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Empires and the acceleration of wealth inequality in the pre-Islamic Near East: an archaeological approach
We present an approach comparing wealth inequality between c. 3000 BCE and 224 CE in the Near East using house sizes and urban area from 1060 houses...
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Challenges with interpreting the impact of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability using SST-restoring experiments
Climate model simulations that restore SSTs in the North Atlantic have been used to explore the climate impacts of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability...
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Forecasting Rental Values of Residential Properties: A Neural Network Model Approach
The current study intends to use the neural network (NN) algorithm for modelling and forecasting of rental values of residential properties located...
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Magnetic fabrics and magnetic mineralogical variations in Lava Channel: An example from the Deccan Volcanic Province, India
AbstractA ~3000 m long exposure of paleo-lava channel body within the Deccan volcanic province (India) has been investigated for mineral magnetism...
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Prediction of groundwater-level using novel SVM-ALO, SVM-FOA, and SVM-FFA algorithms at Purba-Medinipur, India
Accurate and reliable prediction of groundwater level (GWL) fluctuation is vital and significant in water resources planning and management. Because...
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Site Response Analyses with Different Stiffness Profiles and Input Motion Variability
The choice of stiffness profile can be crucial in a site response analysis. This research aims to study site response predictions at the large-scale...
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Stochastic Modelling of Mineral Exploration Targets
Mineral deposits are metal enrichment anomalies, occurring as local manifestations of the interplay between various geological processes that operate...
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Rock recognition and identification for selective mechanical mining: a self-adaptive artificial neural network approach
In situ characterisation of rock is crucial for mine planning and design. Recent developments in machine learning (ML) have enabled the whole...
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Pseudo-dynamic rupture implementation in 3D viscoelastic finite-difference code for physics based broadband ground motion synthetics
The paper presents implementation of state-of-the-art pseudo-dynamic rupture in a 3D viscoelastic fourth-order staggered-grid time-domain...
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Spatial Pattern and Land Surface Features Associated with Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study
Severe weather events such as lightning appear to be a significant threat to humans and property in South Asia, an area known for intense convective...
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A Novel Method of Correlation Analysis Between Ground Subsidence and Tunnelling Parameters Based on Model Fusion
Ground subsidence is important during shield construction. How to select reasonable tunnelling parameters is critical to control ground subsidence....
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Dominant species of mid-elevation grasslands of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park are predicted to be largely immune to climate change
Anticipating global change impact on natural vegetation, especially in poorly researched systems, requires an understanding of the environmental...
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Impacts of dynamical downscaling on circulation type statistics in the Euro-CORDEX ensemble
Atmospheric circulation type classification methods were applied to an ensemble of 57 regional climate model simulations from Euro-CORDEX, their 11...
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Dynamic characteristics of **anyang loess based on microscopic analysis: a quantitative evaluation
In order to achieve a quantitative evaluation of the relationship between microstructure and dynamic characteristics of saturated loess, scanning...
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A Truly Spatial Random Forests Algorithm for Geoscience Data Analysis and Modelling
Spatial data mining helps to find hidden but potentially informative patterns from large and high-dimensional geoscience data. Non-spatial learners...
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Pollen and plant diversity relationships in a Mediterranean montane area
Understanding the significance of pollen diversity is key to reconstructing plant diversity over long timescales. Here we present quantitative...
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Empirical Orthogonal Functions
This chapter describes the idea behind, and develops the theory of empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) along with a historical perspective. It also...
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Consumer ability and willingness to pay more for continuous municipal water supply in Chitungwiza
Intermittent water supply has become a new challenge in many develo** countries as water utilities are implementing stern water rationing to...
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Forecasting wildfire disease on tobacco: toward develo** a high-accuracy prediction model for disease index using local climate factors and support vector regression
Tobacco wildfire disease is common globally, and climate change may increase the risk of outbreaks. Therefore, there is an urgent need to establish...
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Size and shape analysis of gunflints from the British shipwreck Deltebre I (1813), Catalonia, Spain: a geometric morphometric comparison of unused and used artefacts
Gunflints represent a worldwide feature of lithic technology in modern times. This type of artefact was used to ignite the powder of firearms through...
