New Hybrid Algorithms for Estimating Tree Stem Diameters at Breast Height Using a Two Dimensional Terrestrial Laser Scanner

In this paper, a new algorithm to improve the accuracy of estimating diameter at breast height (DBH) for tree trunks in forest areas is proposed.First, the information is collected by a two-dimensional terrestrial laser scanner (2DTLS), which emits princess jasmine silhouette laser pulses to generate a point cloud.After extraction and filtration, t

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Epistemologies of the South and Decolonisation of Human Rights

Being characterised by a variety of normative systems and systems of knowledge, contemporary societies are said to be pluralistic.Yet, some expressions of epistemic and legal pluralism are still ignored and rejected, due to the cognitive hegemony and legal centralism of Western modernity.The issue has been explored from different perspectives in th

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De middeleeuwse bouwgeschiedenis van de Amsterdamse Sint-Anthonispoort. De Waag op de Nieuwmarkt nader onderzocht

Waag on Nieuwmarkt was built as a city gate and later transformed into a weigh house.The numerous descriptions of the history of the building are nearly exclusively based on written sources.Building-historical research was lacking.On the basis of a memorial stone with the year 1488 it was assumed that the gate had been built in connection with the

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