Preliminary Evaluation of Some Engineering Geological Properties of Soils in the New Yenagoa Town, Bayelsa State, Central Niger Delta by PO Youdeowei, HO Nwankwoala

“…The subsurface investigation was undertaken by drilling of ten near the shore drill holes using rotary type drill machine. The boreholes were spaced 100m apart along the 1.2 km long river channel and drilled down to a maximum of 10m. …”
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Spatio-temporal variation in pollen collected by honey bees (Apis mellifera) in rural-urban mosaic landscapes in Northern Europe. by Yoko L Dupont, Thorsten J S Balsby, Mette B Greve, Luna K Marcussen, Per Kryger

“…Pollen diversity was highly variable, with effects of season, year, and area of green urban spaces. In terms of quantity, a few key pollen types occurred repeatedly and abundantly in the samples. …”
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Improving the Mechanical Properties of Red Clay Using Xanthan Gum Biopolymer by Lina Wang, Zhiyu Weng, Qiang Liu, Tianliang Wang, Xuemin Pan, Guoyu Li, Zhiliang Wang

“…The proper xanthan gum can effectively wrap clay particles and fill pore spaces. However, the extensive stacking of gels would also reduce the effective connection of clay particles and produce local weak points in the soil, resulting in attenuation of mechanical properties. …”
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Strategic Project «Creative City – Territory of Development» as a Model of Interaction between Flagship University and Region by Tatyana V. Ashutova, Zoia Yu. Zhelnina

“…Creative industries meet the challenges of the era, when for success the territories must use the resources of cultural brands, shape the quality of life by developing social spaces, non-standard use of color and light in design for psycho-emotional well-being. …”
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Indoor Air Quality and Indoor Environmental Quality: The role of occupational health surveillance and the cooperation between public and occupational health stakeholders by Francesco Chirico, Gaetano Settimo, Nicola Magnavita

“…This holistic approach to IEQ is vital for ensuring health and well-being in indoor spaces. Furthermore, the paper explores the interconnection between IAQ and global health crises, such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, and emphasizes the importance of maintaining good IAQ and visual and thermal comfort in workplaces. …”
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Inventory Management and Service Delivery in Government Hospitals: A Case Study of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Muhindo, Patience

“…Based on the study findings, the researcher recommended that; efforts should be made by both the government especially the Ministry of Health and development partners to improve the quality of services offered in different healthcare facilities such as recruitment of professional staff and enhancing the storage spaces.…”
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Environmental Disinfection Based on Mobile Intelligent Networking Highly Efficient Ultraviolet Light Machines by Chun-Yen Chung, Wen-Tsai Sung, Lin-Chi Wang, Lailatus Siami, John Paul Santos

“…It focused on combining intelligent control systems, human sensors, and Internet of Things (IoT) systems to carry out disinfection tasks in unmanned indoor spaces. Because of its mobile nature, the sterilizer could be moved at any time in various learning, research, and activity rooms for disinfection. …”
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Comparison of speech intelligibility in a real and virtual living room using loudspeaker and headphone presentations by Schütze Julia, Kirsch Christoph, Kollmeier Birger, Ewert Stephan D.

“…Hereby, indoor environments are highly relevant, where listening and speech communication frequently involve multiple targets and interferers, as well as connected adjacent spaces that may create challenging acoustics. Hence, a controllable laboratory environment is evaluated here (by room acoustical parameters and speech intelligibility) which closely resembles a typical German living room with an adjacent kitchen. …”
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Study on Electroosmosis Consolidation of Punctiform Electrode Unit by Xiaoyu Yang, Yongbin Xie, Jianhua Dong, Guosheng Liu, Yalin Zheng

“…The research results show the following: (1) The two-dimensional effect of the potential field distribution of the punctiform electrode unit is significant. The reduction of spacing of the same nature electrode in the symmetrical unit can make the potential distribution close to a uniform electric field. …”
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An Innovative Solution to Design Problems: Applying the Chain-of-Thought Technique to Integrate LLM-Based Agents With Concept Generation Methods by Shijun Ge, Yuanbo Sun, Yin Cui, Dapeng Wei

“…Thirty participants were recruited, and through two experimental phases spaced one month apart, a comparative analysis of the effects of collaboration groups (human-agent vs. human-human) and concept generation methods (brainstorming vs. …”
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Effects of Dietary Aflatoxin B1 on Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀ × Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂) Growth, Intestinal Health, and Muscle Quality by Hao Liu, Ruitao Xie, Weibin Huang, Yuanzhi Yang, Menglong Zhou, Baiquan Lu, Biao Li, Beiping Tan, Xiaohui Dong

“…AFB1 caused myofibrillar cleavage and myofilament damage, leading to increased spaces between muscle fibers. In conclusion, diets with AFB1 levels exceeding 30 μg kg−1 inhibited hybrid grouper growth, while levels surpassing 445 μg kg−1 resulted in hindgut ROS accumulation, inflammation, elevated intestinal permeability, reduced digestive enzyme activity, and compromised muscle quality.…”
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Syntheses, crystal structures, Hirshfeld surface analyses and crystal voids of 1-(4-bromophenyl)-2,2-dichloroethan-1-one and 2,2-dibromo-1-(p-tolyl)ethan-1-one by Atash V. Gurbanov, Firudin I. Guseinov, Aida I. Samigullina, Tuncer Hökelek, Khudayar I. Hasanov, Tahir A. Javadzade, Alebel N. Belay

“…The volumes of the crystal voids and the percentages of free spaces in the unit cells were calculated to 111.55 Å3 and 12.27% for (I) and 63.37 Å and 6.69% for (II), showing that no large cavities are present in either structure.…”
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Construction Payment Automation Through Scan-to-BIM and Blockchain-Enabled Smart Contract by Hamdy Elsharkawi, Emad Elbeltagi, Mohamed S. Eid, Wael Alattyih, Hossam Wefki

“…The actual site scan was captured using a photogrammetry 360° camera, which uses a combination of structured light and infrared depth sensing technology to capture 3D data and create detailed 3D models of spaces. This study leveraged accurate, real-time building progress data to automate payments using blockchain-enabled smart contracts upon work completion, thus reducing payment disputes by tying payments to verifiable construction progress, leading to faster release of payments. …”
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Perceived urban environment elements associated with momentary and long-term well-being: An experience sampling method approach by Yu-Ru Chen, Atsushi Nakagomi, Masamichi Hanazato, Noriyuki Abe, Kazushige Ide, Katsunori Kondo

“…LWB was positively associated with MWB (standardized coefficient=0.24) and urban elements—cafés/restaurants/bars (0.11), cultural/sports/education facilities (0.04), and public spaces (0.11). Meanwhile, relaxing/clean (0.56) and natural environments (0.14) were associated with higher MWB. …”
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A chemical genetic screen with the EXO70 inhibitor Endosidin2 uncovers potential modulators of exocytosis in Arabidopsis by Xiaohui Li, Diwen Wang, Xianglin Yin, Mingji Dai, Christopher J. Staiger, Chunhua Zhang

“…Abstract Exocytosis plays an essential role in delivering proteins, lipids, and cell wall polysaccharides to the plasma membrane and extracellular spaces. Accurate secretion through exocytosis is key to normal plant development as well as responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. …”
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Evaluation of Coal Pore Connectivity Using N2 Sorption Isotherm and Spontaneous Imbibition Tests by Tong-qiang Xia, Jiao-fei He, Shi-xing Fan, Qiang-qiang Zhang, Zi-long Li, Dun-shuai Sun

“…Pore structure and connectivity of coal are critical factors in coal gas migration and production, which can be characterized by studying the kinetics of capillary imbibition behaviour within the pore spaces. In order to investigate them, six typical coal samples from different collieries in China (Yangcun, Changcun, Gengcun, Yanbei, Dongxia, and Yuwu coal) are selected to carry out N2 sorption isotherm and spontaneous imbibition tests. …”
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Rearing in a Physically Enriched Environment Affects Shoaling and Stress Responses of Zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>) Exposed to Novel Conditions by Valentina Gazzano, Martina Di Filippo, Rosario Licitra, Asahi Ogi, Baldassare Fronte, Maria Claudia Curadi, Angelo Gazzano

“…Both groups reduced interindividual distance in the second phase of the test (CTRL: t = 8.977, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.0001; TRT: t = 8.247, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.0001), though TRT fish maintained greater spacing (t = 2.292, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.05). TRT fish spent more time without contact during both phases (first: t = 2.645, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.05; second: t = 3.134, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.01), while CTRL fish reduced this time in the second phase (t = 2.991, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.05). …”
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Study on thermal and physiological responses during summer while moving between academic buildings under different walking conditions by Jiahao Yang, Haiyan Li, Zhaosong Fang, Yongcai Li, Fangqi Lu, Tongye Guo, Xiang Zhang, Chang Lin, Jun Lu

“…These findings provide valuable insights for helping pedestrians mitigate heat risks and optimize outdoor spaces of buildings.…”
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Multi-Criteria Assessment of Urban Thermal Hotspots: A GIS-Based Remote Sensing Approach in a Mediterranean Climate City by Javier Sola-Caraballo, Antonio Serrano-Jiménez, Carlos Rivera-Gomez, Carmen Galan-Marin

“…The novelty is based on leveraging the potential of the last Landsat 9 satellite, the application of kernel spatial interpolation, and GIS open access data, providing very high-resolution land surface temperature images over urban spaces. Within GIS workflow, the city is divided into LCZs, thermal hotspots are detected, and finally, it is analyzed to understand how urban factors, such as urban boundaries, building density, and vegetation, affect urban scale LST, all using graphical and analytical cross-assessment. …”
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Fine-Grained Building Classification in Rural Areas Based on GF-7 Data by Mingbo Liu, Ping Wang, Peng Han, Longfei Liu, Baotian Li

“…In the cluster analysis stage, buildings with different roof types were further classified in the color and shape feature spaces and combined with the building height information to produce fine-grained building type codes. …”
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