Crop simulation models as decision tools to enhance agricultural system productivity and sustainability – a critical review by Koushik Banerjee, Suman Dutta, Sumanta Das, Rahul Sadhukhan

“…Agricultural models serve as essential tools for management and planning, facilitating the adaptation of new technologies to site-specific factors such as climate, soils, and cropping patterns. Despite their importance, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding the principles, utility, and challenges of these crop models. …”
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Progress and research direction of shale oil exploration in complex fault blocks with low to medium TOC in Subei Basin by ZHONG Zhiguo, YU Wenquan, DUAN Hongliang, YANG Baoliang

“…However, there are still many challenges, such as an unclear understanding of the patterns of shale oil enrichment and high yield, insufficient adaptability of engineering technologies, undefined technical policies for cost-effective development, and high development costs. …”
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Li-Ion Mobility and Solvation Structures in Concentrated Poly(ethylene carbonate) Electrolytes: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study by Wei Tan, Kento Kimura, Yoichi Tominaga

“…Additionally, changes in coordination number and solvation free energy for both faster and slower Li cations suggest the existence of three different solvation patterns as salt concentration increases. These insights provide a deeper understanding of ionic transport and solvation structures in PEC electrolytes, with potential implications for the design of more efficient all-solid-state batteries.…”
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DimAug-TimesFM: Dimension Augmentation for Long-Term Cloud Demand Forecasting in Few-Shot Scenarios by Xiaoyi Yang, Qiming Zheng, Xiaoyu Zhu, Mianzhang Luo, Zheng Hou, Jiatai Zhang, Yuqing Lan

“…This work provides a practical solution for few-shot cloud demand forecasting, enabling enterprises to align resource allocation with dynamic usage patterns and reduce operational costs.…”
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Prevalence of dental caries and influence factors among students in Beijing: A cross-sectional study. by Youhan Wen, Yu Liu, Ning Ning, Huiyu Xu, Jingshu Zhang, Hai Zhao, Ran Qin, Lu Wang, Xin Guo, Liyuan Tao

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Dental caries, widely prevalent among children and adolescents in Beijing, is associated with dietary habits, hygiene practices, and sleep patterns. To effectively mitigate its burden, prevention strategies targeting these identified risk factors should be prioritized.…”
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Monitoring Cortical and Neuromuscular Activity: Six-month Insights into Knee Joint Position Sense Following ACL Reconstruction by Aglaja Busch, Lorena R. R. Gianotti, Frank Mayer, Heiner Baur

“…# Background Changes in cortical activation patterns after rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) have been described. …”
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First Molecular Characterization and Antibiogram of Bacteria Isolated From Dairy Farm Wastewater in Bangladesh by Md. Shamsul Islam, Md. Arif-Uz-Zaman Polash, Md. Hakimul Haque

“…Antibiogram analysis revealed significant resistance patterns: P. aeruginosa exhibited the highest resistance to penicillin (85.71%) and amoxicillin (76.19%), while demonstrating greater sensitivity to ciprofloxacin and cotrimoxazole. …”
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Crop calendar optimization for climate change adaptation in yam farming in South-Kivu, eastern D.R. Congo. by Jean M Mondo, Géant B Chuma, Henri M Matiti, Jacques B Kihye, Espoir M Bagula, Katcho Karume, Charles Kahindo, Anthony Egeru, Jackson-Gilbert M Majaliwa, Paterne A Agre, Patrick A Adebola, Asrat Asfaw

“…Results showed the existence of four AEZs in the South-Kivu province, with contrasting altitudes, temperatures, and rainfall patterns. Climate change is real in all these South-Kivu's AEZs, resulting either in rainfall deficits in some areas, or extreme rainfall events in others, with significant temperature increases across all AEZs. …”
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Land use changes and the distribution of the red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea) in Chemba district, Tanzania by Naza Mmbaga, Francis Chebby, Leopody Gayo, Kelvin Ngongolo

“…This study offers valuable insights into the evolving land use patterns and their implications for the distribution and habitat of the quelea bird. …”
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Spike-Driven Channel-Temporal Attention Network with Multi-Scale Convolution for Energy-Efficient Bearing Fault Detection by JinGyo Lim, Seong-Eun Kim

“…Simultaneously, the spike-based attention mechanism dynamically extracts spatial-temporal patterns, substantially improving diagnostic accuracy and reliability. …”
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Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter: Detection of ESBL, MBL, blaNDM-1 Genotype, and Biofilm Formation at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Nepal by Manisha Kumari, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Keshav Rai, Tejendra Kumar Pandit, Basudha Khanal

“…This study aimed to characterize clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp and to study their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and ability to form biofilm. Resistant Acinetobacter was further analyzed for the detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), metallo β-lactamases (MBLs), carbapenemase production, and presence of blaNDM-1 gene. …”
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Graph Neural Network Classification in EEG-Based Biometric Identification: Evaluation of Functional Connectivity Methods Using Time-Frequency Metric by Roghaieh Ashenaei, Ali Asghar Beheshti Shirazi

“…The growing demand for secure identification has spurred interest in EEG-based biometric systems, which leverage unique brain activity patterns. Traditional univariate feature extraction methods, analyzing EEG channels independently, suffer from sensitivity to signal fluctuations. …”
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EXPRESSIVE LOVE VOCABULARY IN THE LETTERS OF TATIANA AND ONEGIN by Ranusha Ataeva, Guzal Egamberdieva

“…The crucial aspect of constructing a fictional text lies in identifying linguistic clichés and speech patterns that reflect the speaker’s thinking, behaviour, and cultural background. …”
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Deep learning-based action recognition for joining and welding processes of dissimilar materials by Tao He, Xinyuan Jin, Yiming Zou

“…The framework integrates adaptive frame sampling and lightweight temporal modeling to ensure computational efficiency, making it practical for real-time applications without sacrificing accuracy. …”
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Sociological and Criminological Research of Victimization Issues: Preliminary Stage and New Sphere of Cybercrime Categorization by A. M. Auwal, S. Lazarus

“…There were more men among the victims (64.69%). The authors found patterns in the distribution of cybercrimes. All cybercrimes against the respondent were socio-economic ones, which underlines the high frequency of cybercrime and the relevance of countering it in Nigerian society. …”
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Quantifying conflict zones as a challenge to certification of Guinea worm eradication in Africa: a new analytical approach by Louise A Kelly-Hope, David H Molyneux

“…Chad and Mali had contracting epidemiological and conflict situations with affected regions up to 700 km from the capital or 10 hours to the nearest city.Conclusions Understanding the spatial–temporal patterns of conflict events, identifying hotspots, the actors responsible and their sphere of influence is critical for the GWEP and other public health programmes to develop practical risk assessments, deliver essential health interventions, implement innovative surveillance, determine certification and meet the goals of eradication.…”
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Four-party evolutionary game of collaborative recycling and management of takeaway packaging waste by JIA Yajuan, JI Yuexin

“…This study aims to explore the evolutionary game patterns among multiple stakeholders in the recycling and management process and identify key influencing factors and their effects. …”
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Determining optimum plant density and nitrogen rate using field experiment and model simulation by Bizuwork Tafes Desta, Sisay Eshetu Tesema, Gebrekidan Feleke Mekuria, Almaz Meseret Gezahegn, Alemayehu Zemede Lemma

“…Abstract Poor crop management practices are key factors leading to a significant reduction in durum wheat yield in the central highlands of Ethiopia. …”
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Study on the influence of revetment on the evolution law of river channel morphology in the wandering section of Tarim river by Xiaoying Zhang, Yu Chen, Lin Li, Lingkai Zhang

“…The investigation employs an integrated approach combining hydrological datasets to elucidate the quantitative relationships governing thalweg migration patterns in successive meander bends under constrained boundary conditions. …”
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Democracy Adrift and the Trajectories of the Political Parties in São Tomé and Príncipe by NASCIMENTO Аugusto

“…Representative democracy and parties are not realities averse to the prevailing cultural patterns on the islands. However, this does not mean that parties have a role consistent with the idealization, common among São Toméans, about what they should represent and do in a representative democracy. …”
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