Application of Multitask Joint Sparse Representation Algorithm in Chinese Painting Image Classification by Dongyu Yang, Xinchen Ye, Baolong Guo

“…The experimental results show that the algorithm has higher recognition accuracy and better robustness than the existing sparse representation SAR target recognition algorithm. Configuration recognition experiments are conducted on different configurations of target data, and the experimental results show that the algorithm achieves better configuration recognition accuracy than existing algorithms.…”
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The Mediating Roles of Resilience and Flow in Linking Basic Psychological Needs to Tertiary EFL Learners’ Engagement in the Informal Digital Learning of English: A Mixed-Methods St... by Yang Gao, Xiaochen Wang, Barry Lee Reynolds

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Macau pós-colonial: esperança e desespero em um Centro Mundial de Turismo e Lazer by Michael O’Regan

“…Região administrativa especial (SAR1) da República Popular da China (PRC2), Macau é o único território chinês onde se joga legalmente em cassinos. …”
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Geomorphologic Phenomenon of Marly Hills and its Effect on Chemical Quality of the Agricultural Water (case study: Kalateh-Sadat watershed of Sabzevar) by Leila Montaseri, Abolghasem Amir Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali Zangeneh Asadi

“…The results of tests and comparative the chemical quality of clear water and muddy water showed that the rate of deposition percent (turbidity), total hardness (concentration of calcium and magnesium) and water salinity (Electrical Conductivity) is higher in muddy water; but statistical analysis and diagramming Schuler & Wilcox and classification of SSP and SAR determined that this increase is not as critical and dangerous and the quality of potable and agricultural water of Kalateh Sadat river and even its total hardness is in favorable condition and well. …”
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On the Design and Performance Analysis of Flexible Planar Monopole Ultra-Wideband Antennas for Wearable Wireless Applications by Deepa Thangarasu, Rama Rao Thipparaju, Sandeep Kumar Palaniswamy, Malathi Kanagasabai, Mohammed Gulam Nabi Alsath, Devisowjanya Potti, Sachin Kumar

“…The specific absorption rate (SAR) of the designed antennas is investigated to determine their wearability, and values are found to be less than 0.2 W/Kg. …”
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Substituted piperazine conjugated to quinoline-thiosemicarbazide as potent α-glucosidase inhibitors to target hyperglycemia by Mehran Ghasemi, Mohammad Mahdavi, Maryam Dehghan, Mohammadreza Eftekharian, Somayeh Mojtabavi, Mohammad Ali Faramarzi, Aida Iraji, Ahmed Al-Harrasi

“…Structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis revealed that the nature and position of substituents on the aryl ring significantly impacted the inhibitory potency. …”
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Cytokine Profile of Patients with Allergic Rhinitis Caused by Pollen, Mite, and Microbial Allergen Sensitization by Yury A. Tyurin, Svetlana A. Lissovskaya, Rustem S. Fassahov, Ilshat G. Mustafin, Anton F. Shamsutdinov, Marina A. Shilova, Albert A. Rizvanov

“…The cytokine profile of nasal secretion and blood serum of 44 patients with AR was studied. 24 of them had seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR), and 20 patients suffered from perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR). …”
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Determination of Hydrogeochemistry, Drinking and Irrigation Properties of Groundwaters in the Northwest Section of Afyon Plain by Can Başaran, Hüseyin Manap

“…For this purpose, 12 groundwater were sampled within the scope of the study, and the hydrgeoochemical processes that gave the current compositions of the waters were determined, the analysis results were compared with the standards, and the irrigation water quality was Electrical conductivity (EC), Schoeller and Wilcox Diagram, Sodium Hazard (%Na and SAR), Residual Sodium Carbonate. (RSC), Magnesium Ratio (MR), Potential Salinity (PS) and Kelley index (KI) were interpreted using parameters. …”
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Efficacy of Larimichthys crocea TASOR protein-derived peptide FAM286 against Staphylococcus aureus by Ritian Jin, Guanglei Wei, Rong Lin, Wenfeng Lin, Jude Juventus Aweya, Duo Liang, Wuyin Weng, Shen Yang

“…Molecular docking experiments further verified the binding sites of FAM286 to S. aureus biofilm proteins SarA, AgrA, and Hld. FAM286 could also bind the bacterial DNA in an embedded manner, disrupting the structure of DNA and leading to the death of bacteria. …”
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Global initiatives and challenges in integrating artificial intelligence literacy in elementary education: Mapping policies and empirical literature by Ibrahim H. Yeter, Weipeng Yang, Joshita B. Sturgess

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The Relationship between Land Subsidence and Water Use in Yazd-Ardakan Plain Using Sentinel-1 Images by Mohammadreza Goodarzi, Maryam Sabaghzadeh, Amirreza Rajabpour niknam

“…This study aimed to quantify and compare the extent of subsidence using four Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images of the C-band from the Sentinel-1 satellite and the radar differential interferometry method from 2017 to 2021. …”
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Assessment of the Performance of ²¹⁰Pb-Based Dating Models with a Challenging Sediment History in Maryport Harbour (UK) by José M. Abril-Hernández

“…The inventory was incomplete and in an unsteady state, but the CRS model can be tentatively applied with the reference SAR and the reference date methods, although also with ambiguous results. …”
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Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Suitability of Irrigation Purposes: A Case Study in the Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand by Kshitindra Kr. Singh, Geeta Tewari, Suresh Kumar

“…To assess the groundwater quality for irrigation purpose, parameters like sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), soluble sodium percentage (SSP), residual sodium carbonate (RSC), magnesium hazards (MHs), permeability index (PI), and chloroalkaline index (CAI) values have been calculated. …”
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Combining of the H/A/Alpha and Freeman–Durden Polarization Decomposition Methods for Soil Moisture Retrieval from Full-Polarization Radarsat-2 Data by Qiuxia Xie, Qingyan Meng, Linlin Zhang, Chunmei Wang, Qiao Wang, Shaohua Zhao

“…Our algorithm thus improves the accuracy of SM data retrieval from synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) images.…”
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Vegetation Classification in a Mountain–Plain Transition Zone in the Sichuan Basin, China by Wenqian Bai, Zhengwei He, Yan Tan, Guy M. Robinson, Tingyu Zhang, Xueman Wang, Li He, Linlong Li, Shuang Wu

“…This study utilized terrain data and Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery to extract topographic, spectral, texture, and SAR features as well as the vegetation index. By combining feature sets and applying feature elimination algorithms, the classification performance of one-dimensional convolutional neural networks (1D-CNNs), Random Forest (RF), and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) was evaluated to determine the optimal feature combinations and methods. …”
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Network-Scale Impact of Vegetation Loss on Coverage and Exposure for 5G Networks by Jorn Schampheleer, Anke Huss, Margot Deruyck

“…Key findings include a significant 14.71% reduction in coverage for sub-6 GHz networks in the presence of vegetation and a 42.98% decrease in downlink whole-body SAR in mmWave networks due to vegetation’s shielding effects. …”
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Physicochemical Properties and Surface Charge Characteristics of Arid Soils in Southeastern Iran by A. H. Moghimi, J. Hamdan, J. Shamshuddin, A. W. Samsuri, A. Abtahi

“…The permanent negative charge (σp) of the soils studied is high and it has a significant positive correlation with pH, CEC, Na, Mg, SAR, clay content, palygorskite, OC, and Fed.…”
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Planning Strategies for Increasing the Occupancy Rate of Green Open Space Based on Urban Geographic Data in Macau: An Investigation of Ultra-High-Density Cities by Jitai Li, Fan Lin, Hongcan Cui, Yile Chen, Shuai Yang

“…In order to realize the green development of Macau, this paper takes the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) as an example, uses the green open space occupancy rate (GOSOR) to measure the level of green open space in Macau, and researches the planning positioning of Macau City’s green development, the layout mode of urban public open space, and the integration and optimization of the space in Largo of high-density neighborhoods, so as to explore the planning paradigm of Macau’s green development. …”
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Ground Subsidence Evolution from 1000 m Deep Mining: A Case Study in Fengfeng Mining Area by Yueguan Yan, Ming Li, Jibo Liu, Weitao Yan, Jinman Zhang, Bang Zhou

“…By means of field measurement, InSAR monitoring, we get the subsidence data under different mining depth and get the relevant subsidence parameters by inversion. …”
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An Imaging Method for Marine Targets in Corner Reflector Jamming Scenario Based on Time–Frequency Analysis and Modified Clean Technique by Changhong Chen, Wenkang Liu, Yuexin Gao, Lei Cui, Quan Chen, Jixiang Fu, Mengdao Xing

“…In the corner reflector jamming scenario, the ship target and the corner reflector array have different degrees of defocusing in the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image due to their complex motions, which is unfavorable to the subsequent target recognition. …”
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