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Soil erosion is one of Pakistan’s most serious environmental threats. This study used geospatial modelling to identify the distinct zones susceptible to soil erosion in Murree, Pakistan. Using a machine learning technique in the Google Earth en...

Modeling the physiology of the human placenta is still a challenge, despite the great number of scientific advancements made in the field. Animal models cannot fully replicate the structure and function of the human placenta and pose ethical and fina...

In this paper, we delve into the innovative application of large language models (LLMs) and their extension, large vision-language models (LVLMs), in the field of remote sensing (RS) image analysis. We particularly emphasize their multi-tasking poten...

The expeditious and precise prediction of stress variations in nonlinear boom structures is paramount for ensuring the safe, dependable, and effective operation of pump trucks. Nonetheless, balancing prediction accuracy and efficiency by constructing...

Background: The proportion of food waste in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, particularly in food service outlets, sends an important and urgent call for a holistic model to either prevent or at least properly manage this high level of food waste. This s...

Background/Objective: The Rs1 exon-1-del rat (Rs1KO) XLRS model shows normal retinal development until postnatal day 12 (P12) when small cystic spaces start to form in the inner nuclear layer. These spaces enlarge rapidly, peak at P15, and then colla...

Background/Objective: The Rs1 exon-1-del rat (Rs1KO) XLRS model shows normal retinal development until postnatal day 12 (P12) when small cystic spaces start to form in the inner nuclear layer. These enlarge rapidly, peak at P15, and then collapse by...

As an important energy absorption process in the Earth’s surface energy balance, evapotranspiration (ET) from vegetation and bare soil plays an important role in regulating the environmental temperatures. However, little research has been done to exp...

The availability of remotely sensed (RS) actual evapotranspiration (ET) provides a possibility for improving runoff prediction in ungauged basins. To develop a general practical method to improve runoff prediction by directly incorporating RS-ET into...

Large vision language models (LVLMs) are built upon large language models (LLMs) and incorporate non-textual modalities; they can perform various multimodal tasks. Applying LVLMs in remote sensing (RS) visual question answering (VQA) tasks can take a...

Background: As a complicated endocrine condition, polycystic ovarian syndrome affects around 20% of women who are of reproductive age. It is linked to an increased risk of endometrial cancer, cardiovascular diseases, mental illnesses, non-alcoholic f...

Religious and spiritual (R/S) struggles are tensions or conflicts one experiences in relationship to what is considered sacred or transcendent. In this study, we tested competing causal models of psychological distress as it relates to personality an...

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are targets for developing new drugs to treat severe pain, nicotine addiction, Alzheimer disease, epilepsy, etc. α-Conotoxins are biologically and chemically diverse. With 12–19 residues and two disulfides,...

Although the MTNR1B single nucleotide polymorphism rs10830963 has been strongly associated with the onset of type 2 diabetes (T2D), its association with the progression and prognosis of T2D has been understudied. We conducted this prospective analysi...

Liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) data are critical for the design and optimization of processes for extracting aromatics. Partial LLE data for the non-aromatic–aromatic–sulfolane ternary system were acquired at 313.15 K and 101.3 kPa...

Accurately quantifying the vegetation rainfall interception at a high resolution is critical for rainfall-runoff modeling and flood forecasting, and is also essential for understanding its further impact on local, regional, and even global water cycl...

Channel modeling is crucial to the development and evaluation of modern wireless communication systems including satellite communication system, since there might be critical safty-of-life applications. Also, the channel model is of great importance...

Remote sensing image change captioning (RSICC) has received considerable research interest due to its ability of automatically providing meaningful sentences describing the changes in remote sensing (RS) images. Existing RSICC methods mainly utilize...

Accurate estimations of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) are essential to various environmental issues. Artificial intelligence-based models are a promising alternative to the most common direct ETa estimation techniques and indirect methods by remote...

Tryptophan is an essential amino acid, required for the production of serotonin. It is the most bitter amino acid and its bitterness was found to be mediated by the bitter taste receptor TAS2R4. Di-tryptophan has a different selectivity profile and w...

Spatio-temporal mismatches between Remote Sensing (RS) and Eddy Covariance (EC) data as well as spatial heterogeneity jeopardize terrestrial Gross Primary Production (GPP) modeling. This article combines: (a) high spatial resolution hyperspectral ima...

A genome wide association study reported that the T allele of rs2294008 in a cancer-related gene, PSCA, is a risk allele for diffuse-type gastric cancer. This allele has the highest frequency (0.63) in Japanese in Tokyo (JPT) among 26 populations in...

Non-terrestrial network (NTN) systems can offer wide area coverage for applications requiring high mobility, which is expected in the sixth generation (6G) of telecommunication systems. This paper proposes a high-mobility support system based on the...

The evolution of texture and grain orientations in a cold-rolled steel of BCC structure was simulated by a reaction stress (RS) model. The results show that cold-rolled texture could be assessed based on a RS model because the stress and strain are c...

Semantic segmentation of ultra-high-resolution remote sensing (UHR-RS) imagery plays a critical role in land use and land cover analysis, yet it remains computationally intensive due to the enormous input size and high spatial complexity. Existing st...

The growing concentration of innovation-driven economic activity in core metropolitan areas threatens the sustainable development of peripheral regions. Conventional aid programs are giving way to place-based strategies that harness endogenous region...

The development of biomedical soft- or hardware frequently includes testing in animals. However, large efforts have been made to reduce the number of animal experiments, according to the 3Rs principle. Simultaneously, a significant number of surplus...

This paper presents an integrated robotic trading strategy developed for the day-ahead energy market that includes different methods for time series analysis and forecasting, such as Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA), Rescaled Range Analysis (R/S...

Cassiopea andromeda is an invasive alien jellyfish that is increasingly reported across the Mediterranean Sea, yet its invasion dynamics and ecological implications remain poorly understood. This study provides an updated assessment of its spatial an...

The first research on the insect Galleria mellonella was published 85 years ago, and the larva is now widely used as a model to study infections caused by bacterial and fungal pathogens, for screening new antimicrobials, to study the adjacent immune...

The accurate estimation of rice yield using remote sensing (RS) technology is crucially important for agricultural decision-making. The rice yield estimation model based on the vegetation index (VI) is commonly used when working with RS methods, howe...

The Liqui-Mass technology (also known as Liqui-Pellet technology) has shown promising results in terms of enhancing the drug release rate of water insoluble drugs in a simplistic approach. However, there is no current study on sustained-release formu...

Stress responses enable vertebrates to adapt to environmental challenges while maintaining homeostasis. Zebrafish larvae are a valuable model for studying stress regulation due to their genetic accessibility and rapid development. This review examine...

This article presents laboratory and spatial numerical modeling of cemented paste backfill. The first part of the research concerned laboratory tests of a mixture of sand, water, and variable cement content (5%, 10%, and 15%). The density and curing...

L-band passive microwave remote sensing (RS) is an important tool for monitoring global soil moisture (SM) and freeze/thaw state. In recent years, progress has been made in its in-depth application and development in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) which ha...

Animal testing is mandatory in drug testing and is the gold standard for toxicity and efficacy evaluations. This situation is expected to change in the future as the 3Rs principle, which stands for the replacement, reduction, and refinement of the us...

The default COSMO-RS (Conductor like Screening Model for Real Solvents) approach is incapable of accurate computation of C60 solubility in net solvents. Additionally, there is no adequate selection of single or multiple reference solvent, which can b...

Large Language Models (LLMs) encounter significant challenges when applied in specialized domains that require precise and localized information. This problem is particularly critical in regulatory sectors, such as the animal health sector in Brazil,...

Efficiently identifying suitable solvents for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) is critical in drug formulation, yet the vast number of possible solvent-solute combinations presents a significant experimental challenge. This study addresses th...

The emergence of large-scale models and machine learning has transformed the modeling of complex nonlinear systems, such as postseismic stress evolution. However, purely data-driven approaches often lack interpretability and numerical stability, lead...

Many academic introductions suffer from inconsistencies and a lack of comprehensive structure, often failing to effectively outline the core elements of the research. This not only impacts the clarity and readability of the article but also hinders t...

To discover new molecules or review the biological activity and toxicity of therapeutic substances, drug development, and research relies on robust biological systems to obtain reliable results. Phenotype-based screenings can transpose the organism&r...

In this study, asthma-prone area modeling of Tehran, Iran was provided by employing three ensemble machine learning algorithms (Bootstrap aggregating (Bagging), Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost), and Stacking). First, a spatial database was created with 8...

Peruvian aquaculture, specifically trout production, has had significant growth over the past ten years. However, the establishment and expansion of small-scale aquaculture have been carried out without considering the suitability of the land. In Per...

The balance between cell survival and cell death represents an essential part of human tissue homeostasis, while altered apoptosis contributes to several pathologies and can affect the treatment efficacy. Impaired apoptosis is one of the main cancer...

Dammed lakes are an important secondary hazard caused by earthquakes. They can induce further damage to nearby humans. Current hydrology calculation research on dammed lakes usually lacks spatial expressive ability and cannot accurately conduct impac...

This study evaluates adhesive bolts (chemical anchors) bonded with epoxy and vinyl ester resins for surface and tunnel excavations in tropical mining environments under static and dynamic loading. Over 300 pull-out tests in concrete and hard rock exa...

The examples of phase equilibria in binary systems, solid/liquid (SLE), liquid/liquid (LLE), vapor/liquid (VLE), as well as liquid/liquid equilibria in ternary systems mainly containing ionic liquids (ILs), or the infragrance materials, or pharmaceut...

This research work studies the integrated application of satellite Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) for the monitoring and forecasting of rice crop (Aman) production in Bangladesh. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (ND...

Rodents models of myocardial infarction (MI) continue to be frequently used in preclinical cardiovascular research, despite alternative approaches being on the rise. The commonly used coronary artery permanent ligation (PL) approach is often hampered...