Breaking the BMI monotony: an empirical analysis of the effects of China’s school feeding program and policy implications for Africa [PDF]
School feeding programs (SFPs) have been extensively implemented as a public policy investment aimed at fostering the development of children across various countries.
Ying ZHANG, Yu WANG, Qiran ZHAO
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Sweet potato grasping point recognition in complex backgrounds: a method based on salient object detection [PDF]
To address challenges in crop grasping tasks for agricultural robots, specifically, poor crop background segmentation and limited adaptability in grasp point localization, this paper proposes a saliency guided segmentation approach.
Ranbing YANG +7 more
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Modest XML for Corpora: Not a standard, but a suggestion
This paper argues for, and presents, a modest approach to XML encoding for use by the majority of contemporary linguists who need to engage in corpus construction.
A. Hardie
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Optimizing nutrient management to improve tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) production while reducing nutrient losses in tobacco fields [PDF]
Efficient nutrient management is essential for mitigating nutrient losses from farmland in the Erhai Lake Basin (ELB). This 2-year field study (2021–2022) in the northern ELB investigated the effects of different fertilizer application methods on ...
Chen WANG +9 more
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Journal Article Tag Suite subset and Schematron: achieving the right balance [PDF]
Ensuring that published content adheres to the publisher’s business and style rules requires the implementation of quality-control solutions that encompass the entire enterprise, including vendors and in-house staff.
Alexander B. Schwarzman
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XML Matchers: approaches and challenges
Schema Matching, i.e. the process of discovering semantic correspondences between concepts adopted in different data source schemas, has been a key topic in Database and Artificial Intelligence research areas for many years.
Agreste, Santa +3 more
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Biodegradable and non-biodegradable plastic mulches enhance chili production in Sri Lankan wet zone agriculture [PDF]
Plastic film mulching (PFM) enhances plant growth and productivity by modifying soil properties. In Sri Lanka, the adoption of PFM is gradually rising, especially for high-value crops.
Nipuna THENNAKOON +12 more
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Accumulation of soil microplastics and phthalate esters in nine typical Chinese croplands using plastic mulch film [PDF]
Plastic mulch film (PMF) can release microplastics (MPs) and phthalate esters (PAEs) into agricultural soils. These materials can contaminate the food chain, thereby posing a potential risk to human health.
Yingming SUN +10 more
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auto{API} is a web-based tool for the specification and management of API endpoints to online XML data sources. The APIs generated return the data in JSON format. The tool allows users to specify the field names to be used in the JSON data and to control
Adrian Moore
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XWeB: the XML Warehouse Benchmark
With the emergence of XML as a standard for representing business data, new decision support applications are being developed. These XML data warehouses aim at supporting On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) operations that manipulate irregular XML data.
A. Schmidt +13 more
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