Alternative graphemics. Aztec writing system as a case study towards an integrated, digitalised model of non-typographic graphemics by Antonio Perri, Luciano Perondi, Daniele Capo, Roberto Arista, Giampiero Dalai

“…Aztec pictographic writing conveys semantic (and linguistic) contents through conventional patterns of units. We argue that relevant visual values are ordered in subsets (topological, spatial and logical). …”
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The Greenland Ice Sheet at the peak of warming during the previous Interglacial by O. O. Rybak, F. Hoebrects

“…This wide range is explained by the sensitivity of GrIS models to the imposed climatic conditions and to poor knowledge of the LIG climate itself in terms of the magnitude and precise timing of the maximum warming, as well as in terms of spatial and annual patterns. To partially circumvent these uncertainties we made use of the newest temperature record over the Central Greenland reconstructed from the isotopic composition of the recently obtained NEEM ice core containing undisturbed LIG segment to build the climatic forcing of the model. …”
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X-FASNet: cross-scale feature-aware with self-attention network for cognitive decline assessment in Alzheimer's disease by Wenhui Chen, Shunwu Xu, Yiran Peng, Yiran Peng, Hong Zhang, Jian Zhang, Huaihao Zheng, Hao Yan, Zhaowen Chen, Zhaowen Chen

“…The proposed architecture implements a dual-pathway multi-scale feature extraction approach to identify discriminative neuroanatomical patterns across various spatial resolutions, while integrating a novel cross-scale feature-aware self-attention module that enhances inter-scale information exchange and captures long-range dependencies. …”
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Upper Elevational Limit of Vegetation in the Himalayas Identified from Landsat Images by Bo Wei, Yili Zhang, Linshan Liu, Binghua Zhang, Dianqing Gong, Changjun Gu, Lanhui Li, Basanta Paudel

“…Climate change has caused substantial shifts in species’ ranges and vegetation distributions in local areas of the Himalayas. However, the spatial patterns and dynamic changes of the vegetation lines in the Himalayas remain poorly understood due to the lack of comprehensive vegetation line dataset. …”
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Model morphing supported large scale crop type mapping: A case stuy of cotton mapping in Xinjiang, China by Longcai Zhao, Taifeng Dong, Xin Du, Bing Dong, Qiangzi Li

“…To address these challenges, this paper constructs a time-continuous sequence model that captures the unique feature pattern between the target-crop and non-target crops (referred to as the knowledge model). …”
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Ordinal METAR Cloud Cover Classification in Sentinel-2 Satellite Data by Markus Gotz, Erik Wessel, Ugur Cayoglu, Babak Jahani, Charlotte Debus, Jan Cermak, Achim Streit

“…Accurate cloud cover assessment is crucial in several fields, such as weather forecasting, climate science, agriculture, or energy system planning, precipitation pattern forecasting and aiding in early detection of extreme weather events. …”
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Examining the spatiotemporal dynamics of urban heat island and its impact on air pollution in Thailand by Veeranun Songsom, Pawarit Jaruk, Thongchai Suteerasak

“…The relationship between UHI and air pollutants remains uncertain, influenced by factors such as location, spatial distribution, and the type of pollutants. …”
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Integrated distribution modeling resolves asynchrony between bat population impacts and occupancy trends through latent abundance by Bradley J. Udell, Christian Stratton, Kathryn M. Irvine, Bethany Rose Straw, Jonathan D. Reichard, Sarah Gaulke, Jeremy. T. H. Coleman, Frank C. Tousley, Andrea N. Schuhmann, Richard D. Inman, Melinda Turner, Sarah Nystrom, Brian E. Reichert

“…Relative abundance and occupancy were linked with multi-scale predictors, revealing clear patterns of population declines, but with important differences in spatial trends (abundance: corresponded with white-nose syndrome impacts, occupancy: at the range periphery) and overall severity (abundance: -74.8%, 95% CRI: -79.7% to -69.3%; occupancy: -35.5%, 95% CRI: -41.1% to -30.2%). …”
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Time Series Data Provide Insights into the Evolution and Abundance of One of the Most Abundant Viruses in the Marine Virosphere: The Uncultured Pelagiphages vSAG 37-F6 by Marina Vila-Nistal, Ramiro Logares, Josep M. Gasol, Manuel Martinez-Garcia

“…We explored the temporal dynamics of vSAG 37-F6, assessing periodic fluctuations in abundance and evolutionary patterns using long- and short-term data series. In the long-term series (7 years), metagenomics showed negative selection acting on all viral genes, with a highly conserved overall diversity over time composed of a pool of yearly emergent, highly similar novel strains that exhibited a seasonal abundance pattern with two peaks during winter and fall and a decrease in months with higher UV radiation. …”
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Study on the evolution law of acoustic emission time series characteristics of coal-rock assemblage under true triaxial conditions by Fuquan Gao, Chenyang Zhang, Chenyang Zhang, Lingchen Han, Yongxue Xia, Yongxue Xia, Quanwu Gao, Yiqun Zhou, Yiqun Zhou, Dingyi Li, Dingyi Li

“…IntroductionThis study aims to investigate the fractal characteristics of acoustic emission (AE) signals during coal-rock rupture and their predictive significance for impact dynamic hazards.MethodsTrue triaxial loading/unloading tests were conducted on five coal-rock composites with varying coal-thickness ratios using the TRW-3000 system, with AE signals analyzed to correlate stress evolution and temporal-spatial fractal features.ResultsKey findings reveal that: 1) AE parameters exhibit stress-dependent behavior, growing slowly initially, stabilizing during stress-holding, and surging exponentially before peak stress, with ∼90% of cumulative energy released pre-destabilization; 2) Ring counts follow an Λ-type trend against absolute energy, while coal-thickness proportion induces a mirror-image N-type pattern in AE parameters; 3) High-energy/high-ringcount AE events cluster spatiotemporally before failure, with clear time sequence precursors—short-duration ground sounds and consecutive rises in energy/frequency serve as critical early-warning indicators, whereas isolated signals lack hazard relevance.DiscussionThese fractal patterns and precursor thresholds enhance real-time monitoring and risk assessment frameworks, offering actionable strategies for mitigating coal-rock dynamic disasters in underground mining.…”
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Comparative Space Use of Sympatric Sharks at a Remote Island in the South Pacific Ocean by Jordan K. Matley, Chloe N. Roberts, Thomas M. Clarke, Lauren Meyer, Michael P. Doane, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Mark Scott, Adam Barnett, Charlie Huveneers

“…Tiger sharks, consisting primarily of mature females, were seasonally present at Norfolk Island with peak residency during the Austral summer (November to April). A similar pattern existed for juvenile sandbar sharks, although departures from the island were not as common. …”
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Using 3D observations with high spatio-temporal resolution to calibrate and evaluate a process-focused cellular automaton model of soil erosion by water by A. Eltner, D. Favis-Mortlock, O. Grothum, M. Neumann, T. Laburda, P. Kavka

“…</p> <p>These results underscore the need for more nuanced evaluation of erosion models, e.g. by incorporating spatial-pattern comparison techniques to provide a deeper understanding of the model's capabilities. …”
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Comparative effects of arithmetic, speech, and motor dual-task walking on gait in stroke survivors: a cross-sectional study by Xueyi Zhang, Xueyi Zhang, Qi Wang, Qiujie Li, Qiujie Li, Hui Liu, Hui Liu, Xianglin Wan, Xianglin Wan

“…BackgroundThe application of dual-task walking paradigms for gait assessment in stroke patients is critical, where varying concurrent tasks may elicit distinct gait patterns of dual-task interference. This study assessed the acute effects of different types of dual tasks on gait in stroke patients during task performance, informing occupational, and physical therapists about care recommendations to prevent patients from falling and improve their balance function in daily life.MethodsA total of 19 stroke patients (52.7 ± 6.9 years old) performed the walking-only and dual-task walking (motor, arithmetic and speech) task test while a 3D motion capture system measured the gait parameters (the gait spatial-temporal parameters, sagittal angle of lower-limb joints, gait parameter variability and dual-task cost). …”
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Genomic profiling of a six-generation patrilineal family of the Ming-Qing dynasties in China by Jincheng Wang, Tianming Zhang, Xiaowen Jia, Zihan Zhang, Jianing He, Chao Ning, Jihong Wang, Tingyu Yang, Guanbo Wang, Yuhong Pang, Yanyi Huang

“…Summary: Family cemeteries from historical periods often follow structured burial patterns, but identifying these arrangements is challenging due to limited written records and ambiguities in archaeological interpretation. …”
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Towards precision agriculture tea leaf disease detection using CNNs and image processing by Irfan Sadiq Rahat, Hritwik Ghosh, Suresh Dara, Shashi Kant

“…This stage features a dropout layer for regularization, a dense layer with 512 units for further pattern learning, and a final dense layer with 8 units and a soft max activation function, producing a probability distribution across different disease classes. …”
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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the ecological civilization in the Yangtze River economic belt by Li Ma, Huiyuan Zhang, Xiaojie Meng, Qing Lu

“…Although prior studies have assessed spatiotemporal differentiation and subsystem coordination in the ecological civilization development process in the YREB, revealing regional trends, municipal-scale dynamics and heterogeneity in development patterns remain underexplored. In this study, 118 YREB cities are explored, and a novel weight calculation method that combines a genetic algorithm with a dynamic deviation maximization model (GA-DM) is introduced to ensure objectivity. …”
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Coupled Assessment of Land Use Changes and Ecological Benefits Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data by Jin Guo, Xiaojian Wei, Fuqing Zhang, Yubo Ding

“…By integrating the four-quadrant model and the coupling degree model, we developed a remote sensing ecological index (RSEI)–ecological service index (ESI) coupling evaluation framework to assess the spatiotemporal evolution patterns of changes in ecological benefits in the region. …”
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Species and Phylogenetic Diversity of Woody Plants Shift With the Elevational Gradient in Subtropical Forests in South China by Jing Li, Yinghua Luo, Feng Chen, Cong Hu, Chaohao Xu, Zhonghua Zhang, Gang Hu

“…Elevation, soil nitrate nitrogen content, and slope collectively constituted the key environmental factors driving the spatial patterns of species diversity. Meanwhile, soil nitrate nitrogen and ammonium nitrogen contents had a decisive influence on phylogenetic diversity. …”
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Quantifying Urban Vitality in Guangzhou Through Multi-Source Data: A Comprehensive Analysis of Land Use Change, Streetscape Elements, POI Distribution, and Smartphone-GPS Data by Hongjin Chen, Jingyi Ge, Wei He

“…The results reveal the spatial distribution patterns of urban vitality and the varying significance of different determinants, providing data-driven insights and policy implications for urban planning and development.…”
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Change of human settlement resilience and its obstacle degree in resource-based cities in the Yellow River Basin by JIANG Haining, ZHENG Shuting, YANG Qi, JIANG Dongru, YU Jianhui

“…The growth-type, mature-type, and regeneration-type cities all showed an agglomeration of high resilience cities, while the decline-type cities with high resilience level tended to be dispersed. (2) From the perspective of spatial evolution, the resilience level of urban human settlements presents a spatial pattern of “periphery is higher than center, downstream is higher than upstream. …”
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