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8 Citations
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4 April 2019

Scientists have made efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ecosystem service valuation and mapping; yet little actual implementation of new ecosystem service knowledge has been delivered in practice. We explored this gap by developin...

(This article belongs to the Collection Sustainable Built Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,210 Views
19 Pages

4 June 2024

Clarifying the intrinsic nature and formation mechanisms of the territorial spatial development non-equilibrium, optimizing the allocation of territorial resources, promoting regional balanced development, and alleviating regional development dispari...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Land Resource Use Efficiency and Sustainable Land Use)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,590 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Well Pattern Type on Remaining Oil Saturation and Distribution after Development

  • Hongjun Fan,
  • Xiabin Wang,
  • Weijia Cao,
  • Kun Yan and ,
  • Kun Xie,
  • Xiangguo Lu and
  • Mingwei He
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

26 March 2022

The reservoir heterogeneity of Q oilfield is more severe after long-term water injection development, and water flooding is ineffective. In this study, the combined technologies of profile control, profile control and flooding, and oil displacement w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,184 Views
13 Pages

Expression Pattern of Class B Gene PAP3 in Flower Development of Pepper

  • Xin Li,
  • Chen Liu,
  • Fengjiao Da,
  • Ning Ma and
  • Huolin Shen

18 December 2013

Class B gene APETALA3 (AP3) plays a key role in the development of petals and stamens. Here, we investigated the expression pattern of PAP3 gene (genbank accession number: HM104635) in the buds of cytoplasmic male sterility line 121A and its near-is...

(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,912 Views
16 Pages

19 March 2020

Regional urbanization in China has made formidable progress in, among other things, economic growth and urban sprawl, but local development is undergoing severe stress with irreversible impacts for urban ecological environment. Furthermore, spatial i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Economics, City Development and Future Social Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,284 Views
15 Pages

An OOSEM-Based Design Pattern for the Development of AUV Controllers

  • Cao Duc Sang,
  • Ngo Van He,
  • Ngo Van Hien and
  • Nguyen Trong Khuyen

This article introduces a new design pattern that provides an optimal solution for the systematic development of AUV controllers. In this study, a hybrid control model is designed on the basis of the OOSEM (Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Method)...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,653 Views
23 Pages

21 November 2024

Background/objective: The diagnosis and treatment of functional dyspepsia (FD) require a systematic and tailored approach. In traditional Korean medicine (TKM), pattern-identification tools help analyze clinical information and guide treatment. This...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Developments in Integrative and Complementary Medicine: Advancements in Research and Clinical Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,723 Views
17 Pages

12 April 2018

Sustainable development of mega-projects has drawn many concerns around the world. The theory of disruptive innovation in mega-projects is a typical sustainable development pattern but still lacks systematic understanding. This article takes China’s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Development and Management of Mega Projects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,427 Views
15 Pages

20 September 2024

Construction in cities and agglomerations is one of the main sources of air pollution in most countries in the world. Fine dust particles, PM0.5–PM10, which form as a result of construction processes, are among the most dangerous pollutants. Wi...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,913 Views
14 Pages

25 April 2025

In megacities, the rapid development of construction entails threats to the environment, in particular, to the health of urban residents. One of the main sources of danger is microscopic dust particles PM2.5 and PM10, resulting from construction proj...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,951 Views
21 Pages

9 August 2021

Industrial transformation has been regarded as an important measure to promote traditional village revitalization. Research on the spatial pattern and influence mechanism of industrial transformation in traditional villages is urgently needed. In thi...

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  • Open Access
172 Views
20 Pages

13 October 2026

Ovine fecundity is a key economic trait constraining livestock production efficiency, and the marked differences in reproductive strategies among breeds provide an ideal model for dissecting the molecular mechanisms underlying seasonal reproduction a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers on Developmental and Reproductive Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,843 Views
21 Pages

A Hypogene Karst Development Pattern Controlled by the Deep-Cycle of Groundwater in the Syncline in Huanjiang, Guangxi, China

  • Hongqi Dong,
  • Yong Dan,
  • Jiapeng Liang,
  • Bin Liang and ,
  • Guoquan Nie and
  • Shaocong Ji
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 January 2021

Hypogene karst is a special manifestation of karst development in spatial scale. Intensive study of its development mechanism has significant meaning for engineering construction, shale gas and geothermal exploitation. To reveal the developing patter...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Karstic Hydrogeology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,360 Views
20 Pages

16 May 2023

The optimization of carbon sink capacity patterns is a scientific basis for promoting the strategic goal of “carbon neutrality”. The study aims to reveal the spatial heterogeneity of carbon sink capacity and its relationship with high-qua...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,898 Views
18 Pages

27 August 2018

The extensive monitoring of shorelines is becoming important for investigating the impact of coastal erosion. Satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images can cover wide areas independently of weather or time. The recent development of high-resolu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Pattern Analysis and Recognition in Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,169 Views
11 Pages

The Pupal Pigmentation Pattern and Pupal Development in the Species of Aphytis Howard (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

  • Zhuhong Wang,
  • Yu Si,
  • Hui Zhang,
  • Zhengli Zhang and ,
  • Andrew Polaszek and
  • Jian Huang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 April 2021

Species identification of Aphytis on the basis of adult morphology is extremely difficult, especially in the A. lingnanensis group, with several cryptic species. Pupal pigmentation could be used as one of the taxonomic characters for Aphytis species,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,043 Views
19 Pages

Kazakhstan has implemented numerous policy reforms to improve its research environment since 1991, experiencing both positive changes and critical challenges. In this study, we conduct a comprehensive investigation of the country’s research env...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,660 Views
19 Pages

17 August 2019

A novel public key cryptographic algorithm using a matrix pattern is developed to improve encrypting strength. Compared to the Rivest–Sharmir–Adleman (RSA) and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) algorithms, our proposed algorithm has superior encrypti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Information Theory, Cryptography, Randomness and Statistical Modeling)
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,393 Views
37 Pages

Guardians of Water and Gas Exchange: Adaptive Dynamics of Stomatal Development and Patterning

  • Eleni Giannoutsou,
  • Ioannis-Dimosthenis S. Adamakis and
  • Despina Samakovli

3 August 2025

Stomata, highly specialized structures that evolved on the aerial surfaces of plants, play a crucial role in regulating hydration, mitigating the effects of abiotic stress. Stomatal lineage development involves a series of coordinated events, such as...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,544 Views
13 Pages

20 May 2017

In order to effectively recover the residual coal resources, such as coal pillars and irregular coal blocks induced by large-scale extensive mining, in this study, we proposed a shortwall block mining (SBM) technology and examined the development pat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,634 Views
15 Pages

Accumulation Pattern of Flavonoids during Fruit Development of Lonicera maackii Determined by Metabolomics

  • Zengxing Qi,
  • Ran Zhao,
  • Jing Xu,
  • Yanrui Ge and ,
  • Ruofan Li and
  • Ruili Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 November 2021

Lonicera maackii (Caprifoliaceae) is a large, upright shrub with fruits that contain many bioactive compounds. Flavonoids are common active substances in L. maackii. However, there is a dearth of information about the accumulation of these flavonoids...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,151 Views
21 Pages

The Evolution of the Spatial–Temporal Pattern of Tourism Development and Its Influencing Factors: Evidence from China (2010–2022)

  • Yaomin Zheng,
  • Minghan Wu,
  • Jinlian Shi,
  • Huize Yang and ,
  • Jiaxin Wang,
  • Xiaoyuan Zhang and
  • Xin Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 December 2024

The Chinese economy has shifted towards a stage of high-quality development, and promoting high-quality development of tourism is of great significance for its sustainable development. Based on the new development concept, using Geographic Informatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,836 Views
18 Pages

23 July 2021

The State Council of the People’s Republic of China issued the National Territory Spatial Planning Outline (2016–2030), which is a fundamental guide and blueprint for China to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Based on its sustainable...

(This article belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,791 Views
19 Pages

Spatio-Temporal Expression Pattern of CAKUT Candidate Genes DLG1 and KIF12 during Human Kidney Development

  • Daniela Veljačić Visković,
  • Mirela Lozić,
  • Martina Vukoja,
  • Violeta Šoljić and ,
  • Katarina Vukojević,
  • Merica Glavina Durdov,
  • Natalija Filipović and
  • Bernarda Lozić
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

9 February 2023

We aimed to investigate expression of the novel susceptibility genes for CAKUT, DLG1 and KIF12, proposed by a systematic in silico approach, in developing and postnatal healthy human kidneys to provide information about their spatiotemporal expressio...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,609 Views
14 Pages

17 January 2023

China’s economic development strategy is undergoing an evolution from foreign to domestic circulation mainly, and at the same time faces the rigid constraints of “carbon peak before 2030” and “carbon neutrality before 2060&rdq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,943 Views
9 Pages

Expression Pattern of Nitric Oxide Synthase during Development of the Marine Gastropod Mollusc, Crepidula fornicata

  • Marta Truchado-Garcia,
  • Filomena Caccavale,
  • Cristina Grande and
  • Salvatore D’Aniello

22 February 2021

Nitric Oxide (NO) plays a key role in the induction of larval metamorphosis in several invertebrate phyla. The inhibition of the NO synthase in Crepidula fornicata, a molluscan model for evolutionary, developmental, and ecological research, has been...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Evolution of Invertebrate Animals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,909 Views
24 Pages

Design Patterns and Electric Vehicle Charging Software

  • Maria Meheden,
  • Andrei Musat,
  • Andrei Traciu,
  • Andrei Viziteu and ,
  • Adrian Onu,
  • Constantin Filote and
  • Maria Simona Răboacă
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

25 December 2020

The development and maintenance of complex software systems, with ever-changing requirements has benefited from the implementation of design patterns, which ensure a higher degree of maintainability. The present article illustrates the essential role...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,187 Views
18 Pages

13 June 2022

Sustainable development is a common challenge for all global economies, and the assessment of the spatial distribution and development process of ecological resources is the basis of sustainable development. Considering the heterogeneity of regional...

(This article belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,656 Views
18 Pages

Analysis of the Evolution of the Relationship between the Urban Pattern and Economic Development in Guangdong Province Based on Coupled Multisource Data

  • Pengfei Li,
  • Shuang Hao,
  • Yuhuan Cui,
  • Yazhou Xu and ,
  • Congcong Liao and
  • Liangliang Sheng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Regarding the rapid development of urban agglomeration (UA) in Guangdong Province in the past two decades, this study revealed the temporal and spatial evolution of the urban pattern of the province and the current urbanization process. This study de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,051 Views
22 Pages

Green credit is a vital instrument for promoting low-carbon transition. However, designing a reasonable development pattern and efficiently allocating limited resources has become a challenge for developing countries. The Yellow River Basin, a critic...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Ecology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,520 Views
18 Pages

19 August 2022

Scientifically analyzing the spatial pattern and spillover effect of the eco-efficiency of regional tourism embodies the green development theory. In addition, it is also of important significance for realizing the sustainable development of regional...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nature-Based Tourism and Nature Conservation Activation by Tourism)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,609 Views
46 Pages

Pattern Shared Vision Refinement for Enhancing Collaboration and Decision-Making in Government Software Projects

  • Mohammad Daud Haiderzai,
  • Pavle Dakić,
  • Igor Stupavský,
  • Marijana Aleksić and
  • Vladimir Todorović

This study proposes a new approach and explores how pattern recognition enhances collaboration between users and Agile teams in software development, focusing on shared resources and decision-making efficiency. Using domain-specific modeling language...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,596 Views
23 Pages

Urban Mobility Pattern Detection: Development of a Classification Algorithm Based on Machine Learning and GPS

  • Juan José Molina-Campoverde,
  • Néstor Rivera-Campoverde,
  • Paúl Andrés Molina Campoverde and
  • Andrea Karina Bermeo Naula

15 June 2024

This study introduces an innovative algorithm for classifying transportation modes. It categorizes modes such as walking, biking, tram, bus, taxi, and private vehicles based on data collected through sensors embedded in smartphones. The data include...

(This article belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,014 Views
20 Pages

17 August 2022

Now, more and more attention is being paid to the deviation between economic benefits and environmental costs. Therefore, the research investigated the temporal variation in, and the spatial pattern of, carbon emissions systematically from the prefec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,553 Views
27 Pages

27 March 2023

With globalization and informatization, cross-border areas have become increasingly critical interactive spaces, experiencing rapid development and extensive changes in residents’ cross-border travel, constantly changing the spatial patterns of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Regional Solutions to Urban-Rural Coordinated Development in the Megacity Regions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,738 Views
14 Pages

Association of a Disrupted Dipping Pattern of Blood Pressure with Progression of Renal Injury during the Development of Salt-Dependent Hypertension in Rats

  • Abu Sufiun,
  • Asadur Rahman,
  • Kazi Rafiq,
  • Yoshihide Fujisawa and ,
  • Daisuke Nakano,
  • Hideki Kobara,
  • Tsutomu Masaki and
  • Akira Nishiyama
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The aim of the present study is to investigate whether a disruption of the dipping pattern of blood pressure (BP) is associated with the progression of renal injury in Dahl salt-sensitive (DSS) hypertensive rats. Seven-week-old DSS rats were fed a hi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Crosstalk between Circadian Rhythm and Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,526 Views
15 Pages

28 July 2024

Objectives: The main purpose of this work was to clinically assess the oculomotricity of one hundred Mexican children with poor reading skills but without any specific learning disorder. Methods: The D.E.M. psychometric test was used. Sex and age ana...

(This article belongs to the Section Ophthalmology)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2,171 Views
28 Pages

Web Application Programming Interfaces (Web APIs) have become fundamental components of modern software ecosystems. At the same time, they have emerged as major attack surfaces in web applications and distributed services. Although many web API vulne...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Software Reliability, Security and Quality Assurance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,141 Views
23 Pages

13 March 2023

Characteristic Chinese towns are “green ecology” innovation space units based on the background of the ‘Beautiful China Initiative’ (BCI), new urbanization, supply-side structural reform and the implementation of rural revital...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,146 Views
19 Pages

19 August 2022

National key ecological function zones (NKEFZs) in China are critically important to maintain ecological security and accelerate the construction of the ecological civilization system. The quantitative impact of NKEFZs on green development at the cou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental Economics and Sustainability Policy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
18,235 Views
16 Pages

4 April 2023

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic condition that occurs in insulin-resistant people with reduced glucose uptake. It is contributed to and exacerbated by a poor diet that results in accumulation of adipose tissue, high blood sugar, and other metaboli...

(This article belongs to the Section Nutrition and Obesity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,937 Views
26 Pages

25 October 2023

Regional socio-economics has multiple and far-reaching influences on the development of top-tier education, and the development of top-tier education also represents the strength and level of the regional socio-economics to a large extent. The presen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,832 Views
11 Pages

31 December 2021

Transport infrastructure-led development has been well recognized, especially in regard to China’s achievement, which has led to a growing range of programs and initiatives. However, some failures have subsequently raised debates over the effec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Transport Infrastructure in Regional Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,111 Views
23 Pages

24 March 2026

There is limited information on the effects of irregular-spaced and clumped planting on forest production and structural diversity. We explored Tagetes patula L. development as a model system to demonstrate stand development under varying planting pa...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,714 Views
12 Pages

The Genetic Mechanisms Underlying the Concerted Expression of the yellow and tan Genes in Complex Patterns on the Abdomen and Wings of Drosophila guttifera

  • Komal K. B. Raja,
  • Evan A. Bachman,
  • Catrina E. Fernholz,
  • David S. Trine and ,
  • Rebecca E. Hobmeier,
  • Nathaniel J. Maki,
  • Timothy J. Massoglia and
  • Thomas Werner
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

24 January 2023

How complex morphological patterns form is an intriguing question in developmental biology. However, the mechanisms that generate complex patterns remain largely unknown. Here, we sought to identify the genetic mechanisms that regulate the tan (t) ge...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,995 Views
13 Pages

Diet Diversity and Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet Pattern in Pregnancy Is Protective Against the Development of Early-Childhood Atopic Dermatitis

  • Kristina Nadine Heye,
  • Leonie Helen Bogl,
  • Mari Sasaki,
  • Remo Frei and ,
  • Anna Breunig,
  • Neeta Bühler,
  • Christian Raphael Kahlert,
  • Mehmet Goekkaya,
  • Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann and
  • Caroline Roduit
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

7 July 2025

Background/Objectives: The role of maternal diet in atopic dermatitis (AD) requires better understanding, as AD often manifests early in life and precedes other allergic diseases. We evaluated the association between maternal diet and AD up to 2 year...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diet and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Allergic Diseases in Early Life)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,674 Views
20 Pages

25 July 2022

The critical strategic plan of the new dual circulation development pattern provides new strategic opportunities for the modernization of China’s coal supply chain. This paper presents new ideas for the sustainable development of the coal suppl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,296 Views
34 Pages

26 May 2016

The paper examines intelligent sensor and sensor system development according to the Common Criteria methodology, which is the basic security assurance methodology for IT products and systems. The paper presents how the development process can be sup...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances on Resources Management for Multi-Platform Infrastructures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,627 Views
19 Pages

28 June 2024

This paper focuses on the level of urban–rural integration development and its spatio–temporal evolution patterns in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle. It constructs an evaluation indicator system encompassing five dimensions: populat...

(This article belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
305 Views
23 Pages

Lithofacies-Controlled Pore Development Patterns of the Lower Cambrian Shuijingtuo Formation Shale in the Middle Yangtze Region, China

  • Hai Li,
  • Baomin Zhang,
  • Lei Chen,
  • An Liu and ,
  • Shengyuan Luo,
  • Miao Zhang,
  • Fengbin Miao and
  • Yafei Huang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

12 October 2026

Lithofacies and pore structure strongly influence shale reservoir quality and shale gas enrichment. To characterize pore development in the Lower Cambrian Shuijingtuo Formation shale of the Middle Yangtze region, core samples from well EYY1 were anal...

(This article belongs to the Topic Reservoir Genesis and Quality Evolution in Hydrocarbon Systems)

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