Land use transition and its driving mechanisms in China’s human-elephant conflict areas by WANG Yuan, WANG Yahui, YANG Aoxi, FAN Hui, XIE Fei

“…In the core conflict areas, a multi-crop structure dominated by rubber has formed (accounting for 69.8% of the planting area). (2) Land use in the core conflict zone exhibits relatively extensive patterns, with land transfer rates and input-output efficiency demonstrating significantly lower values compared to those observed in peripheral regions. (3) Land use transition is influenced by multiple factors, including Asian elephant activities, economic development, and agricultural policy adjustments. …”
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Acoustic cues for person identification using cough sounds by Van-Thuan Tran, Ting-Hao You, Wei-Ho Tsai

“…The proposed architecture, CoughCueNet, is a convolutional recurrent neural network designed to capture both spatial and temporal patterns in cough sounds. The training process incorporates a hybrid loss function that combines supervised contrastive (SC) learning and cross-entropy (CE) loss to enhance feature discrimination. …”
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A Deep Learning Approach for Extracting Cyanobacterial Blooms in Eutrophic Lakes From Satellite Imagery by Nan Wang, Zhenyu Tan, Chen Yang, Jinge Ma, Hongtao Duan

“…Deep learning (DL) methods offer enhanced capabilities for CyanoHABs detection by learning complex patterns and adapting to varying conditions. However, existing DL models predominantly focus on accuracy, and often ignore computational efficiency and transferability. …”
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Transition of land use/cover in world heritage cities under climate crisis by Yinshuai Li, Nan Jia, Chenglong Yin, Ruishan Chen

“…However, climate change significantly influences land use/cover (LUC) patterns, with both direct and indirect implications for the preservation of cultural heritage integrity and authenticity, as well as for urban sustainability. …”
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Host-Determined Diversity and Environment-Shaped Community Assembly of Phyllosphere Microbiomes in Alpine Steppes Ecosystems by Kaifu Zheng, Xin Jin, Jingjing Li, Guangxin Lu

“…Community assembly processes were predominantly stochastic at both sites, although deterministic patterns were more pronounced in QLM. Variability in moisture availability contributed to random bacterial assembly at LQS, while increased environmental heterogeneity promoted deterministic assembly in fungal communities. …”
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Map of Arctic and Antarctic Polynyas 2013–2022 Using Sea Ice Concentration by Kun Yang, Jin Wu, Haiyan Li, Fan Xu, Menghao Zhang

“…We present a dataset of daily polynya distribution in the Arctic and Antarctic from 2013 to 2022, analyzing their spatial patterns, interannual variability, and seasonal dynamics. …”
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Evaluating the effects of climate-induced heatwaves on the thermal dynamics and water quality of a deep reservoir in Portugal by Manuel Almeida, Senlin Zhu, Rita M. Cardoso, Pedro M.M. Soares, Pedro Coelho

“…A novel, in-depth approach is used to assess the spatial distribution of climate forcing effects across the reservoir's 2D space. …”
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Automotive DNN-Based Object Detection in the Presence of Lens Obstruction and Video Compression by Gabriele Baris, Boda Li, Pak Hung Chan, Carlo Alberto Avizzano, Valentina Donzella

“…The presented parametric obstruction noise model is generated to emulate real-world patterns, whereas compression is based on the well-established AVC/H.264. …”
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Expansion of an introduced sea anemone population, and its associations with native species in a tropical marine lake (Jellyfish Lake, Palau) by Sharon Patris, Laura E. Martin, Lori J. Bell, Michael N Dawson

“…The non-native sea anemone was first found at the tourist entry into the lake in 2003 and identified as <em>Exaiptasia pallida</em> (Agassiz 1864), a species with zooxanthellae endosymbionts. Temporal patterns of tourism, the spatial extent of the sea anemone in 2003, and genetic analyses of the symbiont were consistent with the early stages of introduction. …”
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Explaining drivers of housing prices with nonlinear hedonic regressions by Heng Wan, Pranab K. Roy Chowdhury, Jim Yoon, Parin Bhaduri, Vivek Srikrishnan, David Judi, Brent Daniel

“…Housing markets play a critical role in shaping the spatial and demographic evolution of urban areas. …”
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Quantifying Ecological Dynamics and Anthropogenic Dominance in Drylands: A Hybrid Modeling Framework Integrating MRSEI and SHAP-Based Explainable Machine Learning in Northwest Chin... by Beilei Zhang, Xin Yang, Mingqun Wang, Liangkai Cheng, Lina Hao

“…The study revealed the spatiotemporal evolution patterns through the Theil–Sen (T-S) estimator and Mann–Kendall (M-K) test, and adopted the Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM) combined with the Shapley Additive Explanation (SHAP) to quantify the contributions of ten natural and anthropogenic driving factors. …”
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Relaxation-weighted MRI analysis of biofilm EPS: Differentiating biopolymers, cells, and water by Matthew R. Willett, Sarah L. Codd, Joseph D. Seymour, Catherine M. Kirkland

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a versatile tool which can measure spatial structure, diffusion, and flow velocities in three dimensions and in situ. …”
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Contribution of Moisture Recycling to Water Availability in China by Qiang An, Liu Liu, Lixin Wang, Kun Yang, Yongming Cheng, Jing Liu, Guanhua Huang

“…Results revealed that 59% of China's evapotranspiration (ET) was recycled within the region, contributing 299 mm/year to precipitation and 98 mm/year to water availability. Distinct spatial patterns emerged, with the highest ET contribution to precipitation and water availability in subtropical Central and South China (477 mm/year precipitation; 210 mm/year water availability) and the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau (355 mm/year precipitation; 121 mm/year water availability). …”
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Genome-wide analysis of the CCCH zinc finger gene family in pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) and their involvement in fruit development and translucency by Zhuanying Yang, Wenhao Jiang, Lidan Wang, Dongbo Lin

“…Expression profiling showed tissue-specific expression patterns, with eight genes predominantly expressed in floral organs. …”
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Comprehensive Probabilistic Analysis and Practical Implications of Rainfall Distribution in Pakistan by Fahad Haseeb, Shahid Ali, Naveed Ahmed, Nassir Alarifi, Youssef M. Youssef

“…Beyond provincial variations, distinct patterns emerged: GEV dominated high-altitude, cold-temperate areas; LP3 was common in mountainous regions with variable temperature profiles; and W2 was prevalent along the flood-prone Indus River. …”
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Impact of modulating surface heat flux through sea ice leads on Arctic sea ice in EC-Earth3 in different climates by T. Tian, R. Davy, L. Ponsoni, S. Yang

“…We also performed a historical ensemble comparison between ECE3L and ECE3 over a transient-climate period (1980–2014). We found that the spatial patterns in mean sea ice changes in the transient climate closely resembled those observed in the cold-climate experiment. …”
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Comparison of Deep Transfer Learning Against Contrastive Learning in Industrial Quality Applications for Heavily Unbalanced Data Scenarios When Data Augmentation Is Limited by Amir Farmanesh, Raúl G. Sanchis, Joaquín Ordieres-Meré

“…We provide concrete guidance on when to select DTL over CL based on dataset characteristics, demonstrating that DTL is particularly advantageous when data augmentation is constrained by domain-specific spatial patterns. Additionally, we introduce a novel adaptive inspection framework that integrates human-in-the-loop feedback with domain adaptation techniques for continuous model improvement in production environments. …”
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Three-component detection technology of down-hole TEM for hidden geological anomalies in coal mines by Xiaowei GAO

“…First, the Maxwell software is used to calculate the three-component responses of anomalies at various orientations around the borehole, showing that the transient electromagnetic method produces stronger three-component anomaly responses when the probe is closer to the anomaly, with different combined response patterns. This enables the qualitative determination of the anomaly’s orientation relative to the borehole. …”
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Complementing Beach Seining With Dive Surveys Improves Fine‐Scale Resolution of 0‐Group Gadoid Distributions in Nearshore Habitats by Michelle Lorraine Valliant, Anja Nickel, Ragnar Edvardsson, Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir

“…Cod became less abundant in dive surveys following an initial peak in July but showed increasing abundance in beach seine catches later in the season. These patterns suggest that settlement occurs later for cod than saithe and that 0‐group cod continue to utilize shallow habitats throughout the study period. …”
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Atmospheric circulation in the Indian Ocean sector of East Antarctica over the last 200 years according to chemical studies of snow‑firn cover by E. Yu. Osipov, O. P. Osipova, L. P. Golobokova, T. V. Khodzher

“…The revealed irregularity of the Na+ precipitation over the area under investigation is caused by different atmospheric circulation patterns as well as by influ‑ ence of basic Action Centers of the Atmosphere (ACA) in the Southern Hemisphere. …”
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