Advanced Science, EarlyView.A fully wearable system enables real‐time, dynamic, and accurate monitoring of Young's modulus in multilayer tissues containing deep muscle. It demonstrates high accuracy and robustness across simulations, benchtop validations, and human testing. It quantifies edema severity and tracks muscle stiffness during rest, loaded elbow flexion, rope skipping ...
Zhenning Wang +12 more
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Knowledge and Attitudes Relating to Women's Rights to Land Ownership
African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial SciencesContext and background In many societies including Uganda, land ownership is intricately linked to power, identity, and socio-economic status. Despite legal reforms, women in Africa, particularly Uganda, face discrimination and barriers in land ...
Lilian Oryema +2 more
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Land management practices for combating desertification cause species replacement of desert lizards [PDF]
, 2006 Dror Hawlena, Amos Bouskila
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Linkages between poverty and land management in rural Uganda: evidence from the Uganda National Household Survey, 1999/00 [PDF]
"This study investigates the impacts of rural poverty on farmers' land management decisions, crop production and incomes, based upon analysis of data from the 1999/2000 Uganda National Household Survey.
Edward, Kato +3 more
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Quantifying the land‐use change due to soybean‐based biodiesel in the United States
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.Abstract We quantify the impact of soybean oil‐based biodiesel production on US cropland, using a method that accounts for the intermediate effect of soybean crushing facilities. Based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data for biodiesel production and proprietary data for soybean crushing facilities over 2011–2020, we find that the elasticities ...
Ruiqing Miao +5 more
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Managing contaminated sites [PDF]
This audit assessed how well the risks associated with contaminated sites in New South Wales are being managed. Executive summary Effective management of contaminated land makes an important contribution to the government’s goal to ‘Protect our natural
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Extreme swings in food prices can put food security at risk. Fertilizer prices are among the main drivers of food prices. This work explores the recurrent behavior of the extreme global fertilizer price fluctuations underlying food price dynamics.
Massimiliano Calvia
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Characterization of epipedons in soils of varying parent materials under cocoa plantation
EQAEpipedons type and thickness affect the properties and productivity of soils. Therefore, the study was carried out at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching and Research Farm, Nigeria, to assess the influence of vegetation on epipedon characteristics in
Julius Olayinka Ojetade +4 more
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Land Use Optimization for Utility-Scale Solar and Wind Projects: Integrating Estate Management and Technology-Driven Site Analytics [PDF]
, 2022 Onuh Matthew Ijiga +2 more
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Cadastral reform of indigenous land information and environmental sustainability in New Zealand [PDF]
, 1997 New Zealand’s cadastral system has come under scrutiny in recent years, A sharp rise in the number of land claims by the country’s indigenous Maori, accompanied by historic environmental legislation, have prompted milk for cadastral reform.
Jay, Grace Mairi M., Morad, Munir
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