Municipal waste management performance: a focus on Slovakia and its LAU-1 districts by Eleonóra Marišová, Peter Fandel

“…Our results reveal significant variations in efficiency across the LAU-1 districts. …”
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Developing Species-Age Cohorts from Forest Inventory and Analysis Data to Parameterize a Forest Landscape Model by Richard H. Odom, W. Mark Ford

“…Simulating long-term, landscape level changes in forest composition requires estimates of stand age to initialize succession models. …”
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Standing balance of single-legged hopping robot model using reinforcement learning approach in the presence of external disturbances by S. Mohamad Hoseinifard, Majid Sadedel

“…The research involves an initial design for the robot model followed by the introduction of a multi-phase composite control system. …”
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Evaluation of water supply function in the Economic Belt of the Northern Slope of the Tianshan Mountains based on the InVEST model by Wei Liu, Hao Tian, Xingang Xu, Guang Yang

“…The Economic Belt of the Northern Slope of the Tianshan Mountains (EBNSTM) is a composite ecosystem with mountains, oases, and desert areas; it also serves as an active area for anthropogenic activities. …”
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A systematic review of the current application status of decision-analytical models in the pharmacoeconomic evaluation of targeted therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension by Wenxing Dong, Zhe Zhang, Xiaodan Wang, Xiaolong Ma, Mingming Chu, Yulian Li, Xing Xiang, Cheng Peng, Rong Zhang

“…The characteristics of each study and the compositional details of the decision-analytical models are extracted. …”
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Achieving excellent mechanical properties in CoNiCrMo multi-principal element alloys: A comprehensive approach integrating mean square atomic displacement and machine learning meth... by Yang Long, Wei Fang, Haoyang Yu, Tiexu Peng, Cong Li, Weiguang Liu, Chang Liu, Qinghe Jia, Yushui Chen, Jia Li, Fuxing Yin

“…The results indicate electronegativity difference is the descriptor of the highest importance in the lattice distortion prediction of the ML model. Meanwhile, the MSAD value is basically the same as the electronegativity difference value with compositional variation, which provides an important reference for alloy design. …”
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Model Evaluation the Effect of Size, Shape and Surface Condition of Apatite Nanocrystals on the Deviation of Ca / P ratio from stoichiometric by S.N. Danilchenko

“…The causes of Са / Р ratio deviation in biological apatites from stoichiometric one were discussed. By the simple model evaluation Са / Р ratio was shown to deviate from stoichiometric one because of small sizes of crystals, and peculiarities in chemical composition of their facets. …”
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Trait-Based Modeling of Surface Cooling Dynamics in Olive Fruit Using Thermal Imaging and Mixed-Effects Analysis by Eddy Plasquy, José M. Garcia, Maria C. Florido, Anneleen Verhasselt

“…Surface temperature was recorded using infrared thermal imaging, and morphological and compositional traits were quantified. Temperature decay was modeled using Newton’s Law of Cooling, extended with a quadratic time term to capture nonlinear trajse thectories. …”
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Study on time effect and prediction model of shear strength of root-soil complex under dry-wet cycle by Zhengjun Mao, Xu Ma, Yuncen Liu, Mimi Geng, Yanshan Tian, Jiewen Sun, Zhijie Yang

“…The research focused on analyzing the time variation law of the shear strength index and deformation index of the alfalfa root-loess complex under dry-wet cycles. …”
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Modeling the Energy-dependent Broadband Variability in the Black Hole Transient GX 339–4 Using AstroSat and NICER by Hitesh Tanenia, Akash Garg, Ranjeev Misra, Somasri Sen

“…We present a spectro-timing analysis of the black hole X-ray transient GX 339–4 using simultaneous observations from AstroSat and the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) during the 2021 outburst period. …”
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National-scale mapping topsoil organic carbon of cropland in China using multitemporal Sentinel-2 images by Jie Xue, Xianglin Zhang, Songchao Chen, Zhongxing Chen, Rui Lu, Feng Liu, Bas van Wesemael, Zhou Shi

“…Additionally, a list of environmental covariates was prepared based on SCORPAN model. Finally, bootstrapping random forest models were fitted using the covariates selected through forward recursive feature selection (FRFS), and the spatial prediction SOC map was created. …”
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Understanding the Effects of Social Value Orientations in Shaping Regulatory Outcomes through Agent-Based Modeling: An Application in Organic Farming by Saba Siddiki, Christopher Frantz

“…Specifically, we employ agent-based modeling as a tool suited to understanding emergent behaviors to assess how variation in the social value orientations of farmers participating in the United States’ voluntary organic farming regulatory program may shape aggregate and sub-group compliance. …”
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Inter-layer multi-material powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of a chainmail-like 3D interlocking bonding structure by Zixiong Lin, Hongchun Wu, Zheng Zhang, Jianghong Huang, Wenxiong Lin, Hailong Shao, Jinni Shen, Yuchao Wang, Fengyi Zhang, Mingsong Zheng, Shoufeng Yang

“…Cross-interface microhardness mapping indicates powder-spreading-direction-dependent hardness variations. This work establishes a paradigm for bioinspired anisotropic engineering composites (numerous 100-μm-scale structural features), where Ti64 governs strength via architectural control while CP-Ti enhances damage tolerance through strain delocalisation, offering direct implications for load-adaptive aerospace structures.…”
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Investigation of parallel joint density thresholds for granite tunnel failure based on physical model experiments and multiscale monitoring techniques by Huai-Sheng Xu, Shao-Jun Li, Ding-Ping Xu, Quan Jang, Liu Liu, Min-Zong Zheng, Xu-Feng Liu

“…This study systematically investigates the impact of parallel joint density on the failure behavior of hard rock tunnels by integrating physical model tests with acoustic emission (AE), digital image correlation (DIC), and discrete element method (DEM) techniques. …”
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Proteomic Analysis of Tear Films in Healthy Female and Male Dogs Using MALDI-TOF (Matrix Assisted Laser Desortion/Ionization Time-of-Flight) Mass Spectrometry by Dagmara Winiarczyk, Mateusz Winiarczyk, Katarzyna Michalak

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Age, Conditions and Sources of Igneous Rocks of Gora Rudnaya (Southern Yakutia) by V. E. Guzev, V. I. Leontiev, B. V. Belyatsky, A. V. Terekhov, A. V. Molchanov

“…Variations in the initial isotopic composition of neodymium ((143Nd/144Nd) : from 0.511375 to 0.511636) in the studied samples are probably due to the heterogeneity of the source composition. …”
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Critical technical parameters of large-diameter multi-stage casing drilling for mine rescue by Chao XU, Ningping YAO, Lei JIANG, Hongjie TIAN, Zhi LIU, Ning ZHU

“…MethodsThis study designed supporting three-stage large-diameter casings and large-diameter spiral drill rods, followed by a mechanical analysis of large-diameter casings in the composite casing drilling process. Accordingly, this study established a model for the movement and mechanical analysis of drilling tools. …”
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Spatial and temporal model for WQI prediction based on back-propagation neural network, application on EL MERK region (Algerian southeast) by Saber Kouadri, Samir Kateb, Rachid Zegait

“…Based on WQI results, the groundwater of MioPliociene is classified as good and poor water in 34.5% and 65.5% of the samples, respectively. The seasonal variations of the chemical composition of water indicate a presence of NO3− and NO2− in an ascending way. …”
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Nonlinear forced vibration analysis of FG-CNTRC plates based on the 3D elasticity by Y. Gholami, R. Ansari, H. Rouhi

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Debonding Analysis of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Beam in High-Temperature Environment: An Enhanced Understanding on Sustainable Structure by Xiaoning Zhang, Jianwen Hao, Wei Hou, Jiancheng Yao, Yazhuo Wang, Xiaojian Su, Xiangyang Li

“…The relationship between temperature variations and debonding loads presented a changing linear trend, and a prediction model for the debonding load was also proposed. …”
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