Joint Modeling of Precipitation and Temperature Using Copula Theory for Current and Future Prediction under Climate Change Scenarios in Arid Lands (Case Study, Kerman Province, Ira... by T. Mesbahzadeh, M. M. Miglietta, M. Mirakbari, F. Soleimani Sardoo, M. Abdolhoseini

“…Therefore, predicting temporal trends of precipitation and temperature is very useful for societal and urban planning. In this research, in order to study the future trends in precipitation and temperature, we have applied scenarios of the fifth assessment report of IPCC. …”
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Emission Performance of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Petrol Diesel, Green Diesel, and Waste Cooking Oil Blends by O. Chiavola, E. Recco

“…The purpose of this paper is to conduct an experimental research on the impact of mixing ratio of biodiesel from waste cooking oil and an innovative diesel fuel (in which a renewable component is contained) on the emissions of an up-to-date light and compact small engine that has a leading role in city cars and urban vehicles. Two blends’ mixing ratios (20% and 40% by volume) were tested and the results were compared to those obtained when the engine was operated with low sulfur diesel (ULSD) and ULSD blended with 15% by volume of renewable diesel. …”
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Numerical Simulation of the Effects of Grassland Degradation on the Surface Climate in Overgrazing Area of Northwest China by Yanfei Li, Zhaohua Li, Zhihui Li, Xiaoli Geng, Xiangzheng Deng

“…The analysis results show that grassland will mainly convert into barren land, croplands, and urban land, which accounts for 42%, 48%, and 10% of the total converted grassland area, respectively. …”
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Forecasting the effects of climate change on the climatic of the Miahne-city using climate models (SDSM) by anoshiravan ravand, shahriar khaledi, davod hasanabadi

“…By clarifying the consequences of the impact of urban architecture on climate change while using the data of surrounding stations with library and field data methods. …”
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Association Between Deforestation and the Incidence of Snakebites in South Korea by Seoheui Lee, Junyeong Lee, Kyung-Duk Min

“…Additional covariates included altitude, average temperature, population size, proportion of urban land cover, proportion of agricultural land cover, and level of ecological preservation. …”
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Patterns of Understory Diversity in Mixed Coniferous Forests of Southern California Impacted by Air Pollution by Edith B. Allen, Patrick J. Temple, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Michael J. Arbaugh, Abby G. Sirulnik, Leela E. Rao

“…Both total and extractable soil N were higher in sites on the western end of the gradient closer to the urban source of pollution, pH was lower, and soil carbon (C) and litter were higher. …”
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The potential of green roof strategies for reducing CO2 emissions and energy use in Moroccan office buildings by Abdessamad Idouanaou, Mustapha Malha, Abdellah Bah, Saïd Kardellass

“…By providing insights into the thermal and environmental performance of green roofs, this research contributes to the development of practical design guidelines for integrating sustainable building practices into Morocco’s growing urban landscape.…”
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A case study of newly tunnels over-crossing the existing subway tunnels by Ben Wu, Wei Liu, Peixin Shi, Xiangyang Xu, Yingjing Liu

“…Due to the continuous expansion of congested urban areas, many new tunnels are inevitable to over-cross the existing subway lines and may even affect the operation of existing lines. …”
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Response Analysis of Deep Foundation Excavation and Dewatering on Surface Settlements by Xian Li, Tingguo Zhou, Yixian Wang, Junling Han, Yanqiao Wang, Fang Tong, Delong Li, Jinmei Wen

“…Accurate prediction of surface settlements is a primary concern when deep excavations were carrying out under the water table in urban environments for the safety of the work site. …”
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Radiative Impact of Fireworks at a Tropical Indian Location: A Case Study by B. P. Singh, A. K. Srivastava, S. Tiwari, S. Singh, R. K. Singh, D. S. Bisht, D. M. Lal, A. K. Singh, R. K. Mall, Manoj K. Srivastava

“…Weeklong intensive observational campaign for aerosol study was carried out at a representative urban location in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), Varanasi (25.3°N, 83.0°E), from October 29 to November 04, 2005 (Diwali on November 01, 2005), to investigate behavioral change of aerosol properties and radiative forcing between firework affected and nonaffected periods. …”
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Pedestrian Crash Exposure Analysis Using Alternative Geographically Weighted Regression Models by Seyed Ahmad Almasi, Hamid Reza Behnood, Ramin Arvin

“…The purpose of this study is to analyze the surrogate measures related to pedestrian crash exposure in urban roads, including the use of sociodemographic characteristics, land use, and geometric characteristics of the network. …”
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The impact of competition for picking wild edible mushrooms and the opportunity cost for rural communities: the case of Castile and León (Spain) by Pablo de Frutos Madrazo, Joaquín Latorre Minguell, Pedro Antonio Martín-Cervantes, Fernando Martínez Peña

“…Picking wild edible mushrooms is a key activity both for rural as well as urban communities. Studies into the topic support the notion of the major socio-economic benefits, which increase both producer as well as consumer surplus. …”
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Comprehension of HIV/AIDS messages in Lesotho by Olutunmise Adesola Ojo, Rudi de Lange

“…In this study, the comprehension of the loveLife outdoor campaign material was thus post-tested amongst 301 subjects from five high schools in both urban and rural areas. The study set out to determine the subjects’ comprehension of both the messages and the graphic imagery and evaluated the material for self-efficacy. …”
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Identifying factors that contribute to collision avoidance behaviours while walking in a natural environment by Mohammadamin Nikmanesh, Michael E. Cinelli, Daniel S. Marigold

“…Thus, we filmed unscripted pedestrian walking behaviours on a busy urban path. We leveraged deep learning algorithms to identify and extract pedestrian walking trajectories and had unbiased raters characterize situations where two pedestrians approached each other from opposite ends. …”
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Rao-Blackwellized Gaussian Sum Particle Filtering for Multipath Assisted Positioning by Markus Ulmschneider, Christian Gentner, Thomas Jost, Armin Dammann

“…We evaluate our filtering approach for multipath assisted positioning by simulations in an urban scenario and by outdoor measurements.…”
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Multiple Equilibrium Behaviors considering Human Exposure to Vehicular Emissions by Zhanbo Sun, Yu Tan, Rui Ma, Xia Yang, Jie Zhang

“…Emissions produced by urban transportation activities are harmful to people’s health and they also affect people’s trip-making decisions. …”
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Spring phenological models combining the effects of temperature and photoperiod are successfully transferred to various spatial and temporal scales: a case study of Aesculus hippoc... by Korsakova Svetlana, Korsakov Pavel, Evstigneev Vladislav

“…The proposed models can be used to predict the spring phenophases of A. hippocastanum in European and Asian countries, where this ornamental tree species is widely used in urban landscaping, and to optimise control methods against Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimić (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). …”
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Traffic Status Prediction of Arterial Roads Based on the Deep Recurrent Q-Learning by Wei Hao, Donglei Rong, Kefu Yi, Qiang Zeng, Zhibo Gao, Wenguang Wu, Chongfeng Wei, Biljana Scepanovic

“…With the exponential growth of traffic data and the complexity of traffic conditions, in order to effectively store and analyse data to feed back valid information, this paper proposed an urban road traffic status prediction model based on the optimized deep recurrent Q-Learning method. …”
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The Sacred Architecture of Josep Lluís Sert by Iñigo Ugalde-Blázquez, Ricardo Gómez-Val, Cinta Lluis-Teruel, Pilar Moran-García

“…The contributions of Sert to the design of modern religious architecture are analyzed in this study, firstly through the distinctive aspects of his architecture, such as its urban scale and interactions between various plastic arts, and secondly through his theological references. …”
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Weighted Complex Network Analysis of Shanghai Rail Transit System by Yingying Xing, Jian Lu, Shendi Chen

“…In addition, the structure and properties of the RTS network have great implications for urban traffic planning, design, and management. Thus, it is necessary to acquire their network properties and impacts. …”
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