Impact of Land Use Changes on Collapsed Pipes Development in the Loess Gully (Lublin Upland, East Poland) by Rodzik Jan, Kołodyńska-Gawrysiak Renata, Franczak Łukasz, Zgłobicki Wojciech, Poesen Jean

“…Subsurface erosion is a poorly recognized but important process for modelling and predicting gully erosion rates in loess areas. It is crucial to recognize the factors and mechanisms of soil piping and pipe collapse development. …”
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The Idea of the Withering Away of Law in the Early Soviet Legal Philosophy (1917–1930) by G. T. Bogatyrev

“…The replacement of law by technical norms was also predicted by M. A. Reisner, but his view was even more general — the law should have disappeared by itself when universal equality and justice would have been established in society. …”
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Complexities of Conflict: Climate Change, Elephants and Local Livelihoods in Lupane, Zimbabwe by Ndlovu Joram, Douglas Nyathi

“…The conflict between humans and wildlife can result in negative impacts on both parties and hinder conservation efforts. By predicting how conflict risks may change with a growing agricultural sector and human population under a changing climate, policymakers can effectively allocate resources for mitigating and conserving conflict-prone species and regions. …”
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Analysis of Water and Sediment Variation Characteristics in Jingjiang River Reach before and after Operation of Three Gorges Reservoir Based on GAM by DING Jiawei, PENG Yuming, CHEN Yanfei, SHEN Jian, HUANG Liemin

“…In order to explore the different water and sediment variation characteristics in Jingjiang River reach before and after the operation of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the Mann-Kendall trend test method and rescaled range (R/S) analysis method were used to analyze and predict the variation trend of water and sediment in Jingjiang River reach, and the generalized additive model (GAM) was constructed to quantitatively analyze the influence of water and sediment outflows from the Three Gorges Reservoir on the Jingjiang River reach. …”
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The amygdala and the pursuit of future rewards by S. Tobias Johnson, Fabian Grabenhorst

“…Moreover, amygdala neurons predict the stepwise choices to pursue these rewards, signal progress toward goals, and distinguish internally generated (i.e., self-determined) choices from externally imposed actions. …”
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Investigation of Strongyle Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors in Horses in and around Alage District, Ethiopia by Mulugeta Tesfaye Alemayehu, Belete Kuraz Abebe, Sharew Mekonnen Haile

“…While sex and peasant associations did not predict the problem significantly (p≤0.05), young horses and horses in poor and medium body conditions are 4.66 (CI: 2.22–9.76), 9.63 (CI: 3.77–24.63), and 1.93 (1.03–3.60) times more likely to be infected with Strongylosis, respectively. …”
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Controlling injection conditions of a deep coaxial closed well heat exchanger to meet irregular heat demands: a field case study in Belgium (Mol) by Vlasios Leontidis, Edgar Hernandez, Justin Pogacnik, Magnus Wangen, Virginie Harcouët-Menou

“…Two numerical tools are used to predict the evolution of the temperature and the produced energy over a period of 20 years considering the vertical coaxial well and the complete geological morphology. …”
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Developing Seasonal Ammonia Emission Estimates with an Inverse Modeling Technique by Alice B. Gilliland, Robin L. Dennis, Shawn J. Roselle, Thomas E. Pierce, Lucille E. Bender

“…Annually averaged NH3 emissions could significantly affect model-predicted concentrations and wet and dry deposition of nitrogen-containing compounds. …”
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The palisade cartilage tympanoplasty technique: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Caroline C. Jeffery, Cameron Shillington, Colin Andrews, Allan Ho

“…This technique has predictable, long-term results with low complication rates, similar to temporalis fascia tympanoplasty.…”
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Perceived social support and the experience of intimate partner violence among married and cohabiting young women in urban slums, Ibadan, Nigeria: a descriptive study by Olufunmilayo I Fawole, Omowumi O Okedare

“…Type of union and duration of union significantly predicted all forms of IPV.Conclusion Prevalence of IPV is higher among women in cohabiting relationships. …”
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Efficiency-House Optimization to Widen the Operation Range of the Double-Suction Centrifugal Pump by Wenjie Wang, Majeed Koranteng Osman, Ji Pei, Shouqi Yuan, Jian Cao, Fareed Konadu Osman

“…The pump performance is predicted using three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations which is validated by the experimental test. …”
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Shear Performance of Concrete Beams with a Maximum Size of Recycled Concrete Aggregate by Brian Jacks Odero, Raphael N. Mutuku, Timothy Nyomboi, Zachary Abiero Gariy

“…The ultimate shear strength of the experimental work in the study was predicted using eight (8) selected models from the literature. …”
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Defense mechanism of SDN application layer against DDoS attack based on API call management by Yang WANG, Guangming TANG, Shuo WANG, Jiang CHU

“…Due to thelack of strict access control, identity authentication and abnormal call detection, attackers may develop malicious applications easily and then it leads to theabuse of the northbound interface API (application programming interface) accordingly.There are mainly two patterns of DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks against application layer.1) malicious App bypass the security review of the northbound interface and make a large number of calls to some API in a short time, thus causing the controller to crash and paralyzing the whole network; 2) attackers take a legitimate SDN (software defined network) application as the target and make a large number of short-time calls to the specific API needed by the application, which makes the legitimate App unable to call the API normally.Compared with the first pattern, the second one is more subtle.Therefore, it’s necessary to distinguish whether the App is malicious or not, effectively clean the App running on the attacked controller, and redistribute the controller to the legitimate App.Based on the in-depth analysis of the development trend of the current northbound interface, the possible DDoS attack patterns were simulated and practiced.Then a DDoS defense mechanism for SDN application layer was proposed.This mechanism added an App management layer between SDN application layer and control layer.Through reputation management, initial review, mapping allocation, anomaly detection and identification migration of the App, the malicious App attack on SDN can be predicted and resisted.The proposal focused on pre-examination of malicious App before attacks occur, so as to avoid attacks.If the attack has already happened, the operation of cleaning and separating the legitimate App from the malicious App is triggered.Theoretical and experimental results show that the proposed mechanism can effectively avoid DDoS attacks in SDN application layer, and the algorithm runs efficiently.…”
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Thermospheric neutral wind studies over the equatorial region: A review by Siti Syazwani Nasuha, Idahwati Sarudin, Nurul Shazana Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Fairuz Omar

“…Additionally, through empirical observations, an improved ability to accurately model and predict the behavior of this region can be achieved. …”
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The Role of Perceived Stress in Marital Boredom Due to Ego_Strength and Mindfulness by Sheida Alipour, Leila Heydarinasab

“…Discussion and conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the perceived tensions and stresses in the lives of married women, due to their self-strength and mindfulness, can significantly predict their marital burnout in relation to their husbands.…”
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Local-Scale Weather Forecasts over a Complex Terrain in an Early Warning Framework: Performance Analysis for the Val d’Agri (Southern Italy) Case Study by Giuseppe Giunta, Alessandro Ceppi, Raffaele Salerno

“…Forecasting applications based on hourly meteorological predictions for weather variables are nowadays used in energy market operations, planning of gas and power supply, and renewable energy, among others. …”
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Exploring the Relation: Does Forgiveness Enhance Interpersonal Problem Solving? by Çağla Girgin Büyükbayraktar, Süleyman Barbaros Yalçın, İsmail Yavuz Öztürk, Serkan Say

“…Forgiveness positively predicts constructive problem-solving (r = 0.45, <i>p</i> < 0.01) and negatively correlates with negative approaches to problems (r = −0.37, <i>p</i> < 0.01), lack of self-confidence (r = −0.29, <i>p</i> < 0.01), and unwillingness to take responsibility (r = −0.31, <i>p</i> < 0.01). …”
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Expanded non-invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies. by Shaozhe Yang, Yuan Zhuang, Junfeng Li, Xiuhong Fu

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Screening results, confirmatory invasive testing results, and follow-up data from pregnant women who underwent either NIPT (6792 cases) or NIPT-Plus (5237 cases) testing at Luohe Central Hospital, China, from January 2019 to June 2023 were collected. The positive predictive value (PPV), sensitivity, specificity, and other indicators for different types of chromosomal abnormalities in NIPT/NIPT-plus screening were calculated. …”
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Analysis of Climate Change Effects on Precipitation and Temperature Trends in Spain by Blanca Arellano, Qianhui Zheng, Josep Roca

“…The main objectives were as follows: (1) to analyze the temporal evolution of temperature from 1971 to the present, to quantify the warming process experienced in the case study and to evaluate the increase in extreme heat events (heatwaves); (2) to study the evolution of the precipitation regime to determine whether there is a statistically representative trend towards a drier climate and an increase in extreme precipitation; (3) to investigate the interaction between annual precipitation and the continuous increase in temperature; and (4) to estimate the future climate scenario for mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands towards 2050, analyzing the trends in land aridity and predicting a possible change from a Mediterranean climate to a warm steppe climate, according to the Köppen classification. …”
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A Generalized Bridge Regression in Fuzzy Environment and Its Numerical Solution by a Capable Recurrent Neural Network by Delara Karbasi, Mohammad Reza Rabiei, Alireza Nazemi

“…Also, we examine the predictive ability of the model, thus, obtained by cross validation. …”
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