Spatial assessment of current and future migration in response to climate risks in Ghana and Nigeria by Alina Schürmann, Mike Teucher, Janina Kleemann, Justice Nana Inkoom, Benjamin Kofi Nyarko, Appollonia Aimiosino Okhimamhe, Christopher Conrad

“…Migration has become a key adaptive response to these challenges, enabling communities to diversify livelihoods and enhance resilience. However, spatial patterns of migration in response to climate risks are not fully understood. …”
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Spatial–temporal evolution and associated factors of older adult care institutions in Shanghai by Xingxing Yin, Jinghang Cui, Yifan Wu, Mingxuan Cui, Kun Li, Haoxiang Guo

“…Older adult care institutions in Shanghai exhibit clear spatial clustering features, evolving from a central cluster to a pattern of one major center surrounded by multiple secondary centers. …”
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Spatial clustering between socioeconomic inequalities and COVID-19 mortality rate in Africa by Ropo Ebenezer Ogunsakin, Johnson Adedeji Olusola, Kemi Funlayo Akeju, Adigun Kehinde Abimbola

“…This paper aimed to investigate the spatial clustering pattern of COVID-19 at the country level and explore the association between global development indicators covering the 48 countries in the five regions of Africa. …”
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INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF FAULT ZONES: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL EVOLUTION STUDIES ON CLAY MODELS by Konstantin Zh Seminsky

“…Based on results obtained from experiments on clay models, it appeared possible to establish main regularities in the evolution of normal and strike-slip zones which structures are formed heterogeneously in time and space. The spatial heterogeneity is reflected in the regular pattern of the fault zone structure due to the fact that sectors of two different types are length-wisely alternating in the fault zone. …”
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Investigation of the spatial distribution of deterministic chaos in some meteorological variables across Nigeria by Matthias Idugba Echi, Emmanuel Vezua Tikyaa, Eweh Jnr. Eweh, Alexander A. Tyovenda, Tertsea Igbawua

“…In this study, the spatial variation of dynamical complexities in selected meteorological variables over Nigeria were investigated. …”
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Environmental DNA Insights into the Spatial Status of Fish Diversity in the Mainstem of the Jialing River by Xinxin Zhou, Xiaohan Dong, Jiaxin Huang, Shuli Zhu, Weitao Chen, Yanjun Shen

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Bayesian Spatial Analysis of the Incidence Rate of Patients with Breast Cancer in Southern Iran by Abbas Rezaianzadeh, Mahnaz Hosseini-Bensenjan, Sepideh Sephidbakht, Sezaneh Haghpanah, Zahra Khosravizadegan, Naeimehossadat Asmarian, Mani Ramzi

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What were the spatial-temporal distributions of agricultural water resource efficiency in China? by Jianfang Wang, Hongxia Sheng, Hongxia Sheng, Guangming Yang, Guangming Yang, Darong Li, Darong Li, Yizhi Qin, Yizhi Qin, Changchun Zhou, Lijuan Zou

“…Furthermore, it employs Moran’s Index and standard deviational ellipse analysis to investigate the spatiotemporal distribution patterns. The findings are as follows: (1) From 2007 to 2021, the agricultural water resource utilization efficiency in China generally maintained a stable development trend, fluctuating around 0.8; (2) The spatiotemporal distribution of agricultural water resource utilization efficiency among provinces and municipalities exhibited non-agglomerative and imbalanced characteristics, with significant spatial disparities and weak interregional radiation effects; (3) From a spatial distribution standpoint, the agricultural gray water footprint demonstrated a pattern of “high in the west and low in the east,” accompanied by agglomeration effects; (4) From a regional perspective, the eastern region outperformed the central and western regions, with the central region exhibiting pronounced efficiency fluctuations and the western region persistently displaying low efficiency. …”
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Chromaticity-Adaptive Generalized Spatial Modulation for MIMO VLC With Multi-Color LEDs by Ye Xiao, Yi-Jun Zhu

“…Therefore, the design algorithm of CA-GSM is derived with the optimal QLED selection pattern. Simulation results verify that our proposed CA-GSM can achieve performance improvement compared to the multi-stream spatial modulation and the conventional design method without considering channel.…”
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Transforming tabular data into images via enhanced spatial relationships for CNN processing by Hameedah A. Alenizy, Jawad Berri

“…Abstract Convolutional neural networks (CNNs), renowned for their efficiency in image analysis, have revolutionized pattern and structure recognition in visual data. …”
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An analysis of spatial distribution characteristics and driving factors of traditional villages in the Loess Plateau. by Xiaobin Bao, Yingna Yang, Jianqing Qi, Yanbing He

“…Utilizing the ArcGIS 10.8 platform and the GeoDetector model, this study comprehensively applies methods including the nearest neighbor index, standard deviation ellipse, kernel density estimation, and spatial autocorrelation to systematically analyze the spatial pattern of traditional villages, and quantitatively reveals their key driving factors and interactions through the GeoDetector. …”
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An exploratory spatial analysis of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Shandong, China by Lingzhong Xu, Lu Wang, Wenzhe Qin, Long Sun, Jiajia Li, Jiao Zhang, Hui Shao

“…Objective Identifying the spatial patterns of childhood overweight/obesity (OW/OB) can help to guide resource allocation for preventive intervention in China. …”
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Spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of apple carbon emissions in China, 1991–2020 by Qiangqiang Zhang, Xixi Gao, Yujie Hu, Zhongwei He, Xiaojing Li

“…By using the LMDI approach, spatial autocorrelation analysis, and barycenter analysis, we find that (1) China’s apple carbon emissions exhibited an M-shaped fluctuation pattern, with a 1.38-fold increase during the study period, while apple carbon intensity increased 67.01%. (2) Chemical fertilizers were the largest contributor (55%) to apple carbon emissions, followed by plastic films, irrigation, pesticides, machinery, and tillage. (3) Apple carbon emissions showed significant regional heterogeneity, with a spatial pattern of the Bohai Bay production area as the largest in terms of carbon emissions and carbon intensity. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variation of Annual Precipitation in a River of the Loess Plateau in China by Cui Shen, Huang Qiang

“…Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) decomposition and geostatistical (semivariogram) analysis are used to analyze the spatial and temporal patterns of annual precipitation in the Weihe basin based on the data from 1960 to 2011 at 30 national meteorological stations within and surrounding the Weihe basin area of the Loess Plateau in China. …”
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Capturing the Socio‐Spatiality of Walking: A Historical Coding of Stockholm’s Street Life by Martin Emanuel, William Hilliard

“…Through a detailed coding of 466 photographs, depicting more than 3,000 pedestrians, we examine micro‐scalar elements, such as the use, material, and demographic of the pavement, to allow us to plot developments in the socio‐spatial character of walking over time. The results reveal stable patterns as well as both gradual and rapid change. …”
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Ecosystem, spatial and trophic dimensions of niche partitioning among freshwater fish predators by Milan Říha, Lukáš Vejřík, Rubén Rabaneda-Bueno, Ivan Jarić, Marie Prchalová, Ivana Vejříková, Marek Šmejkal, Petr Blabolil, Martin Čech, Vladislav Draštík, Michaela Holubová, Tomáš Jůza, Karl Ø. Gjelland, Zuzana Sajdlová, Luboš Kočvara, Michal Tušer, Jiří Peterka

“…Methods We used fine-scale acoustic telemetry to assess the spatial niche overlap of pike and catfish, analyzing their spatial and habitat use in relation to the thermocline and their presence in benthic versus open-water habitats. …”
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Drawing a Long Shadow: Analyzing Spatial Segregation of Afghan Immigrants in Tehran by Noureddin Farash, Rasoul Sadeghi, Hamidreza Rabiei-Dastjerdi

“…However, despite the long-term presence of Afghan immigrants in Iran, research on patterns and drivers of spatial segregation of immigrants has been very limited. …”
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Global Dynamics of Grassland FVC and LST and Spatial Distribution of Their Correlation (2001–2022) by Zhenggong Miao, Ji Chen, Chuanglu Wang, Shouhong Zhang, Yinjun Ma, Tianchun Dong, Yaojun Zhao, Rui Shi, Jingyi Zhao

“…Type 3, which comprises 18.72%, is concentrated in arid and semi-arid regions, while Type 4, representing only 0.59%, lacks clear spatial distribution patterns.…”
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Spatial relationships between macrophyte assemblages, water and sediment features in deep lakes by Alice Dalla Vecchia, Rossano Bolpagni, Alex Laini, Daniele Nizzoli, Mariano Bresciani, Mattia Martin Azzella, Martin Wilkes

“…Despite the global ecological and societal importance of deep lakes and their associated biota and ecosystem services, the relationships between water and sediment features and the spatial patterns of macrophyte assemblages remain poorly understood in these ecosystems, especially below 4–5 m depth. …”
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Adaptive Optimization of Wind Environment in Coastal Village Spatial Forms of Western Guangdong by Yue Pang, Zhanxun Liang, Peisheng Xie, Li Li

“…This study aims to quantitatively analyze this layout to explore the patterns of its climate adaptability, thereby providing guidance for modern village construction. …”
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