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Ebuka Valentine Iroha, Tsunemi Watanabe and Tsuchiya Satoshi
Many studies have been conducted on the poor performance of the construction industry. Nigeria?s construction industry has been linked to project delays and cost overruns, leading to many abandoned construction projects throughout the country. These issu...
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Ioannis Anestis, Elias Pipinis, Stefanos Kostas, Eleftherios Karapatzak, Eleftherios Dariotis, Veroniki Paradeisopoulou, Vasileios Greveniotis, Georgios Tsoktouridis, Stefanos Hatzilazarou and Nikos Krigas
The ex situ conservation and sustainable exploitation of neglected or underutilized plant species (NUPs) is an urgent and vital endeavor. To this end, we focused on Petromarula pinnata (Campanulaceae), a vulnerable local plant endemic to Crete (Greece) t...
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Maria Goufa, Evaggelos Makeroufas, Maria Gerakari, Efi Sarri, Athanasios Ragkos, Penelope J. Bebeli, Alma Balestrazzi and Eleni Tani
Little progress has been made in translating the increased awareness of neglected and underutilized crops into a viable tool for advancing not just sustainable development in rural areas but also sustainable agricultural and secured food systems. This is...
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Yuchen Dong, Heng Zhou, Chengyang Li, Junjie Xie, Yongqiang Xie and Zhongbo Li
Camouflaged object detection (COD) is an arduous challenge due to the striking resemblance of camouflaged objects to their surroundings. The abundance of similar background information can significantly impede the efficiency of camouflaged object detecti...
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Fausto Ferreira, Juraj Obradovic, Ðula Nad, Ivan Loncar, Luka Mandic, Igor Kvasic, Natko Kra?evac and Nikola Mi?kovic
Marine robotics is a complex field with a potentially high demanding logistics and high deployment cost. This is a barrier to many research groups. On the other hand, some research groups have substantial equipment and infrastructure that are typically u...
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Miguel Suffo, Celia Pérez-Muñoz, Gonzalo Alba and María Pilar Villar
In the wine bottling process, thermoplastics are commonly used to manufacture the crown of cork stoppers. The production of agglomerated cork stoppers generates a type of waste called cork powder (CoP) in large volumes with known properties but which are...
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Yao Li, Jin Xie, Huitao Liu and Lipu Han
The alfalfa harvest time is determined by the alfalfa growth stage and the weather factors at that time, which will affect the yield and quality of the alfalfa hay. Addressing issues like the lack of precise harvesting timing and underutilized production...
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María Isabel López-Román, Lucía De la Rosa, Teresa Marcos-Prado and Elena Ramírez-Parra
Legumes play an essential role in sustainable agriculture due to their ability to fix nitrogen and high protein content. Vicia is a relevant genus of the Fabaceae family that includes important crop species, such as V. faba and V. sativa, but also other ...
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Theodora Ntanasi, Dimitrios Savvas, Ioannis Karavidas, Evgenia Anna Papadopoulou, Naem Mazahrirh, Vasileios Fotopoulos, Konstantinos A. Aliferis, Leo Sabatino and Georgia Ntatsi
Soil salinity caused by climate change is a major global issue, especially in regions like the Mediterranean basin. Most commercially cultivated horticultural species, including pepper, are considered to be salt sensitive. However, some underutilized gen...
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Raj Bridgelall
The relentless expansion of urban populations and the surge in e-commerce have increased the demand for rapid delivery services, leading to an increase in truck traffic that contributes to urban congestion, environmental pollution, and economic inefficie...
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