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Estimation on Audibility of Large Cetaceans for Improvement of the Under Water Speaker [PDF]

TransNav, 2012
In order to avoid collisions between the hydrofoil (HF) and cetaceans, the Under Water Speaker (UWS) has been installed on the HF. Because of its potential in utility, we tried to improve the UWS to minimize the risk of the collisions. Under our project,
Hiroko Yamada, Lisa Kagami, Yuta Yonehara, H. Matsunaga, Hidehiro Kato, Minoru Terada, R. Takahashi, K. Okanoya, T. Kawamoto   +8 more
doaj  

Distribution and abundance of large whales in Norwegian and adjacent waters based on ship surveys 1995-2001

NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2009
The abundances of large whale species are presented for the northeast Atlantic from near-complete survey coverage in 1995 and from multiple partial-area surveys during 1996-2001.
Nils Øien
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Marine Tourism and Social Responsibility of Destinations: An Analysis for the Formulation of Public Policies

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses the commitment of marine tourism companies to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the factors that affect it (economics, pressures from interest groups, barriers, innovative capacity, relationships of the company with its environment and characteristics of the businesses).
Olga González‐Morales, Agustín Santana‐Talavera, Francisco J. Calero García   +2 more
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Dynamic geo‐hydrogeological monitoring‐driven situational awareness for real‐time floor water inrush risk prediction in deep mining

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
The fused data extracted from the distributed monitoring system as the data basis, combined with dynamic geological data, are imported into a deep learning model. As the geological conditions of mining and excavation change, the risk of water inrush at the working face is retrieved in real time.
Yongjie Li, Huiyong Yin, Fangying Dong, Tao Wu, Chao Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uniaxial compressive strength prediction and ratio parameter optimization of titanium tailings composite backfill materials using intelligent hybrid models

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
Based on the 90 datasets, ERT and four optimization algorithms were used to build four hybrid models to predict the UCS of the backfill body. The SMA‐ERT model was the most effective model, and it can reliably guide the design of the backfill ratio parameters. Abstract This study analyzed the feasibility of using titanium (Ti) tailings as a backfilling
Weijun Liu, Zida Liu, Zhixiang Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Explainable hybrid stacking ensemble method for hard rock pillar stability prediction and engineering applications

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This research proposes an interpretable hybrid stacking ensemble framework, optimized by the Sparrow Search Algorithm, to enhance hard rock pillar stability prediction. By integrating six machine learning models—k‐nearest neighbors, support vector machines, random forests, Gradient Boosting Decision Tree, eXtreme Gradient Boosting, and Light Gradient ...
Ning Wang, Guoyan Zhao, Meng Wang, Taraka Pattela   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capture and killing of small cetaceans in the Faroe Islands is inhumane and offers little scope for improvement

Frontiers in Marine Science
The capture and killing of free-living small cetaceans in the Faroe Islands is described. After being driven on-shore by motor vessels, the animals are killed without pre-stunning using officially-prescribed methods that involve severing the spinal cord ...
Alick Simmons
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The Sonar Model for Humpback Whale Song Revised

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Why do humpback whales sing? This paper considers the hypothesis that humpback whales may use song for long range sonar. Given the vocal and social behavior of humpback whales, in several cases it is not apparent how they monitor the movements of distant
Eduardo Mercado III, Eduardo Mercado III
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Ocean Governance and Marine Conservation: Institutional Work as a Lever for Ocean Sustainability

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ocean governance presents one of the most complex environmental policy challenges of our time, requiring coordinated action across multiple scales, sectors and stakeholder groups. This paper applies institutional work theory to systematically examine how actors create, maintain and disrupt the governance arrangements underpinning ocean ...
Kedar Uttam, Kristjan Jespersen, Paige Olmsted, Katryn Pasaribu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improved Power Tracking and Performance Evaluation Using a Tri‐Meta Hybrid DOA–CSA–WOA‐Based MPPT Controller for Standalone PV System

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
A Tri‐Meta Hybrid DOA–CSA–WOA Maximum Power Point Tracking controller is developed to enhance photovoltaic system performance. The proposed approach achieves higher tracking efficiency, faster convergence, and robust operation under dynamic irradiance and partial shading conditions.
Ali Abbas, Muhammad Farhan, Nouman Safdar, Muhammad Junaid Rabbani, Mohammad Rashed M. Altimania, Waleed Mohammed Abdelfattah, Hafiz Mudassir Munir   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source