Studying and understanding the architectural ornamentations of residential buildings in the historical city of Masouleh by Saeid Hasanpour Loumer, Ahad Nejad Ebrahimi, Hassan Sattari Sarbangholi, Ali Vandshoari

“…The research objectives include identifying and classifying the patterns and main themes of the architectural decorations in Masouleh's buildings and addressing questions such as: how many types of architectural decorations, in terms of patterns and decorative elements, exist in Masouleh's residential buildings? …”
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The global, regional and national burden of peptic ulcer disease attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021: A population-based study by Shuai Wang, Tao Zhang, Dongming Li, Xueyuan Cao

“…This study analyzes the temporal and spatial patterns of PUD burden attributable to smoking globally from 1990 to 2021, providing insights for public health interventions. …”
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Does wetland degradation impact bird diversity differently across seasons? A case study of Zoige Alpine Wetland ecosystem by Chen Yang, Siheng Chen, Tianpei Guan

“…Our study recorded a total of 106 bird species from 32 families and 14 orders, revealing distinct seasonal patterns in bird community composition and diversity. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) on Reproductive Seasonality in Indigenous Greek Sheep Breeds: Insights into Genetic Integrity by Danai Antonopoulou, George Symeon, Konstantinos Zaralis, Meni Avdi, Ilias S. Frydas, Ioannis A. Giantsis

“…Interestingly, a significant genetic differentiation of the national stationary stock groups was suggested by principal component analysis, phylogenetic analysis, and admixture and spatial point patterns, with these two breeds being less heterogeneous. …”
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Encouraging low-water-use crops: behavioral drivers and policy recommendations for sustainable water management by Moslem Savari, Mohammadamin Ghezi, Homa Molavi

“…In Iran, while several regions possess the potential for rice cultivation, the spatial distribution and patterns of rice farming require closer examination. …”
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Hydrological controls on temporal contributions of three nested forested subcatchments to the export of dissolved organic carbon by K. Blaurock, B. Beudert, L. Hopp

“…Since climate change is predicted to influence precipitation patterns, spatial and temporal DOC export patterns are likely to change depending on topography.…”
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Challenges and opportunities when studying movement ecology in science and practical conservation by Christina Fischer

“…Movement is a key mechanism influencing biodiversity patterns and ecosystem processes. Movement ecology aims to understand the causal relationships between environmental conditions, animal movements, interactions and coexistence of species, as well as effects of movement patterns on ecosystem processes. …”
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Love thy neighbour: Feral buffalos show greater space use, resource overlap and encounters during the wet season in the Northern Territory by Kyana N. Pike, Justin Perry, Eric Vanderduys, John P. Y. Arnould, Andrew Hoskins

“…Here, we investigated how the different seasonal periods of a Northern Territory floodplain area shaped patterns of habitat use for 17 buffalo tracked over 16 months. …”
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Graph-based analysis of histopathological images for lung cancer classification using GLCM features and enhanced graph by Imam Dad, JianFeng He, Zulqarnain Baloch

“…Our methodology leverages Gray-Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) features to quantify tissue texture, constructs a Sparse Cosine Similarity Matrix (SCSM) to model spatial relationships, and employs DeepWalk embeddings to capture topological patterns. …”
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Evolution of a reservoir shore zone: Geomorphological and ecological responses to water-level fluctuations by Halina Kaczmarek, Sebastian Tyszkowski, Michał Habel

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Soil microorganism distributions depend on habitat partitioning of topography in a temperate mountain forest by Jianyou Li, Xueying Li, Shengqian Guo, Jingjing Xi, Yizhen Shao, Yun Chen, Zhiliang Yuan

“…The distribution patterns of soil bacteria and fungi are related to the terrain habitat, and the fungal community (60.48%) exhibits a stronger habitat specificity than the bacterial community (31.78%). …”
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Leveraging U-Net and ASPP for effective fault detection in photovoltaic modules by Khalfalla Awedat, Masoud Alajmi, Mustafa Elfituri

“…This study presents a novel deep-learning-based approach to enhance fault detection in PV systems by customizing the Atrous Spatial Pyramid Pooling (ASPP) module within a U-Net architecture. …”
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GRACE observes the natural and irrigation-induced regional redistribution of water storage in Central Asia by Abror Gafurov, Valeria Selyuzhenok, Milena Latinovic, Heiko Apel, Adkham Mamaraimov, Abdulkhakim Salokhiddinov, Eva Boergens, Andreas Güntner

“…New Hydrological Insights for the Region: Snow Cover Index (SCI), a new proxy index for snow accumulation shows that GRACE-based TWS dynamics agree very well with snow accumulation and melt for seasonal and inter-annual variations. The spatial patterns of seasonal TWS variations show water re-distribution from the mountain region to the downstream parts, where agricultural fields are irrigated. …”
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Temporal variability of average and low flows in Slovak rivers: A 90-year perspective by Pavla Pekárová, Dana Halmová, Veronika Bačová Mitková, Jana Poórová, Lotta Blaškovičová, Ján Pekár, Igor Leščešen, Zbyněk Bajtek

“…The focus is on trends in average annual flows, 7-day minimum flows, seasonality of low-flow events, and spatial patterns across hydrological regions. New hydrological insights for the region: This is the first national-scale assessment of Slovak rivers using such a long continuous daily discharge dataset. …”
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Construction of Long-Term Grid-Scale Decoupling Model: A Case Study of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region by Xvlu Wang, Minrui Zheng, Dongya Liu, Peipei Wang, Xinqi Zheng, Yin Ma, Feng Xu, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Tongshuai Rong

“…Although the overall trends in these relationships showed some convergence, there were notable spatial distribution differences. (3) The spatial heterogeneity of the two decoupling relationships in the BTH region was relatively poor. …”
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Estimating groundwater recharge across Africa during 2003–2023 using GRACE-derived groundwater storage changes by Vagner G. Ferreira, Hao Yang, Christopher Ndehedehe, Hongyan Wang, Ying Ge, Jia Xu, Min Xia, Ikechukwu Kalu, Miao Jing, Nathan Agutu

“…New Hydrological Insights for the Region:: This study provides new insights into the spatial patterns and temporal variability of groundwater recharge across Africa, highlighting the influence of climate variability on the continent’s groundwater resources. …”
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Detection of Forest Removal in PRODES Mata Atlântica: Discussion on the Transition from Visual to Semiautomatic Interpretation by Felipe de Oliveira Passos, Bruno Vargas Adorno, Rodrigo Silva do Carmo, Carla Mourão, Silvana Amaral

“…Even though it reveals significant patterns, validation still heavily relies on visual interpretation. …”
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High-Speed Free-Space Optical Continuous Variable-Quantum Key Distribution Based on Kramers–Kronig Scheme by Zhen Qu, Ivan B. Djordjevic

“…The atmospheric turbulence channel is emulated by three spatial light modulators on which three randomly generated azimuthal phase patterns yielding Andrews’ spectrum are recorded. …”
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Estimating contrasting soil moisture-precipitation feedbacks across global landmass using data from the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite mission by Joshua Taylor, Guido Salvucci

“…We find that the impact of soil moisture on next day precipitation likelihood varies across the global landmass, with patterns related to overall aridity and land cover.…”
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Seasonal and Long-Term Water Regime Trends of Cheremsky Wetland: Analysis Based on Sentinel-2 Spectral Indices and Composite Indicator Development by Oleksandr Melnyk, Ansgar Brunn

“…Their temporal trends were analyzed using Sen’s method, mutual correlations, and principal component analysis (PCA) to identify the main patterns of variability. Based on the normalized trends and weights obtained from the first two principal components, an integral composite index (CI) for spring and summer seasons was developed. …”
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