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Building stock dynamics and its impacts on materials and energy demand in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
China hosts a large amount of building stocks, which is nearly 50 billion square meters. Moreover, annual new construction is growing fast, representing half of the world's total. The trend is expected to continue through the year 2050. Impressive demand
Feng, W   +6 more
core   +1 more source

A convolutional neural network architecture designed for the automated survey of seabird colonies

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Satellite imagery is now well established as a method of finding and estimating the abundance of Antarctic penguin colonies. However, the delineation and classification of penguin colonies in sub‐meter satellite imagery has required the use of expert ...
Hieu Le   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Index testing implementation dynamics in high-gap and low-gap districts of Zimbabwe: a program process evaluation [PDF]

open access: yesInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, 2023
OBJECTIVE: Zimbabwe has been implementing Index contact tracing and testing (ICT) since 2019 to accelerate epidemic control through enhanced identification of people living with HIV.
H. Mugauri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determination of Heavy Metal Elements in Leaching Solution of Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide Waste Residue by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

open access: yesYankuang ceshi, 2020
BACKGROUND The heavy metals in electrolytic manganese dioxide waste residue can cause different degrees of environmental pollution and hidden dangers to downstream aquatic ecosystems and agricultural ecosystems through surface runoff under rainwater ...
LI Tan-ping   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brownfield Land Redevelopment Strategies in Urban Areas

open access: yesEnvironmental Science and Sustainable Development, 2022
Urban intensification seems to be a growing trend, especially in the context of severe land scarcity. Brownfields offer great potential in meeting the increasing demand for housing in major cities worldwide.
Sukhjap Singh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A golden block based self-refining scheme for repetitive patterned wafer inspections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper presents a novel technique for detecting possible defects in two-dimensional wafer images with repetitive patterns using prior knowledge. It has a learning ability that is able to create a golden block database from the wafer image itself ...
Guan, SU, Li, H, Xie, P
core   +1 more source

“No powers, man!”: A student perspective on designing university smart building interactions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Smart buildings offer an opportunity for better performance and enhanced experience by contextualising services and interactions to the needs and practices of occupants.
Alavi Hamed S.   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

From Mollusks to Medicine: A Venomics Approach for the Discovery and Characterization of Therapeutics from Terebridae Peptide Toxins

open access: yesToxins, 2016
Animal venoms comprise a diversity of peptide toxins that manipulate molecular targets such as ion channels and receptors, making venom peptides attractive candidates for the development of therapeutics to benefit human health.
Aida Verdes   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification and in-silico characterization of Serpin genes in legumes genomes

open access: yesThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) are a unique family of protease inhibitor containing mobile reactive center loop. The availability of genome sequences of pigeonpea, soybean, commanbean, cowpea, mungbean and adzuki bean provided an opportunity to ...
PAWAN S MAINKAR   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) as augmentation therapy in late-life depression (LLD) with suboptimal response to treatment—a study protocol for a double-blinded randomized sham-controlled trial

open access: yesTrials, 2022
Background Late-life depression (LLD) has a poorer prognosis and higher relapse rate than younger adults, with up to one third of patients with LLD showing suboptimal response to antidepressant therapy. LLD has been associated with significant impairment
Sze Ting Joanna Ngan   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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