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Estimates of historical world population

Fine-grained population mapping from coarse census counts and open geodata

A Whale's Tail - Finding the Right Whale in an Uncertain World

Stabilization of cultural innovations depends on population density: Testing an epidemiological model of cultural evolution against a global dataset of rock art sites and climate-based estimates of ancient population densities

Optimizing the trade-off between performance measures and operational risk in a food supply chain environment

A semantic-driven approach toward Industry 4.0

Multidisciplinary Approach to Treat Erectile Dysfunction

Critical review on bioconversion of winery wastes into value-added products

The Scale-Dependent Behaviour of Cities: A Cross-Cities Multiscale Driver Analysis of Urban Energy Use

Stepwells: Reviving India’s Cultural and Traditional Water Storage Systems

Sustainable Development, Planning and Poverty Alleviation

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Optimizing the trade-off between performance measures and operational risk in a food supply chain environment

Fine-grained population mapping from coarse census counts and open geodata

A Whale's Tail - Finding the Right Whale in an Uncertain World

Stabilization of cultural innovations depends on population density: Testing an epidemiological model of cultural evolution against a global dataset of rock art sites and climate-based estimates of ancient population densities

A semantic-driven approach toward Industry 4.0

Multidisciplinary Approach to Treat Erectile Dysfunction

Stepwells: Reviving India’s Cultural and Traditional Water Storage Systems

Sustainable Development, Planning and Poverty Alleviation

Critical review on bioconversion of winery wastes into value-added products

The Scale-Dependent Behaviour of Cities: A Cross-Cities Multiscale Driver Analysis of Urban Energy Use