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Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON)Air pollution is beyond an environmental or health issue. The impact of air pollution on farmers' decisions on agricultural mechanisation has always been overlooked and debate persists over subjective and objective pollution.
Junkai Ma, Xintong Liang
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SambotII: A New Self-Assembly Modular Robot Platform Based on Sambot
Applied Sciences, 2018 A new self-assembly modular robot (SMR) SambotII is developed based on SambotI, which is a previously-built hybird type SMR that is capable of autonomous movement and self-assembly.
Wenshuai Tan, Hongxing Wei, Bo Yang
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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 +5 more
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Tactual perception of material properties [PDF]
, 2010 This paper reviews tactual perception of material properties such as roughness, compliance, coldness and friction. Psychophysical functions relating physical properties to perception are discussed, as well as discrimination thresholds.
Physics of Man +2 more
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Tactile perception of thermal diffusivity [PDF]
, 2009 The thermal diffusivity of an object is a parameter that controls the rate at which heat is extracted from the hand when it touches that object. It is an important feature for distinguishing materials by means of touch.
Physics of Man (Human Perception) +4 more
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Environmental and wider economic implications of modifications to environmental tax reform [PDF]
, 2002 The most common definition of Environmental Tax Reform (ETR) is the use of the revenue from environmental taxes to reduce distortionary labour taxes. However, the PETRAS project has shown that there are a number of social and political impediments to ...
Clinch, J. Peter, Dunne, Louise
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Corporate environmental assessment by a bank lender : a social constructionist perspective [PDF]
, 2001 Over the last decade evidence has emerged which suggests that lenders are considering environmental impact of corporate borrowers as part of their lending decisions. Environmental consideration by lenders may considerably influence the level of financial
Economic and Social Research Council (Funder) +1 more
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Meitan xuebaoEfficient environmental perception is a crucial aspect of enabling autonomous driving in open-pit mines. Simultaneously acquiring various features such as the location and distance of obstacles and drivable areas in the environment has become an urgent ...
Shaobo LI +3 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz +6 more
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Deep segmentation of 3+1D radar point cloud for real-time roadside traffic user detection
Scientific ReportsSmart cities rely on intelligent infrastructure to enhance road safety, optimize traffic flow, and enable vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication.
Savankumar Bhanderi +2 more
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