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Crop Yield Prediction through Proximal Sensing and Machine Learning Algorithms

Agronomy, 2020
Proximal sensing techniques can potentially survey soil and crop variables responsible for variations in crop yield. The full potential of these precision agriculture technologies may be exploited in combination with innovative methods of data processing
Farhat Abbas, Hassan Afzaal, Aitazaz A. Farooque, Skylar Tang   +3 more
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Framework for Armature-Based 3D Shape Reconstruction of Sensorized Soft Robots in eXtended Reality

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022
Soft robots are typically intended to operate in highly unpredictable and unstructured environments. Although their soft bodies help them to passively conform to their environment, the execution of specific tasks within such environments often requires ...
Elvis I. A. Borges, Jonas S. I. Rieder, Doris Aschenbrenner, Doris Aschenbrenner, Rob B. N. Scharff   +4 more
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“Sustainability” Education by Sustainable School Design

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015
AbstractIn recent years, sustainability concept has become the common interest of numerous disciplines. The reason for this popularity is, to perform the sustainable development of societies. Easiness of forming a relationship with the word “sustainability” is because of its social, economic and environmental aspects.
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SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN

JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, 2014
Sustainable building design has become a wide and multidisciplinary research endeavor including mechanical, electrical, electronic, communication, acoustic, architectural, and structural engineering. It involves the participation of owners, contractors, suppliers and building users.
Wang, Nengmou, Adeli, Hojjat
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Circularity at the neighbourhood scale: co-creative living lab lessons

Buildings & Cities
The transition to a circular economy is a challenging problem for the built environment, as circularity is not a well-understood term, nor do societal stakeholders have a common vision.
Jesse Honsa, Alexis Versele, Tine Van de Kerckhove, Chiara Piccardo   +3 more
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Designing sustainable futures

Nordic Design Research Conference, 2013
This paper discusses how future studies and design could enable a more conscious and participatory engagement in our common future. The starting point being that representations of the future are often done in an abstract and quantitative manner, which hinders a broad engagement, and understanding of the implications of the scenarios presented.
Ilstedt, Sara, Wangel, Josefin
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Health‐Related Social Needs in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Are Associated With Worse Health‐Related Quality of Life

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks, Molly Sonenklar, Cerelia Donald, Cecelia Valrie, Wally Smith, India Sisler   +5 more
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To what extent does surrounding landscape explain stand-level occurrence of conservation-relevant species in fragmented boreal and hemi-boreal forest? – a systematic review

Environmental Evidence
Background Forestry and land-use change are leading causes of habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation worldwide. The boreal forest biome is no exception, and only a small proportion of this forest type remains intact.
Malin Undin, Anita Atrena, Fredrik Carlsson, Mattias Edman, Bengt Gunnar Jonsson, Jennie Sandström   +5 more
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Central Nervous System Neuroblastoma, FOXR2‐Activated: A Pooled Analysis of Published Clinical Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) neuroblastoma, FOXR2‐activated, is a recently recognized entity in the WHO CNS5 classification, defined by activation of the FOXR2 transcription factor and unique histopathological features. This review synthesizes available literature and pooled clinical data, providing insight into demographics ...
Sudarshawn Damodharan, Mohamed S. Abdelbaki   +1 more
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Design for Sustainability: Current Trends in Sustainable Product Design and Development

Sustainability, 2009
The Design for Sustainability (D4S) concept outlines methodologies for making sustainable improvements (social, economic and environmental) to products by applying elements of life cycle thinking. D4S builds on the work of ecodesign to include economic and social concerns, and its methodology includes both incremental and radical innovation. The United
Clark, G. (author), Kosoris, J. (author), Nguyen Hong, L. (author), Crul, M. (author)   +3 more
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