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Non-repetitive scanning LiDARs provide high coverage yet exhibit irregular sampling patterns, which destabilize local features and correspondences. To address this, we propose a novel spatiotemporal unified energy framework that integrates fractional...

Sexual systems critically influence woody plant evolution and forest functioning, yet their global patterns and environmental drivers remain understudied. Investigating the environmental correlates of sexual systems in woody plants is essential for d...

Ambient temperature plays a crucial role in shaping the skin color of some lizard species. While the long-term correlation between ambient temperature and skin color changes in lizards has been well-studied, how they adjust skin color and body temper...

The invasive perennial weed Ambrosia confertiflora (Burr ragweed) is widespread across various climatic regions in Israel and neighboring countries. This study examines how temperature affects the development of the plants’ aboveground and unde...

This study experimentally evaluates the mechanical and microstructural performance of single- and double-layer intraply hybrid composite (IRC) laminates produced using the hand lay-up method, focusing on Glass–Aramid (GA), Aramid–Carbon (...

To address the scientific gap concerning optimal urban wind turbine morphology, this work presents an experimental performance comparison between two small-scale wind turbine designs: a conventional three-blade horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) and...

In this work, different implementation strategies for a Time-Domain (TD) focusing procedure applied to airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) raw data are presented, with the key objective of quantitatively assessing their computing time. In particu...

Crop classification of farmland is of great significance for crop monitoring and yield estimation. Airborne hyperspectral systems can provide large-format hyperspectral farmland images. However, traditional machine learning-based classification metho...

The repeated extraction of coal seams in the Loess Plateau mining region has greatly increased the severity of surface deformation and associated damage. Accurately characterizing the spatio-temporal evolution of subsidence and the underlying mechani...

The design of low-complexity and efficient constrained codes has been a major research item for many years. This paper reports on a versatile method named concatenated constrained codes for designing efficient fixed-length constrained codes with smal...

Background: Advances in molecular pathology have transformed NSCLC (Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer) diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment by enabling precise tumor characterization and targeted therapeutic strategies. We review key genomic alterations in N...

Modern port operations face increasing challenges from rapidly changing weather and environmental conditions, requiring accurate short-term forecasting to support safe and efficient maritime activities. This study presents a sensor fusion-based machi...

Phytopathogenic fungi that affect postharvest are a serious problem for agriculture, so this research explores the antifungal potential of three different “rosemary” species growing in Chile through in vitro and in silico assays. The anal...

Traditionally, the field of forensic anthropology has built its foundation on being an objective observer of human behavior to answer questions of medicolegal significance. With the publication of the NAS report in 2009, the field continues to fulfil...

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology represents a promising bioelectrochemical approach for the simultaneous generation of electricity and treatment of high-strength wastewater. However, the performance of MFCs strongly depends on the metabolic poten...

This study examines how undergraduate design students imagined and critiqued biotechnological futures through speculative work with generative AI in a semester-long biodesign course. Using inductive qualitative coding and visual discourse analyses, w...

It is revealed that the material derivative of a variable in gravity field is its directional derivative, from which and energy/complementary-energy conservations with exterior derivatives, two sets of gauge equations of Newton’s dynamic gravit...

Existing video inpainting methods typically combine optical flow propagation with Transformer architectures, achieving promising inpainting results. However, they lack adaptive inpainting strategy optimization in diverse scenarios, and struggle to ca...

Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) is critical for teachers to perform their assessment tasks, but many teachers in low-resource contexts do not receive adequate assessment training. This qualitative multiple-case study examined the impact of a short...

In large-scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and task environments—particularly those involving obstacles—dimensional explosion remains a significant challenge in Multi-Robot Task Allocation (MRTA). To this end, a novel heuristic MRTA fra...

With advancements in Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and sensor technologies, the operational paradigms for seabed survey are undergoing significant transformation. Compared to traditional towed or remotely operated platforms, AUV-based seabed su...

This short review discusses recent applications of Reinforcement Learning (RL) techniques to the flavor problem in particle physics. Traditional approaches to fermion masses and mixing often rely on extensions of the Standard Model based on horizonta...

Background and Objectives: This study compared the effects of two posterior-chain strength training strategies on eccentric hamstring strength, jump and sprint performance, and hamstring injury incidence in elite youth soccer players. Materials and M...

Agroathelia (syn. Sclerotium) is a global soil-borne pathogen with a broad host range, causing significant agricultural losses in diverse crops. However, genomic and population genetic resources of this genus remain limited. To develop genome-based m...

The inconsistency of system parameters inevitably emerges due to reasons such as modeling imprecision, manufacturing error, and aging process. Due to the inconsistency between nominal models and real-world conditions, controllers designed accordingly...

Structural adhesives in aeronautical applications are routinely exposed to complex loading histories that generate time-dependent deformation, making accurate prediction of their viscoelastic response essential for reliable assessment of joint integr...

Technological innovation in commercial Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPASs) is advancing rapidly. However, their operational efficiency remains limited by the need for on-site skilled human operators. Semi-autonomous drone-in-a-box (DIAB) system...

Membrane rupture, induced by lipid peroxidation, is a severe threat to osmotic balance, as membrane pores contribute to ferroptosis, an iron-dependent cell death. To alleviate osmotic stress, membrane constituents dynamically reconstruct the membrane...

Discontinuous ground deformations represent one of the most critical geohazards affecting both natural and anthropogenically transformed environments. These processes pose a serious threat to infrastructure stability and land-use planning, as they ca...

The existing multimodal image classification methods often suffer from several key limitations: difficulty in effectively balancing local detail and global topological relationships in hyperspectral image (HSI) feature extraction; insufficient multi-...

The ambiance-based approach to old urban fabrics has emerged as a response to the evolution of heritage, focusing on the spirit of place and the relationship between people and their environment. It aims to preserve the identity of architectural and...

In this study, a strain of green microalga adapted to the extreme environmental conditions of the Tibetan Plateau was isolated from the Lalu Wetland. The isolate was identified and tentatively designated as Micractinium sp. LL-1. Following the inocul...

Animal-assisted services (AAS) depend on volunteer handler–dog teams, yet the emotional and relational impacts on volunteers when their therapy dog dies or retires remain largely unexplored. This study examines AAS volunteers’ experiences...

Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of both acute and chronic neurodegenerative diseases and is driven, in part, by activated glial cells, including microglia. A key regulator of this inflammatory response is the NLRP3 inflammasome, an immune sensor that...

A nonlinear mathematical model is developed for unsteady groundwater flow in a three-layer heterogeneous aquifer system, comprising a confined aquifer, a covering layer, and a weakly permeable barrier. The model incorporates infiltration and evaporat...

To build a comprehensive academic or scientific foundation in control theory, developing the theoretical foundation is essential; however, it is equally crucial to validate the theory through practical or experimental verification. Therefore, it is n...

The oily wastewater produced by transformer oil leakage contains pollutants such as mineral oil, metal particles, aged oil and additives, which can disrupt the dissolved oxygen balance in water bodies, pollute soil and endanger human health through t...

With unconventional oil–gas reservoir exploration and oil and gas theory development, more and more importance is attached to the wellbore integrity. The casing deformation and damage is an integral part of the wellbore integrity theory. In the...

Background/Objectives: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibits remarkable genetic heterogeneity involving hundreds of risk genes; however, the mechanism by which these genes organize within biological networks to contribute to disease pathogenesis re...

Hemibagrus guttatus is a large omnivorous fish of significant economic value, listed as a Class II protected species in the National Key Protected Wildlife List in 2021 in China. To provide a theoretical foundation for the artificial breeding of H. g...

This study investigates flow resistance in thin water films on road surfaces during rainfall, which is essential for assessing aquaplaning risk. A one-dimensional surface runoff model based on the diffusion-wave approach is used to compare existing e...

The growing demand for biodegradable and functional packaging has driven research toward polysaccharide-based materials with improved performance. In this study, sodium alginate films were modified using natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) and aco...

Lexicographic preference trees (LP-Trees) provide a compact and expressive representation for modeling complex decision-making scenarios, yet measuring similarity between complete or partial structures remains a challenge. This study introduces PLPSi...

Accurately identifying electric vehicle (EV) users with high demand response (DR) potential is critical for grid stability but remains challenging due to behavioral heterogeneity, data sparsity, and the subjectivity of expert-dependent methods. In pa...

Korla fragrant pear (Pyrus sinkiangensis), valued for its unique flavor, suffers from freezing damage in its native Xinjiang. Previous studies indicated a strong correlation between low-temperature stress and the expression of LEA genes, particularly...

The article discusses the control of nonlinear processes with first-order dominant dynamics, focusing on implementation using modern hardware available in various programmable devices and embedded systems. The first two approaches rely on linearizati...

The whole-stalk harvesting and baling of reeds (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud) require a header with high efficiency and low loss rate. Based on an analysis of reed characteristic parameters, this paper proposes a T-shaped layout header...

Conventional and organic agriculture can both cause soil microbial community structure (SMCS) destruction, infertility, and abandonment. The application of soil productivity-improving biofertilizers is a sustainable practice that requires holistic kn...

Tugboats are indispensable for ensuring the safe and efficient berthing and unberthing of large vessels, and their scheduling policies have a direct impact on port efficiency and operating costs. To overcome the limitations of conventional single-obj...

7xxx series aluminum alloys are critical structural materials in aerospace applications, but their susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement (HE) poses significant challenges to service safety and durability. The effects of Si, Er, and Zr microalloyin...