Identifying irrigated areas using land surface temperature and hydrological modelling: application to the Rhine basin by D. Purnamasari, D. Purnamasari, A. J. Teuling, A. H. Weerts, A. H. Weerts

“…Temporal analysis reveals that an average of 159 000 ha received irrigation at least once during the study period. …”
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Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems to Study the Change Detection in Temperature and Surface Area of Hamrin Lake by Ahmed Bahjat Khalaf

“…As in this study, the surface area of Hamrin Lake was calculated from satellite images during the period from October 2019 to September 2020, with an average satellite image for each month, furthermore,by utilizing the Normalized Differences Water Index (NDWI), the largest surface area was 264,617 km2 for October and the lowest surface area 140.202 km2 for September. …”
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Quantification of Surface Forcing Requirements for a Greenland Ice Sheet Model Using Uncertainty Analyses by Nicole‐Jeanne Schlegel, Eric Y. Larour

“…Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet is a substantial reservoir of almost 7 m of sea level equivalent, and on average, climate dictates 60% of its sea level contribution. …”
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Research on the technological process of restoration with electrodiffusion strengthening of the working surfaces of the segments of the headers of combine harvesters by D.D. Marchenko, K.S. Matvyeyeva

“…With a current density  the ratio between the hardness of the front and rear surfaces of the blade was observed . The relative wear resistance of the restored segments with EDS hardening was on average 1.3 times higher than that of new segments. …”
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Response surface methodology optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis of Lentinus edodes and analysis of product ingredients functions by Bowei Zheng, Xiaoqi Wu, Tonglei Qiao, Qiang Ding, Honglei Wang

“…Validation tests gave an average of 267.6 ± 0.7%, with <5% deviation. After hydrolysis, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, and alanine increased, enhancing umami and sweetness. …”
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Electropolishing of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Surfaces in Nontoxic Electrolyte Solution by G. M. Tsoeunyane, N. Mathe, L. Tshabalala, M. E. Makhatha

“…The results have shown that the salt-based electrolyte can be used to electropolish titanium alloys. The surface waviness of the as-built Ti-6Al-4V alloy was reduced by five times the average roughness of the as-built specimen. …”
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Investigating Resulting Surface Topography and Residual Stresses in Bending DC01 Sheet Under Tension Friction Test by Krzysztof Szwajka, Tomasz Trzepieciński, Marek Szewczyk, Joanna Zielińska-Szwajka, Marek Barlak

“…As a result of the surface modification process, this countersample was characterised by the lowest value of average roughness, which directly influenced the increase in the real contact area. …”
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Expression of pro-inflammatory and co-stimulatory molecules on the surface of macrophages in vitro in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis by E. G. Churina, A. V. Sitnikova, O. I. Urazova, V. V. Novitskiy, M. R. Patysheva, P. N. Golubchikov, E. P. Stepanova

“…The aim of this study was to identify features of the expression of pro-inflammatory and co-stimulatory molecules on the surface of macrophages in vitro in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, depending on the clinical form of the disease and sensitivity of the pathogen to anti-TB drugs.Materials and methods. 40 patients (36 men and 4 women) with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) were examined: 18 patients (16 men and 2 women, average age (44.56 ± 8.10) years) with disseminated tuberculosis (DTB) and  22 patients (20 men and 2 women, average age (46.54 ± 5.24) years) with infiltrative tuberculosis (ITB). …”
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Surface mine personnel object video tracking method based on YOLOv5- Deepsort algorithm by Jie Jiang, Guoliang Xie, Junjian Cui, Mingxiang Guo

“…Initially, YOLOv5 is employed as a surveillance tool mounted on cameras to detect miners on the surface. Subsequently, the Deepsort algorithm is utilized to track the target personnel in real time. …”
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Mapping the Influence of Olympic Games’ Urban Planning on the Land Surface Temperatures: An Estimation Using Landsat Series and Google Earth Engine by Joan-Cristian Padró, Valerio Della Sala, Marc Castelló-Bueno, Rafael Vicente-Salar

“…As such, the locally normalized land surface temperature (NLST) was utilized for this purpose. …”
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Development, Verification and Assessment of a Laser Profilometer and Analysis Algorithm for Microtexture Assessment of Runway Surfaces by Gadel Baimukhametov, Greg White

“…Runway surface friction is critically important to safe aircraft operations and mostly depends on the surface texture, which provides grip in the presence of contamination and directly affects the friction coefficient in general. …”
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Enhanced YOLOv8 Ship Detection Empower Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Advanced Maritime Surveillance by Abdelilah Haijoub, Anas Hatim, Antonio Guerrero-Gonzalez, Mounir Arioua, Khalid Chougdali

“…The evolution of maritime surveillance is significantly marked by the incorporation of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning into Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs). This paper presents an AI approach for detecting and tracking unmanned surface vehicles, specifically leveraging an enhanced version of YOLOv8, fine-tuned for maritime surveillance needs. …”
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Heat transfer analysis of the Marangoni effect around a surface gas bubble in a microchannel by Zhenlin Wei, Weidong Shangguan, Shixing Xu, Dayong Li

“…An in-depth numerical investigation was conducted to explore the impact of the Marangoni effect around a surface bubble on the heat transfer performance in a microchannel. …”
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Impact of Target Surface Building Direction on the Heat Transfer Characteristics of Additive Manufactured Impingement Systems by Tommaso Bacci, Alessio Picchi, Luca Innocenti, Francesco Morante, Bruno Facchini

“…Several past studies have been undertaken in order to assess the effect of additive manufactured components peculiar characteristics, mainly in the form of surface roughness, on heat transfer and pressure losses. …”
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Influence of Selected Factors on Penetration and Drying Kinetics of Protective Coatings into Sand Mould Surface Layer by Ł. Jamrozowicz

“…This paper presents the results of measuring moisture migration in the surface layer of a sand mould during the soaking and drying processes of protective coatings. …”
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Constraining ice slab thickness at the onset of visible surface runoff from the Greenland ice sheet by Nicolas Jullien, Andrew J. Tedstone, Horst Machguth

“…We constrain the minimum average ice slab thickness over spatial scales of kilometres that can support visible surface water flow as lying between 2.8 m and 3.5 m. …”
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Occurrence, spatial distribution, source apportionment, and risk assessment of antibiotics in Yangtze river surface water by Deling Fan, Yan Zhang, Shuai Sun, Bing Zhang, Mengyuan Liang, Jian Xu, Lei Wang

“…The identification and source tracing of antibiotic contaminants in rivers has become a research hotspot. In this study, surface water samples were collected from 67 locations in the Yangtze River Basin, China. …”
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Research on Improved Bridge Surface Disease Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOv7-Tiny-DBB by Haichao An, Ying Fan, Zhuobin Jiao, Meiqin Liu

“…In response to the diverse target types, variable morphological characteristics, and the prevalence of small sample targets that are prone to missed detections in the bridge surface disease identification, this paper proposes an improved algorithm for detecting bridge surface diseases based on YOLOv7-Tiny-DBB. …”
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Innovative Grouting Reinforcement Techniques for Shield Tunnels: A Case Study on Surface Settlement Mitigation by Qiang Ma, Xingchi Zhang, Hang Shu

“…Flower tube grouting significantly reduced surface settlement, by 92% on average, limiting maximum settlement to 3 mm. …”
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Investigating the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Campus Surface Heat Island with High-Resolution Thermal Infrared Imaging by Wei Dong, Jinxiu Wu, Yanxiang Yang, Shuyu Shen

“…In the context of climate change, surface urban heat islands (SUHIs) have become critical factors affecting the quality of the urban built environment. …”
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