Exploring multi-scenario simulation of ecosystem service value of Wetland in Yinchuan, China by Yuxuan, Gao, Muthuveeran, Adam Aruldewan S., Mohd Yusof, Mohd Johari, Yali, Ma, Lulu, Ma

“…Wetland conservation in rural parts of western China is a matter of concern due to the presence of water scarcity, fragile ecosystems, and insufficient resilience to natural disasters. …”
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Genetic analysis of normal human phenotypes within the people of the British Isles by Meena, D

“…</p> <p>In summary, I have taken advantage of a sampling criterion of having four grandparents from the same rural area, minimizing the risk of spurious genotype- phenotype correlations that are due to population stratification. …”

Irreverence intended? Destabilizing ‘intent’ as determinative in discourse around satire at the ECtHR by Hussain, H, Sanghi, S

“…Loosely termed as a form of artistic expression with a ‘moral edge’ to humour, satire ensues a critical complexity for courts to deconstruct due to the perceivable absence of a consistent criteria to adjudicate such cases. …”

Machine Learning Method for Forecasting Weather Needed For Crop Water Demand Estimations in Low-Resource Settings Using A Case Study in Morocco by Sheline, Carolyn, Winter, Amos

“…Local, low-cost weather prediction services are needed to enable optimal irrigation scheduling and increase crop productivity for rural farmers in low-resource settings. This work proposes a machine learning approach to predict the weather inputs needed to calculate crop water demand, namely evapotranspiration and precipitation. …”
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Transient Stability Guarantees for Ad Hoc DC Microgrids by Cavanagh, Kathleen, Belk, Julia A., Turitsyn, Konstantin

“…They are designed to be installed and operated by individual communities - without central oversight - and as a result are well-suited to addressing the lack of electricity access in rural and developing areas. However, ad hoc networks are not widely used, and a major technical challenge impeding their development (and deployment) is the difficulty of certifying network stability without a priori knowledge of the topology. …”
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Small bamboo shelter by Vimalatulasi Vetrivel

“…Bamboo is one of the oldest and most resourceful construction materials with numerous purposes in the field of construction, particularly in rural areas. It characterized by high strength and low weight, and is effortlessly worked using simple tools. …”
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Remote monitoring and control of wind turbine simulator (a1026-131) by Yin, Min Htet

“…Most of the wind turbine systems are installed far from the rural area to avoid any obstacle in the wind direction. …”
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Communing with others: performing voices by Hällsten, Johanna

“…This article concerns how we can use sound and listening practices to foster a different relationship with the animals in rural environments. This is done through two artworks Rapture (2014) and Flow (2019) created by the author, and how they explored ideas of voicing, translation and noise to push the human body to become more sensitised, and other to itself. …”
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Me or the machine, who decides? Acceptance spillover of digital automation for a sustainable transition by Vrain, E

“…</p> <p>As part of a living lab of UK households with wide ranging characteristics (household composition, socio-economic, digital engagement, home type and ownership, rural/urban location), this research will conduct two distinct trials which automate daily life activities. …”

Infrastructure decision preferences and the influence of social justice education by Van-Hein Sackey, C, Cao, C, Nock, D, Armanios, D, Davis, A

“…Since infrastructure investments are often allocated to urban areas, it is important for stakeholders to equally prioritize rural electrification in their efforts to achieve universal electrification. …”

Can participation promote psychological ownership of a shared resource? An intervention study of community-based safe water infrastructure by Ambuehl, B, Kunwar, BM, Schertenleib, A, Marks, SJ, Inauen, J

“…We conducted a nonrandomized cluster-based controlled trial with pre–post intervention assessment (N = 369) in 33 villages in rural Nepal, where safe water infrastructure is shared. …”

Perspectives of New York State residents on deer management, hunting, and predator reintroduction by Blossey, B, Brice, L, Dalaba, J, Hare, D

“…Contrary to commonly held beliefs, preferences for deer management or predator restoration did not differ among urban and rural respondents. This common ground needs to be reflected in deer management in the state due to legal obligations to represent interests of all residents. …”

CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene editing of MYB28 genes impair glucoraphanin accumulation of Brassica oleracea in the field by Neequaye, M, Stavnstrup, S, Harwood, W, Lawrenson, T, Hundleby, P, Irwin, J, Troncoso-Rey, P, Saha, S, Traka, MH, Mithen, R, Ostergaard, L

“…We describe the first myb28 knockout mutant in B. oleracea, and the first CRISPR field trial in the United Kingdom approved and regulated by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs after the reclassification of gene-edited crops as genetically modified organisms by the European Court of Justice on July 25, 2018. …”

Blogs vs vlogs: evaluation of chinese audience resonance in slow tourism by Wang, Meng, Abd Rahman, Azmawani, Abdul Aziz, Yuhanis, Adzharuddin, Nor Azura

“…Slow tourism has been implemented in rural areas and small towns in China for over a decade. …”
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Well-being driven: The key entrepreneurial trait leads to the entrepreneurial success by Hassan, Mohamad Ghozali, Amjad, Tayyab, Mohd Sharif, Kamal Imran, Ismail, Mohd Azril, Kamantasha, Zakaria

“…The key decisions include, entering into the niche of organic rice aiming to serve people with healthy food; spreading awareness about the benefits of consuming organic; working towards and achieving organic certification; uplifting the rural economy aiming at societal well-being; and not wasting natural resources aiming at environmental well-being. …”
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The ethics of incompletion : film bodies and absence in the films of Rithy Panh and Joshua Oppenheimer by Chia, Justin Ian Soon Hann

“…This essay analyzes how both presence and absence work within the texts to undercut cinema's ability to resolve ethical and moral quandaries solely within itself, to be essentially incomplete, thereby providing the possibility for any such imperatives to be shifted onto the spectator to grapple with.…”
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Addressing Problem of Criminal Investigation in Pakistan by Ghani, Abdul, Ayub, Zainal Amin, Mat Rus, Mukhriz

“…The studies recommend that an advanced system police investigation must be introduced, investigation officer should be scientifically trained, and the sense of professional and moral honesty should be imparted among them. In this way the police investigation system in Punjab, Pakistan can be improved according to the demands of modern time…”
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Dynamics of classified forests in the urban district of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso by Francoise, Valea, Karambiri, Bienvenue Lawankilea Chantal Noumpoa, Sanou, Korotimi

“…If the phenomenon is recurrent in rural areas, urban forests are considered to be land reserves that are exposed to exploitation rather than to the preservation of the environment and its biodiversity. …”
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Knowledge of autism spectrum disorder among parents in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Diah, Nazihah Mohmad

“…Future studies should consider reducing the number of items and include questions about sociodemographic status, such as rural areas or urban areas, to explore variables that influence ASD knowledge. …”
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A scandal in the British Empire: child guardianship, theosophy, sexuality and fatherhood in Besant v. Narayaniah by Tan, Fidellithy

“…The second chapter focuses on Charles Leadbeater, investigating how discussions regarding alleged sexual misconduct, homosexuality, and pedophilia were central to concerns of moral decline in colonial India, Australia and metropolitan Britain. …”
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