A Framework for Sharing and Integrating Remote Sensing and GIS Models Based on Web Service by Zeqiang Chen, Hui Lin, Min Chen, Deer Liu, Ying Bao, Yulin Ding

“…The fundamental idea of the framework is to publish heterogeneous RS and GIS models into standard Web services for sharing and interoperation and then to integrate the RS and GIS models using Web services. For the former, a “black box” and a visual method are employed to facilitate the publishing of the models as Web services. …”
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An Analysis of spatial inequalities of Housing quality in middle textures neighboods of zanjan city by Mohsen Ahadnejad, Asghar Teymouri, Mahnaz Vaez livari, Hossein Tahmasebi Moghaddam

“…In the residential areas, 18.91% of the low-quality housing, including the besim neighborhoods, ghabrestan balla, Vahdat, Khatam, Amadgah, Goljak Abad, 21.80% of the dwellings The relatively low quality of the ashaghi gabristan, the shahada, Meydan enghelab , alley waliasr, Niksazan, 22.71% of the average quality housing, including the district of the Forodgah, Rajaee Town, Amjadiyeh, Najaem, Qadas, Fateh, 17.43% of the relatively high quality housing Which includes eastern Ansariyah, Vahidieh, Shoghi, 17  Shahrivar, shahada masged, Goniyeh, Ja'fariyah and ultimately Lots of Azadi, Ansarieh, Etemadieh, Black Alley, North Saadi 19.15% of the houses are of high quality.…”
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Total Knee Arthroplasty in Ochronosis Arthropathy: A Case Report and Systematic Review by Wu Chean Lee, Tong Leng Tan, Ying Ho Chan

“…Intraoperatively, collagenous structures such as the menisci and cartilage were noted to be black. Histological examination showed deposition of large amorphous brown material suggestive of ochronosis. …”
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A Field Study on the Indoor Thermal Environment of the Airport Terminal in Tibet Plateau in Winter by Jianglong Zhen, Jun Lu, Guangqin Huang, Liyue Zeng, Jianping Lin, Hongtao Xia

“…Thermal environment parameters including air temperature, black globe temperature, relative humidity in each zone, and inner surface temperature of envelope were measured and analyzed. …”
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Characterizations of Chitosan-Based Polymer Electrolyte Photovoltaic Cells by M. H. Buraidah, L. P. Teo, S. R. Majid, R. Yahya, R. M. Taha, A. K. Arof

“…The use of anthocyanin pigment obtained by solvent extraction from black rice and betalain from the callus of Celosia plumosa also helps to increase the short-circuit current.…”
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“Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together”?: the Crisis of the World Sports Movement in the Context of the Pandemic and the Problem of Racism by E. V. Khakhalkina, A. V. Munko

“…The principle of “political correctness” widespread in the West makes it difficult to discuss and deal with historical and colonial traumas, as well as with the crisis in the values of “fair play” in professional sports, caused by its commercialization and politicization.The article concludes that the observed facts stem, among other things, from the revival of the Black Lives Matter movement in the spring of 2020, which spread beyond the borders of the United States, the formation and expansion of the “cancel culture”, as well as the growing influence of social networks and media on world public opinion. …”
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A Simulation Study for Lateral Stability Control of Vehicles on Icy Asphalt Pavement by Yunsheng Zhu, Huacong Li, Kaifeng Wang, Yunhan Bao, Peng Zeng

“…Black ice is an ice layer formed by freezing rain or accumulated water on the asphalt pavement surface in cold weather. …”
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Interracial contact shapes racial bias in the learning of person-knowledge by Margaret Welte, Tzipporah P. Dang, Shaina Rosenblum, Jennifer T. Kubota, Jasmin Cloutier

“…To better understand how perceived race can bias person memory, the present study examined how self-identified White perceivers’ interracial contact impacts learning of perceptual cues and person-knowledge about perceived Black and White others over five sessions of training. …”
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Challenges and Marketing Strategies for Young African Universities by George Stanley, Kinyata, Siraje, Kaaya

“…This article spells out these challenges, threats and strategies to continuously improve their programs, teaching, and provision of learning facilities and to find the right way to the Black Box of the consumer (students and other stakeholders). …”
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Factors associated with breast lymphedema after adjuvant radiation therapy in women undergoing breast conservation therapy by Summer Sami Yono, Cara Cannella, Madeleine Gonte, Sanjay Rama, Simeng Zhu, Jenna Luker, Maristella S. Evangelista, Jessica Bensenhaver, Eleanor M. Walker, Dunya Atisha

“…Conclusion: Patients with larger breast volumes, Black patients, those receiving chemotherapy, and those who develop arm lymphedema or cellulitis may be at higher risk of BL after lumpectomy and RT, suggesting that patients with these risk features may benefit from complementary or alternative surgical approaches and heightened monitoring to avoid BL.…”
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Recording dan Pencarian Silsilah Kambing Perah Menggunakan Algoritme Depth First Search by Rizki Wahyudi, Muhammad Iqbal, Lussy Dwi Oktaviana

“…Metode waterfall memiliki kelebihan Setiap proses memiliki spesifikasinya sendiri, sehingga sebuah sistem dapat dikembangkan sesuai dengan apa yang dikehendaki. Hasil pengujian black-box sistem recording dan pencarian silsilah data kambing menunjukkan fungsional sistem berjalan sesuai harapan. …”
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Multidisciplinary care in pediatric severe asthma: A comparative outcomes analysis by Adam S. Price, MD, Akilah A. Jefferson-Shah, MD, Robert D. Pesek, MD, Erhan Ararat, MD, Safia F. Nawaz, MD, Matthew Pertzborn, MD, Kim Cobb, RT, Haley Long, RT, Monica Y. Miller, LMSW, Brandi N. Whitaker, PhD, Stacie M. Jones, MD, Scott Stewart, MS, Daniel Liu, MD, Tamara T. Perry, MD

“…Conclusions: The study highlights significant morbidity among predominately Black pediatric patients with severe asthma, particularly those followed in a SAC versus in SDCs at a tertiary care referral center. …”
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Explainable and perturbation-resilient model for cyber-threat detection in industrial control systems Networks by Urslla Uchechi Izuazu, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Dong-Seong Kim, Jae Min Lee

“…Current IDS models often assume ideal conditions, overlooking noise and adversarial manipulations, leading to degraded performance when deployed in real-world environments. Additionally, the black-box nature of DL model complicates decision-making, especially in industrial control systems (ICS) network, where understanding model behavior is crucial. …”
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Enhancing Torque Smoothness in BLDC Motors with Built-in DC-DC Converter via Bitterling Fish Optimization Algorithm by K. Balamurugan, B Sri Revathi

“…The proposed method is implemented using the MATLAB working environment and compared with various existing methods like Spider Web Algorithm (SWA), Improved Tunicate Swarm Optimization Algorithm (ITSA), and Harris Hawks Optimizer with Black Widow Optimization (HHO-BWO). The results indicate that the proposed method achieves a reduced torque ripple rate of 9.64, significantly lower than the rates of 17.32, 11.20 and 22.19 for ITSA, HHO-BWO and SWA respectively. …”
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Prediction of buckling damage of steel equal angle structural members using hybrid machine learning techniques by Nang Xuan Ho, Tien-Thinh Le, The-Hung Dinh, Van-Hai Nguyen

“…Moreover, a Partial Dependence (PD) investigation was performed to interpret the “black-box” PSOANN model.…”
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First Report on the Emergence of <i>Neopestalotiopsis rosae</i> as a Severe Economic Threat to Strawberry Production in Germany by Tom E. Schierling, Ralf T. Voegele, Abbas El-Hasan

“…Morphological examination of conidia and mycelium revealed key characteristics including the presence of versicolorous median cells, conidial appendages, black spherical conidiomata formation as well as changing colony color and fluffy texture. …”
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Energy-exergy and environ-economic (4E) analysis of heat storage-based single-slope solar stills integrated with solar air heater. by Sujit Kumar, Asim Ahmad, Kashif Irshad, Om Prakash, Rukaiya Kausher, S M Mozammil Hasnain, Prabhu Paramasivam, Abinet Gosaye Ayanie, Jayant Giri

“…The proposed solar still was modified by integrating a rectangular aluminium box filled with paraffin wax and black gravel as the TESS and coupled with a solar air heater. …”
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A Clinically-Reasoned Approach to Manual Therapy in Sports Physical Therapy by Steven Short, Matthew Tuttle, Dillon Youngman

“…Though highly polarizing viewpoints regarding different therapies create black and white "sides," a pragmatic gray area regarding manual therapy exists in which proper clinical reasoning can serve to improve athlete pain and injury management. …”
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Brain Multimodality Monitoring: A New Tool in Neurocritical Care of Comatose Patients by Nudrat Tasneem, Edgar A. Samaniego, Connie Pieper, Enrique C. Leira, Harold P. Adams, David Hasan, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez

“…Although further research is needed to demonstrate their impact on improving clinical outcomes, their contribution to illuminate the black box of the brain in comatose patients is indisputable. …”
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Changes in lake sturgeon spawning periodicity is associated with prior reproductive effort by Douglas L. Larson, Travis O. Brenden, Edward A. Baker, Kim T. Scribner

“…We used Radio Frequency Identification tags to monitor spawning migration by male (N = 1931) and female (N = 683) adults over seven consecutive years (2016 through 2022) in the Black River, Cheboygan Co., MI. We used ordinal regression models to quantify associations. …”
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