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Epidermal Patch Technologies for Integrated Healthcare and Infection Management

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Epidermal patches have evolved from simple wound coverings into multifunctional, skin‐conformable platforms integrating drug delivery, biosensing, and therapeutic functionalities. This review highlights their material innovations, fabrication strategies, and intelligent designs, including hydrogels, microneedles, and flexible electronics, while ...
Yuqi Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovation in Concentrating Solar Power Technologies: A Study Drawing on Patent Data [PDF]

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Better understanding the innovative process of renewable energy technologies is important for tackling climate change. Though concentrating solar power is receiving growing interest, innovation studies so far have explored innovative activity in solar ...
Frauke G. Braun   +3 more
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Multifunctional Bio‐Based Packaging for Perishable Foods: Structural Design, Scalable Fabrication, and Versatile Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
An overview of design principles and scalable fabrication strategies for multifunctional bio‐based packaging. Radiative cooling films, modified‐atmosphere films/membranes, active antimicrobial/antioxidant platforms, intelligent optical/electrochemical labels, and superhydrophobic surfaces are co‐engineered from material chemistry to mesoscale structure
Lei Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Köppen's climate classification map for Brazil

open access: yesMeteorologische Zeitschrift, 2013
Köppen's climate classification remains the most widely used system by geographical and climatological societies across the world, with well recognized simple rules and climate symbol letters.
Clayton Alcarde Alvares   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elephant‐Skin‐Inspired Porous Cementitious Tiles with Programmable Crack Networks for Passive Cooling

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Elephant‐skin‐inspired crack networks are programmed in porous diatomaceous earth (DE)‐cement composites using substrate‐guided, stress‐concentration induced fracture. The resulting crack lattices act as capillary conduits that redistribute water, while the porous matrix stores moisture.
Qingya Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting land surface temperature by different climate classification methods: A case study of Singapore [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
The urban thermal environment has become a challenge to humans in consideration of rapid urbanization and global warming. Various climate classification methods have been developed to analyze urban form and the urban heat island phenomenon.
J. Wang, S. Li, R. Stouffs
doaj   +1 more source

Köppen-Geiger-Photovoltaic Climate Classification

open access: yes2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), 2018
A new photovoltaic climate classification scheme that mixes the Koppen-Geiger climate classification with solar irradiation is proposed to give a simplified correlation between climate zones and performance of photovoltaic (PV) systems over large geographical areas.
Ascencio-Vasquez, Julian   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Nanomaterial Integration at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces for Green Catalysis

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Functional nanomaterials assembled at liquid–liquid interfaces create dual‐role platforms serving as emulsion stabilizers and catalytic sites, offering enhanced reaction kinetics with improved catalyst recovery and recyclability. This review examines design strategies, structure‐performance relationships, and industrial implementation prospects of ...
Bokgi Seo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shifts of climate zones in multi-model climate change experiments using the Köppen climate classification

open access: yesMeteorologische Zeitschrift, 2012
This study investigates the future changes in the climate zones' distribution of the Earth's land area due to increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations in three IPCC SRES emissions scenarios (A1B, A2 and B1).
Franziska Hanf   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Growth Costs of Malaria [PDF]

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Malaria ranks among the foremost health issues facing tropical countries. In this paper, we explore the determinants of cross-country differences in malaria morbidity, and examine the linkage between malaria and economic growth.
Desmond McCarthy, Holger Wolf, Yi Wu
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