Annual change in the distribution and landscape health of mangrove ecosystems in China from 2016 to 2023 with Sentinel imagery by Yuchao Sun, Mingzhen Ye, Bin Ai, Zhenlin Lai, Jun Zhao, Zhuokai Jian, Xinyan Qi

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Piloting an external quality assurance program (QAP) for COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs): findings and lessons learned from Cambodia by Vonthanak Saphonn, John Kaldor, Deborah Williamson, Sothavireak Bory, Philip Cunningham, Jessica Markby, Kennarey Seang, Jacqueline Prestedge, Chan Leakhena Phoeung, Marilyn Ninan, Kanika Heng, Andrew Valley

“…While continued capacity building and support with troubleshooting have been key to the successful EQA piloting at the UHS laboratory, the programme experienced delays in the shipping/delivery of EQA and QC panels due to customs and border requirements, which could have hindered implementation and potentially impacted the quality of the QA materials. …”
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Environmental and health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and toxic elements in the red sea using Monte Carlo simulation by F. Alshaima Sayed, Mohamed Hamdy Eid, Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny, Gouda Ismail Abdel-Gawad, Essam A. Mohamed, Mostafa R. Abukhadra

“…Confirmatory ratios pointed to industrial and shipping influences as petrogenic sources. Elevated total organic carbon (TOC) levels in Suez Bay indicated aggravated organic pollution, exacerbated by oil rigs and refineries. …”
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Unraveling the spatiotemporal trends and source attribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and oxygenated derivatives in Guangzhou agricultural ditch sediment by Shaomin Li, Weisong Chen, Yichen Liu, Haoyu Wang, Yongtao Li, Zhen Zhang, Xingjian Yang

“…Secondary sources encompassed coal combustion, road runoff, and wastewater from both industrial and shipping activities. The risk quotients (RQs) for PAH and OPAH mixtures indicated moderate to high ecological hazards. …”
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Evaluasi Tata Kelola Sumber Daya Teknologi Informasi Menggunakan Kerangka Kerja COBIT 5 Subdomain EDM04, APO07 dan DSS03 pada Perusahaan Jasa Pelabuhan PT. XYZ by Audi Kresna Fathurino, Yusi Tyroni Mursityo, Aditya Rachmadi

“…XYZ is a company engaged in providing port services, such as offshore transportation, shipping, and other various maritime industries. Aiding its operational activities, the Information Technology Department of PT XYZ faces several disturbances, including frequent reports of complaints related to IT services problems which require the teams to always be fast and responsive in fixing and anticipating problems. …”
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Comprehensive Study on the Thermoelectric Properties and Influencing Factors of Wearable Spiral Bracelets Enhanced by Radiation Cooling by Song Lv, Ying Guo, Yangyang Wu, Guoqing Shi, Mingming Zhang, Jingcai Deng, Mengqi Feng, Yi Hu

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Online Real-Time Trajectory Analysis Based on Adaptive Time Interval Clustering Algorithm by Jianjiang Li, Huihui Jiao, Jie Wang, Zhiguo Liu, Jie Wu

“…With the development of Chinese international trade, real-time processing systems based on ship trajectory have been used to cluster trajectory in real-time, so that the hot zone information of a sea ship can be discovered in real-time. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Flow on a Simple Frigate Shape (SFS) by Rafael Bardera Mora

“…Helicopters operations on board ships require special procedures introducing additional limitations known as ship helicopter operational limitations (SHOLs) which are a priority for all navies. …”
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Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Semi-Empirical Speed Loss Prediction for Weather Routing by Chih-Wen Cheng, Yu-An Tzeng, Ming-Hsiung Chang, Shang-Chi Liu, Ho-King Cheung, Ching-Yeh Hsin

“…The study focused on improving the prediction of speed loss in irregular waves for container ships and further applying this to ship-optimized voyage planning. …”
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Optimal Sizing of Battery Energy Storage System in a Shipboard Power System with considering Energy Management Optimization by Xianqiang Bao, Xinghua Xu, Yan Zhang, Yiyong Xiong, Chengya Shang

“…Due to the increasing concerns about the environmental and economic issues of traditional ships, all-electric ships with energy storage and renewable energy integration have become more and more appealing for the forthcoming future. …”
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Cruise passengers’ perceived value and willingness to recommend by David McA. Baker, Mark D. Fulford

“…Passengers aboard an underway ship cruising the Caribbean were surveyed. Regression analyses revealed that, not surprisingly, perceived value and service quality aboard the ship are key determinants of willingness to recommend a cruise to someone else. …”
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Life prediction analysis of patrol vessel made from FRP with variations of wave height and wave direction by Octaviano Noel, Zubaydi Achmad, Ismail Abdi, Ariesta Rizky Chandra, Pratikno Herman, Rahmana Putra Nicky, Triputrastyo Murwatono Totok

“…Additionally, predicting the ship’s lifetime is also necessary to meet ship safety factors. …”
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STUDY ON THE ANTI-COLLISION CHARACTERISTICS OF ALUMINUM FOAM SANDWICH PLATE PROTECTION DEVICE IN OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE by ZHAO XinLei, LI Chun, HAN ZhiWei

“…To verify the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed design protection performance,LS-DYNA is used to simulate the collision process of a 3000 t ship and a 5 MW tripod offshore wind turbine. At different ship speeds,the anti-collision performance of the sandwich protection device with the same thickness and different layers was analyzed. …”
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Parameter Identification of an Unmanned Surface Vessel Nomoto Model Based on an Improved Extended Kalman Filter by Sihang Lu, Baolin Wang, Zaopeng Dong, Zhihao Hu, Yilun Ding, Wangsheng Liu

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Vision-Based Underwater Docking Guidance and Positioning: Enhancing Detection with YOLO-D by Tian Ni, Can Sima, Wenzhong Zhang, Junlin Wang, Jia Guo, Lindan Zhang

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Fault Feature Extraction and Diagnosis of Gearbox Based on EEMD and Deep Briefs Network by Kai Chen, Xin-Cong Zhou, Jun-Qiang Fang, Peng-fei Zheng, Jun Wang

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A Few-Shot Learning for Predicting Radar Receiver Interference Response Based on Distillation Meta-Learning by Lingyun Zhang, Hui Tan, Mingliang Huang

“…Establishing a behavioral model for radar equipment and ensuring the electromagnetic compatibility of radar systems in unmanned ship formations are essential for coordinated operations. …”
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Wave Drift Force and Moment in Deep and Shallow Water by Heinrich Söding

“…To attain a low Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), large ships possibly lack the necessary propulsion power to avoid stranding in case of strong adverse wind and wave conditions. …”
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Discussion on the New Marine Application of Space-Integrated-Ground Information Network by Yuhui LI, Yu HUANG, Niwei WANG, Xiaofan XU, Zhou LU

“…The demand of new marine applications,such as ocean observation,polar scientific research,autonomous ship navigation,ship dynamic tracking,etc.,for the space-integrated-ground information network was analyzed.The typical marine applications,such as ocean remote sensing data relay,space-based internet of things of ocean observation platform,safety supervision of ships in the middle and far seas were proposed.Through the demonstration and promotion of the space-ground integrated information network marine application,we can promote the eff ective integration of the marine application and the Space-Ground Integrated Information Network,improve the comprehensive level of marine informatization,and help the rapid and stable development of China’s marine economy.…”
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