Exploitation of OCO-3 Satellite Data to Analyse Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Mt. Etna Volcano by Vito Romaniello, Gaetana Ganci

“…The Snapshot Area Map (SAM) acquisition mode enables the capture of targeted snapshots over volcanic regions, allowing for the measurement of CO₂ concentrations in the vicinity of volcanic structures. In this work, we analyse 62 OCO-3 images acquired between 2020 and 2023, focusing on measurements within a 20 km radius of Mt. …”
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Shrinkage Mechanism of Laterite Modified by Lime and Metakaolin by Yunzhi Tan, Yan Hu, Rui Chen, Wenjing Sun

“…Moreover, metakaolin is composed of amorphous silicon and aluminium oxides and shared edge-face structures on the microscopic scale; hence, it can considerably capture calcium ions from a lime solution, generating cementitious hydrates in the interaggregates of laterite. …”
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Machine Learning in Biomedical Informatics: Optimizing Resource Allocation and Energy Efficiency in Public Hospitals by Agostino Marengo, Vito Santamato, Massimo Iacoviello

“…The study uses real-world data from 51 public hospitals across Southern and Northern Italy, ensuring a representative sample of diverse healthcare structures. It analyzes the interplay between hospital admission volumes, adherence to quality standards, operational efficiency, and energy costs. …”
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Comparing factor mixture modeling and conditional Gaussian mixture variational autoencoders for cognitive profile clustering by Matteo Orsoni, Sara Giovagnoli, Sara Garofalo, Noemi Mazzoni, Matilde Spinoso, Mariagrazia Benassi

“…While traditional methods like factor mixture modeling (FMM) have proven robust for identifying latent cognitive structures, recent advancements in deep learning may offer the potential to capture more intricate and complex cognitive patterns.MethodsThis study compares FMM (specifically, FMM-1 and FMM-2 models using age as a covariate) with a Conditional Gaussian Mixture Variational Autoencoder (CGMVAE). …”
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Optimization of geometry forms for wind mill mouth of the “rotor-in-socket” type by Vladimir A. Kostyukov, Mikhail Yu. Medvedev, Andrey N. Maevskiy, Nikolay K. Poluyanovich, Vasily V. Savchenko

“…Such wind power plants meet and exceed, at any rate upon the average, the corresponding classical vertical axis structures.…”
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Robust Low-Snapshot DOA Estimation for Sparse Arrays via a Hybrid Convolutional Graph Neural Network by Hongliang Zhu, Hongxi Zhao, Chunshan Bao, Yiran Shi, Wenchao He

“…The C-GNN architecture combines 1D convolutional layers for local spatial feature extraction with graph convolutional layers for global structural learning, effectively capturing both fine-grained and long-range array dependencies. …”
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Does corporate governance matter in elucidating factors that drive profitability in the insurance industry? by Florentina Kurniasari, Elissa Dwi Lestari

“…This suggests that structural governance alone is insufficient for profitability without accompanying firm-level strategic advantages. …”
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A Global ERA5-based Tropical Cyclone Wind Field Dataset Enhanced by Integrated Parametric Correction Methods by Gengbin Liu, Shuailong Jiang, Minglin Zheng, Sen Lin, Yang Kong, Peng Zhan

“…Existing reanalysis datasets, such as ERA5, typically underestimate peak wind speeds and inadequately capture inner-core structural characteristics of TCs. To address these limitations, we introduce a globally applicable, high-resolution TC wind field dataset reconstructed from ERA5 through an integrated parametric correction approach. …”
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Relationship between tissue stress during gait in healthy volunteers and patterns of urate deposition and bone erosion in gout: a biomechanical computational modelling study by Nicola Dalbeth, Gregory D Gamble, Michelle Deacon, Kumar Mithraratne, Justin Fernandez

“…Addition of BMI into linear regression models did not alter the findings.Conclusions These data do not support the concept that elevated internal tissue stress during biomechanical loading plays an important role in patterns of monosodium urate crystal deposition or structural damage in gout.…”
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LiSA-MobileNetV2: an extremely lightweight deep learning model with Swish activation and attention mechanism for accurate rice disease classification by Yongqi Xu, Dongcheng Li, Changcheng Li, Zheming Yuan, Zhijun Dai

“…These results demonstrate that combining structural simplification, advanced activation, and efficient attention mechanisms significantly improves CNN performance. …”
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Impact of service quality, communication, and financial aspects on kurash athletes performance through motivation by Muhammad Irwansyah Abdhi, Tomoliyus Tomoliyus, Endang Rini Sukamti

“…Methodology: This research employs a quantitative correlational approach, utilizing structural equation modeling (SEM) with SmartPLS 4 for student, complemented by regression analysis using SPSS. …”
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Multiple marginalized identities and internalized HIV stigma among people living with HIV in South Florida: An intersectional approach. by Megan A Jones, Elliott R Weinstein, Steven A Safren

“…PLWH and other marginalized identities may experience worse internalized HIV stigma due to minority stress and structural oppression. This study conceptualized intersectionality via a multiplicative approach and examined the associations between intersectional marginalized-group identities and internalized HIV stigma among a sample of PLWH in South Florida (N = 1343) using hierarchical linear regression models. …”
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Spherical nonthermal pulsational mode stability thermo-statistically moderated with extra-negative ions by Jonmoni Dutta, Ahmed Atteya, Pralay Kumar Karmakar

“…The nontrivial avenues of our study in realizing the Jeans-driven galactic structural unit formation processes, moderated actively with the presence of negative ions in diverse real astronomical circumstances are summarily indicated.…”
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Enhanced Single-Degree-of-Freedom Analysis of Thin Elastic Plates Subjected to Blast Loading Using an Energy-Based Approach by M. D. Goel, T. Thimmesh, P. Shirbhate, C. Bedon

“…Key assumptions of these models, on the other hand, can strongly affect the expected predictions, hence resulting in possible overconservative or misleading estimates for the response of real structural systems under extreme actions. Among others, the description of the input loads can be responsible for major design issues, thus requiring the use of more refined approaches. …”
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In vivo crosslinking and effective 2D enrichment for proteome wide interactome studies by Philipp Bräuer, Laszlo Tirian, Fränze Müller, Karl Mechtler, Manuel Matzinger

“…Abstract Cross-linking mass spectrometry has evolved as a powerful technique to study protein-protein interactions and to provide structural information. Low reaction efficiencies, and complex matrices lead to challenging system wide crosslink analysis. …”
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FINANCIAL SECTOR AND GROWTH PROCESS IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE'S FORMER SOCIALIST COUNTRIES: COULD A KALDORIAN CUMULATIVE CAUSATION APPROACH HELP TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LINKS BETWEE... by Stavroula DIMKOU, George MAKRIS

“…Our analysis allows us to postulate that, in a post-crisis period, conditions prevail for the potential appearance of future structural impasses of a cumulative nature, which could lead to a systemic crisis and leave the development process of the region's economies exposed.…”
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Employee Competence, Tri Hita Karana, and Compensation: Their Impact on Fraud Awareness in LPD by I Kadek Andy Asmarajaya, Luh Nik Oktarini, Ni Putu Ariyaniati Rahmayuni

“…Academically, this study enriches the literature on fraud prevention through a holistic approach that integrates cultural, structural, and personal aspects in the context of traditional institutions such as LPD.…”
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Leadership empowering behaviour as a predictor of employees' psychological well-being: Evidence from a cross-sectional study among secondary school teachers in Kohat Division, Paki... by Qaiser Suleman, Makhdoom Ali Syed, Saqib Shehzad, Ishtiaq Hussain, Alam Zeb Khattak, Irfan Ullah Khan, Muhammad Amjid, Iqleem Khan

“…Numerous organizations are struggling for structural changes by deserting the old-fashioned organizational management style and implementing an empowering leadership where leaders give more authority to subordinates in decision making and responsibilities with the aim to increase organizational productivity. …”
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Value-adding effect of foreign direct investment inflow on manufacturing: evidence from South Africa by Moreblessing Muneyinazvo Mano, Anthanasius Fomum Tita, Adefemi A. Obalade

“…The manufacturing sector drives economic growth and structural transformation by fostering job creation, innovation and exports. …”
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Reduced graphene oxide-based absorbance biosensors for detecting Escherichia coli DNA by Chau Nguyen Minh Hoang, Son Hai Nguyen, Mai Thi Tran

“…The functionalized reduced graphene oxide was successfully synthesized using a modified Hummers’ method, followed by a hydrothermal reduction step. Structural, morphological, and chemical properties of the reduced graphene oxide were confirmed through Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. …”
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