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The state path optimization model, alongside strategies like slowing down and waiting, aims to identify optimal aircraft routes that minimize the total taxi time and prevent conflicts. Optimization reduces taxiing times for aircraft YZR7537, CES2558,...

Trajectory planning is of great value and yet challenging for multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications in a complex urban environment, mainly due to the complexities of handling cluttered obstacles. The problem further complicates itself...

This paper presents a deep reinforcement learning approach for generating conflict-avoidance maneuvers that aim to maintain well-clear separation from an intruder aircraft while enabling subsequent recapture of the planned flight path. The proposed m...

Beliefs that uphold patriarchal principles may influence individuals’ willingness to avoid conflict in their intimate-partner relationships, which can, in turn, increase the likelihood of intimate-partner economic violence. However, these assoc...

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental health conditions worldwide, yet their assessment and treatment have long been limited by insufficient validity. To address this challenge, researchers have increasingly sought to translate approa...

With the proliferation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology, the demand for effective collision avoidance technology has intensified. The DAIDALUS algorithm, devised by NASA Langley Research Center under the Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) framework, p...

The resettled community is a special type of transitional community in China where the residents are urbanized peasants who lost their lands during urbanization development. However, resettled community conflicts (RCCs) are barriers to sustainable co...

Cats, including companion cats, inflict extensive harm on wildlife. Using a national survey of 2000 households in New Zealand, we investigated the influence of involvement (an indicator of motivation) on the willingness of cat owners to keep their ca...

Underwater wireless sensor networks play an important role in underwater communication systems. Communication through collaborative communication is an effective way to solve critical problems in underwater communication systems. Underwater sensors a...

The Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is recognized worldwide as the last resort for avoiding midair collisions. The existing TCAS can solve pairwise conflict effectively, but cannot manage multi-aircraft conflict satisfactorily, an...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deployed across diverse domains. Many applications demand a high degree of automation, supported by reliable Conflict Detection and Resolution (CD&R) and Collision Avoidance (CA) systems. At the sa...

Attachment insecurity has been associated with negative behaviors during conflict and decreased relationship satisfaction. We theorize that individuals high in attachment anxiety and/or avoidance are less mindful during conflict with their romantic p...

This paper presents a novel collision avoidance (CA) algorithm for a cooperative fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method is based on maneuver coordination and planned trajectory prediction. Each aircraft in a conflict generates three ava...

Assessing ship conflicts in complex inland waterways is challenging because constrained navigation environments and heterogeneous ship interactions limit the applicability of generic safety thresholds. This study proposes a behavior-informed conflict...

This paper provides an analytical framework to address the definition of sensing requirements in non-cooperative UAS sense and avoid. The generality of the approach makes it useful for the exploration of sensor design and selection trade-offs, for th...

To address the core challenges in multi-robot path planning (MRPP) within large-scale, complex environments—namely path conflicts, suboptimal task allocation, and computational inefficiency—this paper introduces a Hybrid Clustering-Enhanc...

The construction industry faces persistent challenges from disputes and claims, leading to delays, cost overruns, and strained stakeholder relationships. This study proposes a strategic framework that integrates building information modeling (BIM) as...

Research highlights: Funding forest management with subsidies from carbon offsetters is a well-documented mechanism in tropical regions. This article provides complementary insights into the use of voluntary offset contracts in temperate forests. Bac...

The main goal of this study was to examine the role of parental behaviors during both the process of divorce and the post-divorce period on emerging adult children’s attachment-related anxiety and avoidance. Specifically, we analyzed how recall...

Adolescence is characterized both by the exacerbation of the experience of anxiety, fear or threat, on one hand, and by increased reward seeking (reward sensitivity) and risk taking on the other hand. The rise of these apparently opposite processes,...

Current investigations into urban aerial mobility, as well as the continuing growth of global air transportation, have renewed interest in conflict detection and resolution (CD&R) methods. The use of drones for applications such as package delive...

The aim of this study was twofold: to explore the concordance between two measures of physical activity (accelerometer and IPAQ) among female fibromyalgia (FM) patients, as well as to examine the impact of psychosocial variables (catastrophism, activ...

Sustainable production of algae will depend on understanding trade-offs at the energy-water nexus. Algal biofuels promise to improve the environmental sustainability profile of renewable energy along most dimensions. In this assessment of potential U...

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) provides an effective paradigm for distributed Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) under partial observability. Due to frequent local interactions among agents, action decisions based on limited local information...

This study presents a synergetic control approach for coordinating the motion of a UAV swarm based on self-organization principles and energy potential interactions. The proposed method effectively addresses the known limitations of traditional poten...

Variable-rate pesticide spraying and fertilizer application require coordinated operation of heterogeneous agricultural machines, particularly in irregular fields where task demands, vehicle mobility, payload capacity, energy consumption, and resuppl...

In the context of intelligent manufacturing, the integrated scheduling problem of dual rail-guided vehicles (RGVs) and multiple parallel processing equipment in flexible manufacturing systems has gained increasing importance. This problem exhibits sp...

Ultra-dense heterogeneous cellular networks in 6G and beyond face an escalating vulnerability to cell outages stemming from complex issues like parameter misconfigurations, hidden conflicts among Autonomous Network Functions (ANFs), multivendor incom...

In current intelligent manufacturing workshops, multi-automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems often face issues such as uneven task allocation, path conflicts, and idle travel, which significantly affect scheduling efficiency. To address these problem...

In collaborative operations of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), the complexity of underwater environments and limited onboard energy make environmental adaptation and energy efficiency critical metrics for evaluating path quality. This...

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) promises to reduce ground traffic and journey times by using electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for short, low-altitude flights, especially in urban environments. However, low-flying aircraft are at parti...

Women’s partners may act as facilitators of professional help-seeking for mental health problems in the postpartum period. This study aimed to examine the sociodemographic and clinical correlates of men’s intentions to recommend professio...

In this article, I consider the various policies of oil and gas companies relating to Indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation. The analysis is based on field research in Northern Russian regions. Data for the analysis comprises: International st...

Collision Detection and Avoidance is one of the critical technologies for fully allowing Unmanned Aerial Systems to fly in civil airspaces. Current methods evaluate only potential conflicts with other aircraft using specific parameters (e.g., time or...

Predictably, future urban airspaces will be crowded with autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offering different services to the population. One of the main challenges in this new scenario is the design of collision-free navigation algorithms t...

The aim of this paper is to provide a new perspective on the conditions for the multiple dimensions of concerns and to understand why some wind power projects run smoothly, while others lead to unexpected outcomes due to local resistance. The paper c...

Intersection control systems have been actively studied in recent years as they could potentially replace traffic signals via the utilization of the communication and automatic driving capabilities of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). In thes...

Addressing today’s most pressing challenges requires collaboration between professionals of different disciplines and the capacity to work effectively across sectors. Cross-sector partnerships (CSPs) are an increasingly common vehicle for doing...

With the upgrading of manufacturing production lines and innovations in information technology, logistics robot technology applied in factories is maturing. Rail-mounted logistics robots are suitable for precise material distribution in large product...

Air logistics transportation has become one of the most promising markets for the civil drone industry. However, the large flow, high density, and complex environmental characteristics of urban scenes make tactical conflict resolution very challengin...

The current study investigates the relation between biological sex and gender role upon the choice of conflict management styles. The Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) measured the gender role and Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II (ROCI-II) Form...

A collision avoidance method that is specifically tailored for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) operating in converging airspace is proposed. The method is based on ADS-B messages and it aims to detect and resolve conflicts between UAVs. The proposed...

Occupational stress is a major contributor to mental and physical health problems, yet individuals vary in how they appraise and respond to stress, even in identical situations. This study investigates whether motivational goals and internalized conf...

Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are increasingly important in Industry 4.0 intralogistics but creating path planning systems that adapt to dynamic and uncertain Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), especially managing conflicts among multiple AMRs w...

There are few options available for school managers who wish to effectively tackle school conflicts. The aim of the present work was to assess the issue of school conflict, its sources, and the effectiveness of different conflict management styles in...

Conflict management between UAVs is one of the key aspects in developing future urban aerial mobility (UAM) spaces, such as the one proposed in U-Space. In the framework of tactical conflict management, i.e., with the UAVs in flight, this paper prese...

Managing relationships between/with students is one of the main duties that teachers are asked to fulfill, which becomes even more challenging in multi-ethnic/multicultural educational contexts. Responding to the need for culturally-qualified trainin...

Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in the U-shaped automated container terminal travel longer and more complex paths. The conflicts among AGVs are trickier. The scheduling strategy of the traditional automated container terminal is difficult to be appl...

Intimate relationship conflicts in young people are crucial experiences for change. They can lead to more or less satisfactory relationships, depending on individuals’ skills to cope with these conflicts. This may or may not lead to violence in coupl...

In Western Bahia, one of the most active agricultural frontiers of the world, cropland area and irrigated area are increasing at fast rates, and water conflicts have been happening at least since 2010. This study makes a hydroclimatic analysis of the...