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Dam Siltation in the Mediterranean Region Under Climate Change : A Case Study of Ahmed El Hansali Dam, Morocco
Dams are vital for irrigation, power generation, and domestic water needs, but siltation poses a significant challenge, especially in areas prone to water erosion, potentially shortening a dam’s lifespan. The Ahmed El Hansali Dam in Morocco faces heightened siltation due to its upstream region being susceptible to erosion-prone rocks and high runoff. This study estimates the siltation at the dam f
Robust Parameter Optimisation of Noise-Tolerant Clustering for DENCLUE Using Differential Evolution
Clustering samples based on similarity remains a significant challenge, especially when the goal is to accurately capture the underlying data clusters of complex arbitrary shapes. Existing density-based clustering techniques are known to be best suited for capturing arbitrarily shaped clusters. However, a key limitation of these methods is the difficulty in automatically finding the optimal set of
Methylxanthines for the prevention or treatment of intermittent hypoxemia or respiratory insufficiency in late preterm infants
Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. To assess the benefits and harms of methylxanthines in preventing or treating intermittent hypoxemia or respiratory insufficiency in late preterm infants.
A national long-read sequencing study on chromosomal rearrangements uncovers hidden complexities
Clinical genetic laboratories often require a comprehensive analysis of chromosomal rearrangements/structural variants (SVs), from large events like translocations and inversions to supernumerary ring/marker chromosomes and small deletions or duplications. Understanding the complexity of these events and their clinical consequences requires pinpointing breakpoint junctions and resolving the deriva
Knock Detection with Ion Current and Vibration Sensor : A Comparative Study of Logistic Regression and Neural Networks
Knock detection is critical for maintaining engine performance and preventing damage in spark-ignition engines. This study explores the use of ion current and knock indicators derived from a vibration sensor ((Formula presented.)) and ion current ((Formula presented.)) to improve knock detection accuracy. Traditional threshold-based methods rely on (Formula presented.), but they are susceptible to
Tenacious Documents : Exploring the Allure of Documentation in Swedish Compulsory Schools
De svenska utbildningsmyndigheterna står inför ett seglivat problem. Lärare har under många år uttryckt missnöje över alltmer utbredda och genomgripande krav på dokumentation. En hel del dokumentation stjäl tid som annars skulle kunna läggas på elevers lärande och att utveckla undervisningen, lyder klagomålen. Under de senaste 15 åren har olika svenska regeringar försökt åtgärda detta problem, menThe Swedish education authorities are up against a tenacious problem. Teachers have for years expressed dissatisfaction over increasingly prolific and pervasive demands for documentation that hijacks time that could have been invested in pupils’ learning. Over the past 15 years different Swedish governments have sought to remedy this problem but to no avail. The ‘burden of documentation’, as it is
Tracking early mammalian organogenesis - prediction and validation of differentiation trajectories at whole organism scale
Early organogenesis represents a key step in animal development, during which pluripotent cells diversify to initiate organ formation. Here, we sampled 300,000 single-cell transcriptomes from mouse embryos between E8.5 and E9.5 in 6-h intervals and combined this new dataset with our previous atlas (E6.5-E8.5) to produce a densely sampled timecourse of >400,000 cells from early gastrulation to orga
Historical perspective on von Willebrand disease
In 1926, the Finnish physician Erik Adolf von Willebrand first described an inherited bleeding disorder with features that suggested that this disease was distinct from classic hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. The original observations were made by members of a large family (family S) living on the island of Föglö in the Åland archipelago in the Baltic Sea. The index case was a young girl,
(min, + ) Matrix and Vector Products for Inputs Decomposable into Few Monotone Subsequences
We study the time complexity of computing the (min, + ) matrix product of two n× n integer matrices in terms of n and the number of monotone subsequences the rows of the first matrix and the columns of the second matrix can be decomposed into. In particular, we show that if each row of the first matrix can be decomposed into at most m1 monotone subsequences and each column of the second matrix can
Transience of continuous-time conservative random walks
We consider two continuous-time generalizations of conservative random walks introduced in Englander and Volkov (2022), an orthogonal and a spherically symmetrical one; the latter model is also known as random flights. For both models, we show the transience of the walks when d ≥ 2 and that the rate of direction changing follows a power law t-α, 0 < α ≤ 1, or the law (In t)-β where β ≥ 2.
A new analytical method for modeling network hydraulics in district systems with bidirectional mass and energy flows
Recent technologies of district heating and cooling (DHC) systems integrate renewable energy sources and connect multiple heat producers and consumers to the same network. The resulting interactions may therefore cause the fluid in the pipe, or the energy carried by the system, to flow in both directions. This article presents a newly developed analytical method for evaluating the hydraulic states
Tourism in the polycrisis : a Horizon 2050 paper
Purpose: Tourism faces a range of interconnected and potentially transformative global risks – collectively considered an evolving polycrisis – that have not been adequately defined and understood. As a result, the industry struggles to proactively anticipate and mitigate potential future challenges, while governments lack insight for strategic longer-term decision-making on tourism development. T
The Mutare–Fingeren dyke swarm : the enigma of the Kalahari Craton’s exit from supercontinent Rodinia
The Rodinia supercontinent broke apart during the Neoproterozoic. Rodinia break-up is associated with widespread intraplate magmatism on many cratons, including the c. 720–719 Ma Franklin large igneous province (LIP) of Laurentia. Coeval magmatism has also been identified recently in Siberia and South China. This extensive magmatism terminates ∼1 myr before the onset of the Sturtian Snowball Earth
Att skapa inkluderande kollektivtrafikrum
Kollektivtrafikens bytespunkter och hållplatser än mer än platser för väntan – de utgör en central del av stadens liv och människors vardag. För att dessa kollektivtrafikrum ska bli inbjudande och tillgängliga för alla, är det viktigt att vi noggrant överväger hur de planeras och utformas. I den här boken presenteras de viktigaste aspekterna för att säkerställa att dessa platser fungerar som inklu
Direct high-precision radon quantification for interpreting high-frequency greenhouse gas measurements
RELATIVE INCOME AND MENTAL HEALTH IN COUPLES
The share of couples where the wife outearns the husband is increasing globally. In this paper, I examine how this dynamic affects mental health. Using data on the 2001 marital cohort in Sweden, I show that while mental health is positively associated with own and spousal income, it is negatively linked to the wife’s relative income. In the most conservative specification, the wife starting to ear
Structure-dependent electromagnetic finite-volume effects through order 1/L3
We consider electromagnetic finite-volume effects through order 1/L3 in different formulations of QED, where L is the periodicity of the spatial volume.An inherent problem at this order is the appearance of structure-dependent quantities related to form factors and the analytical structure of the correlation functions.The non-local constraint of the widely used QEDL regularization gives rise to st
Coercion by the Orthodox minority in Israel
In Israel, the Orthodox minority enforces its conception of the good on Israeli-Jews, many of whom do not share their set of beliefs. This is the result of lack of separation between state and religion and the monopoly enjoyed by the Orthodoxy to decide personal matters. Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has been struggling to reconcile the tension between its being a democracy and retaining
Development of a new patient-reported outcome measure for Dupuytren disease : A study protocol
Objectives: Dupuytren disease is a common condition that causes progressive finger contractures resulting in impaired hand function and difficulties in performing daily activities. Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are commonly used in research and clinical practice to evaluate treatment outcomes. Both general upper extremity PROMs and Dupuytren-specific PROMs are available, typically deve