark, K. Peter, S. U. Eisenhardt

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Intelligent Classification of Stable and Unstable Slope Conditions Based on Landslide Movement by Long Tsang, Ali Ghorbani, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Khatami, Dmitrii Ulrikh

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Unlock the Potentials of Large-Element-Spacing Arrays: A Meta-Lens Solution for Grating-Lobe Suppression and Gain Enhancement by Zhengmei Wang, Shan Lin, Yuehe Ge, Zhizhang (David) Chen, Jingjing Zhao, Jiahong Chen, Ziheng Zhou, Trevor S. Bird

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Evaluating Safety Issues for Taxi Transport Management by Kayvan Aghabayk, Sina Rejali, Seyed Alireza Samerei, Nirajan Shiwakoti

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Community pharmacy’s role in dispensing androgens and supporting harm reduction amid current policy dilemmas by Timothy Piatkowski, Lkhagvadulam Ayurzana, Michelle King, Laetitia Hattingh, Sara McMillan

“…Recent regulatory changes in Australia aim to curb non-prescribed androgen use, potentially intensifying stigma, however seeking prescriptions through legal channels persists. …”
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