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Energies, 2023 Energy poverty vulnerability constitutes a significant concern in Portugal, with 17.5% of the population being unable to keep their home adequately warm. Furthermore, there is evidence that a substantial number of children live in unhealthy homes.
Marta Fonseca Gabriel +9 more
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A Survey of Scan-to-BIM Practices in the AEC Industry—A Quantitative Analysis
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021 Architectural survey methods using terrestrial 3D laser scanning and digital photogrammetry prove capable of registering a building with a level of accuracy far superior to traditional methods, minimizing errors, and reducing fieldwork.
Gustavo Rocha, Luís Mateus
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 Identifying habitat needs for species with large distributions is challenging because species-habitat associations may vary across scales and regions (spatial nonstationarity).
Gregory T. Wann +11 more
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Plague transforms positive effects of precipitation on prairie dogs to negative effects
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021 Rodents characteristically benefit from increased precipitation, especially in typically dry habitats; “good years” of high precipitation improve their forage and water balance. However, Yersinia pestis (plague), a flea-borne pathogen of mammals that was
Dean E. Biggins +2 more
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Identifying negative sentiment polarity in the Judas technique
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 In the context of conservation science and management, the Judas technique refers to outfitting an animal (a Judas animal) with a radio transmitter or other identifier so that its movements can be tracked to locate conspecifics.
Austin L. Fitzgerald +4 more
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Comparative analyses of the air distributions created by attached ventilation with different air outlets [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 As an innovative ventilation mode, attached ventilation has been widely used in different types of buildings due to its high ventilation efficiency and energy saving. At present, the commonly used air outlet form is slot outlet. Considering the diversity
Li Jiaxing +4 more
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Changes in groundwater drought associated with anthropogenic warming [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2019 Here we present the first empirical evidence for changes in groundwater drought associated with anthropogenic warming in the absence of long-term changes in precipitation.
J. P. Bloomfield +2 more
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Field measurements and parametric studies for the thermal environment of underground tunnel entrance in cold climate zones [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 In frozen regions, especially metro tunnel portal sections, which are vulnerable to an externally low-temperature atmosphere, would lead to frozen damage affecting traffic safety.
Yang Changqing +6 more
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A targeted annual warning system developed for the conservation of a sagebrush indicator species
Ecological Indicators, 2023 A fundamental goal of population ecologists is to identify drivers responsible for temporal variation in abundance. Understanding whether variation is associated with environmental stochasticity or anthropogenic disturbances, which are more amenable to ...
Brian G. Prochazka +11 more
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Establishment of the Luoping Biota National Geopark in Yunnan, China [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2022 Geoparks in China have been a great success story, with 284 national geoparks and 41 of them accorded UNESCO international status, the highest number for any country in the world.
Michael Benton +6 more
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