From Heritage Building Information Modelling Towards an ‘Echo-Based’ Heritage Digital Twin by Hord Arsalan, David Heesom, Nigel Moore

“…Since the late 2000s, numerous studies have focused on the application of Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM) processes and technologies for the documentation of the historic built environment. …”
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Ensemble machine learning-based extrapolation of Penman-Monteith-Leuning evapotranspiration data by Vahid Nourani, Ramin Ahmadi, Yongqiang Zhang, Dominika Dąbrowska

“…PML-V2 improves canopy conductance estimation and incorporates carbon dioxide effects on transpiration via gross primary production. However, it faces limitations, particularly in calibration and the lack of pre-2000 data. …”
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Impact of climate change over distribution and potential range of chestnut in the Iberian Peninsula by Pedro Álvarez-Álvarez, Adrián Aviñoa-Arias, Adrián Aviñoa-Arias, Emilio Díaz-Varela, José Vicente López-Bao, José Carlos Pérez-Girón

“…We highlight the need to develop mitigation strategies to facilitate chestnut resilience in the face of threats related to climate change.…”
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Bridging the gaps for a thriving Black Sea Blue Economy: insights from a multi-sectoral forum of Turkish stakeholders by Kadir Seyhan, Ömerhan Dürrani, Lydia Papadaki, Ebun Akinsete, Şebnem Atasaral, Koray Özşeker, Hatice Akpınar, Ercan Kurtuluş, Rahşan Evren Mazlum, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Adrian Stanica

“…The Black Sea ecosystem faces significant challenges due to climate change and human activities. …”
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Trends in blood transfusion and causes of blood wastage: a retrospective analysis in a teaching hospital by Ju-huei Chien, Chao-yuan Yao, Hui-fen Chen, Tsing-Fen Ho

“…Abstract Background Blood is a vital medical resource that is sourced from primarily nonremunerated donations. As Taiwan faces an aging population, increasing medical demands pose new challenges to blood resource management. …”
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Automatic Multitarget Detection Method Based on Distributed Through-wall Radar by Xiao LIANG, Shengbo YE, Chenyang SONG, Yubing YUAN, Qunying ZHANG, Xiaojun LIU, Hejun JIANG, Hong LI

“…Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) array radar can localize targets but faces a trade-off between size and resolution and involves longer computation durations. …”
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Optimization of Fermentation Conditions for Increasing Erucamide Content in <i>Bacillus megaterium</i> Using Several Accelerants by Hao Zhao, Yudan Xie, Zhu Li, Longfeng Wei, Renli Ai

“…As a food packaging sliding agent, erucamide is widely used in the field of food packaging, but the traditional synthesis method of erucamide faces the problems of insufficient raw materials and low yield of colza oil. …”
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Assessment of Health Risks in Wheat Crop Irrigated by Manka Canal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan by Muhammad Anwar ul Hassan, Sabiha Javied, Umair Riaz, Muneera A. Saleh, Khalid H. Alamer, Naila Siddique, Ambreen Aslam, Nabeela Noor, Qamar uz Zaman

“…The soil and irrigation water quality metrics had values that exceeded the acceptable thresholds, rendering them unfit for agricultural use. The local community faces an elevated health risk index for both children and adults due to the consumption of wheat crop as HRI is greater than 1 for nonessential elements like Cd and Pb. …”
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Liability of legal entities under public law under the immunity of the foreign state that created them by Yu. M. Zhornokui

“…The emphasis is placed on the fact that the proponents of the theory of limited immunity proceed from the need to divide the actions of a sovereign state into public and private actions and the need to apply different regimes to them. …”
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Assessing the Sustainability of Southeast Asia’s Energy Transition: A Comparative Analysis by Faten Derouez, Adel Ifa

“…The rapid economic growth in Southeast Asia has heightened concerns about its environmental sustainability, particularly in relation to CO₂ emissions. Despite the growing focus on climate change mitigation, the region faces significant challenges in balancing economic development, energy transitions, and environmental conservation. …”
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Variative Components of the University Course of Mathematical Analysis: The Experience of Introduction into the Practice of Teaching by S. I. Кalinin, L. V. Pankratova

“…Secondly, the variable content of education offers the possibility to systematically rethink and rapidly revise educational material, taking into account new scientific facts and discoveries. Finally, it can develop cognitive autonomy of junior students, encouraging them to carry out regular and informal research activities. …”
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University Interaction with Regional Subjects in the Assessments of the Faculty by M. V. Boguslavsky, N. V. Ladyzhets, O. V. Sannikova, E. V. Neborsky

“…The article was prepared on the basis of a field study implemented at Udmurt State University as a part of the research project “Transitive University in the Face of Global, National, and Regional Challenges”. …”
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Motivations regarding continuing or terminating pregnancy in women with high-risk pregnancies: a scoping review by Mónica Antunes, Mónica Antunes, Ana Galhanas, Ana Lúcia Vitorino, Sara Palma, Sara Palma, Ana Frias, Ana Frias

“…We included studies that focused on the factors influencing women's decisions to either continue or terminate pregnancies when complications arose.ResultsEighteen studies involving women from different countries and cultural contexts were included. …”
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Design and maintenance of medical oxygen concentrators in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review by Nahimiya Husen Ibrahim, James Wallace, Davide Piaggio, Leandro Pecchia

“…Despite WHO initiatives that distributed over 30,000 OC oxygen concentrators worldwide, SSA faces significant challenges related to their maintenance and use, due to harsh environmental conditions, technical skill shortages and inadequate infrastructure. …”
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Damage Identification in Large-Scale Structures Using Time Series Analysis and Improved Sparse Regularization by Huihui Chen, Xiaojing Yuan

“…However, this type of method faces challenges of fewer applications on the large-scale structure, slow convergence rate, and poor performance based on the sensitivity of the modal parameters. …”
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Labour Education and Vocational Training in Germany: A Brief Historical Review by E. Yu. Esenina, L. N. Kurteeva, S. A. Osadcheva, A. I. Satdykov, H Kress

“…In view of information extensiveness, the selection was compiled with the principle of necessity and sufficiency, i. e. reduction of excess data when maintaining the completeness of facts for continued use.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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Purchasing Intentions toward Fast Food: The Mediating Role of Consumer Attitudes toward Fast Food by Jian Xue, Wenjing Zhang, Zeeshan Rasool, Mohsin Ali Khan, Ahmad Imran Khan, Anum Afzal Khan, Syed Arslan Abbas

“…The existing studies are centered on connections between facts about fast food and unique consumer traits (independent variables), attitudes toward fast food (mediator), and fast food purchasing expectations (dependent variable). …”
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Exploring geothermal energy as a sustainable source of energy: A systemic review by Charity M. Nkinyam, Chika Oliver Ujah, Christian O. Asadu, Daramy V.V. Kallon

“…An in-depth literature review explores the evolution of geothermal energy as a clean energy option, illustrating its significant impact and the challenges it faces. To enhance its competitiveness relative to fossil fuels, which benefit from established support and subsidies, geothermal energy requires government backing in the form of favorable feed-in tariffs and preferential tax treatment. …”
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A Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning Model for Automatic Arctic Sea Ice Classification with Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery by Li Zhao, Yufeng Zhou, Wei Zhong, Cheng Jin, Bo Liu, Fangzhao Li

“…However, sea ice classification faces two vital challenges: (1) it is difficult to distinguish sea ice types with close developmental stages solely from SAR images and (2) an imbalanced sea ice dataset has a significantly negative effect on ice classification model performance. …”
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SCM-YOLO for Lightweight Small Object Detection in Remote Sensing Images by Hao Qiang, Wei Hao, Meilin Xie, Qiang Tang, Heng Shi, Yixin Zhao, Xiaoteng Han

“…Currently, small object detection in complex remote sensing environments faces significant challenges. The detectors designed for this scenario have limitations, such as insufficient extraction of spatial local information, inflexible feature fusion, and limited global feature acquisition capability. …”
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