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Water stress: Opportunities for supply chain research
Production and Operations Management, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Driven by climate change and overuse, water stress is a worsening sustainability concern that threatens businesses and communities across the globe. Leading global organizations such as the United Nations have expressed an urgent need for sustainable water management strategies across nations and economies.
Dustin Cole +4 more
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MESTR: A Multi-Task Enhanced Ship-Type Recognition Model Based on AIS
Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringWith the rapid growth in maritime traffic, navigational safety has become a pressing concern. Some vessels deliberately manipulate their type information to evade regulatory oversight, either to circumvent legal sanctions or engage in illicit activities.
Nanyu Chen +3 more
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past decades, the growth in human population and economic activities has led to an increase in maritime traffic. This rise puts additional pressure on marine environments, vessel fuel spills being considered to have a major impact on the ecosystem.
Carlos Valiente‐Diaz +2 more
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By the Numbers: Makassar's Trade, Centralized Statistics and Local Realities [PDF]
, 2013 The valuable trade statistics provided by the Netherlands Indies government are a boonto researchers, but should not be accepted at face value. The extent to which shippersavoided registration is indicated by a comparison of Makassar's trade figures ...
Sutherland, H. (Heather)
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Drones are used to monitor bird nesting sites at less accessible locations, such as on cliffs, human infrastructure, or within the tree canopy. While there are a growing number of studies documenting avian behavioral responses to various drones, there is a continued need to monitor taxa‐specific responses to different drone models. We explored both the
Natasha K. Murphy +4 more
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SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, 2018 This study investigates the effects of the trade-off between fuel consumption and flight time on optimal merging trajectories with allocation optimization.
Daichi Toratani, Eri Itoh
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Den attendance by Arctic foxes experiencing 10 years of increasing tourism
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Wildlife tourism is a growing industry, and an increasing number of people seek to observe and interact with wild animals in their natural surroundings. In Iceland, the native Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus is widespread and has been under heavy hunting pressure for centuries.
Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir +2 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Rehabilitation and release contribute to conservation efforts for threatened species. Ensuring that these efforts are effective requires a good understanding of the factors which determine survival and integration of released animals into wild populations.
Jessica Harvey‐Carroll +3 more
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Integrated Navigation System: Not a Sum of Its Parts [PDF]
, 2004 Similar to the evolutionary process for living organisms, marine navigation systems are becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated. Both by design and function, shipboard and shore-based navigation systems are no longer individual equipment ...
Alexander, Lee +2 more
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Ungulate substrate use in fauna passages
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Fauna passages are increasingly constructed at major roads and railways to mitigate the negative effects of infrastructure and traffic on wildlife. The function of such passages depends on design, including the construction materials, soil, and vegetation.
Milla Niemi, Jan Olof Helldin
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