Stressed Vegetation Identification Under Natural Gas Microleakage From Hyperspectral Images Using Stacked Autoencoder and Multiscale Three-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network by Kangni Xiong, Jinbao Jiang, Weiwei Ran, Kangning Li, Yingyang Pan, Xinda Wang

“…Furthermore, the minimum circumscribed circle was fitted to analyze the temporal and spatial patterns of stress identification results based on the concentric spatial distribution of natural gas diffusion, after which the detection accuracy of leakage points was less than 0.5 m without false alarms. …”
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Estimation of Internal Solitary Waves Propagation Speeds and Occurrence Using Long-Term Sentinel-1 SAR Data in the Lombok Strait, Indonesia by Chonnaniyah, Abd. Rahman As-Syakur, I Made Dharma Raharja, Takahiro Osawa

“…This research demonstrates the utility of remote sensing techniques, such as SAR, in detecting ISW surface signatures, although biases remain compared to in situ measurements due to limitations in temporal resolution and environmental factors.…”
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Toward Hand Gesture Recognition Using a Channel-Wise Cumulative Spike Train Image-Driven Model by Yang Yu, Zeyu Zhou, Yang Xu, Chen Chen, Weichao Guo, Xinjun Sheng

“…Specifically, the cw-CSTs of motor units were decomposed from high-density surface electromyography using a spatial spike detection algorithm and were further reconstructed into images according to their spatial recording positions. …”
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Vegetation coverage patterns in the “mountain–basin” system of arid regions: Driving force contribution, non-stationarity, and threshold effects by Rou Ma, Zhengyong Zhang, Lin Liu, Mingyu Zhang, Chen Ma, Yu Cao, Yu Gao, Xueying Zhang, Xinyi Liu, Jiayi Zhang, Zifan Yuan

“…The NDVI was highly heterogeneous in mountainous and oasis areas and relatively homogeneous in basins. (3) A scale effect was observed. The detection results of the GD model differed between the Xinjiang and mountain scales. (4) Temperature (Tem), relative humidity (Rh), and precipitation (Pre) had positive effects on NDVI changes, whereas land surface temperature (LST) and summer temperature had negative effects. …”
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Fabrication of serum-based SERS-tailored 3D structures for thyroid cancer diagnosis by Sunwoo Park, Yeongsu Jo, Sung-Jo Kim, Thanh Mien Nguyen, Min Jin Lee, Ji Hyun Bae, Hyung Woo Lee, Dongwon Yi, Jin-Woo Oh

“…Abstract Early detection of thyroid cancer improves patient survival rate from 51.9% to 99.9%. …”
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Photonic silver iodide nanostructures for optical biosensors by Humaira Aslam, Nazia Nusrat, Manel Mansour, Ali Umar, Aman Ullah, Shehla Honey, Muhammad Jehanzeb Sohail, Mustansar Abbas, Muhammad Waseem Aslam, Misbah Ullah Khan

“…Silver iodide (AgI) nanostructures have been considered as promising candidates for optical biosensors owing to their optical characteristics of optical properties, including tunable surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and fluorescence enhancement. …”
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Baseline morbidity in 2,990 adult African volunteers recruited to characterize laboratory reference intervals for future HIV vaccine clinical trials. by Wendy Stevens, Anatoli Kamali, Etienne Karita, Omu Anzala, Eduard J Sanders, Walter Jaoko, Pontiano Kaleebu, Joseph Mulenga, Len Dally, Pat Fast, Jill Gilmour, Bashir Farah, Josephine Birungi, Peter Hughes, Olivier Manigart, Gwynn Stevens, Sarah Yates, Helen Thomson, Andrea von Lieven, Marietta Krebs, Matt A Price, Lisa Stoll-Johnson, Nzeera Ketter

“…Once enrolled, principle reasons for exclusion from analysis included detection of Hepatitis B surface antigen (106/280, 38%) and antibodies against Hepatitis C (95, 34%). …”
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Simulation of acute respiratory viral infections pathogen spread in dentists by D. Yu. Ivanov, O. M. Drozdova, Yu. V. Zakharova, E. A. Te, O. A. Shelepanova

“…We have also found a frequent contamination of the inner surface of glasses (40.00% [95% CI 5.27-85.34]) and a medical mask (80.00% [95% CI 28.36-99.49]).Conclusion. …”
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Evaluating vertical transmission of sexually transmitted infections to newborns by Dinamene Oliveira, João Piedade, Rita Castro, Ângela Lopes, Maria do Rosário Martins, Filomena Pereira

“…Results: Hepatitis B virus DNA genotype E was detected in 3/41 (7.3%) newborns from HBsAg (hepatitis B surface antigen) positive mothers. …”
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Evaluation of tumor targets selected from public genomic databases for imaging of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Nada Badr, Luca Ten Elshof, Ruben D. Houvast, Lysanne D. A. N. de Muynck, A. Stijn L. P. Crobach, Gerard J. P. van Westen, Ronald L. P. van Vlierberghe, J. Sven D. Mieog, Alexander L. Vahrmeijer, Peter J. K. Kuppen

“…RNA expression data from over 4000 cell surface genes, obtained from public genomic databases, were analyzed to identify genes encoding PDAC-associated proteins. …”
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Investigation of Riverbank Peat Erosion in a small Alpine catchment by Multi-Temporal Point Cloud Change Analysis and Time Series Clustering by J. Wang, R. Eskandari, C. Lin, J. Mészáros, L. Obrecht, E. Rowe, J. Salzinger, M. Rutzinger, A. Mayr

“…Moreover, the relationship between peatland erosion and main channel migration is investigated based on a set of surface elevation transects and multi-temporal mapping of the main channels. …”
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From Farm to Slaughter: Tracing Antimicrobial Resistance in a Poultry Short Food Chain by Andrea Laconi, Roberta Tolosi, Claudia Chirollo, Cristiana Penon, Giacomo Berto, Francesco Galuppo, Alessandra Piccirillo

“…Eleven fecal, 76 slaughterhouse surface, 11 cecal, and 11 carcass samples, from 11 poultry farms belonging to the same short food chain, were analyzed in the study. …”
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Functionalisation of AgInS2/ZnS TQDs with 4-aminophenyl boronic acid for the development of a spectrofluorometric method for digoxin determination in pharmaceutical samples by Jose A. Rodriguez, Alfredo Guevara-Lara, Carlos Ángel-Jijón, Raybel Muñoz

“…Proposed method exhibits optimal analytical parameters: detection limit of 1.90 μM, a linear range from 5.70 to 80.00 μM, appropriate repeatability, reproducibility (%RSD <5.0 %) and adequate selectivity for digoxin in the pharmaceutical samples evaluated. …”
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Benchmarking passive-microwave-satellite-derived freeze–thaw datasets by A. Bartsch, X. Muri, M. Hetzenecker, K. Rautiainen, H. Bergstedt, J. Wuite, T. Nagler, D. Nicolsky

“…<p>Satellite-derived soil surface state has been identified to be of added value for a wide range of applications. …”
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Rapid and cost-efficient approach for non-contact measurement in experimental mechanics by Ondrej Piroh, Jaroslav Majko, Marián Handrik, Milan Vaško, Jakub Cienciala, Michal Šofer, Martin Fusek, Milan Sága

“…This paper introduces a novel approach that leverages object boundary detection for non-contact displacement measurement in tensile testing. …”
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RGB and Point Cloud-Based Intelligent Grading of Pepper Plug Seedlings by Fengwei Yuan, Guoning Ma, Qinghao Zeng, Jinghong Liu, Zhang Xiao, Zhenhong Zou, Xiangjiang Wang

“…However, most current grading methods can only detect seedling emergence but cannot classify the emerged seedlings. …”
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A Review on Optical Biosensors for Monitoring of Uric Acid and Blood Glucose Using Portable POCT Devices: Status, Challenges, and Future Horizons by Kermue Vasco Jarnda, Heng Dai, Anwar Ali, Prince L. Bestman, Joanna Trafialek, Garmai Prosperity Roberts-Jarnda, Richmond Anaman, Mohamed Gbanda Kamara, Pian Wu, Ping Ding

“…Among these, optical biosensors have emerged as promising tools for the detection of critical biomarkers such as uric acid (UA) and blood glucose. …”
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Identifying and measuring the severity of somatic symptom disorder using the Self-reported Somatic Symptom Scale-China (SSS-CN): a research protocol for a diagnostic study by Meng Jiang, Weituo Zhang, Xuan Su, Chuang Gao, Bingxu Chen, Zehao Feng, Jialiang Mao, Jun Pu

“…Introduction The detection rate of somatic symptom disorder (SSD) in general hospitals is unsatisfactory. …”
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Immunophenotypic features of bone marrow tumor cell in Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia: B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnostics opportunities by I. A. Demina, T. Yu. Verzhbitskaya, S. A. Kashpor, S. A. Plyasunova, M. E. Dubrovina, L. G. Fechina, N. V. Myakova, E. V. Samochatova, A. A. Maschan, A. M. Popov

“…Nevertheless immunoglobulin heavy and light chains detection on the cell surface could meet several biological and methodological pitfals. …”
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Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage before breast reconstruction: antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation, and virulence genes—a single center in vitro observation by Sylwia Jarzynka, Anna Koryszewska-Bagińska, Tomasz Nowikiewicz, Tomasz Nowikiewicz, Anna Szczepańska, Gabriela Olędzka, Maria Szymankiewicz

“…The most frequently detected virulence genes included sarA (100%), an activator of protein A; cna (100%), encoding collagen adhesin; blaZ (100%), associated with β-lactamase production; the icaADBC operon (82–100%), responsible for extracellular polysaccharide synthesis and intracellular adhesion; and bap (36%), encoding a surface-associated biofilm protein.ResultsMost isolates (79–100%) demonstrated a strong capacity for biofilm formation and exopolysaccharide production, confirmed by independent methods. …”
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