The positive influence of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries on forest conservation by Shidong Zhang, Tong Wu, Luo Guo

“…This study examines the vital role that Tibetan Buddhist monasteries play in forest conservation on the QTP. We utilize data sources including extensive field surveys and geospatial data to assess the impact of monastery and village locations on forest conditions. …”
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Optimal Subsampling for Upper Expectation Parametric Regression by Zhaolei Liu

“…To address the challenges posed by big data or the restrictions of privacy, we propose a method utilizing Poisson subsampling to devise a new loss function. …”
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Direct analytical efficiency assessment of the NaI(Tl) gamma-ray detector (Romashka) by Thabet Abouzeid A., Badawi Mohamed S., Hamzawy Ayman, Ruskov Ivan N., Badawi Mohamed I., Sirakov Ivan A., Kopatch Yuri N., Grozdanov Dimitar N., Salem Bohaysa A.

“…The present study focuses on the analytical and numerical calculations of the solid angle, effective solid angle, efficiency, and gamma-ray average path length within the detector materials as a function of the source position. This analysis is conducted for a Romashka module of the 4p NaI(Tl) gamma-ray detector array (NaGRaDA). …”
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Study on the peak shaving operation of cascade hydropower stations based on the plant-wide optimal curve by Fengshuo Liu, Kui Huang, Xuanyu Shi, Longqing Zhao, Yangxin Yu, Xueshan Ai, Xiang Fu

“…This study proposes a novel method to enhance RES and hydropower utilization through: 1) Establishing a plant-wide optimal output-water level-outflow relationship curve based on the output-head-flow relationship and the flow-head loss and outflow-tailwater level relationship curves for each unit; 2) Developing a short-term peak shaving model for cascaded hydropower stations that incorporates wind and PV power which defines minimum coefficient of variation of residual load as objective functions, and improving discrete differential dynamic programming successive approximation (DDDPSA) method to solve it; 3) Analyzing the peak shaving capacity of the cascade hydropower station by varying water consumption for power generation. …”
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Multianalytical investigation reveals psychotropic substances in a ptolemaic Egyptian vase by Davide Tanasi, Branko F. van Oppen de Ruiter, Fiorella Florian, Radmila Pavlovic, Luca Maria Chiesa, Igor Fochi, Chiaramaria Stani, Lisa Vaccari, Dale Chaput, Giorgio Samorini, Alberto Pallavicini, Sabrina Semeraro, Anastasia Serena Gaetano, Sabina Licen, Pierluigi Barbieri, Enrico Greco

“…We successfully identified the presence of various functional, bioactive, psychotropic, and medicinal substances, shedding light on the diverse components of a liquid concoction used for ritual practices in Ptolemaic Egypt. …”
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LNT-YOLO: A Lightweight Nighttime Traffic Light Detection Model by Syahrul Munir, Huei-Yung Lin

“…These results underscore the model’s feasibility and robustness compared to other state-of-the-art object detection models. The source code and dataset will be available through the GitHub repository.…”
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Tampa Bay red tide tweet dashboard: Using Twitter/X to inform understanding of harmful algal blooms in the Tampa Bay region by Fehmi Neffati, Andrey Skripnikov, Seamus Jackson, Tania Roy, Marcus Beck

“…This paper describes the dashboard architecture, deployment, functionality, and use cases. The dashboard was co-developed with regional stakeholders and researchers and is expected to have utility for local resource management organizations, along with a broader research community interested in studying HAB events. …”
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Enhancing epidemic preparedness: a data-driven system for managing respiratory infections by Moslem Sarani, Katayoun Jahangiri, Manoochehr Karami, Mohammadreza Honarvar

“…Methods This research utilized a structured three-phase approach to design a respiratory infections (RIs) management dashboard. …”
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Impacts of land use on soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in the Eastern Qilian Mountains. by Shizhen Xu, Chunli Wang, Junju Zhou, Haihua Shan, Bingxing Li, Wei Shi, Dongxia Zhang, Guofeng Zhu, Xuemei Yang, Wei Wei, Haiyan Ma

“…The dynamics and balance of soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus significantly affect soil microbial activity and plants' nutrient absorption and utilization. Understanding how different land-use types and climate fluctuations influence soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus forms the basis for regional land-use optimization, scientific management, and enhancement of ecosystem service functions.This paper continuously collected soil samples from forestland, grassland, and cropland in the Binggou River Basin on the northern slope of the eastern section of the Qilian Mountains during 2018-2019. …”
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Determinants and geographic distribution of unimproved sanitation facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, spatial and multilevel analysis using demographic and health survey (DHS) data by Lidetu Demoze, Mitkie Tigabie, Eshetu Abera Worede, Helen Brhan, Zemichael Gizaw, Amensisa Hailu Tesfaye, Gelila Yitageasu

“…Several individual and community level factors were significantly associated with the utilization of unimproved sanitation facilities. At the individual level, female-headed households and those with access to improved drinking water source were less likely to use unimproved sanitation. …”
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Characteristics of groundwater circulation in typical karst trough areas：A case study of Longtan trough valley in Youyang, Chongqing by Lian LI, Yueer TANG, Yan YANG, Xuchun YE, Zhigang KONG

“…Using the Chongqing Youyang Longtan trough valley as a case study, this research systematically analyzed the flow attenuation process, water source composition, recharge characteristics, and storage role of karst springs on the downstream and reverse slopes of the valley by the methods of hydrological impulse function simulation, water balance principle, and flow attenuation. …”
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The conflict between oral health and patient autonomy in dentistry: a scoping review by Szilárd Dávid Kovács, Anggi Septia Irawan, Szilvia Zörgő, József Kovács

“…Two researchers developed a hierarchical coding scheme, where the parent and grandparent codes were designated deductively as: Case (situations involving the researched ethical dilemma), Judgement (decisions made in the ethical dilemma), and Principle (ideas, rules, propositions explaining the judgements); child codes were developed inductively. After coding the sources, we utilized thematic analysis to construct code constellations. …”
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Mitochondrial transplantation normalizes transcriptomic and proteomic shift associated with ischemia reperfusion injury in neonatal hearts donated after circulatory death by Ilias P. Doulamis, Aspasia Tzani, Victor S. Alemany, Rio S. Nomoto, Aybuke Celik, Dominic P. Recco, Mossab Y. Saeed, Alvise Guariento, Jorge Plutzky, Sitaram M. Emani, Pedro J. del Nido, James D. McCully

“…Abstract Heart transplantation remains the ultimate treatment strategy for neonates and children with medically refractory end-stage heart failure and utilization of donors after circulatory death (DCD) can expand th donor pool. …”
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Dynamic Tuning and Multi-Task Learning-Based Model for Multimodal Sentiment Analysis by Yi Liang, Turdi Tohti, Wenpeng Hu, Bo Kong, Dongfang Han, Tianwei Yan, Askar Hamdulla

“…Multimodal sentiment analysis aims to uncover human affective states by integrating data from multiple sensory sources. However, previous studies have focused on optimizing model architecture, neglecting the impact of objective function settings on model performance. …”
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The role of radio as the public sphere for public political education in the digital era: Challenges and pitfalls by Anang Sujoko, Dyan Rahmiati, Fathur Rahman

“…Radio’s ability to survive was strongly supported by its ability to utilize of income opportunities and elegantly avoid economic and political pitfalls by empowering the role of the public sphere through massive involvement of external sources. …”
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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. It is a complement to the current collection and utilization of germplasm resources. …”
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The evolution and competitive strategies of Akkermansia muciniphila in gut by Ji-Sun Kim, Se Won Kang, Ju Huck Lee, Seung-Hwan Park, Jung-Sook Lee

“…Akkermansia muciniphila is a commensal bacterium using mucin as its sole carbon and nitrogen source. A. muciniphila is a promising candidate for next-generation probiotics to prevent inflammatory and metabolic disorders, including diabetes and obesity, and to increase the response to cancer immunotherapy. …”
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Nano Cobalt-Loaded Porous Carbon Derived from Waste Plastic for Efficient Persulfate Activation and Tetracycline Degradation by Yueyue Luo, Xiuxiu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Jianchao Wang, Chongqing Wang

“…To address this challenge, functional nano cobalt-loaded porous carbon materials (CoPC) with excellent antibiotic wastewater removal properties were prepared by one-step pyrolysis using waste PET plastics as a carbon source, a process described in this paper. …”
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Fractionation and separation of bioactive peptides using natural polymeric membrane by Violina Kalita, Jyotirmoy Bhattacharyya, Sidhartha Jyoti Bora, Rupjyoti Kalita, Partha Pratim Dutta

“…This review presents the recent updates on the use of PMs derived from natural sources for the separation of BPs, covering the production and functions of BPs, different membrane separation technologies, and challenges faced during downstream purification.…”
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Robust Expansion Planning of Distribution Network in Presence of Electric Vehicles to Improve Economic Parameters and Reduce Energy Consumption by Mahyar Abasi, Javad Ebrahimi, Shirin Besati

“…The YALMIP toolbox in MATLAB software was utilized to model and solve the objective function of this problem, which is expressed in both deterministic and nondeterministic versions. …”
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