Evolution and diversity of institutions: Using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop-livestock systems by Irene Pérez-Ibarra, Alicia Tenza-Peral, Diego Soler-Navarro, Diego Arahuetes-de la Iglesia, Carmen Garate-Marín

“…Traditional mixed crop-livestock systems face increased social and environmental uncertainties that arise from both endogenous (i.e., socio-demographics) and exogenous drivers of change (i.e., policy interventions). …”
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Optimized Design of Polyethylene Fiber-Engineered Cementitious Composite Mix Ratio Based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process by Fengxia Han, Qing Liu, Xin Guo, Yanfeng Niu

“…The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is an efficient decision-making tool for complicated problems with multiple variables and uncertainties. In this study, initial cracking strength, ultimate tensile strength, tensile displacement, and test age, as influencing factors of the PE-ECC optimum mix design were considered. …”
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Adaptive fault tolerant control for cantilever thick plates with piezoelectric patches by Azin Nadi, Mojtaba Mahzoon, Ehsan Azadi Yazdi

“…The proposed method ensures robust control of cantilever thick plates by integrating adaptive estimation to simultaneously handle sensor faults and system uncertainties, maintaining stability despite issues like drift, bias, loss of accuracy, and effectiveness. …”
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Optimization tool for small hydropower plant resource planning and development: A case study by Antans Sauhats, Hasan Huseyin Coban

“…An optimization tool known as the Quasi-Newton method for nonlinear optimization tasks is used to plan energy generation under uncertainties. The opportunity to apply the Monte-Carlo method for the feasibility study is demonstrated…”
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Examine the Prediction Error of Ride-Hailing Travel Demands with Various Ignored Sparse Demand Effects by Zhiju Chen, Kai Liu, Tao Feng

“…The sparse demands are always ignored in the previous models, and the uncertainties in the spatiotemporal distribution of the predictions induced by setting subjective thresholds are rarely explored. …”
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Changement climatique et ressource en eau en Himalaya by Joëlle Smadja, Olivia Aubriot, Ornella Puschiasis, Thierry Duplan, Juliette Grimaldi, Mickaël Hugonnet, Pauline Buchheit

“…Whereas climate specialists using measurements and simulations play down this statement by underlining uncertainties and differences between the west and east of the range, the media and development agencies tend to paint a uniform picture of a water shortage now and in the future. …”
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ROBUST DESIGN OF CRASH CUSHION ENERGY-ABSORBING BOX BASED ON THE CRASHWORTHINESS TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION by HUANG YuPeng, SONG Jie, LEI ZhengBao

“…Secondly,taking into account the effects of the design variable uncertainties on the crashworthiness target responses,a multiobjective robust optimization combined with Taguchi method and satisfaction function was carried out for the optimization design of the new beam energy-absorbing box. …”
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State and Fate of Glaciers in the Val Veny (Mont-Blanc Range, Italy): Contribution of Optical Satellite Products by Antoine Rabatel, Etienne Ducasse, Victor Ramseyer, Romain Millan

“…In such a context, a portion of the upper reaches of Brenva Glacier shows an unexpected pattern of thickening and increase in ice flow that rises questions on its origin. Finally, the uncertainties in the estimation of ice thicknesses remain important and have repercussions on the future evolution of the glaciers and their contribution from a hydrological point of view. …”
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Low cost carriers and tourism destinations development: case study of Oporto, Portugal by Vânia Costa, Cláudia Almeida

“…The world today, despite the uncertainties brought by globalization is an interconnected reality of networks, whether physical or virtual. …”
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EVALUATION OF WORLD ENERGY SCENARIOS by V. I. Salygin, I. I. Litvinyuk

“…Therefore, nowadays a number of experts are exploring driving forces, critical uncertainties and unknowns that have an influence on future energy systems development. …”
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TRADE POLICY AND PERFORMANCE OF EXPORT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES by Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun, Maiga, Issaka Hamadi

“…It is recommended that there should be urgent need to diversify the economy away from single commodity oil; given the uncertainties in the world oil market, adopt policies that ensure greater market access for the country’s manufacture exports as well as boosting their competitiveness at the international market. …”
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The Response of Radiative Forcing to High Spatiotemporally Resolved Land‐Use Change and Transition From 1982 to 2010 in China by Xiaohu Jian, Xiaodong Zhang, Yijie Liu, Xinrui Liu, Kaijie Chen, Linfei Wang, Jixiang Li, Yuan Zhao, Jinmu Luo, Ruiyu Zhugu, Jianmin Ma

“…Abstract Significant uncertainties remain in the estimate of radiative forcing (RF) induced by land‐use change (LUC), partially attributable to the lack of reliable LUC data with a high spatiotemporal resolution. …”
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Modelling and Neuro-Adaptive Robust Control Algorithms for Solid Fuel Rockets by Christian Danner Ramos de Carvalho, João Viana da Fonseca Neto

“…The main objective of the control is to suppress the effect of non-linear uncertainties inherent in the process. The method involves mathematical and computational modelling, together with the design of adaptive controllers for stability and performance analysis. …”
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Model-Free Speed Control for Pumping Kite Generator Systems Based on Nonlinear Hyperbolic Tangent Tracking Differentiator by Mouaad Belguedri, Abdeldjabar Benrabah, Farid Khoucha, Emmanuel Delaleau, Mohamed Benbouzid, Khelifa Benmansour

“…Unlike traditional methods, MFC does not rely on a control model of the system and adapts to uncertainties and disturbances through online estimation based on the system’s input–output behavior. …”
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A hybrid framework for assessing Pakistani commercial bank performance using multi-criteria decision-making by Özcan Işık, Mohsin Shabir, Gülay Demir, Adis Puska, Dragan Pamucar

“…Due to conflicting criteria and uncertainties, assessing bank performance is a complicated decision-making problem. …”
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A Financing Model to Solve Financial Barriers for Implementing Green Building Projects by Sanghyo Lee, Baekrae Lee, Juhyung Kim, Jaejun Kim

“…However, green buildings may have financial barriers that have high initial construction costs and uncertainties about future project value. Under the circumstances, governmental support to attract private funding is necessary to implement green building projects. …”
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Accounting for differences between crops and regions reduces estimates of nitrate leaching from nitrogen-fertilized soils by Yan Wang, Yihong Liu, Longlong Xia, Hiroko Akiyama, Xinli Chen, Ji Chen, Yunying Fang, Tony Vancov, Yongfu Li, YuanZhi Yao, Dianming Wu, Bing Yu, Scott X. Chang, Yanjiang Cai

“…However, substantial uncertainties and variabilities in NO3 − leaching factors (LFs) among regions or crops impede accurate assessments of NO3 − leaching. …”
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DIVERSION PRACTICES IN JUVENILE TRAFFIC CRIME INVESTIGATIONS AS A SOCIAL ENGINEERING TOOL: A CASE IN NORTH MALUKU, INDONESIA by Syawal Abdulajid, Anshar Anshar, Ahmad Mufti, Suwito Suwito

“…In the context of traffic offenses committed by minors, the practice of diversion encountered legal uncertainties about whether it could effectively address the core issues. …”
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Impacts of irrigation expansion on moist-heat stress based on IRRMIP results by Yi Yao, Agnès Ducharne, Benjamin I. Cook, Steven J. De Hertog, Kjetil Schanke Aas, Pedro F. Arboleda-Obando, Jonathan Buzan, Jeanne Colin, Maya Costantini, Bertrand Decharme, David M. Lawrence, Peter Lawrence, L. Ruby Leung, Min-Hui Lo, Narayanappa Devaraju, William R. Wieder, Ren-Jie Wu, Tian Zhou, Jonas Jägermeyr, Sonali McDermid, Yadu Pokhrel, Maxwell Elling, Naota Hanasaki, Paul Muñoz, Larissa S. Nazarenko, Kedar Otta, Yusuke Satoh, Tokuta Yokohata, Lei Jin, Xuhui Wang, Vimal Mishra, Subimal Ghosh, Wim Thiery

“…Previous assessments of these effects predominantly relied on a single Earth System Model, and therefore suffered from structural model uncertainties. Here we quantify the impacts of historical irrigation expansion on climate by analysing simulation results from six Earth system models participating in the Irrigation Model Intercomparison Project (IRRMIP). …”
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Absent Voices and Unwarranted Presences: A Combined Multi-Approach to Mapping the Roman Hydraulic System Supplying Las Médulas Gold Mine (NW, Iberia) by Javier Fernández-Lozano, Iván González-Pérez, Ángel González-Abajo, Enoc Sanz-Ablanedo, José Ramón Rodríguez-Pérez

“…The study reveals previously unidentified canals, improves existing cartographic representations, and addresses water sourcing and canal distribution uncertainties. It identifies 41 canals distributed between La Cabrera and El Bierzo regions, (33 and 8, respectively), with 14 canals supplying water to Las Médulas. …”
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