Dynamic mapping of dissolved oxygen in freshwater aquaculture ponds using UAV multispectral imagery by Xingyu Liu, Yancang Wang, Xiaohe Gu, Mengjie Li, Wenxu Lv, Xuqing Li, Ruiyin Tang, Guangxin Chen, Baoyuan Zhang, Shuaifei Liu, Fajian Zong, Yongkun Ji, Xiaolong Yu, Tianen Chen

“…Concurrently, the validation in the other two periods(GC - August and October 2023 and PK-April and May 2024) further confirmed the model's generalization ability, with R2 = 0.84, RMSE = 2.245 mg/L, and MAE = 1.251 mg/L. …”
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Synergistic effects of Bacillus subtilis QST 713 and L-arginine supplementation during late gestation on reproductive performance in Landrace × Yorkshire sows: A randomized control... by Thepsavanh Khoudphaithoune, Do Thi Kim Lanh, Nguyen Van Thanh, Bui Van Dung, Peerapol Sukon, Nguyen Hoai Nam

“…This strategy offers a practical and cost-effective approach to enhance swine reproductive efficiency.…”
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Evaluating yield and land equivalent ratio in mixcropping of balangu (Lallemantia royleana Benth.) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) affected by weed competition by Ebrahim Eizadi-Darbandi, Arash Maghsoudi, Elnaz Molaei

“…Introduction Intercropping is considered to be important for a lot of reasons like optimizing water and soil resource uses, increasing water use efficiency, increasing pest, diseases and weed control efficiency, decrease pesticide application, increasing total production and land equivalent ratio and sustainability in agroecosystems. …”
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Satellite Image Price Prediction Based on Machine Learning by Linhan Yang, Zugang Chen, Guoqing Li

“…Bayesian optimization is employed to systematically tune hyperparameters, thereby minimizing overfitting and maximizing generalization. Models are evaluated on held-out test sets (20% of data) using Pearson’s correlation coefficient (<i>R</i>), mean bias error (MBE), root mean square error (RMSE), unbiased RMSE (ubRMSE), Nash–Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE), and Kling–Gupta Efficiency (KGE). …”
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An integrated GIS-pXRF approach assesses ecological and human health risks from heavy metals in county level soils by Siqi Liu, Jianfeng Li, Longfei Xia, Rui Li, Jing Wang, Norbu Namkha

“…HMs concentrations in soils of urban-rural fringe were generally larger than those of urban and rural area. …”
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Evaluating Geostatistical and Statistical Merging Methods for Radar–Gauge Rainfall Integration: A Multi-Method Comparative Study by Xuan-Hien Le, Naoki Koyama, Kei Kikuchi, Yoshihisa Yamanouchi, Akiyoshi Fukaya, Tadashi Yamada

“…RBF emerged as the most practical and transferable option, offering strong generalization, minimal calibration needs, and computational efficiency. …”
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Development of High-performance Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer by Chun-guang XIE, Ji-yang ZHANG, Tong YANG, Yu-liang HUANG, Shu-guang XIE, Hui ZHU, Jing-xuan SUN, Ping CHENG

“…Proton transfer reaction ionization is one of the typical methods of “soft” ionization techniques, which generally takes water and hydronium ions as parent ions, and the objects which have higher proton affinity than water can be ionized. …”
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“I would be very proud to be part of an initiative that didn’t exclude people because it was hard”: mapping and contextualising health equity responsibilities and decision-making t... by Tristan Bouckley, David Peiris, Devaki Nambiar, Samuel Prince, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Gill Schierhout

“…While health equity principles are generally promoted during reform discussions, they are often deprioritised during implementation. …”
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ECOLOGICAL THERAPY AS CORRECTIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ELEMENT OF INTEGRATED APPROACH IN THE TREATMENT OF LOGONEUROSIS AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN by I. V. Kalashnikova, N. V. Saltan, O. B. Gontar, V. K. Zhirov

“…The methods of theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific, methodical publications, and legislative base on a problem of correctional work on stuttering among preschool children are used.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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Aquaculture research techniques in Nigeria: opportunities and challenges for sustainable aquaculture development by Ekemini M. Okon, Babatunde T. Adesina, Babatunde M. Falana, Judith O. Ehigie, Adeniran M. Bolanle, Reuben C. Okocha

“…Nigeria has great potential for aquaculture production, but has yet to match domestic demand sustainably. Generally, the challenges are due to weak aquaculture governance, including incoherent planning and inadequate finance for advanced research. …”
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A deep q-networks model for optimising decision-making process in the context of energy transition modelling by Ana Tănăsescu, Cristian Bucur, Jean Vasile Andrei, Bogdan-George Tudorică, Dorel Mihai Paraschiv, Dorel Dușmănescu

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Appropriate adding time of concentrated monosodium glutamate wastewater as acidity adjusting and nitrogen loss control agent in high temperature composting by KONG Haiming, LIU Li, LI Tianyu, WANG Jibing, FANG Ping

“…As a consequence of organic degradation, accumulated ammonium nitrogen will trigger pH rise spontaneously. It is generally believed that ammonia nitrogen (NH₃) will volatilize once the pH of compost mixture exceeds 8.0. …”
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Associations among blood heavy metals, neurofilament light chains and cognition function in US adults: NHANES 2013–2014 by YuYan Zhou, YaKun Wang, ChunFang Qiu, YuXuan Man, XiaoNian Zhu, ShengKui Tan, HuaiCai Zeng, XueFeng Guo, ZhengBao Zhang

“…Finally, a mediation analysis to explore the interaction among heavy metals, sNfL, and cognitive function in adults aged 60 and above. Results: The generalized linear models exhibited a positive correlation between blood Pb or Cd levels and sNfL (β = 0.14, 95 % CI: 0.08–0.20; β = 0.14, 95 % CI: 0.07–0.20), in total population. …”
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Blockchain Technology Applications in Healthcare Supply Chains&#x2014;A Review by Sarthak Dhingra, Rakesh Raut, Koteswararao Naik, Kamalakanta Muduli

“…Blockchain&#x2019;s features like security, traceability, transparency, cost efficiency etc. can help bring supply chain transparency, health record management and prevent drug counterfeiting. …”
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Cross-generational genomic prediction of Norway spruce (Picea abies) wood properties: an evaluation using independent validation by Haleh Hayatgheibi, Henrik R. Hallingbäck, Salvador A. Gezan, Sven-Olof Lundqvist, Thomas Grahn, Gerhard Scheepers, Sonali Sachin Ranade, Katri Kärkkäinen, M. Rosario García Gil

“…Abstract Background The evaluation of genomic selection (GS) efficiency in forestry has primarily relied on cross-validation schemes that split the same population within a single generation for both training and validation. …”
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Wildlife detection dogs effectively survey a terrestrial amphibian, but differ among individuals, weather and habitat by Veronika Paulina Koch, Leonard Bolte, Wiebke Harms, Klaus Henle, Annegret Grimm‐Seyfarth

“…We first analysed environmental and training factors influencing toad detectability for four detection dogs with varying experience using a binomial generalized linear model (GLM). Then, we compared capture success of ACBs and WDD transects (deploying two dogs) considering weather and habitat type using negative binomial GLMs. …”
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Spatiotemporal differentiation and evolution trend of green and low-carbon development performance in the National Major Strategic Regions by CHEN Minghua, SHI Nan, ZHANG Bianxiu, XIE Linxiao

“…[Methods] Based on the Global-Luenberger index of the super-efficiency EBM model, this study scientifically evaluated the green and low-carbon development performance of China’s Major Strategic Regions from 2012 to 2020. …”
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Long-term results (60 months) of anti-VEGF therapy of macular diseases in real clinical practice. Part 2. by E. V. Bobykin, R. V. Buslaev, V. Y. Krokhalev, O. V. Morozova, N. S. Beresneva

“…The results confirm high efficiency of anti-VEGF therapy. To solve the issue of ill-timed or insufficient treatment, it is necessary to start the therapy as early as possible, use the most effective (proactive) regimens, apply individualized approach to the treatment, take organizational measures aimed at facilitation of access to specialized care, and, generally, to change the attitude of the professional community.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Satellite-Based Rainfall Products for Drought Assessment in a Data-Poor Region by Hansini Gayanthika, Dimuthu Lakshitha, Manthika Chathuranga, Gouri De Silva, Jeewanthi Sirisena

“…In the accuracy detection metrics, the results indicate that while products like IMERG and GSMaP generally provide reliable rainfall estimates, others like PERSIANN and PERSIANN-CDR tend to overestimate rainfall. …”
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Can We Reduce the Diagnostic Burden of Sleep Disorders? A Single-Centre Study of Subjective and Objective Sleep-Related Diagnostic Parameters by Tadas Vanagas, Domantė Lipskytė, Jovita Tamošiūnaitė, Kęstutis Petrikonis, Evelina Pajėdienė

“…<i>Conclusions:</i> When comparing our findings with the previous literature, we found that the screening tools generally demonstrated a slightly poorer performance in our population. …”
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