Automating the quantification of coastal change using historical aerial photography: A case study along the coastline of county Cork, Ireland by Emma Chalençon, Fiona Cawkwell, Michael O’Shea, Jimmy Murphy

“…This robust and repeatable method provides a valuable alternative to time-consuming and subjective manual digitisation.…”
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Modified protocol comparing sporicidal activity of different non-thermal plasma generating devices by Anna Machková, Leonardo Zampieri, Tomasz Czapka, Jan Hrudka, Eva Vaňková, Josef Khun, Emilio Martines, Jana Brotánková, Luigi Cordaro, Gianluca De Masi, Vladimír Scholtz

“…The presented protocol is based on an established bacterial method and can therefore serve as a general standard for an effective comparison of NTP sources across laboratories worldwide.…”
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Certain aspects of the systemic etiopathogenesis of dystrophic-inflammatory periodontal diseases (a literature review) by O. M. Nemesh, Z. M. Honta, I. V. Shylivskyi, K. A. Moroz, O. O. Myhal

“…To study the main pathogenetic mechanisms in the development of dystrophic-inflammatory periodontal diseases by analyzing scientific research results covered in current specialized literature. Material and methods. Searching, systematization, processing and analysis of scientific sources, which present modern theories of pathogenesis and development of dystrophic-inflammatory periodontal diseases. …”
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The Application Status of Radiomics-Based Machine Learning in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lan Xu, Zian Chen, Dan Zhu, Yingjun Wang

“…In addition, subgroup analyses were undertaken according to datasets (training and validation sets), imaging sources, and model types. ResultsFifty-eight studies encompassing 12,903 patients were eligible, with an average Radiomics Quality Score of 9.21. …”
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Problems of Regional Identification of Production Losses from the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Solutions in the System of International Statistical Standards by A. B. Dukhon, O. I. Obraztsova, N. D. Epshtein

“…The paper considers the possibility of assessing the gross value added at the regional level for the aggregate of local producing units, grouped by the type of economic activity, based on methodological principles harmonized with international standards and guidelines of the current version of the national and regional accounts system and provided with resources of official (state and administrative) statistics of the Russian Federation.Materials and methods. The research information base was made up of official statistical sources: metadata and international statistics guidelines in the field of subnational accounting, methodological provisions and an album of ROSSTAT forms, as well as methodological materials of administrative statistics of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) and the Social Insurance Fund. …”
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Urban Hierarchy Migration Model and Impact Mechanism of Graduates Admitted to the Guangdong Provincial Civil Service Examination by Wu Jinghao, Liu Ye, Tang Honglin

“…Compared to other non-establishment employment models, this employment model has a stronger possibility of migrating down the urban hierarchy, which may be caused by significant differences in the sources of job settings, competition intensity, and subjective willingness. …”
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Safety Threshold Determination for Blasting Vibration of the Lining in Existing Tunnels under Adjacent Tunnel Blasting by Fei Xue, Caichu Xia, Guoliang Li, Baocheng Jin, Yongwang He, Yapeng Fu

“…By using regression analysis of the measured vibration data, the calculation method of maximum charge per delay for optimizing blasting excavation under different surrounding rock grades is obtained. …”
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Basics of the Development of Microwave Intensification of Upstream on the Example of <i>Escherichia coli</i> by D. B. Kuznetsov, A. Yu. Mironov, V. A. Neschislyaev, I. L. Volkhin, A. M. Korolyuk, E. V. Orlova, A. D. Shilina

“…There are no natural sources of microwave radiation on Earth, as it is absorbed by the upper atmosphere. …”
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Exploring farmers’ acceptance of treated wastewater for irrigation and its diverse impacts: evidence from case studies in the West Bank, Palestine by Sonia Darabee, Issam Daghari, Fatma Bader Abuaziza, Rashed M Al-Sa'ed, Charles Muanda, Mohammad Hamdan, Eldon R. Rene, Marwan Ghanem, Hedi Daghari

“… Global water scarcity has intensified the search for non-conventional water sources, with treated wastewater (TWW) emerging as a promising alternative, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. …”
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Artificial intelligence models for predicting the performance of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers under steady and dynamic power by Thomas Waite, Alireza Sadeghi, Mohammad Yazdani-Asrami

“…Proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs) are one of the leading technologies to produce hydrogen from renewable power sources. Predicting the effect of degradation in PEMWEs is crucial for determining economic feasibility, maintenance schedules, and optimal control. …”
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Experimental studies on oscillation modes of vibration separation devices by Demianenko M., Volf M., Pavlenko I., Liaposhchenko O.

“…In terms of specific energy consumption and separation efficiency, methods based on the action of inertia forces are optimal. …”
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A Progressive Spectral Correction and Spatial Compensation Network for Pansharpening by Rixian Liu, Hangyuan Lu, Biwei Chi, Yong Yang, Shuying Huang

“…Current pansharpening methods often overlook the significant modality differences between source images and lack interaction between them, resulting in spatial-spectral distortions. …”
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Improving the operation of an asymmetric inverter with magnetically coupled inductors for energy storage systems by D. V. Martynov, Y. V. Rudenko, V. V. Martynov

“…Methods. The study uses the state-space averaging method and simulation modelling to analyse operational processes. …”
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Mitigating spatial hallucination in large language models for path planning via prompt engineering by Hongjie Zhang, Hourui Deng, Jie Ou, Chaosheng Feng

“…Our comprehensive experimental evaluation, conducted using closed-source LLMs ChatGPT 3.5, ERNIE-Bot 4.0 and open-source LLM ChatGLM-6B, demonstrates that S2ERS significantly mitigates the spatial hallucination issues in LLMs, and improves the success rate and optimal rate by approximately 29% and 19%, respectively, in comparison to the SOTA CoT methods.…”
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Salt Used for the National School Nutrition Program (NSNP) in Rural Schools of Limpopo Province, South Africa, has Adequate Levels of Iodine by Mpho Ramugondo, Lindelani Fhumudzani Mushaphi, Ngoako Solomon Mabapa

“…A few (6%) food handlers in Mopani and almost half (45.9%) in Vhembe could correctly identify iodated salt as the main source of iodine. Almost half of the food handlers (%) in Mopani and 36.5% in Vhembe did not know which part of body needs iodine for functioning. …”
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Python algorithm package for automated Estimation of major legume root traits using two dimensional images by Amit Ghimire, Yong Suk Chung, Sungmoon Jeong, Yoonha Kim

“…Four different thresholding methods; Otsu, Gaussian adaptive, mean adaptive and triangle threshold were used to know the effect of thresholding in root trait estimation and to optimize the accuracy of root trait estimation. …”
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Collaborative filtering based on GNN with attribute fusion and broad attention by MingXue Liu, Min Wang, Baolei Li, Qi Zhong

“…In recent years, graph neural networks (GNN) based CF models have effectively addressed the limitations of nonlinearity and higher-order feature interactions in traditional recommendation methods, such as matrix decomposition-based methods and factorization machine approaches, achieving excellent recommendation performance. …”
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Harnessing Hemp (<i>Cannabis sativa</i> L.) Seed Cake Proteins: From Concentrate Production to Enhanced Choux Pastry Quality by Tatiana Capcanari, Eugenia Covaliov, Cătălina Negoița

“…Sensory attributes were assessed using the check-all-that-apply (CATA) method, where a trained panel selected applicable descriptors from a predefined list. …”
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The Effect of Use of Local Organic Microorganism Fertilizers on Rice Media, Banana Sticks, And Tongol Fish on The Growth of Arabika Coffee Plants (Coffea arabica L.) in The Gunung... by Suyamto Suyamto, M. Hujaji, Hadi Susilo, Swastika Oktavia, Mu'jijah Mu'jijah

“…The first factor is the source material consisting of 3 levels, namely: M1 = stale rice, M2 = banana stem, and M3 = tuna. …”
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Ukrainian Scientists in the Second Polish Republic Between Science and Politics: the Case of Myron Korduba by Віталій Тельвак, Святослав Журавльов

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