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Detection, Location and Grasping Objects Using a Stereo Sensor on UAV in Outdoor Environments

open access: yesSensors, 2017
The article presents a vision system for the autonomous grasping of objects with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in real time. Giving UAVs the capability to manipulate objects vastly extends their applications, as they are capable of accessing places ...
Pablo Ramon Soria   +2 more
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SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS: THE EDUCATOR AND THE CHILD [PDF]

open access: yesHuman Research in Rehabilitation, 2023
Being outdoors allows children to explore, experience natural phenomena, it gives them more space and freedom for development. Educators should arouse children’s interest in nature so that children develop feelings and learn from experience.
Sandra Kadum, Emili Segon
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Understanding the Use of Bio-Inspired Design Tools by Industry Professionals

open access: yesBiomimetics, 2022
Bio-inspired design (BID) has the potential to evolve the way engineers and designers solve problems. Several tools have been developed to assist one or multiple phases of the BID process.
Noah Pentelovitch, Jacquelyn K. Nagel
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Experiences of the Outdoors

open access: yesPhenomenology & Practice, 2021
Editorial
Andrew Foran
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Home is outdoors. A study of award-winning Norwegian picturebooks

open access: yesRicerche di Pedagogia e Didattica, 2019
Based on an investigation of 34 award-winning Norwegian picturebooks spanning the years from 1948 to 2010, I found that a substantial number portray outdoor spaces in nature as the most prevalent domestic space.
Nina Goga
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Coleoptera (Cerambycidae, Cleridae, Languriidae) Overwintering in Stems of Wisconsin Prairie Plants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Stem samples of 20 native species of prairie plants were collected in late September, caged separately and kept outdoors over the Wisconsin winter. The samples were then brought into the lab and animals produced from each plant species were inventoried ...
Williams, Andrew H
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Environmental Factors Affecting Where People Geocache

open access: yesFuture Internet, 2016
Outdoor leisure activities are important for public health as well as family cohesiveness, yet environmental factors may easily affect someone’s ability to participate in such activities.
Jennifer Golbeck, Carman Neustaedter
doaj   +1 more source

Indoor particulate matter in developing countries: a case study in Pakistan and potential intervention strategies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Around three billion people, largely in low and middle income countries, rely on biomass fuels for their household energy needs. The combustion of these fuels generates a range of hazardous indoor air pollutants and is an important cause of morbidity and
Ian Colbeck   +4 more
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The great outdoors: how a green exercise environment can benefit all [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The studies of human and environment interactions usually consider the extremes of environment on individuals or how humans affect the environment. It is well known that physical activity improves both physiological and psychological well-being, but ...
Barton, J.   +9 more
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Time spent outdoors and sleep normality: A preliminary investigation

open access: yesPopulation Medicine, 2021
Introduction Sleep deficiency is associated with health risks, and time outdoors is related to health benefits. This study assessed time outdoors and its association with sleep normality.
Lindsey A. Wood   +12 more
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