Geographia Technica,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
19(2/2024), P. 13 - 32
Published: May 15, 2024
Population
growth,
urbanization
and
rapid
industrial
development
increase
the
demand
for
water
resources.Groundwater
is
an
important
resource
in
sustainable
socio-economic
development.The
identification
of
regions
with
probability
existence
groundwater
necessary
helping
decision
makers
to
propose
effective
strategies
management
this
resource.The
objective
study
construct
maps
potential
groundwater,
based
on
machine
learning
algorithms,
namely
deep
neural
networks
(DNNs),
XGBoost
(XGB),
CatBoost
(CB),
Gia
Lai
province
Vietnam.In
study,
12
conditioning
factors,
elevation,
aspect,
curvature,
slope,
soil
type,
river
density,
distance
road,
land
use/land
cover
(LULC),
Normalized
Difference
Vegetation
Index
(NDVI),
Normal
Built-up
(NDBI),
Water
(NDWI),
rainfall
were
used,
along
181
inventory
points,
models.The
proposed
models
evaluated
using
receiver
operating
characteristic
(ROC)
curve,
area
under
curve
(AUC),
root-mean-square
error
(RMSE),
mean
absolute
(MAE).The
results
showed
that
predictions
most
accurate
XGB
model;
CB
came
second,
DNN
was
performed
least
well.About
4,990
km²
found
be
category
very
low
potential;
3,045
category;
2,426
classified
as
moderate,
2,665
high,
2,007
high.The
methodology
used
creating
maps.This
approach,
can
provide
valuable
information
factors
influencing
assist
decisionmakers
or
developers
managing
resources
sustainably.It
also
supports
territory,
including
tourism.This
other
geographic
a
small
change
input
data.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Aug. 28, 2024
This
study
presents
an
innovative
approach
for
predicting
water
and
groundwater
quality
indices
(WQI
GWQI)
in
the
Eastern
Province
of
Saudi
Arabia,
addressing
critical
challenges
scarcity
pollution
arid
regions.
Recent
literature
highlights
increasing
attention
towards
WQI
based
on
index
(WPI)
GWQI
as
essential
tools
simplifying
complex
hydrogeological
data,
thereby
facilitating
effective
management
protection.
Unlike
previous
works,
present
research
introduces
a
novel
hybrid
method
that
integrates
non-parametric
kernel
Gaussian
learning
(GPR),
adaptive
neuro-fuzzy
inference
system
(ANFIS),
decision
tree
(DT)
algorithms.
marks
first
application
prediction
offering
significant
advancement
field.
Through
laboratory
analysis
combination
various
machine
(ML)
techniques,
this
enhances
capabilities,
particularly
unmonitored
sites
semi-arid
The
study's
objectives
include
feature
engineering
dependency
sensitivity
to
identify
most
influential
variables
affecting
GWQI,
development
predictive
models
using
ANFIS,
GPR,
DT
both
indices.
Furthermore,
it
aims
assess
impact
different
data
portions
predictions,
exploring
divisions
such
(70%
/
30%),
(60%
40%),
(80%
20%)
training
testing
phase,
respectively.
By
filling
gap
resource
management,
offers
implications
regions
facing
similar
environmental
challenges.
its
methodology
comprehensive
analysis,
contributes
broader
effort
managing
protecting
resources
areas.
result
proved
GPR-M1
exhibited
exceptional
phase
accuracy
with
RMSE
=
0.0169
GWQI.
Similarly,
WPI,
ANFIS-M1
achieved
high
skills
0.0401.
results
emphasize
role
quantity
enhancing
model
robustness
precision
assessment.
Water,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(22), P. 3965 - 3965
Published: Nov. 15, 2023
Water
is
our
most
precious
resource,
and
its
responsible
management
utilization
are
paramount
in
the
face
of
ever-growing
environmental
challenges
[...]
Heliyon,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(7), P. e28527 - e28527
Published: March 30, 2024
The
main
objective
of
this
study
was
to
map
the
quality
groundwater
for
domestic
use
in
Nabogo
Basin,
a
sub-catchment
White
Volta
Basin
Ghana,
by
applying
machine
learning
techniques.
conducted
Random
Forest
(RF)
algorithm
predict
quality,
utilizing
factors
that
influence
occurrence
and
such
as
Elevation,
Topographical
Wetness
Index
(TWI),
Slope
length
(LS),
Lithology,
Soil
type,
Normalize
Different
Vegetation
(NDVI),
Rainfall,
Aspect,
Slope,
Plan
Curvature
(PLC),
Profile
(PRC),
Lineament
density,
Distance
faults,
Drainage
density.
area
predicted
building
model
based
on
computed
Arithmetic
Water
Quality
Indices
(WQI)
(as
dependent
variable)
existing
boreholes,
serve
an
indicator
quality.
WQI
shows
it
ranges
from
9.51
69.99%.
This
implied
21.97
%,
74.40
3.63
%
had
respectively
likelihood
excellent.
models
were
found
perform
much
better
with
RMSE
23.03
R2
value
0.82.
highlighted
essential
understanding
area,
paving
way
further
studies
policy
development
management.
Archives of Craniofacial Surgery,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
26(1), P. 19 - 28
Published: Feb. 20, 2025
Pneumatization
of
turbinates,
also
known
as
concha
bullosa
(CB),
is
associated
with
nasal
septal
deviation
and
sinonasal
pathologies.
This
study
aims
to
evaluate
the
performance
deep
learning
models
in
detecting
CB
coronal
cone-beam
computed
tomography
(CBCT)
images.
Standardized
images
were
obtained
from
203
CBCT
scans
(83
119
without
CB)
radiology
archives
a
dental
teaching
hospital.
These
underwent
preprocessing
through
hybridized
contrast
enhancement
(CE)
method
using
discrete
wavelet
transform
(DWT).
Of
images,
162
randomly
assigned
training
set
41
testing
set.
Initially,
enhanced
CE
technique
before
being
input
into
pre-trained
models,
namely
ResNet50,
ResNet101,
MobileNet.
The
features
extracted
by
each
model
then
flattened
random
forest
(RF)
classifier.
In
subsequent
phase,
was
refined
incorporating
DWT.
CE-DWT-ResNet101-RF
demonstrated
highest
performance,
achieving
an
accuracy
91.7%
area
under
curve
(AUC)
98%.
contrast,
CE-MobileNet-RF
recorded
lowest
at
82.46%
AUC
92%.
precision,
recall,
F1
score
(all
92%)
observed
for
CE-DWT-ResNet101-RF.
Deep
high
However,
confirm
these
results,
further
studies
involving
larger
sample
sizes
various
are
required.
Water,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(7), P. 1018 - 1018
Published: April 1, 2024
The
rapid
identification
of
the
amount
and
characteristics
chemical
oxygen
demand
(COD)
in
influent
water
is
critical
to
operation
wastewater
treatment
plants
(WWTPs),
especially
for
WWTPs
face
with
a
low
carbon/nitrogen
(C/N)
ratio.
Given
that,
this
study
carried
out
batch
kinetic
experiments
soluble
(SCOD)
nitrogen
degradation
three
established
machine
learning
(ML)
models
accurate
prediction
variation
SCOD.
results
indicate
that
four
different
kinds
components
were
identified
via
parallel
factor
(PARAFAC)
analysis.
C1
(Ex/Em
=
235
nm
275/348
nm,
tryptophan-like
substances/soluble
microbial
by-products)
contributes
majority
internal
carbon
sources
endogenous
denitrification,
whereas
C4
(230
275/350
tyrosine-like
substances)
crucial
readily
biodegradable
SCOD
composition
according
models.
Furthermore,
gradient
boosting
decision
tree
(GBDT)
algorithm
achieved
higher
interpretability
generalizability
describing
relationship
between
source
components,
an
R2
reaching
0.772.
A
Shapley
additive
explanations
(SHAP)
analysis
GBDT
further
validated
above
result.
Undoubtedly,
provided
novel
insights
into
utilizing
ML
predict
through
measurements
excitation–emission
matrix
(EEM)
specific
Ex
Em
positions.
could
help
us
identify
transformation
species
process,
thus
provide
guidance
optimized
WWTPs.