Prevalence and risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a newly identified endemic site in South-Ethiopia. by Behailu Merdekios, Mesfin Kote, Myrthe Pareyn, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Johan van Griensven

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors of CL in Bilala Shaye, a village in the southern Ethiopian highlands at an altitude of 2,250 meters.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional house-to-house survey was done between July-August 2021. …”
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Signatures of selection and candidate genes for adaptation to extreme environmental factors in the genomes of Turano-Mongolian cattle breeds by N. S. Yudin, A. A. Yurchenko, D. M. Larkin

“…The review examines recent work on the origin and evolution of Turano-Mongolian cattle breeds, adaptation of Turano-Mongolian cattle to extreme environments, and summarizes available information on potential candidate genes for climate adaptation of Turano-Mongolian breeds, including cold resistance genes, immune response genes, and high-altitude adaptation genes. The authors conclude that the current literature data do not provide preference to one of the two possible scenarios of Turano-Mongolian breed origins: as a result of the domestication of a wild aurochs at East Asia or as a result of the migration of taurine proto-population from the Middle East. …”
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Predicting Traffic Accident Risk in Seoul Metropolitan City: A Dataset Construction Approach by Ji-Woong Yang, Hyeon-Jin Jung, Tae-Wook Kim, Han-Jin Lee, Ellen J. Hong

“…The data encompasses various aspects such as traffic accidents, weather conditions, standard node links, traffic speed, Points of Interest (POI), solar altitude and azimuth, speed bumps, and traffic surveillance cameras. …”
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Climatic Trends in Hail Precipitation in France: Spatial, Altitudinal, and Temporal Variability by Lucía Hermida, José Luis Sánchez, Laura López, Claude Berthet, Jean Dessens, Eduardo García-Ortega, Andrés Merino

“…There was a high concentration of hailpads with positive trend near the Pyrenees, probably owing to orographic effects, and if we apply cluster analysis with the Mann-Kendall values, the spatial variability is accentuated for stations at higher altitude.…”
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Species distribution modelling and landscape connectivity as tools to inform management and conservation for the critically endangered Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinu... by Tosif Fida, Alireza Mohammadi, Kamran Almasieh, Luciano Bosso, Shams Ud Din, Urwah Shamas, Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Muhammad Kabir

“…The main cause of the global threat to large carnivore populations living in high-altitude areas is human pressure. The Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus, hereafter bear) is listed as a critically endangered species, and it dominates the higher altitudes of the North and Western Himalayan landscapes. …”
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Research on the Detection Method of Martian Atmospheric Temperature and Pressure Profile Based on Laser Occultation Technology by Ye Liu, Wei Kong, Xue Shen, Tao Chen, Genghua Huang

“…The simulation results reveal that this method can accurately measure temperature and pressure at a vertical resolution of 100 m from 5 km to 50 km altitude of the Martian atmosphere with deviations of 0.43 K and 1.06%, respectively. …”
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Error Assessment of Thermospheric Mass Density Retrieval With POD Products Using Different Strategies During Solar Minimum by Vishal Ray, Jeffrey Thayer, Eric K. Sutton, Zachary Waldron

“…The performance of the two methods and their sensitivities to these various error sources are compared for circular orbits in the altitude regime 300–800 km during solar minimum F10.7=72.5. …”
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WRKY Transcription Factors Modulate the Flavonoid Pathway of <i>Rhododendron chrysanthum</i> Pall. Under UV-B Stress by Wang Yu, Xiangru Zhou, Jinhao Meng, Hongwei Xu, Xiaofu Zhou

“…(<i>R. chrysanthum</i>), adapted to high-altitude and high-irradiation environments, has developed unique adaptive mechanisms. …”
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Impact of 21 June 2020 Annular Solar Eclipse on Meteorological Parameters, O3 and CO at a High Mountain Site in Taiwan by Saginela Ravindra Babu, Shantanu Kumar Pani, Chang-Feng Ou-Yang, Neng-Huei Lin

“…Overall, our results show the impact of the solar eclipse on high altitude measurements for the first time, and further this work provides a useful new contribution to the literature examining solar eclipse-induced atmospheric changes.…”
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Environmental tipping points for global soil nitrogen-fixing microorganisms by Yueqi Hao, Hao Liu, Jiawei Li, Li Mu

“…Soil pH, organic carbon (OC), mean annual precipitation (MAP), altitude, and total phosphorus (TP) are factors with contributions greater than 10% to NFMs. pH, OC, and MAP are the top three factors at the global scale. …”
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A Hybrid Dual-Axis Solar Tracking System: Combining Light-Sensing and Time-Based GPS for Optimal Energy Efficiency by Muhammad Hammas, Hassen Fituri, Ali Shour, Ashraf Ali Khan, Usman Ali Khan, Shehab Ahmed

“…The system is based on the combination of two approaches to precisely track the sunlight: first, using multiple LDRs (light-dependent resistors) as photo sensors to track the position of the sun by balancing the resistivity using a proportional integral deprival (PID) controller, and the second approach using the time-based control for cloudy days when sunlight is diffused, getting the time GPS coordinates and time to calculate the accurate position of the sun by determining the azimuth and altitude angle. This dual system significantly improves energy production by 33.23% compared to fixed systems and eliminates errors during shaded conditions while reducing unnecessary energy use from continuous GPS activation. …”
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related to wood smoke and impact of the combined exposure to tobacco by C.A. Torres-Duque, C. Jaramillo, A. Caballero, N.J. Proaños-Jurado, M.J. Pareja-Zabala, J.B. Soriano, M. González-García

“…METHOD: This was an analysis of data from PREPOCOL (Prevalence of COPD in Five Colombian Cities Situated at Low, Medium, and High Altitude), a random cross-sectional population-based study (n = 5,539) focusing on the effect of combined WS and TS exposure and WS-COPD characterisation. …”
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Glacial lakes outburst susceptibility and risk in the Eastern Himalayas using analytical hierarchy process and backpropagation neural network models by Sandeep Kumar Mondal, Jyotindra Narayan, Chitesh Sharma, Rishikesh Bharti, Santosha Kumar Dwivedy, Pinaki Roy Chowdhury, Ramesh P. Singh

“…A number of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) occurred in the Himalayas in the recent past, affecting people and infrastructures. Assessment of high-altitude glacial lakes is required to avoid associated hazards and mitigate the impacts. …”
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Correlation Between Flying Insect Diversity and Environmental Factors in Various Land Use Types in Paseh District, Sumedang Regency, West Java by Susanti Withaningsih, Bilhaq Fahmi Ilmi, Parikesit Parikesit

“…The CCA results showed that temperature strongly and positively correlated with insect diversity across all land uses, while wind speed correlated positively with insect diversity in gardens. Altitude correlated negatively with insect diversity in mixed gardens but positively in rice fields. …”
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Experimental and Computational Study of Trapped Vortex Combustor Sector Rig with High-Speed Diffuser Flow by R. C. Hendricks, D. T. Shouse, W. M. Roquemore, D. L. Burrus, B. S. Duncan, R. C. Ryder, A. Brankovic, N.-S. Liu, J. R. Gallagher, J. A. Hendricks

“…These include lower weight, lower pollutant emissions, effective flame stabilization, high combustion efficiency, excellent high altitude relight capability, and operation in the lean burn or RQL modes of combustion. …”
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Evaluation of the Biochemical and Antioxidant Behaviour of Four Species Chenopodium quinoa Willd, Zea mays L., Triticosecale wittmack and Hordeum vulgare L. Effected by Oxidative S... by Bouchareb Radia, Belguet Assia, Semmar R. Narimene, Guendouz Ali

“…Our study was conducted at the faculty of Sciences of the nature and life from Mentouri Brothers University of Constantine, (36°21′54″ N: 6°36′52″ E), altitude above sea level by 574 m in March 2022. Cereals and pseudo-cereals, the world's most important crop, are an important source of sustenance for humans and animals. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Downlink Multiple Users NOMA-Enable UAV-Aided Communication Systems Over Nakagami-<italic>m</italic> Fading Environments by Thu-Thuy Thi Dao, Sang Quang Nguyen, Hong Nhung-Nguyen, Phu Xuan Nguyen, Yong-Hwa Kim

“…Additionally, the effects of the system parameters such as the transmit power and altitude of the UAV, the coefficients of channel model on the system performance were studied. …”
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Molecular Phylogeny and Morphology Reveal Four New Species of <i>Conocybe</i> (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) from the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China by Xi-Xi Han, Dorji Phurbu, Bin Cao, Jia-Xin Li, Xin-Yu Zhu, Lin-Hui Liu, Naritsada Thongklang, Kevin D. Hyde, Rui-Lin Zhao

“…The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, known for its high altitude, geological history of plate collision, crustal uplift, and special ecology factors, provides an ideal environment for studying fungal biodiversity in extreme environmental conditions. …”
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SwinClustering: a new paradigm for landscape character assessment through visual segmentation by Tingting Huang, Tingting Huang, Bo Huang, Bo Huang, Sha Li, Haiyue Zhao, Xin Yang, Jianning Zhu

“…This approach employs a visual segmentation method to achieve multi-scale clustering, utilizing nine key attributes of landscape elements: altitude, aspect, geology, landcover, landform, relief, slope, soil, and vegetation. …”
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Aerosol Measurements over India: Comparison of MAX-DOAS Measurements with Ground-based (AERONET) and Satellite-based (MODIS) Data by Prithviraj Mali, Mriganka Sekhar Biswas, Steffen Beirle, Thomas Wagner, Shrivardhan Hulswar, Swaleha Inamdar, Anoop S. Mahajan

“…Abstract In this study, we present ground-based multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) measurements of aerosols from two urban locations (Delhi and Pune) and one high-altitude rural location (Mahabaleshwar) in India. We utilized a profile retrieval algorithm to estimate the vertical profiles and vertical column densities of aerosols (AOD) using MAX-DOAS measurements of the oxygen dimer (O4) at ultraviolet and visible spectral regions. …”
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