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High-precision prediction method for mine deformation based on GNSS RTK and stacking ensemble learning. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Dong X, Ma R, Tian W, Zhao K, Zhong Z, Zhu J, Sun G, Xiang H.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Uncovering Biogas Outcomes: Tales of Hubris, Hope, and Failure From Southern Malawi

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to speak directly to biogas failure. Over the past two decades, immense amounts of money have been spent by African governments, private individuals, and most conspicuously, international aid agencies and donors, on countless biogas projects in every country on the continent.
Marc Kalina, Jonathan Kwangulero, Jonathan Òlal Ogwang, Natalie Boyd Williams, Elizabeth Tilley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of topography and properties of parent materials on organic carbon content in technosols of a post-mining lignite site. [PDF]

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Kozłowski M, Otremba K, Pająk M, Pietrzykowski M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Recovery of male DNA acquired from carrion‐feeding insects in a simulated sexual assault scenario

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract When bodies of sexual assault victims are discovered in advanced stages of decomposition, the recovery of direct DNA evidence is often compromised, posing a challenge in criminal investigations. This study aimed to determine insect colonization and succession patterns on pig carcasses inoculated with semen and to assess the feasibility of ...
Tinotenda Angel Mupfumi, Meenu Ghai, Danisile Tembe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overburden movement laws in thin bedrock workfaces under thick backfilled loose bodies. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zheng W, Wei C, Guo S, Zhuang Z, Shi C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Affordances, dread, and online fraud: Exploring and advancing social learning theory in online contexts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons Learned from Air Quality Assessments in Communities Living near Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Muianga C, Wilhelmi J, Przybyla J, Smith M, Zarus GM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Interactional privilege of violence: Status and interaction in the street field

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Criminologists have long described and theorized the relationship between status, respect, and violence within urban communities. Although this finding is generally accepted within criminology, ethnographic empirical illustrations of this phenomenon are sparse.
Hakan Kalkan, Heith Copes
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping open dumps and waste dynamics in a subtropical ecoregion of Argentina. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Malizia A, Galindo-Cardona A, Matias E, Gallardo García Freire P, Foguet J, Monmany-Garzia AC.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

New Challenges for European Space Industrial Policy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European space industry is globally competitive but faces challenges due to fragmented governance, reliance on commercial markets, and increased international competition. The European Union (EU) has become a major stakeholder in this sector, with a ‘fragmented institutional market’ shaped by policies, initiatives and programmes at ...
Sara Dalledonne, Justine Dousset, Marco Aliberti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source