AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL: ASSESSING THE EXPERTISE OF MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS IN OPENSTREETMAP BASED ON CONTRIBUTING BEHAVIORS

Amateur or Professional: Assessing the Expertise of Major Contributors in OpenStreetMap Based on Contributing Behaviors

Volunteered geographic information (VGI) projects, such as OpenStreetMap (OSM), provide an alternative way to produce geographic data.Research has proven that the resulting data in some areas are of decent quality, which guarantees their usability in various applications.Though these achievements are normally attributed to the huge heterogeneous co

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Statistical Comparison and Assessment of Four Fire Emissions Inventories for 2013 and a Large Wildfire in the Western United States

Wildland fires produce smoke plumes that impact air quality and human health.To understand the effects of wildland fire smoke on humans, the amount and composition of the smoke plume must be quantified.Using a animed blue lotion topical spray fire emissions inventory is one way to determine the emissions rate and composition of smoke plumes from in

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A Nomogram to Predict Long-Term Survival Outcomes of Patients Who Undergo Pneumonectomy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With Stage I-IIIB

Background: In this study, we aim to establish a nomogram to predict the prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with stage I-IIIB disease after pneumonectomy.Methods: Patients selected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER, N = 2,373) database were divided into two cohorts, namely a training cohort (SEER-T, N

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