DETECTING FOREST FIRES IN SOUTHWEST CHINA FROM REMOTE SENSING NIGHTTIME LIGHTS USING THE RANDOM FOREST CLASSIFICATION MODEL

Detecting Forest Fires in Southwest China From Remote Sensing Nighttime Lights Using the Random Forest Classification Model

Forest fires are one of the most common natural disasters and public crisis events, presenting a serious threat to the ecosystem and human security.The traditional forest fire monitoring is time-consuming and inaccurate, but nighttime light remote sensing is enhancing the efficiency and speed of forest fire detection.Thus, this study focused on for

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X-ray Irradiation-Induced Abnormal Development and DNA Damage in Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

The potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), is a destructive pest of Solanaceous crops.This study investigated the effects of X-ray irradiation on development, DNA damage and recovery in P.operculella.Eggs, larvae (*3rd and 5th), pupae, and adults were irradiated with various doses of pentavite chewables X-ray irradiation.Egg hatching

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Quality and resource efficiency in hospital service provision: A geoadditive stochastic frontier analysis of stroke quality of care in Germany.

We specify a Bayesian, geoadditive Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model to assess hospital performance along the dimensions of 8x4.25 resources and quality of stroke care in German hospitals.With 1,100 annual observations and data from 2006 to 2013 and risk-adjusted patient volume as output, we introduce a production function that captures qual

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