A multinational approach, with strong support and assistance from the United States, was essential.
She pointed out that the company is already seeing the benefits of this approach with strong demand for sustainable products in spite of the recession: "I think that's a good sign for getting to a low carbon economy," she said.
Functional carbogenic quantum dots (C-dots) were synthesized by a pyrolysis approach with strong visible light absorption and high photoluminescence.
A 3D model-based approach with strong thresholds (low false positives) can be used to train an appearance-based approach for better accuracy.
The transfer learning technology has been used to join the traditional approach with good ability of using image prior knowledge and the deep-learning-based approach with strong end-to-end optimization ability.
The experience of this study is that the VisuLands framework is a useful tool in landscape analysis, monitoring and planning, which provides a repeatable, systematic and transparent approach with strong links to landscape theory.
To secure an Iran without nuclear weapons, a more rational approach will be needed, an approach with strong sanctions complemented by specific technical proposals potentially acceptable to Iran, negotiated in a bilateral framework rather than the now chosen international extravaganza involving too many parties that disagree openly among themselves on how to proceed.
Nevertheless, as engineers and safety advocates, we strive to ensure that if there is fracking in the US, then it must be done in the safest and most environmentally conscious manner, using a proactive systems-oriented approach with strong safety culture.
The real joint programme implementation approach, with strong involvement of stakeholders and competent authorities, has been crucial to its success and has ensured the programme has remained flexible and relevant.
We have presented three case studies that use different participatory approaches (with a strong emphasis on socio-cultural aspects) to explore how stakeholders' knowledge, preferences, perceptions, and values are integrated in social-ecological assessments.
