An Experimental Evaluation Based on Direction Finding Specification for Indoor Localization and Proximity Detection by Michele Girolami, Fabio Mavilia, Francesco Furfari, Paolo Barsocchi

“…A possible solution is designing systems exploiting multiple techniques, so that to compensate weaknesses of a specific source of information. Under this respect, Bluetooth represents an interesting technology, combining multiple techniques for indoor localization. …”
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The vegetable value chain: considerations for local development from the producer by Luis Edgar Blanco-Capia

“…The results infer that the source of problems in the functioning of the structure, among others, is the ineffectiveness in the interrelation of the links in the CV, the producer faces a scenario with many weaknesses and threats.…”
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A wireless sensor network for coal mine safety powered by modified localization algorithm by Hafiz Zameer ul Hassan, Anyi Wang, Ghulam Mohi-ud-din

“…Coal mining industry is one of the main source for economy of every nations, whereas safety in the underground coal mining area is still doubtful. …”
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Gold-Diaphragm Based Fabry-Perot Ultrasonic Sensor for Partial Discharge Detection and Localization by Wei Zhang, Ping Lu, Wenjun Ni, Wanze Xiong, Deming Liu, Jiangshan Zhang

“…The ultrasonic signals from a discharge source is measured by the proposed fiber optic sensor with difference distances and incident angles. …”
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Characteristics of Stable Isotopes in Precipitation and Their Moisture Sources in the Guanling Region, Guizhou Province by Jialu Wang, Weijie Li, Yong Wang, Jiaojiao Zhang, Shizhen Xiao

“…The results showed that there was more than one fundamental source of moisture. It was affected by the winter monsoon period, which is longer than the summer monsoon period, so the local evaporation of water vapor participating in the water circulation had a greater impact. …”
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The crisis of local leadership: A passing trend or a systematic problem? by Klačar Bojan

“…The author analyses how the combination of high centralization in decision-making process and weak internal democracy within political parties and the electoral system in the long term encourages the negative selection of political elites at the local level. …”
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THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITY IN THE FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATIVE-LEGAL PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE by Andrii Falkovskyi, Andrii Tarasov

“…Special attention is given to the issues of ineffective monitoring of cultural heritage sites, weak institutional capacity of local authorities, and the lack of adequate control over compliance with preservation regimes. …”
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A Robust Direction-of-Arrival (DOA) Estimator for Weak Targets Based on a Dimension-Reduced Matrix Filter with Deep Nulling and Multiple-Measurement-Vector Orthogonal Matching Purs... by Shoudong Wang, Haozhong Wang, Zhaoxiang Bian, Susu Chen, Penghua Song, Bolin Su, Wei Gao

“…This paper presents a robust DOA estimator for localizing weak signals of interest in an environment with strong interfering sources that improve passive sonar DOA estimation. …”
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Morphological and biochemical characterization of Moroccan Opuntia dillenii fruit: Natural source of bioactive compounds by Sofia ZAZOULI, Ghizlane Kabiri

“…The phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and betalain contents were significantly correlated with antioxidant activities, whereas total ascorbic acid and condensed tannins were weakly correlated. Conclusion: These findings suggest that O. dillenii fruits may be a potential source of natural antioxidants for both food applications and medicinal functions. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Local Scouring on Pile Groups under Nonlinear Wave Action by ZHOU Xi, LI Xiaochao, GONG Mengmeng

“…Pile group foundations are widely used in coastal and marine engineering structures, and waves significantly affect the local scouring on pile group foundations. This article used the open-source computational fluid dynamics program REEF3D to establish a three-dimensional numerical wave tank. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Local Scouring on Pile Groups under Nonlinear Wave Action by ZHOU Xi, LI Xiaochao, GONG Mengmeng

“…Pile group foundations are widely used in coastal and marine engineering structures, and waves significantly affect the local scouring on pile group foundations. This article used the open-source computational fluid dynamics program REEF3D to establish a three-dimensional numerical wave tank. …”
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SAVL: Scene-Adaptive UAV Visual Localization Using Sparse Feature Extraction and Incremental Descriptor Mapping by Ganchao Liu, Zhengxi Li, Qiang Gao, Yuan Yuan

“…Secondly, in order to overcome the problem of weak generalization ability in unknown scenarios, a descriptor incremental mapping module was designed, which reduces multi-source image differences at the semantic level through UAV satellite image descriptor mapping and constructs a confidence-based incremental strategy to dynamically adapt to the scene. …”
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A seamless LiDAR/IMU/RTK fused localization method for UAV-Based bridge inspection by A. Liang, Y. Pan, Y. Huo, Q. Li, B. Zhou, Z. Chen

“…However, conventional SLAM methods for UAV face challenges related to low continuity and weak reliability across different scenes, making it difficult to meet the requirements for comprehensive bridge localization and mapping. …”
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Optimized Design of Cultural Space in Wuhan Metro: Analysis and Reflection Based on Multi-Source Data by Zhengcong Wei, Yangxue Hu, Yile Chen, Tianjia Wang

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pytom-match-pick: A tophat-transform constraint for automated classification in template matching by Marten L. Chaillet, Sander Roet, Remco C. Veltkamp, Friedrich Förster

“…Template matching (TM) in cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) enables in situ detection and localization of known macromolecules. However, TM faces challenges of weak signal of the macromolecules and interfering features with a high signal-to-noise ratio, which are often addressed by time-consuming, subjective manual curation of results. …”
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Issues and Challenges of Local Governance in Afghanistan: A Critical Review of the 2001–2020 Period by عبدالله حسینی

“…The problem addressed is the persistent weakness of subnational governance despite extensive international and domestic efforts. …”
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Model of Swamp and Peat Area Protection Policy Based on Justice and Local Community Empowerment by Taufik Wijoseno, Aullia Vivi Yulianingrum, Elviandri Elviandri

“…The Normative Juridical Citation Method and data are collected from primary legal sources, including Law Number 26 of 2007 concerning Spatial Planning, Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Law Number 4 of 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining, as well as Kutai Kartanegara Regional Regulation Number 1 of 2016 itself and secondary legal sources in the form of relevant literature, such as books, journals, articles and internet sources as well as mass media, both print and online and allow data triangulation to be carried out. …”
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Pollution Characterization, Meteorological Effects, and Sources of Carbon Aerosols in PM2.5 in Urban Xiangtan during Winter by Lizhi He, Zhenghui Xiao, Cheng Xie, Yangfei Ou, Sisi Wang

“…The winter average ratio of OC/EC was 5.82, and the correlation between EC and OC was weak, indicating that OC and EC originated from many different sources. …”
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Geochemical Characteristics of Crude Oil and Oil–Source Correlations in the Yongfeng Sub-Sag of the Bogda Mountain Front Belt by Xiangcan Sun, Jianwei Wu, Xingui Zhou, Yongjin Gao, Youxing Yang, Zhongkai Bai, Kun Yuan, Lei Wen, Yi Chen

“…The research results indicate that the crude oil from Well Xyd 1 exhibits mature characteristics, and the source material was deposited in a reducing to weakly oxidizing, weakly reducing environment. …”
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Large exciton binding energy in a bulk van der Waals magnet from quasi-1D electronic localization by Shane Smolenski, Ming Wen, Qiuyang Li, Eoghan Downey, Adam Alfrey, Wenhao Liu, Aswin L. N. Kondusamy, Aaron Bostwick, Chris Jozwiak, Eli Rotenberg, Liuyan Zhao, Hui Deng, Bing Lv, Dominika Zgid, Emanuel Gull, Na Hyun Jo

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