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Leveraging Wind Energy for Electricity and Hydrogen Production: A Sustainable Solution to Power Shortages and Eco‐Friendly Alternative Fuel

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
The article attracts researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders in renewable energy, hydrogen, and sustainable development, as it addresses the critical need for clean, efficient energy solutions. By evaluating the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of integrating wind energy with hydrogen production. The findings offer significant
Mohamed Elnaggar, Wael A. Salah, Hala J. El‐Khozondar, Yasser F. Nassar, Mohammed J. K. Bashir   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drought and Extreme Heat Reduce Wheat and Maize Production in the United States by Lowering Both Crop Yields and Harvestable Fraction

Earth's Future
Ensuring food security is crucial in the context of climate change and increased extreme weather events. Crop production depends not only on yield but also on the harvestable fraction (HF), the ratio of harvested areas to planted areas. While the impacts
Kun Xiao, Xuewen Zhou, Hanliang Gui, Yuhang Tian, Xiaoyou Chen, Yujie Li, Nametso Matomela, Qinchuan Xin   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li, Vanessa Ormeño‐Candelario, Xueli Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Entrepreneurship and market size. The case of young college graduates in Italy [PDF]

We analyse empirically the effects of urbanization on Italian college graduates' work possibilities as entrepreneurs three years after graduation. We find that doubling the population density of the province of work reduces the chances of being an ...
Daniela Vuri, Sabrina Di Addario
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Hydro-ecological controls on riverine organic carbon dynamics in the tropical monsoon region

Scientific Reports, 2019
Transport fluxes and properties of riverine organic carbon in the tropical monsoon region were the vital parameters in the global riverine organic carbon fluxes budget.
Qianzhu Zhang, Zhen Tao, Zanwen Ma, Quanzhou Gao, Haojun Deng, Peng Xu, Jian Ding, Zhengang Wang, Youwen Lin   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidimensional Datasets Supporting Vulnerability Assessments of Riverine Bridges in Peru

Scientific Data
Riverine bridges are critical yet vulnerable infrastructure, constantly exposed to hydrological hazards substantially increased by climate change. Consequently, they require designs that ensure resilience and an adequate useful life cycle.
Alain Jorge Espinoza Vigil, Joel Ccanccapa Puma, Alan Huarca Pulcha, Alejandra Ticona-Quispe, Diego Huarcaya-Perez, Alberth Gonzales-Turpo, Roly Cusihuaman-Casquina, Flor Lucana-Hancco, Julian Booker   +8 more
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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

A Deep Learning-Based Framework for Automated Extraction of Building Footprint Polygons from Very High-Resolution Aerial Imagery

Remote Sensing, 2021
Accurate building footprint polygons provide essential data for a wide range of urban applications. While deep learning models have been proposed to extract pixel-based building areas from remote sensing imagery, the direct vectorization of pixel-based ...
Ziming Li, Qinchuan Xin, Ying Sun, Mengying Cao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the artisanal mining site: migration, housing capital accumulation and indirect urbanization in East Africa [PDF]

, 2017
During the past 30 years, Tanzania has experienced successive precious mineral rushes led by artisanal miners. Their settlement, livelihood and housing strategies have evolved amidst high mobility in pursuit of mineral wealth.
Bryceson, Deborah Faye, Jønsson, Jesper Bosse   +1 more
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