THREE-DIMENSIONAL GIS MODELING OF THE STRELTSOVSKAYA CALDERA’S COVER ON THE BASIS OF SURFACE RELIEF AND THE BASEMENT’S TOP DIGITAL MODELS by I. O. NAFIGIN, S. A. USTINOV, V. A. PETROV

“…The space between the constructed surfaces due  to the algorithm for creating closed framework of surfaces has been  transformed into a new object representing three-dimensional  volumetric model of the caldera volcano-sedimentary cover. …”
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A surface-modified graphene – carbon-based composite sensor for the voltammetric assessment of pyridoxine in food and pharmaceutical samples by Sharmila Battira Madappa, Jamballi Gangadarappa Manjunatha, Moulya Karnayana, Sameh Mahmoud Osman, Santanu Patra

“…The study of the impact of scan rate on the PYX analysis at the PGMGCPS surface revealed that the oxidation process is diffusion-controlled and at an optimum pH of 6.0 of PBS (phosphate buffer solution, 0.2 M) , the sensor demonstrated a detection limit (DL) of 0.09 × 10−7 M and 0.35 × 10−6 M through CV and DPV methods, respectively. …”
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Critical Role of Surface Properties in Passive Interstitial Fluid Extraction Using Polymeric Hollow Microneedles for Wearable Diagnostics by Ipek Atay, Emel Yilgör, Gürdeniz Neşer, Taher Abbasiasl, M. Baris Yagci, Iskender Yilgör, Levent Beker

“…As passive HMN extraction relies on capillary action, influence of surface morphology and wettability of microchannels are investigated. …”
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Landsat‐based remote sensing of surface water dynamics in southern African wetlands in drylands from 1986 to 2022 by Alexis Roy, Florence D. Hulot, Kamel Soudani

“…Annual and monthly frequency of water presence was calculated using a thresholding single water index based on the modified normalized detection water index. We assessed inter‐ and intra‐annual variations in water presence. …”
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Evaluation of the Level of Biotic and Abiotic Contamination of Surfaces Using the Principle of Light Absorption for the Purpose of Sanitary and Microbiological Control by O. V. Evdokimova, V. V. Biryukov, D. A. Rybakov, Yu. A. Kalinova

“…Determination of the possibility of use of the physical phenomenon of light absorption for detection of the pollutions and their quantification on surfaces made from various materials and on environmental objects with unequal conditions of use.Materials and methods. …”
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Deep Learning‐Based 3D Microseismic Event Direct Location Using Simultaneous Surface and Borehole Data by Yuanyuan Yang, Omar M. Saad, Tariq Alkhalifah

“…To bridge the capacities of surface and borehole arrays, we propose a deep learning model to directly locate microseismic events in 3D using seismic recordings from both surface and borehole sensors, based on the elastic medium assumption. …”
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Dynamic 3D profiling of microscale surface using a MEMS mirror laser differential confocal microscope by Qingjiu Chen, Donghai Yang, Feifei Wang, Wen Jung Li

“…Abstract Several advanced techniques have been used for 3D micro-surface profiling, such as white light interferometry, confocal microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. …”
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Recovering NDVI over lake surfaces: Initial insights from CYGNSS data enhanced by ERA-5 inputs by Yinqing Zhen, Qingyun Yan

“…Compared to the previous work on GNSS-R algal bloom detection with overall accuracy of 0.82, this work shows significant improvement in both accuracy and utility. …”
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Ultrasensitive Isomer Discrimination: A Joint Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Spectroscopy and Machine Learning Strategy by Verónica Montes‐García, Victor F. Martín, Manuel Obelleiro‐Liz, Ignacio Pérez‐Juste, Artur Ciesielski, Paolo Samorì

“…To overcome this grand challenge, a novel sensing strategy is proposed based on surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates (i.e., plasmonic platforms) combined with machine learning algorithms. …”
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PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAMINATION, WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE SURFACE WATERS OF THE SANGÃO RIVER, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL by Michele D. Freitas, Samira Leila Baldin, Eduardo P. Rico, James W. Barlow, Laíse D. S. Rosa, Silvia Dalbó, Tânia Mara Pizzolato, Patrícia A. Amaral

“…Due to the importance of the Sangão River, we evaluated the quality of its surface waters through detection of pharmaceutical contaminants and evaluation of physicochemical parameters. …”
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Loading of cast supporting structures of three-piece bogie 18-100 in the presence of defects on the surface of wheel rolling by O. G. Krasnov, G. S. Nozdrachev, А. S. Gasyuk

“…During uncoupling of cars, when wheel with slides more than 3 mm is detected, it needs to carry out flaw detection of side frames by NDT methods.…”
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A lightweight semantic segmentation method for concrete bridge surface diseases based on improved DeeplabV3+ by Zhiyuan Yu, Chunquan Dai, Xiaoming Zeng, Yunlong Lv, Haisheng Li

“…Abstract Due to the similar features of different diseases and insufficient semantic information of small area diseases in the surface disease image of concrete bridges, the existing semantic segmentation models for identifying surface diseases in concrete bridges suffer from problems such as large number of parameters, insufficient feature extraction, and low segmentation accuracy. …”
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Occurrences, spatial distributions, and ecological risks of organic ultraviolet absorbents in surface sediments from Taihu Lake, China by Wen Gu, Shuai Sun, Yinying Cai, Ziyan Du, Xiaohan Shan, Mengyuan Liang, Min Guo, Linjun Zhou, Yong Zhang

“…The occurrences and spatial distributions of eight organic ultraviolet absorbents (UVAs) were investigated in surface sediments from Taihu Lake, China. The detection frequencies and concentrations of UVAs in 2016 were significantly higher than those in 2015.2-Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate and homosalate (HMS) were the predominant UVAs in the sediment samples. …”
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Surface water quality assessment and probable health threats of metal exposure in the Tano South Municipality, Ahafo, Ghana by Jackson Adiyiah Nyantakyi, Lilian Sarpong, Roland Boadi Mensah, Samuel Wiafe

“…The prime goal of this study was to assess the surface water quality and the associated health risks for residents in the Tano South Municipality, Ghana. …”
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Active Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Platform Based on a 2D Material–Flexible Nanotip Array by Yong Bin Kim, Satyabrat Behera, Dukhyung Lee, Seon Namgung, Kyoung-Duck Park, Dai-Sik Kim, Bamadev Das

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Advanced Persistent Threats and Wireless Local Area Network Security: An In-Depth Exploration of Attack Surfaces and Mitigation Techniques by Hosam Alamleh, Laura Estremera, Shadman Sakib Arnob, Ali Abdullah S. AlQahtani

“…This paper provides a holistic security analysis of WLANs under the lens of APT threat models, categorizing APT actors by capability tiers and examining their ability to compromise WLANs through logical attack surfaces. The study identifies and explores three primary attack surfaces: Radio Access Control interfaces, compromised insider nodes, and ISP gateway-level exposures. …”
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Surface display of Nocardia seriolae HRP1 on Bacillus subtilis and its application as live vaccine for largemouth bass by Fengli Zhang, Ji-Tong Li, Tengyuan Zhang, Xiao Wang, Yuanyuan Yao, Zhigang Zhou

“…In this experiment, the highly antigenic HRP1 gene of Nocardia seriolae (N. seriolae) was displayed on the surface of Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis), and an oral vaccine (HRP1-cotC-B. subtilis) was successfully developed. …”
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Design and Implementation of a Dual Uncrewed Surface Vessel Platform for Bathymetry Research Under High-Flow Conditions by Dinesh Kumar, Amin Ghorbanpour, Kin Yen, Iman Soltani

“…These measurements, critical for infrastructure health monitoring and hazard detection, often require prohibitively expensive sensory equipment and stable measurement conditions. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of a multimodal intervention package on surface cleaning and disinfection in Brazilian neonatal intensive care units by Maria Heloisa do Nascimento Silva, Caroline Lopes Ciofi-Silva, Verusca Soares de Souza, Daniel de Macêdo Rocha, Alvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Alvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Adriana M. S. Felix, Aires Garcia dos Santos Júnior

“…A total of 864 evaluations were carried out according to the monitoring methods: adenosine triphosphate, visual inspection, microbial load counting, and detection of Staphylococcus aureus and testing for its methicillin resistance (MRSA) in each unit over 4 months, evaluating six high-frequency touch surfaces, before and after cleaning and disinfection carried out by nursing and sanitizing professionals.ResultsWhen comparing the effect of the package in the two units (public and private), no significant differences were found in the proportions of MRSA-positive surfaces in all the phases evaluated. …”
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Convolutional neural networks for sea surface data assimilation in operational ocean models: test case in the Gulf of Mexico by O. Zavala-Romero, O. Zavala-Romero, A. Bozec, E. P. Chassignet, J. R. Miranda, J. R. Miranda

“…The CNNs are trained to replicate the increments generated by the T-SIS data assimilation package, aiming to correct model forecasts of sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface height (SSH). …”
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