The Effects of Spatial Resolution Variability of Digital Elevation Models on Flood Hazard Analysis by Hasan Özdemir, Abdullah Akbaş

“…Raster-based Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) represent the surface topography as the primary input in flood hazard and risk studies. …”
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Ecological Assessment of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Fish Species and Aquatic Environments in the Vicinity of the Baropukuria Coal Mine Industry of Bangladesh: A Seasonal Perspec... by MD. SHAHANUR ALAM, MD. MASUD RANA, ZANNATUL FERDOUSHI, K.M. TOUFIQ HASSAN

“… Heavy-metal pollution of surface water, sediment and fish is recognized as a significant global issue, particularly affecting developing countries like Bangladesh. …”
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Three-dimensional characterization of sex differences in abdominal aortic aneurysm progression via vascular deformation mapping by Drew J. Braet, Timothy J. Baker, Luciano Delbono, Gregory Spahlinger, Nathan Graham, Akul Arora, C. Alberto Figueroa, Jonathan L. Eliason, Nicholas S. Burris

“…Statistical shape modeling was utilized to compute mean aneurysm shapes and 3D GR. Average GR was evaluated at specific regions of the aortic surface for males and females. …”
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Changes in the distribution of the tear film lipid layer after intensive pulsed light combined with meibomian gland expression in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction. by Yongwoo Lee, Sung Woo Lee, Ji Kyu Yun, So Young Han, Chul Young Choi

“…<h4>Results</h4>The ocular surface disease index, meibomian gland expressibility, and quality scores significantly improved after three treatment sessions. …”
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Identification of Regional Lymph Node Involvement of Colorectal Cancer by Serum SELDI Proteomic Patterns by Nai-Jun Fan, Chun-Fang Gao, Xiu-Li Wang

“…Serum samples were applied to immobilized metal affinity capture ProteinChip to generate mass spectra by Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption/ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS). …”
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Assessing coupled human-flood interactions using LiDAR geostatistics and neighbourhood analyses by Morgan J. Breen, Abiy S. Kebede, Carola S. König

“…Differential analysis of historic LiDAR Digital Surface Models (DSMs) was used to identify temporal changes in the urban landscape to create a DSM of Difference (DoD), representing elevation change between two locations over time. …”
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Effect of copper nanoclusters on the tribological properties of steel-steel friction pair in alcohol aqueous solutions by Victoria Eduardovna Burlakova, Yulia Pavlovna Kosogova, Ekaterina Gennadyevna Drogan

“…Thus, the friction track represents rather ironed surface with low roughness.…”
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Experimental Investigation of Concrete Crack Depth Detection Using a Novel Piezoelectric Transducer and Improved AIC Algorithm by Weijie Li, Jintao Zhu, Kaicheng Mu, Wenwei Yang, Xue Zhang, Xuefeng Zhao

“…Ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) has shown effectiveness in determining the depth of surface-open cracks in concrete structures. The type of transducer and the algorithm for extracting the arrival time of the ultrasonic signal significantly impact the accuracy of crack depth detection. …”
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Sustainable processing of tungsten heavy alloys via ultrasonic recycling and aluminum addition: microstructure and mechanical property optimization by H. M. Zidan, Ahmed I. Z. Farahat, Nora M. Hilal, Mona F. Amin, Omayma A. El-Kady

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses confirmed phase evolution and significant microstructural refinement. The average tungsten grain size decreased from 17.9 μm (0% Al) to 9.8 μm (4% Al). …”
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Testing of the ultra-early maturing maize hybrids of French breeding for grain production in the Tomsk region by N. A. Perchenko, O. N. Sergeeva

“…At the same time, at the period of the 6th leaf formation, the leaf surface of the later maturing hybrid ‘Lazuliya’ (FAO – 170) formed more intensively. …”
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Assessment of Peri-Implant Bone Loss in Smokers vs. Non-Smokers: A Prospective Study by Sumit Bhatt, TS Reshma, Jerry Mammen, Deepak Sharma, Varun Raj, Sameer Gupta

“…Titanium implants with identical surface properties were given to each patient. Standardized periapical radiographs were used to quantify marginal bone loss at baseline (implant implantation), six months, and twelve months. …”
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New insights into the genetic diversity, phylogeny, and immunogenic potential of the wsp gene in Wolbachia endosymbionts in Brugia malayi and Brugia pahangi by Witchuta Junsiri, Piyanan Taweethavonsawat

“…This study investigates the Wolbachia surface protein (WSP), a potential trigger of innate immune responses. …”
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Mapping the “catscape” formed by a population of pet cats with outdoor access by Richard Bischof, Nina Rosita Hansen, Øyvind Skarsgard Nyheim, Astrid Kisen, Lillian Prestmoen, Torbjørn Haugaasen

“…It is this population-level intensity surface—the “catscape”—that potential prey have to navigate. …”
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A Detailed Performance Evaluation of the GK2A Fog Detection Algorithm Using Ground-Based Visibility Meter Data (2021–2023, Part I) by Hyun-Kyoung Lee, Myoung-Seok Suh

“…According to the verification method using the nearest pixel and 3 × 3 neighborhood pixel approaches to the visibility meter, the 3-year average probability of detection (POD) is 0.59 and 0.70, the false alarm ratio (FAR) is 0.86 and 0.81, and the bias is 4.25 and 3.73, respectively. …”
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Halloysite-gold core-shell nanosystem synergistically enhances thermal conductivity and mechanical properties to optimize the wear-resistance of a pheonlic-PBO/PTFE textile composi... by Yanling Wang, Zhaozhu Zhang, Meng Liu, Yaohui He, Peilong Li, Junya Yuan, Mingming Yang, Weimin Liu

“…Possible anti-wear mechanisms are proposed based on the analyzed results of the worn surface morphology and the cross-section of the tribofilm obtained by focused ion beam transmission electron microscopy.…”
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A new approach to keratoconus detection based on corneal morphogeometric analysis. by Francisco Cavas-Martínez, Laurent Bataille, Daniel G Fernández-Pacheco, Francisco J F Cañavate, Jorge L Alió

“…The following parameters were defined: anterior (Aant) and posterior (Apost) corneal surface areas, area of the cornea within the sagittal plane passing through the Z axis and the apex (Aapexant, Aapexpost) and minimum thickness points (Amctant, Amctpost) of the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces, and average distance from the Z axis to the apex (Dapexant, Dapexpost) and minimum thickness points (Dmctant, Dmctpost) of both corneal surfaces.…”
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Structural and Material Properties of Chitin Nanofibers Produced Without Deacetylation Treatment by Yuka Tomita, Tomohito Yagita, Yuto Kaku, Tsuguyuki Saito, Shuji Fujisawa

“…ABSTRACT Deacetylation pretreatment is commonly applied to chitin nanofibers to introduce positive charges on their surface, increasing their fibrillation efficiency in water. …”
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Stochastic Comparisons of Probability Distribution Functions with Experimental Data in a Liquid-Liquid Extraction Column for Determination of Drop Size Distributions by Sh. Houshyar, M. Torab-Mostaedi, S. M. A. Moosavian, Seyed Hamed Mousavi, M. Asadollahzadeh

“…The droplet size distribution in the column is usually represented as the average volume to surface area, known as the Sauter mean drop diameter. …”
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The mean and extreme tropical cyclone wave climate throughout the Coral Sea, from 1979 to 2020 by John G. Miller, Guilherme Vieira da Silva, Darrell Strauss

“…An available WAVEWATCH III® hindcast model dataset with surface wind forcing from the National Centres for Environmental Prediction supplied Climate Forecasts System Version 2 was used. …”
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Tooth image segmentation and root canal measurement based on deep learning by Ziqing Chen, Qi Liu, Jialei Wang, Nuo Ji, Yuhang Gong, Bo Gao

“…The segmentation results are mapped back to the original coordinates and position-corrected, followed by automatic measurement and visualization of root canal lengths and angles.ResultsQuantitative evaluation demonstrated a segmentation Dice coefficient of 96.33%, Jaccard coefficient of 92.94%, Hausdorff distance of 2.04 mm, and Average surface distance of 0.24 mm - all surpassing existing methods. …”
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