Multi-Temporal and Multi-Resolution RGB UAV Surveys for Cost-Efficient Tree Species Mapping in an Afforestation Project by Saif Ullah, Osman Ilniyaz, Anwar Eziz, Sami Ullah, Gift Donu Fidelis, Madeeha Kiran, Hossein Azadi, Toqeer Ahmed, Mohammed S. Elfleet, Alishir Kurban

“…The results showed that the 6 cm resolution achieved a reliable accuracy (R² = 0.92–0.98) with broader coverage (12.3–22.2 hectares), while the 2 cm and 4 cm resolutions offered higher accuracy (R² = 0.96–0.99) but limited coverage (4.8–14.2 hectares). …”
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Agricultural Electrostatic Spraying Electrode Corrosion Degradation Mechanisms: A Multi-Parameter Coupling Model by Yufei Li, Anni Zou, Jun Hu, Changxi Liu, Shengxue Zhao, Qingda Li, Wei Zhang, Yafei Wang

“…This technology not only achieves higher droplet deposition density and coverage but also enables water and pesticide savings while reducing environmental pollution. …”
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Hundreds of grocery outlets needed across the United States to achieve walkable cities by Drew Horton, Tom M. Logan, Emily Speakman, Daphne Skipper

“…Unlike traditional methods that focus solely on reducing inequality or average distance, our approach identifies solutions that improve overall accessibility while reducing disparities. …”
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RESEARCH ON DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF SUPER LARGE FLOATING WIND TURBINE UNDER WIND-WAVE MISALIGNMENT by LIU YiMing, WANG Bo, LIU QingSong, LI Chun, DING QinWei

“…As the incident angle of turbulent wind increases, the average power of floating wind turbines drops sharply, while the incident angle of waves has almost no effect on its average power. …”
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Proposal of innovative arc-shaped wall-jet film cooling: A numerical investigation by Saeed Rostami, Khodayar Javadi, Ali Aftabsavar, Vahid Velayati

“…The results showed that at BR=0.5 and x/d=5, the proposed novel jet (simple type) achieved a 17.9% improvement in averaged cooling effectiveness compared to regular jets, while utilizing a coolant mass flow rate ten times lower. …”
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE VEGETABLE SECTOR OF ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE IN ROMANIA by Bianca Eugenia SOARE, Marius Mihai MICU

“…The data presented indicate a certified average area of 252,752.08 ha, an average number of operators of 11,161 units and an average area of 22.64 ha per operator. …”
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Supervised AutoEncoder-Based Beamforming Approach for Satellite mmWave Communication by Seyed Pouya Shojaei, Hossein Soleimani, Mohammad Soleimani

“…Our results show that the encoder-based approach achieved an average SINR of 25.82 dB, while the CNN approach achieved an average SINR of 22.40 dB and the MVDR approach achieved an average SINR of 17.64 dB. …”
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Scheduling optimization based on particle swarm optimization algorithm in emergency management of long-distance natural gas pipelines. by Huichao Guo, Runhua Huang, Shuqin Cheng

“…The experimental results show that compared with the traditional particle swarm optimization algorithm, NACFPSO performs well in both convergence speed and scheduling time, with an average convergence speed of 81.17 iterations and an average scheduling time of 200.00 minutes; while the average convergence speed of the particle swarm optimization algorithm is 82.17 iterations and an average scheduling time of 207.49 minutes. …”
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THE PROBLEMS OF THE DOMESTIC REINSURANCE DEVELOPMENT IN CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL INSTABILITY by O. Stashchuk, О. Borysyuk, M. Datsyuk-Tomchuk

“…Admission to the insurance of expensive objects is dangerous for the individual insurer’s financial stability through the coverage of losses in the insured event. Admission to the insurance of expensive objects is dangerous for the individual insurer’s financial stability through the coverage of losses in the insured event. …”
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Camera-Based Continuous Heart and Respiration Rate Monitoring in the ICU by Rik J. C. van Esch, Iris C. Cramer, Cindy Verstappen, Carla Kloeze, R. Arthur Bouwman, Lukas Dekker, Leon Montenij, Jan Bergmans, Sander Stuijk, Svitlana Zinger

“…The 5 beats/minute agreement between camera and ECG-based heart rate measurements was 81.5%, with a coverage of 81.9%, where the largest gap between measurements was 239 min. …”
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Enhanced Detection of Mitochondrial Heteroplasmy and DNA Hypomethylation in Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Using a Novel Adaptive Sampling Protocol by Antonina Gospodinova, Yuliia Mariienko, Diana Pendicheva-Duhlenska, Soren Hayrabedyan, Krassimira Todorova

“…Adaptive sampling identifies a wider range of variant diversity, while whole genome sequencing (WGS) uncovers higher-frequency hotspots. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of self-medication consumption of antibiotics in adults in Iran: a population based cross-sectional study, 2019–2020 by Javad Nazari, Roya Ghafoury, Nahid Chezani-Sharahi, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Mobin Naghshbandi

“…Chi-square and Mann–Whitney tests identified a significant correlation between educational level and self-medication practices (p = 0.028), while no significant associations were observed with gender, occupation, insurance coverage, or marital status. …”
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Developing a Prediction Model for Real-Time Incident Detection Leveraging User-Oriented Participatory Sensing Data by Md Tufajjal Hossain, Joyoung Lee, Dejan Besenski, Branislav Dimitrijevic, Lazar Spasovic

“…While Waze offers extensive coverage, its data can be unverified and unreliable. …”
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Unraveling nonlinear effects of environment features on green view index using multiple data sources and explainable machine learning by Cai Chen, Jian Wang, Dong Li, Xiaohu Sun, Jiyong Zhang, Changjiang Yang, Bo Zhang

“…Our research results show that: (1) Within the Sixth Ring Road of Beijing, GVI shows significant spatial clustering phenomenon and positive correlation linkage, and at the same time exhibits significant spatial differences; (2) Among many environmental variables, the increase of green coverage rate has the most significant positive effect on GVI, while the increase of building density shows a strong negative correlation with GVI; (3) The performance of the GWRF model in predicting GVI is excellent and far exceeds that of comparison models.; (4) Whether it is the green coverage rate, urban built environment or socioeconomic factors, their influence on GVI shows non-linear characteristics and a certain threshold effect. …”
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Community participation and contracting between state and non-state actors in primary care: A scoping review of evidence by Zoheb Khan, Frederico Haddad, Vinodkumar Rao, Jith J. R, Parvathy Breeze, Surekha Garimella, Leslie London

“…Conclusions Contracting of non-state providers in pluralistic primary care systems that incorporates the participation of communities in its governance could be a feasible policy to promote universal health coverage while also effecting democratic rights of citizens to participate in healthcare governance. …”
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Vaccination Communication Strategies and Uptake in Africa: A Systematic Review by Winifred Ekezie, Beauty Igein, Jomon Varughese, Ayesha Butt, Blessing Onyinye Ukoha-Kalu, Ifunanya Ikhile, Genevieve Bosah

“…Despite the risks of infections and other adverse outcomes, vaccination coverage in the African region remains significantly low. …”
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Evaluating the viability of installing photovoltaic panels on irrigation canals for energy generation and water storage by Ali Kaab, Hassan Ghasemi-Mobtaker, Mohammad Sharifi, Uffe Jørgensen

“…However, mutual shading limits usable panel coverage to 60 %, resulting in about 68.40 ha of coverage and generating approximately 4940 TJ, with 3257 TJ connectable to the grid. …”
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Feasibility and effectiveness of tailored interventions for two populations at high-risk of malaria in Senegal: Koranic school children and gold miners. by Sarah Gallalee, Demba Kande, Tidiane Thiam, Henry Ntuku, Caterina Guinovart, Laura Merriman, Abiboulaye Sall, Moustapha Cissé, Aichatou Barry Diouf, Mamadou Diop, Baba Camara, Niene Seck, Faith De Amaral, Roly Gosling, Bryan Greenhouse, Yakou Dieye, Jennifer Smith, Adam Bennett

“…However, malaria remains a major cause of morbidity in some regions and key challenges exist among high-risk populations who have high exposure to mosquitos, but low coverage and use of vector control measures and limited access to healthcare. …”
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e-Fuel: An EV-Friendly Urgent Electrical Charge-Sharing Model with Preference-Based Off-Grid Services by Ahmad Nahar Quttoum, Mohammed N. AlJarrah, Fawaz A. Khasawneh, Mohammad Bany Taha

“…The lack of price consideration for the charging services offered at charging stations may result in EV drivers paying higher costs compared to traditional fuel vehicles to charge their EVs’ batteries, hindering the economic incentive of owning such sorts of vehicles. Hence, it may take a while for sufficient coverage to exist. Although for drivers the adoption of EVs represents a city-friendly alternative with affordable expenses, it usually comes with range anxiety and battery charging concerns. …”
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Analysis of national health accounts in Iran (2002–2020) by Abdoreza Mousavi, Mahdi Mokhtari-Payam, Aliakbar Fazaeli, Mohammad Bakhtiari Aliabad

“…Objective (s): Comprehensive data on health expenditures is crucial not only for effective policymaking but also for achieving universal health coverage and health-related sustainable development goals. …”
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