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Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 2254-2341, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Fady Alnajjar, Luqman Ali, Hamad Al Jassmi, Essam Debie, Milad Ghasrikhouzani, Alessandro Lanteri, Tate McGregor, Oleksandra Molloy, Alice Plebe, Michael Regan, Eduardo Sandoval, Dongmo Zhang   +13 more
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Conservation Measures and Future Perspectives for Europe's Most Threatened Frog: The Action Plan for Karpathos Water Frog (<i>Pelophylax cerigensis</i>). [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Christopoulos A, Spaneli V, Protopappas D, Pafilis P.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fielding Floods for Flourishing Farms: A Framework for Assessing the Reuse of Small Flood Reservoirs as Irrigation Reservoirs

Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract Due to the increased intensity and frequency of droughts under a warming world, agricultural irrigation demand (AID) is likely to increase in many regions of the world—not just in semi‐arid and arid regions, but also in temperate regions. Small reservoirs have often been touted as a decentralized solution to increase water supply resilience ...
Sarah Ho, Jacob Bernhardt, Kerstin Stahl, Uwe Ehret   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous water governance in a China-Vietnam borderland: ethnographic insights from Nung and Tay communities. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Truong LV.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Rainfall to Rumors: Interpreting the 2024 Bangladesh Floods Through Numbers, Narratives, and Information Gaps

Water Resources Research, Volume 62, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract When severe floods struck southeastern Bangladesh in August 2024, competing explanations emerged. Meteorological analysis revealed that extreme precipitation was exacerbated by the Madden‐Julian Oscillation and jet stream dynamics. However, alternative narratives proliferated on social media, particularly claims that India deliberately ...
P. Das, A. R. Ganguly, N. Rabb, K. Smith, S. Islam   +4 more
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Adaptive Local-Global Synergistic Perception Network for Hydraulic Concrete Surface Defect Detection. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Peng Z, Li L, Chang C, Wan M, Zheng G, Yue Z, Zhou S, Liu Z.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The World Bank's Business Ready Project: The Labor Topic, ILO Standards and the Role and Impact of Labour Regulation

The Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 3, Page 347-378, May 2026.
The World Bank's new Business Ready (B‐READY) project replaces the controversial Doing Business index in assessing global business and investment environments and is intended to galvanise legal reform in countries across the world. The project is driven by a set of indicators that measure and compare key facets of countries' business environments.
Sangheon Lee, Deirdre McCann
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing leaping and movement potential at a migratory barrier. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zielinski DP.
europepmc   +1 more source

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO ‘ACCEPT’ URBAN SHRINKAGE? A Comparative Analysis of Discursive Pathways to Policy and Action on Shrinking Cities in the Netherlands and Finland

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 731-752, May 2026.
Abstract Shrinking cities are increasingly drawing global attention, but urban shrinkage is seldom considered as an enduring structural condition necessitating a move beyond growth‐centric strategies. The focus often remains on mitigating symptoms rather than embracing the broader implications of long‐term decline. Understanding of what drives decision‐
Marjan Marjanović, Johanna Lilius
wiley   +1 more source