The Effects of Metallicity and Grain Size on Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Disks
Observational studies show that the probability of finding gas giant planets around a star increases with the star's metallicity. Our latest simulations of disks undergoing gravitational instabilities (GIs) with realistic radiative cooling indicate that ...
Boley, Aaron C. +6 more
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Implementation of a Geographic Information System (GIS) on the Yayasan Sabah concession: Preliminary study [PDF]
The present report is the result of 6 months study realized for the first phase of preliminary assessment of the "Forestry GIS project". The project is a collaboration between Innoprise Corporation and CIRAD-forêt for the implementation of a Geographic ...
Nguyen, T.
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Linking farmers to markets through valorisation of local resources : the case for intellectual property rights of indigenous resources : Scientific report. IPR DURAS [PDF]
Two central questions were therefore addressed by the project: "How can local communities efficiently protect their resources and differentiate their production through GIs?" and "What is the nature and extent of the required institutional and legal ...
Biénabe, Estelle +3 more
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Database Engines for Geographical Information Systems [PDF]
Our ability to identify, acquire, store, enquire on and analyse data is increasing as never before, especially in the GIS field. Technologies are becoming available to manage a wider variety of data and to make intelligent inferences on that data.
Haworth, Guy McCrossan
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The effect of household wealth on educational attainment : demographic and health survey evidence [PDF]
Primary Education,Earth Sciences&GIS,Economic Theory&Research,Roads&Highways,Teaching and Learning,Roads&Highways,Poverty Assessment,Primary Education,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Earth Sciences ...
Filmer, Deon, Pritchett, Lant
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Open source GIS based strategies for firms: a spatial analysis application to the inland terminal of Livorno [PDF]
The paper explores the use of open source geographic information system (GIS) applied to firms. Most data available in a company have a spatial dimension and even decisions in marketing and management often have a spatial dimension. The paper is focus on
Filippo Randelli
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The New Local: Linking Geographical Indications and Organics [PDF]
What do Parmigiano cheese, Bordeaux, Idaho potatoes, Basmati rice, and Darjeeling tea have in common? As the concept of 'local' sourcing and marketing becomes more important, these Geographical Indications (GIs) or appellations are a potentially unique ...
Giovannucci, Daniele
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Using a GIS for Real Estate Market Analysis: The Problem of Spatially Aggregated Data [PDF]
Many databases used for real estate market analysis are not available at the address level. For example, information on employment and unemployment may be available only for labor market areas; and Census data is typically tabulated for blocks or higher ...
John Clapp, Mauricio Rodriguez
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