The market of solar-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for defence purposes and drone services is expected to grow by a factor of more than 2 in the next decade.From an aircraft design perspective, the main challenge is the scalability of the proposed architectures, which is needed to increase the payload capabilities.Beside some successful ex
Inasmuch as the European Union promotes only energetically viable heat pumps in a given location, the aim of the work is an assessment of whether a ground-to-water heat pump (ground source heat pump: GSHP) can be considered as an ecological heat generator in Polish climatic conditions and those of the energy market.Here, as an estimator, the net se
BackgroundThe World Health Organization recommends that treatment of depression in low and middle-income countries with a scarcity of psychiatrists could be done in primary care and should include prescription of antidepressant medications for moderate and severe depression.Little is known, however, about the actual practices Grill / Griddle Stones
As a key enabling technology of the Internet of Thing (IoT), WiFi sensing has undergone noteworthy advancements and brought significant improvement to prevailing saddle covers IoT systems and applications.The past few years have witnessed growing efforts in WiFi sensing, which is widely applied in various applications, such as indoor localization,
This research quantifies the economic value of ecosystem services by land cover type, using a case study approach and data localized to southern Ontario, Canada.The cumulative value of different ecosystem services per unit area can be a valuable ecological indicator for guiding land use decision-making and environmental planning.Literature values w