Lidargrammetric co-matching and co-adjustment – a new method of photogrammetric and LiDAR data integration by A. Rzonca, M. Twardowski

“…<br />A key benefit of this approach is that it has the potential to eliminate the necessity for LiDAR control patches/points or ground control points for RGB/CIR images, depending on the specific case.…”
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Mapping Crop Types and Cropping Patterns Using Multiple-Source Satellite Datasets in Subtropical Hilly and Mountainous Region of China by Yaoliang Chen, Zhiying Xu, Hongfeng Xu, Zhihong Xu, Dacheng Wang, Xiaojian Yan

“…However, accurately mapping crop types and cropping patterns in subtropical hilly and mountainous areas often face challenges such as mixed pixels resulted from fragmented patches and difficulty in obtaining optical satellites due to a frequently cloudy and rainy climate. …”
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Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of a Flexible Dual-Band Metamaterial Absorber by Wang Xin, Zhang Binzhen, Wang Wanjun, Wang Junlin, Duan Junping

“…The sandwich structure of the MM absorber is composed of the periodic array of the T-shaped metallic patches and a continuous metallic plane, which are separated by a middle flexible dielectric layer. …”
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Vaccination of mice with Trichinella spiralis C-type lectin elicited the protective immunity and enhanced gut epithelial barrier function. by Bo Ning Wang, Xin Zhuo Zhang, Jin Yi Wu, Zhao Yu Zhang, Pei Kun Cong, Wen Wen Zheng, Shao Rong Long, Ruo Dan Liu, Jing Cui, Zhong Quan Wang

“…The levels of Th1/Th2 cytokines (IFN-γ/IL-4) secreted from spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes and Peyer's patches were distinctly increased at 6 weeks following vaccination (P < 0.05). …”
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Primary transcatheter dilation of the pulmonary valve in cyanotic patients with tetralogy of Fallot and dominant pulmonary valve stenosis by Nathalie Mini, Claudia Arenz, Marian Mikus, Martin B. E. Schneider

“…Seven patients needed transannular patching, and in 11, the PV could be preserved (including 7 with BRCTs).ConclusionPalliative transcatheter dilation of predominantly pulmonary valve stenosis in patients with TOF and predominantly pulmonary valve stenosis is safe and effective in palliating cyanosis in most patients. …”
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Awareness, Beliefs, and Psychological Impact of Patients with Alopecia Areata in Saudi Arabia: A Multi-Center Study by Almulhim NA, Alojail HY, Aljughayman MA, Almarri FH, Alsultan NH, Albash LA, Almukhaimar SK, Alkhamis AA, Albaqshi MA, Alkhawajah AA

“…Nasser Abdullah Almulhim,1 Heba Yousef Alojail,2 Mohammed Abdullah Aljughayman,2,&ast; Fatimah Hussain Almarri,2,&ast; Norah Hamad Alsultan,1,&ast; Latifah Adel Albash,1,&ast; Sara Khalid Almukhaimar,1,&ast; Ali Abduljalil Alkhamis,1,&ast; Mohammed Abdullah Albaqshi,1,&ast; Amnah Ali Alkhawajah1,&ast; 1College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Alahsa, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Dermatology, King Faisal University, Alahsa, Saudi Arabia&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Amnah Ali Alkhawajah, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Alahsa, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966551364812, Email AmnahAlkhawajah@gmail.comPurpose: Alopecia Areata (AA) is a complex autoimmune condition characterized by long-term inflammatory non-scarring patches of hair loss on the face, scalp, and body. …”
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Role of plate convergence rate in shaping earthquake recurrence in subduction zones by Sayak Ray, Bhaskar Kundu, Batakrushna Senapati, Abhijit Ghosh, Arun K. Singh

“…Analysis of tremor catalogs of Cascadia and Nankai subduction zones, reveal a systematic logarithmic inverse relationship between recurrence intervals (Tr) and plate convergence rates (VL), with downdip tremor patches exhibiting shorter recurrence times than updip segments. …”
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Detecting the Phenological Threshold to Assess the Grassland Restoration in the Nanling Mountain Area of China by Zhenhuan Liu, Sujuan Li, Yueteng Chi

“…The results showed that (1) the NDPI values increased significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.01) across all grassland patches, particularly in the southeast, with a notable rise from 2010 to 2014, and following an eastern to western to central trend mutation sequence. (2) the annual lower and upper NDPI thresholds of the grasslands were 0.005~0.167 and 0.572~0.727, which mainly occurred in January–March and June–September, respectively. (3) Most of the time series in the same periods showed increasing trends, with the growing season length varying from 188 to 247 days. (4) The overall potential productivity of the Nanling grassland improved. (5) The restoration of the mountain grasslands was significantly associated with the grassland coverage and mean NDPI values, with a key threshold identified at a mean NDPI value of 0.5 for 2.1% grassland coverage. …”
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Bleed-off control on post-injection seismicity in enhanced geothermal systems by Iman R. Kivi, Victor Vilarrasa, Kwang-Il Kim, Hwajung Yoo, Ki-Bok Min

“…We find a combination of mechanisms triggering post-injection seismicity with time delays of several months after stopping injection: (1) poroelastic stressing that transmits normal and shear stress and causes undrained pressure buildup on the fault, (2) fracture-dominated pore pressure migration toward the fault, and (3) long-lasting along-the-fault pressure diffusion toward pre-stressed fault patches, promoted by dilation-induced fault permeability changes. …”
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Unveiling the immune and vitamin profiles of blood: the potential biomarkers for alopecia areata by Jincheng Ke, Fangfang Chen, Yu-Pei Chen, Mingli Zhang, Li Ma

“…Background Alopecia areata is a hair follicle disorder characterized by the development of multiple circular bald patches on the scalp, often accompanied by elevated cytokine production and immune cell infiltration around hair follicles. …”
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Adapting Vision Transformer-Based Object Detection Model for Handwritten Text Line Segmentation Task by Osman Furkan KARAKUŞ, Ayla GULCU, Ali Can KARACA

“…In order to adapt DETR for the line segmentation task, we applied a pre-processing step that involves dividing each line into fixed-size image patches followed by adding positional encoding. We benefit from DETR model with a ResNet-101 backbone pretrained on the Common Objects in Context (COCO) object detection training dataset, and re-train this model using our novel, complex line segmentation dataset consisting of 1,610 handwritten forms. …”
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Sparrow nest survival in relation to prescribed fire and woody plant invasion in a northern mixed‐grass prairie by Robert K. Murphy, Terry L. Shaffer, Todd A. Grant, James L. Derrig, Cory S. Rubin, Courtney K. Kerns

“…Our data lend support to the use of fire for reducing scattered patches of tall woody cover to enhance survival of nests of ≥1 grassland bird species in northern mixed‐grass prairies, but further study is needed that incorporates experimental approaches and assessments of shorter term effects of fire on survival of nests of grassland passerines. © 2017 This article is a U.S. …”
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Influence of food availability on the diet and activity budget of two western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) groups of differing size in the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park,... by Terence Fuh Neba, Giuseppe Donati, Angelique Todd, Shelly Masi

“…However, as fruit can be rare/ patchily distributed, as intra-group feeding competition increases with group size, access to individual patches may be limited. We thus predicted that frugivory decreases with increased group size and influences diet and activity budgets accordingly (increased diet breadth and time feeding since relying on alternative/lower quality food). …”
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Methotrexate Toxic Effects on the Cerebellum and Vitamin C Protective Function by Hala Mohamed AlKhalidi, Shatha Shayan Almutairi, Ali Hassan A. Ali

“…Purkinje cells were irregular and shrunken, with several vacuolated patches between them and homogeneous, darkly pigmented cytoplasm and weak nuclei. …”
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ACCELERATED SYNERGISM ALONG A FAULT: A POSSIBLE INDICATOR FOR AN IMPENDING MAJOR EARTHQUAKE by Ma Jin, Guo Yanshuang, S. I. Sherman

“…This synergetic process of fault activity includes three stages: generation, expansion and increase amount of strain release patches, and connection between them.. The first stage begins when the stress curve deviates from linearity, different strain variations occur at every portions of the fault, resulting in isolated areas of stress release and strain accumulation. …”
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Gibberellin-3 induced dormancy and suppression of flower bud formation in pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) by Kamran Shah, Xiaoyue Zhu, Tiantian Zhang, Jiayi Chen, Jiaxuan Chen, Yonghua Qin

“…Transcriptomic analysis revealed batches of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with phytohormone signal transduction, aligning with observed hormone changes. …”
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Optimisation of controlled reproduction protocol in broadhead catfish (Clarias macrocephalus Günther, 1864) using Ovopel™: Effect of different hormonal treatment methods on reprodu... by Nguyễn Ngọc Quyến, Nguyễn Thanh Tâm, Thạch Anh Pha, Lý Anh Thuật, Nguyễn Ngọc Lợi, Nguyễn Thị Trúc Quyên, László Horváth, Tamás Müller

“…The values viz. pseudo-gonadosomatic index (PGSI, %), fertilisation rate (FR, %), hatching rate (HR, %), and survival rate (SR, %) showed considerable individual changes among treatments; nevertheless, there was no statistically significant difference between these average parameters of treated batches (P > 0.05). Taking into account hormone doses (economical consideration) as well as invasive and less-invasive hormone administration, the 0.5-pellet Ovopel™ ovarian lavage treatment is recommended for artificial propagation of C. macrocephalus.…”
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An Analytical View on the Use of Flucloxacillin for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy by Tam Nguyen, Isabel Spriet, Charlotte Quintens, Lotte Vander Elst, Pham Thi Thanh Ha, Ann Van Schepdael, Erwin Adams

“…Obtaining better results than expected based on the literature data, other storage conditions, such as refrigeration, room temperature (RT), 37 °C, refrigeration followed by 24 h at 33 °C and 37 °C, and different batches/brands, were also tested. This study confirmed the pronounced effect of temperature on the stability of FLU and also showed the relationship between the stability of FLU and the initial pH of the solution. …”
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Evaluation of 4-tert-Butyl-Benzhydrylamine Resin (BUBHAR) as an Alternative Solid Support for Peptide Synthesis by Sinval E. G. Souza, Luciana Malavolta, Luiggi F. Salomoni, Eduardo M. Cilli, Shirley Schreier, Guita N. Jubilut, Clovis R. Nakaie

“…In order to rule out possible MBHAR-related commercial source effects for SPPS, we initially compared MBHAR batches acquired from three different manufacturers with homemade BUBHARs. …”
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Predict potential pharmacological mechanisms of Ling-gui-Zhu-gan Decoction in treating unstable angina pectoris using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and network pharmacolo... by Xiaopeng Li, Xiaopeng Li, Tan Xue, Tan Xue, Panpan Zhang, Panpan Zhang, Fengyu Dong, Fengyu Dong, Han Li, Han Li, Jing Yao, Haiying Huang, Lizhuang Zhang, Ruixin Liu, Ruixin Liu, Ruixin Liu, Ruixin Liu, Ruixin Liu, Ruixin Liu, Ruixin Liu, Ruixin Liu

“…IntroductionLing-Gui-Zhu-Gan Decoction (LGZGD), one of the first batches of classical Chinese prescriptions formally recognized by the Chinese government, has a long-standing history of clinical application and significant potential for modern development. …”
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