Improving Urban Water Environment in Eastern China by Blending Traditional with Modern Landscape Planning by Jiajie Cao, Junjun Yu, Yuan Tian, Cai Zhao, Hao Wang

“…As a fundamental part of greenspace, urban water landscape contributes greatly to the ecological system and at the same time supplies a leisure area for residents. …”
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Binary Effect of Fly Ash and Palm Oil Fuel Ash on Heat of Hydration Aerated Concrete by Taha Mehmannavaz, Mohammad Ismail, Salihuddin Radin Sumadi, Muhammad Aamer Rafique Bhutta, Mostafa Samadi, Seyed Mahdi Sajjadi

“…The obtained results reveal that the replacement of Portland cement with binary and ternary materials is beneficial, particularly for mass concrete where thermal cracking due to extreme heat rise is of great concern.…”
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Discovery of a Symptomatic Left Anomalous Coronary Artery from the Opposite Sinus and Postoperative Considerations by Ahmad Slim, John Thurlow, Jennifer Blevins, Shaun Martinho, Brian Markelz

“…This is the case of an 18 year old active duty soldier with symptoms of exertional chest pressure and syncope who was found to have anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) from the right coronary cusp (RCC) traveling partially between the great vessels before taking a septal approach between the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) and the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). …”
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Performance-Based Seismic Fragility and Residual Seismic Resistance Study of a Long-Span Suspension Bridge by Fangwen Wu, Jianfei Luo, Wei Zheng, Cheng Cai, Jun Dai, Yajun Wen, Quanyou Ji

“…Therefore, mastering the failure mechanism and evaluating accurate residual seismic resistance of a bridge under earthquakes are of great significance to the rapid recovery of traffic network function. …”
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Research Status and Challenges of Data-Driven Construction Project Management in the Big Data Context by Yao Huang, Qian Shi, Jian Zuo, Feniosky Pena-Mora, Jindao Chen

“…The construction industry is facing a data tsunami, while emerging information technologies (IT) show great potential for the effective processing of these data or information. …”
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An Overview of Neovaginal Reconstruction Options in Male to Female Transsexuals by Marta Bizic, Vladimir Kojovic, Dragana Duisin, Dusan Stanojevic, Svetlana Vujovic, Aleksandar Milosevic, Gradimir Korac, Miroslav L. Djordjevic

“…Historically, beginnings of the neovaginal creation have their roots in the treatment of Mayer-Rokitansky syndrome and conditions such as cloacal anomalies, certain intersex disorders, vaginal malignancies, or severe vaginal trauma, but have more recently found great purpose in male to female sex reassignment surgery. …”
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A standardized image processing and data quality platform for rodent fMRI by Gabriel Desrosiers-Grégoire, Gabriel A. Devenyi, Joanes Grandjean, M. Mallar Chakravarty

“…Abstract Functional magnetic resonance imaging in rodents holds great potential for advancing our understanding of brain networks. …”
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Research on a Cournot–Bertrand Game Model with Relative Profit Maximization by Yi-min Huang, Qiu-xiang Li, Yan-yan Guo, Yu-hao Zhang

“…The research of this paper is of great significance to the decision-makers’ price decision and quantity decision.…”
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Posterior Mediastinum Ganglioneuroma: a Case Report by Mileny Acosta Fonseca, Elsy Roxana Geroy Moya, Tamara Estrada Sánchez

“…Imaging studies provide advantages for the location, size and extent of the tumor. These tests are of great benefit to the surgeon. The prognosis is generally favorable, which is a sign of good prognosis when it appears after five years of age and when it is located in the posterior mediastinum. …”
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The influence of surface properties on colour centres in diamond by Anja Sadzak, Anke Krueger

“…Colour centres in diamonds have attracted considerable interest for quantum sensing applications. Boasting great photostability, long coherence times at room temperature and unique electronic properties that allow for optical initialization and readout of their quantum state, colour centres have found use in a variety of techniques for thermometry, magnetometry and nanoscale spectroscopy. …”
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Noninvasive Load Identification Method Based on Feature Similarity by Hongyan Li, Xianfeng Ding, Dan Qu, Jiang Lin

“…The traditional power load identification is greatly restricted in application because of its high cost and low efficiency. …”
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The Decay Resistance and Hyphae Penetration of Bamboo Gigantochloa scortechinii Decayed by White and Brown Rot Fungi by Norul Hisham Hamid, Othman Sulaiman, Azmy Mohammad, Norasikin Ahmad Ludin

“…This study found that the percentage weight loss was greatly reduced with the bamboo ageing. Regardless of age, the G. scortechinii was classified as highly resistant to decay by white and brown rot fungi. …”
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Bionic Modeling Study on the Landing Mechanism of Flapping Wing Robot Based on the Thoracic Legs of Purple Stem Beetle, <i>Sagra femorata</i> by Haozhe Feng, Junyi Shi, Huan Shen, Chuanyu Zhu, Haoming Wu, Lining Sun, Qian Wang, Chao Liu

“…However, the lack of takeoff and landing capabilities, particularly in landing behavior, greatly limits their adaptability to the environment during tasks. …”
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The Impact of Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs) on Proliferation and Apoptosis of Primary Stem Cells: A Systematic Review by Lize Evens, Hanne Beliën, Dorien Deluyker, Annelies Bronckaers, Pascal Gervois, Marc Hendrikx, Virginie Bito

“…Stem cell-based regenerative therapies hold great promises to treat a wide spectrum of diseases. …”
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Complexes of a piperazine based macrocycle as Cu-Zn SOD biomimetic: approach by constants determination by Armando Ferrer Serrano, Ilena Alica García Del Toro

“… Obtaining new compounds capable of catalyzing the dismutation reaction of the superoxide anion carried out by the enzyme Cu,Zn-SOD has become a topic of great interest. In the present work, the study of a ligand with a piperazine fragment and its Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes is introduced. …”
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A Simple Outdoor Environment Obstacle Detection Method Based on Information Fusion of Depth and Infrared by Yaguang Zhu, Baomin Yi, Tong Guo

“…Hence, this method has great significance for mobile robot or intelligent vehicles on obstacle detection in outdoor environment.…”
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Gut microbiota profiles of sympatric snub-nosed monkeys and macaques in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau show influence of phylogeny over diet by Chen Zhang, Yang Yu, Ling Yue, Yi Chen, Yixin Chen, Yang Liu, Cheng Guo, Qianqian Su, Zuofu Xiang

“…Abstract The unique environment of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau provides a great opportunity to study how primate intestinal microorganisms adapt to ecosystems. …”
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Efficient Option Pricing in Crisis Based on Dynamic Elasticity of Variance Model by Congyin Fan, Kaili Xiang, Peimin Chen

“…Market crashes often appear in daily trading activities and such instantaneous occurring events would affect the stock prices greatly. In an unstable market, the volatility of financial assets changes sharply, which leads to the fact that classical option pricing models with constant volatility coefficient, even stochastic volatility term, are not accurate. …”
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A Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm‐based line parameters identification method for distribution network considering multisource measurement by Dongliang Xu, Xuewen Song, Zaijun Wu, Junjun Xu, Qinran Hu

“…Accurate identification of distribution network line parameters is of great significance for the operation and control of the distribution network. …”
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The General Assembly Resolution ˝Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts˝ of 2022: Where We Stand 30 Years after by Vesna Barić Punda, Irena Nišević

“…Comments and observations to the Draft principles received from the governments of the great military powers are of special importance to the regulation of the subject matter. …”
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