Nanostructured titanium dioxide-based photocatalysts for self-cleaning concrete: аssessment of effects of phase composition on photocatalytic activity of TiO2 by Artemy S. Balykov, Denis B. Chugunov, Vladimir M. Kyashkin, Natalia S. Davydova

“…This study aimed to establish the patterns of influence of phase composition on the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide under the impact of artificial ultraviolet and natural solar radiation and to identify the most effective titanium oxide-based photocatalysts for subsequent use in the composition of self-cleaning concrete. …”
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Chemical incompatibility between formation and injection water: implications for oil recovery in porous media by Jiangtao Wang, Xiaolong Wan, Junsong Ren, Genggeng Zhu, Wei Xu, Yingxue Hu

“…Pressure monitoring during flooding experiments reveals characteristic response patterns: an initial pressure peak during waterflooding, followed by secondary pressure elevation due to scale deposition, and subsequent partial pressure reduction through surfactant-mediated interfacial tension reduction and wettability modification. …”
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Influence of Urban Morphologies on the Effective Mean Age of Air at Pedestrian Level and Mass Transport Within Urban Canopy Layer by Yuanyuan Lin, Mathias Cehlin, Arman Ameen, Mats Sandberg, Marita Wallhagen

“…At the breathing level (<i>z</i> = 1.7 m), the results indicated three distinct distribution patterns of insufficiently ventilated areas: within recirculation zones behind buildings, in the downstream sections of the main road, or within recirculation zones near lateral facades. …”
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Lower Limb Torque Prediction for Sit-To-Walk Strategies Using Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks by Chamalka Kenneth Perera, Alpha. A. Gopalai, Darwin Gouwanda, Siti. A. Ahmad, Pei-Lee Teh

“…STW itself can be generalized into strategies based on individual needs and movement patterns. In this study, three long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks were empirically trained for hip and knee torque prediction considering these STW strategies and subject anthropometry. …”
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The roles of surface processes in porphyry copper deposit preservation by B. Hadler Boggiani, T. Salles, C. Mallard, N. Atwood

“…To do so, we rely on a global-scale numerical model (<i>goSPL</i>), which simulates landscape dynamics and associated erosion and deposition patterns over geological timescales. High-resolution Cenozoic simulations incorporate published open-source global paleo-climate and paleo-elevation datasets and have been fine-tuned using contemporary data. …”
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Cocoa Farmers’ Perceptions of Drought and Adaptive Strategies in the Ghana–Togo Transboundary Cocoa Belt by Afi Amen Christèle Attiogbé, Udo Nehren, Emmanuel Quansah, Enoch Bessah, Seyni Salack, Jean Mianikpo Sogbedji, Sampson K. Agodzo

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Automatic melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer diagnosis using advanced adaptive fine-tuned convolution neural networks by Muhammad Amir Khan, Tehseen Mazhar, Muhammad Danish Ali, Umar Farooq Khattak, Tariq Shahzad, Mamoon M. Saeed, Habib Hamam

“…The lower-level layers learn about the characteristics and patterns of lesions and unaffected areas by fine-tuning the model. …”
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Importance of Spectral Information, Seasonality, and Topography on Land Cover Classification of Tropical Land Cover Mapping by Chansopheaktra Sovann, Stefan Olin, Ali Mansourian, Sakada Sakhoeun, Sovann Prey, Sothea Kok, Torbern Tagesson

“…Accurate land cover (LC) mapping is vital to monitor these changes, but mapping tropical forests is challenging due to complex spatial patterns, spectral similarities, and frequent cloud cover. …”
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HOLSEA-NL: a Holocene water level and sea level indicator dataset for the Netherlands by K. de Wit, K. M. Cohen, R. S. W. van de Wal, R. S. W. van de Wal

“…In the Netherlands, Holocene RSLR results from both regional sea level rise and regional subsidence patterns, mainly caused by glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA: Scandinavian forebulge collapse) and longer-term North Sea Basin tectono-sedimentary subsidence. …”
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Effects of environmental heterogeneity on fish biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships in the Yangtze River, China by Chang Xie, Jishun Ma, Hongwei Yao, Jun Wang, Qiong Zhou

“…Moreover, divergent patterns of BEF relationships and underlying mechanisms were detected across different zones. …”
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Multi-century mean summer temperature variations in the Southern Rhaetian Alps reconstructed from <i>Larix decidua</i> blue intensity data by R. Cerrato, M. C. Salvatore, M. C. Salvatore, M. Brunetti, A. Somma, C. Baroni, C. Baroni

“…By establishing the relationships between BI patterns in tree rings and climate variables, we explored the possibility of using the obtained data for constructing a high-resolution, long-term climate record. …”
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Climate change, armed conflict, forced displacement, and epidemic-prone diseases: an exploratory study in northern Syria by Maia C. Tarnas, Naser Almhawish, Ruwan Ratnayake, Yasir Elferruh, Ibrahim Aladhan, MHD Bahaa Aldin Alhaffar, Aula Abbara

“…Precipitation exhibited similar contrasting risk patterns. Surface water and vegetation levels also corresponded to changes in disease transmission risk. …”
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Green development in the Chengdu-Chongqing economic zone: evolution and drivers from a “production-living-ecology” perspective by Kangwen Zhu, Tianyu Wang, Jun He, Dan Song, Longjiang Wu, Dan Wu, Sheng Huang, Lilei Zhou, Jian Liu

“…This system enables the identification of the evolution patterns of green development and the analysis of driving factors in the Chengdu-Chongqing economic zone from the “sansheng” perspective. …”
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Prediction method of gas content in deep coal seams based on logging parameters: A case study of the Baijiahai region in the Junggar Basin by Yijie Wen, Shu Tao, Fan Yang, Yi Cui, Qinghe Jing, Jie Guo, Shida Chen, Bin Zhang, Jincheng Ye

“…., which align with the favorable geological conditions for deep CBM accumulation in the Baijiahai region. These spatial distribution patterns not only corroborate existing geological insights but also further validate the reliability of the MAML model in predicting gas content within deep coal seams.…”
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Smartphone technologies and Bayesian networks to assess shorebird habitat selection by Sara L. Zeigler, E. Robert Thieler, Benjamin T. Gutierrez, Nathaniel G. Plant, Megan Hines, James D. Fraser, Daniel H. Catlin, Sarah M. Karpanty

“…ABSTRACT Understanding patterns of habitat selection across a species’ geographic distribution can be critical for adequately managing populations and planning for habitat loss and related threats. …”
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Assessing the impact of plateau pikas on carbon sources and Sinks: a case study of the Qinghai section of the Yellow River Basin by Yihao Liu, Jianyun Zhao, Changjun Xu, Jinshan Ma, Yuedi Hou

“…This study employs the Maxent model, the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach (CASA) model, and empirical formulas to analyze the spatiotemporal patterns of pika activity intensity and Net Ecosystem Production (NEP) from 2001 to 2020. …”
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A dataset of large ensemble of CMIP6-based transient climate scenarios for impact assessment in Great BritainZenodo by Mikhail A. Semenov, Nimai Senapati, Kevin Coleman, Adrian L. Collins

“…The dataset can be used to underpin assessments of future climate change risk and vulnerability, and their temporal patterns and progressive changes over time. Our data are designed to be used as a time series of climatic input to impact models for climate change assessments continuously over time related to various fields and disciplines, including land and water resources, agriculture and food production, soil carbon cycle, ecology and epidemiology, and human health and welfare. …”
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Inter-seasonal phytoplankton dynamics in the UAE coastal waters by Nadia Solovieva, Nadia Solovieva, Dunya Medhat, Fatin Samara, Fatin Samara, Maria Saburova

“…Phytoplankton are key indicators of marine ecosystem health and drivers of biogeochemical processes, yet their seasonal patterns in the southern Arabian Gulf are insufficiently understood. …”
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Big Earth data processing using machine learning for integrated mapping of the dead sea fault, Jordan by Polina Lemenkova

“…The results revealed strong correlation between the geological and geophysical settings which affect geomorphological patterns. Integrated study of the geomorphology of Jordan was based on multisource datasets processed by scripting. …”
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Complex assessing of aridity in Ukraine by Василь Затула

“…The purpose of article is to characterize the patterns of the spatial distribution and changes over time of aridity indices on the territory of Ukraine for the period 1961-2020. …”
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