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Classification of tree species and standing dead trees in Boreal forests using UAV‐based RGB, multispectral, and LiDAR point clouds

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
We evaluated single‐ and multi‐sensor UAV approaches for classifying tree species and standing dead trees in boreal forests, focusing on key biodiversity indicators such as European aspen. Using spectral and structural features extracted from RGB, multispectral (MSP), and LiDAR point clouds for 1,205 field‐measured trees, we compared classification ...
Anton Kuzmin, Lauri Korhonen, Topi Tanhuanpää, Mikko Kukkonen, Matti Maltamo, Timo Kumpula   +5 more
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Using Airborne Laser Scanning and Sentinel‐2 to Understand Subcanopy Light Regimes and Understory Diversity of Vascular Plants in Temperate Mountain Forests

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that not just Airborne Laser Scanning, but also Sentinel‐2 can effectively estimate absolute canopy cover and canopy cover heterogeneity ‐ structural metrics that determine the subcanopy light regime, found to be linked to the vascular plant species richness in the understory of temperate mountain forests.
Felix Wieland‐Glasmann, Cornelius Senf, Kristin H. Braziunas, Rupert Seidl, Peter Annighöfer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring of historical structural materials with computed tomography

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Computed tomography (CT) is an excellent tool to solve certain engineering problems connected to material science (such as sulfate swelling, internal degradation due to freezing, and alkali silicate swelling) and to understand specific processes (frost peeling, acid action).
Kristóf Csorba, Kristóf Kapitány, Zsolt Cimer, Viktor Hlavička, András Biró, Éva Lublóy   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Man and the Myth – Robert Smith-Barry as ‘The Man Who Taught the World to Fly’

Air and Space Power Review
Today, the Smith-Barry Academy is a training facility within the Central Flying School of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Based in the Trenchard Building at RAF Cranwell, the academy is responsible for researching new training methodologies.
David Spruce
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Incremental upper bound modeling of concrete failures in timber‐concrete notched connections

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper introduces a novel theoretical framework for developing incremental upper bound solutions, which is applied to predict the response of two local concrete failures in timber‐concrete composite (TCC) decks with notched connections. The new approach enables a prediction of the capacity at the onset of failure as well as the entire post‐
Peter K. Rasmussen, Linh C. Hoang, Jesper H. Sørensen, Bent Feddersen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recurrent C. difficile in a Patient with IgG Deficiency

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2015
IgG deficiency can predispose to recurrent pyogenic infections. The association of IgG deficiency with Clostridium difficile infection has been infrequently reported in the literature.
Asad Jehangir, Kyle Bennett, Shoaib Bilal Fareedy, Andrew Rettew, Bilal Shaikh, Anam Qureshi, Qasim Jehangir, Richard Alweis   +7 more
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Monitoring GPS‐collared moose by ground versus drone approaches: efficiency and disturbance effects

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Efficient wildlife management requires precise monitoring methods, for example to estimate population density, reproductive success, and survival. Here, we compared the efficiency of drone (equipped with a RGB camera) and ground approaches to detect and observe GPS‐collared female moose Alces alces and their calves. We also quantified how drone (n = 42)
Martin Mayer, Erlend Furuhovde, Kristoffer Nordli, Giorgia Myriam Ausilio, Petter Wabakken, Ane Eriksen, Alina L. Evans, Karen Marie Mathisen, Barbara Zimmermann   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The first complete mitochondrial genome of Adelges tsugae Annand (Hemiptera: Adelgidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
Hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA), Adelgests ugae Annand (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), is a species native to Asia but later ravages Endangered hemlock forests (Tsuga spp.) in eastern North America.
Hsin-Ting Yeh, Chiun-Cheng Ko, Li-Wei Wu
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A comparison of thermal drones and camera trap population estimates for Sitka black‐tailed deer in Alaska

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
One of the most difficult challenges for wildlife managers is reliably estimating wildlife populations. Camera traps combined with spatial capture–recapture (SCR) models are a popular tool for population estimation. They have limitations, however, including long data processing times.
Shannon P. Finnegan, Amael Hinojo, Sarah Monod, William A. Wall, Peter Olsen, Maximilian L. Allen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two "Fires" of Leadership: Is it Possible to Listen and Lead Parish Cultural Change?

Journal of Moral Theology
Pope Francis has claimed that “we are living through a change of epoch, the deepest level of which is cultural.” “A change of epoch” entails much change in Catholic parishes especially across the Western world. Change can be chosen or unchosen.
Hannah Vaughan-Spruce
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