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  • Agroforestry creates carbon sinks whilst enhancing the environment in agricultural landscapes in Europe 
    Sonja, Kay; Rega, Carlo; Moreno, Gerardo; den Herder, Michael; Palma, João H. N.; Borek, Robert; Crous-Duran, Josep; Freese, Dirk; Giannitsopoulos, Michail; Graves, Anil; Jäger, Mareike; Lamersdorf, Norbert; Memedemin, Daniyar; Mosquera-Losada, Rosa; Pantera, Anastasia; Paracchini, Maria Luisa; Paris, Pierluigi; Roces-Díaz, José V.; Rolo, Victor; Rosati, Adolfo; Sandor, Mignon; Smith, Jo; Szerencsits, Erich; Varga, Anna; Viaud, Valérie; Wawer, Rafal; Burgess, Paul J.; Herzog, Felix (Elsevier, 2019-03-06)
    Agroforestry, relative to conventional agriculture, contributes significantly to carbon sequestration, increases a range of regulating ecosystem services, and enhances biodiversity. Using a transdisciplinary approach, we ...
  • Agroforestry for healthy ecosystems: constraints, improvement strategies and extension in Pakistan 
    Baig, Mirza B.; Burgess, Paul J.; Fike, John H. (Springer Verlag, 2020-01-01)
    Globally, forest ecosystems are shrinking and their health is declining due to a range of biotic and abiotic factors. Forest ecosystems in Pakistan are no exception and the country faces a crisis as its growing population ...
  • Agroforestry for high value tree systems in Europe 
    Pantera, A.; Burgess, Paul J.; Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa; Moreno, G.; López-Díaz, M. L.; Corroyer, N.; McAdam, Jim; Rosati, A.; Papadopoulos, A. M.; Graves, Anil; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A.; Ferreiro-Domínguez, N.; Fernández-Lorenzo, J. L.; González-Hernández, M. P.; Papanastasis, Vasilios P.; Mantzanas, K.; van Lerberghe, Philippe; Malignier, N. (2018-01-06)
    Most farm-based agroforestry projects focus on the integration of trees on arable or livestock enterprises. This paper focuses on the integration of understorey crops and/or livestock within high value tree systems (e.g., ...
  • Agroforestry in the European common agricultural policy 
    Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa; Santiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier; Pisanelli, A.; Rois-Díaz, M.; Smith, J.; den Herder, M.; Moreno, G.; Ferreiro-Domínguez, N.; Malignier, N.; Lamersdorf, N.; Balaguer, F.; Pantera, A.; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A.; Aldrey, J. A.; González-Hernández, M. P.; Fernández-Lorenzo, J. L.; Romero-Franco, R.; Burgess, Paul John (Springer, 2018-06-26)
    Agroforestry is a sustainable land management system that should be more strongly promoted in Europe to ensure adequate ecosystem service provision in the old continent (Decision 529/2013) through the common agricultural ...
  • Agroforestry in the UK 
    Burgess, Paul J. (The Royal Forestry Society, 2017-04-30)
    The Royal Forestry Society, the Woodland Trust and the Soil Association are hosting a one-day conference on ‘Agroforestry: Improving Productivity for Farmers and Foresters’ at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire on 22 June ...
  • Agroforestry is paying off – Economic evaluation of ecosystem services in European landscapes with and without agroforestry systems 
    Kay, Sonja; Graves, Anil; Palma, João H. N.; Moreno, Gerardo; Roces-Díaz, José V.; Aviron, Stephanie; Chouvardas, Dimitrios; Crous-Duran, Josep; Ferreiro-Domínguez, Nuria; Garcia de Jalon, Silvestre; Macicasan, Vlad; Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa; Pantera, Anastasia; Santiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier; Szerencsits, Erich; Torralba, Mario; Burgess, Paul; Herzog, Felix (Elsevier, 2019-02-02)
    The study assessed the economic performance of marketable ecosystem services (ES) (biomass production) and non-marketable ecosystem services and dis-services (groundwater, nutrient loss, soil loss, carbon sequestration, ...
  • Agroforestry systems of high nature and cultural value in Europe: provision of commercial goods and other ecosystem services 
    Moreno, G.; Aviron, S.; Berg, S.; Crous-Duran, Josep; Franca, A.; García de Jalón, S.; Hartel, T.; Mirck, J.; Pantera, A.; Palma, João H. N.; Paulo, J. A.; Re, G. A.; Sanna, F.; Thenail, Claudine; Varga, Anna; Viaud, V.; Burgess, Paul J. (2017-09-30)
    Land use systems that integrate woody vegetation with livestock and/or crops and are recognised for their biodiversity and cultural importance can be termed high nature and cultural value (HNCV) agroforestry. In this review, ...
  • Agronomy and economics of two novel energy crops: Sida Hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby and Silphium Perfoilatum L. 
    Cumplido-Marin, Laura (2021-05)
    The PhD project of title “Agronomy and Economics of two novel energy crops: Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby and Silphium perfoliatum L.” was first conceptualised within the international project SidaTim. The main aim of the ...
  • An AHP enabled port selection multi-source decision support system and validation: insights from the ENIRISST project 
    Georgoulas, Dimitrios; Koliousis, Ioannis; Papadimitriou, Stratos (Springer, 2023-05-18)
    Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a robust procedure for ranking options and supporting multi-criteria decision making that determine the port that a shipping operator will select, while designing the most cost-effective ...
  • AI based decision making: combining strategies to improve operational performance 
    Al-Surmi, Abdulrahman; Bashiri, Mahdi; Koliousis, Ioannis (Taylor and Francis, 2021-08-30)
    This study investigates the strategic alignment between marketing and information technology (IT) strategies and provides production and operations decision makers a model for improving operational performance. Based on a ...
  • AI-based multifidelity surrogate models to develop next generation modular UCAVs 
    Karali, Hasan; Inalhan, Gokhan; Tsourdos, Antonios (AIAA, 2023-01-19)
    The next generation low-cost modular unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) provide the opportunity to implement innovative solutions to complex tasks, while also bringing new challenges in design, production, and ...
  • AI-based reconfigurable inspection system (RIS): comprehensive model and implementation in industry 
    Kumar, A. Sarat; Milisavljevic-Syed, Jelena (Elsevier, 2024-01-12)
    Due to global competition and continuously changing customer demand, manufacturers nowadays face frequent and unpredictable market shifts. Introducing reconfigurability into contemporary manufacturing systems can enhance ...
  • AI-driven blind signature classification for IoT connectivity: a deep learning approach 
    Pan, Jianxiong; Ye, Neng; Yu, Hanxiao; Hong, Tao; Al-Rubaye, Saba; Mumtaz, Shahid; Al-Dulaimi, Anwer; Chih-Lin, I. (IEEE, 2022-01-31)
    Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) promises to fulfill the fast-growing connectivities in future Internet of Things (IoT) using abundant multiple-access signatures. While explicitly notifying the utilized NOMA signatures ...
  • AI-driven multidisciplinary conceptual design of unmanned aerial vehicles 
    Karali, Hasan; Inalhan, Gokhan; Tsourdos, Antonios (AIAA, 2024-01-04)
    This paper presents a multidisciplinary conceptual design framework for unmanned aerial vehicles based on artificial intelligence-driven analysis models. This approach leverages AI- driven analysis models that include ...
  • AI-driven unmanned aerial system conceptual design with configuration selection 
    Karali, Hasan; Inalhan, Gokhan; Tsourdos, Antonios (IEEE, 2023-08-02)
    This paper presents an intelligent conceptual design framework for the configuration selection of aerial vehicles. In this approach, the quantitative data is brought to the earliest stage of design utilizing AI-driven ...
  • AI-enabled interference mitigation for autonomous aerial vehicles in urban 5G networks 
    Warrier, Anirudh; Al-Rubaye, Saba; Inalhan, Gokhan; Tsourdos, Antonios (MDPI, 2023-10-13)
    Integrating autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with fifth-generation (5G) networks presents a significant challenge due to network interference. UAVs’ high altitude and propagation conditions increase vulnerability ...
  • An AI-powered navigation framework to achieve an automated acquisition of cardiac ultrasound images 
    Soemantoro, Raska; Kardos, Attila; Tang, Gilbert; Zhao, Yifan (Springer Nature, 2023-09-11)
    Echocardiography is an effective tool for diagnosing cardiovascular disease. However, numerous challenges affect its accessibility, including skill requirements, workforce shortage, and sonographer strain. We introduce a ...
  • Aileron reversal and divergence of swept wings with special consideration of the relevant aerodynamic and elastic characteristics 
    Radok, J. R. M. (College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, 1952-03)
    Using oblique coordinates, the static problems of Aero-elasticity for swept wings are reduced to the solution of integral – or matrix equations, which may be solved by iteration. The present treatment also indicates the ...
  • Air quality (particulate matter) at heavy traffic sites in Lahore, Pakistan 
    Ali, Z.; Rauf, A.; Sidra, S.; Nasir, Zaheer A.; Colbeck, Ian (Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum, 2015-06-30)
    The transport sector is a major contributor towards air pollution, particularly in the urban areas. Air quality at two major heavy traffic roads of Lahore, Pakistan was evaluated. Particulate matter (PM) was monitored for ...
  • Air quality and mental health: evidence, challenges and future directions 
    Bhui, Kamaldeep; Newbury, Joanne B.; Latham, Rachel M.; Ucci, Marcella; Nasir, Zaheer A.; Turner, Briony; O'Leary, Catherine; Fisher, Helen L.; Marczylo, Emma; Douglas, Philippa; Stansfeld, Stephen; Jackson, Simon K.; Tyrrel, Sean; Rzhetsky, Andrey; Kinnersley, Rob; Kumar, Prashant; Duchaine, Caroline; Coulon, Frederic (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2023-07-05)
    Background: Poor air quality is associated with poor health. Little attention is given to the complex array of environmental exposures and air pollutants that affect mental health during the life course. Aims: ...