Abstract Introduction: Adolescence is a critical period for cognitive and emotional growth. In the U.S., an estimated 38% of high school students report serious cognitive difficulties, and about 20% of adolescents have a diagnosed mental or behavioral health condition such as anxiety, both associated with poorer academic performance and psychosocial functioning. Because both problems are […]

Abstract Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) generate millions of vessel positions per day, so training machine learning (ML) models on complete datasets is expensive. Prior AIS reduction work has evaluated trajectory simplification on downstream tasks; however, no reviewed study has compared multiple competing ping-level sampling strategies across multiple downstream ML tasks and anomaly-label definitions within one […]

Abstract Microplastics are pervasive pollutants that host unique microbial communities (the “plastisphere”), which may contribute to plastic degradation or pose pathogenic risks. However, systematic comparisons across diverse materials are lacking. This study aims to identify microbial communities specifically enriched on plastic surfaces, particularly Thalassospira and Alcanivorax, and evaluate their potential for plastic degradation. We conducted […]

Abstract This is a qualitative pilot study that explores the ways that Korean adolescents told and interpreted their schooling experiences across selective educational contexts in South Korea and the United States. Rather than treating the Korean and U.S. educational contexts as directly comparable national systems, this study places emphasis on three Korean students’ experiences in […]