Climate change has been shown to directly influence evapotranspiration, which is one of the crucial watershed processes. The common approach to its calculation is via mathematical equations, such as 1985 Hargreaves-Samani (HS85). It computes referenc...
Brazilian tropical ecosystems in the state of Mato Grosso have experienced significant land use and cover changes during the past few decades due to deforestation and wildfire. These changes can directly affect the mass and energy exchange near the s...
Presented here are additional explanations for five key points offered by Rojero et al. in their 2025 publication in this journal, regarding characteristics of hyper-aggressive phage 0524phi7-1. These are (i) that the “bypassing of the evolutio...
Maji et al. introduced the concept of fuzzy soft sets as a generalization of the standard soft sets, and presented an application of fuzzy soft sets in a decision-making problem. Maji et al. also introduced the notion of intuitionistic fuzzy soft set...
In 2020, Kang et al. introduced the concept of a multipolar intuitionistic fuzzy set of finite degree, which is a generalization of a k-polar fuzzy set, and applied it to a BCK/BCI-algebra. The specific purpose of this study was to apply the concept...
Accurate estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) is critical for precision irrigation in hyper-arid perennial systems. This study quantified ET in an 8 ha olive orchard in La Yarada–Los Palos (Tacna, Peru) by integrating the METRIC satellite-base...
The response of potential evapotranspiration (ET0) to widespread irrigation is important to fully understand future regional climate changes and to infer adaptive management of agricultural water resources. The quantitative impact of irrigation on ET...
The center method, which was first proposed in Rev. Stat. Appl. 1997 by Cazes et al. and Stat. Anal. Data Mining 2011 by Douzal-Chouakria et al., extends the well-known Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method to particular types of symbolic objects...
The small-molecule E26 transformation-specific (ETS) factor inhibitor YK-4-279 was developed for therapy of ETS/EWS fusion-driven Ewing’s sarcoma. Here we aimed to identify molecular factors underlying YK-4-279 responsiveness in ETS fusion-nega...
Given the estrogen-dependence associated with endometriosis, hyper-stimulation associated with assisted reproduction treatment may exacerbate the disease process and adversely affect endometrial receptivity and subsequent implantation. In this way, a...
In arid and semi-arid climates, where water scarcity is a persistent challenge, accurately estimating reference evapotranspiration (ET) becomes essential for sustainable water management and agricultural planning. The objectives of this study are to...
Understanding the impacts and extent of both climate change and human activities on ecosystems is crucial to sustainable development. With low anti-interference ability, arid and semi-arid ecosystems are particularly sensitive to disturbances from bo...
Lake evaporation is a critical component of the hydrological cycle. Quantifying lake evaporation in hyper-arid regions by measurement and estimation can both provide reliable potential evaporation (ET0) reference and promote a deeper understanding of...
Estimating evapotranspiration (ET), the main water output flux within basins, is an important step in assessing hydrological changes and water availability. However, direct measurements of ET are challenging, especially for large regions. Global prod...
To deal with the uncertainties, fuzzy set theory can be considered as one of the mathematical tools by Zadeh. As a mathematical tool to deal with negative information, Jun et al. introduced a new function, which is called a negative-valued function,...
A chemical graph is an illustration of a chemical compound’s structural formula, where the edges indicate covalent bonding and the vertices depict atoms. In the study of (molecular) graphs, Zagreb indices and their variations are the most studi...
Arid ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to climate change, which is considered one of the serious global environmental issues that can cause critical challenges to the hydrological cycle in arid ecosystems. This work focused on assessing the effecti...
The global financial crisis of 2007–2008 had a negative impact on many countries, including Vietnam. Many policies have been applied to stabilize the macro-economic indicators. However, most of them are based on old qualitative models, which do not h...
Hong Kong oysters (Crassostrea hongkongensis) are an important marine bivalve with nutritional and commercial value. The expanded off-bottom farming scale in recent years makes the oysters more susceptible to exposure to abiotic stresses, such as sal...
In hyper-arid and arid zones, management of crop water requirements is considered a vital component for sustaining crop production. The efficiency of the irrigation method and the application of many kinds of organic matter are practices that should...
A new desmid microalga species, Cosmarium yassinii A.A. Saber, El-Sheekh, Kouwets et Cantonati sp. nov., was isolated from two hyper-arid mountain valleys, so-called “wadis”, in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The distinctive morphological f...
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are toxic by-products of aerobic cellular metabolism. However, ROS conduct multiple functions, and specific ROS sources can have beneficial or detrimental effects on plant health. This review explores the complex dynamic...
This paper presents numerical works on estimating some logistic models using particle swarm optimization (PSO). The considered models are the Verhulst model, Pearl and Reed generalization model, von Bertalanffy model, Richards model, Gompertz model,...
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The analysis of complex and time-evolving interactions, such as those within social dynamics, represents a current challenge in the science of complex systems. Temporal networks stand as a suitable tool for schematizing such systems, encoding all the...
Traditional DASH (dynamic adaptation streaming over HTTP(i.e., HyperText Transfer Protocol)) bitrate strategy cannot differentiate segments with different complexities of video content, resulting in the user’s QoE (quality of experience) of seg...
This study employed machine learning to investigate the mechanical behavior of one-part geopolymer (OPG)-stabilized soil subjected to acid erosion. Based on the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) data of acid-eroded OPG-stabilized soil, eight mach...
Deep generative models, such as deep Boltzmann machines, focused on models that provided parametric specification of probability distribution functions. Such models are trained by maximizing intractable likelihood functions, and therefore require num...
This paper has two objectives: the first is to generate two binary flags to indicate useful frames permitting the measurement of cardiac and respiratory rates from Ballistocardiogram (BCG) signals—in fact, human body activities during measurements ca...
During the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak, many people were infected, and the symptoms may persist for several weeks or months for recovering patients. This is also known as “long COVID” and includes symptoms such as fatigue...
The Applied Sciences Editorial Office retracts the article, “Laser Welding of UNS S33207 Hyper-Duplex Stainless Steel to 6061 Aluminum Alloy Using High Entropy Alloy as a Filler Material” [...]
Improving the prediction of blood glucose concentration may improve the quality of life of people living with type 1 diabetes by enabling them to better manage their care. Given the anticipated benefits of such a prediction, numerous methods have bee...
In this manuscript, we isolate and characterize a phage that displays what we call anti-bacterial hyper-aggressive behavior. This behavior appears ideal for phage therapy of bacterial disease. It includes (1) formation of semi-turbid zones that subse...