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Electrospun conducting polymers: recent trends and the transition towards a sustainable future

Polymer International, EarlyView.
This review discusses the electrospinning of conducting polymers, detailing procedures, fibrous morphologies, improved properties, applications in electronics, and challenges, while outlining future directions for nanofibre‐based devices in various fields.
Xenofon Karagiorgis, Sofia Sandhu, Peter J. Skabara, Ravinder Dahiya   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wall‐to‐wall Amazon forest height mapping with Planet NICFI, Aerial LiDAR, and a U‐Net regression model

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Tree canopy height is a key indicator of forest biomass and structure, yet accurate mapping across the Amazon remains challenging. Here, we generated a canopy height map of the Amazon forest at ~4.8 m resolution using Planet NICFI imagery and a deep learning U‐Net model trained with airborne LiDAR data.
Fabien H. Wagner, Ricardo Dalagnol, Griffin Carter, Mayumi C. M. Hirye, Shivraj Gill, Le Bienfaiteur Sagang Takougoum, Samuel Favrichon, Michael Keller, Jean P. H. B. Ometto, Lorena Alves, Cynthia Creze, Stephanie P. George‐Chacon, Shuang Li, Zhihua Liu, Adugna Mullissa, Yan Yang, Erone G. Santos, Sarah R. Worden, Martin Brandt, Philippe Ciais, Stephen C. Hagen, Sassan Saatchi   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Study on the Performance of Adaptive Neural Networks for Haze Reduction with a Focus on Precision

Mathematics
Visual clarity is significantly compromised, and the efficacy of numerous computer vision tasks is impeded by the widespread presence of haze in images. Innovative approaches to accurately minimize haze while keeping image features are needed to address ...
Ahmed Alshahir, Khaled Kaaniche, Ghulam Abbas, Paolo Mercorelli, Mohammed Albekairi, Meshari D. Alanazi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unraveling the impact of dog‐friendly spaces on urban–wildland pumas and other wildlife

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
As the most widespread large carnivore on the planet, domestic dogs Canis lupus familiaris can pose a major threat to wildlife, even within protected areas (PAs). Growing human presence in PAs, coupled with increasing pet dog ownership underscores the urgency to understand the influence of dogs on wildlife activity and health.
Alys Granados, Zara McDonald, Katie McPherson, David Stoner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spraying drones: efficacy of integrating an avian repellent with drone hazing to elicit blackbird flock dispersal and abandonment of sunflower fields

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Multiple management strategies exist to combat bird damage to agriculture. We explored combining two tools, drones as frightening devices and an avian repellent, to assess effectiveness of an integrated method to deter large flocks on complex landscapes. We evaluated the ability of a spraying drone (DJI Agras MG‐1P) deploying Avian Control (i.e. active
Jessica L. Duttenhefner, Timothy J. Greives, Page E. Klug   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proximal Alternating Direction Network: A Globally Converged Deep Unrolling Framework

, 2017
Deep learning models have gained great success in many real-world applications. However, most existing networks are typically designed in heuristic manners, thus lack of rigorous mathematical principles and derivations.
Cheng, Shichao, Fan, Xin, Liu, Risheng, Luo, Zhongxuan, Wang, Xiangyu   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Strengthening urban deer management with structured decision making

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban deer management (UDM) decision‐makers face social, ecological, regulatory, and economic pressures when creating an agreeable deer management plan for stakeholders. Historically, decision making techniques (e.g. consensus‐based analyses) have not effectively balanced UDM elements leading to short‐lived management progress.
Shane D. Boehne, B. Bynum Boley, Amanda N. Van Buskirk, Kaitlin O. Goode, Charlie H. Killmaster, Kristina L. Johannsen, Gino J. D'Angelo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Progressive Colour Equalisation and Detail Refinement for Underwater Image Enhancement

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater image enhancement remains a critical challenge in computational vision due to complex distortions caused by wavelength‐dependent light absorption and scattering. This paper introduces CEDFNet, a novel two‐stage framework that leverages advanced computational intelligence techniques for robust and high‐fidelity underwater image ...
Songbai Liu, Jiacheng Huang
wiley   +1 more source

Food Subsidies Reduce Livestock Depredations by a Recovering Carnivore

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Diversionary feeding—providing food caches to divert predators away from preying on livestock—is a strategy to reduce depredations by Mexican gray wolves but has not been evaluated for its effectiveness. We used data from the Mexican wolf recovery program from 2014‐2021 to evaluate whether diversionary feeding reduced livestock depredations by wolf ...
Matthew Hyde, John K. Oakleaf, Jim deVos, David L. Bergman, Kevin R. Crooks, Julie K. Young, Reza Goljani Amirkhiz, Jennifer K. Frey, Stewart W. Breck   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Single Image Haze Removal from Image Enhancement Perspective for Real-Time Vision-Based Systems. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2020
Ngo D, Lee S, Nguyen QH, Ngo TM, Lee GD, Kang B.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source