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University of the Aegean
Education•Mytilene, Greece•
About: University of the Aegean is a education organization based out in Mytilene, Greece. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Tourism. The organization has 2818 authors who have published 8100 publications receiving 179275 citations. The organization is also known as: UAEG.
Topics: Population, Tourism, European union, Information system, The Internet
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated successful innovations improving environmental sustainability of seaports and developed a method for quantifying the degree of success of innovat... from a methodological perspective.
Abstract: Environmental sustainability in the port industry is of growing concern for port authorities, policy makers, port users and local communities. Innovation can provide a solution to the main environmental issues, but often meets resistance. While certain types of technological or organisational innovation can be satisfactorily analysed using closed system theories, in the case of seaports and in particular in the area of environmental sustainability, more advanced conceptual frameworks have to be considered. These frameworks need to be able to account for the multiple stakeholder nature of the port industry and of the network and vertical interactions that environmental sustainability calls for. This article investigates successful innovations improving environmental sustainability of seaports. The proposed framework builds in part on research concepts developed in the InnoSuTra EU FP7 project. From a methodological perspective, this article develops a method for quantifying the degree of success of innovat...
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TL;DR: It is shown that the enhanced matching approach proposed in this paper boosts the recognition accuracy compared with the standard SIFT-based feature-matching method.
Abstract: In this paper, a new algorithm for vehicle logo recognition on the basis of an enhanced scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT)-based feature-matching scheme is proposed. This algorithm is assessed on a set of 1200 logo images that belong to ten distinctive vehicle manufacturers. A series of experiments are conducted, splitting the 1200 images to a training set and a testing set, respectively. It is shown that the enhanced matching approach proposed in this paper boosts the recognition accuracy compared with the standard SIFT-based feature-matching method. The reported results indicate a high recognition rate in vehicle logos and a fast processing time, making it suitable for real-time applications.
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TL;DR: In this article, a multi-hazard framework is presented to map exposure to multiple climate extremes in Europe along the twenty-first century, using an ensemble of climate projections, changes in the frequency of heat and cold waves, river and coastal flooding, streamflow droughts, wildfires and windstorms are evaluated.
Abstract: While reported losses of climate-related hazards are at historically high levels, climate change is likely to enhance the risk posed by extreme weather events. Several regions are likely to be exposed to multiple climate hazards, yet their modeling in a joint scheme is still at the early stages. A multi-hazard framework to map exposure to multiple climate extremes in Europe along the twenty-first century is hereby presented. Using an ensemble of climate projections, changes in the frequency of heat and cold waves, river and coastal flooding, streamflow droughts, wildfires and windstorms are evaluated. Corresponding variations in expected annual exposure allow for a quantitative comparison of hazards described by different process characteristics and metrics. Projected changes in exposure depict important variations in hazard scenarios, especially those linked to rising temperatures, and spatial patterns largely modulated by local climate conditions. Results show that Europe will likely face a progressive increase in overall climate hazard with a prominent spatial gradient towards south-western regions mainly driven by the rise of heat waves, droughts and wildfires. Key hotspots emerge particularly along coastlines and in floodplains, often highly populated and economically pivotal, where floods and windstorms could be critical in combination with other climate hazards. Projected increases in exposure will be larger for very extreme events due to their pronounced changes in frequency. Results of this appraisal provide useful input for forthcoming European disaster risk and adaptation policy.
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University of Reading1, Institut national de la recherche agronomique2, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences3, University of the Aegean4, University of Debrecen5, Naturalis6, Wageningen University and Research Centre7, Aarhus University8, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research9, University of Würzburg10, Trinity College, Dublin11, University of Tartu12
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the recommended number of honeybees required to provide crop pollination across Europe has risen 4.9 times as fast as honeybee stocks between 2005 and 2010, and stocks were insufficient to supply >90% of demands in 22 countries studied.
Abstract: Declines in insect pollinators across Europe have raised concerns about the supply of pollination services to agriculture. Simultaneously, EU agricultural and biofuel policies have encouraged substantial growth in the cultivated area of insect pollinated crops across the continent. Using data from 41 European countries, this study demonstrates that the recommended number of honeybees required to provide crop pollination across Europe has risen 4.9 times as fast as honeybee stocks between 2005 and 2010. Consequently, honeybee stocks were insufficient to supply >90% of demands in 22 countries studied. These findings raise concerns about the capacity of many countries to cope with major losses of wild pollinators and highlight numerous critical gaps in current understanding of pollination service supplies and demands, pointing to a pressing need for further research into this issue.
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TL;DR: Advanced treatment processes should be applied in the future for achieving adequate emerging contaminants removal in STPs, as Sorption to primary sludge was a significant mechanism affecting EDCs fate in STP.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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B. G. Pope | 125 | 926 | 75215 |
C. Guicheney | 88 | 271 | 37715 |
Konstantinos Papageorgiou | 83 | 365 | 22316 |
Ioannis Gkialas | 83 | 316 | 21400 |
Konstantinos Papageorgiou | 71 | 280 | 17500 |
Th. D. Papadopoulou | 70 | 272 | 32541 |
Ioannis Gkialas | 70 | 268 | 16867 |
Mikael Johansson | 65 | 526 | 18329 |
Penelope Vounatsou | 63 | 242 | 11944 |
Nikolaos S. Thomaidis | 57 | 275 | 10388 |
Camilla Di Donato | 57 | 185 | 9481 |
Nicholas Apergis | 56 | 445 | 14876 |
Polychronis C Tzedakis | 54 | 106 | 8982 |
Stelios Katsanevakis | 47 | 183 | 7680 |
Diomidis Spinellis | 45 | 314 | 7819 |