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Systemic Governance From Below: Story Telling to Empower Access to the Commons Through Mapping and Modelling: A Mixed Methods Approach

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Access to forests, farming land and the Citarum river is limited in Tarumajaya; furthermore, many do not own their own housing and are dependent on the public and private landowners in the area. The region of Tarumajaya faces significant challenges in access to crucial resources such as forests, farming land and the Citarum river, leading to a
Rudolf Wirawan, Janet Judy McIntyre‐Mills, R. Riswanda R. Riswanda, Ida Widianingsih, Indra Gunawan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-objective road pricing: a cooperative and competitive bilevel optimization approach [PDF]

, 2010
Costs associated with traffic externalities such as congestion, air pollution, noise, safety, etcetera are becoming unbearable. The Braess paradox shows that combating congestion by adding infrastructure may not improve traffic conditions, and ...
Berkum, Eric van, Bliemer, Michiel, Ohazulike, Anthony, Still, Georg   +3 more
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Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2024)

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disorder characterized by abnormal breathing during sleeping. OSA can damage various organs throughout the body and is burdensome, both socially and economically. Moreover, as OSA has been increasingly studied in recent years, new evidence‐based guidelines for its diagnosis and surgical ...
Working Group of Guideline for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult OSA, Subspecialty Group of Laryngopharyngology, Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese Medical Association, Subspecialty Group of Voice, Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese Medical Association, Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combating Climate Change in the Capital of Car Culture: Part 1 [PDF]

, 2013
Say the words "Los Angeles," and you might conjure visions of epic traffic jams, air pollution so thick you can't see the hills, and a city that seems designed to intimidate and marginalize pedestrians and bicyclists.But a new reality is emerging in the ...
Varun Sivaram
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A green perspective on capacitated time-dependent vehicle routing problem with time windows

, 2017
This study presents a novel approach to the vehicle routing problem by focusing on greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption aiming to mitigate adverse environmental effects of transportation.
Aref, Samin, Kazemian, Iman
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Inflammatory Shift in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Amidst Guangzhou's Urbanization (2000–2018)

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) exhibits temporal and geographic diversity in pathological endotypes with progressive eosinophilic infiltration, while the underlying causes remain unclear. Current pathological endotypes determination relies on mean cell count per high‐power field, requiring accuracy optimization.
Ning Kang, Man‐Hou Chao, Xin Luo, Feng‐Wen Shan, Zi‐Xuan Hua, Ze‐Zhi Guo, Hua‐Mei Yan, He Zhang, Tong Wu, Min Zhou, Rui Zheng, Shuo Wu, Xue‐Kun Huang, Zhao‐Hui Shi, Ya‐Na Zhang, Ji Yang, Qin‐Tai Yang   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Critical Role of Public Charging Infrastructure [PDF]

, 2019
Editors: Peter Fox-Penner, PhD, Z. Justin Ren, PhD, David O. JermainA decade after the launch of the contemporary global electric vehicle (EV) market, most cities face a major challenge preparing for rising EV demand.
Fox-Penner, Peter, Hao, Jie (Roger), Hatch, Jennifer, Helveston, John P., Jermain, David O., Pereira, Guillermo Ivan, Ren, Z. Justin, Sandalow, David B., Wang, Peishan   +8 more
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Monitoring wildlife using long‐endurance solar‐electric UAVs

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
This report discusses the effectiveness of using small solar‐electric UAV (uncrewed aerial vehicles) for aerial wildlife monitoring. We review four years of aerial wildlife monitoring missions using a 5.5‐m wingspan, solar‐electric UAV that was equipped with a gimballed IR/RGB camera.
Götz Bramesfeld, William Bissonnette, Maya Rahaman‐Noronha, Kanwar Johal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pickin' up good vibrations: a systematic review of footfall detection and analysis in the realm of wildlife surveying

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Exploration of new wildlife surveying methodologies that leverage advances in sensor technology and machine learning has led to tentative research into the application of seismology techniques. This, most commonly, involves the deployment of a footfall trap – a seismic sensor and data logger customised for wildlife footfall.
Benjamin J. Blackledge, Luigi La Spada, Robert A. Briers, Niamh M. McHugh, Patrick J. C. White   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Communication for Collision Avoidance for Multi-Copters Flying in UTM -TCL4 [PDF]

NASAs UAS Traffic management (UTM) research initiative is aimed at identifying requirements for safe autonomous operations of UAS operating in dense urban environments.
Baculi, Joshua, Chakrabarty, Anjan, Hening, Sebastian, Ippolito, Corey, Krishnakumar, Kalmanje   +4 more
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