Do trees prevent landslides? What science says about roots, rainfall and stability

In the days since last week's fatal landslides at Mount Maunganui, there has been widespread discussion about what may have caused the slopes above the campground to fail, including the possible role ...

Indonesian marines among 42 missing in deadly West Java landslide

BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Nineteen members of Indonesia’s elite marine force are among 80 people missing in deep mud after ...

A landslide on Indonesia’s Java island kills at least 8 people and leaves more than 80 missing

A predawn landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java has killed at least eight people and ...
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Accurate Airway Tree Segmentation in CT Scans via Anatomy-Aware Multi-Class Segmentation and Topology-Guided Iterative Learning

Abstract: Intrathoracic airway segmentation in computed tomography is a prerequisite for various respiratory disease analyses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and lung cancer. Due ...
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A Multi-Tree Genetic Programming-Based Ensemble Approach to Image Classification With Limited Training Data [Research Frontier]

Abstract: Large variations across images make image classification a challenging task; limited training data further increases its difficulty. Genetic programming (GP) has been considerably applied to ...