The key challenge of face recognition is to develop effective feature representations for
reducing intra-personal variations while enlarging inter-personal differences. In this paper, we …

Background The effect of sleep duration on cancer risk remains controversial. We aimed to
quantify the available evidence on this relationship using categorical and dose–response …

Abandoned oil and gas wells provide a potential pathway for subsurface migration and
emissions of methane and other fluids to the atmosphere. Little is known about methane fluxes …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are considerable microplastics (MPs) contributors to
environmental waters. Knowledge about the MPs degradation process under ultraviolet …

Recent measurements of methane emissions from abandoned oil/gas wells show that these
wells can be a substantial source of methane to the atmosphere, particularly from a small …

Pre-trained language models (PLMs) contain vast amounts of factual knowledge, but how
the knowledge is stored in the parameters remains unclear. This paper delves into the …

To the best of our knowledge, we present the first field trial of distributed fiber optical sensing
(DFOS) and high-speed communication, comprising a coexisting system, over an operation …

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted
viruses. Despite the increasing evidence of HPV prevalence in semen, the worldwide …

Disinfection in wastewater treatment plants has potential effects on the sinking behavior of
microplastics (MPs). Investigating its intrinsic mechanisms would be significant for predicting …

Microplastics (MPs) are a worldwide environmental pollution issue. Besides the natural
environmental stresses, various treatments in urban environmental management systems induce …