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Enhancing Cascade Object Detection Accuracy Using Correctors Based on High-Dimensional Feature Separation

open access: yesTechnologies
This study addresses the problem of correcting systematic errors in classical cascade object detectors under severe data scarcity and distribution shift.
Andrey V. Kovalchuk   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unaddressed: Why Chicago's 10-year plan to end homelessness will not work [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In 2003, Mayor Daley signed on to a 10-year plan to end homelessness in Chicago. The premise of the plan is to transform the homeless service system from one based on shelter to one based on permanent housing and prevention of homelessness.While the ...

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Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Youth Peasant Communities Zé Alves and Laranjal in the municipality of Poconé, MT: dilemmas between staying and leaving from countryside

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Educação do Campo, 2020
This article results and dismembered the master's research on "environmental conflict and climate change under the gaze of peasant youths Poconé, Mato Grosso," aimed at understanding perceptions of youths on environmental conflicts and existing climate ...
Jucieli Bertoncello   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sound Financial Practices and Entrepreneurs' Socio‐Environmental Commitment: Revealing the Role of Financial Barriers

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small enterprises (SEs) constitute a major component of economic systems, and their socio‐environmental commitment is critical for promoting societal well‐being. This paper examines the direct effect of sound financial practices on socio‐environmental commitment and evaluates the mediating role of financial constraints—specifically debt and ...
Marcos Álvarez‐Espiño   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

U.S. Fresh Produce Wholesale Sector Trade Practices: Initial Survey Results [PDF]

open access: yes
The wholesale sector is an intermediate stage in the supply chain of fresh produce. In general, business operations in this sector do not transform a specific product, but rather provide services related to the sale of the product.
Martinez, Lourdes R.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Carbon Free Boston: Social equity report 2019 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
OVERVIEW: In January 2019, the Boston Green Ribbon Commission released its Carbon Free Boston: Summary Report, identifying potential options for the City of Boston to meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy   +9 more
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A First Look at Galaxy Flyby Interactions: I. Characterizing the Frequency of Flybys in a Cosmological Context

open access: yes, 2012
Hierarchical structure formation theory is based on the notion that mergers drive galaxy evolution, so a considerable framework of semi-analytic models and N-body simulations has been constructed to calculate how mergers transform a growing galaxy ...
Balogh   +46 more
core   +2 more sources

Tree Census Using Circular Hough Transform and GRVI

open access: yesProcedia Computer Science, 2020
Abstract Remote sensing techniques provide a potentially low-cost alternative to field-based assessments like tree census, tree crown and tree type identification. But it requires the development of algorithms for accurate extraction of the required information.
Ganesh Khadanga, Kamal Jain
openaire   +1 more source

Beyond Structural Interventions: The Human Architecture Shaping ESG Integration in Corporate Systems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the promotion of ESG in corporate discourse, substantive integration of ESG principles into business practices remains challenging. This study applies and extends Meadows' leverage framework to examine ESG integration in UAE‐listed firms.
M. Schulte, Dimitris Christopoulos
wiley   +1 more source

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