Over time, the field of robotics has provided solutions to automate routine tasks in different scenarios. In particular, libraries are awakening great interest in automated tasks since they are semi-structured environments where machines coexist with...
Mobile RFID inventory in libraries must be planned and evaluated under noisy observations, configuration-dependent read regimes, and incomplete supervision. This paper presents an uncertainty-aware analytics framework for robot-assisted RFID inventor...
The purpose of this article is to study domestic devotion in Catalonia in the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, based on the information provided by numerous post-mortem inventories and texts written by coetaneous spiritual authors such...
Academic libraries have assumed expansive research data management (RDM) responsibilities, yet persistent dataset underutilisation suggests systemic disconnects between services and researcher needs. This scoping review applied a three-dimensional di...
The new national IdroGEO web platform allows the navigation, social sharing and download of data, maps, reports of the Italian Landslide Inventory, national hazard maps, and risk indicators. It is a tool for communication and dissemination of informa...
A method to forecast forest inventory variables derived from light detection and ranging (LiDAR) would increase the usefulness of such data in future forest management. We evaluated the accuracy of forecasted inventory from imputed tree lists for LiD...
Species identification by means of DNA barcodes depends essentially on the scope and quality of a relevant reference library. The first analysis of a large number (about 600 morphospecies) of southern European Lepidoptera (Greece: Peloponnese) shows...
High resolution imaging spectroscopy data have been recognised as a valuable data resource for augmenting detailed material inventories that serve as input for various urban applications. Image-specific urban spectral libraries are successfully used...
The exploitation of urban-material spectral properties is of increasing importance for a broad range of applications, such as urban climate-change modeling and mitigation or specific/dangerous roof-material detection and inventory. A new spectral lib...
This study explores enhancing decision-making processes in inventory management and production operations by integrating a developed system. The proposed solution improves the decision-making process, managing the material supply of the product and i...
The growing scale of libraries necessitates intelligent management solutions, particularly for book inventory tasks. To address the challenge of book spine recognition in dense, text-heavy environments, this study proposes an integrated approach comb...
This paper introduces a novel, integrated optimization framework for sustainable multi-site logistics planning, which simultaneously addresses production, inventory, and distribution decisions. The proposed hybrid methodology combines a Genetic Algor...
3D modeling techniques have grown increasingly prevalent in a variety of disciplines, including cultural heritage and ship design. The methodology used in the 3D reconstruction of a traditional Greek boat with the Trechadiri hull type named “Ag...
Deep metal mines commonly contain vertically stacked goafs whose geometry and rock mass properties are incompletely documented. This study evaluates a field-constrained screening framework for high-displacement material scenarios at the Lehong Pb-Zn...
Book localization is crucial for the development of intelligent book inventory systems, where the high-precision detection of book spines is a critical requirement. However, the varying tilt angles and diverse aspect ratios of books on library shelve...
Flood susceptibility mapping plays a crucial role in flood risk assessment and management. Accurate identification of areas prone to flooding is essential for implementing effective mitigation measures and informing decision-making processes. In this...
Since the 19th century, the United States has continuously conducted plant introductions from around the world to expand high-quality germplasm resources for agriculture and horticulture. Beginning in 1898, China—shaped by millennia of agrarian...
This paper proposes a tag position perception method for scenarios such as package retrieval in unmanned warehouses and book management in libraries. This method can accurately predict the distribution of tag space positions in real–time during...
Objective: This systematic review investigates the long-term effect of cochlear implantation (CI) on clinical outcomes in tinnitus patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Database Sources: PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were search...
Background: “Ricominciare” is a single-center, prospective, pre-/post-intervention pilot study aimed at verifying the feasibility and safety of the ARC Intellicare (ARC) system (an artificial intelligence-powered and inertial motion unit-...
More accurate tree models, such as branch skeleton, are needed to acquire forest inventory data. Currently available algorithms for constructing a branch skeleton from a LiDAR point cloud have low accuracy with problems such as irrational connection...
Less-resourced languages are usually left out of phonetic studies based on large corpora. We contribute to the recent efforts to fill this gap by assessing how to use open-access, crowd-sourced audio data from Lingua Libre for phonetic research. Ling...
This paper proposes an automatic method for detecting landslides by using an integrated approach comprising object-oriented image analysis (OOIA), a genetic algorithm (GA), and a case-based reasoning (CBR) technique. It consists of three main phases:...
The automotive industry is one of the most important economic sectors in the world. At the beginning, vehicles only had mechanical components, so the use of an automotive wire harness was not indispensable. Cars today are equipped with electronic com...
Jingpo Lake in Northeast China is a vital aquatic ecosystem, yet it lacks baseline molecular data for its insects. Trichoptera (caddisflies) are excellent ecological bioindicators, but their accurate identification is often hindered by morphological...
Buildings are a major cause of global resource consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other impacts on the environment, originating from both operational energy and material use. Informed design decisions can help mitigate potential impacts...
In Candida species, including Candidozyma auris (formerly Candida auris), overexpression of efflux pumps is a well-established mechanism of antifungal resistance. However, accumulating evidence indicates that impaired drug import may also significant...
The eukaryotic component of the mosquito microbiota, which includes parasites, remains poorly characterized, partly because amplicon surveys suffer from host co-amplification and primer bias. To describe their microeukaryome, we re-analysed total-RNA...
Central sensitization (CS) has been extensively researched as a cause of persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This systematic review study sought to investigate the diagnosis of CS in patients who underwent TKA for knee osteoarthritis...
Reliable molecular identification of plants depends on reference libraries of DNA sequences, and complete plastid genomes (plastomes) used as super-barcodes are increasingly the reference of choice for taxonomically difficult groups. We assess how re...
Knowledge of the mechanisms of species coexistence is crucial for biodiversity conservation. The tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus), alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster), and Chinese serow (Capricornis milneedwardsii) are all found in alpine ecos...
Background: Due to its unknown etiology, the objective diagnosis and therapeutics of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) are still challenging. Generally, the patient-reported outcome (PRO) is the major strategy driving treatm...
Earthquake-induced landslides are one of the most dangerous secondary disasters in mountainous areas throughout the world. The nowcasting of coseismic landslides is crucial for planning land management, development, and urbanization in mountainous ar...
Background: Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is critical in Supply Chain Management (SCM), facilitating effective inventory management and meeting production demands in the manufacturing sector. Despite the potential benefits of automating the MR...
Background/Objectives: Tendinopathy is a condition associated with pain and limited function. While upper and lower extremity tendinopathies may have different functional implications, there have been a number of reports supporting different patterns...
This article aims to develop a Web-GIS based landslide early warning system (EWS) for the Chittagong Metropolitan Area (CMA), Bangladesh, where, in recent years, rainfall-induced landslides have caused great losses of lives and property. A method for...
Climate variations in temperature and precipitation significantly impact forest productivity. Precipitation influences the physiology and growth of species, while temperature regulates photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration. This study develo...
Background and Objectives: This systematic review investigates the relationship between preoperative psychological disorders and postoperative satisfaction among patients undergoing aesthetic surgery. While aesthetic procedures can enhance self-image...
The textile sector provides essential goods, yet it remains environmentally and socially intensive, driven by high water use, pesticide dependent monocropping, chemical pollution during processing, and growing waste streams. This review examines cred...
Non-indigenous species (NIS) pose a severe threat to Mediterranean biodiversity, health, and economy. Although marine protected areas (MPAs) are key conservation tools, they remain vulnerable to biological invasions, whose impacts are still poorly un...
This articles presents a new series of maps showing the climate and environmental variability of Botswana. Situated in southern Africa, Botswana has an arid to semi-arid climate, which significantly varies in its different regions: Kalahari Desert, M...
Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is characterized as a disorder of the gut–brain interaction (DGBI). Here, we explored the presence of problems related to executive function (EF) in patients with IBS and tested the relative importan...
Study Objective: Tinnitus is a common disorder characterized by sound in the ear in the absence of external or internal stimuli. Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) was discovered enhancing tissue repair via increasing the blood microcirculation and cell...
One of the prioritized project of the Belt and Road Initiative is the Silk Road Disaster Risk Reduction. The main aim of the project is to investigate natural hazards affecting Central Asia and Europe in order to understand their evolution and suppor...
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To compare the random forest (RF) model and the frequency ratio (FR) model for landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM), this research selected Yunyang Country as the study area for its frequent natural disasters; especially landslides. A landslide inv...
Due to the pathogenic nature of asbestos, a statutory ban on asbestos-containing products has been in place in Poland since 1997. In order to protect human health and the environment, it is crucial to estimate the quantity of asbestos–cement products...
Introduction: There is no clear evidence in the literature that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections improve female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Objectives: A systematic review was performed to study the eff...
Objective: The use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is common among hemodialysis patients who receive treatment for depression. However, studies on the efficacy of SSRIs in patients on chronic hemodialysis are few and have led to co...
Objective: Our goal was to develop evidence-based recommendations for the organization and structure of cancer survivorship services, and best-care practices to optimize the health and well-being of post–primary treatment survivors. This review sough...
Worldview-3 (WV3) 16-band multispectral data were used to map exposed bedrock and mine waste piles associated with legacy open-pit mining of sandstone-hosted roll-front uranium deposits along the South Texas Coastal Plain. We used the “spectral...
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