Temporal and Spatial Evolution Characteristics of Meteorological Drought in the Loess Plateau from 1961 to 2020 by LI Mengting, LI Chunguang

“…Based on the daily meteorological data of 61 meteorological stations in the Loess Plateau from 1961 to 2020,this paper explores the historical arid evolution characteristics of the study area.The paper adopts the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI),Morlet wavelet analysis,drought area coverage,drought frequency,and Mann-Kendall mutation test to reveal the characteristics of dry and wet changes and cycle characteristics of the Loess Plateau under the background of nearly 60a global warming.Meanwhile,it carries out the attribution analysis of drought.The results show that the alternating wet and dry variation of SPEI values is region-wide.Annual SPEI_12 and spring,autumn,and winter SPEI_3 show a decreasing trend year by year during the study period,and the decreasing trend of drought tendency is ranked as autumn>spring>winter>annual.Summer SPEI_3 shows a relatively flat increasing trend with a trend rate of 0.02/10a.The overall drought coverage area shows an upward trend,and the annual drought frequency is between 31.40% and 35.15%.The aridification trend of the central and western regions is large.The cycle of dry and wet changes at different time scales is unstable,and it is currently in the stage of warm and humidification for a long time.The current trend of warming and humidification is only reflected in quantitative changes,which is not enough to change the basic climatic state of the region and is still in the arid and semi-arid climate range of cool and dry.…”
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COVID-19 RT-qPCR-based screening in Austrian schools and incidences in the general population: a Bayesian spatiotemporal analysis by Yessika Adelwin Natalia, Sereina Annik Herzog, Thomas Neyens, Christoph Johann Zurl, Volker Strenger, Geert Molenberghs, Christel Faes

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Does the trade of medical products contribute to promoting human development?—An empirical analysis based on data from China and RCEP countries by Liang Wu, Wenxia Liu, Jianhua Zhou, Dan Zhou, Hanjie Xiao

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Multi-scale correlation analysis between geometric parameters and solar radiation in high density urban environment——Case study in Nanjing by Jingjin Li, Xinxin Cui, Jianmin Yang

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Enhancing Supplier Selection for Sustainable Raw Materials: A Comprehensive Analysis Using Analytical Network Process (ANP) and TOPSIS Methods by Ilyas Masudin, Isna Zahrotul Habibah, Rahmad Wisnu Wardana, Dian Palupi Restuputri, S. Sarifah Radiah Shariff

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Searching for Information Research: A bibliometric analysis celebrating 30 years of a pioneering open access journal (1995-2024) by Gustaf Nelhans, Camilla Lindelöw, Pablo Lillo Cea, Marco Scirone, Rui José António, Björn Hammarfelt

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Measurement, Obstacle Analysis, and Regional Disparities in the Development Level of Agricultural Machinery Socialization Services (AMSS) in China’s Hilly and Mountainous Areas by Huaian Peng, Ping Wu

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PIPETS: a statistically informed, gene-annotation agnostic analysis method to study bacterial termination using 3′-end sequencing by Quinlan Furumo, Michelle M. Meyer

“…Abstract Background Over the last decade the drop in short-read sequencing costs has allowed experimental techniques utilizing sequencing to address specific biological questions to proliferate, oftentimes outpacing standardized or effective analysis approaches for the data generated. There are growing amounts of bacterial 3′-end sequencing data, yet there is currently no commonly accepted analysis methodology for this datatype. …”
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Performance Analysis of Parallel Free-Space Optical/Radio Frequency Transmissions in Satellite–Aerial–Ground Integrated Network with Power Allocation by Xin Li, Yongjun Li, Shanghong Zhao, Xinkang Song, Jianjia Li

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ANALYSIS OF THE GINGIVAL RECESSION PREVALENCE AMONG DENTAL PATIENTS CONSIDERING ASSOCIATED AGE-RELATED, IATROGENIC AND PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF DENTAL STATUS by O.A. Krasnokutskyy, P.A. Hasiuk, M.Y. Goncharuk-Khomyn

“…Therefore, such patients require provision of timely comprehensive dental treatment to maintain the level of soft tissue coverage in the area of their own teeth and to correct changes in dental status associated with gingival recession development. …”
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Association between the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and fertility trends: a population-level time series analysis for 22 countries by Domantas Jasilionis, Mikko Myrskylä, Aiva Jasilioniene, Dmitri Jdanov

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Tobacco treatment billing and tobacco use disorder diagnosis in healthcare settings in the United States: an analysis of South Carolina medicaid claims by Kinsey Pebley, Joni D. Nelson, Julie L. Marshall, Alana M. Rojewski

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RADIATION EXPOSURE ON THE TARGET AND CRITICAL ORGANS WITH 2D AND 3D PLANNING OF RADIATION THERAPY FOR LUNG CANCER by I. A. Gulidov, I. N. Ivanova, D. V. Gogolin, A. I. Gorsky, L. V. Kursova, A. Ju. Bouksha, Yu. A. Ragulin

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Genomic analysis of oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive Staphylococcus haemolyticus ST159 isolated from anovaginal colonization in Brazil by Andre Rio Tinto, Dr Natáli Costa, Dr Laura Oliveira, Prof. Sergio Fracalanzza, Prof. Lucia Teixeira, Dr. Penelope Marinho, Prof. Tatiana Pinto

“…Sequence alignment with reference sequences of all SCCmec types was performed using BLAST and indicated as best results 100% identity and only 55 and 52% query coverage with SCCmec types VI and IVc respectively. …”
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Identification of Cross-Protective Potential Antigens against Pathogenic Brucella spp. through Combining Pan-Genome Analysis with Reverse Vaccinology by Yasmin Hisham, Yaqoub Ashhab

“…Moreover, our elaborated analysis can provide further insights into novel Brucella virulence factors. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on private healthcare service utilisation: time series analysis in the capital region of Finland during 2020–2022 by Oskar Niemenoja, Antti-Jussi Ämmälä, Sari Riihijärvi, Paul Lillrank, Petri Bono, Simo Taimela

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Integrating Otsu Thresholding and Random Forest for Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Classification and Seasonal Analysis of Water and Snow/Ice by Xuexia Sun, Xiaoyao Li, Bingxiang Tan, Jian Gao, Lei Wang, Shimei Xiong

“…Seasonal dynamics analysis showed that the snow/ice coverage area in winter increased by 6379.18 square kilometers compared to that in summer, with 5252.85 km² of bare land and 910.66 km² of grassland being covered by snow/ice. …”
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Tractable yet effective approximation to directional antenna array for millimeter-wave networks by Na DENG, Haichao WEI

“…The complexity of the actual antenna pattern imposes restrictions on investigating the benefits of directional antenna arrays in large-scale networks.Hence,a novel multi-level flat-top antenna pattern was proposed to approximate and simplify the actual one and was applied in millimeter-wave cellular networks for performance analysis.To fully characterize the impact of the directional antenna array on the user performance,stochastic geometry was adopted to establish an analytical framework for millimeter-wave cellular networks and derive the coverage probability and transmission rate of the typical user with the proposed multi-level flat-top antenna pattern,including the exact and bounding expressions.The simulation results show that the proposed antenna pattern provides a better tradeoff between the accuracy and tractability than previous patterns.…”
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Exploring Campus Anti-Drug Activities Through Online News Reports: A Hybrid Manual and Automated Content Analysis Approach by Ching-Hao Chang, Chiu-Mieh Huang, Kah-Yew Lim, Fen-He Lin, Kuei-Yu Huang, Jong-Long Guo

“…The DiVoMiner automated text analysis engine was used to identify themes within reports addressing campus anti-drug news. …”
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Post-Marketing Surveillance of Nirsevimab: Safety Profile and Adverse Event Analysis from Spain’s 2023–2024 RSV Immunisation Campaign by Pablo Estrella-Porter, Elisa Correcher-Martínez, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Juan José Carreras

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