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LMI‐based passivation of LTI systems with application to marine structures

IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021
Due to the inherent relevance of passive (physically representative) models for control, state‐estimation, and motion simulation in the field of marine systems, in this paper, an optimisation‐based approach to passivation of linear time‐invariant (LTI ...
Nicolás Faedo, Yerai Peña‐Sanchez, Fabio Carapellese, Giuliana Mattiazzo, John V. Ringwood   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sh138m 'a drop in the ocean compared to county's needs'

, 2020
Coverage ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluating the Role of Social Capital for the Design of Sustainable River Governance Strategies: The Case of Tagus River

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of social capital in designing and implementing more effective governance strategies to improve the state of the Tagus River's significantly deteriorated middle reach (Spain). We employed social network analysis (SNA) to evaluate the bonding, bridging and linking social capital and the quality of stakeholder ...
Leticia Blázquez, Juan A. García, José M. Bodoque   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coordinating land-ocean economic interaction to enhance marine natural capital and drive objective blue well-being

Global Ecology and Conservation
Blue economy relies on a healthy ocean, where marine natural capital supports ocean industry activities and sustain the blue well-being that refers to a positive state for people which is determined by coastal and marine space.
Yaowen Zhang, Qiongyao Dai, Qutu Jiang, Cheng Xue, Cuicui Feng, Zhenci Xu, Guanqiong Ye   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A machine-learning approach to setting optimal thresholds and its application in rolling bearing fault diagnosis

Machine Learning: Science and Technology, 2023
Bearings are one of the critical components of any mechanical equipment. They induce most equipment faults, and their health status directly impacts the overall performance of equipment.
Yao-Chi Tang, Kuo-Hao Li
doaj   +1 more source

Cannabis Agritourism and Local Pathways Toward Sustainable Development Goals in Northern California

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent acceleration in global cannabis legalization offers a new context for examining the multiscale links between agritourism, sustainability, and international policy frameworks. In this study, Responsible Tourism is used to conceptualize cannabis agritourism in Northern California's Emerald Triangle as a strategy that may advance targets ...
Susan Dupej, Hwansuk Chris Choi, Jingen Liang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne, Adis Dzebo, Zoha Shawoo, Mario Cardenas, Pierrick Chalaye, Alexia Faus Onbargi, Cassilde Muhoza, Patricia Nicdao, Nokwethaba Makhanya, Navam Niles, Priyatma Singh   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Funding, Facilities, and the Face of Homelessness: Heterogeneous Impacts of Federal Grants on Sheltered and Unsheltered Counts

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the causal impact of federal homeless‐assistance grants on reported homelessness and shelter capacity across 370 Continuums of Care in 2019. We exploit cross‐sectional variation in pre‐1940 housing shares, used in Community Development Block Grant formula allocations, as an instrument for combined CoC and Emergency ...
Luke Maddock, Anita Alves Pena
wiley   +1 more source

Best practices for mitigating seabird bycatch on Taiwanese albacore longline fishing vessels operating in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean

Global Ecology and Conservation
Seabird bycatch—particularly involving albatrosses and petrels—remains a significant conservation concern in pelagic longline fisheries. This study evaluated the effectiveness of three mitigation measures—bird-scaring lines (BSLs), weighted branch lines,
Hsiang-Wen Huang, Huan-Chang Liao, Ting-Chun Kuo, Shu-Chun Chen, Yu-Min Yeh   +4 more
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Saving Bambi from the mower? Using a drone with thermal camera to evaluate a low‐tech scaring technique to reduce roe deer fawn mortality during grass harvest

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Roe deer is a species that hides their neonates as an anti‐predator strategy. This may prove efficient against mammalian predators, such as the red fox; however, it might be an ecological trap as large numbers of fawns are killed by tractors with harvesters each year during grass harvest.
Thomas Vogler, Neri H Thorsen, Simen Pedersen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source