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Underwater Multirobot Cooperative Intervention MAC Protocol

IEEE Access, 2020
This work introduces a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol designed to allow a group of underwater robots that share a wireless communication channel to effectively communicate with each other.
Diego Centelles, Antonio Soriano, Jose V. Marti, Pedro J. Sanz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inclusive Growth in Africa: Exploring Contingencies and Thresholds of Financial Development and the Digital Economy

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the persistent inequalities and economic disparities, the quest for inclusive growth has become more critical. Nevertheless, a substantial knowledge gap exists regarding the role of the digital economy and financial development in inclusive growth.
Sylvester Senyo Horvey, Jones Odei‐Mensah   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing Inequalities Through Sustainable Digital Design: Assistive Technology Development for SDG 3 and SDG 10

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Limited access to appropriate assistive technologies (AT) remains a major barrier to health, well‐being, and social inclusion, particularly among vulnerable and marginalised populations. Addressing this challenge is central to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 (Good Health and Well‐being) and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities).
Cleyton Fernandes Ferrarini, Plínio Cesar Marins, Patrícia Saltorato, Andréa Regina Martins Fontes, Camila Barros Miranda de Moram, Renato Luvizoto, Daniel Braatz, Tiago F. A. C. Sigahi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changing the International Discourse on Knowledge and Knowledge Societies for Sustainable Development: From ‘Transforming Our World’ to the ‘Pact for the Future’

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In September 2024, the United Nations (UN) and its Member States revisited the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the Summit of the Future. The outcome document of the Summit, known as the ‘Pact for the Future’, was launched as a zero draft in January 2024 by two UN member ...
Sarah Cummings, Bruce Boyes, Denise Senmartin, Fitsum T. Habtemariam, Gladys Kemboi, Rocio Sanz, Andreas Brandner, Chris Zielinski   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Anytime, Anywhere”: Online Language Tutoring Platforms and the Rise of the (Im)Mobile Language Teacher

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how online tutoring platforms (OTPs) have facilitated new forms of (im)mobility—and discourses of (im)mobility—among online English tutors. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with online tutors, the article critically interrogates OTPs' primary selling point: that online tutors can work “anytime, anywhere.” While OTPs ...
Nate Ming Curran
wiley   +1 more source

Yeast Knockout Strain Collection: Driving Functional Genomics, Biotechnological Applications and Human Disease Research

Yeast, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The knockout strain collection of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has served as a valuable resource for functional genomics and yeast‐based biotechnology studies. A comprehensive single‐gene knockout strain collection, covering nearly all non‐essential genes, together with complementary mutant collections for essential genes, including temperature ...
Takashi Hirasawa
wiley   +1 more source

Drought and soil macrofauna functional diversity effects on Mediterranean tree growth in an Ecotron ecosystem experiment

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The intensity, frequency and severity of drought events are projected to increase in the Mediterranean region under ongoing climate change. This may impact plant growth and survival in Mediterranean forests leading to altered ecosystem dynamics. The functional diversity
Justine Laoué, Alexandru Milcu, Johanne Nahmani, Sandra Barantal, Sylvain Coq, Nathalie Fromin, Emmanuel S. Gritti, Lenka Kovácsová, Stephan Hättenschwiler   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
wiley   +1 more source

THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
wiley   +1 more source

Die mathematische Logik: Ein kollektiver Denkfehler? [PDF]

, 2016
1) Dass die „mathematische Logik“ keine mathematische Logik ist, duerfte auch anderen Kritikern aufgefallen sein, dass sich aber ihre (angebliche) Logik nur ausschliesslich mit sich selbst beschaeftigt und darin ihren Selbstzweck findet, wurde in der ...
Castell-Castell, Nikolaus
core   +3 more sources