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Grasping Control of a Vision Robot Based on a Deep Attentive Deterministic Policy Gradient

IEEE Access, 2022
Reinforcement learning can achieve excellent performance in the field of robotic grasping if the grasping target is stable. However, during applications in the real world, robot needs to overcome the effects of a complex working environment with ...
Xiangxin Ji, Feng Xiong, Weichang Kong, Dongfei Wei, Zeyan Shen   +4 more
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ETC/ATNI Report 2020/7: Noise Action Plans. Impact of END on managing exposure to noise in Europe. Update of Noise Action Plans 2019.

, 2021
The Environmental Noise Directive (END) sets legally binding obligations to reduce and manage environmental noise. The competent authorities have to draw up action plans for major transport sources and the largest urban areas based upon noise mapping results.
Fons-Esteve, Jaume, Blanes, Núria, Domingues, Francisco, Ramos, Maria José, Sáinz, Miquel de la Maza   +4 more
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Design of a Mobile Low-Cost Sensor Network Using Urban Buses for Real-Time Ubiquitous Noise Monitoring

Sensors, 2016
One of the main priorities of smart cities is improving the quality of life of their inhabitants. Traffic noise is one of the pollutant sources that causes a negative impact on the quality of life of citizens, which is gaining attention among authorities.
Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Francesc Alías, Ignacio Angulo   +3 more
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Monitoring of the Condition of Green Plantations in Shevchenkivskyi District of Kharkiv (on The Example of Bittle Chestnut (Aesculus Hippocastanum L.)

Людина і довкілля: Проблеми неоекології, 2021
In the complex of measures for improving atmospheric air quality in  a modern city and reduction of noise pollution, special emphasis is placed on outdoor green spaces, which primarily perform a sanitary and hygienic function, protect residents and urban
N. V. Maksymenko, O. O. Gololobova, I. M. Koval, O. I. Kalynovskyi   +3 more
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Stakeholders Engagement in Noise Action Planning Mediated by OGITO: An Open Geo-Spatial Interactive Tool

Journal of Urban Technology, 2023
Noise action planning (NAP) requires collaboration among stakeholders, given the harmful health effects of noise and the subjectivity of how individuals perceive noise. Maptables can be used to mediate in such a collaborative spatial planning process.
Rosa Aguilar, Johannes Flacke, Daniel Simon, Karin Pfeffer   +3 more
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Wajir County Climate Change Action Plan 2023-2027 [PDF]

, 2023
The Wajir County Climate Change Action Plan presents a strategic framework for addressing the challenges and opportunities posed by climate change in our county.

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Soundscape design guidelines through noise mapping methodologies: An application to medium urban agglomerations

Noise Mapping, 2017
In the framework of the European Directive 2002/49/EC, from 2012 to 2016, several cities in Greece have completed noise strategic maps with noise action plans that usually define the main strategies to reduce the noise residents are exposed to and ...
Vogiatzis Konstantinos, Remy Nicolas
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The role of aquaria in beluga research and conservation

Polar Research, 2021
Aquaria that care for and maintain belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) under professional care have the opportunity to contribute to the conservation of wild belugas through research, expertise in animal care and husbandry, and engaging and educating the ...
Tracy A. Romano, Laura A. Thompson, Maureen V. Driscoll, Ebru Unal, Allison D. Tuttle, Gayle Sirpenski, Mary Ellen Mateleska, Dale Wolbrink   +7 more
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People exposed to traffic noise in european agglomerations from noise maps. A critical review

Noise Mapping, 2014
Two of the main objectives of the European Directive on environmental noise are, firstly, to unify acoustic indices for assessing environmental noise and, secondly, to standardize assessment methodologies.
Arana Miguel, San Martin Ricardo, Salinas Juan C.   +2 more
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Corn plants as temporary acoustic barrier to limit the effects of noise pollution

, 2021
Corn is a cereal imported into Europe from the Americas. It is used for human and animal feed, but there are also industrial uses such as the production of ethanol, of fuel for heating homes, or the production of starch. Corn grows in the summer in areas
Ciaburro G., Iannace G., Puyana-Romero V.   +2 more
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