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Leveraging Big Multitemporal Multisource Satellite Data and Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Complex and Invisible Features: The Case of Extensive Irrigation Mapping

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The detection of buried or obscured archaeological features remains a central challenge in landscape archaeology, particularly in the irrigated floodplains of Mesopotamia where levees and canals formed the basis of complex agrarian systems. This study presents a deep learning–based approach for the large‐scale, automated detection of ancient ...
Nazarij Buławka   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

Letter, 1847 June 10, Locust Grove, to George Winter, Logansport, Ind.

open access: yes, 2006
Handwritten letter From: Jane Winter, Locust Grove, June 10, 1847 To: George Winter, Logansport ALS, 4 p. (plus two pages, superimposed at right angles, in two directions) (one sheet, folded)Regrets that she has not been able to send him "The ...
Winter, Jane;
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‘In a small school, it's just capacity all of the time’: Delivery and experiences of a national early career teacher development initiative across diverse school settings in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Effective early career support is associated with a variety of professional and personal benefits for teachers and their schools. However, research indicates that the contextual features of schools, such as their size and geographic location, influence the support that new teachers receive.
Ellen Turner   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Health Locus of Control and Risk Perception: Connecting Efficacy to Protective Action Through Winter Weather Forecast Messages

open access: yesMeteorological Applications
Health impacts are a major consequence of extreme winter weather, yet they are not usually part of forecast messages. Healthcasting, which describes the addition of health impact information into weather messages, has the potential to influence how ...
Zoey Rosen, Will Livingston
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of winter weather crash injury severity using winter storm classification techniques

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
This study employs a unique methodology for analyzing seasonal traffic crashes by first identifying adverse winter-weather events using traditional traffic-crash data (from Nebraska) and correlating them to detailed meteorological data for subsequent ...
Curtis L. Walker   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Appraisal of Temporal Transferability of Cold Region Winter Weather Traffic Models for Major Highway Segments in Alberta Canada

open access: yesGeosciences, 2019
This paper evaluates the effect of inclement weather conditions on the travel demand for three classes of vehicles for a primary highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. The demand variables are passenger cars, trucks, and total traffic.
Hyuk-Jae Roh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Letter, 1848 May 30, Logansport, Ind., to Mary Winter, Fort Wayne, Ind.

open access: yes, 2006
Handwritten letter From: George Winter, Logansport, May 30, 1848 To: Mary Winter (? Col. J. Squier), Fort Wayne ALS, 3 p. (one sheet, folded)Recounting his activities in the week since she has been at her parents': where he ate and whom he met at ...
Winter, George, 1810-1876;
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between weather and caribou productivity for the La-Poile Caribou Herd, Newfoundland

open access: yesRangifer, 1991
To describe the relationship between weather and caribou (Rangifer tarandus) productivity, we compared weather variables (snow on ground, winter temperature and measures of growing season) with measures of productivity (calves seen by hunters, calves and
Steven H. Ferguson, Shane P. Mahoney
doaj   +1 more source

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