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View article: Differential sensitivities of three types of compound drought and heatwave events to human-induced climate change across the globe
Differential sensitivities of three types of compound drought and heatwave events to human-induced climate change across the globe Open
Compound drought and heatwave (CDHW) events threaten ecosystems, water security, and human health through mutually reinforcing thermal and hydrological stress. Using CMIP6 multi-model simulations, we quantify influences of human-induced cl…
View article: Remote sensing and statistical assessment of the impact of typhoon Doksuri on subtropical forests in China
Remote sensing and statistical assessment of the impact of typhoon Doksuri on subtropical forests in China Open
Super Typhoon Doksuri caused severe damage to Fujian Province, a core region of subtropical forest distribution along the southeastern coast of China. This study utilized MODIS reflectance data and the Google Earth Engine platform to quant…
View article: Disentangling vegetation physiological responses under extreme drought in the Amazon Rainforest: A multispectral remote sensing approach with insights from ET, SIF, and VOD
Disentangling vegetation physiological responses under extreme drought in the Amazon Rainforest: A multispectral remote sensing approach with insights from ET, SIF, and VOD Open
View article: OverLayBench: A Benchmark for Layout-to-Image Generation with Dense Overlaps
OverLayBench: A Benchmark for Layout-to-Image Generation with Dense Overlaps Open
Despite steady progress in layout-to-image generation, current methods still struggle with layouts containing significant overlap between bounding boxes. We identify two primary challenges: (1) large overlapping regions and (2) overlapping…
View article: Satellite-based assessment reveals hydrological and ecological transformations from China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project
Satellite-based assessment reveals hydrological and ecological transformations from China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project Open
The Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (MR-SNWDP) in China, as the largest inter-basin water transfer initiative in the world, has profoundly influenced the regional hydrology, ecology and climate of both the Water …
View article: Iron-loaded biochar for dual remediation of arsenic-contaminated saline-alkali soil
Iron-loaded biochar for dual remediation of arsenic-contaminated saline-alkali soil Open
View article: Study on the mechanism of different doses of lycium barbarum polysaccharides affecting sperm motility in Drosophila melanogaster
Study on the mechanism of different doses of lycium barbarum polysaccharides affecting sperm motility in Drosophila melanogaster Open
Lycium barbarum, a Solanaceae plant, yields bioactive polysaccharides (LBP) in its dried mature fruits. LBP has demonstrated protective effects on the reproductive system. This study took Drosophila melanogaster as the experimental subject…
View article: Creative4U: MLLMs-based Advertising Creative Image Selector with Comparative Reasoning
Creative4U: MLLMs-based Advertising Creative Image Selector with Comparative Reasoning Open
Creative image in advertising is the heart and soul of e-commerce platform. An eye-catching creative image can enhance the shopping experience for users, boosting income for advertisers and advertising revenue for platforms. With the adven…
View article: Excess water availability in northern mid-high latitudes contiguously migrated from ocean under climate change
Excess water availability in northern mid-high latitudes contiguously migrated from ocean under climate change Open
Terrestrial water availability sustains livelihoods, socioeconomic development, and ecosystems. Despite an understanding of contributions of oceanic moisture to terrestrial hydroclimatic extremes, whether surpluses of terrestrial water ava…
View article: Multi-objective optimisation of a novel expansion equal-channel angular spiral extrusion using response surface methodology
Multi-objective optimisation of a novel expansion equal-channel angular spiral extrusion using response surface methodology Open
Based on the traditional equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE), this paper develops a novel composite for severe plastic deformation, namely expansion equal-channel angular spiral extrusion (Exp-ECASE). We conduct multi-objective optimisa…
View article: YOLO-Count: Differentiable Object Counting for Text-to-Image Generation
YOLO-Count: Differentiable Object Counting for Text-to-Image Generation Open
We propose YOLO-Count, a differentiable open-vocabulary object counting model that tackles both general counting challenges and enables precise quantity control for text-to-image (T2I) generation. A core contribution is the 'cardinality' m…
View article: DiSC-Med: Diffusion-based Semantic Communications for Robust Medical Image Transmission
DiSC-Med: Diffusion-based Semantic Communications for Robust Medical Image Transmission Open
The rapid development of artificial intelligence has driven smart health with next-generation wireless communication technologies, stimulating exciting applications in remote diagnosis and intervention. To enable a timely and effective res…
View article: Urbanization-induced squeeze effect reshapes dry–wet abrupt alternations in Chinese cities
Urbanization-induced squeeze effect reshapes dry–wet abrupt alternations in Chinese cities Open
Rapid urbanization substantially alters hydrometeorological extremes, yet its effects on compound dry-wet abrupt alternation (DWAA) remain poorly understood. Here we present the first multi-scale analysis of urbanization effects on DWAA ac…
View article: Format-Adapter: Improving Reasoning Capability of LLMs by Adapting Suitable Format
Format-Adapter: Improving Reasoning Capability of LLMs by Adapting Suitable Format Open
Generating and voting multiple answers is an effective method to mitigate reasoning inconsistencies of large language models (LLMs). Prior works have shown that multiple reasoning formats outperform a single format when generating multiple…
View article: Fingerprint‐Based Attribution and Constrained Projection of Global Risk of Daily Compound Hot Extremes
Fingerprint‐Based Attribution and Constrained Projection of Global Risk of Daily Compound Hot Extremes Open
Compound hot extremes (CHEs)—the concurrence of daytime and nighttime heat—have been increasing under anthropogenic warming, causing serious damage to human society and ecosystems. However, the anthropogenic fingerprint in past and future …
View article: Remote Sensing and Statistical Assessment of the Impact of Typhoon Doksuri on Subtropical Forests in China
Remote Sensing and Statistical Assessment of the Impact of Typhoon Doksuri on Subtropical Forests in China Open
Super typhoons are extreme climate events that cause significant casualties, infrastructure damage, and ecosystem degradation in coastal regions. Fujian Province, located along the southeastern coast of China, is a key area for subtropical…
View article: An Integrated Statistical‐Physical‐Machine Learning Framework: Quantifying Human‐Induced Terrestrial Water Storage Loss
An Integrated Statistical‐Physical‐Machine Learning Framework: Quantifying Human‐Induced Terrestrial Water Storage Loss Open
Terrestrial water storage (TWS) is influenced by both climate changes and human activities, yet research on the impacts of human activities remains limited. Here, a data‐driven methodology is presented, integrating statistical analysis, ph…
View article: Land Use and Land Cover Change Assessment and Predictions in Flood Detention Areas of Yangtze River Basin Based on AIF-HOM-PLUS Model
Land Use and Land Cover Change Assessment and Predictions in Flood Detention Areas of Yangtze River Basin Based on AIF-HOM-PLUS Model Open
As global urbanization accelerates and economic development progresses rapidly, a series of ecological and environmental challenges have emerged. In certain countries, particularly in developing nations such as China, India, and Bangladesh…
View article: Remote sensing-driven machine learning models for spatiotemporal analysis of coastal phytoplankton blooms under climate change scenarios
Remote sensing-driven machine learning models for spatiotemporal analysis of coastal phytoplankton blooms under climate change scenarios Open
View article: Frequent land-ocean transboundary migration of tropical heatwaves under climate change
Frequent land-ocean transboundary migration of tropical heatwaves under climate change Open
View article: Hot Weather Amplifies the Urban Dry Island Effect, Especially in Wetter Climates
Hot Weather Amplifies the Urban Dry Island Effect, Especially in Wetter Climates Open
Atmospheric humidity is usually drier in cities than the surrounding rural areas, a phenomenon known as the urban dry island (UDI) effect. However, the response of atmospheric humidity to hot weather in urban versus rural settings remains …
View article: Artificial intelligence for calculating and predicting building carbon emissions: a review
Artificial intelligence for calculating and predicting building carbon emissions: a review Open
The construction industry, being responsible for a large share of global carbon emissions, needs to reduce its high carbon output to meet carbon reduction goals. Artificial intelligence can provide efficient support for carbon emission cal…
View article: Enhanced sensor web services by incorporating IoT interface protocols and spatio-temporal data streams for edge computing-based sensing
Enhanced sensor web services by incorporating IoT interface protocols and spatio-temporal data streams for edge computing-based sensing Open
The Geospatial Sensor Web (GSW) integrates heterogeneous aerial and ground sensors via cloud-edge linkages and GIS-based approaches, forming a multi-dimensional observation network. However, existing systems struggle to support edge-side c…
View article: A Generative Image Steganography Based on Disentangled Attribute Feature Transformation and Invertible Mapping Rule
A Generative Image Steganography Based on Disentangled Attribute Feature Transformation and Invertible Mapping Rule Open
View article: A Fusion Strategy for High-Accuracy Multilayer Soil Moisture Downscaling and Mapping
A Fusion Strategy for High-Accuracy Multilayer Soil Moisture Downscaling and Mapping Open
Soil moisture (SM) is a critical factor influencing plant growth, agricultural yield, ecosystem functions, and water resource management. Existing SM products, such as SMAP, ERA5, and ESA-CCI, provide daily SM data. However, their coarse s…
View article: Individual Urban Street Tree Recognition and Mapping based on Street-ViewImages and GIS data
Individual Urban Street Tree Recognition and Mapping based on Street-ViewImages and GIS data Open
View article: A Novel Daily Soil Moisture Index for Tracking Drought-Flood Abrupt Alternations: Spatiotemporal Characterization and Risk Assessment in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River Basin
A Novel Daily Soil Moisture Index for Tracking Drought-Flood Abrupt Alternations: Spatiotemporal Characterization and Risk Assessment in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River Basin Open
View article: Quantifying Fragile Carbon Balance between Large-Scale Losses and Unevenly Distributed Gains by Multiple Remote Sensing based Vegetation Optical Depth Datasets
Quantifying Fragile Carbon Balance between Large-Scale Losses and Unevenly Distributed Gains by Multiple Remote Sensing based Vegetation Optical Depth Datasets Open
View article: Improved metabolic functions and gut microbiota rebalance: the therapeutic potential of <i>Ficus carica</i> polysaccharides for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Improved metabolic functions and gut microbiota rebalance: the therapeutic potential of <i>Ficus carica</i> polysaccharides for type 2 diabetes mellitus Open
The present study investigated the potential therapeutic potential of Ficus carica polysaccharides (FCPS) in type 2 diabetic mellitus (T2DM) mice, focusing on elucidating the underlying molecular mechanisms. Network pharmacology analysis i…
View article: The characteristics and mechanism of NaHCO3 compound fly ash in suppressing gas explosions in pipeline networks
The characteristics and mechanism of NaHCO3 compound fly ash in suppressing gas explosions in pipeline networks Open