Functional restoration of the Atlantic Forest: Exploring its limits and proposing alternatives

Planting trees is not enough. Although forest restoration efforts in the Atlantic Forest are advancing on a large scale, they ...

The 5 Most Isolated Trees On Earth, Explained By A Biologist. Hint: One Is In The Center Of The Sahara Desert

Where there’s a tree, there’s usually a forest. But not always. A biologist describes some of the loneliest trees on planet ...
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Extending the Lifespan of Wireless Sensor Networks using Graph Theory Approaches

Abstract: Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are initiated with a number of sensor nodes with limited resources like energy, memory, and processing power. Among these limitations, minimum availability of ...

Moon Duchin on the ‘Mathematical Quagmire’ of Gerrymandering

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...
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Hiearachical Construction of Pulmonary Vascular Trees from CT Images Based on Combined Deep Learning and Graph Topology Optimization

Abstract: Automatic construction of pulmonary vascular trees (PVTs) from computer tomography (CT) images is a critical step for computer-assisted diagnosis and treatment planning of pulmonary diseases ...