Development and Application of Improved Long-Term Datasets of Surface Hydrology for Texas by Kyungtae Lee, Huilin Gao, Maoyi Huang, Justin Sheffield, Xiaogang Shi

“…Freshwater availability and agricultural production are key factors for sustaining the fast growing population and economy in the state of Texas, which is the third largest state in terms of agricultural production in the United States. This paper describes a long-term (1918–2011) grid-based (1/8°) surface hydrological dataset for Texas at a daily time step based on simulations from the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) hydrological model. …”
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Immagini migranti, immagini in-discriminanti Latenze e valenze nell’uso di foto e filmati in ambito migratorio by Alberto Baldi

“…If on one side they meant to mark the distance from their fellow coutrymen, who had remained back at the village, at the same time they considered them as the recipients of their visual messages; denoting hence, the continuing of a relationship with them. Through the study of some cases dating back to the first half of the twentieth century, in several parts of the Italian region of Basilicata, we try to make an analysis of the specific visual and audiovisual languages adopted by some emigrants whose aim was to portray an image of themselves described with an extreme care and meant to fuel a dynamic of both parting and approaching their place of origin. …”
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Improved ML-Based Technique for Credit Card Scoring in Internet Financial Risk Control by Shuangshuang Fan, Yanbo Shen, Shengnan Peng

“…In order to overcome the limitations of the credit card scoring model and evaluate credit risk better, this paper proposes a credit evaluation model based on extreme gradient boosting tree (XGBoost) machine learning (ML) algorithm to construct a credit risk assessment model for Internet financial institutions. …”
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DROUGHT RISK ANALYSIS USING SPI FOR EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS’ AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OVER VICTORIA STATE, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Moeketsi Hlalele

“…Drought is a gradual and persistent hazard resulting from below-average precipitation, which poses a threat to various economic sectors and human life as a whole. …”
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Data-Driven versus Köppen–Geiger Systems of Climate Classification by Vajira Lasantha, Taikan Oki, Daisuke Tokuda

“…Climate zone classification promotes our understanding of the climate and provides a framework for analyzing a range of environmental and socioeconomic data and phenomena. …”
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Readability and Suitability of COPD Consumer Information by Kathryn Fullmann, David F. Blackburn, Mark E. Fenton, Holly Mansell

“…While all leaflets achieved superior suitability ratings, extreme warnings included risk of premature death (n=12), risks of serious injury (n=26), serious interactions (n=26), and statements that convey a serious consequence to therapy (n=26). …”
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Shaggy aorta—An autopsy analysis by Pranita Zare, Pradeep Vaideeswar

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of autopsied cases of shaggy aorta over 15 years was conducted. …”
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Experimental Study on the Impact of Landslide-Generated Waves against Wharf Pile by Ping Mu, Pingyi Wang, Linfeng Han, Jie Zhang, Meili Wang

“…This experimental study was conducted in a generalized 3D basin to simulate the waves generating process and explore the impact of the dynamic pressure process on the wharf pile. …”
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Explainable Machine Learning-Based Prediction Model for Diabetic Nephropathy by Jing-Mei Yin, Yang Li, Jun-Tang Xue, Guo-Wei Zong, Zhong-Ze Fang, Lang Zou

“…We select the optimal 38 features through a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression model and a 10-fold cross-validation. …”
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Severe Maternal Morbidity Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy by Matthew J. Blitz, Adiel Fleischer

“…This case represents one of the most extreme manifestations of lupus disease activity associated with pregnancy that has been reported in the literature and emphasizes the importance of preconception evaluation and counseling and a multidisciplinary management approach in cases with a complex and evolving clinical course.…”
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Interpretable Machine Learning Insights into the Factors Influencing Residents’ Travel Distance Distribution by Rui Si, Yaoyu Lin, Dongquan Yang, Qijin Guo

“…A machine learning framework (Extreme Gradient Boosting combined with Shapley Additive Explanations) is introduced to interpret the factors influencing these distributions. …”
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Integrating Nature-Based Solutions for Increased Resilience to Urban Flooding in the Climate Change Context by George Radu, Maria Ilinca Chevereșan, Sorin Perju, Alina Bărbulescu

“…The imperviousness of parking lots was set at 60%, that of green roofs at 65%, and that of parking lots at 85%. A hydraulic model was used for this purpose. The results demonstrate that the current stormwater systems struggle to meet the demands of increasing rainfall intensity and highlight how sustainable strategies can effectively address extreme weather challenges while contributing to the restoration of natural environments within the city. …”
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Experimental-Based Optimization of Injection Molding Process Parameters for Short Product Cycle Time by Saad M. S. Mukras

“…An optimization problem to minimize the product cycle time (described by the first relationship) subject to constraints on the product defects (described by the latter two relationships) was then formulated. A combination set of points between the lower and upper extreme values of acceptable product defect was generated to serve as constraints for the two product defects. …”
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Exploring Logical Intuition in Base-Rate Problems Using the Instructional Manipulation Paradigm by Debiao Zhu, Ping Lu, Zhujing Hu, Jianyong Yang, Dandan Nie

“…Participants judged the probability that a character in a base-rate problem belonged to a particular group based on either their beliefs or statistics and then rated their confidence in their responses. …”
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Prevalence of COVID-19 among healthcare workers before and after vaccination by Karina Pinheiro Teixeira dos Reis, Mirelle de Oliveira Saes, Ivy Bastos Ramis

“…Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 among vaccinated and unvaccinated healthcare workers. Methods: a cross-sectional and observational study that assessed cases of flu syndrome that occurred between March 2020 and December 2021 in healthcare workers vaccinated and unvaccinated with CoronaVac or Astrazeneca in a hospital in the extreme south of Brazil. …”
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Short-Term Origin-Destination Based Metro Flow Prediction with Probabilistic Model Selection Approach by Xiaoqing Dai, Lijun Sun, Yanyan Xu

“…The approach adopts two forecasts as basic models and then uses a probabilistic model selection method, random forest classification, to combine the two outputs to achieve a better forecast. …”
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Multistep Wind Speed Prediction Based on the Fractional-Order Longicorn Swarm Algorithm and the Two-Stage Modal Decomposition Strategy by Shuren Pu, Yuanchen Gao, Yifeng Sun, Chang Liu, Siyu He, Fengjiao Wu, Delan Zhu, Bin Wang

“…To weaken the negative impact of wind speed volatility on the accuracy of the prediction model, a two-stage modal decomposition strategy based on extreme-point symmetric mode decomposition, FO-BSO algorithm, and VMD is proposed. …”
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Daily Activity Monitoring and Fall Detection Based on Surface Electromyography and Plantar Pressure by Xugang Xi, Wenjun Jiang, Zhong Lü, Seyed M. Miran, Zhi-Zeng Luo

“…Falls among the elderly comprise a major health problem. Daily activity monitoring and fall detection using wearable sensors provide an important healthcare system for elderly or frail individuals. …”
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND-BASED CONFLICT: THE IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA by OGUIKE MIRIAM ADAEZE UJU

“… Nigeria as a country is vulnerable to climate change issues. …”
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Monitoring of agricultural drought using remote sensing data in the Sebou watershed, Morocco by El-Bouhali Abdelaziz, El Ouazani Ech-Chahdi Khadija, Amyay Mhamed

“…In 2016, approximately 50% of the basin experienced extreme agricultural drought. Thus, we found that the VCI is a valuable indicator that reflects the vegetation's response to the rainfall deficit recorded in recent years.…”
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