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Potential of Lunar Laser Ranging for the Determination of Earth Orientation Parameters
The distance between the observatories on the Earth and the retro-reflectors on the Moon has been regularly measured with Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) since 1970. In recent years, LLR observations have been carri...
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Intra-Technique Combination of VLBI Intensives and Rapid Data to Improve the Temporal Regularity and Continuity of the UT1-UTC Series
The difference UT1-UTC is the most variable quantity among the Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) with significant unpredictable variation. It can be measured only with the quasi-space-fixed technique VLBI. Th...
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Correction to: Riverbank Erosion in the Bengal Delta
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Correction to: Environmental Nanotoxicology
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Correction to: Research on the Characteristics and Effects of Climate Extremes on Multi-spatial-temporal Scales in the Mongolian Plateau
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A Geo-Remote IoT Seismic Sensing Device, Made of Robust High-Sensitivity TENGs
This work presents the best TENG (Triboelectric Energy NanoGenerator) candidate to be used as a seismic sensor and integrated into any global seismic network. The most optimal one out of six different composit...
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Landslide Susceptibility Analysis with Artificial Neural Networks Used in a GIS Environment
The identification of areas potentially subject to hydrogeological risk is an important issue, especially for Institutions that spend substantial sums each year on remediation. In 2018, north-eastern Italy was...
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Circular Economy in the Agri-food Industry. How Social Media Can Create Engagement?
The need to redesign production and consumption models to achieve sustainable development is widely recognized. In this context, the circular economy (CE) model, based on reduction, reuse, and recycling activi...
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“Alagna Walser Green Paradise” Research: Quality of Life as a Topic to Enhance a Mountain Tourist Destination
This contribution focuses on the construction of a model of the quality of life within the research project “Alagna Walser Green Paradise” (AWGP), developed with the Municipality of Alagna Valsesia and the Pie...
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Geological Remote Sensing: An Overview
Geological remote sensing is an important content for modern geological survey. This chapter offers a comprehensive overview of the principles and applications of remote sensing techniques in geology researche...
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Students’ Behaviors, Attitudes and Self-Assessment on Food Wastage in a Tunisian University Cafeteria
The present study aimed to evaluate self-assessment, behaviors and attitudes of students toward food wastage in a Tunisian University cafeteria. An online survey based on a structured questionnaire was conduct...
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A Simple Energy Harvesting Device for Indoor Environment Based on Sn3O4 Photoanode
This paper reports a device, which has a simple structure with wet filter paper sandwiched by the photoanode made of a stainless mesh coated Sn3O4 and the platinum cathode. The photoanode was fabricated by hydrot...
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The Art of Failing Urban Planting Precariousness as Landscape Project Ecology
The relation of a landscape architecture project to time is mostly a relation to its own alteration. This acknowledgment, which clearly appears to each landscape designer honestly thinking of his own work, is nev...
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Survey and Evaluation of Applied Modern Engineering Pedagogy
Engineering education is continuously evolving to meet the demands of rapidly changing professional society. In recent years, a number of technological advancements have emerged and reshaped the way engineers ...
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Environmental Assessment in Wadi AL-Samen Catchment—Hebron/Palestine
Contamination of groundwater poses a significant risk to public health and is, therefore, one of the most serious environmental threats around the world. For Palestinians in the West Bank, groundwater is the m...
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Study on the Potential of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Algorithm for Hand Gesture-Controlled Lighting Systems
Gesture recognition has gained significant traction in the fields of computer vision and machine learning, offering users a natural and intuitive means of interacting with robots and system interfaces without ...
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Virtual Reality in 3D Wind Flow Modelling for Sustainable Urban Building Design
Wind flow cannot be visualized by human’s eyes, but it can be observed by looking at the effects of the wind, for example, trees, wind turbine and when it hits our body whilst passing the area with the wind fl...
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Study on Water Supply Guarantee in Xi'an Urban Area Before the Operation of Hanjiang-to-Weihe River Valley Water Diversion Project
In recent years, Xi'an urban population continues to grow, and the urban water supply projects have been basically full load. It is urgent to find new stable water sources to ensure water supply during the pea...
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Development of High Alumina Synthetic Aggregate Based on Impure Raw Bauxite
The refractory industries in India are facing the challenges of unavailability of good quality raw materials, lack of continuous and assured supply as well as increased raw material price. It is difficult to p...
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Materials Selection and Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Poles
In this work, the failure analysis of a natural and glass fiber reinforced plastic light pole was studied. FT-IR was used to examine the chemical composition of FRP light poles. To investigate the viscoelastic...
