Pre-adopting new urban areas to climate change with coastal Nature-based solutions by Haoqi Wang, Baolong Han, Tong Wu, Felix Leung, Yingqi Ren

“…This study develops a Comprehensive Coastal Vulnerability Index (CCVI) that integrates risk and resilience metrics and proposes an innovative spatial decay model to quantify inland vulnerability propagation under sea-level rise. Using Hong Kong’s planned Northern Metropolis Development (NMD) as a case study, we simulate vulnerability dynamics under the 2100 sea-level rise scenario (SSP4.5), urbanization scenario, and NbS habitat restoration scenario. …”
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Landsat Next current design for geological remote sensing: VNIR-SWIR-TIR data continuity and new opportunities by Bruno Portela, Harald van der Werff, Christoph Hecker, Mark van der Meijde

“…We simulate Landsat Next imagery using airborne hyperspectral datasets acquired over two well-characterised mineral systems in the Yerington district, Nevada (USA), generating equivalent datasets for Sentinel-2 and ASTER to enable sensor-level comparison without environmental influences. …”
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A Low-Profile Dual-Polarized Transmitarray with Enhanced Gain and Beam Steering at Ku Band by Md. Imran Khan, Antonella Maria Loconsole, Francesco Anelli, Vito Vincenzo Francione, Ahsan Ullah Khan, Marco Simone, Gino Sorbello, Francesco Prudenzano

“…The transmitarray antenna can be used for beam steering up to an angle of γ_max = ±30° with a measured scan loss △G_MSL1 = 2.73 dB at f₁ = 12.4 GHz.…”
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UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study by Rachael L Murray, Joanne Morling, Nathan Davies, Tessa Langley, Manpreet Bains

“…Those implementing SFG must carefully consider product coverage and its approach to enforcement.…”
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Does the reduction in obstetric hospitals result in an unintended decreased in-hospital delivery utilisation? A causal multilevel analysis in China by Jay Pan, Nan Chen, Peter C Coyte

“…Multilevel regression models were employed to analyse the causal effects, with sensitivity analysis using fixed effect and quantile regression models.Results Between 2017 and 2020, the number of obstetric hospitals decreased by 21.3% (from 1209 to 951), leading to a decline in the proportion of pregnant women covered within a 2-hour driving radius (from 97.4% to 97.1%) and an increase in the maximum of shortest driving time within county (from 117.2 to 121.0 min). …”
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“Diwan”: Constructing the Largest Annotated Corpus for Arabic Poetry by Badriyya B. Al-Onazi, Wadee A. Nashir, Asma A. Al-Shargabi

“…This dataset/corpus has been meticulously curated using advanced data collection methods, rigorous normalization and annotation protocols, and expert oversight from specialists in Arabic prosody and poetry. …”
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Investigation of the Spatiotemporal Patterns in Water Surface Temperature from Landsat Data in Plateau Rivers by Youyuan Wang, Yun Deng, Yanjing Yang, Youcai Tuo, Xingmin Wang, Jia Zhu

“…However, owing to the complex terrain and harsh climate, traditional water temperature monitoring methods struggle to provide comprehensive coverage. This study focuses on the downstream section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River and uses Landsat 7 and 8 images from 2004–2022. …”
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Estimation of High Spatial Resolution CO₂ Concentration in China from 2010 to 2022 Based on Multi-Source Carbon Satellite Data by Shanzhao Cai, Heng Dong, Bo Zhang, Huan Huang

“…To address this, this study effectively integrates XCO₂ data retrieved from the GOSAT and OCO-2 satellites using atmospheric profile adjustment and spatial grid integration techniques. …”
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Major aspects of STEM education based on U.S. government initiatives by Liliya Batyuk

“…There was the large-scale implementation of educational reforms in the US, innovations, and investments in those areas that worked to improve STEM teaching and learning, resulting in the coverage of STEM education by a larger part of society and the implementation of the «Education for All» strategy. …”
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Impacts of an Early Morning Low Earth Orbit Observing Platform in a Future Global Observing Network Scenario by Nikki C. Privé, Bryan M. Karpowicz, Erica L. McGrath-Spangler, Satya Kalluri

“…Here, the utility of an early morning LEO orbit for numerical weather prediction is considered using an observing system simulation experiment (OSSE). …”
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Changes in Epidemiological Characteristics of Varicella and Breakthrough Cases in Ningbo, China, From 2010 to 2023: Surveillance Study by Xingqiang Pan, Yan Zhang, Xuefei Zhao, Dandan Zhang

“…MethodsFrom 2010 to 2023, varicella incidence was monitored using active (2010-2011) and passive (2012-2023) surveillance methods. …”
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Machine learning-based identification of key factors and spatial heterogeneity analysis of urban flooding: a case study of the central urban area of Ordos by Yu Qin, Yingdong Yu, Jiahong Liu, Ruifen Liu

“…Understanding the urban vulnerability is crucial for making decisions on urban flood control. This study uses urban flood susceptibility (UFS) as an indicator, and comprehensively applies three machine learning models, XGBoost, CatBoost and LightGBM, in the Kangyi area of Ordos City. …”
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Stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences with the quality of essential medicines in primary healthcare facilities in Ghana: a qualitative study by Irene A. Kretchy, Gifty Sunkwa-Mills, Maxwell A. Antwi, Stanley K. Alor, Antoinette Squire, George Y. Afful, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit, Kwabena F. M. Opuni

“…Methods Thirty-four stakeholders comprising health facility administrators, pharmacy managers, healthcare providers, medicine manufacturers and distributors, and regulators were interviewed using face-to-face audio-recorded semi-structured interviews. …”
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What is our pick? Assessment of satellite and reanalysis precipitation datasets over Italy by Benedetta Moccia, Luca Buonora, Claudia Bertini, Elena Ridolfi, Fabio Russo, Francesco Napolitano

“…Study Focus: Gridded precipitation datasets, satellite and reanalysis based, offer the potential to provide precipitation estimates with quasi-global coverage, extending to areas not accessible by ground-based instruments. …”
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Study protocol for WHO and UNICEF estimates of global, regional, and national preterm birth rates for 2010 to 2019. by Ayesha De Costa, Ann-Beth Moller, Hannah Blencowe, Emily White Johansson, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Eric O Ohuma, Yemisrach B Okwaraji, Jennifer Cresswell, Jennifer H Requejo, Rajiv Bahl, Olufemi T Oladapo, Joy E Lawn, Allisyn C Moran

“…Global, regional and national preterm birth rates will be estimated using a Bayesian multilevel-mixed regression model.…”
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Novel Spatio-Temporal Joint Learning-Based Intelligent Hollowing Detection in Dams for Low-Data Infrared Images by Lili Zhang, Zihan Jin, Yibo Wang, Ziyi Wang, Zeyu Duan, Taoran Qi, Rui Shi

“…However, the existing hollowing detection techniques are few as well as inefficient when facing the demands of comprehensive coverage and intelligent management for regular inspections. …”
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Cybersecurity in Satellite Communication Networks: Key Threats and Neutralization Measures by Aditi Ranjit Kumar Verma

“…Owing to their broadcast nature and extensive coverage area, satellite signals are inherently susceptible to jamming, spoofing, and eavesdropping, rendering them appealing targets for malicious actors. …”
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Clinical performance analysis and cost-utility analysis of a mobile cataract surgery service in a rural setting in Thailand by Mantapond Ittarat, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Sunee Chansangpetch

“…Linear regression was used to analyze the clinical performance, and a cost-utility analysis (CUA) was conducted to show the cost-effectiveness of the mobile service. …”
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A multi-objective approach to load balancing in cloud environments integrating ACO and WWO techniques by Umesh Kumar Lilhore, Sarita Simaiya, Yogendra Narayan Prajapati, Anjani Kumar Rai, Ehab Seif Ghith, Mehdi Tlija, Tarik Lamoudan, Abdelaziz A. Abdelhamid

“…We assessed the efficacy of our hybrid methodology by conducting extensive simulations using a cloud-sim simulator and a variety of workload trace files. …”
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What family policies do Iranian couples prefer for childbearing? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment by Mohammad Ranjbar, Tahereh shafaghat, Mohammad hasan lotfi, Maliheh Alimondegari, Forouzandeh Kalantari, Mohammad Bazyar

“…Preferences were analyzed using a conditional logit regression model in STATA17. …”
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