Predicting Diameter Distributions in Mixed Forests in Southern Mexico by Juan Carlos Guzmán-Santiago, Héctor Manuel de los Santos-Posadas, Benedicto Vargas-Larreta, Martín Gómez-Cárdenas, Wenceslao Santiago-García, Adan Nava-Nava

“…Circular sampling plots of 1000 m² were established, and the diameter at breast height (DBH) and total height of 16,863 trees of the 25 most important timber species were measured. …”
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Novel and Efficient Randomized Algorithms for Feature Selection by Zigeng Wang, Xia Xiao, Sanguthevar Rajasekaran

“…Methods, like decision trees and Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO), can select features during training. …”
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Towards Exploring the Influence of Community Structures on Information Dissemination in Sina Weibo Networks by Zhiwei Zhang, Aidong Fang, Lin Cui, Zhenggao Pan, Wanli Zhang, Chengfang Tan, Chao Wang

“…Using information propagation trees (IPT) of posts from the Sina Weibo microblogging site, we conducted a null model-based analysis to determine the influence of community structures on information propagation. …”
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Two new species of Micropsalliota (Agaricales, Agaricaceae) from subtropical regions of China by Jun-Qing Yan, Zhi-Heng Zeng, Ya-Ping Hu, Cheng-Feng Nie, Bin-Rong Ke, Sheng-Nan Wang, Hui Zeng

“…Their distinct taxonomic status is confirmed by the positions of the two new species in 4-locus (ITS, LSU, rpb2, tef-1α) phylogenetic trees. Detailed descriptions and morphological photographs of two new species are presented. …”
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Biology of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis by Marcelo Negrini, Elisangela Gomes Fidelis de Morais, José Cola Zanuncio

“…Maconellicoccus hirsutus, especially, a pest of fruit trees and ornamental plants, presents great potential for population growth in Brazilian tropical conditions.…”
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Banana Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Composites: Mechanical Properties and Fire Retardancy by Tuan Anh Nguyen, Thi Huong Nguyen

“…In the present work, the composite material is reinforced with natural fibers from the bark of banana trees (banana fibers), a material available in Vietnam. …”
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Technogenically Disturbed Lands of Coal Mines: Restoration Methods by S. Ivanova,, A. Vesnina, N. Fotina and A. Prosekov

“…Addressing the carbon footprint necessitates not only the use of renewable energy but also the restoration of disturbed landscapes and vegetation, including trees and shrubs. All of this is achieved by implementing biological remediation within technogenically disturbed territories. …”
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“Pest Forests”, “Utility Forests” and “Cow Bends” by Gerard A. Persoon

“…These patches, with various types of trees, are like little islands, surrounded by ditches. …”
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Spatiotemporal Distribution and Damage Trends of Pseudotheraptus devastans (Dist.) on Theobroma cacao in Ghana by Godfred Kweku Awudzi, Silas Wintuma Avicor, Richard Adu-Acheampong

“…P. devastans numbers and associated damage pods were assessed monthly on 35 farms (100 trees per farm) using the visual hand-height sampling method from 2018 to 2021. …”
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The impact of revitalization treatments on biological activity of soil under afforestation on post-agricultural land by Anna Augustyniuk-Kram, Karol J. Kram

“…A characteristic feature of such habitat is poor-quality soil, relatively high content of nutrients for trees, particularly nitrogen, as well as a low level of humus. …”
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The growth response of coffee (Coffea arabica L) plants to organic manure, inorganic fertilizers and integrated soil fertility management under different irrigation water supply l... by Abel Chemura

“…Significant differences (p.05) due to soil nutrient sources were observed in coffee height where inorganic fertilizer treatment resulted in tallest coffee plants (47.4 cm) and integrated soil fertility having the shortest coffee trees (42.8 cm) after 1 year. The highest irrigation level of 1,000 ml had the tallest plants with thickest stems while the lowest level had the shortest and thinnest plants (p.05). …”
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The Effect of Seed Sources Variation and Presowing Treatments on the Seed Germination of Acacia catechu and Elaeocarpus floribundus Species in Bangladesh by Niamjit Das

“…The seeds were collected from matured and healthy trees from four different locations in Bangladesh and treated with six presowing methods. …”
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Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Analysis of the Dynamics of Eyring-Powell Fluid due to Convection Subject to Thermal Stratification and Heat Generation Effect by Solomon Bati Kejela, Emiru Rufo Adula

“…The present study has substantial ramifications in industrial, engineering, and technological applications, for instance, in designing various chemical processing equipment, distribution of temperature and moisture over agricultural fields, groves of fruit trees, environmental pollution, geothermal reservoirs, thermal insulation, enhanced oil recovery, and underground energy transport.…”
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Forest Ecological Diversity Change Prediction Discrete Dynamic Model by Jingxia Li, Aijun Zhou, Yongfeng Liao, Zixin Zhao, Xiaoli Mao, Shuoxin Zhang

“…By establishing the discrete dynamic model of forest ecological diversity change, this study finds a method that can keep the number of trees stable in a short time and ensure the sustainable development of forest resources. …”
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Impacts of the olive fruit fly on the ‘Cyprus Local’ and ‘Gemlik’ olive cultivars by M. Helvaci, İ. Kahramanoğlu

“…Two hundred and fifty fruits (25 fruits/10 trees) were randomly selected from each orchard and the damaged fruits were counted. …”
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Enhancing rice seed purity recognition accuracy based on optimal feature selection by Thi-Thu-Hong Phan, Le Huu Bao Nguyen

“…Subsequently, we employ advanced feature selection techniques, including filter methods (Correlation, Chi-square, ANOVA), wrapper methods (Recursive Feature Elimination — RFE), and embedded methods (Random Forest, Decision Trees), to identify the most significant features. …”
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Decision-Making Approach with Fuzzy Type-2 Soft Graphs by Sundas Shahzadi, Musavarah Sarwar, Muhammad Akram

“…We also introduce the notions of fuzzy type-2 soft graphs, regular fuzzy type-2 soft graphs, irregular fuzzy type-2 soft graphs, fuzzy type-2 soft trees, and fuzzy type-2 soft cycles. We construct some operations such as union, intersection, AND, and OR on fuzzy type-2 soft graphs and discuss these concepts with numerical examples. …”
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Optimization of Lateral Collision Risk of Aircraft Based on the Skid-Slip Event Model by Hao Liu, Daiwu Zhu, Xiaofan Xie, Jiuhao Chen, Xiaokang Liu

“…Based on the traditional event collision risk assessment model, the collision module is upgraded to an ellipsoid according to the performance of aircraft, integrating the boundary curvature optimization characteristics of the TSRRT (task-space rapidly-exploring random trees) algorithm. An aircraft event lateral conflict resolution model based on the TSRRT algorithm is proposed. …”
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Analysis of Loss of Control Parameters for Aircraft Maneuvering in General Aviation by Sameer Ud-Din, Yoonjin Yoon

“…ISAM consists of an event sequence diagram (ESD) with fault trees containing numerous parameters, which is recognized as casual risk model. …”
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Chronological Levels of As, Pd, V, and Sr in 356-year-old Pinus nigra Annual Rings in Northern Türkiye by İsmail Koç

“…These findings highlight the complexity of metal uptake and allocation processes in trees and underscore the need for further research in controlled environments to clarify mechanisms of metal transfer and toxicity. …”
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