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False positives: handling them operationally for automatic pollen monitoring
This note provides a generic method for handling falsely identified particles (false positive detections) in automatic pollen monitoring systems. The...
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Support Vector Machine and K-fold Cross-validation to Detect False Alarms in Wind Turbines
Wind energy is a growing market, due to improved monitoring systems, decreased downtime, and optimal predictive maintenance. Classification...
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The false alarm/surprise trade-off in weather warnings systems: an expected utility theory perspective
Early warning systems for weather events are becoming widespread as technological capacities develop. For warnings to be effective, they must allow...
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False-positive enterococci counts in seawater with the IDEXX Enterolert-E most probable number technique caused by Bacillus licheniformis
Enterolert-E is an easy-to-use method for the enumeration of enterococci in water samples as an indicator of fecal pollution. This most probable...
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Panarctic lakes exerted a small positive feedback on early Holocene warming due to deglacial release of methane
Climate-driven permafrost thaw can release ancient carbon to the atmosphere, begetting further warming in a positive feedback loop. Polar ice core...
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Susceptibility assessment of environmental geological disasters in Liulin County based on RF: from the perspective of positive and negative sample proportion
The rational selection of the proportion between geological disasters (positive samples) and non-geological disasters (negative samples) holds...
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False-Positive Error by Microparticles in Solid Phase Bioluminescence Inhibition Test and Its Correction for Predicting Soil Toxicity from Soil Solution Toxicity
In this study, light intensities of Aliivibrio fischeri obtained from soil suspension and its filtrate were compared using field soils contaminated...
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Trace elements in subantarctic false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) tissues, including the skin as an offshore bioindicator
On a global scale, cetaceans are recognized well indicators of marine ecosystem health. Trace elements accumulate in their bodies and potentially...
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Exploring Prospects to Strengthen the Nexus Between ICT, Cities, and Positive Peace: Limitations, Challenges, and Future Directions
This chapter serves as a concluding chapter. It delves into debates related to ICT-enabledICT-enabled and ICT-drivenICT-driven approaches to...
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A method to increase the number of positive samples for machine learning-based urban waterlogging susceptibility assessments
The frequent occurrence of urban waterlogging seriously affects people’s lives and the national economy. The use of machine learning (ML) methods to...
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Evaluation of two methods for detection of viable Bacillus anthracis simulant spores in maritime environmental samples
Analytical methods exist to detect biothreat agents in environmental samples during a response to biological contamination incidents. However, the...
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The assessment of positive impacts in LCA of products
PurposeThe objective of this paper is to open a discussion on the implications and challenges of including positive impacts in LCAs of products and...
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The effect of Paenibacillus on IDEXX Enterolert results from freshwater stream environments
Enterolert, a fluorogenic substrate test, is used as a quantitative method for determining freshwater concentrations of Enterococcus for water...
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Non-touch treatment to solve the persistent contamination of culture plates with Aspergillus niger in a clinical microbiology laboratory of Spain
A pseudo-outbreak of Aspergillus caused by false positive cultures can have a high sanitary impact. We determined the effectiveness (fungal load...
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Nonlinear and periodic dynamics of chaotic hydro-thermal process of Skokomish river
This paper investigates the dynamics of the time-series of water temperature of the Skokomish River (2019–2020) at hourly time scale by employing...
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Sterols and sterol ratios to trace fecal contamination: pitfalls and potential solutions
Fecal pollution in surface waters is a major threat to recreational and drinking water resources, with Escherichia coli being a primary concern. The...
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Heat flux assumptions contribute to overestimation of wildfire smoke injection into the free troposphere
Injections of wildfire smoke plumes into the free troposphere impact air quality, yet model forecasts of injections are poor. Here, we use aircraft...
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Validity of a portable X-ray fluorescence device for analyzing field dust wipe samples for lead
Interior dust lead loadings on floors and windowsills are reliable predictors of a child’s blood lead level and an important predictor in “clearance...
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Collaborative-trust approach toward malicious node detection in vehicular ad hoc networks
Malicious node detection in vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) has always been a research hot spot. An efficient misbehavior detection scheme is needed...
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The Tragedy of a False Dichotomy
Two false dichotomies have distorted our thinking about environmental issues since the mid-twentieth century. The first is a tendency to place human...