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Comparing OBIA-Generated Labels and Manually Annotated Labels for Semantic Segmentation in Extracting Refugee-Dwelling Footprints

Applied Sciences, 2022
Refugee-dwelling footprints derived from satellite imagery are beneficial for humanitarian operations. Recently, deep learning approaches have attracted much attention in this domain.
Yunya Gao, Stefan Lang, Dirk Tiede, Getachew Workineh Gella, Lorenz Wendt   +4 more
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Evaluating a mustard extraction technique for sampling earthworms

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2019
We examined efficacy of a mustard extraction technique for quantifying earthworm occupancy and density using a mesocosm experiment. In May 2017, we placed 12 earthworms from 2 ecological groups (6 surface dwelling [epigeic] and 6 deep dwelling [anecic ...
Melissa D. Starking, Gary J. Roloff
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Persistent effects of sand extraction on habitats and associated benthic communities in the German Bight [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2021
Sea-level rise demands for protection measures of endangered coastlines crucial for the local population. At the island of Sylt in the SE North Sea, shoreline erosion is compensated by replenishment with sand dredged from an offshore extraction site.
F. Mielck, R. Michaelis, H. C. Hass, S. Hertel, C. Ganal, W. Armonies   +5 more
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Community-based group physical activity and/or nutrition interventions to promote mobility in older adults: an umbrella review

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Physical activity and a healthy diet are important in helping to maintain mobility with aging. This umbrella review aims to identify group-based physical activity and/or nutrition interventions for community-dwelling older adults that improve ...
Sarah E. Neil-Sztramko, Kylie Teggart, Caroline Moore, Diana Sherifali, Donna Fitzpatrick-Lewis, Giulia Coletta, Stuart M. Phillips, K. Bruce Newbold, Elizabeth Alvarez, Ayse Kuspinar, Courtney C. Kennedy, Pasqualina L. Santaguida, Rebecca Ganann   +12 more
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Automatic extraction of verb patterns from "Hauta-lanerako Euskal Hiztegia"

Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 2003
This paper presents some of the results obtained by means of the method we developed for the study of verb usage examples, emphasizing as we do so that the primary aim was the development of a method rather than the results per se, and dwelling on the ...
Jose Mari Arriola, Xabier Artola, Aitor Soroa   +2 more
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The association between balance and free-living physical activity in an older community-dwelling adult population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Poor balance is associated with an increased risk of falling, disability and death in older populations. To better inform policies and help reduce the human and economic cost of falls, this novel review explores the effects of free-living ...
Ilona I. McMullan, Suzanne M. McDonough, Mark A. Tully, Margaret Cupples, Karen Casson, Brendan P. Bunting   +5 more
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Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Instance Segmentation: Extracting Dwellings in Temporary Settlements Across Various Geographical Settings

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Dwelling information is essential for humanitarian emergency response during or in the aftermath of disasters, especially in temporary settlement areas hosting forcibly displaced people.
Getachew Workineh Gella, Charlotte Pelletier, Sebastien Lefevre, Lorenz Wendt, Dirk Tiede, Stefan Lang   +5 more
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Who Are the High-Cost Users? A Method for Person-Centred Attribution of Health Care Spending. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
OBJECTIVE:To develop person-centered episodes of care (PCE) for community-dwelling individuals in the top fifth percentile of Ontario health care expenditures in order to: (1) describe the main clinical groupings for spending; and (2) identify patterns ...
Sara J T Guilcher, Susan E Bronskill, Jun Guan, Walter P Wodchis   +3 more
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Extraction and Characterization of Pepsin- and Acid-Soluble Collagen from the Swim Bladders of Megalonibea fusca

Marine Drugs, 2023
There is a growing demand for the identification of alternative sources of collagen not derived from land-dwelling animals. The present study explored the use of pepsin- and acid-based extraction protocols to isolate collagen from the swim bladders of ...
Chou Mo, Qiaoli Wang, Guangfeng Li, Wanwen Dong, Feng Liang, Chaoxi Wu, Zhiping Wang, Yifei Wang   +7 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source