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Urban parks enhance residents' quality of life and health by fostering a harmonious relationship between people and nature, so effective park design needs to prioritize ecological protection, sustainable landscapes, and practical spatial structures to achieve these benefits. This study takes the typical case of urban park renovation and reconstruction—Kowloon Walled City Park—as an example to conduct research and divides the interior of the park into four types of areas: contemporary built-up area; historical relic area; natural–folk custom area; and ecological conservation area. Based on 405 valid questionnaire data for respondents, this study conducts empirical research using a combination of the Semantic Differential (SD) method, Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) model, and unordered multivariate logit choice model, comprehensively describes and analyzes individual spatial perception and preferences, and further discusses the potential factors affecting individual perception preferences. The results show that there are differences in many characteristics between different areas in Kowloon Walled City Park. At the same time, people generally prefer park areas that integrate modern and traditional elements, natural and cultural environments, and pay attention to the balance between naturalness and sociality in park design. These results provide useful information for planners, developers, and others, as well as data for designing urban park construction with higher practical value and natural benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The precipitation behavior of Cu-bearing ultra-low carbon steel after step quenching and tempering at 923 K for 0.5–2.5 h was investigated. The size, quantity, and characteristic distribution of nano-precipitates were analyzed using transmission electron microscopy, and the microstructure of B2 (an ordered structure belonging to the body-centered cubic structure), 9R (a special triclinic lattice that has characteristics of rhombohedral structure), 3R (a special triclinic lattice like 9R), and FCT (face-centered tetragonal lattices) were accurately determined. The relationship between nano-precipitates and mechanical properties under different heat treatment processes was obtained, revealing that nano-precipitates effectively enhanced the yield strength of Cu-bearing ultra-low carbon steel. There were two forms of crystal structure evolution sequence of precipitation: B2→multi twin 9R→detwined 9R→FCT→FCC and B2→multi-twin 9R→detwinned 9R→3R→FCT→FCC. The morphology of the precipitated particles during the growth process changed from spherical to ellipsoidal and finally to rod-shaped. It was proven that a stable 3R structure existed due to the coexistence of 9R, 3R, and FCT structures in the same precipitate particle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study reveals the relationship between the Cu precipitates and mechanical properties of a Cu-baring ultra-low carbon steel after two-phase zone quenching and tempering at 923 K for 0.5–2.5 h. The tensile and microstructural properties were investigated as a function of heat treatment time. The contribution of the precipitation-strengthening mechanism to yield strength was calculated. The size, morphology, and distribution of the precipitated particles were observed using TEM. As the heat treatment time increased, the strength gradually decreased and then remained stable, and the elongation gradually increased and then remained stable. Additionally, the contributions of each strengthening mechanism to the yield strength under different heat treatments were 117, 107, 102, and 89 MPa, respectively. The size and quantity of the precipitates increased with the increase in heat treatment time. After tempering for more than 2 h, the precipitates continued to coarsen, but their quantity decreased. The precipitated Cu had a 3R structure with a length of approximately 17.1 nm and a width of approximately 9.7 nm, with no twinning inside. The stacking order was ABC/ABC. The stable Cu precipitation structure was FCC, maintaining a K-S orientation relationship 1 1 ¯ 1 FCC Cu //(0 1 1) α, 1 ¯ 10 FCC Cu// [ 1 1 ¯ 1 ] α. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Nature Reserve plays a very important ecological role in many ways, such as soil-water conservation, flood-drought prevention, and water balance. Thus, protecting and maintaining the wetland and other crucial components of Lashihai Nature Reserve are of great importance not only to the natural environment and biodiversity conservation, but also to the development of regional economic as well as social stability. Based on the characteristics of plateau wetland of Lashihai Nature Reserve in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, this study tried to establish an evaluation system. It is mainly aimed at evaluating the direct and indirect use value of the ecosystem service value of this vary wetland reserve. The results showed that: the total annual ecosystem service value of Lashihai Nature Reserve is 198.44 million yuan. Among all kinds of values, the climate regulation value ranks first with 79.35 million yuanꞏa-1, accounting for 39.99% of the totality, then followed by the tourism value and resources value, while the water purification value comes the last with 0.48 million yuanꞏa-1.

The autonomous navigation system of feed-pushing robots is one of the key technologies for the intelligent breeding of dairy cows, and its accuracy has a significant influence on the quality of feed-pushing operations. Currently, the navigation methods of feed-pushing robots in the complex environment of cattle barns mainly include visual, LiDAR, and geomagnetic navigation, but there are still problems relating to low navigation accuracy. An autonomous navigation system based on ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning utilizing the dynamic forward-looking distance pure pursuit algorithm is proposed in this paper. First, six anchor nodes were arranged in the corners and central feeding aisle of a 30 × 86 m rectangular standard barn to form a rectangular positioning area. Then, utilizing the 9ITL-650 feed-pushing robot as a platform and integrating UWB wireless positioning technology, a global coordinate system for the cattle barn was established, and the expected path was planned. Finally, the pure pursuit model was improved based on the robot's two-wheel differential kinematics model, and a dynamic forward-looking distance pure pursuit controller based on PID regulation was designed to construct a comprehensive autonomous navigation control system. Subsequently, field experiments were conducted in the cattle barn. The experimental results show that the static positioning accuracy of the UWB system for the feed-pushing robot was less than 16 cm under no-line-of-sight conditions in the cattle barn. At low speeds, the robot was subjected to linear tracking comparative experiments with forward-looking distances of 50, 100, 150, and 200 cm. The minimum upper-line distance of the dynamic forward-looking distance model was 205.43 cm. In the steady-state phase, the average lateral deviation was 3.31 cm, with an average standard deviation of 2.58 cm and the average root mean square error (RMSE) of 4.22 cm. Compared with the fixed forward-looking distance model, the average lateral deviation, the standard deviation, and the RMSE were reduced by 42.83%, 37.07%, and 42.90%, respectively. The autonomous navigation experiments conducted on the feed-pushing robot at travel speeds of 6, 8, and 10 m/min demonstrated that the maximum average lateral deviation was 7.58 cm, the maximum standard deviation was 8.22 cm, and the maximum RMSE was 11.07 cm, meeting the autonomous navigation requirements for feed-pushing operations in complex barn environments. This study provides support for achieving high-precision autonomous navigation control technology in complex environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]