Distributed Decision Making for Electromagnetic Radiation Source Localization Using Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning by Jiteng Chen, Zehui Zhang, Dan Fan, Chaoqun Hou, Yue Zhang, Teng Hou, Xiangni Zou, Jun Zhao

“…The detection and localization of radiation sources in urban areas present significant challenges in electromagnetic spectrum operations, particularly with the proliferation of small UAVs. …”
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Characteristics, Distribution, and Source Analysis of the Main Persistent Toxic Substances in Karst Groundwater at Jinan in North China by Hao Shang, Xiaofan Qi, Mengnan Zhang, Hu Li, Gang Li, Lizhi Yang

“…Karst water in northern China is an important water source for economic and social development in its distribution area and water source for ecological function guarantee. …”
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BASSET: Bandpass-adaptive Single-pulse Search Toolkit—Optimized Subband Pulse Search Strategies for Faint Narrowband Fast Radio Bursts by J. H Cao, P. Wang, D. Li, Q. H. Pan, K. Mao, C. H. Niu, Y. K. Zhang, Q. Y. Qu, W. J. Lu, J. S. Zhang, Y. H. Zhu, Y. D. Wang, H. X. Chen, X. L. Chen, J. H. Fang, Y. Feng, H. Gao, Y. F. Huang, J. Li, C. C. Miao, C. W. Tsai, J. M. Yao, S. P. You, R. S. Zhao, Q. Z. Liu, S. M. Weng, S. H. Yew, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, E. Gügercinoğlu, D. K. Zhou, W. W. Zhu

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Estimation of carbon sequestration capacity of urban green infrastructure by fusing multi-source remote sensing data by Jiahui Chang, Zhenfeng Shao, Jinyang Wang, Zhu Mao, Tao Cheng, Xiaodi Xu, Qingwei Zhuang

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Open-Source vs. Commercial Photogrammetry: Comparing Accuracy and Efficiency of OpenDroneMap and Agisoft Metashape by A. Kostrzewa, A. Płatek-Żak, P. Banat, Ł. Wilk

“…OpenDroneMap (ODM), open-source software, offers similar functionalities to popular commercial options, enabling the generation of point clouds, DEMs, and mesh models using advanced algorithms like Multi-View Stereo (MVS) and Poisson surface reconstruction. …”
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Nitrogen and CO2 enrichment interact to decrease biodiversity impact on complementarity and selection effects by Mengjiao Huang, Peter B. Reich, Shaopeng Wang, Yanhao Feng, Pubin Hong, Kathryn E. Barry, Miao He, Shengman Lyu, Shurong Zhou, Neha Mohanbabu, Forest Isbell, Yann Hautier

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The Impact of Servant Leadership on Employee Career Success in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries by Jean Claude Kanyabwira, Portia Bilankulu

“…We tested our model using a sample of 610 leaders across 18 industries and 21 job functions who participated in a leadership development program in selected Sub-Saharan African countries. …”
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Near extinction of the HBV quasispecies driven by the hard selective sweep in chronic hepatitis B by Daiqiang Lu, Andong He, Guichan Liao, Renyu Zhou, Zichun Cheng, Ka Cheuk Yip, Xiufang Wang, Wei Cao, Jiaojiao Peng, Ruiman Li, Jie Peng, Feng Gao

“…The nearly identical viral population suggests that all these viruses are from a single source. Predominant mutations were identified in known T cell epitopes but not in epitopes for neutralizing antibodies, indicating that the hard selective sweep is most likely driven by T cell selection pressure. …”
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Genomic signal selection analysis reveals genes related to the lambing trait of Hotan sheep by XinKun Wang, Wei Li, QiaoYan Huang, HuiPing Sun, LeXiao Zhu, RuoHuai Gu, Feng Xing

“…We identified 290 selected regions and 332 genes across the Hotan sheep genome by using two widely adopted selective scanning detection methods (FST statistics and Piratio). …”
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Exploration of crop germplasm resources knowledge mining in Chinese ancient books: a route toward sustainable agriculture by Wenjuan Zhao, Suoling Zhu, Yuan Cao

“…It is found that the descriptive texts on rice in Chinese ancient local chronicles not only contain the knowledge about the morphological characteristics of rice germplasm resources gained by field observation, but also involve the experience about the inherent attributes summarized by hands-on practice, such as the function, quality, phenology, customs, etc. …”
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Highly effective ionic liquids for biodiesel production from waste vegetable oils by Fathy A. Yassin, Fathy Y. El Kady, Hoda S. Ahmed, Latifa K. Mohamed, Seham A. Shaban, Ahmed K. Elfadaly

“…As conventional energy sources deplete, the need for developing alternative energy resources which are environment friendly becomes more imperative. …”
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Multiepoch Observations of the Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 3938 with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory by Siddhi Raut, Eric M. Schlegel, Thomas G. Pannuti, Brannon W. Jones, Jacobo Matallana

“…A total of 47 discrete merged sources from both epochs were detected at the ≈3 σ level or greater with the D25 radius. …”
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Environmental Risk Assessment of Wuhan Qingshan Industrial Park Based on Multi-Source Data Fusion and FAHP by Yang Yangyi

“…The fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) is employed to assign weights through expert judgment, and fuzzy membership functions are used to determine risk levels across selected sub-regions. …”
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A Deep Variational Approach to Multiterminal Joint Source-Channel Coding Based on Information Bottleneck Principle by Shayan Hassanpour, Matthias Hummert, Dirk Wubben, Armin Dekorsy

“…To that end, tractable objective functions are developed, together with the pertinent learning architectures, generalizing the concepts of Variational Auto-Encoders and (Distributed) Deep Variational Information Bottleneck for (remote) source coding to the context of distributed joint source-channel coding. …”
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Investigation of the chemical composition of cell cultures of DIOSCOREA CAUCASICA in connection with the production of BAS sources with cardioprotective potential by A. I. Loseva, V. I. Minina, A. V. Pozdnyakova, E. V. Ostapova

“…Dioscorea Caucasica is a source of various biologically active substances (BAS), e.g. saponins and polyphenols, which are known for their anti-atherosclerotic action. …”
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Potential Source Regions and Transportation Pathways of Reactive Gases at a Regional Background Site in Northwestern China by Quanwei Zhao, Qing He, Lili Jin, Jianlin Wang

“…Wind rose, cluster analysis, potential source contribution function (PSCF), and concentration-weighted trajectory (CWT) methods were adopted for identifying the transport pathways and potential source regions of these atmosphere components at Akedala. …”
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Is Clonal Integration a Buffer for the Stress of Resource Acquisition Depletion in <i>Eichhornia crassipes</i> (Pontederiaceae) Ramets? by Guilherme Ramos Demetrio, Dalton Serafim, Flávia de Freitas Coelho

“…Natural selection favors the allocation of finite resources to different functions maximizing fitness. …”
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Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Resource Management Practices: A Qualitative Study in Hyderabad, Pakistan’s Banking Sector by Sahar Akhtar Mughal, Mohammed Bilal Memon, Faraz Ali Memon

“… Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way Human Resource Management (HRM) functions within organizations. …”
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Is there a future for livestock in a sustainable food system? Efficiency, sufficiency, and consistency strategies in the food-resource nexus by Isabel Jaisli, Gianluca Brunori

“…Livestock production has been identified as the most relevant factor for the sustainability of future food system and is anticipated to be increasingly influenced by competition for critical resources such as land and water, the rivalry between food and feed, and the imperative to function within a carbon-constrained economy. …”
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Modulating Iron Crystals with Lattice Chalcophile‐Siderophile Elements for Selective Dechlorinations Over Hydrogen Evolution by Xiaohong Hu, Qianhai Zhou, Du Chen, Zhongyuan Guo, Yiman Gao, Chaohuang Chen, Jie Hou, Vincent Noël, Daohui Lin, Lizhong Zhu, Jiang Xu

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