Anisotropic mechanical characterization of gneissic rock from Canadian Shield: Bridging the micro- and meso-scale gap by Afeez K. Popoola, Kareem Ramzy Aboayanah, Seyed Mohammad Hosein Seyed Ghafouri, Bezawit F. Haile, Lei Sun, Karl Peterson, Giovanni Grasselli

“…The microstructure and fabric of rocks largely control their mechanical behavior, and their spatial variations can lead to anisotropic behavior. …”
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PRODEM: an annual series of summer DEMs (2019 through 2022) of the marginal areas of the Greenland Ice Sheet by M. Winstrup, H. Ranndal, S. Hillerup Larsen, S. B. Simonsen, K. D. Mankoff, K. D. Mankoff, K. D. Mankoff, R. S. Fausto, L. Sandberg Sørensen

“…The PRODEMs are validated using leave-one-out cross-validation, and PRODEM19 is further validated against an external data set, showcasing their ability to correctly represent surface elevations within the associated spatially varying prediction uncertainties. We observe a general lowering of surface elevations during the 4-year PRODEM period, but the spatial pattern of change is highly complex and with annual changes superimposed. …”
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Spatiotemporal Land Use Change Detection Through Automated Sampling and Multi-Feature Composite Analysis: A Case Study of the Ebinur Lake Basin by Yi Yang, Liang Zhao, Ya Guo, Shihua Liu, Xiang Qin, Yixiao Li, Xiaoqiong Jiang

“…Based on land use classification results from three different periods, the spatial distribution and pattern changes of major land use types in the region over the past two decades were investigated through analyses of ellipses, centroid shifts, area changes, and transition matrices. …”
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Emission inventory development for spatiotemporal release of vanadium from anthropogenic sources in China by H. Zhang, H. Zhang, B. Zhang, B. Jiang, Q. Li, X. Hu, Y. Xing

“…Coal combustion (46.7 %) and stationary oil burning (40.1 %) are the largest vanadium contributors. The emission pattern is mainly shaped by regional activity levels, with Shandong, Liaoning, Hebei, and Guangdong contributing 35.8 % of national inventories. …”
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Age, sex, and cell type-resolved hypothalamic gene expression across the pubertal transition in mice by Dustin J. Sokolowski, Huayun Hou, Kyoko E. Yuki, Anna Roy, Cadia Chan, Wendy Choi, Mariela Faykoo-Martinez, Matt Hudson, Christina Corre, Liis Uusküla-Reimand, Anna Goldenberg, Mark R. Palmert, Michael D. Wilson

“…Results Our age-by-sex pattern of expression enriched for biological pathways involved hormone production, neuronal activation, and glial maturation. …”
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Spatiotemporal changes of cultivated land utilization in black soil region, China based on geo-information Tupu by Dan Li, Guizhen Chen, Zhilong Xi, Pengkai He, Xiuwen Xin, Jiayuan Chen, Hongyu Yu, Guangqing Kang

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The Applicability Evaluation of Multisource Precipitation Data for Runoff Simulation in a Typical Basin on the Tianshan Mountains by WANG Wenyu, LIU Gang, WANG Xiaoyan, PANG Liling, FENG Tongfei, GU Huanghe

“…Subsequently, the accuracy of different products was evaluated based on observed precipitation, and their applicabilities for runoff simulation were assessed by means of HBV hydrological model. [Results] The spatial pattern for all the precipitation products was characterized by a first increase and then a decrease from the north to south, whereas only AIMERG and CMFD were able to display higher precipitation in the glacier area. …”
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Study on the complex relationship of tourism-economy-ecological environment in arid zones: the case of Xinjiang, China by Haijun Liu, Haijun Liu, Haijun Liu, Beizi Chen, Beizi Chen, Qianqian Xia, Qianqian Xia, Gulnigar Zabi, Gaofeng Li

“…From an ecological perspective, the distribution of resources exhibited a heterogeneous “M-V-W” pattern, characterized by significant disparities in the availability of natural resources and the occurrence of localized ecological deterioration. …”
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Hiking Trails Facilitate the Spread of a Native High‐Arctic Species by Deborah Zani, Heike Lischke, Jonas Åkerman, Veiko Lehsten

“…We reconstructed the spatial pattern of the arrival and spread of P. dahlianum at Kapp Linné by combining historical records of the species occurrence (1928–2018) with a contemporary survey of the plant abundance along the main hiking trail (2023 survey) and tested the relative effects of altitude and proximity to hiking trails on the species density via a generalised linear model (GLM). …”
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Non-Rigid Cycle Consistent Bidirectional Network with Transformer for Unsupervised Deformable Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Registration by Yingying Wang, Yu Feng, Weiming Zeng

“…Specifically, we employ a bidirectional registration network that implements forward and reverse registration between image pairs and apply Transformer in the registration network to establish remote spatial mapping between image voxels. Functional and structural information are integrated by introducing the local functional connectivity pattern, the local functional connectivity features of the whole brain are extracted as functional information. …”
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Suitability prediction of potential arable land in southeast coastal area of China by Yan Zheng, Xiaohuang Liu, Jianwei Shi, Ping Zhu, Run Liu, Liyuan Xing, Hongyu Li, Chao Wang

“…This study predicted the potential suitable areas for cultivated land in the southeast coastal region using 32 environmental variables by the R-optimized MaxEnt model. Then, the spatial distribution pattern and centroid migration trend of the potential habitat area under two greenhouse gas emission scenarios (SSP126 and SSP585) in the future 2021–2040 (2040s) and 2041–2060 (2060s) were modeled. …”
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Prediction of Nitrogen Responses of Corn by Soil Nitrogen Mineralization Indicators by R.R. Simard, N. Ziadi, M.C. Nolin, A.N. Cambouris

“…Soil nitrogen mineralization potential (Nmin) has to be spatially quantified to enable farmers to vary N fertilizer rates, optimize crop yields, and minimize N transfer from soils to the environment. …”
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Disease burden and trends of lung cancer attributable to nickel among Chinese and global population: a cross-sectional study by Huaye Lu, Lei Han, Peihong Wu, Xin Liu, Qingtao Jiang

“…ASRs within Chinese and global populations exhibit a pattern characterized by an initial increase followed by a decrease as age progresses, with males higher than females. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics of patients with hepatitis C in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province from 2005 to 2023 by ZHU Ke, WANG Hui, TANG Huiling, JIN Lyuhua

“…Hepatitis C was reported all the year round without significant seasonal pattern. In terms of the number of reported cases and the average annual incidence rate, Yiwu City ranked the first place. …”
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Remote-sensing characterization of surging glaciers in High Mountain Asia in the past two decades by Linghong Ke, Ruizhe Wang, Jinshan Zhang, Jinshan Zhang, Xin Ding

“…Surge-type glaciers exhibiting obvious spatial clustering are featured by long glacier tongues and gentle slopes. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations in Socioeconomic and Hydrological Factors Impacting Water Quality in Thailand’s Major Rivers by Khanittha Uthaipan, Zhongwei Yuan, Yangyang Zhao, Wissarut Intararuang, Varintha Vasinamekhin, Chalermrat Sangmanee, Somkiat Khokiattiwong, Minhan Dai

“…Although river discharge overwhelms socioeconomic factors as the primary determinant of the interannual variability in water quality, all water quality parameters showed stronger correlations with socioeconomic factors than with hydrological factors, underscoring the dominant role of local socioeconomic development in shaping the spatial pattern of water quality. These insights can thus inform strategies for sustainable water resource management.…”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Driving Mechanisms of kNDVI in Different Sections of the Yangtze River Basin Using Multiple Statistical Methods and the PLSPM Model by Zhenjiang Wu, Fengmei Yao, Adeel Ahmad, Fan Deng, Jun Fang

“…Results indicate that the overall kNDVI in the Yangtze River Basin exhibited an upward trend, with the midstream demonstrating the most significant improvement with minimal interannual fluctuations, the upstream displaying an east-increasing and west-stable spatial pattern, and the downstream demonstrating coexisting improvement and degradation characteristics, with these trends expected to persist. …”
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CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN PALEOANTHROPOLOGY by A. Yu. Vasil’ev, A. P. Buzhilova, E. A. Egorova, D. V. Makarova, N. Ya. Berezina, I. S. Zorina, V. I. Khartanovich

“…The CBCT examination of bone fragments exhibited the signs of their fusion. A wound pattern was established in 31% of the samples. The specific features of a bone amputation stump could be characterized in detail in 17.2% of the anthropological findings. 51.7% of the cases were found to have signs of sustained bone inflammatory diseases of various genesis, which in 41.4% of them were presented by linear, bulbar, and assimilated periostal reactions and significantly detectable on CBCT scans. …”
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Balancing the relationship between anthropogenic-natural water and land resources to address External Shocks and Internal Disturbances by Cai Ren, Yanyun Wang, Ji Zhang, Yi Xiao, Jiawen Yu, Aihua Long

“…The degree of artificial water and land matching shows a spatial pattern of “South Xinjiang > East Xinjiang > North Xinjiang”. …”
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Evaluation of urban energy transition and identification of barrier factors under the “dual carbon” goals: an empirical study of the Yangtze River economic belt by Haoran Yan, Jingke Gao, Shixiang Li, Jun Bai, Ziyuan Liu, Chen Mai

“…The results show: (1) The overall level of urban energy transition increased by 35.86%, with persistent inter-city disparities, though their intensity has been alleviated. Over time, spatial differentiation has gradually weakened, transitioning from a core-periphery pattern to a more balanced distribution. (2) The sample cities were categorized based on four criteria: geographical region, urban size, energy transition level, and the developmental stages of resource-based cities. …”
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