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LANDSLIDE DETECTION IN CENTRAL AMERICA USING THE DIFFERENTIAL BARE SOIL INDEX [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021
The increasing availability of EO data from the Copernicus program through its Sentinel satellites of the medium spatial and spectral resolution has generated new applications for risk management and disaster management.
A. Ariza   +3 more
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Evolution of GIS-based rural electrification planning models and an application of OnSSET in Nigeria

open access: yesRenewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, 2022
This study carries out an in-dept overview of GIS-based rural electrification planning models with a trace to their historical evolutions. The study focuses on web-based and desktop-based models that have been developed and used extensively in rural ...
Salisu Isihak   +2 more
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First generation of multifunctional peptides derived from latarcin-3a from Lachesana tarabaevi spider toxin

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2022
The need for discovering new compounds that can act selectively on pathogens is becoming increasingly evident, given the number of deaths worldwide due to bacterial infections or tumor cells.
Luiz Filipe Ramalho Nunes de Moraes   +13 more
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Xanthurenic Acid Is the Main Pigment of Trichonephila clavata Gold Dragline Silk

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2021
Spider silk is a natural fiber with remarkable strength, toughness, and elasticity that is attracting attention as a biomaterial of the future. Golden orb-weaving spiders (Trichonephila clavata) construct large, strong webs using golden threads.
Masayuki Fujiwara   +8 more
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Differing Dietary Nutrients and Diet-Associated Bacteria Has Limited Impact on Spider Gut Microbiota Composition

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2021
Spiders are a key predator of insects across ecosystems and possess great potential as pest control agents. Unfortunately, it is difficult to artificially cultivate multiple generations of most spider species.
Wang Zhang   +5 more
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Species conservation profile of the stenoendemic cave spider Pimoa delphinica (Araneae, Pimoidae) from the Varaita valley (NW-Italy)

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2017
Pimoa delphinica Mammola, Hormiga & Isaia, 2016 is a troglophile araneoid spider endemic of the high Varaita valley (Western Alps, Province of Cuneo, NW Italy).
Stefano Mammola   +2 more
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red - an R package to facilitate species red list assessments according to the IUCN criteria

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2017
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List is the most useful database of species that are at risk of extinction worldwide, as it relies on a number of objective criteria and is now widely adopted. The R package red – IUCN Redlisting
Pedro Cardoso
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New species of Southeast Asian Dwarf Tarantula from Thailand: Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 (Theraphosidae, Selenocosmiinae)

open access: yesZooKeys, 2017
A new record of the tarantula genus Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 from Thailand is described. Distributional data, natural history, morphological characters, and illustrations of male and female are provided.
Narin Chomphuphuang   +5 more
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“And Here You Have a Bug Crawling...” (Some Observations On “Dostoevsky’s Entomology”) [PDF]

open access: yesДостоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал, 2023
The article is devoted to an overview of entomological imagery (spiders, ants, cockroaches, flies, etc.) in Dostoevsky’s literary and journalistic texts.
Boris N. Tikhomirov
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Determinants of foreign direct investment in fast-growing economies: evidence from the BRICS and MINT countries

open access: yesFinancial Innovation, 2018
The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into a country can benefit both the investing entity and host government. This study employed panel analysis to examine the factors that determine the direction of FDI to the fast-growing BRICS (Brazil, Russia,
Simplice Asongu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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