Assessing groundwater level variability in response to climate change: A case study of large plain areas by Haidi Wu, Xueyan Ye, Xinqiang Du, Wuxiang Wang, Hongyan Li, Weihong Dong

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Color Face Recognition Based on Steerable Pyramid Transform and Extreme Learning Machines by Ayşegül Uçar

“…This paper presents a novel color face recognition algorithm by means of fusing color and local information. …”
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TXtreme: transformer-based extreme value prediction framework for time series forecasting by Hemant Yadav, Amit Thakkar

“…This paper proposes a TXtreme framework that uses Long-Short memory network, feed-forward neural network, and transformer to improve time series forecasting under extreme values. …”
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Future increase in compound soil drought-heat extremes exacerbated by vegetation greening by Jun Li, Yao Zhang, Emanuele Bevacqua, Jakob Zscheischler, Trevor F. Keenan, Xu Lian, Sha Zhou, Hongying Zhang, Mingzhu He, Shilong Piao

“…Abstract Compound soil drought and heat extremes are expected to occur more frequently with global warming, causing wide-ranging socio-ecological repercussions. …”
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Typical and extreme weather datasets for studying the resilience of buildings to climate change and heatwaves by Anaïs Machard, Agnese Salvati, Mamak P. Tootkaboni, Abhishek Gaur, Jiwei Zou, Liangzhu Leon Wang, Fuad Baba, Hua Ge, Facundo Bre, Emmanuel Bozonnet, Vincenzo Corrado, Xuan Luo, Ronnen Levinson, Sang Hoon Lee, Tianzhen Hong, Marcelo Salles Olinger, Rayner Maurício e Silva Machado, Emeli Lalesca Aparecida da Guarda, Rodolfo Kirch Veiga, Roberto Lamberts, Afshin Afshari, Delphine Ramon, Hoang Ngoc Dung Ngo, Abantika Sengupta, Hilde Breesch, Nicolas Heijmans, Jade Deltour, Xavier Kuborn, Sana Sayadi, Bin Qian, Chen Zhang, Ramin Rahif, Shady Attia, Philipp Stern, Peter Holzer

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Revisiting the anatomy of inferior extensor retinaculum of foot and ankle, a study based on fifty embalmed adult cadaveric lower extremities by M. Praveen Shenoy, Mangala M. Pai, B.V. Murlimanju, Rajanigandha Vadgaonkar, Latha V. Prabhu, M.D. Prameela

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Upper Extremity Motor Learning among Individuals with Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis Evaluating Movement Time in Simple Tasks by K. Felix, K. Gain, E. Paiva, K. Whitney, M. E. Jenkins, S. J. Spaulding

“…Results of the meta-analysis indicated that people with PD and neurologically healthy controls both demonstrated motor learning, characterized by a decrease in movement time during upper extremity movements. …”
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Viable Extreme Preterm Birth and Some Neonatal Outcomes in Double Cerclage versus Traditional Cerclage: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Farzaneh Broumand, Fatemeh Bahadori, Tahereh Behrouzilak, Zahra Yekta, Farkhondeh Ashrafi

“…The pregnant women at higher risk of preterm labor, referred to the perinatal clinic of Kosar University Hospital in Urmia district of Iran, were enrolled into a parallel randomized clinical trial. In the investigational arm of the clinical trial, a double cervical cerclage procedure was performed addition to McDonald cerclage. …”
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Patient and Hospital Characteristics Associated with Admission Among Patients With Minor Isolated Extremity Firearm Injuries: A Propensity-Matched Analysis by Arielle C. Thomas, MD, MPH, MS, Regina Royan, MD, MPH, Avery B. Nathens, MD, PhD, Brendan T. Campbell, MD, MPH, Susheel Reddy, MPH, Sarabeth Spitzer, MD, Doulia Hamad, MD, Angie Jang, BA, Anne M. Stey, MD, MSc

“…Results:. A total of 8151 patients presented to hospital with a minor isolated extremity firearm injury between 2016 and 2017 in 6 states. …”
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Protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations considering costs and health outcomes of weather and climate-related extreme events in humans by Collins Iwuji, Saeideh Babashahi, Kingsley Orievulu, Ekeminiabasi Eyita-Okon, Dominic Kniveton

“…We aim to conduct a systematic review to identify the recent evidence on the costs and health outcomes of extreme weather events in humans.Methods and analysis The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols guidelines were followed for reporting this protocol. …”
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Frequentist and Bayesian Approaches in Modeling and Prediction of Extreme Rainfall Series: A Case Study from Southern Highlands Region of Tanzania by Erick A. Kyojo, Silas S. Mirau, Sarah E. Osima, Verdiana G. Masanja

“…Trend analysis using p value, Kendall’s tau, and Sen’s slope indicated no statistically significant trends in rainfall patterns, although a weak positive trend in extreme rainfall events was observed, suggesting a gradual and modest increase over time. …”
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Left Main Compression by a Giant Aneurysm of the Left Sinus of Valsalva: An Extremely Rare Reason for Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock by Bruno L. R. Faillace, Micheli Z. Galon, Marcos Danillo P. Oliveira, Guy F. A. Prado, Adriano A. M. Truffa, Expedito E. Ribeiro, Pedro A. Lemos

“…We present herein an extremely rare case report of a 61-year-old woman diagnosed with external left main coronary compression by a giant aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva, which was successfully managed with percutaneous coronary intervention.…”
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A Review of Pediatric Lower Extremity Data for Pedestrian Numerical Modeling: Injury Epidemiology, Anatomy, Anthropometry, Structural, and Mechanical Properties by Yunzhu Meng, Costin D. Untaroiu

“…The goal of this study was to perform a systematic review of the data related to pedestrian lower extremity injuries, anatomy, anthropometry, structural, and mechanical properties, which can be used in the development of new pediatric computational models. …”
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Bilateral lower extremity amputation in a transgender female on estrogen therapy suffering from recurrent, medication-resistant arterial thrombi by Mitchell C. McDaniels, BS, Patrick D. Conroy, MD, Philip M. Batista, MD

“…This case report presents a 40-year-old transgender female with a history of gender-affirming hormone therapy who experienced recurrent, medication-resistant arterial thrombi leading to bilateral lower extremity amputations. …”
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The use of kinematic photogrammetry and LiDAR for reconstruction of a unique object with extreme topography: a case study of Dutchman’s Cap, Baltic seacoast, Lithuania by Birutė Ruzgienė, Lina Kuklienė, Indrius Kuklys, Dainora Jankauskienė, Dainora Jankauskienė, Sérgio Lousada, Sérgio Lousada, Sérgio Lousada, Sérgio Lousada, Sérgio Lousada

“…The paper deals with the use of kinematic remote sensing technique for the study of surface with extreme topography as is a near-vertical cliff named Olandian hat situated in the Seaside regional park on the Baltic sea coast of Lithuania. …”
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Progressive Lower Extremity Weakness and Axonal Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy from a Mutation in KIF5A (c.611G>A;p.Arg204Gln) by Nivedita U. Jerath, Tiffany Grider, Michael E. Shy

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Longitudinal host transcriptional responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults with extremely high viral load by Vasanthi Avadhanula, Chad J. Creighton, Laura Ferlic-Stark, Divya Nagaraj, Yiqun Zhang, Richard Sucgang, Erin G. Nicholson, Anubama Rajan, Vipin Kumar Menon, Harshavardhan Doddapaneni, Donna Marie Muzny, Ginger A. Metcalf, Sara Joan Javornik Cregeen, Kristi Louise Hoffman, Richard A. Gibbs, Joseph F. Petrosino, Pedro A. Piedra

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A Framework for Resilient Community Microgrids: Review of Operational Strategies and Performance Metrics by Joy Dalmacio Billanes, Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen, Zheng Ma

“…The growing frequency of extreme weather events and grid disruptions highlights the urgent need for resilient energy systems. …”
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Segment search for local extremums of images based on the analysis of brightness of adjacent homogeneous areas by V. Yu. Tsviatkou, Anh Tuan Nguyen

“…Morphological search algorithms provide the selection of non-strict extremes, but have a high computational complexity. …”
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THE EFFECT OF YIELD STRUCTURE ELEMENTS ON SPRING BARLEY (<i>HORDEUM VULGARE </i> L.) PRODUCTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENTS OF RUSSIA’S EXTREME NORTH by O. B. Batakova, V. A. Korelina

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