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Researching Human Geography

Anna Davies, Keith Hoggart, Loretta Lees • Routledge eBooks (2014)

Researching Human Geography is an essential new text for any geography student about to embark on a research project. An understanding of how different theories of knowledge have influenced research methodologies is crucial in planning and ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203770177

Complexity science and human geography

David O’Sullivan • Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (2004)

Complexity science has attracted considerable attention in a number of disciplines. However, this perspective on scientific understanding remains ill defined. In this paper, ideas and approaches from complexity science are reviewed. It appe...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0020-2754.2004.00321.x

Encyclopedia of human geography

• Choice Reviews Online (2007)

Human geography focuses on the ways that humans interact with each other and with the environment, illuminating the complex processes and nature of our global society. This book presents the full range of this remarkable field, presenting n...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.44-2471

Human geography without scale

Sallie A. Marston, John Paul Jones, Keith Woodward • Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (2005)

The concept of scale in human geography has been profoundly transformed over the past 20 years. And yet, despite the insights that both empirical and theoretical research on scale have generated, there is today no consensus on what is meant...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2005.00180.x

A Dictionary of Human Geography

Noel Castree, Rob Kitchin, Alisdair Rogers • Oxford University Press eBooks (2013)

A Dictionary of Human Geography is a brand new addition to Oxford's Paperback Reference Series, offering over 2,000 clear and concise entries on human geography terms. From basic terms and concepts to biographical entries, acronyms, organis...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780199599868.001.0001

Modular multi-fidelity simulation framework for advanced sail-driven spacecraft control and dynamics in perturbation-rich regimes

Celia Redondo-Verdú, Álvaro Belmonte-Baeza, José L. Ramón, Cristina Cachero et al. • Results in Engineering (2026)

This work presents a high-fidelity Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) simulation framework for the development and validation of control strategies for sail-driven spacecraft operating in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The framework integrates NVIDIA Omniv...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.rineng.2026.113314

Predicting land use and land cover changes for sustainable land management using CA-Markov modelling and GIS techniques

Zainab Tahir, Muhammad Haseeb, Syed Amer Mahmood, Saira Batool et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract This study addresses the significant issue of rapid land use and land cover (LULC) changes in Lahore District, which is critical for supporting ecological management and sustainable land-use planning. Understanding these changes is...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-87796-w

Comparison of Neighborhood-Scale, Residential Property Flood-Loss Assessment Methodologies

Rubayet Bin Mostafiz, Carol J. Friedland, Md Asif Rahman, Robert V. Rohli et al. • Frontiers in Environmental Science (2021)

Leading flood loss estimation models include Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Hazus, FEMA’s Flood Assessment Structure Tool (FAST), and (U.S.) Hydrologic Engineering Center’s Flood Impact Analysis (HEC-FIA), with each requirin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.734294

Switchable half-metallicity in A-type antiferromagnetic NiI2 bilayer coupled with ferroelectric In2Se3

Yaping Wang, Xinguang Xu, Xian Zhao, Weixiao Ji et al. • npj Computational Materials (2022)

Abstract Electrically controlled half-metallicity in antiferromagnets is of great significance for both fundamental research and practical application. Here, by constructing van der Waals heterostructures composed of two-dimensional (2D) A-...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41524-022-00904-6

Research on the Deformation Laws of Adjacent Structures Induced by the Shield Construction Parameters

Jinhua Wang, Nengzhong Lei, Xiaolin Tang, Yulin Wang • Buildings (2025)

Taking the shield construction of Xiamen Metro Line 2 tunnel side-crossing the Tianzhushan overpass and under-crossing the Shen-Hai Expressway as the engineering background, FLAC3D 6.0 software was used to examine the deformation of adjacen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/buildings15142426

LncRNA-Top: Controlled deep learning approaches for lncRNA gene regulatory relationship annotations across different platforms

Weidun Xie, Xingjian Chen, Zetian Zheng, Fuzhou Wang et al. • iScience (2023)

Summary: By soaking microRNAs (miRNAs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have the potential to regulate gene expression. Few methods have been created based on this mechanism to anticipate the lncRNA-gene relationship prediction. Hence, we pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108197

Hybrid heterogeneous ensemble learning framework for flood susceptibility mapping in Balochistan, Pakistan

Muhammad Afaq Hussain, Zhanlong Chen, Biswajeet Pradhan, Sansar Raj Meena et al. • Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies (2025)

Study region: The National Highways 85 and 50, key routes of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Balochistan, Pakistan. Study focus: Flooding is a natural disaster that is becoming increasingly frequent and severe. The National H...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102718

Spatially Constrained Discontinuity Trace Extraction from 3D Point Clouds by Intersecting Boundaries Segmented

Jingsong Sima, Qiang Xu, Xiujun Dong, Haoliang Li et al. • Remote Sensing (2025)

Discontinuity trace provides critical geological data for engineering design and construction optimization. However, current extraction methods relying on discontinuity intersection fitting are highly sensitive to the segmentation accuracy ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/rs17213566

Automated wound care by employing a reliable U-Net architecture combined with ResNet feature encoders for monitoring chronic wounds

Maali Alabdulhafith, Abduljabbar S. Ba Mahel, Nagwan Abdel Samee, Noha F. Mahmoud et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2024)

Quality of life is greatly affected by chronic wounds. It requires more intensive care than acute wounds. Schedule follow-up appointments with their doctor to track healing. Good wound treatment promotes healing and fewer problems. Wound ca...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1310137

A Comprehensive Analysis of Healthcare Big Data Management, Analytics and Scientific Programming

Shah Nazir, Sulaiman Khan, Habib Ullah Khan, Shaukat Ali et al. • IEEE Access (2020)

Healthcare systems are transformed digitally with the help of medical technology, information systems, electronic medical records, wearable and smart devices, and handheld devices. The advancement in the medical big data, along with the ava...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2995572

One roof, two thermal modes

Ningning Cao, Changqing Ye, Yifan Zhang, Xudong Xiang et al. • DeCarbon (2026)

While seasonally fixed passive coolers provide thermal relief during heat-stress periods, their intrinsic mechanism of continuous heat dissipation renders them inherently thermally penalizing during the heating season. Here, we report and h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.decarb.2026.100191