Interpreting machine learning models based on SHAP values in predicting suspended sediment concentration by Houda Lamane, Latifa Mouhir, Rachid Moussadek, Bouamar Baghdad, Ozgur Kisi, Ali El Bilali

“…The interpretability results showed that flow (Q) and seasonality (S) are the features most impacting SSC. …”
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Representation of introduced vegetation in pollen spectra of the Petrozavodsk State University Botanic Garden by Gornov Daniil, Gavrilova Olga, Semenov Andrey

“….), Northern red oak (<em>Quercus rubra</em> L.)) for two seasons to study the distance of pollen transportation and representation of surrounding plants in pollen spectra. …”
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Comparing Soil pH Mapping from Multi-Temporal PlanetScope and Sentinel-2 Data Across Land Use Types by Ziyu Wang, Wei Wu, Hongbin Liu

“…It examined how spectral variables from four seasonal images affect prediction accuracy. We integrated topographic and spectral variables at seven spatial resolutions (3 m, 10 m, 20 m, 30 m, 40 m, 50 m, and 60 m), using extreme gradient boosting (XGboost) for orchards, dry land, and paddy fields. …”
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Farm factors associated with increased free fatty acids in bulk tank milk by Hannah M. Woodhouse, Stephen J. LeBlanc, Trevor J. DeVries, Karen J. Hand, David F. Kelton

“…The final model adjusted R2 of 29% indicates that more factors associated with bulk tank milk FFA still need to be identified, which may include seasonal, milk composition, and individual cow factors.…”
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To what extent are digital health interventions targeting HIV care cascade among mobile populations feasible, acceptable, and effective? A mixed methods systematic review protocol by Thulile Mathenjwa, Bessie Malila, Lucia Knight, Frank Tanser, Patricia Makwambeni, Tamsin K. Phillips

“…Mobile individuals, broadly defined as those who temporally, seasonally, or permanently move from one place to another for voluntary or involuntary reasons, face many challenges in accessing HIV care services. …”
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Research on Monitoring Methods for the Appropriate Rice Harvest Period Based on Multispectral Remote Sensing by Chen Cong, Cao Guangqiao, Li Yibai, Liu Dong, Ma Bin, Zhang Jinlong, Li Liang, Hu Jianping

“…Rice production is highly seasonal, and the timing for conducting harvest operations has a relatively significant impact on yields, especially the appropriate timing of the harvesting operations. …”
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Testing the reliability of global surface temperature reconstructions of the Last Glacial Cycle with pseudo-proxy experiments by J.-P. Baudouin, N. Weitzel, M. May, L. Jonkers, A. M. Dolman, K. Rehfeld, K. Rehfeld

“…For the long timescales, uncertainty on temperature anomalies is caused by a factor that re-scales near-global-mean sea surface temperatures to GMST, the proxy measurements, the specific set of record locations, and potential seasonal biases. Increasing the number of records significantly reduces all sources of uncertainty but the scaling. …”
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Effect of Tuber Size and Intra-Row Spacing on the Yield and Quality of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Varieties by Miressa Regasa, Weyessa Garedew, Ambecha Olika

“…The study needs in-depth investigation by repeating in multilocations with more seasons, varieties, processing quality, and other agronomic practices of the crop to reach a conclusive recommendation. …”
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Dynamics of land use land cover change and its effect on urban heat island in Halaba Kulito Town by Begonet Dale, Mihret Dananto, Bisrat Kifle

“…The mean urban heat island (UHI) for 1991, 2001, 2011, and 2021 incorporating seasonal influence was 0.003, 0.002, 0.005, and 0.00, respectively. …”
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Effects of Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization on Nitrous Oxide Emission and Yield in Acidic Tea (<i>Camellia sinensis</i> L.) Plantation Soils by Fuying Jiang, Yunni Chang, Jiabao Han, Xiangde Yang, Zhidan Wu

“…N application also elevated N₂O emission fluxes by 33–277%, with notable seasonal fluctuations observed. N₂O flux was positively correlated with N rates, water-filled pore space (WFPS), soil temperature (T_soil), and inorganic N (NH₄⁺-N and NO₃⁻-N), while showing a negative correlation with soil pH. …”
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Wildfire indicators modeling for reserved forest of Vellore district (Tamil Nadu, India) by Yara EzAl Deen Sultan, Kanni Raj Arumugam Pillai, Archana Sharma

“…The climate is dry from May to July, and the weather danger index is 345–348. In other seasons, the weather index is 338–341, indicating a low-risk level. …”
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Longitudinal performance trajectories for youth female and male soccer players: 10m-sprint percentile curves adapted to biological age by Julia Hernandez, Chantal Widmer, Stephen Cobley, Dennis-Peter Born, Wolfgang Taube, Michael Romann

“…A practical software tool, developed as a Web-Application, was created and made accessible to facilitate individual performance forecasting based on 10-meter sprint times from previous seasons. Results The mixed model approach identified individualized longitudinal performance developments and estimated predictions of future performance based on both chronological and biological age. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics of stroke incidence from 2017 to 2022 in Songjiang District, Shanghai by SU Xuyan, WANG Yuzhuo, WU Yiling, HE Jingyi, YANG Peng, LANG Dongchen, JIANG Yonggen, ZHAO Genming, ZHENG Yang

“…The incidence of stroke presented seasonal characteristics, with the highest incidence in winter, accounting for 26.11% of the whole year.ConclusionThe incidence rate of stroke in Songjiang District shows a declined trend, but the overall incidence is still at a high level. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution and driving force analysis of drought characteristics in the Yellow River Basin by Meiying Wang, Yangbo Chen, Jingyu Li, Yanjun Zhao

“…Short-term cyclical fluctuations of 6–15 years were observed across distinct watersheds, with seasonal variations of 61 years for summer, 14 years for autumn, and 23 years for winter. …”
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Dairy Production in the Chuvash Republic: Success Factor Analysis by Natalya M. Suray, Alexander L. Tatochenko, Elena A. Krasil'nikova, Naila A. Teplaia, Alexey P. Mikhalev, Galina V. Zhdanova

“…The latter also receive seasonal subsidies. The Chuvash milk miracle can be explained by the following factors: big rural population; private subsidiary farms; high-quality breeding dairy livestock; high-quality feed; good milk production and processing equipment. …”
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Concentrations and health risks of metal elements in ambient air PM2.5 in two urban districts of Hefei city from 2015 to 2023: analysis of monitoring data by Yu ZHU, Linling YU, Derui YAN, Changchun XIAO

“…The annual average concentrations of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, lead, selenium, and thallium in the two districts gradually decreased over the years, while aluminum first decreased and then increased. Seasonally, the heavy metal concentrations were highest in winter, followed by the concentrations in spring, autumn, and summer. …”
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Investigating and prioritizing the factors affecting the success of e-commerce using the best and worst (BWM) technique. by shayan mohammadpour mir, shiba masoumi, seyed mojtaba kavoosi davoodi

“…Effective factors include the components of 1- infrastructure (access to the Internet network, electronic storage of information, security systems and electronic payments), 2- payment system (payment authorization, various customer payment methods, settlement operations), 3- Knowledge and awareness (customer notification system, customer privacy consideration, company's response to customers' frequent questions), 4- Customer satisfaction (variety of products and advertisements, company's seasonal auctions, timely delivery of goods, building trust). …”
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New Information and Communication Technologies for climate services: Evidence from farmers in Ada East District, Ghana by Rebecca Sarku, Famous Addi, Emmanuel M.N.A.N. Attoh

“…Farmers with smartphones are mainly those who access daily and seasonal forecast outlooks using new ICTs, while face-to-face interactions remain the common mode for disseminating information among farmers. …”
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The direct and urinary electrolyte-mediated effects of ambient temperature on population blood pressure: A causal mediation analysis by Ayesha Mukhopadhyay, Momenul Haque Mondol, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Rizwana Khan, Hoimonty Mazumder, Mohammad Nahian Ferdous, Emily V. Pickering, Konstantinos C. Makris, Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, Faruk Ahmed, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Fawaz Mzayek, Chunrong Jia, Hongmei Zhang, Anwar Musah, Lora E. Fleming, Matthew P. Smeltzer, Howard H. Chang, John L. Jefferies, Csaba P. Kovesdy, Xichen Mou, Abu Mohd Naser

“…Models had participant-level random intercepts and were adjusted for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), religion, exercise, smoking status, sleep hours, alcohol consumption, urine creatinine, time trend, household assets, drinking water salinity, and seasonality. For the combined mediators (sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium), for every 5°C increase in average daily temperature: the direct effect on systolic BP was −1.42 (95 % CI: −1.94, −0.92) mmHg and urine sodium mediated effect was −0.12 (95 % CI: −0.20, −0.05) mmHg; while urine potassium mediated effect was 0.15 (95 % CI: 0.08, 0.25) mmHg; urine calcium-mediated effect 0.06 (95 % CI: 0.01, 0.12) mmHg; and urine magnesium mediated effect −0.00 (95 % CI: −0.03, 0.02) mmHg. …”
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Improving future fish consumption: A case study on developing fish products for preschool children by Hui Jia, Zdeněk Fuka, Jan Hora, Magdalena Marešová, Věra Adámková, Koushik Roy, Jan Mraz

“…Taste tests showed preferences for standard children snack seasoning, cranberries, and herbs, with scores of 77.5, 72.5, and 60, respectively. …”
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