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Physical and Managed Risk of Nuclear Waste [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
The authors describe their work on the perceived risk of nuclear waste in Sweden. Three levels of waste were studied, and comparisons between the perceptions of the public, politicians and nuclear experts are ...
Drottz-Sjöberg, Britt-Marie   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Examining the Effects of Objective Hurricane Risks and Community Resilience on Risk Perceptions of Hurricanes at the County Level in the U.S. Gulf Coast: An Innovative Approach [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2017
Community risk perceptions can influence their abilities to cope with coastal hazards such as hurricanes and coastal flooding.Our study presents an initial effort to examine the relationship between community resilience and risk perception at the county level, through innovative construction of aggregate variables. Utilizing the 2012 Gulf Coast Climate
arxiv  

De Novo Reconstruction of 3D Human Facial Images from DNA Sequence

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study introduces Difface, a novel deep‐learning model for reconstructing 3D facial images only from DNA data. By integrating transformer networks, spiral convolutions, and a diffusion model, Difface directly aligns high‐dimensional SNP data with 3D facial structures.
Mingqi Jiao   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vision-Driven 2D Supervised Fine-Tuning Framework for Bird's Eye View Perception [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
Visual bird's eye view (BEV) perception, due to its excellent perceptual capabilities, is progressively replacing costly LiDAR-based perception systems, especially in the realm of urban intelligent driving. However, this type of perception still relies on LiDAR data to construct ground truth databases, a process that is both cumbersome and time ...
arxiv  

Public Perceptions of Science [PDF]

open access: yesThe American Biology Teacher, 2018
Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Wrong . By Andrew Shtulman. 2017. Basic Books. (ISBN: 9780465053940). 311 pp., illus. Hardcover $30.00. Science denial has been a major issue of concern in recent years. Many factors have been proposed as the cause of science denial, including political ideology, religious ideology, and
openaire   +2 more sources

Improving Adult Vision Through Pathway‐Specific Training in Augmented Reality

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Traditional perceptual training approaches are limited by stimulus specificity, treatment efficacy, and patient compliance. A novel altered reality (AR) method is developed to enhance pathway‐specific functions in human adults while performing everyday activities.
Yige Gao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Language in the Media in Influencing Public Perceptions of Refugees [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The refugee crisis has become a worldwide epidemic in recent years. As refugee entrance into host countries is debated, media outlets are covering the issue regularly. These media outlets use various types of language when portraying refugees.
Pulliam, Alison M
core   +1 more source

Exercise without Weight Loss Prevents Seasonal Decline in Vitamin D Metabolites: The VitaDEx Randomized Controlled Trial

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
In people with overweight or obesity, regular exercise even without weight loss or vitamin D supplementation completely prevents the usual winter decline in the vitamin D metabolite that maintains health at a cellular level, 1,25(OH)2D3, and ameliorates the decline in the vitamin D status marker 25(OH)D.
Oliver J. Perkin   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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