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Detecting the Severity of Socio-Spatial Conflicts Involving Wild Boars in the City Using Social Media Data [PDF]

Sensors, 2021
The encroachment of wild boars into urban areas is a growing problem. The occurrence of wild boars in cities leads to conflict situations. Socio-spatial conflicts can escalate to a varied degree.
Małgorzata Dudzińska, Agnieszka Dawidowicz   +1 more
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Utility of Portable Fundus Camera in Teaching Direct Ophthalmoscopy to Medical Students. [PDF]

Clin Teach
ABSTRACT Background Direct ophthalmoscopy (DO) an essential skill for junior doctors. DO allows for quick and effective fundus examinations to detect life‐ and vision‐threatening diseases. However, medical students often find it difficult to master DO due to the challenges associated with fundus visualisation.
Tsui CK, Zou Y, Liu Z, Li Y, Chen R.
europepmc   +2 more sources

L’AEROFOTOTECA NAZIONALE RACCONTA….. MULTI-TEMPORAL PHOTOINTERPRETATION

GEOmedia, 2019
Aerial photographs, if taken to allow a stereoscopic vision, can increase the physical and anthropic information of terrestrial survey acquired by means of direct field surveying. The synoptic view from above even of vast areas shows, almost immediately,
Roberto Graciotti
doaj   +4 more sources

21st-Century Mangrove Expansion Along the Southeastern United States. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Global warming is driving poleward range shifts worldwide, including the northward expansion of tropical mangroves along the Atlantic coast of North America. In this region, warming winters are enabling mangroves to encroach into salt marsh–dominated temperate latitudes, potentially transforming wetland ecosystem function and services. To assess future
Enes Gramoso LIA, Carroll D, Cavanaugh KC, Bardou R, Osland MJ, Van der Stocken T.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A comparison of drone imagery and ground-based methods for estimating the extent of habitat destruction by lesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) in La Pérouse Bay. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2019
Lesser snow goose (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) populations have dramatically altered vegetation communities through increased foraging pressure. In remote regions, regular habitat assessments are logistically challenging and time consuming.
Andrew F Barnas, Brian J Darby, Gregory S Vandeberg, Robert F Rockwell, Susan N Ellis-Felege   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Local economic resilience and economic specialization in Greece during the crisis

Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This paper scrutinizes the issue of economic resilience, aiming to detect the existence of a systematic link with economic specialization. To this end, the paper conducts an empirical analysis at the local (i.e., municipal) level of Greece during the economic crisis period (2009–2015), providing cartographic visualizations and spatial ...
Panagiotis Artelaris, Dimitris Kallioras, Anastasis Katsinis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Classification of Land Use and Occupancy with Emphasis on Urban Areas [PDF]

Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2019
Urbanization in Brazil occurred in a disorganized way and without observing criteria that could ensure the sustainability of this process, resulting in high population concentrations in large urban centers.
Roberta Plangg Riegel, Darlan Daniel Alves, Leonardo Espindola Birlem, Douglas Cristian Roque, Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira, Claus Haetinger, Daniela Montanari Migliavacca Osório, Marco Antônio Siqueira Rodrigues, Daniela Muller de Quevedo   +8 more
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Assessment of the Terraced Landscapes’ Integrity: A GIS-Based Approach in a Potential GIAHS-FAO Site (Northwest Piedmont, Italy)

Land, 2022
The GIAHS-FAO program enhances the agricultural systems coevolved with humans through their dynamic conservation to guarantee the livelihood of future generations. The aim of this research was to assess, with a dynamic perspective, the terraced landscape’
Enrico Pomatto, Marco Devecchi, Federica Larcher   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping Glacier Forelands Based on UAV BVLOS Operation in Antarctica

Remote Sensing, 2020
The aim of this article is to show geomorphological mapping of remote Antarctic locations using images taken by a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during the Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations. We mapped landform assemblages developed
Maciej Dąbski, Anna Zmarz, Mirosław Rodzewicz, Małgorzata Korczak-Abshire, Izabela Karsznia, Katarzyna Lach, Grzegorz Rachlewicz, Katarzyna Chwedorzewska   +7 more
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Detection of Construction and Demolition Illegal Waste Using Photointerpretation of DEM Models of LiDAR Data

Land, 2023
Illegal waste is a global problem with negative impacts on human health and the environment. This article focuses on detection using remote sensing of sites of demolition and construction waste.
Manuel Sánchez-Fernández, Lorea Arenas-García, José Antonio Gutiérrez Gallego   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source