Mapping 30-m cotton areas based on an automatic sample selection and machine learning method using Landsat and MODIS images by Zhuting Tan, Zhengyu Tan, Juhua Luo, Hongtao Duan

“…To address this issue, a novel cotton sample selection method was proposed and the machine learning method is employed to effectively identify the long time series cotton planting areas at a 30-m resolution scale. …”
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Landscapes of Trade by Merten Nefs

“…Chapter 5 addresses the question What are the regional employment effects of XXL DCs? It does so by analysing the effects of DCs by using company microdata in a threefold spatial-economic approach including direct, indirect and agglomeration effects. …”
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Physical, Compressive Strength, and Microstructural Characteristics of Alkali-Activated Engineered Composites Incorporating MgO, MWCNTs, and rGO by Mohammad Ali Hossain, Khandaker M. A. Hossain

“…Thirty-two ambient cured alkali-activated engineered composites (AAECs) were developed by incorporating MgO, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber with a one-part dry mix technique using powder-based activators/reagents. The effects of material variables, namely binary or ternary combination source materials (fly ash C or F and ground granulated blast furnace slag ‘GGBFS’), two types of reagents with varying chemical ratios and dosages of additives (from 0 to 5% MgO and from 0 to 6% MWCNT/rGO), on the physical (slump flow, flow time, flow velocity, and density), hardness (compressive strength from 0 to 180 days and 28-day ultrasonic pulse velocity ‘UPV’), and micro-structural (SEM/EDS, XRD and FTIR) properties were evaluated. …”
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Analysis of Carbon Stock Evolution and Its Vulnerability Characteristics Based on Land Use Change in Guizhou Province by Chen Darong, Zhou Xu, Yang Shengtian, Pei Yu, Hu Yuxue, Hu Feng

“…There were spatial differences in vulnerability among counties, with significant negative effects in the peripheral counties. The vulnerability of 81.82% of the counties decreased in 20 years. …”
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Purification and Inhibitor Screening of the Full-Length SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein by Chen Chen, Zhengfu Zhang, Qiao Zheng, Yingshun Zhou, Shujun Zhang

“…The findings of this study suggest the importance of considering both protein source and post-translational modifications of the target proteins to be used in drug screening workflows. …”
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Cultural service assessment of cultivated land ecosystem in the Yangtze River Delta region from a supply–demand-flow perspective by Caiwei Da, Junjun Zhi, Wenjing Zhao, Wangbing Liu, Chen Xue, Shanju Bao

“…Assessing and mapping cultural ecosystem services (CES) is becoming a research hotpot, however, studies on the CES of cultivated land (CESCL) face several bottleneck problems, such as the lack of an effective analytical method for integrating multi-source data and a unified research framework. …”
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The Spatiotemporal Evolution of Land Use Ecological Efficiency in the Huaihai Economic Zone: Insights from a Multi-Dimensional Framework and Geospatial Modeling by Gan Teng, Longqian Chen, Ting Zhang, Long Li, Jue Xiao, Linyu Ma

“…Existing studies on eco-efficiency evaluation often neglect the social and ecological benefits of land use, as well as the spatial heterogeneity in the effects of natural factors. This study aims to establish a systematic eco-efficiency evaluation framework and examine the dynamic impacts of various factors on land use eco-efficiency at the county scale. …”
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Investigation of Synergistic Influence of Ultrasound and Co-Doping to Degrade Toluene from Polluted Air in Construction Sites—An Experimental Approach by Omid Akbarzadeh, Yahya Rasoulzadeh, Mohammad Haghighi, Azadeh Talati, Hamed Golzad

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: The study underscores the significant enhancement in photocatalytic activity for toluene degradation achieved through the combined effects of ultrasound and co-doping methods.…”
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Creating Dynamic Maps of Noise Threat Using PL-Grid Infrastructure by Maciej SZCZODRAK, Józef KOTUS, Bożena KOSTEK, Andrzej CZYŻEWSKI

“…The estimation of auditory effects is based on calculated noise levels in a given exposure period. …”
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Spatial Distribution of the Intellectual Capital of Russia by A. S. Mikhaylov, I. Yu. Peker

“…At the same time, the ranking includes universities of all large urban agglomerations. A number of regions actively involve universities in cooperation with industry, while many leave this area without proper attention. …”
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Thermo‐Optical Analysis of Surface‐ and Volume‐Additivated Polymer Powders for Near‐Infrared Laser Powder Bed Fusion by Alexander Sommereyns, Jochen Schmidt, Cheechau Leong, Florentin Tischer, Michael Schmidt

“…Near‐infrared laser sources have the potential to change the process dynamics in laser powder bed fusion of polymers. …”
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Analysis of Trends in the Development of Availability of Medical Services for Rural Population by Yevheniia Ziabina, Karolina Goncharova, Hlib Lieonov

“…The urgency of solving this scientific problem is that medical care should be provided in all regions and agglomerations of the country equally effectively and focus on patient requests. …”
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GloUCP: a global 1&thinsp;km spatially continuous urban canopy parameters for the WRF model by W. Liao, W. Liao, Y. Li, X. Liu, X. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Che, L. Shao, G. Chen, H. Yuan, H. Yuan, N. Zhang, F. Chen

“…Our findings indicate that GloUCP not only surpasses existing datasets in accuracy but also provides superior spatial coverage. In key urban agglomerations such as Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area, GloUCP offers detailed and reliable urban morphological information that closely aligns with reference datasets, outperforming other available sources. …”
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Borehole Optical Fibre Distributed Temperature Sensing vs. Manual Temperature Logging for Geothermal Condition Assessment: Results of the OptiSGE Project by Maciej R. Kłonowski, Anders Nermoen, Peter J. Thomas, Urszula Wyrwalska, Weronika Pratkowiecka, Agnieszka Ładocha, Kirsti Midttømme, Paweł Brytan, Anna Krzonkalla, Adrianna Maćko, Karol Zawistowski, Jolanta Duczmańska-Kłonowska

“…The temperature logs for some boreholes located in urban agglomerations showed anthropogenic influence caused by the presence of infrastructure, the urban heat island effect, post-mining activities, etc. …”
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Contribution à la redefinition de la notion de ville au Togo by Koffi Messan Adébayo DJEGUEMA, Mintre BOUDOU, Koudzo SOKEMAWU

“…The city being a complex object, its definition is the source of an abundant dialectic. However, it is necessary to start from a relevant definition of the notion of city, in order to appreciate properly urban dynamics toward the country and to be able to anticipate its effects on development. …”
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Nanoreactor‐Driven Uniform Nano ZnS Deposition in Tunable Porous Carbon Spheres for High‐Performance Zn‐S Batteries by Yuxuan Jiang, Bingxin Sun, Dan Wang, Yan Yan, Mohsen Shakouri, Han‐Yi Chen, Wang Zhang, Rongmei Zhu, Huan Pang

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CNOSSOS-EU road surface types: Evaluation of the influence of different national values on noise emissions by Odeh Omar, Khayyat Aiham, Kocsis Dénes

“…Road traffic noise is a common environmental noise source; henceforth, EU countries are obliged to produce strategic noise maps for all major roads, railways, airports, and agglomerations, on a 5-year basis. …”
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Influence of Relative Humidity and Aging on Morphology and Chemical Composition on Biomass Burning Particle by Titinan Utavong, Thunyapat Thongyen, Surat Bualert, Parkpoom Choomanee, Saranarat Kongkeaw, Tanawan Rattanapotanan, Jitlada Phupijit, Suteekan Maneejantra, Nitchakarn Changplaiy

“…Abstract Agricultural waste burning is a major source of fine particulate matter (FPM), which remains in long-term suspension in the atmosphere during the aging processes. …”
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Greenhouse gas emissions from transport. Urban transport and spatial policy in the face of the climate change by Leszek S. Wiśniewski

“…The article discusses the effects of these differences in approach to spatial and transport policy.…”
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