Mapping Landscape Spaces by Mei Liu

“…While combining design vocabulary and landscape indicators, qualitative and quantitative mapping approaches, visual representation and interpretation methods, this research aims to provide a framework for describing, understanding, and communicating about spatial-visual characteristics in landscape design. …”
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The spatial-temporal distribution of hepatitis B virus infection in China,2006–2018 by Liping Jiao, Tuo Shen, Yingzi Han, Wen Liu, Wei Liu, Lin Dang, Mingmin Wei, Yunyun Yang, Jingjing Guo, Meirong Miao, Xiangming Xu

“…To better understand the epidemiological characteristics of hepatitis B in China and develop effective disease control strategies, we employed temporal and spatial statistical methods. Methods We obtained HBV incidence data from the Public Health Science Data Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the years 2006 to 2018. …”
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Range–Null Space Decomposition With Frequency-Oriented Mamba for Spectral Superresolution by Meimei Weng, Jianjun Liu, Jinlong Yang, Zebin Wu, Liang Xiao

“…Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves excellent performance.…”
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Image Quality of Digital Direct Flat-Panel Mammography Versus an Indirect Small-Field CCD Technique Using a High-Contrast Phantom by Kathrin Barbara Krug, Hartmut Stützer, Peter Frommolt, Julia Boecker, Henning Bovenschulte, Volker Sendler, Klaus Lackner

“…The greatest agreement with the gold standard was observed for beads >400 𝜇m in diameter across all methods. Conclusion. Stereotactic spot images taken by 1024 matrix CCD technique are diagnostically equivalent to direct digital flat-panel mammograms for visualizing simulated microcalcifications >400 𝜇m in diameter.…”
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Validation of a Novel Virtual Reality Simulator for Robotic Surgery by Henk W. R. Schreuder, Jan E. U. Persson, Richard G. H. Wolswijk, Ingmar Ihse, Marlies P. Schijven, René H. M. Verheijen

“…Methods. A comparative cohort study was performed. …”
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Near Miss Detection Using Distancing Monitoring and Distance-Based Proximal Indicators by Lek Ming Lim, Lu Yang, Wen Zhu, Ahmad Sufril Azlan Mohamed, Majid Khan Majahar Ali

“…The experiment employed methods for vehicle detection through the monitoring system. …”
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Towards a fully automated underwater census for fish assemblages in the Mediterranean Sea by Kilian Bürgi, Charles Bouveyron, Diane Lingrand, Benoit Derijard, Frédéric Precioso, Cécile Sabourault

“…In most cases, Underwater Visual Census (UVC) is the preferred method, however this can be costly in terms of human effort and is limited by meteorological and logistical factors. …”
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Design of Large-Scale Hybrid, Hydrogen and Battery, and Energy Storage Systems for Grid Applications by Marvin Dorn, Jonas Lotze, Uwe Kuehnapfel, Andre Weber, Veit Hagenmeyer

“…A program developed as part of this work to implement the methods, visualizes the system, displays the system parameters, and shows the best-case and worst-case capital expenditures. …”
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Development and evaluation of anthocyanin-betacyanin colorimetric films for real-time monitoring of the freshness of different meats by Jin-Kui Ma, Qian-Ru Lin, Zhi-Yao Liu, Jia-Min Wang, Xin Peng, Yu-Tong Lin, Li-Zhen Nie, Xiao-Chen Huang

“…Methods: Films were formulated using anthocyanin (AHO) and betacyanin (BTA) from purple cabbage and red dragon fruit, respectively, embedded within PVA and CMC-Na matrix. …”
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Lightweight Dual-Stream SAR–ATR Framework Based on an Attention Mechanism-Guided Heterogeneous Graph Network by Xuying Xiong, Xinyu Zhang, Weidong Jiang, Tianpeng Liu, Yongxiang Liu, Li Liu

“…Current methods synthetic aperture radar–automatic target recognition (SAR–ATR) research methods still struggle with overfitting due to small amounts of training data, as well as black-box opacity and high computational requirements. …”
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Influence of Reduced Molar Mass of Low-Acyl Gellan Gum on Weak Gel Formation and Rheological Properties by Nina G. Mikusheva, Ivan M. Zorin, Alexander S. Gubarev, Alexandr V. Ievlev, Olga V. Volina, Nikolai V. Tsvetkov

“…The derived sample was characterized by NMR, FTIR, ICPE, and viscometry methods. The characteristics were compared with commercially available gellan gum Gelzan™. …”
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ATIS-Driven 3DCNet: A Novel Three-Stream Hyperspectral Fusion Framework with Knowledge from Downstream Classification Performance by Quan Zhang, Jian Long, Jun Li, Chunchao Li, Jianxin Si, Yuanxi Peng

“…Reconstructing high-resolution hyperspectral images (HR-HSIs) by fusing low-resolution hyperspectral images (LR-HSIs) and high-resolution multispectral images (HR-MSIs) is a significant challenge in image processing. Traditional fusion methods focus on visual and statistical metrics, often neglecting the requirements of downstream tasks. …”
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Conservative Management of Spontaneous Isolated Dissection of the Superior Mesenteric Artery by Jae Hyun Kwon, Yoon Hee Han, Jun Kyu Lee

“…The mean initial abdominal visual analog pain score was 7 (range, 5–9) in seven patients. …”
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Etanercept in axial spondyloarthritis – treatment efficacy by I. Z. Gaydukova, O. V. Inamova, R. R. Samigullina, A. L. Chudinov, A. S. Bychkova

“…Descriptive statistics methods were used.Results. In clinical studies and in real word practice, etanercept has shown high efficiency in reducing clinical, laboratory and visual manifestations of non-radiographic and radiographic axial spondyloarthritis at early and advanced stages of their development.Conclusions. …”
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DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR THE FORMATION OF GLAUCOMATOUS OPTIC NEUROPATHY AT THE VARIOUS STAGES OF THE DISEASE by A. G. Shchuko, Y. S. Pyatova, T. N. Iureva, A. S. Grishchuk

“…Purpose: to identify the most informative diagnostic criteria for the formation of glaucomatous optic neuropathy at various stages of the pathological process. Methods: 94 people with early stages of glaucoma were examined using spectral optical tomography, chromatic methods of perimetry, electroretinography and electrophysiological examination. …”
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SkinHealthMate app: An AI-powered digital platform for skin disease diagnosis by Amina Aboulmira, Mohamed Lachgar, Hamid Hrimech, Aboudramane Camara, Charafeddine Elbahja, Amine Elmansouri, Yassine Hassini

“…Accurate diagnosis of skin diseases remains a significant challenge due to the inherent limitations of traditional visual and manual examination methods. These conventional approaches, while essential to dermatological practice, are prone to misdiagnoses and delays in treatment, particularly for conditions like skin cancer. …”
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Effects of a Postural Hammock in People with Chronic Neck Pain and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial by José Manuel Delfa-De-La-Morena, Juan-José Mijarra-Murillo, Víctor Navarro-López, Diego Fernández-Vázquez

“…While both groups showed improvements, the experimental group exhibited significant increases in hamstring flexibility and pain tolerance, measured through the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and pressure pain thresholds (PPT). …”
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Images syndicales du travail cheminot. Les archives photographiques du Landesverband au Luxembourg  by Sébastien Moreau

“…By studying the photographic archives of the Landesverband, a major railway workers' union in Luxembourg, this article aims to give an account of the reasons for and methods of producing and disseminating trade union iconography relating to the railway sector. …”
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Cartographier un territoire « cycloné » : Saint-Martin après le passage de l’ouragan Irma (Antilles du Nord, sept. 2017) by Thomas Candela, Frédéric Leone, Matthieu Péroche, Martin Robustelli

“…In addition, we take into account acquisition methods, the meteorological context and diagnostic deviations as crucial parameters with uncertainties. …”
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Modified costotransverse approach combined with autologous iliac bone graft fusion and internal fixation in thoracic tuberculosis by Mengcheng Wei, Shishuang Zhang, Qingbo Li, Lei Cai, Junlong Zhou, Weijun Liu

“…All patients were treated by the same surgical team, which also used other methods to perform surgeries on other patients (non-participants) during the study period. …”
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