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Boosting Embodied Visual Localisation Through Multi‐Granular Semantics and Multi‐Robot Consensus

open access: yesCAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving high accuracy and synergy remains extremely difficult for multi‐robot embodied visual localisation, which suffers from persistent real‐world challenges such as viewpoint ambiguity, appearance variation and dynamic occlusion. Conventional optimisation‐based methods often lead to incorrect feature matching without domain adaptation ...
Wenshuai Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Forthcoming General Election in the Republic of Ireland: Winds of (Left‐Wing) Change or Plus Ça Change?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 180-188, January/March 2025.
Abstract The forthcoming general election will be the most consequential electoral contest for the Republic of Ireland in a century. The polity is situated in truly novel territory with the potential for an historic first: the incoming of a Sinn Féin‐led, left‐wing government.
Chris Ó Rálaigh
wiley   +1 more source

Centralised by Design: Anglocentric Constitutionalism, Accountability and the Failure of English Devolution

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 189-198, January/March 2025.
Abstract The Labour manifesto in this year's election implied a radical restructuring of the UK state, the way in which England is governed and in relations across the United Kingdom. The aim of making English devolution the ‘default option’ is set against fifty years of unsuccessful and partial devolution initiatives which have failed to reverse the ...
John Denham, Janice Morphet
wiley   +1 more source

Ed Davey's Tory Removals: The Liberal Democrats and the 2024 General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 83-90, January/March 2025.
Abstract The 2024 general election represented a remarkable comeback for the Liberal Democrats. Less than a decade on from the coalition and the 2015 election debacle, Sir Ed Davey's party reclaimed third‐party status in the House of Commons with seventy‐two MPs—the largest total for the Liberal Democrats or their Liberal Party predecessors since the ...
Peter Sloman
wiley   +1 more source

‘Reinventing’ the Beach? Lessons from a Local Development Plan in the French Riviera

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Coastal squeeze is now so tangible both globally and locally that the focus of scientific debate has expanded from the erosion of beaches to the risk of their disappearance. In this context, it is crucial to explore local development plans that aim to preserve the long‐term existence of a beach.
Isabelle Bruno, Grégory Salle
wiley   +1 more source

Implications of bulk water transfer on local water management institutions: A case study of the Melamchi Water Supply Project in Nepal [PDF]

open access: yes
"To mitigate a drinking water crisis in Kathmandu valley, the Government of Nepal initiated the Melamchi Water Supply Project in 1997, which will divert water from the Melamchi River to Kathmandu city's water supply network.
Pant, Dhruba   +2 more
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