Enhanced simulation of gross and net carbon fluxes in a managed Mediterranean forest by the use of multi-sensor data by Marta Chiesi, Nicola Arriga, Luca Fibbi, Lorenzo Bottai, Luigi D'Acqui, Alessandro Dell’Acqua, Sara Di Lonardo, Lorenzo Gardin, Maurizio Pieri, Fabio Maselli

“…The proposed advancements are aimed at improving the model performance in managed Mediterranean forests and concern: i) the calibration of C-Fix GPP sensitivity to water stress; ii) the quantification of the green, woody and soil C pools which regulate the prediction of NPP and NEP. These two issues are addressed by the processing of additional remotely sensed datasets, i.e. low spatial resolution satellite imagery and high spatial resolution airborne laser scanner data. …”
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The relationship between adolescent injuries and risk factors by Z. V. Lashkul, V. V. Chemirisov, V. L. Kurochka, N. Y. Motovytsya, L. D. Yarova

“…Given the results obtained, injury prevention measures should be built on a crosssectoral basis, comprehensively, while addressing issues of social, family and personal direction among adolescents and parents.…”
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Management Model of Lakes as a tool for planning the remediation of Suat Uğurlu Lake by Bilge Aydın Er, Tolga Ayeri, Fulya Aydın Temel, Nurdan Gamze Turan, Yüksel Ardalı

“…Ecological processes that occur in a lake depend on the physico-chemical (abiotic) and biotic factors of the system and the interrelations between them. …”
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Data-Driven Design to Production and Operation by Henriette Bier, Terry Knight

“…Digital technology has introduced in the last decades data-driven representational and generative methodologies based on principles such as parametric definition and algorithmic processing. In this context, the 15th Footprint issue examines the development of data-driven techniques such as digital drawing, modelling, and simulation with respect to their relationship to design. …”
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Evaluation and Improvement of Construction Safety for Prefabricated Buildings Under the Concept of Resilience by Jingyan Liu, Shuo Zhang, Yinhang Liu, Wenwen Zheng, Xinyue Hu

“…In the construction of prefabricated buildings, safety issues occur frequently, posing challenges to project progress and personnel safety. …”
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Parameter Prediction of Water Imbibition in Unsaturated Shales Using the NMR Method by Jun Yang, Jingyi Leng, Linke Qiao, Linlin Wang, Jiadi Ding

“…Although the hydraulic fracturing treatment can improve the conductivity of shale reservoirs, the low recovery rate of the fracturing fluid may cause potential environmental and production issues. For an accurate investigation of these issues, an appropriate model of the water imbibition in shales is required. …”
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A Review of Article "Alms-giving" in Encyclopedia of the Quran by Seyed Abdolrahim Hosseini, Seyyed Mohammad Musavi Moqaddam, Omolbanin Soleymani Baghshah

“…The article Zakat (alms-giving) written by a researcher named Azim Nanji has been published in the first volume of the Leiden Encyclopedia of the Quran (pp. 64 -70). The most important issues and themes that have been criticized and reviewed in the view of the authors of the article include the essence and the constitutive elements of sadaqah (charity), the ideal donation and its aspects in the view of the Holy Quran, the relationship between piety and donation, the synonymous concepts of sadaqah, the status and the aspects of sadaqah, the semantics and the conditions for the payment of zakat, and the process of formation of the institution of sadaqah and its distribution. …”
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Ideologies in Algorithms. How Do Ideologies Give Shape to Algorithms? by Natalia Gondek, Grzegorz Tutak, Jan Gondek

“…Algorithms, as tools for processing information, shape social consciousness and influence decisions in areas such as politics and the media. …”
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Aspects of the Interpretation and Implementation of Expert’s Rights in the Appointment and Production of Forensic Construction and Technical Examination by A. Yu. Butyrin, E. B. Stativa

“…The issues of exercising expert’s rights when ordering a forensic examination, entrusting its production to a specific competent person, conducting a study, reflecting its process and the results in the expert’s opinion do not lose their relevance. …”
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Points2Model: a neural-guided 3D building wireframe reconstruction from airborne LiDAR point clouds by Perpetual Hope Akwensi, Akshay Bharadwaj, Ruisheng Wang

“…However, generating them from airborne LiDAR point clouds (APCs) is challenging due to issues like façade/roof occlusions, point density variations and noise. …”
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Deriving green competitive advantage in the SMEs: A sustainable firm performance perspective by Abdul Samad Dahri, Ummi Naiemah Binti Saraih, Junaid Rehman, Anas A. Salameh, Fatuma Namisango

“…Owing to an ever-increasing environmental consciousness, the manufacturing SMEs, particularly in the developing economies, have undergone strategic transformations by incorporating green capabilities into their production processes. Given the widespread environmental issues faced at the global landscape, especially the challenges encountered by the SMEs of the developing countries like Pakistan, it is important to investigate and address these issues in a sustainable manner. …”
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Web-Based Integrated Farming Group Profile Information System with Integrated Farming (Case Study: Dawuhan Village, Malang) by Arief Andy Soebroto, Nurul Hidayat, Rizal Setya Perdana, Indriati Indriati, Hendra Darmawan, Raihan Fikri Brilliansyach, Mohammad Ibnu, Nadhira Nurannisa, M Azka Obila Vasya

“…However, livestock data management in this village is still done manually, facing various challenges such as limited access, data integrity issues, and time-consuming processes. To address these issues, this research aims to develop a Web-Based Integrated Livestock Group Profile Information System. …”
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Integrated Strategies Toward the Capture and Electrochemical Conversion of Low‐Concentration Carbon Dioxide by Zhenyi Yang, Xingqiu Li, Xianglong Cui, Zhen Zheng, Penglun Zheng, Yu Zhang

“…ABSTRACT Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) has been considered a promising route to reduce net carbon emissions and thus mitigate global warming issues. In practice, it mainly involves two processes including the CO2 capture and subsequent electrochemical conversion. …”
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Safety of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices by Hugo Lanz, Katharina Strauß, Julia Höpler, Marie Kraft, Sabine Hoffmann, Leonhard Binzenhöfer, Nils Gade, Daniel Roden, Inas Saleh, Stefan Kääb, Korbinian Lackermair, Sebastian Sadoni, Christian Hagl, Steffen Massberg, Heidi Estner, Stephanie Fichtner, Enzo Lüsebrink

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A relation-enhanced mean-teacher framework for source-free domain adaptation of object detection by Dingqing Tian, Changbo Xu, Shaozhong Cao

“…In existing work, three serious issues are not solved: (1) Information on the semantic topological structure among instances is overlooked. (2) In the training process, attention is focused solely on a single domain, without considering the interaction of information between domains. (3) Low-quality pseudo-labels can degrade the training effectiveness. …”
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Automatic Annotation of Map Point Features Based on Deep Learning ResNet Models by Yaolin Zhang, Zhiwen Qin, Jingsong Ma, Qian Zhang, Xiaolong Wang

“…Prior research on it only addresses label conflict or overlap issues; it does not fully take into account and resolve both types of issues. …”
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Development of corrosion-resistant material for asphalt concrete cutting part by Rabat O., Pirnaev Sh., Rustamov K., Usmanov I., Shermatov Sh., Magdiyev K.

“…The paper examines the issues of destruction of working parts of road construction equipment operating under conditions of abrasive wearout with a fixed abrasive. …”
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New Experimental Data of CO2 Solubility in an Amine Solvent by Stefania Moioli, Valentina Schiattarella

“…With the aim of overcoming the issues due to the lack of experimental data on novel systems, an experimental unit has been installed at the Process Thermodynamics laboratory (PT lab) of Politecnico di Milano aimed at collecting data of solubility and diffusivity of gases into low volatile liquids that could be used as solvents for CO2 capture. …”
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Robust Schnorr-based subgroup multi-signature scheme by ZHANG Zhenqi, ZHU Qiuchi, WANG Zhiwei

“…It was completely open and transparent, capable of resisting the rogue public-key attack, and reduced the total number of communication rounds and time overhead in the signing process, addressing the issue of low consensus efficiency. …”
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Nanotechnology-driven strategies in postoperative cancer treatment: innovations in drug delivery systems by Jun-Jie Zhou, Yan-Chuan Feng, Min-Long Zhao, Qi Guo, Xi-Bo Zhao

“…Future research should focus on certain issues. These issues are stability, tumor specificity, and clinical translation. …”
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