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A Survey of Methods for Constructing 3D Urban Models From Point Clouds

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
The survey outlines a general process for constructing 3D models from point clouds and categorizes the methods based on their use of templates, basic surface primitives, hybrid approaches, or linear primitives. Additionally, the survey reviews the datasets and benchmarks that are essential for testing and training the developed methods.
Chiara Romanengo, Silvia Biasotti, Bianca Falcidieno, Daniela Cabiddu, Elia Moscoso Thompson, Michela Spagnuolo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Iranian Women's Experiences of Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion: A Meta-Synthesis Study. [PDF]

Iran J Med Sci
Eskandari L, Keramat A, Shojaei Baghini G, Fardid M, Rohani-Rasaf M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

It Is Because of Our Society, but Inside the Child: Ambiguity in Dutch Youth Health Care Professionals' Understanding of Normalisation

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to the rising number of children in youth care in the Netherlands, the Dutch Youth Act calls for normalisation, de‐medicalisation and unburdening. The present study investigated the views of physicians and nurses working in youth healthcare on the concept of normalisation.
Eva L. van Dijk, Sanne te Meerman, Ernst D. Thoutenhoofd, Albert W. Wienen, Donald G. van Tol, Tessa Overmars‐Marx, Els Evenboer, Laura Batstra   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gaming the unknown: learning to differentiate and respond to uncertainty through a serious game. [PDF]

NPJ Clim Action
Sommerauer WJ, van der Bolt B, Werners S, Smolenaars WJ, van Ree M, Ludwig F.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Politics of Othering in the 'Happy Soul': Historicising Abjection in the Promise of Joy for Childhood and Play

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article interrogates the politics of othering embedded in the taken‐for‐granted association of childhood, play, joy, and happiness. It explores how these notions are historically inscribed as forms of otherness tied to the affective normativity of joy.
Chushan Wu
wiley   +1 more source

Loss aversion and the limits of breastfeeding promotion: a behavioral policy perspective. [PDF]

Int Breastfeed J
Bessey D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Objects of Affection: Deathly Encounters With Taxidermy, Stuffed Toys and Atmospheres

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores how children and young people relate to death through affective atmospheres and embodied, imaginative encounters with taxidermy and stuffed toy animals. Using arts‐based research (ABR), we explore how death, affective atmospheres, empathy and materiality entangle during multispecies relations.
Rachel Sinquefield‐Kangas, Verneri Valasmo, Varpu Mehto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Key agroecosystems for the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Europe

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Agricultural expansion and intensification are driving amphibian and reptile declines worldwide. However, sustainably managed agroecosystems can support a high diversity of herpetofauna, which play a key role in pest control, reducing crop damage.
Andrea Dalpasso, Stefano Canessa, Mattia Falaschi, Alejandra Moràn‐Ordoñez, Gentile Francesco Ficetola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating biodiversity protection into emergency management

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Megafires have emerged as a considerable threat to biodiversity conservation worldwide. The biodiversity‐focused response and recovery actions that occurred during Australia's 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires demonstrate that it is possible to protect biodiversity alongside human life and property during disasters.
Jacey Roche Cerda, Wendy Wright, Tracy L. Webb   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive and institutional barriers to effective natural resource management under global change

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Many of the most challenging decisions facing natural resource managers today can be understood as time dependent. The concept of time‐dependent decisions is useful when considering natural resource management decisions that are characterized by nonstationarity in the underlying ecological system, uncertainty surrounding key ecological ...
Madeleine A. Rubenstein, Richard E. W. Berl, Iadine Chadès, Rebecca S. Epanchin‐Niell, Toni Lyn Morelli, Michael C. Runge   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source