Intensified Drought Threatens Future Food Security in Major Food-Producing Countries by Zihao Liu, Aifeng Lv, Taohui Li

“…These findings provide a scientific basis for assessing global food security risks and offer policy recommendations to address uncertainties in food supply under climate change.…”
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ESO-Based Non-Singular Terminal Filtered Integral Sliding Mode Backstepping Control for Unmanned Surface Vessels by Jianping Yuan, Zhuohui Chai, Qingdong Chen, Zhihui Dong, Lei Wan

“…Aiming at the control challenges faced by unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in complex environments, such as nonlinearities, parameter uncertainties, and environmental perturbations, we propose a non-singular terminal integral sliding mode control strategy based on an extended state observer (ESO). …”
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Protocol for a systematic review of living labs in agricultural-related systems by Maryam Yousefi, Frank Ewert

“…However, the existing knowledge is dispersed, and uncertainties remained regarding their approaches, methods, and outcomes. …”
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Exploring the transition to agroforestry for smallholder farmers: a feasibility study for the Ashanti region of Ghana by Youp Dumas, Jolien Ubacht, Ellen van Andel, Lily Akorfa Keledorme

“…These pertain to: uncertainties in land tenure agreements, the absence of effective conflict resolution mechanisms, having no knowledge of and tools for maintaining trees, and the lack of financial resources for upfront investments. …”
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On Defining Expressions for Entropy and Cross-Entropy: The Entropic Transreals and Their Fracterm Calculus by Jan A. Bergstra, John V. Tucker

“…This can lead to calculations with problematic subexpressions such as <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>0</mn><msub><mo form="prefix">log</mo><mn>2</mn></msub><mn>0</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and uncertainties in large scale calculations; partiality also introduces complications in logical analysis. …”
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Integrating Human-Computer Interactions in Nigerian Energy System: A Skills Requirement Analysis by Omoseni Adepoju, Oluwarotimi Akinyomi, Oluwadamilola Esan

“…Despite Nigeria's abundant energy resources, the sector faces multiple challenges, such as infrastructural deficits, policy inconsistencies, regulatory uncertainties, and overreliance on non-renewable energy sources. …”
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Carbon emissions assessment of concrete and quantitative calculation of CO2 reduction benefits of SCMs: A case study of C30-C80 ready-mixed concrete in China by Zuojiang Lin, Guangyao Lyu, Kuizhen Fang

“…The average carbon emissions for C30-C80 concrete were calculated to range from 262.21 to 401.78 kgCO2e/m3, with data showing significant dispersion due to uncertainties in raw materials and experimental conditions. …”
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Availability of support systems for youth who left child and youth care centres during COVID-19 by Fadzaishe B. Zingwe, Maditobane R. Lekganyane

“…In further compounding their challenges was their being indeterminate given the uncertainties associated with COVID-19. It was therefore, essential for them to have the necessary support systems to aid them both during their period in care as well as when they left these centres. …”
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Hyperuricemia Increases the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zheng Gao, Hekai Shi, Wei Xu, Zhengzhao Guan, Xiuxiu Su, Nuojin Guo, Huijie Ma

“…And design of the observational studies brought heterogeneity, but no uncertainties. Patients with hyperuricemia were easier to suffer from atrial fibrillation. …”
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Settlement Analysis of Pipe Culvert Situated in Soft Clay Treated with Prefabricated Vertical Drains by Adamu Beyene Negesa

“…However, because of environmental and technical factors like calibration and alignment errors, the settlement instrument readings may be exposed to uncertainties, which may probably affect the safety of the culvert structure. …”
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Secondary School Learners’ Transition to the University: A Qualitative Research Approach by Mbulaheni Paul Tshisikhawe, Buyisani Dube

“…The transition of learners from secondary school to university education, while inevitable, has always been marred by myriad uncertainties and challenges. This is especially so for secondary school learners who register in previously disadvantaged higher education institutions. …”
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Calculated parameters for the diagnosis of Wilson disease by Nada Syazana Zulkufli, Pavai Sthaneshwar, Wah-Kheong Chan

“…Introduction: The diagnosis of Wilson disease (WD) is plagued by biochemical and clinical uncertainties. Thus, calculated parameters have been proposed. …”
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On Vaccination Strategies for a SISV Epidemic Model Guaranteeing the Nonexistence of Endemic Solutions by S. Alonso-Quesada, M. De la Sen, R. Nistal

“…One of them deals with the presence of uncertainties, which affects the synthesis of the vaccination control law, in the measures of the subpopulations of the model.…”
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A Novel Time Delay Nonsingular Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Robot Manipulators with Input Saturation by Thanh Nguyen Truong, Anh Tuan Vo, Hee-Jun Kang

“…The TDE approximates the robot’s unknown dynamics and uncertainties, while a novel nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode (NFTSM) surface and novel fixed-time reaching control law (FTRCL) are introduced to ensure faster convergence within a fixed time and improved accuracy without a singularity issue. …”
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Early Enrichment Population Theory at High Redshift by Anne E. Blackwell, Joel N. Bregman

“…Previous work has argued that the initial mass function (IMF) of the EEP must be flatter than those found at lower redshifts, but with considerable uncertainties. In this work, we present a more quantitative model for the EEP and demonstrate how observational constraints can be applied to the IMF using supernova Type Ia (SN Ia) rates, delay time distributions (DTDs), and the luminosity functions (LFs) of galaxy clusters. …”
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Beneath The Same Sky, Different Faiths: Why is Interfaith Marriage Prohibited in Islam? by Baidhowi Baidhowi, Dewi Zahra Setyawati, Yustina Dhian Novita, Veyza Olivia, Armanda N Ardiyanto, Qlarissa Melinda, Hisyam Maliki Akbar

“…Sociologically, interfaith marriages can lead to identity struggles, legal uncertainties, and challenges in raising children with a unified religious identity. …”
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Combining Machine Learning Models to Improve Estimated Time of Arrival Predictions by Ramon Dalmau, Aymeric Trzmiel, Stephen Kirby

“…The time of arrival, however, is difficult to predict because it is affected by the uncertainties of the previous flight phases, with take-off time variability being the most significant contributor. …”
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Lived experiences for individuals with cystic fibrosis who have undergone lung transplantation: a qualitative study by Ulrika Skogeland, Isabelle de Monestrol, Terezia Pincikova, Tove Godskesen

“…This life-saving procedure presents substantial challenges and uncertainties. While there is existing research on support and information needs post-lung transplant from various perspectives, this study aims to specifically address the unique experiences and challenges faced by individuals with CF during both the pre-transplant and post-transplant periods. …”
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Numerical analysis of factors causing long-term trends and annual variations of sulfur and nitrogen deposition amount in Japan from 2000 to 2020 by Satoru Chatani, Hikari Shimadera, Kyo Kitayama, Kazuya Nishina

“…The air quality simulations performed well in reproducing the long-term trends and annual variations in the wet deposition amount, whereas the simulated dry deposition amount may contain larger uncertainties. The decreasing trends in sulfur deposition were statistically significant during the entire study period (2000–2020) in most of Japan. …”
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Innovative financial solutions for sustainable investments using artificial intelligence-based hybrid fuzzy decision-making approach in carbon capture technologies by Serhat Yüksel, Serkan Eti, Hasan Dinçer, Yaşar Gökalp, Gabriela Oana Olaru, Nihal Kalaycı Oflaz

“…Abstract High costs, technical difficulties, and policy uncertainties are the main challenges in carbon capture technology investments. …”
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