Stone Detection on Agricultural Land Using Thermal Imagery from Unmanned Aerial Systems by Florian Thürkow, Mike Teucher, Detlef Thürkow, Milena Mohri

“…Stones in agricultural fields pose a recurring challenge, particularly due to their potential to damage agricultural machinery and disrupt field operations. …”
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From 2D to 3D Urban Analysis: An Adaptive Urban Zoning Framework That Takes Building Height into Account by Tao Shen, Fulu Kong, Shuai Yuan, Xueying Wang, Di Sun, Zongshuo Ren

“…The vertical heterogeneous structures formed during the evolution of urban agglomerations, driven by globalization, pose challenges to traditional two-dimensional spatial analysis methods. …”
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Foreword to the Special Issue on Paving the Way for the Future of Urban Remote Sensing by Sebastien Lefevre, Thomas Corpetti, Monika Kuffer, Hannes Taubenbock, Clement Mallet

“…The rapid growth and the multiple changes of the urban environments pose unique challenges to cities across the globe. …”
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Assessment of Ecosystem Health and Carbon Stocks in the Seagrass Meadows of Mengiat Beach, Bali, Indonesia by Devi Nandita Choesin, Amadeus Devin Gouw, Pipit Pitriana

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Can Implicit Solvation Methods Capture Temperature Effects on the Infrared Features of Astrophysical Ices? by Daniel A. B. Oliveira, Víctor S. A. Bonfim, Felipe Fantuzzi, Sergio Pilling

“…However, their diverse compositions, temperatures, and grain morphologies pose significant challenges for molecular identification and quantification through infrared observations. …”
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Understanding early-stage radiation damage in nuclear alloys through positron annihilation and semi-empirical modeling by Vladimír Kršjak, Yamin Song, Veronika Lučanská, Stanislav Sojak, Pavol Noga, Martin Petriska, Branislav Stríbrnský, Sofia Gašparová, Igor Neuhold, Matej Kubiš, Dušan Vaňa, Tielong Shen, Vladimír Slugeň, Jarmila Degmová

“…Abstract The recognition of the early stage of radiation aging and the aggregation of point defects into nanometric clusters pose significant challenges for nuclear structural materials. …”
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Modeling Desorption Rates and Background Concentrations of Heavy Metals Using a One-Dimensional Approach by Wendy Tatiana Gonzalez Cano, Serguei Lonin, Kyoungrean Kim

“…Harmful heavy metals (HHMs) in marine sediments pose significant ecological and human health risks. …”
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CFB Combustion of alkali-laden biomass: Agglomeration and fouling resistance by S. Sungworagarn, P. Sathitruangsak, T. Madhiyanon

“…However, biomass fuels rich in alkali metals—particularly potassium—pose significant operational challenges such as bed agglomeration and superheater fouling. …”
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Evaluation of the influence of freeze–thaw cycles on the joint strength of granite in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau, China by Lirong Qi, Jiading Wang, Dengfei Zhang, Yongshuang Zhang, Jianfei Ma

“…Abstract The freeze–thaw cycles will lead to rock deterioration and pose a significant threat to engineering stability in cold regions. …”
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Enabling additive manufacturing part inspection of digital twins via collaborative virtual reality by Vuthea Chheang, Saurabh Narain, Garrett Hooten, Robert Cerda, Brian Au, Brian Weston, Brian Giera, Peer-Timo Bremer, Haichao Miao

“…Additionally, the large-scale data originating from different modalities and their inherent 3D nature pose significant hurdles for traditional 2D desktop-based inspection methods. …”
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Tropical Cyclones Across Global Basins: Dynamics, Tracking Algorithms, Forecasting, and Emerging Scientometric Research Trends by Vivek Singh, Gaurav Tiwari, Amarendra Singh, Rajeeb Samanta, Atul Kumar Srivastava, Deewan Singh Bisht, Ashish Routray, Sushil Kumar, Shivaji Singh Patel, Abhishek Lodh

“…ABSTRACT Tropical cyclones (TCs) pose significant threats to life and property across global ocean basins, and forecasting their structural evolution, track, and intensity remains a major scientific challenge. …”
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Geophysical and Remote Sensing Techniques for Large-Volume and Complex Landslide Assessment by Paolo Ciampi, Massimo Mangifesta, Leonardo Maria Giannini, Carlo Esposito, Gianni Scalella, Benedetto Burchini, Nicola Sciarra

“…Landslides pose significant risks to human life and infrastructure, driven by a complex interplay of geological and hydrological factors. …”
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Presence of blaCTX-M antibiotic resistance gene in Lactobacillus spp. isolated from Hirschsprung diseased infants with stoma by Umama Khan, Sadia Afsana, Maria Kibtia, Mahboob Hossain, Naiyyum Choudhury, Chowdhury Rafiqul Ahsan

“… Introduction: Although antibiotics have revolutionized health care by saving lives, the evolution of both pathogenic and commensal antibiotic-resistant bacteria are emerging as a threat in the health sector. …”
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Delayed optical feedback-regulated artificial soliton molecule in a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator by Yu Cai, Jintao Fan, Fanchao Meng, Youjian Song, Minglie Hu

“…While passively mode-locked fiber lasers offer an efficient platform for generating diverse types of SMs, the complex internal dynamics of the laser often pose challenges in achieving predetermined temporal separations between SMs. …”
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Climate Change in Southeast Tibet and Its Potential Impacts on Cryospheric Disasters by Congxi Fang, Jinlei Chen, Lijun Su, Zongji Yang, Tao Yang

“…Southeast Tibet is characterized by extensive alpine glaciers and deep valleys, making it highly prone to cryospheric disasters such as avalanches, ice/ice–rock avalanches, glacial lake outburst floods, debris flows, and barrier lakes, which pose severe threats to infrastructure and human safety. …”
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Genetic alterations in melanoma by Đunjić Marija, Perović Dijana, Šupić Gordana

“…Additionally, variations in genes regulating the synthesis of the protective pigment eumelanin during sun exposure, such as MC1R and MITF, pose risks fwor this disease. Studying precursor lesions, such as melanocytic nevi, has contributed to the understanding of melanoma's genetic evolution. …”
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Memory T Cells in Respiratory Virus Infections: Protective Potential and Persistent Vulnerabilities by Henry Sutanto, Febrian Ramadhan Pradana, Galih Januar Adytia, Bagus Aditya Ansharullah, Alief Waitupu, Bramantono Bramantono, Deasy Fetarayani

“…Respiratory virus infections, such as those caused by influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and coronaviruses, pose a significant global health burden. While the immune system’s adaptive components, including memory T cells, are critical for recognizing and combating these pathogens, recurrent infections and variable disease outcomes persist. …”
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Meteoroid Stream Identification with HDBSCAN Unsupervised Clustering Algorithm by Eloy Peña-Asensio, Fabio Ferrari

“…The ORBIT vector identifies 30 streams, 13 with high matching scores. Less active showers pose identification challenges. The eom method consistently yields superior performance and agreement with CAMS. …”
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Responsibility of the president and the prosecutor's office for the integrity and security of the state by N. A. Blokhina, M. A. Vlasova

“…The criteria for assessing the scientific activities of universities established in 2013 also pose a threat to state security.Conclusions. President Vladimir Putin has preserved the integrity and sovereignty of Russia, enforced the principle of the supremacy of federal law and strengthens Russia's security with the help of the Prosecutor's Office. …”
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La gouvernance forestière au Sénégal : Enjeux et défis pour le développement durable. by Ameth DIALLO

“… En général, la gouvernance des ressources naturelles pose des enjeux et défis non négligeables en Afrique. …”
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