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

“…Since weather stations can be gathered in two main sets depending on their positions, differences arise in the forecast quality of these two groups, related to orography and thermal effects, whose detection is difficult in the typical narrow valleys characterizing the area of study. …”
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Three-dimensional analysis using a dental model scanner: Morphological changes of occlusal appliances used for sleep bruxism under dry and wet conditions. by Aya Ozawa, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Kazuo Okura, Toshinori Okawa, Susumu Abe, Kohei Kamoi, Emi Uyama, Kenichi Hamada, Yoshizo Matuka

“…However, in the D Group, a typical deformation pattern was detected at 4 weeks, with the posterior margin of the molars shrinking anteriorly, the palatal side of the molars lifted, and the buccal side retracted inward. …”
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Determination of Ten Flavonoids in the Raw and Fermented Fructus Aurantii by Quantitative Analysis of Multicomponents via a Single Marker (QAMS) Based on UPLC by Ting Yang, Yingying Huang, Qinru Li, Qijian Xu, Yangbing Fang, Jiangling Long, Aihua Huang, Meiqi Wang, Quan Xia

“…This QAMS approach is useful for detecting numerous components in RFA and FFA simply, quickly, and efficiently, thus strengthening the quality control of FA and its fermented products.…”
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Seasonal soil health dynamics in soy-wheat relay intercropping by Jennifer B. Thompson, Thomas F. Döring, Timothy M. Bowles, Steffen Kolb, Sonoko D. Bellingrath-Kimura, Moritz Reckling

“…Using a field experiment in Eastern Germany, we studied the temporal dynamics of chemical, biological, and physical indicators of soil health in the topsoil over a year of cultivation to detect early effects of soy-wheat relay intercropping compared to sole cropping. …”
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Engineering Application of an Identification Method to Shock-Induced Vortex Stability in the Transonic Axial Fan Rotor by Yan Xue, Ning Ge

“…The final verification results show that the above two vortex states can be satisfactorily detected by the theoretical discriminant introduced in this work.…”
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Tackling somatic DNA contamination in sperm epigenetic studies by Anamika Kumari, Anamika Kumari, Rajender Singh, Rajender Singh

“…Sperm epigenetic data may be significantly affected by somatic DNA contamination, resulting in misleading conclusions. However, detecting and dealing with somatic DNA contamination in semen samples can be a challenging task.MethodsIn the present study, we worked out a detailed and robust plan to deal with somatic cell DNA contamination in sperm epigenetic studies in order to draw error-free scientific conclusions. …”
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Characterization of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from blood cultures in Gaza Strip hospitals, Palestine by Nahed Al Laham, Ahmed Al Afifi, Alexander Mellmann, Frieder Schaumburg

“…Carbapenemases were phenotypically detected. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of all CRKP isolates was performed to assess determinants for carbapenem resistance and genotypes. …”
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A MACHINE LEARNING DISTRACTED DRIVING PREDICTION MODEL by Samira AHANGARI, Mansoureh JEIHANI, Abdollah DEHZANGI

“…Drivers' situational awareness, decision-making, and driving performance are impaired due to temporarily diverting their attention from the primary task of driving to other tasks not related to driving. Detecting driver distraction would help in adapting the most effective countermeasures. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Travel Patterns from Cellular Network Data and an Urban Travel Demand Model by Nils Breyer, Clas Rydergren, David Gundlegård

“…The results for the small-scale dataset show that, with the proposed trip extraction methods, the recall (trip detection rate) is about 50% for short trips of 1-2 km, while it is 75–80% for trips of more than 5 km. …”
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A Pilot Seroprevalence Study Suggests Silent Zika virus Transmission in Bhopal Region of Central India by Shashwati Nema, Dipesh Kale, Romesh Jain, Ajay Halder, Manisha Shrivastava, Deepak Vaishnav, Ashvini Kumar Yadav, Divya Namdeo, Debasis Biswas

“…Results: ZIKV RNA was not detected in any of the 75 samples tested by real-time PCR assay. …”
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Enhancement of Physical Appearance, Skin Permeation, and Odor Reduction Using Liposome of Hydrolyzed Salmon Collagen for Cosmetic Products by Thanaporn Amnuaikit, Rajeev Shankar Rajagopal, Krisana Nilsuwan, Soottawat Benjakul

“…Skin permeation and odor detection of the HC-VitB3 liposome were studied using Franz’s diffusion cell and gas chromatography, respectively, and compared with HC-VitB3 solution. …”
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Haematological and Biochemical Studies on some Species of Fishes by LC Chuku, AA Uwakwe

“…The ‘A’ ‘O’ and ‘AB’ blood groups were detected and glutathione-Stransferase activity values of 5.64 – 7.27 I.U were obtained. …”
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Identification of Buffalo Breeds Using Self-Activated-Based Improved Convolutional Neural Networks by Yuanzhi Pan, Hua Jin, Jiechao Gao, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf

“…Therefore, the automatic detection and classification of buffalo breeds are required. …”
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Discharge and Optical Emission Spectrum Characteristics of a Coaxial Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma-Assisted Combustion Actuator by Pengfei Liu, Liming He, Bingbing Zhao

“…In addition, numerous second positive system (SPS) excited nitrogen molecules were detected from the OES signals. The intensity of the spectral lines (297.54 nm, 315.76 nm, 336.96 nm, and 357.56 nm) first increased, then maintained, and then increased rapidly with the increased radius; however, the intensity of the spectral lines (380.34 nm, 405.80 nm, and 434.30 nm) basically remained unchanged, then increased, and finally decreased with the increased radius. …”
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Competitive strategies of internationalization, searching and creating markets by O. V. Mickhailov

“…Actuality, content and advantages of strategies of the business internationalization, detecting and creating new markets are often remaining underestimating and ignoring of many subjects of the world economy. …”
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Weak genetic divergence and signals of adaptation obscured by high gene flow in an economically important aquaculture species by Bernarda Calla, Jingwei Song, Neil Thompson

“…Individuals from populations that were separated both geographically and temporally did not show detectable genetic differences, illustrating the consequences of human intervention in the form translocation of animals between farms, hatcheries and natural settings. …”
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Relative Fat Mass, A Better Predictor of Erectile Dysfunction: Insights From the NHANES 2001–2004 by BoWen Yang, HanYu Wang, Luyi Tang, JiuHuan Feng, ShuFang Hou

“…Obesity is a significant factor contributing to erectile dysfunction (ED). Early detection of ED generally results in improved treatment outcomes. …”
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MSVPWM Based-SAPF For Harmonic Mitigation in The Distribution Network Under Unbalanced Condition by Haider Muhamad Husen, Salar Ahmed Qadir

“…In this work, synchronous reference frame (d-q) algorithm is selected to detect the harmonic current components, Proportional-integral (PI) controller is utilized to ameliorate the storage of energy in the dc-link capacitor and the multilevel space vector pulse width modulation (MSVPWM) strategy determines the switching pulses of NPC inverter. …”
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New records of the golden jackal (Canis aureus L.) in the upper Soča valley, Slovenia by Miha Mihelič, Miha Krofel

“…Using acoustic methods, we were unable to confirm the presence of a territorial jackal group, but we did detect jackals on 26 photographs made with photo-traps at one location. …”
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Periscapular Strength Profile Changes in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers Over the Course of a Season by Patrick S Pabian, Victoria Roach, Roselin Howard, Lauren Johnston, Ryan McGuire

“…However, the middle trapezius strength value change (1.3kg loss) exceeded the minimal detectible change. # Conclusion Periscapular muscles in baseball pitchers diminish in strength over the course of a collegiate baseball season. …”
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