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Acoustic Description of the Soundscape of a Real-Life Intensive Farm and Its Impact on Animal Welfare: A Preliminary Analysis of Farm Sounds and Bird Vocalisations
(MDPI, 2020-08)
Poultry meat is the world’s primary source of animal protein due to low cost and is widelyeaten at a global level. However, intensive production is required to supply the demand although itgenerates ...
Noise at the time of COVID 19: The impact in some areas in Rome and Milan, Italy
(De Gruyter, 2020-11)
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in Italy at the end of January 2020, when the first positive cases for the virus were identified. At the beginning of March, the virus had spread to all Italian regions ...
Design of a Low-Cost Configurable Acoustic Sensor for the Rapid Development of Sound Recognition Applications
(MDPI, 2020-07)
Concerned about the noise pollution in urban environments, the European Commission (EC) has created an Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC (END) requiring Member states to publish noise maps and ...
Low-Cost Distributed Acoustic Sensor Network for Real-Time Urban Sound Monitoring
(MDPI, 2020-12)
Continuous exposure to urban noise has been found to be one of the major threats to citizens’ health. In this regard, several organizations are devoting huge efforts to designing new in-field systems ...
WASN-Based Day–Night Characterization of Urban Anomalous Noise Events in Narrow and Wide Streets
(MDPI, 2020-08)
In addition to air pollution, environmental noise has become one of the major hazards for citizens, being Road Traffic Noise (RTN) as its main source in urban areas. Recently, low-cost Wireless Acoustic ...
Smart Wireless Acoustic Sensor Network Design for Noise Monitoring in Smart Cities
(MDPI, 2020-08)
This Special Issue is focused on all the technologies necessary for the development of anefficient wireless acoustic sensor network, from the first stages of its design to the tests conductedduring ...
Aggregate Impact of Anomalous Noise Events on the WASN-Based Computation of Road Traffic Noise Levels in Urban and Suburban Environments
(MDPI, 2020-01)
Environmental noise can be defined as the accumulation of noise pollution caused by sounds generated by outdoor human activities, Road Traffic Noise (RTN) being the main source in urban and suburban ...