Transpiration and water potential of young Quercus petraea (M.) Liebl. coppice sprouts and seedlings during favourable and drought conditions

Increased frequency and intensity of drought events consequently affect oak high forests with the process of Cape further decline, compromised growth and questionable natural regeneration.To overcome such difficulties, new adaptive strategies are required.Coppicing, as the oldest way of forest management, might provide some solutions.In our study t

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Semantic SLAM Based on Improved DeepLabv3⁺ in Dynamic Scenarios

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) plays an irreplaceable role in the field of artificial intelligence.The traditional visual SLAM algorithm is stable assuming a static environment, but has lower robustness and accuracy in dynamic scenes, which affects its localization accuracy.To address this problem, a semantic SLAM system is proposed B

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The role of social capital in rural development based on the empowerment of local communities; Case study: Eshtivan Village, Bakharz County, Khorasan Razavi Province

Enhancing and capacity building of rural communities and organizations is one of the prerequisites for sustainable development.One of the effective strategies for sustainable rural development is the role of social capital.Social capital is the result of interactions between individuals, organizations, and institutions, based on trust and solidarit

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