Academic Articles & Research Papers

Digital footprints as a tool to evaluate the spatiotemporal environmental impacts of grocery shopping across Great Britain

Introduction & Background Climate change represents one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Within this context, the food sector is a critical domain for intervention, accounting for approximately one-third of global greenhouse gas...

Which factors influence public perceptions of urban attractions? — A comparative study

To better serve the public, urban attractions must understand the public's likes and dislikes and continually adapt and optimize their service in response. However, traditional methods for gauging public opinion, such as questionnaires and ...

Explainable hybrid deep learning framework for air quality index prediction in Indian cities

Abstract Air pollution constitutes one of the most pressing environmental and public health crises of the twenty-first century, disproportionately affecting rapidly urbanising nations such as India. Accurate prediction of the Air Quality In...

NeuroBlu, an electronic health record (EHR) trusted research environment (TRE) to support mental healthcare analytics with real-world data

Purpose NeuroBlu is a real-world data (RWD) repository that contains deidentified electronic health record (EHR) data from US mental healthcare providers operating the MindLinc EHR system. NeuroBlu enables users to perform statistical analy...

Large Language Models and 3D Vision for Intelligent Robotic Perception and Autonomy

With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and robotics, the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) with 3D vision is emerging as a transformative approach to enhancing robotic sensing technologies. This convergence enables ...

Long-Term Biogeochemical Stabilization of Carbonate-Bearing Pb-Zn-Cu Mine Tailings by Amendment-Assisted Phytostabilization.

Assessing GPT's capabilities in consumer food survey analysis: A comparative approach for understanding food technophobia and novel protein perceptions

This study explores the application of GPT models for automating consumer food survey analysis, focusing on Chinese consumers' acceptance of plant-based foods, cultured meat, insect-based proteins, and microbial proteins. Traditional survey...

A Methodological Review on Prediction of Multi-Stage Hypovigilance Detection Systems Using Multimodal Features

Several hypovigilance detection systems (HDx) were developed to avoid road-side accidents due to driver fatigue. They have suffered from several limitations. Notably many of these are focused on center-head position to define an area of int...

Hyperspectral Methane Plume Segmentation Through Foundation Computer Vision Models

Efficient large-scale monitoring of methane emissions is crucial for sustainable environmental management, necessitating advanced remote sensing techniques that process hyperspectral imagery to provide detailed insights into the Earth&#x201...

AN EXTRACTION OF KEY VARIABLESFOR LONG-TERM TRENDS USING A MODIFIEDCROSS-IMPACT MATRIX

The traditional approach to forecasting lies in the assumption that, byapplying a set of powerful analytic tools, the future could be predictedaccurately enough to choose an appropriate strategic direction for it. Theprocess often involves ...

Design and Implementation of a Ball-Plate Control System and Python Script for Educational Purposes in STEM Technologies

This paper presents the process of designing, fabricating, assembling, programming and optimizing a prototype nonlinear mechatronic Ball-Plate System (BPS) as a laboratory platform for engineering education STEM. Due to the nonlinearity and...

Estimating Black Oat Biomass Using Digital Surface Models and a Vegetation Index Derived from RGB-Based Aerial Images

Responsible for food production and industry inputs, agriculture needs to adapt to worldwide increasing demands and environmental requirements. In this scenario, black oat has gained environmental and economic importance since it can be use...

Design of an Apple Harvesting Robot Based on Hybrid Pneumatic-Electric Drive System

This paper presents the design of a high-efficiency apple harvesting robot based on a hybrid pneumatic-electric drive system, capable of operating around the clock. The robotic system comprises a mobile platform with two degrees of freedom ...

Cross-Correlation-Based Structural System Identification Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Computer vision techniques have been employed to characterize dynamic properties of structures, as well as to capture structural motion for system identification purposes. All of these methods leverage image-processing techniques using a st...

Lightweight Road Image Segmentation Algorithm Based on Multi-Scale Feature Fusion for Blind Guiding Scenarios

Image segmentation is a crucial technology for environmental perception, and it is widely used in various scenarios such as autonomous driving and virtual reality. With the rapid development of technology, computer vision-based blind guidin...

TRAMON: An automated traffic monitoring system for high density, mixed and lane-free traffic

This paper introduces a new visual dataset and framework to facilitate computer-vision-based traffic monitoring in high density, mixed and lane-free traffic (TRAMON). While there are advanced deep learning algorithms that can detect and tra...

Techno-economic and environmental assessment of next-generation battery-powered farming robots.

The NWRD Dataset: An Open-Source Annotated Segmentation Dataset of Diseased Wheat Crop

Wheat stripe rust disease (WRD) is extremely detrimental to wheat crop health, and it severely affects the crop yield, increasing the risk of food insecurity. Manual inspection by trained personnel is carried out to inspect the disease spre...

Autonomous Robotic Platform for Precision Viticulture: Integrated Mobility, Multimodal Sensing, and AI-Based Leaf Sampling

Viticulture is facing growing economic and environmental pressures that demand a transition toward intelligent and autonomous crop management systems. Phytopathologies remain one of the most critical threats, causing substantial yield losse...

The Intelligent Ecosystem: How we are Architecting the Future of Environmental Services with AI

As the global economy confronts the dual imperatives of ecological preservation and technological advancement, we at Veolia, are executing a comprehensive strategy that places Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the core of our operations and f...