ABSTRACT A researcher needs to know all the chemical, physical, biological, structural, and
mechanical characteristics of a biomedical material before using it in medical applications …

Originally, the use of hyperspectral images was for military applications, but their use has
been extended to precision agriculture. In particular, they are used for activities related to …

Commuting reflects the long-term travel behavior of people and significantly impacts urban
traffic congestion and emission. Recent advances in data availability provide new …

As the basic units of urban areas, functional zones are essential for city planning and
management, but functional-zone maps are hardly available in most cities, as traditional …

Flash floods are one of the most severe natural disasters throughout the world, and are
responsible for sizeable social and economic losses, as well as countless injuries and …

Real-time 3D perception of the surrounding environment is a crucial precondition for the
reliable and safe application of mobile service robots in domestic environments. Using a …

Although prior studies have suggested that both landscape composition and configuration
significantly affect land surface temperature (LST), the hierarchical effects of these …

While most existing studies have focused on extracting geometric information on buildings,
only a few have concentrated on semantic information. The lack of semantic information …

Floods and droughts can reduce agricultural production and affect food security. Therefore, it
is necessary to study the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of the impacts of flood …

Coastal meadows worldwide are subjected to habitat degradation due to abandonment,
intensification and the impacts of global change. In order to protect and restore these …