Analyzing the Reproductive Characteristics of the Naked Carp Gymnocypris Przewalskii (Kessler) Based on the Oxygen Isotopes of Otolith Core Using SHRIMP by Ling ZHOU, Linbo QIAN, Sumei ZHAO, Xiulan ZHANG, Yinglie LIU, Qiaoling TANG, Jie YUAN

“…The average δ18O ratios of otolith cores were compared with the δ18O composition of lakes and rivers, as shown in Fig.E.1C. …”
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Laboratory analysis to determine the accurate characteristics of urban food waste by A. Charkhestani, D. Yousefi Kebria

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Although the characteristics food waste have been well studied, some of the problems associated with result reporting have not been addressed. …”
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CrowdRadar: a mobile crowdsensing framework for urban traffic green travel safety risk assessment by Yigao Wang, Qingxian Tang, Wenxuan Wei, Chenhui Yang, Dingqi Yang, Cheng Wang, Liang Xu, Longbiao Chen

“…However, the current traffic environment has many hidden problems that endanger the personal safety of traffic participants and hinder the development of green travel. …”
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Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Target Tracking Based on Background Information and Spectral Position Prediction by Li Wu, Mengyuan Wang, Weixiang Zhong, Kunpeng Huang, Wenhao Jiang, Jia Li, Dong Zhao

“…In order to address the problems of in-plane rotation and fast motion during near-infrared (NIR) video target tracking, this study explores the application of capsule networks in NIR video and proposes a capsule network method based on background information and spectral position prediction. …”
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An Investigation Study on PM2.5 in Ambient Air: A CaseStudy of Karachi, Pakistan by Aziz Ur Rahman, Owais Iqbal Khan, Ambreen Aziz

“…Inhalation in unhealthy levels of PM2.5 can raise the risk of health problems and also decrease visibility and cause the air to appear obscure. …”
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Circular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Dombi Aggregation Operators and Their Application to Marine Fuel Selection by Nuraini Rahim, Binyamin Yusoff, Lazim Abdullah, Dian Pratama

“…Specifically, we introduce the CIF Dombi Weighted Averaging, CIF Dombi Ordered Weighted Averaging, CIF Dombi Weighted Geometric, and CIF Dombi Ordered Weighted Geometric operators. …”
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Distribution Characteristics of Heavy Metals in Sediments and Their Relationship with Benthic Fauna in the Clam Mudflat Aquaculture Area of Rudong, Jiangsu Province, China by Haopeng HU, Lei LI, Wei TIAN, Shuai HAN, Fengbiao WANG, Mei JIANG

“…Mudflats, located at the land-sea interface, are extremely rich in ecological resources. …”
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Assessment Of Temporal Variability In The Level Of Population Vulnerability To Natural And Man-Made Hazards (The Case Of Moscow Districts) by Roman A. Babkin, Svetlana V. Badina, Alexander N. Bereznyatsky

“…The relevance of the study lies in the need for a scientific search for the possibilities of using new types of Big data in studies of the population vulnerability to solve practical problems of improving the safety of urban spaces from natural and man-made hazards. …”
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Révision de l’espèce Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893) by Valéry Zeitoun

“…The hypodigm for Homo erectus is a problem which remains unresolved. Most disagreements are based on chronological rather than morphological data. …”
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COVID-19: anxiety among hospital staff and associated factors by Elina Mattila, Jaana Peltokoski, Marko H. Neva, Marja Kaunonen, Mika Helminen, Anna-Kaisa Parkkila

“…The remaining workers may need targeted support interventions, and a smaller proportion (15%) are in danger of developing longer-term problems affecting their well-being. The anxiety experienced by hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is more severe than that of the population on average. …”
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The Effect of Hydraulic Partitioning on Prediction the Rate of Bed Load Transport in Gravel-bed Rivers using Support Vector Machine by Kiyoumars Roushangar, Mohammad Hosseini, Saman Shahnazi

“…Furthermore, gravel-bed rivers have features that distinguish them from sand-bed rivers and caused problems and challenges in their analysis. Considering the influential parameters to predict bed load transport rate in 20 gravel-bed rivers, in this study, the accuracy of support vector machine was investigated in different intervals of hydraulic and sediment parameters. …”
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Minimizing competition by removing elephants from a degraded Ngulia rhino sanctuary, Kenya by Benson Okita-Ouma, Dominic Mijele, Rajan Amin, Francis Gakuya, David Ndeereh, Isaac Lekolool, Patrick Omondi, Daniel Woodley, Moses Litoroh, Juma Bakari, Richard Kock

“… The Ngulia rhino sanctuary located in the central part of Tsavo West National Park (NP) is completely fenced within an area of 88 km 2 following its expansion from 62 km 2 in May 2007. …”
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Gradient-Enhanced Kriging-Based Parallel Efficient Global Optimization Algorithm and Its Application in Aerodynamic Shape Optimization by Hang Fu, Qingyu Wang, Takuji Nakashima, Asahi Kawasaki, Chenguang Lai, Keigo Shimizu, Rahul Bale, Makoto Tsubokura

“…However, conventional parallel EGO algorithm based on ordinary kriging (OK) model faces limitations when applied to complex, nonlinear, and high-dimensional engineering optimization problems, as OK model relies only on sample point locations, restricting the available training information. …”
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Neuropsychiatric symptoms and clinical characteristics of survivors with colloid cysts by Amanda Onoichenco, Tanveen Dhallu, Sarah Kabariti, Qiushuang Li, David Harter, Cinthi Pillai, Claire Snyman, Recai Yucel, Deborah Gustafson

“…Abstract Background Colloid cysts are rare, benign brain tumors often located in the third ventricle or near the foramen of Monro. …”
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Multicenter Longitudinal Observational Study Pharmaceuticals Alflutop in Russia (message 2) by A. M. Lila, E. A. Taskina, L. I. Alekseeva, N. G. Kashevarova

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most important medical and social problems due to the steady increase in morbidity and disability. …”
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Vestibular schwannoma: structural characteristics, objectification of metabolic dysfunction and its clinical significance (controversial and promising issues) by O.Yu. Malysheva, V.V. Vaslovych, O.G. Chernenko, V.O. Fedirko, G.A. Shmeleva, T.A. Malysheva

“…The VS located on the left side was diagnosed in 42 (48.3 %) cases [41.08; 55.12], on the right ‒ in 45 (51.7 %) [39.15; 49.36]. …”
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RECENT GEODYNAMICS OF FAULT ZONES: FAULTING IN REAL TIME SCALE by Yu. O. Kuzmin

“…Arrangements to establish a system for monitoring deformation auto-waves are described.When applied to geological deformation monitoring, new measurement technologies are associated with result identification problems, including ‘ratios of uncertainty’ such as ‘anomaly’s dimensions – density of monitoring stations’ and ‘anomaly’s duration – details of measurements in time’. …”
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Modeling of CO₂ Efflux from Forest and Grassland Soils Depending on Weather Conditions by Sergey Kivalov, Irina Kurganova, Sergey Bykhovets, Dmitriy Khoroshaev, Valentin Lopes de Gerenyu, Yiping Wu, Tatiana Myakshina, Yakov Kuzyakov, Irina Priputina

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В6.А-DYSFPRMD/GENEJ MICE AS A GENETIC MODEL OF DYSFERLINOPATHY by M. V. Korokin, E. V. Kuzubova, A. I. Radchenko, R. V. Deev, I. A. Yakovlev, A. V. Deikin, N. S. Zhunusov, A. M. Krayushkina, V. M. Pokrovsky, O. A. Puchenkova, K. D. Chaprov, N. V. Ekimova, S. N. Bardakov, O. N. Chernova, A. M. Emelin, I. S. Limaev

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Is There a Correlation Between the Driving Distance to Healthcare Facilities and Postoperative Complications After Achilles Tendon Rupture Surgical Repair? A Geospatial Study by Karina Mirochnik, Nour Nassour, Joris RH Hendriks, Noopur Ranganathan, Andreea Lucaciu, Gregory R Waryasz, Soheil Ashkani-Esfahani

“…Background: Geospatial access to healthcare is defined as the ability of patients to obtain healthcare services based on their locations. Therefore, we aimed to investigate patients’ proximity to healthcare and its correlation with the complications of surgically treated Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) including venous thromboembolism (VTE), rerupture, and wound problems. …”
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