Geographic information services (geo-services) are gaining popularity as an efficient and costeffective framework for integrating geo-information systems, within and between enterprises, to enhance enterprise business processes. Geo-services can be chained dynamically to create customised geo-information and value-added services and therefore offer a business opportunity for disparate partners ...

10 Abstract Performing any behavior requires perceiving 11 affordances—whether and how that behavior can be per12 formed. Perception of affordances exhibits action scaling— 13 choices about when to transition between two different modes 14 of behavior reflect the fit between action capabilities and en15 vironmental properties. The boundary between distances that 16 are perceived to be reachable...

In this note we present global string solutions which are a generalization of the usual field theory global vortices when the kinetic term is DBI. Such vortices can result from the spontaneous symmetry breaking in the potential felt by a D3-brane. In a previous paper (hep-th/0706.0485), the DBI instanton solution was constructed which develops a ”wrinkle” for stringy heights of the potential. A...

An analytically tractable model is introduced which exhibits both, a glass– like freezing transition, and a collection of double–well configurations in its zero– temperature potential energy landscape. The latter are generally believed to be responsible for the anomalous low–temperature properties of glass-like and amorphous systems via a tunneling mechanism that allows particles to move back a...

From the perspective of spatial information sharing and interoperation, the concept of geo-ontology has been proposed in this paper. At first, a brief introduction to the Geo-Ontology concept has been described and the hierarchical structure of geo-ontology has also been analyzed. Then, the traditional method of ontology construction has been discussed and the existing problems have also been s...

Since the Digne Convention in 1991, literature related to Geoparks has gained a growing interest on academy’s part, especially achieving preservation of geological sites through sustainable tourism. This article aims provide an analysis academic research Geoparks, based publications Scopus database period 2002–2020. Bibliometric methods and bibliographic display maps were examined using VOSview...

The aim of this study was to determine the insecticide potential essential oils (EOs) thyme (Thymus vulgaris; Lamiaceae) and ginger (Zingiber officinale; Zingiberaceae) control cotton leaf worm (Spodoptera littoralis; Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) under laboratory conditions. Generally, there a positive correlation between magnitude above toxic effects concentrations all EOs. Ginger oil (GEO) showed ...

In this paper we present the Edinburgh Geo-annotator, a web-based annotation tool for the manual geo-resolution of location mentions in text using a gazetteer. The annotation tool has an interlinked text and map interface which lets annotators pick correct candidates within the gazetteer more easily. The geo-annotator can be used to correct the output of a geoparser or to create gold standard g...