University of Zadar

Integrating GIS-MCDA and Machine Learning for Geoarchaeological Habitation Suitability Modeling in the Karst Mountain Environment of Biokovo Nature Park

Mountain karst landscapes present major challenges for reconstructing past habitation because suitable environments are spatially fragmented and archaeological remains are often dispersed. This study integrates GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis (GIS-MCDA) and machine lear...

Elevated String-Rail as a Novel Container Transportation Technology in European Ports: A Quay-Interface Simulation and Analytical Assessment of Ship Handling, Terminal Land Use and Road Traffic

Elevated string-rail systems, in which unmanned electric vehicles run on steel wheels along a prestressed rail carried on slender supports, have been proposed as a way of moving containers between a quay and an inland terminal without using the road network. Their developers clai...

Home, interrupted: Return visits and transnational dwelling among young migrants in the United Kingdom

This article examines how young, highly skilled migrants negotiate the meaning of home through return visits, everyday practices, and the disruptions brought about by COVID-19. While return visits are commonly understood to reaffirm connections to the homeland, this study shows t...

Career plans and seafaring intentions among maritime students in China, Greece, Croatia, Montenegro, and the United Kingdom: A cross-national comparative study

Abstract Concerns about current and future officer shortages have intensified interest in understanding maritime students’ career plans. While previous research has primarily examined motivations for entering maritime education and training (MET), comparative evidence on students...

Serum biochemical reference intervals in farmed greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili): Variation across production periods

Greater amberjack ( Seriola dumerili ) is an emerging high-value species in Mediterranean aquaculture; however, effective health management is constrained by the lack of species-specific clinical pathology benchmarks. This study established serum biochemical reference intervals (...