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The increasing scale and complexity of data mining outputs, such as frequent itemsets, association rules, sequences, and subgraphs have made efficient pattern retrieval a critical, yet underexplored challenge. This review addresses the organisation,...

With the rapid development of high-speed railway (HSR) transportation in China, its impact on regional spatial patterns and shaping has become increasingly significant. This study took seven urban agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin as the resea...

This paper addresses multipath interference introduced by reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in mitigating shadow fading in wireless communication systems. To tackle this, we propose the use of two-dimensional orthogonal pattern division multip...

This paper proposes a two-dimensional orthogonal pattern division multiple access (OPDMA) technique to address key challenges in massive MIMO systems, including complex channel estimation, multipath interference, Doppler effects, and inter-antenna in...

Both transport development and poverty alleviation are vital for sustainable development. However, due to the lack of long-term, comparable, county-level transport accessibility and poverty incidence data, the spatiotemporal patterns of these factors...

Assessment of the spatial distribution and accessibility of traditional villages is closely related to their development. However, the impacts of spatial heterogeneity on the accessibility of traditional villages remain largely unknown. A total of 64...

Purpose: Imaging by fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (PET) has emerged as a valuable tool in the management of locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC), both for assessment of lymph node status and determination of response to chemoradi...

Culture represents the core and ultimate value of a city, serving as a foundation for its economic and social development. However, with rapid urban expansion and increasing globalization, issues related to the spatial distribution pattern, accessibi...

Food security among college students is an increasing concern, with potential implications for their health, academic performance, and future well-being. This study investigated food security within a college community in Mexico, focusing on food ava...

We propose a framework for the exact probabilistic analysis of window-based pattern matching algorithms, such as Boyer–Moore, Horspool, Backward DAWG Matching, Backward Oracle Matching, and more. In particular, we develop an algorithm that efficientl...

In contemporary software development, it is crucial to adhere to design patterns because well-organized and readily maintainable source code facilitates bug fixes and the development of new features. A carefully selected set of design patterns can ha...

Due to the significant propagation delay in underwater sensor networks, conflict retransmission in channel access protocols comes at a high cost. This poses a challenge in scenarios where multiple sensor nodes generate data frames with strong tempora...

Rendering is the process of generating high-resolution images by software, which is widely used in animation, video games and visual effects in movies. Although rendering is a computation-intensive job, we observe that storage accesses may become ano...

The WHO Essential Medicines List Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification could facilitate antibiotic stewardship and optimal use. In Bangladesh, data on antibiotic dispensing in pharmacies according to the AWaRe classification are scarce. W...

This research paper addresses the problem of testing N × 1 random-access memories (RAMs) in which complex models of unlinked static neighborhood pattern-sensitive faults (NPSFs) are considered. Specifically, two well-known fault models are addr...

Background: The AWaRe tool was set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote the rational use of antimicrobials. Indeed, this tool classifies antibiotics into four groups: access, watch, reserve and not-recommended antibiotics. In The Demo...

The number of elderly people as a proportion of the world’s population is growing significantly. Special attention to the accessibility and mobility requirements of this group is needed. The contribution of this paper is a review of travel patt...

The UK, as elsewhere, has seen an accelerating trend of bank branch closures and reduced opening hours since the early 2000s. The reasons given by the banks are well rehearsed, but the impact assessments they provide to justify such programs and sign...

Sustainable development entails various development patterns commonly associated with compact and mixed development that usually leads to reduced driving, more public transportation utilization, lower energy consumption, better walkability, and impro...

The equalization of medical services has received increasing attention, and improving the accessibility of medical facilities in rural areas is key for the realization of fairness with regard to medical services. This study studies the rural areas of...

A water park is a nature-based site along a river or water management project that plays a vital role in protecting the local ecological system and providing water recreation, making it an essential component of China’s ecological and ecotouris...

Street layout has a significant effect on accessibility and intelligibility, which ultimately affects navigation and movement efficiency. While previous research has examined planned and unplanned street patterns, most studies focus on single-scale a...

As the basic support of regional economic and social development, land transportation is one of the important engines to promote regional development, and its construction and improvement will have an important impact on the regional economic pattern...

This paper proposes TSKT-oblivious RAM (ORAM), an efficient multi-server ORAM construction, to protect a client’s access pattern to outsourced data. TSKT-ORAM organizes each of the server storages as a k-ary tree and adopts XOR-based private informat...

In this study, we evaluated the supply quality of parks and green spaces within the Third Ring Road area in Shenyang city by combining a landscape pattern index analysis with a principal component analysis. Moreover, a network analysis based on the A...

The traditional settlements are of paramount significance as indispensable elements of China’s cultural heritage, simultaneously functioning as prime assets for the enhancement of rural economic and social dynamics. Nestled within the comprehen...

The accessibility, quantity, and quality of water resources are the basic requirements for guaranteeing water resource security. Research into regional water resource accessibility will contribute to improving regional water resource security and eff...

(1) Background: As global urbanization accelerates, effective mobility in metropolitan areas becomes crucial. City transportation systems, often congested, have diverse transit modes and numerous access points. Our study focuses on the transportation...

Investigating the correlation between urban mobility patterns and the built environment is crucial to support an integrated approach to transportation and land-use planning in modern cities. In this study, we aim to conduct a data-driven analysis of...

This study integrates space syntax and big data from the catering industry to explore the impact of grid and organic street patterns on the spatial distribution of restaurants from the perspective of urban morphology. Space syntax is a set of theorie...

Fever visit management (FVM) played a critical role in reducing the risk of local outbreaks caused by positive cases during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic under the dynamic zero-COVID-19 policy. Fever clinics were established to sat...

The key factor in moving towards a more sustainable travel model is based on improving mobility, especially in rural areas that share territorial dynamics with urban areas and are connected by a daily flow of inhabitants. The purpose of this article...

Ice-and-snow tourism cities face pronounced seasonal fluctuations that place strong pressure on urban accommodation systems. Understanding the spatial distribution, accessibility, and service capacity of hotels is therefore critical for sustainable t...

For decades, transportation planning has relied on utilitarian principles, which aim to maximize cumulative benefit by meeting the needs of the “average user.” This approach ignores fundamental differences between population groups and pr...

Though fruit and vegetable consumption is essential for disease prevention and health maintenance, intake among children fails to meet dietary recommendations. Limited access to and the affordability of fresh produce, particularly among low-income yo...

Urban green space is an essential form of infrastructure for cities, providing a significant spatial guarantee for sustainable urban development, an essential ecological, social, and cultural function, and an important symbol of urban modernisation a...

The impact of climate change (CC) includes a decline in agricultural production due to crop damage caused by flooding and drought, which destroys crops before harvest, particularly in small-scale irrigation areas. This has led farmers to look for alt...

This study investigates the influence of closed-loop devices on omnidirectional beam patterns radiated from a Wireless Access for Vehicle Environment (WAVE) monopole antenna for facilitating communication stability in Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-t...

Metropolitan areas shoulder the crucial task of regional and even national economic development. Analyzing the spatial patterns and influencing factors of metropolitan traffic dominance can provide a scientific basis for the optimization of its trans...

Tail striking is a typical safety event in the area of civil aviation, which is directly related to the aircraft pitch angle at landing. Based on 2933 A319 flights’ non-exceedance quick access recorder (QAR) data from Dali airport, the relation...

There is an increasing demand for navigation capability for space vehicles. The exploitation of the so-called Space Service Volume (SSV), and hence the extension of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) from terrestrial to space users, is cur...

In Korea, decisions for high-speed railway (HSR) construction are made based on long-term demand forecasting. A calibration process that simulates current trip patterns is an important step in long-term demand forecasting. However, a trial-and-error...

This study provides an innovative collaborative spatial decision support system (SDSS) that aims to ensure an equitable spatial distribution of healthcare services. Evaluating the equality of access to health services across different geographical ar...

The Karp and Rabin (KR) fingerprint is a special hash-like function widely utilized for efficient string matching. Recently, Sharma et al.leveraged its linear and symmetric properties to facilitate private database queries. However, their approach ma...

The spatial pattern of music venues is one of the key decision-making factors for urban planning and development strategies. Understanding the current configurations and future demands of music venues is fundamental to scholars, planners, and designe...

The proper storage and management of multimedia data is a topic of great interest to industry and academia. Database fragmentation plays a fundamental role as a mechanism to guarantee cost reduction and improve response time performance in distribute...

This study investigates a dynamic switching method for signal relay protocols in Cooperative Pattern Division Multiple Access (Co-PDMA) networks. The proposed approach aims to fully utilize the advantages of signal relays in fading-prone environment...

The aim of this research consisted of assessing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the interurban public transport system in a rural region with a sparse population density, considering the number of tickets sold and passengers in each locality,...

SDG 9.1.1 and SDG 11.2.1 are significant evaluation indicators of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to transportation accessibility and are used to measure the proportion of the population facilitating the use of road services...

Homomorphic Encryption (HE) allows for arbitrary computation of encrypted data, offering a method for preserving privacy in cloud computations. However, efficiency remains a significant obstacle, particularly with the polynomial multiplication of lar...