Race course characteristics are the most important predictors in 48 h ultramarathon running by Beat Knechtle, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Katja Weiss, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Lorin Braschler, Rodrigo Luiz Vancini, Marilia Santos Andrade, Ivan Cuk, Thomas Rosemann, Mabliny Thuany

“…Athletes from Japan, Israel, and Iceland achieved the fastest average running speed. The fastest races were held in Japan, France, Great Britain, Netherlands, and Egypt. …”
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Experimental study on estimating bare soil moisture content based on UAV multi-source remote sensing by Hongyan Yuan, Shiqi Liang, Yurong Gao, Yulu Gao, Xugang Lian

“…In the indoor experiment, the relationship between surface spectral reflectance, thermal infrared surface temperature, and soil moisture content was analyzed, and the corresponding inversion model was constructed. …”
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Cumulative Changes in Minimum Snow/Ice Extent over Canada and Northern USA for 2000–2023: Changements cumulatifs de l’étendue minimale de neige/glace au Canada et dans le nord des... by Alexander P. Trishchenko, Calin Ungureanu

“…Results showed statistically significant declining trends in the minimum snow/ice extent with the average value of the slope for the entire area (-1,177.7 ± 362.8) km2/yr. …”
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Ice flow dynamics and mass loss of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, from 1989 to 2015 by Xin Li, Eric Rignot, Jeremie Mouginot, Bernd Scheuchl

“…Its acceleration (0.6 ± 0.3 Gt/yr2) is dominated by surface mass balance (80%). Ice velocity apparently increased when ocean temperature was warmer, which suggests a linkage between ice dynamics and ocean temperature.…”
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A New Dynamic Prediction Model for Underground Mining Subsidence Based on Inverse Function of Unstable Creep by Hua Cheng, Liangliang Zhang, Longhui Guo, Xiaojian Wang, Shilong Peng

“…The results show that the improved model can more accurately reflect the dynamic process of surface subsidence. The average relative standard deviation of the improved model is only 4.9%, which is far lower than the 23.1% associated with the Knothe model. …”
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The Hydrogeological Conditions as a Crucial Factor for Creating Pit Lakes: The Case of Kyparissia Mine in Megalopolis, Greece by Georgios Louloudis, Christos Roumpos, Eleni Mertiri, Georgios Kasfikis, Eleni Vasileiou

“…A pit lake has been formed in the mine void since 2017, with an average depth of 30 m and a maximum depth of approximately 36 m, extending to a surface of 0.8 km². …”
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Drivers of the summer 2024 marine heatwave and record salmon lice outbreak in northern Norway by Silvana Gonzalez, Anne D. Sandvik, Mari F. Jensen, Jon Albretsen, Anne Britt Sandø, Randi B. Ingvaldsen, Solfrid S. Hjøllo, Frode Vikebø

“…In August 2024, northern Norway experienced one of its most intense marine heatwaves on record, with sea surface temperatures exceeding 18 °C—more than 4 °C above the long-term average. …”
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A Fabrication Method for Realizing Vertically Aligned Silicon Nanowires Featuring Precise Dimension Control by Sourav Mukherjee, Mohannad Y. Elsayed, Hani H. Tawfik, Mourad N. El-Gamal

“…The maximum error in the average diameter was close to 25%. The simplified two-step method with tight control of the dimensions and surface tunability presents a reliable technique to fabricate vertically aligned SiNWs for some targeted applications.…”
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Investigation of aluminum agglomeration characteristics in solid propellants with Al/Mg particle additives by Linqing Zhang, Jiangbao Zeng, Xiang Li, Juntao Chang, Lianbo Li, Weixuan Li

“…The results indicate that the agglomeration of aluminum particles occurs not only on the burning surface of the composite propellant but also following detachment from it. …”
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Liquid Crystal Thermography and Infrared Thermography Application in Heat Transfer Research on Flow Boiling in Minichannels by Magdalena Piasecka, Artur Piasecki, Beata Maciejewska

“…These methods were applied simultaneously to measure temperature distributions on the heated wall surface of minichannels, formed by a thin metal foil. …”
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Research on Discontinuous Contact Intra-strand Steel Stress of Steel Rope Ring CVT by Wu Zhang, Weixiong Liu, Lü Changlei, Feiyan Han

“…The change range of equivalent stress produced by steel rope in discontinuous contact is higher than that in continuous contact. The surface contact stress of discontinuous rope grooves is 39.5% larger than that of continuous rope grooves， and the maximum contact stress of surface steel rope in discontinuous contact is 5.08% higher than that in continuous contact. …”
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The Application of the Gestalt Theory in Music Psychotherapy for Piano by Fukun Cai

“…There are differences in the effects of different music on the distribution of body surface temperature; there are differences in the effects of yang music on the Directing Vessel compared to the effects of yin music on the Directing Vessel, and the effects are following the hierarchical model of thinking; there are individual differences in the magnitude of the effects of the same music on the body surface temperature of different people, and the identification of music needs to be combined with the three factors. …”
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Influence of new snow on growth and melting of sea ice by D. D. Zavyalov, T. A. Solomakha

“…For the conditions of winter 2010/2011 the most close values of calculated ice thickness to results of the measurements in the North-Eastern part of the Taganrog Bay were obtained by determining the dependence of the density of fresh snow on the temperature in the near-surface layer of the atmosphere by the algorithm CLASS, albedo of the snow surface - by the scheme EHAM5, and the coefficient of thermal conductivity of snow – by the formulas of N.I. …”
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Spatial Differentiation of Ecological Stoichiometry of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Mollic Epipedon of China by Huishi Du

“…The outcomes of the study showed that the average total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and N/P ratio were 1.88 g/kg, 0.276 g/kg, and 6.81, respectively. …”
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Moisture Sorption Isotherms of Sweet Cherry (Prunus Avium L.): Comparative Study of Kinetics and Thermodynamic Modeling of Five Varieties by Rachida Ouaabou, Said Ennahli, Lahcen Hssaini, Bouchra Nabil, Ali Idlimam, Abdelkader Lamharrar, Mostafa Mahrouz, Hafida Hanine

“…The spreading pressure value varied with temperature in all sweet cherry cultivars in both the desorption and adsorption processes. The average surface area varied from 78.05 to 214.02 m2/g for desorption and from 49.0 to 204.4 m2/g for adsorption from 30 to 50°C.…”
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A Comparison of Two Methods on the Climatic Effects of Urbanization in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Area by Mingna Wang, Xiaodong Yan

“…The OMR method also indicates that rapid urbanization has a significant influence on surface warming trend although the urban warming intensity is dependent on reanalysis dataset. …”
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Morphological Features of Gallium Arsenide Crystals Grown at Low-frequency Influences to the Crystallization Front by V.G. Kosushkin, S.L. Kozhitov, L.V. Kozhitov, Yu.N. Parkhomenko, L.M. Chervjakov

“…When carrying out the method of crystal growth with perturbations at the interface it to a solid phase, the lateral surface is also composed of corrugations distinguishable to the naked eye.In general, the study of structural defects in the crystals obtained in exacting heat conditions, showed that in this case, low-frequency disturbance of the melt at the interface reduces the average density of dislocations due to the periodic melting of crystallization and partially “heal" the defective portions of the crystals.…”
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Study on Reutilization of Pyrolytic Residues of Oily Sludge by Chao Tang, Jiaojiao Guan, Shuixiang Xie

“…The results showed that the purity of the pyrolytic carbon is 95.93%; many pores of different sizes are distributed on the surface, with mainly mesoporous distribution. Specific surface area, pore volume, and average pore diameter reach 454.47 m2/g, 0.61 cm3/g, and 6.91 nm, respectively. …”
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Simulation of the effect of multi-particle temperature on Al6061 coating porosity based on Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) method by Kun Tan

“…Multiple groups of samples were taken on the coating surface to calculate the porosity of each group, and the average value was finally taken as the porosity of the entire coating. …”
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Study on the effect of front retaining walls on the thermal structure and outflow temperature of reservoirs. by Xiaoqian Yang, Youcai Tuo, Yanjing Yang, Xin Wang, Yun Deng, Haoyu Wang

“…An FRW resulted in an average 11.8 m increase in the thickness of the hypolimnion and a 1.2°C decrease in the thickness of the thermocline layer. …”
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