Habitat Enrichment Causes Changes in Fish Behavioural Characteristics: A Case Study of .

To better understand the habitat preferences and behavioural ecology of , we performed an experiment using box-shaped reefs as habitat enrichment materials, allowing us to determine the behavioural strategies and drivers involved in the response to different enrichment structures. The results showed that the first contact time of was negatively correlated (Pearson's correlation, < 0.005) with the distribution rate in the artificial reef area.

Monitoring land subsidence in the Peshawar District, Pakistan, with a multi-track PS-InSAR technique.

Peshawar is one of the most densely populated cities of Pakistan with high urbanization rate. The city overexploits groundwater resources for household and commercial usage which has caused land subsidence. Land subsidence has long been an issue in Peshawar due to insufficient groundwater removal.

Spatial- and Temporal-Trajectory Analysis of the Crested Ibis () by Fusing Multiple Sources of Data.

The Crested Ibis () is an endangered animal with an extremely high ecological, humanistic, and scientific value. However, this species still faces survival challenges, due to rapidly shrinking foraging grounds, the serious interference of human behavior, and increased habitat requirements. Geographical environment is a significant factor affecting Crested Ibis behavior-pattern analysis and habitat protection.

Location Optimization of Urban Fire Stations Considering the Backup Coverage.

Urban fires threaten the economic stability and safety of urban residents. Therefore, the limited number of fire stations should cover as many places as possible. Moreover, places with high fire risk should be covered by more fire stations.

Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Machine Learning Algorithm Validated by Persistent Scatterer In-SAR Technique.

Landslides are the most catastrophic geological hazard in hilly areas. The present work intends to identify landslide susceptibility along Karakorum Highway (KKH) in Northern Pakistan, using landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM). To compare and predict the connection between causative factors and landslides, the random forest (RF), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), k nearest neighbor (KNN) and naive Bayes (NB) models were used in this research.

Sentinel-1A for monitoring land subsidence of coastal city of Pakistan using Persistent Scatterers In-SAR technique.

Karachi is located in the southern part of Pakistan along the Arabian Sea coast. Relevant institutions are concerned about the possibility of ground subsidence in the city, contributing to the comparative sea-level rise. So yet, no direct measurement of the subsidence rate and its relation to city submergence danger has been made.

MapGAN: An Intelligent Generation Model for Network Tile Maps.

In recent years, the generative adversarial network (GAN)-based image translation model has achieved great success in image synthesis, image inpainting, image super-resolution, and other tasks. However, the images generated by these models often have problems such as insufficient details and low quality. Especially for the task of map generation, the generated electronic map cannot achieve effects comparable to industrial production in terms of accuracy and aesthetics.

Service Area Delimitation of Fire Stations with Fire Risk Analysis: Implementation and Case Study.

Under the rapid development of urbanization, fire service becomes one of the biggest contributive factors to personal health and property safety. A reasonable plan of fire services should first address the issue of service area delimitation for fire emergency facilities. Specifically, there are two key factors for fire services including rescue efficiency and load balancing, which are usually handled by the space partitioning methods (e.

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) triggers the malignancy of hemangioma cells via activation of NF-κB signals.

Hemangioma (HA) is tumor formed by hyper-proliferation of vascular endothelial cells. However, the role and mechanisms of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on the progression of HA are not well illustrated. Our present study revealed that EGF can significantly promote the in vitro proliferation and motility of HA cells, which was confirmed by the up regulation of Bcl-2, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9.

A Geospatial Information Grid Framework for Geological Survey.

The use of digital information in geological fields is becoming very important. Thus, informatization in geological surveys should not stagnate as a result of the level of data accumulation. The integration and sharing of distributed, multi-source, heterogeneous geological information is an open problem in geological domains.