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Practical pavement distress detection via photogrammetry. [PDF]
Overall, the proposed approach in this thesis offers a cost-effective, accessible, and accurate system for pavement distress detection, with the integration of fast perspective transformation and spatial data analysis playing a pivotal role in improving ...
Zhang, Meng
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INFRASTRUCTURAL CONCEALMENT: Everyday Festival Economies and Riverine Ecologies in Kolkata
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban infrastructures are often celebrated within marketized development logics for their promise of equitable access while concealing ecological harm. This article examines whether and how ecological degradation is integral to infrastructural modernization, showing how infrastructures that promise improvement and inclusion simultaneously ...
Debapriya Chakrabarti +2 more
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Assessment of Maintenance Strategies and Performance Prediction for Urban Roads Using IRI and HDM-4 Models [PDF]
Journal of Rehabilitation in Civil EngineeringGlobally emerging markets need a well distributed, safe, and efficient transportation system. Analyzing, pavement management and maintaining such a dense highway networks and transportation systems comes with its own complications.
Harinder D +3 more
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Journal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the concept of non‐understandable in psychotherapy, based on the author's own play therapy with a boy with mild ASD (autism spectrum disorder). ASD is considered to belong to an area beyond comprehension, as psychotherapy is often deemed ineffective for it.
Toshio Kawai
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Home foreclosure discounts in auctions without reserve prices
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This article estimates foreclosure discounts in Cape Town, South Africa, where, until 2019, foreclosure auctions occurred without reserve prices. Using newly constructed data linking sheriff auction notices to the universe of property transactions, rich property characteristics, and municipal service‐request records, I document large ...
Allan Davids
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A Data Mining Approach for Identifying Pavement Distress Signatures [PDF]
, 2015 This work introduces signature-based data mining of pavement distress data. The goal is to understand the factors that influence pavement distress.
Bouret, Megan Sue
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De‐Dollarization Is a Plausible Outcome of the New Washington Consensus
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A trend towards de‐dollarization of the global economy in which the US dollar ceases to be used as the world's reserve currency for international transactions confronts some of the existing structures of international economic law, built upon the rules set out by US‐led organizations like the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank. This article will
David Collins
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UAV-PDD2023: A benchmark dataset for pavement distress detection based on UAV images. [PDF]
Data Brief, 2023 Yan H, Zhang J.
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The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
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Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores Australian media commentary on white Rhodesians migrating to Australia, focusing on the period of Malcolm Fraser's prime ministership (1975–1983). The main argument is that the Australian media debates about whether to classify white Rhodesians as ‘migrants’ or ‘refugees’ were not merely semantic but reflected a deeper ...
George Bishi, Ana Stevenson
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