The Establishing of Geospatial Database for Agricultural Lands of Islamic WAQF In Iraq: Case Study Babil Province

Abstract In numerous countries, one of the most significant pieces of background records is a religious endowment that usually called (WAQF), which have a cultural, and economic value. For instance, in Iraq, religious endowments comprise a large number of dispersed real estates and lands usually required effective administration methods. Agricultural lands that belonged to religious endowments lack of sufficient systems, which are combined statistical and spatial information in terms of spatial monitoring and informatics updating such as ownership and existing condition. Recently, geospatial techniques such as GIS showed a feasibility in the management of information belonged to lands management. Therefore, in this study we proposed a method based on GIS technology for the management of lands of Islamic endowments in Babil province, Iraq. The proposed methodology included the integration between field works using GPS equipment and Geospatial database. The developed database is considered as the first geodatabase related to the agricultural lands of the religious endowment in Iraq included almost all coordinates and specific details for each piece of agricultural lands that owned by the endowment. Furthermore, the output geodatabase is a flexible database included various features like query, search, and statistical computation.

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Monitoring the changes in land use and landscape pattern in recent 20 years: A case study in Wuhan, China

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202127201022 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 272 ◽

pp. 01022

Author(s):

Yuwei Wang ◽

Kaicheng Wu ◽

Wang Gao

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Urban Growth ◽

Landscape Pattern ◽

Human Activities ◽

Urban Landscapes ◽

Gis Technology ◽

Human Interventions ◽

Almost All

Based on the land use data of 2000, 2010 and 2020, using GIS technology along with landscape ecology methods, this paper monitored the changes in land use and landscape pattern in Wuhan. The findings are as follows: (1) the main features of land use change in Wuhan were the expansion of urban area and the decline of cropland, forest, wetland and water in recent 20 years; (2) forest, wetland and water kept a transfer-out trend while urban kept a transfer-in trend; (3) the fragmentation degree of forest, grassland and urban landscapes decreased from 2000 to 2020; (4) the patch shapes of almost all landscapes tended to be more regular under the human interventions. It is thereby worth reducing the interference intensity of human activities on landscape pattern in the process of urban growth.

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Nonwovens: Global Trends in World Economy, European Foreign Trade, and Selected Case Studies from Poland and Asian Brics Countries

Autex Research Journal ◽

10.2478/aut-2020-0028 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Zofia Wysokińska ◽

Tomasz Czajkowski ◽

Katarzyna Grabowska

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

World Economy ◽

World Market ◽

Global Trends ◽

Textile Materials ◽

Brics Countries ◽

Recent Trends ◽

Almost All ◽

Special Case

AbstractNonwovens are one of the most versatile textile materials and have become increasingly popular in almost all sectors of the economy due to their low manufacturing costs and unique properties. In the next few years, the world market of nonwovens is predicted to grow by 7%–8% annually (International Nonwovens & Disposables Association [INDA], European Disposables and Nonwovens Association [EDANA], and Markets and Markets). This article aims to analyze the most recent trends in the global export and import of nonwovens, to present two case studies of Polish companies that produce them, and to present one special case study of the market of nonwoven geotextiles in China and India, which are the Asian transition economies among the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).

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Getting information on suspended sediments in a large river from acoustic backscatter

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20184004017 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

pp. 04017

Author(s):

Adrien Vergne ◽

Céline Berni ◽

Jérôme Le Coz

Keyword(s):

Suspended Sediment Concentration ◽

Spatial Information ◽

Suspended Sediments ◽

Sediment Concentration ◽

Large River ◽

Acoustic Backscatter ◽

Qualitative Information ◽

Sediment Size ◽

The Common

There has been a growing interest in the last decade in extracting information on Suspended Sediment Concentration (SSC) from acoustic backscatter in rivers. Quantitative techniques are not yet effective, but acoustic backscatter already provides qualitative information on suspended sediments. In particular, in the common case of a bi-modal sediment size distribution, corrected acoustic backscatter can be used to look for sand particles in suspension and provide spatial information on their distribution throughout a river crosssection. This paper presents a case-study where these techniques have been applied.

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The Social Balance Sheet as Part of the Annual Report in Financial Institutions. A Case Study: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA)

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063075 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3075

Author(s):

Miguel Ángel Martín Valmayor ◽

Beatriz Duarte Monedero ◽

Luis A. Gil-Alana

Keyword(s):

Annual Report ◽

Economic Value ◽

Balance Sheet ◽

Value Added ◽

Social Value ◽

Economic Value Added ◽

The Social ◽

Social Balance ◽

Corporate Social

In this paper, we examine the concept of the social balance sheet (SBS) and its evolution in corporate social reports that large companies have to issue today in their yearly statements. The SBS allows companies to evaluate their compliance with corporate social responsibility during a specific period and quantify its level of accomplishment. From a methodological perspective, this research analyzed the information that should be contained in the SBS report comparing economic value added (EVA) with other social value added statements (SVA), analyzing also in detail the case of Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) bank as one of the pioneers in offering social reports. Along with this study, their metrics following EVA were recalculated and a more academic SVA statement was proposed for this specific case.

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Boundary Loss-Based 2.5D Fully Convolutional Neural Networks Approach for Segmentation: A Case Study of the Liver and Tumor on Computed Tomography

Algorithms ◽

10.3390/a14050144 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (5) ◽

pp. 144

Author(s):

Yuexing Han ◽

Xiaolong Li ◽

Bing Wang ◽

Lu Wang

Keyword(s):

Image Segmentation ◽

Spatial Information ◽

Medical Images ◽

Tumor Segmentation ◽

Convolutional Networks ◽

Learning Framework ◽

Fully Convolutional Networks ◽

Segmentation Accuracy ◽

Boundary Information

Image segmentation plays an important role in the field of image processing, helping to understand images and recognize objects. However, most existing methods are often unable to effectively explore the spatial information in 3D image segmentation, and they neglect the information from the contours and boundaries of the observed objects. In addition, shape boundaries can help to locate the positions of the observed objects, but most of the existing loss functions neglect the information from the boundaries. To overcome these shortcomings, this paper presents a new cascaded 2.5D fully convolutional networks (FCNs) learning framework to segment 3D medical images. A new boundary loss that incorporates distance, area, and boundary information is also proposed for the cascaded FCNs to learning more boundary and contour features from the 3D medical images. Moreover, an effective post-processing method is developed to further improve the segmentation accuracy. We verified the proposed method on LITS and 3DIRCADb datasets that include the liver and tumors. The experimental results show that the performance of the proposed method is better than existing methods with a Dice Per Case score of 74.5% for tumor segmentation, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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Measurement of Gem Colour Using a Computer Vision System: A Case Study with Jadeite-Jade

Minerals ◽

10.3390/min11080791 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (8) ◽

pp. 791

Author(s):

Sufei Zhang ◽

Ying Guo

Keyword(s):

Computer Vision ◽

Regression Model ◽

Vision System ◽

Expert Group ◽

Group Test ◽

System A ◽

Real Objects ◽

Practical Tool ◽

Almost All

This paper introduces computer vision systems (CVSs), which provides a new method to measure gem colour, and compares CVS and colourimeter (CM) measurements of jadeite-jade colour in the CIELAB space. The feasibility of using CVS for jadeite-jade colour measurement was verified by an expert group test and a reasonable regression model in an experiment involving 111 samples covering almost all jadeite-jade colours. In the expert group test, more than 93.33% of CVS images are considered to have high similarities with real objects. Comparing L*, a*, b*, C*, h, and ∆E* (greater than 10) from CVS and CM tests indicate that significant visual differences exist between the measured colours. For a*, b*, and h, the R2 of the regression model for CVS and CM was 90.2% or more. CVS readings can be used to predict the colour value measured by CM, which means that CVS technology can become a practical tool to detect the colour of jadeite-jade.

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Performance Management for Growth: A Framework Based on EVA

Journal of Risk and Financial Management ◽

10.3390/jrfm14030102 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 102

Author(s):

Mihaela Brindusa Tudose ◽

Valentina Diana Rusu ◽

Silvia Avasilcai

Keyword(s):

Statistical Analysis ◽

Performance Management ◽

Performance Appraisal ◽

Business Performance ◽

Reference Model ◽

Corporate Sustainability ◽

Economic Value ◽

Value Added ◽

Research Perspectives

Some of the constructs in the field of performance management are intuitive or not empirically validated. This study provides a data-driven framework for measuring and improving the performance through synchronized strategies. The ultimate goal was to provide support for increasing business performance. Empirical research materializes in an exploratory case study and a statistical analysis with econometric models. The case study revealed that a company can improve its performance, even in periods of growth, being characterized by consistent investments. The statistical analysis, performed on a restricted sample of companies, confirmed the results that were provided by the case study. The measurement of performance was made by capitalizing on financial and non-financial data precisely to intensify the interest for corporate sustainability. The obtained results, contrary to previous research that showed that economic value added (EVA) is negatively influenced by the increase in invested capital, open up new research perspectives to find out whether, at the industry level, performance appraisal that is based on EVA stimulates the development of a business’s economic capital. The research has a double utility: scientific (by providing an overview of the state of the art in the field of performance management) and practical (by providing a reference model for measuring and monitoring performance).

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Technology in Context: Mediating Factors in the Utilization of Planning Technologies

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1068/a37123 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 37 (5) ◽

pp. 895-907 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ari Goelman

Keyword(s):

Organizational Structure ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Public Access ◽

Web Gis ◽

Gis Technology ◽

Additional Insight ◽

Mediating Factors ◽

The Impact ◽

Insight Into

My research explores the question: how can theorists better understand the ways in which planning technologies are used by municipal planners? In the case-study municipality, a recently introduced web-GIS technology had little demonstrable success in attaining two of its stated goals: enabling increased public access to municipal geographic information and encouraging planners to produce their own maps. My research links these outcomes not only to the technologies themselves, but to organizational structure and human agency. Planners and planning theorists can gain additional insight into the impact of planning technologies through closer attention to the process through which planners come to use information technologies and the way this process both alters and is constrained by existing organizational constraints, including previously adopted technologies.

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