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Coconut cultivation is a vital component of agricultural sustainability in tropical regions, particularly in Kerala, India, where leaf diseases pose a significant threat to crop yield and plantation health. Automated diagnosis of coconut leaf diseases using vision-based deep learning models has shown promising performance, but their real-world applicability is limited by challenges such as severe class imbalance, high-dimensional feature learning, excessive computational overhead, and limited interpretability duri...

Functional fragmentation remains a critical constraint in information-intensive organizations, limiting workflow coherence and reducing overall process performance. This study provides an empirical analysis of workflow–structure alignment, with particular emphasis on coordination and governance mechanisms as means of integrating fragmented functional activities. Drawing on Business Process Management (BPM) and socio-technical systems theory, alignment is conceptualized as the integration of organizational struct...

In order to achieve sustainable economic development, a good way in which this aspect can be realized in Romania, as in any nation, is to accelerate energy transformations and increase energy efficiency. Through sustainable financing, the link between economic development and environmental protection is ensured. Sustainable development is justified through green financing and is among the widely discussed issues related to environmental economics and sustainable finance. At a global level, they have been imperativ...

This paper analyses a multi-apartment residential building undergoing staged renovation during the heating season using real-time, hourly metered heat consumption data over two consecutive winters in a temperate-cold climate. The renovation is implemented in clearly identifiable phases, which enables an empirical, measure-by-measure assessment of changes in heating demand as works progress. The analysed interventions include insulation of basement heat distribution pipework, attic insulation, external wall insulat...

The present work investigates the performance of the Fantanele-Cogealac wind farm through the application of a neural-network-based modeling approach, aiming to capture the correlations between various meteorological parameters and the performances of a wind turbine. As a first step, the meteorological conditions from the vicinity of this site were evaluated from a statitiscal and seasonal point of view, by considering MERRA-2 dataset covering the time interval 2018-2025. The results are indicated in terms of surf...

The article presents the results of a statistically robust analysis of the level of value added (VA) achieved in terms of shift utilization in an underground mine operating a longwall system, with particular emphasis on long runs. It also identifies rules, methods and tools for increasing this value, using the Lean Mining methodology in this context. The final section of the article estimates the level of value added and its potential increase using the proposed improvements in an exemplary underground hard coal m...

Studies on the effect of climate change on water resources in the 21st century indicate an increase in intense rainfall, an increase in the duration of the dry season, and a decrease in snowfall and, accordingly, snow cover. Based on data from the EURO-CORDEX project, the average multi-year monthly runoff amounts (Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate Data Store, 2021) for each 30-year period and for the reference period for a rectangular area covering the territory of Bulgaria have been calculated. Climatic ...

Anthropogenic imprints, including hydromorphological pressure and illegal land use through unauthorised dumping and wastewater discharge, are various forms of human activity that often have lasting impacts on the natural environment. Despite this, integrating them into ecological assessments and water and natural resource management remains underexplored at the river basin scale. This study aims to investigate and analyse illegal dumping and pressures on freshwater resources in the Chepinska and Chepelarska River ...

Plastic pollution is widely recognised as a pervasive anthropogenic pressure on coastal environments. Yet, beach-dune systems and dune vegetation remain considerably less studied than marine waters, beach sediments and aquatic biota. This paper presents a critical narrative review, supported by a spatial overview of the principal beach-dune systems along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast based on recent dune inventory, mapping and litter-assessment data, with particular emphasis on microplastics, their occurrence, tra...

The present study aims to evaluate the antibacterial potential of syrups derived from the buds of indigenous Romanian conifers, specifically silver fir (Abies alba) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). The research is motivated by the increasing clinical interest in natural bioactive compounds as viable alternatives or adjuncts to synthetic pharmaceutical agents. By utilizing traditional extraction methods on raw materials harvested from natural forest ecosystems, this work seeks to characterize the therapeutic and ...