Defining familiarity in nursing homes providing care for residents with dementia: a scoping review by Joanna Sun, Sumiyo Brennan, Therese Doan

“…ObjectiveThis study explores the underpinning definitions associated with familiarity in the context of dementia inclusive design and nursing home environment.BackgroundEnvironmental design in nursing homes impacts the quality of life and care of residents with dementia. …”
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Occurrence of Tetracampos sp. (Cestoda) and Paracamallanus sp. and Rhabdochona sp. (Nematoda) in the catfish Clarias gariepinus in Ouémé River in Benin (West Africa) by Nounagnon Darius Tossavi, Sabbas Attindéhou, Vincent Oké, Bernadin Bouko, Nestor Sakiti

“…Their prevalence was not influenced by environmental or fish morphometric parameters. The specific identification should be improved with genetics.…”
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HEALTH MONITORING OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS USING CT-XRAY by F. Nateghi Alahi, S.S. Kamali

“…Many structures are in use throughout cities and environments that require constant attention due to fatigue of corrosion and environmental effects such as floods, earthquakes, or strong winds. …”
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FOOD PRODUCT CONTAMINATION RISKS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF PRODUCTION by O. I. Lavrukhina, V. G. Amelin, L. B. Prokhvatilova, O. I. Ruchnova

“…It is also important to consider the specificity of environmental load in the region and critical control points of the specific product manufacturing. …”
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Towards CO2 emissions reduction of shipping: Ca(OH)2 based carbon capture system for safeguarding the marine environment by Valentina Bortuzzo, Valentina Bortuzzo, Serena Bertagna, Luca Braidotti, Vittorio Bucci

“…Additionally, the study examines the feasibility of the generated product for reuse in industry, promoting a circular economy and addressing environmental issues. This innovative solution underscores the urgent need for transformative measures to reduce maritime emissions, in line with efforts to safeguarding the marine environment and combat climate change.…”
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From temporary bike lanes to a cycling oriented mobility paradigm. The case of Lyon during and after the pandemic of COVID-19 by Nathalie Ortar, Patricia Lejoux, Nicolas Ovtracht

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, cycling was presented as a potential solution to health and environmental challenges in everyday mobility. In Lyon (France), these street experiments posed two challenges for the city authorities: in the short term, to enable people to access essential services and shops while respecting the principles of physical separation; in the long term, to promote a new bicycle-oriented mobility paradigm that goes beyond infrastructure and includes velonomy and velomobility as a system. …”
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Enhancing lane detection in autonomous vehicles with multi-armed bandit ensemble learning by J. Arun Pandian, Ramkumar Thirunavukarasu, L. Thanga Mariappan

“…However, the proposed MAB-Ensemble technique overcomes the limitations of individual models by dynamically selecting the most suitable CNN model based on prevailing environmental factors. The proposed technique optimizes the segmentation accuracy and treats the attained accuracy as a reward signal in the context of reinforcement learning by interacting with the environment through CNN model selection. …”
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Multi-Modal Social Media Analytics: A Sentiment Perception-Driven Framework in Nanjing Districts by Meng Xia, Zhengyang Lu, Feng Wang

“…While central districts exhibit higher positive sentiments toward built environment (0.65-0.71) and economic factors, peripheral areas show stronger positive associations with environmental quality (0.42) and community cohesion (0.47). …”
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Seasonality and intensity of airborne Boletus-type spores in relation to land use and weather pattern by Magdalena Wójcik, Idalia Kasprzyk

“…This research indicates that when studying the effects of different factors on the concentration of airborne basidiospores, many environmental elements should be analyzed, including the characteristics of habitats in which basidiomycetes grow. …”
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Identification, evaluation and prioritization of hazards caused by high voltage power towers in urban areas by Negar Afzali Behbahani

“…Therefore, at first, the power transmission process, equipment used in it and the safety, health and environmental hazards resulting from it, were identified and evaluated by the parameters of the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA). …”
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A Survey on the Relationship between Ocean Subsurface Temperature and Tropical Cyclone over the Western North Pacific by Difu Sun, Junqiang Song, Kaijun Ren, Xiaoyong Li, Guangjie Wang

“…To further investigate the causes of this characteristic, the TC genesis potential indexes (GPI) are used to analyse the contributions of environmental factors to TC activities. The results indicate that the negative correlation between subsurface water temperature and TCF is mainly caused by the variation of TCF in the southeastern quadrant of the WNP, where the oceanic and atmospheric environments are related to ocean subsurface conditions. …”
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Analysis of the position of effective components on urban branding (Case study: Bushehr city) by azam salehi, masoud pourkiyani, mehdi mohamad bagheri, sanjar salajegheh

“…Every city, according to its assets, seeks to develop and consolidate its position at national, regional and international levels, since city branding is one of the most dynamic activities in the field of policy making in the present era, which plays an important role in sustainable development of the region and due to the increasing growth of city development in cultural, economic, environmental and etc. There is a need for a targeted and comprehensive planning to keep pace with sustainable development. …”
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Investigating the Feasibility of Using Concrete Containing Waste Paper Sludge Ash and Pozzolanic Materials to Repair Bridge Stub Columns by F. Delaram, Y. Mohammadi, M. R. Adlparvar

“…In addition to the problem of environmental hazards, the bridge columns may fail due to design problems or increasing needs. …”
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Acalypha wilkesiana by Edward F. Gilman

“…This document is Fact Sheet FPS-6, one of a series of the Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Sliding Mode Control for Variable-Speed Trajectory Tracking of Underactuated Vessels with TD3 Algorithm Optimization by Shiya Zhu, Gang Zhang, Qin Wang, Zhengyu Li

“…An adaptive sliding mode controller (SMC) design with a reinforcement-learning parameter optimization method is proposed for variable-speed trajectory tracking control of underactuated vessels under scenarios involving model uncertainties and external environmental disturbances. First, considering the flexible control requirements of the vessel’s propulsion system, the desired navigation speed is designed to satisfy an S-curve acceleration and deceleration process. …”
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Rate and Timing Effects of Growth Regulating Herbicides Applications on Grain Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Growth and Yield by Thierry E. Besançon, Ranjit Riar, Ronnie W. Heiniger, Randy Weisz, Wesley J. Everman

“…Regardless of local environmental conditions, 2,4-D applied up to 35 cm tall did not negatively impact grain yield. …”
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Directly Gel‐Thermal Processing of Linker‐Mixed Crystal‐Glass Composite Membranes for Sorption‐Preferential Gas Separation by Yihao Xiao, Yanqing Yu, Xinxi Huang, Da Chen, Wanbin Li

“…This strategy can be realized by using a simple, solvent/precursor‐less, and cost‐effective gel‐thermal approach with two steps of gel coating and thermal conversion, thereby constructing crystal‐glass composite membranes in a controllable, processable, versatile, and environmentally friendly route. Moreover, the mixed linkers enable preferential gas affinities and the ultramicroporous glasses can eliminate any membrane defects. …”
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Species Distribution Model and Conservation of Mentaok (Wrightia javanica) in Indonesia by Sutomo, Nida Humaida, Luthfi Wahab, Muhammad Hadi Saputra, Fitri Kurniawati, Muhammad Bima Atmaja, Eko Pujiono, Jalma Giring Sukmawati, Aditya Hani, Rajif Iryadi, Wieke Herningtyas, Reni Setyo Wahyuningtyas

“…The methodology used involved collecting occurrence and environmental data of W. javanica, conducting species distribution modeling using the maximum entropy algorithm, evaluating the model's accuracy, and performing an independent assessment of the area of occupancy (AOO) and extensive occurrence (EOO) using the geospatial conservation assessment tool (GeoCAT). …”
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Enhancing engine performance and reducing carbon emissions using medical syringe waste and compressed natural gas in dual-fuel operations by Sathish. T, Saravanan. R

“…On the other side, it produces higher environmental pollution by their wastes. Among these medical wastes syringe wastes can be used to produce the alternate fuel by pyrolysis as 71 % of yield. …”
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Method for Determining the Model Order for Model Order Reduction of the Linear Parameter Varying Heat Conduction Model using the Monte Carlo Method by Akiyasu MIYAMOTO

“…However, verifying the accuracy of these models can be time-consuming due to the significant variations in boundary conditions caused by changes in environmental conditions, design requirements, and specifications of products. …”
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