Central Place Theory Based on Mobile Signal Data: The Case of Urban Parks in Beijing and Changsha by Ning Wen, Hang Yin, Zhanhong Ma, Jiajie Peng, Kai Tang, Deyi Yao, Guangxin Xiang, Liyan Xu, Junyan Ye, Hongbin Yu

“…Most studies on central places focus on urban commercial facilities; however, it remains unclear whether parks exhibit patterns of central places, what features their service areas, and hierarchical structures. …”
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The impact of climate change on economic growth in Somalia: using random forest and Bayesian approach by Bashir Mohamed Osman, Mohamud Hussein Mohamud, Abdi Falir Omar, Abdikadir Ali Yabarow, Omar Mohamed Omar, Mohamed sheikh Ali Jirow, Abdinasir Nur Dahir, Anisa Mohamed Nur

“…Somalia, a fragile state with an agriculture-based economy, remains highly vulnerable to climate-induced shocks such as rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, and increasing CO2 emissions. This study examines the relationship between climate change and Somalia’s economic growth by analyzing the effects of temperature, rainfall, and CO2 emissions on GDP. …”
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Dynamic Changes in Meat Quality, Volatile Organic Compounds, and Microbial Community of Xiangxi Yellow Cattle Beef During Chilled Storage by Liusha Kuang, Enqi He, Lei Zhou, Aihua Lou, Yan Liu, Wei Quan, Qingwu Shen

“…This investigation focused on evaluating physicochemical attributes, flavor development patterns, and bacterial population dynamics in chilled beef samples stored at 4 °C over an 8-day period. …”
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A Novel Open Circuit Fault Diagnosis for a Modular Multilevel Converter with Modal Time-Frequency Diagram and FFT-CNN-BIGRU Attention by Ziyuan Zhai, Ning Wang, Siran Lu, Bo Zhou, Lei Guo

“…In the model construction stage, the frequency–domain features are first extracted using the fast Fourier transform (FFT), and the local patterns are captured through a combination with a convolutional neural network; subsequently, the timing correlations are analyzed using bidirectional gated loop cells, and the Attention Mechanism is introduced to strengthen the key features. …”
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A qualitative study of emergency and intensive care unit nurses’ experience of workflow: I enjoy the “flow” at work by Yuchen Liu, Danli Zheng, Yaru Xiao, Ying Li, Sufang Huang, Jie Xiong

“…Results The analysis revealed three overarching themes and nine subthemes: (1) Triggers for workflow experiences (Triggering, Self-Regulation), (2) Influencing factors of workflow experience (Nursing Skills and Work Experience, Working Relationships, and Teamwork Patterns), and (3) Positive effects of workflow experience (Quality of Nursing Care and Service Level, Career Development, Job Satisfaction, and Positive Carryover Effect). …”
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Identification of Virulence Genes and Antibiotic Resistance in Extraintestinal Pathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Broiler Carcasses Using MALDI-TOF MS by Jia-Tong Han, Yu-Xuan Tang, Si-Yi Wu, Yi-Ran Chen, Zhan-Peng Zou, Hang Zeng, Zhongjia Yu

“…MALDI-TOF MS profiling revealed significant heterogeneity among the ExPEC isolates, with no distinct clustering patterns based on processing environment or sampling site. …”
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Social perception and environmental risk factors for dengue in an endemic municipality in eastern Colombia: a mixed method study by Gloria Isabel Jaramillo-Ramirez, Simran Budhwar, Emily Ford, Gabriel Parra-Henao, Luis Felipe Cortes-Gonzalez, Laura Alejandra Saldarriaga-Gomez, Robert T. Jones

“…Abstract With the climate changing and worsening rainfall patterns, dengue, and its vector, the Aedes spp. mosquito, are becoming an urgent matter both in Colombia and globally. …”
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Decoding Gestures in Electromyography: Spatiotemporal Graph Neural Networks for Generalizable and Interpretable Classification by Hunmin Lee, Ming Jiang, Jinhui Yang, Zhi Yang, Qi Zhao

“…Furthermore, our approach provides interpretable insights into muscular activation patterns, thereby reaffirming the practical effectiveness of our GCN model. …”
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Modeling Navigator Awareness of COLREGs Interpretation Using Probabilistic Curve Fitting by Deuk-Jin Park, Hong-Tae Kim, Sang-A Park, Tae-Yeon Kim, Jeong-Bin Yim

“…Risk-averse interpretation patterns were also observed, where navigators tended to classify borderline situations more conservatively under uncertainty. …”
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Seismic fault identification of deep fault-karst carbonate reservoir using transfer learning by Hanqing Wang, Han Wang, Kunyan Liu, Jin Meng, Yitian Xiao, Yanghua Wang

“…The proposed methodology began with the generation of a large volume of synthetic seismic samples based on statistical fault distribution patterns observed in the study area. These synthetic samples were used to pretrain an improved U-Net network architecture, enhanced with an attention mechanism, to create a robust pretrained model. …”
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Fast and precise tongue pressure measurement by intraoral laser-induced graphene pressure sensor for elderly healthcare by Hyeonwoo Kim, Han Ku Nam, Tongmei Jing, Dongwook Yang, Younggeun Lee, Yong Kwon Chae, Seoung-Jin Hong, Sang Wook Kang, Young-Jin Kim

“…This sensor is designed to provide a smaller footprint, higher linearity, enhanced durability, and simpler maintenance for advanced elderly healthcare. LIG patterns were generated on polyimide films by direct irradiation of ultraviolet (UV) nanosecond laser pulses and transferred onto biocompatible polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates. …”
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Influence of variable intensity ultraviolet on the performance of SBS modified asphalt by Xiaobing Zhou, Dongdong Ge, Songtao Lv, Xiaochuan Wang, Yuanbo Li, Zihao Ju

“…The crack area follows a linear pattern during cycles 3–9, while the growth rate slows down during cycles 9–12.…”
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A combined treatment regimen for Trichuris rhinopiptheroxella infection in Rhinopithecus roxellana in southern China by Zhengjiu Ren, Jinzhi Lu, Tianyou Zhang, Lihua Xiao, Peng Zhang, Guixin Dong, Yaoyu Feng, Dongjuan Yuan

“…Initially, a combination of fecal examination, morphological observation, molecular identification of ITS1 and mitogenome, and infective pattern analysis revealed that R. roxellana was susceptible to Trichuris rhinopiptheroxella. …”
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Blackberry Growth Monitoring and Feature Quantification with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Remote Sensing by Akwasi Tagoe, Alexander Silva, Cengiz Koparan, Aurelie Poncet, Dongyi Wang, Donald Johnson, Margaret Worthington

“…Additionally, distinct temporal flowering patterns were observed between primocane- and floricane fruiting blackberries. …”
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Effect of column and pile configuration and dimension on shear performance of reinforced concrete pile caps by Sabry Fayed, Moataz Badawi, Ali Basha, Mohamed Ghalla, Yahia Iskander, Saad A. Yehia

“…The study reports crack patterns, ultimate shear load, load-displacement behavior, elastic stiffness, and energy absorption capacity. …”
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Polarization Multiplexing Dammann Grating Based on All-Dielectric Metasurface by Chenyang Wu, Xuanlun Huang, Yipeng Ji, Jiaxing Wang, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain

“…Our work introduces a DG optimization algorithm tailored for specific desired array patterns, including non-centrally symmetric arrays and arrays maximizing specific desired orders. …”
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Agriculture and Water Availability Show Contrasting Effects on Bats in a Mediterranean Island of Outstanding Chiropteran Biogeographical Value by Luca Cistrone, Ana Margarida Augusto, Gaetano Fichera, Hugo Rebelo, Danilo Russo

“…We tested three hypotheses: (1) bats would show weak preference patterns for landscape composition due to the island's heterogeneous landscapes, (2) farmland (especially vineyards) would strongly affect bat activity, and (3) distance from water sources would highly influence bat richness and activity. …”
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Exceeding expectations increases satisfaction among Louisiana waterfowl hunters by Michael C. Sullivan II, Michael D. Kaller, Lucien P. Laborde Jr., Kevin M. Ringelman, Larry A. Reynolds

“…Abstract Louisiana surveys waterfowl hunters every 5 years to assess hunter effort, harvest success, demographics, and preferences for proposed regulations and management practices. The 2020 Survey of Louisiana Waterfowl Hunters addressed hunter satisfaction patterns, hunter perceptions on waterfowl migration, associations of field experiences to satisfaction, associations among distribution waves, the efficacy of sample coverage by an email survey, and allowed comparison with hunter satisfaction with surveys in 2005, 2010, and 2015. …”
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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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A proposed framework for the development and qualitative evaluation of West Nile virus models and their application to local public health decision-making. by Alexander C Keyel, Morgan E Gorris, Ilia Rochlin, Johnny A Uelmen, Luis F Chaves, Gabriel L Hamer, Imelda K Moise, Marta Shocket, A Marm Kilpatrick, Nicholas B DeFelice, Justin K Davis, Eliza Little, Patrick Irwin, Andrew J Tyre, Kelly Helm Smith, Chris L Fredregill, Oliver Elison Timm, Karen M Holcomb, Michael C Wimberly, Matthew J Ward, Christopher M Barker, Charlotte G Rhodes, Rebecca L Smith

“…The number of WNV human cases and mosquito infection patterns vary in space and time. Many statistical models have been developed to understand and predict WNV geographic and temporal dynamics. …”
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