Quantifying uncertainty in anthropogenic causes of injury and mortality for an endangered baleen whale by Daniel W. Linden, Jeffrey A. Hostetler, Richard M. Pace III, Lance P. Garrison, Amy R. Knowlton, Véronique Lesage, Rob Williams, Michael C. Runge

“…We examined variation in the hazard rates of severe injury and mortality due to entanglements in fishing gear and vessel strikes as explained by temporal patterns and the age and reproductive status of the individual. …”
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Interpretation of Recent Unrest Events (Bradyseism) at Campi Flegrei, Napoli (Italy): Comparison of Models Based on Cyclical Hydrothermal Events versus Shallow Magmatic Intrusive E... by A. Lima, R. J. Bodnar, B. De Vivo, F. J. Spera, H. E. Belkin

“…Faults and fractures promote outgassing and reduce the vertical uplift rate depending on fluid pressure gradients and spatial and temporal variations in the permeability field. The miniuplift episodes also show “bradyseism signatures” and are well explained in the context of the short timescale process.…”
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Quantitative assessment of colour fundus photography in hyperopia children based on artificial intelligence by Yuan Zhang, Yingting Zhu, Zhirong Wang, Yue Xiao, Yehong Zhuo, Zhidong Li, Guitong Ye, Jianqi Chen, Ruiyu Luo, Rui Xie, Jinan Zhan

“…In the univariate analysis, axial length was significantly associated with smaller superior NRR width (β=−3.030, p<0.001), smaller temporal NRR width (β=−1.469, p=0.020) and smaller vessel diameter (β=−0.076, p<0.001). …”
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PreciPalm: An Intelligent System for Calculating Macronutrient Status and Fertilizer Recommendations for Oil Palm on Mineral Soils Based on a Precision Agriculture Approach by Kudang Boro Seminar, Harry Imantho, null Sudradjat, Sudirman Yahya, Sirojul Munir, Indra Kaliana, Fajar Mei Haryadi, Awalia Noor Baroroh, null Supriyanto, Gani Cahyo Handoyo, Arif Kurnia Wijayanto, Cecep Ijang Wahyudin, null Liyantono, Rhavif Budiman, Achmad Bakir Pasaman, Dwi Rusiawan, null Sulastri

“…Precision agriculture (PA) principles and approaches, which focus on assessing temporal and spatial variability, can be used to improve conventional measurement methods in terms of both accuracy and speed. …”
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Comparing the Efficacy of Two Cognitive Screening Tools in Identifying Gray and White Matter Brain Damage among Older Adults by Paula Andreatta Maduro, Manoel Pereira Guimarães, Mateus de Sousa Rodrigues, Ana Paula Pereira Rolim Coimbra Pinto, Américo Alves da Mota Junior, Alaine Souza Lima Rocha, Juliana Magalhães Duarte Matoso, Bruno Bavaresco Gambassi, Paulo Adriano Schwingel

“…Cognitive impairment and medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy were found to be associated (p=0.001), exhibiting higher mean volume scales of the MTL atrophied area in the MoCI group (p<0.001). …”
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Tracking shoreline change using minimum convolution of Gaussian weight and squared differences by Hojun Yoo, Hyoseob Kim, Tae Soon Kang, Jin Young Park, Jong Beom Kim

“…Detecting and responding appropriately to temporal changes in the shoreline is an important task for protecting coasts. …”
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Validation of energy valley optimization for adaptive fuzzy logic controller of DFIG-based wind turbines by Basem E. Elnaghi, Ahmed M. Ismaiel, Fathy El Sayed Abdel-Kader, M. N. Abelwhab, Reham H. Mohammed

“…Notably, the EVOA-AFLCs exhibit rapid temporal response, a high rate of convergence, reduced peak overshoot, diminished undershoot, and significantly lower steady-state error. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of the synergistic effects of pollution control and carbon reduction in China by Qinggang Meng, Xiaolan Chen, Hui Wang, Wanfang Shen, Peixin Duan, Xinyue Liu

“…The distribution patterns, transition probabilities, and driving mechanisms of the CCD of PCCR are explored using kernel density estimation, Markov chains, and geographically and temporally weighted regression (GTWR). The findings indicate that a preliminary model for coordinated development in PCCR has been established. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics and prevention strategies of cervical cancer incidence in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: an ecological study by Mathewos Assefa, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Teferi Gedif Fenta, Tariku Shimels

“…Objective This study analysed the spatial and temporal patterns of cervical cancer incidence in Addis Ababa from 2012 to 2021.Design An ecological study was conducted from 1 September to 30 November 2023 to examine the spatiotemporal trends of cervical cancer incidence.Setting The research was conducted in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.Participants Included were all patients with clinically and/or histopathologically confirmed diagnoses of cervical cancer.Data analysis The study employed advanced analytical tools including R programming, Quantum Geographic Information System V.3.36.0, GeoDa V.1.2.2 and System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses GIS V.9.3.2. …”
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Effect of High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Patients with Post-Stroke Comorbid Cognitive Impairment and Depression by YANG Jinghan, LI Yamei, YU Qian

“…Compared with the control group, gray matter density in the left head and face regions of precentral gyrus, and the left caudal area of middle temporal gyrus of the observation group were higher, while gray matter density in the left medioventral occipital cortex and right middle frontal gyrus were lower, and the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).ConclusionHigh-frequency rTMS can improve cognitive function and depression of patients with PSCCID, and the mechanism may be related to the increase of the gray matter density in local brain regions.…”
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Global, regional, and national esophageal cancer deaths and DALYs attributable to diet low in vegetables and fruits, 1990–2019: analysis for the global burden of disease study by Bing Cui, Aqin Chen, Chengcheng Xu

“…BackgroundThis study aimed to comprehensively assess the global, regional, and national burden of esophageal cancer (EC) attributable to inadequate vegetable and fruit intake from 1990 to 2019 and explore the potential impact of existing dietary intervention programs on EC prevention.MethodsUsing the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (GBD 2019) database, we conducted descriptive analyses stratified by age, sex, Socio-demographic Index (SDI), and regional levels. Temporal trends were assessed using linear regression models, and cluster analysis was employed to explore burden patterns across different GBD regions. …”
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Trends and determinants of obesity among ever-married women aged 15–49 in India: insights from National Family Health Surveys (NFHS 1998–2021) by Aditya Singh, Sadanand Karun, Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Rakesh Chandra, Shivani Singh

“…Binary logistic regression was used to explore the association of obesity with socioeconomic, demographic, and temporal factors. Results Over the study period, obesity among ever-married women of reproductive age (EMWRA) in India has shown a startling increase, tripling from 5.1% (95% CI: 4.7–5.5) in 1998-99 to 15.7% (15.4–15.9) in 2019-21. …”
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Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot clinical trial with gamma-band transcranial alternating current stimulation for the treatment of schizophrenia refractory auditor... by Xiaojuan Wang, Xiaochen Zhang, Yuan Chang, Jingmeng Liao, Shuang Liu, Dong Ming

“…In this work, we applied a frontal-temporal-parietal 40 Hz-tACS stimulation strategy for treating auditory hallucinations and further explored the effect of tACS on functional connectivity of brain networks. 32 schizophrenia patients with refractory auditory hallucinations received 20daily 20-min, 40 Hz, 1 mA sessions of active or sham tACS on weekdays for 4 consecutive weeks, followed by a 2-week follow-up period without stimulation. …”
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Exploring the Functional Brain Activity of Motor Control of Abdominal Muscle Associated with Voluntary Voiding Based on Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by SHI Yinshuang, WANG Menghuan, PAN Yingying, LIN Feng

“…Brain activity under the corresponding no-abdominal muscle-contraction task was used as a baseline to analyze the cortical activities specific to abdominal muscle contractions in these two different states.ResultsAbdominal muscle contractions during the strong desire to urinate primarily activated the bilateral pre-motor/supplementary motor area (BA6), bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (BA9/46), bilateral frontal pole area (BA10), the anterior portion of the right inferior frontal gyrus (BA47), the right middle temporal gyrus (BA21), the right primary motor cortex (BA4), and the left primary somatosensory cortex (BA1/2/3) in conjunction with the left inferior frontal of pars triangularis Broca's area (BA45) (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Sport commitment among children and adolescent through the lens of theory of organismic integration: A systematic literature review by Anna Pavlova

“…The next step of the literature review was the analysis of the formed pool of studies using the Bibliometrix library in the R-Studio environment (Aria & Cuccurullo, 2017), which allowed to identify the main headnotes related to the research topic and to characterize the temporal dynamics in the development of the research topic. …”
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Multi-scale hydraulic graph neural networks for flood modelling by R. Bentivoglio, E. Isufi, S. N. Jonkman, R. Taormina

“…Numerical results applied to dike-breach floods show that the model predicts the full spatio-temporal simulation of the flood over unseen irregular meshes, topographies, and time-varying boundary conditions, with mean absolute errors in time of 0.05 m for water depths and 0.003 m<span class="inline-formula">²</span> s<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span> for unit discharges. …”
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Refining α-synuclein seed amplification assays to distinguish Parkinson’s disease from multiple system atrophy by James A. Wiseman, Clinton P. Turner, Richard L. M. Faull, Glenda M. Halliday, Birger Victor Dieriks

“…Methods Optimal RT-QuIC assay conditions for α-Syn seeds extracted from PD and MSA patient brains were determined, and assay kinetics were assessed for α-Syn seeds from different pathologically relevant brain regions (medulla, substantia nigra, hippocampus, middle temporal gyrus, and cerebellum). The conformational profiles of disease- and region-specific α-Syn proteoforms were determined by subjecting the amplified reaction products to concentration-dependent proteolytic digestion with proteinase K. …”
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Virulence diversity of the yellow rust pathogen population in Dagestan by E. I. Gultyaeva, E. L. Shaydayuk, R. E. Smirnova, K. M. Abdullaev, K. U. Kurkiev

“…‘Graf’ in 2021 and 2020. There was no temporal differentiation between pathogen collections in the years of testing. …”
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Interacciones tierra-mar-tierra, con énfasis en la actividad pesquera en la región norte del Ecosistema Costero Bonaerense, Argentina by Anahí Brun, Eleonora Verón, Juliana Sócrate

“…Predominaron los conflictos medios por competencia de espacio o recursos y se relacionaron con la coexistencia espacial y temporal de UyA (turísticas, pesquera y comunicaciones). …”
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Estimating Long-Term Fractional Vegetation Cover Using an Improved Dimidiate Pixel Method With UAV-Assisted Satellite Data: A Case Study in a Mining Region by Shuang Wu, Lei Deng, Qinghua Qiao

“…Specifically, if the difference (D) between FVC_DPM and FVC_UAV is nonzero, NDVI-derived texture features are incorporated into FVC_DPM through multiple linear regression to enhance accuracy. To address temporal challenges and ensure consistency across years, the 2021 NDVI serves as a reference for inter-year NDVI calibration, employing least squares regression (LSR) and histogram matching (HM) to identify the most effective method for extending the IDPM to other years. …”
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