Evaluating the environmental impact of cleaning the North Pacific Garbage Patch by Matthias Egger, Andy M. Booth, Thijs Bosker, Gert Everaert, Samantha L. Garrard, Vilma Havas, Helga S. Huntley, Albert A. Koelmans, Karin Kvale, Laurent Lebreton, Helge Niemann, Qiaotong Pang, Maira Proietti, Peter Puskic, Camille Richon, Sarah-Jeanne Royer, Matthew S. Savoca, Arjen Tjallema, Marjolein van Vulpen, Yanxu Zhang, Ziman Zhang, Denise M. Mitrano

“…Abstract Cleanup of existing plastic pollution is crucial to mitigate its impact on marine ecosystems, but such efforts must ensure benefits outweigh potential environmental damage caused by the cleanup. Here, we present an impact assessment framework and apply it to evaluate whether cleaning the North Pacific Garbage Patch (NPGP) benefits marine life and carbon cycling, using The Ocean Cleanup as a case study. …”
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Bioaerosols in Agriculture: A Comprehensive Approach for Sustainable Crop Health and Environmental Balance by Njomza Gashi, Zsombor Szőke, Péter Fauszt, Péter Dávid, Maja Mikolás, Ferenc Gál, László Stündl, Judit Remenyik, Melinda Paholcsek

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Improved Patch-Mix Transformer and Contrastive Learning Method for Sound Classification in Noisy Environments by Xu Chen, Mei Wang, Ruixiang Kan, Hongbing Qiu

“…Firstly, a combination of data augmentation techniques is introduced to enrich environmental sounds. Then, the Patch-Mix feature fusion scheme randomly mixes patches of the enhanced and noisy spectrograms during the Transformer’s patch embedding. …”
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Effects of Urbanization on Ventral Patch Size and Phenotypic Correlates of Patch Expression in Male Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) by Breanna J. Putman, Bayley Stevens, Nina A. Fresco, Emily R. Urquidi

“…We compared three aspects of male ventral color patches between urban and natural populations: area of the throat patch, total area of the paired belly patches, and total area of the black borders of the belly patches. …”
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Silicon nanocolumn-based disposable and flexible ultrasound patches by Dong-Hyun Kang, Seonghun Cho, Hae Youn Kim, Shinyong Shim, Dong Hun Kim, Baren Jeong, Yoon Seong Lee, Eun-Ah Park, Whal Lee, Hyungmin Kim, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Maesoon Im, Jae-Woong Jeong, Byung Chul Lee

“…Abstract Traditional wearable ultrasound devices pose challenges concerning the rigidity and environmental impact of lead-based piezoelectric materials. …”
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Influences of Movement Behavior on Animal Distributions at Edges of Homogeneous Patches by Hilary C. Young, Tyler G. Reid, Lea A. Randall, Leanna E. Lachowsky, Danusha J. Foster, Chris J. Pengelly, Tanya Latty, Mary L. Reid

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Optimal number of stabilizer measurement rounds in an idling surface code patch by Áron Márton, János K. Asbóth

“…In this work, we numerically optimize the rate of these interventions: the number of stabilizer measurement rounds for a logical qubit encoded in a surface code patch and idling for a given time. We model the environmental noise on the circuit level, including gate errors, readout errors, amplitude and phase damping. …”
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Steady Flow Over a Finite Patch of Submerged Flexible Vegetation by Hyun Dong Kim, Xiao Yu, David Kaplan

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FlowerPatch: New Method to Measure Nectar Volume in Artificial Flowers by Edwin Lara-Perez, Jose Agosto Rivera, Tugrul Giray, Remi Megret Laboye, Edwin Flórez Gómez

“…This article proposes a new Flower Patch Nectar Sensor to address the problem of detecting and measuring nectar in artificial flowers used in experiments on pollinator behavior. …”
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Spatial risk patches of the Indian crested porcupine crop damage in southeastern Iran by Kamran Almasieh, Alireza Mohammadi

“…This study was conducted in southeastern Iran with two primary objectives: to identify the major environmental variables influencing spatial risk modeling and to pinpoint spatial risk patches and hotspots of agricultural damage caused by the Indian crested porcupine (ICP) in this region. …”
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Analysis of Stochastic Nicholson-Type Delay System under Markovian Switching on Patches by Xin Yi, Guirong Liu

“…Based on the influence of random environmental perturbations and the patch structure, we propose a stochastic Nicholson-type delay system under Markovian switching on patches. …”
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Surface Soil Organic Carbon Estimation Based on Habitat Patches in Southwest China by Jieyun Xiao, Wei Zhou, Ting Wang, Yao Peng, Zhan Shi, Saibo Li, Yang Li, Tianxiang Yue

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A Cross-Shaped Slotted Patch Sensor Antenna for Ice and Frost Detection by Rula Alrawashdeh

“…In this paper, a rectangular patch antenna with a cross slot is designed and proposed for water, ice, and frost detection. …”
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A Patch-Wise Mechanism for Enhancing Sparse Radar Echo Extrapolation in Precipitation Nowcasting by Yueting Wang, Hou Jiang, Tang Liu, Ling Yao, Chenghu Zhou

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Family resemblance in color‐patch size is not affected by stress experience in a cichlid fish by Angelika Ziegelbecker, Kristina M. Sefc

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Deep Learning‐Based Ion Channel Kinetics Analysis for Automated Patch Clamp Recording by Shengjie Yang, Jiaqi Xue, Ziqi Li, Shiqing Zhang, Zhang Zhang, Zhifeng Huang, Ken Kin Lam Yung, King Wai Chiu Lai

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Continual migration of patches within a Massachusetts seagrass meadow limits carbon accretion and storage by Rachel Schaefer, Phil Colarusso, Juliet C. Simpson, Alyssa Novak, Heidi Nepf

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'Berry Patch' - A New University of Florida Caladium Variety for Use in Sunny Landscapes and Containers by Zhanao Deng, Brent K. Harbaugh

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'Berry Patch' - A New University of Florida Caladium Variety for Use in Sunny Landscapes and Containers by Zhanao Deng, Brent K. Harbaugh

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Compressive strength and life cycle analysis of green patch repair mortar made by Portland Pozzolan Cement by Astuti Pinta, Firjatullah Daffa, Argenta Ataya Vini, Purnama Adhitya Yoga

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