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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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The Virtual fencing system Nofence - Trials 2013.Learning ability and sheep welfare [PDF]
, 2013 NoFence is a GPS-based virtual fencing system to be used for grazing animals. Each animal wears a collar and if crossing a predefined border, the animal will get a sound warning followed by an electric shock. The aims with the two experiments reported in
Bergslid, Ildrid Kristine +2 more
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
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A Novel Multidisciplinary Approach for Reptile Movement and Behavior Analysis
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We present a novel multidisciplinary approach capable of advancing research on reptiles’ behavior. Our approach uses integrated tools and methods for the digitization, reconstruction, and visualization of reptiles and their behavior. We (i) record movement through tri‐axial accelerometers, video cameras, and motion capture systems; (ii) ground‐truth ...
Savvas Zotos +9 more
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An experience of technology transfer success of software for children with disabilities
CLEI Electronic Journal, 2014 This article describes an experience of technology transfer success of software for visually impaired children in Ecuador. The starting point was the personal experience of the author with his daughter with special needs.
Janio Jadán-Guerrero
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A Fully Convolutional Network for Semantic Labeling of 3D Point Clouds
, 2017 When classifying point clouds, a large amount of time is devoted to the process of engineering a reliable set of features which are then passed to a classifier of choice.
Ientilucci, Emmett J. +3 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract In the western United States, conservation practitioners are increasingly working with private landowners to restore habitat for North American beavers (Castor canadensis) and to use nonlethal mitigation techniques when beavers damage crops and infrastructure.
Brian D. Erickson, Megan S. Jones
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1169. Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.Summary Liatris pycnostachya Michx. (Compositae: Eupatorieae: Liatrinae) is described and illustrated. Notes are provided for the species' cultivation, assorted contrasting companion Compositae, propagation, likely pests and diseases, and availability. Liatris pycnostachya has the longest history of cultivation of any species in the genus.
Nicholas Hind, Christabel King
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Secure Integration of Desktop Grids and Compute Clusters Based on Virtualization and Meta-Scheduling [PDF]
, 2007 Reducing the cost for business or scientific computations, is a commonly expressed goal in today’s companies. Using the available computers of local employees or the outsourcing of such computations are two obvious solutions to save money for additional ...
Schridde, C.
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Bone Grafts: Everything You Need to Know
Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.This review classifies bone grafts (autograft, allograft, xenograft, synthetic) by source and osteogenic/inductive/conductive potential, linking material properties and mechanisms to clinical indications in periodontal and dental regeneration. Key challenges—limited osteoinduction, poor vascularisation, unbalanced resorption, handling difficulties, and
Håvard Jostein Haugen +5 more
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