Fine-Scale Small Water Body Uncovered by GF-2 Remote Sensing and Multifeature Deep Learning Model by Yixin Jiang, Chunlin Wang, Zhaji Huang, Dandan Li, Biao Wang, Yanlan Wu, Hui Liu, Zihan Liu

“…Small water bodies are essential for hydrological connectivity, efficient use of water resources, and ecological conservation. …”
Get full text

Lessons Learned from Three Agrivoltaic Installations in New Jersey by A.J. Both, Bill Bamka, Thierry Besancon, Dunbar Birnie, Clint Burgher, Daniel Gimenez, Serpil Guran, Michael Kornitas, Pete Nitzsche, David Robinson, W. Ross Rucker, Ethan Schoolman, David Specca, Kevin Sullivan, Daniel Ward, Mike Westendorf, Christian Wyenandt

“…In order to combine farming with electricity generation, agrivoltaic systems use a lower ground coverage ratio compared to normal solar farms and the PV panels are often mounted higher above the ground in order to facilitate the movement of agricultural equipment and to reduce the contrast between shaded and non-shaded areas. …”
Get full text

Utilization of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Services and Associated Factors among Antenatal Care Attending Mothers in Sebeta Town, Central Ethiopia by Hailu Merga, Kifle Woldemichael, Lamessa Dube

“…An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 20 to March 30, 2015, using exit interviews with 377 ANC attendees using consecutive sampling method. …”
Get full text

Performance Comparison of Lambertian and Non-Lambertian Drone Visible Light Communications for 6G Aerial Vehicular Networks by Jupeng Ding, Chih-Lin I, Jintao Wang, Hui Yang

“…The core contribution of the study is overcoming the existing limitation of the current rigid Lambertian beam use, and comparatively investigating the performance of drone VLC with non-Lambertian LED beam configurations for future 6G aerial vehicular networks. …”
Get full text

Influence of Spatial Scale Effect on UAV Remote Sensing Accuracy in Identifying Chinese Cabbage (<i>Brassica rapa</i> subsp. <i>Pekinensis</i>) Plants by Xiandan Du, Zhongfa Zhou, Denghong Huang

“…The research results show that (1) the ExG can effectively distinguish between soil, mulch, and Chinese cabbage plants; (2) images of different spatial resolutions differ in the optimal type of frequency domain filtering and convolution kernel size, and the threshold segmentation effect also varies; (3) as the spatial resolution of the imagery decreases, the optimal window size for morphological filtering also decreases, accordingly; and (4) at a flight height of 30 m to 50 m, the recognition effect is the best, achieving a balance between recognition accuracy and coverage efficiency. The method proposed in this paper is beneficial for agricultural growers and managers in carrying out precision planting management and planting structure optimization analysis and can aid in the timely adjustment of planting density or layout to improve land use efficiency and optimize resource utilization.…”
Get full text

Availability of basic first aid training for cardiac arrest for people with disabilities by A. A. Birkun, Ye. A. Kosova, K. I. Redkokosh, A. S. Gapon

“…In addition, this should significantly expand the population coverage with training, and increase the frequency and effectiveness of first aid.…”
Get full text

The Potential Public Health Impact of the Adjuvanted Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F Protein Vaccine Among Older Adults in Italy by Anna Puggina, Filippo Rumi, Eleftherios Zarkadoulas, Alen Marijam, Giovanna Elisa Calabró

“…Epidemiological, healthcare resource use and cost data were obtained from the scientific literature. …”
Get full text

Spatial Hydrographs of River Flow and Their Analysis for Peak Event Detection in the Context of Satellite Sampling by Arnaud Cerbelaud, Cédric H. David, Sylvain Biancamaria, Jeffrey Wade, Manu Tom, Renato Prata de Moraes Frasson, George H. Allen, Hana Thurman, Denis Blumstein

“…We build “space series” of river discharge and present their analysis in the context of peak flow event detection. We propose the use of peak event spatial coverage, referred to as “length”, as an analog to event duration. …”
Get full text

Assessing the impacts of aminoethoxyvinylglycine and 1-methylcyclopropene on fruit drop, cracking, quality, and related transcript accumulation in ‘Ambrosia’ and ‘Fuji’ apples duri... by Emily Johnson, Macarena Farcuh

“…L−1)-treated fruits, explaining why these fruits met the 50% red blush coverage 1 week later than all other treatments in both cultivars. …”
Get full text

Natural and Engineered Ocean Inflow Projects to Improve Water Quality Through Increased Exchange by Benjamin Komita, Robert Weaver, Nicole McClain, Austin Fox

“…Globally, the health of coastal water bodies continues to be threatened by climate change and mounting anthropogenic pressures related to population increase and associated development. Land use changes have increased the direct runoff of freshwater, nutrients, and other contaminants from watersheds into coastal systems. …”
Get full text

A modeling study of pre-exposure prophylaxis to eliminate HIV in Taiwan by 2030 by Huei-Jiuan Wu, Ya-Ping Cheng, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Chia-Chen Chang, Tung Lo, Chi-Tai Fang

“…Both models were parameterized using the national HIV registry and cascade data. …”
Get full text

"Separated during the first hours"-Postnatal care for women and newborns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study from a global online survey of maternal... by Aline Semaan, Teesta Dey, Amani Kikula, Anteneh Asefa, Thérèse Delvaux, Etienne V Langlois, Thomas van den Akker, Lenka Benova

“…Routine postnatal care (PNC) allows monitoring, early detection and management of complications, and counselling to ensure immediate and long-term wellbeing of mothers and newborns; yet effective coverage is sub-optimal globally. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted availability and quality of maternal and newborn care despite established guidelines promoting continuity of essential services. …”
Get full text

Optimization of Bus Dispatching in Public Transportation Through a Heuristic Approach Based on Passenger Demand Forecasting by Javier Esteban Barrera Hernandez, Luis Enrique Tarazona Torres, Alejandra Tabares, David Álvarez-Martínez

“…We validated our approach using a real-world case study in Montería (Colombia), covering eight representative routes over a full day (5:00–21:00). …”
Get full text

Home spirometry telemonitoring in pediatric patients with asthma: a mixed study by Dingrong Fan, Ao Shen, Qianqian Wang, Lu Peng, Ruixue Xia, Hengyu Zhou

“…Subsequently, they were tested using the PF286 under both supervised and unsupervised settings. …”
Get full text

Self-Medication with NSAIDs in Gondar city: prevalence, predictors, and public health implications by Wondim Ayenew, Addisu Afrassa Tegegne, Gebremariam Genet, Liknaw Workie Limenh, Lamrot Yohannes, Abdulwase Mohammed Seid, Tekletsadik Tekleslassie Alemayehu, Wudneh Simegn

“…A structured interviewed questionnaire was used to gather information. All residents who were present at the time of data collection period were our study population. …”
Get full text

Clinical fnd epidemiological features of measles by adults in modern period by V. V. Basina, E. V. Esaulenko, K. E. Novak, M. A. Bichurina, L. V. Lyalina

“…Gabrichevsky Moscow Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, biological material was used (nasopharyngeal washings, urine).Results: there was an increase in morbidity in some regions of the Northwestern Federal District in conditions of high coverage of the population with measles vaccinations. …”
Get full text

Restricted mean survival time approach versus time-varying coefficient Cox model for quantifying treatment effect when hazards are non-proportional by Tianyuan Gu, Zhaojin Chen, Yu Yang Soon, Joseph Wee, Bee-Choo Tai

“…Abstract Background Although the Cox time-varying coefficient (TVC) model has been developed to address non-proportional hazard (PH), its use remains underexplored. Instead, the restricted mean survival time (RMST) has been widely used in non-PH settings to quantify treatment effects using life expectancy ratio (LER) and life expectancy difference (LED). …”
Get full text

The easiest children to reach are most likely to be infected with ocular Chlamydia trachomatis in trachoma endemic areas of Niger. by Abdou Amza, Boubacar Kadri, Baido Nassirou, Sun N Yu, Nicole E Stoller, Satasuk J Bhosai, Zhaoxia Zhou, Charles E McCulloch, Sheila K West, Robin L Bailey, Jeremy D Keenan, Thomas M Lietman, Bruce D Gaynor

“…<h4>Background</h4>Control programs for trachoma use mass antibiotic distributions to treat ocular Chlamydia trachomatis in an effort to eliminate this disease worldwide. …”
Get full text

Photogrammetry and Traditional Bathymetry for High-Resolution Underwater Mapping in Shallow Waters by A. Spadaro, F. Chiabrando, A. Lingua, P. Maschio

“…The results highlight the operational benefits of using complementary technologies and suggest potential for further enhancement through Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques to refine data integration and analysis.…”
Get full text

5G Network on Wings: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach to the UAV-Based Integrated Access and Backhaul by Hongyi Zhang, Zhiqiang Qi, Jingya Li, Anders Aronsson, Jan Bosch, Helena Holmstrom Olsson

“…In this paper, we study how to control multiple UAV-BSs in both static and dynamic environments. We use a system-level simulator to model an MC scenario in which a macro-BS of a cellular network is out of service and multiple UAV-BSs are deployed using integrated access and backhaul (IAB) technology to provide coverage for users in the disaster area. …”
Get full text