Historical habitat mapping from black-and-white aerial photography: A proof of concept for post World War II Switzerland by Nica Huber, Matthias Bürgi, Christian Ginzler, Birgit Eben, Andri Baltensweiler, Bronwyn Price

“…Information regarding the spatial arrangement and extent of past habitats is important for understanding present biodiversity, restoration potential, and fighting extinction-debt effects. …”
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Rainfall forecasting in arid regions in response to climate change using ARIMA and remote sensing by Hany F. Abd-Elhamid, Amr M. El-Dakak, Martina Zeleňáková, Saleh O. K, Mohamed Mahdy, Samah H. Abd El Ghany

“…Climate changes in increasing at alarming rates which caused outward changes in the hydrological cycle parameters such as temperature and precipitation. The spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall has changed all over the world. …”
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Seasonal and Interannual Variations in Hydrological Dynamics of the Amazon Basin: Insights from Geodetic Observations by Meilin He, Tao Chen, Yuanjin Pan, Lv Zhou, Yifei Lv, Lewen Zhao

“…This study provides new insights for predicting extreme hydrological events under climate warming and offers a methodological framework applicable to other critical global hydrological regions.…”
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A study on forest fire risk assessment in jiangxi province based on machine learning and geostatistics by Jinping Lu, Mangen Li, Yaozu Qin, Niannan Chen, Lili Wang, Wanzhen Yang, Yuke Song, Yisu Zheng

“…This study integrated multiple factors, including topography, climate, vegetation, and human activities, and employed machine learning models, specifically random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM), and back-propagation neural network (BPNN), to predict forest fire occurrence in Jiangxi. …”
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Synchrony on the reef: how environmental factors shape coral spawning patterns in Acropora corals in the Maldives by Kate Sheridan, Margaux A.A. Monfared, Simon P. Dixon, Amelia J.F. Errington, Thomas Le Berre

“…However, our results highlight the importance of considering environmental conditions, and species-specific relationships, when predicting Acropora spawning, due to the temporal and spatial deviations in timing and synchronicity observed within and between species.…”
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QP-Adaptive Dual-Path Residual Integrated Frequency Transformer for Data-Driven In-Loop Filter in VVC by Cheng-Hsuan Yeh, Chi-Ting Ni, Kuan-Yu Huang, Zheng-Wei Wu, Cheng-Pin Peng, Pei-Yin Chen

“…Additionally, LFFCNN reduces the model size by 32% while slightly improving the coding performance over QA-Filter.…”
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Production, Transport, and Destruction of Dust in the Kuiper Belt: The Effects of Refractory and Volatile Grain Compositions by Thomas Corbett, Alex Doner, Mihály Horányi, Pontus Brandt, Will Grundy, Carey M. Lisse, Joel Parker, Lowell Peltier, Andrew R. Poppe, Kelsi N. Singer, S. Alan Stern, Anne J. Verbiscer

“…Models based on early SDC measurements predicted a peak dust number density at a heliocentric distance of ∼40 au, followed by a rapid decline. …”
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Leveraging ResNet50 With Swin Attention for Accurate Detection of OCT Biomarkers Using Fundus Images by S. Tamilselvi, M. Suchetha, Rajiv Raman

“…Therefore, regular screening of diabetes patients for the early detection of retinal abnormalities is essential to prevent the development and progression of DR and DME. The proposed model predicts DME-associated biomarkers, typically identified in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), using 2D fundus images. …”
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TCAD Simulation of Two Photon Absorption—Transient Current Technique Measurements on Silicon Detectors and LGADs by Sebastian Pape, Michael Moll, Marcos Fernández García, Moritz Wiehe

“…The results confirm the ability of TCAD to model the complex interaction between carrier dynamics and device gain.…”
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The Origin of the Cluster of Local Interstellar Clouds by Catherine Zucker, Seth Redfield, Sara Starecheski, Ralf Konietzka, Jeffrey L. Linsky

“…Our model predicts that the formation of the individual CLIC clouds occurred progressively over the past 1 Myr and offers a natural explanation for the observed distribution, column density, temperature, and magnetic field structure of the complex.…”
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A Review of Systematic Methodologies for Shipyard Facility Layout Design by Ghulam Tulus Pambudi, Gunawan Gunawan, Dimas Angga Fakhri Muzhoffar, Wanda Rulita Sari

“…Graph theory enhances the layout design process by optimizing spatial relationships between facilities through weighted planar graphs. …”
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Evaluation of 3D‐Var and 4D‐Var data assimilation on simulation of heavy rainfall events over the Indian region by Shivaji S. Patel, Ashish Routray, Vivek Singh, R. Bhatla, Rohan Kumar, Elena Surovyatkina

“…Similarly, it is found that satellite wind assimilation improved the statistical skill scores in predicting heavy precipitation in all three cases. Overall, the study suggested that the performance of the NCUM‐R model integrated with the 4D‐Var technique improved the model's forecast skill in the simulation of HREs.…”
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Neddylation status determines the therapeutic sensitivity of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukemia by Congyi Zhang, Yikai Yao, Qiuting Qian, Xiongyu Han, Yunkun Lu, Xinyi Jiang, Hongqiang Cheng, Xue Zhang, Ying Chi, Yuehai Ke, Peng Xiao

“…Furthermore, an artificial intelligence (AI) 3-Dimensional spatial structure binding technology was employed to predict the impact of neddylation on the structure of ABL1 kinase domain. …”
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DeepExtremeCubes: Earth system spatio-temporal data for assessing compound heatwave and drought impacts by Chaonan Ji, Tonio Fincke, Vitus Benson, Gustau Camps-Valls, Miguel-Ángel Fernández-Torres, Fabian Gans, Guido Kraemer, Francesco Martinuzzi, David Montero, Karin Mora, Oscar J. Pellicer-Valero, Claire Robin, Maximilian Söchting, Mélanie Weynants, Miguel D. Mahecha

“…Abstract With climate extremes’ rising frequency and intensity, robust analytical tools are crucial to predict their impacts on terrestrial ecosystems. Machine learning techniques show promise but require well-structured, high-quality, and curated analysis-ready datasets. …”
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Detection transformer-based approach for mapping trees outside forests on high resolution satellite imagery by Tao Jiang, Maximilian Freudenberg, Christoph Kleinn, Timo Lüddecke, Alexander Ecker, Nils Nölke

“…In addition, we adopted a two-level tiling scheme and developed an R-tree-based Box Merging method to adapt to large images and remove redundant predictions more efficiently. Comparative analyses underscore the superior detection performance of DINO with a SWIN transformer as backbone, exhibiting an F1 score of 74% and an AP of 76%, surpassing other models such as Faster RCNN, YOLO, RetinaNet, DETR, Deformable-DETR, and DINO-Res50. …”
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Landscapes, habitat, and migratory behaviour: what drives the summer movements of a Northern viper? by Chloe R. Howarth, Christine A. Bishop, Karl W. Larsen

“…Migratory distance was best predicted by two top models: terrain and combined effects (including terrain, physiology, and vegetation factors). …”
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Exploring Transfer Learning for Anthropogenic Geomorphic Feature Extraction from Land Surface Parameters Using UNet by Aaron E. Maxwell, Sarah Farhadpour, Muhammad Ali

“…Semantic segmentation algorithms, such as UNet, that rely on convolutional neural network (CNN)-based architectures, due to their ability to capture local textures and spatial context, have shown promise for anthropogenic geomorphic feature extraction when using land surface parameters (LSPs) derived from digital terrain models (DTMs) as input predictor variables. …”
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Descriptive epidemiology of Lassa fever, its trend, seasonality, and mortality predictors in Ebonyi State, South- East, Nigeria, 2018—2022 by Adanna Ezenwa-Ahanene, Adetokunbo T. Salawu, Ayo S. Adebowale

“…Lassa fever showed a seasonal trend across the years. The quadratic model provided the best fit for predicting Lassa fever cumulative cases (R2 = 98.4%, P-value < 0.05). …”
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Influence of Sea Level Rise on Storm Surges in the Pearl River Estuary by HU Yaohui, WANG Zhili, ZHANG Juan, WU Yufu

“…Simultaneously, the variation of water level increase of storm surge within the Pearl River Estuary exhibits a spatially non-uniform characteristic, with an escalation in water level on the northeastern side and a reduction on the southwestern side of the Pearl River Estuary. ③ The ascent of sea level will give rise to an earlier peak water level of the storm surge. …”
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Evaluation of agriculture land transformations with socio-economic influences on wheat demand and supply for food sustainability by Danish Raza, Hong Shu, Muhsan Ehsan, Hong Fan, Kamal Abdelrahman, Hasnat Aslam, Abdul Quddoos, Rana Waqar Aslam, Majid Nazeer, Mohammed S. Fnais, Azeem Sardar

“…Third, population dynamics were examined by applying an exponential growth model to forecast population growth and predict food demand. …”
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