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Water Governance Under International Pressure: Policy Narratives, Food Security, Scarcity, and the Politics of Survival in Iran

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
wiley   +1 more source

The EU's Strategy for Sustainability: A Landmark Turn With the European Green Deal?

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the European Green Deal (EGD) has been widely recognized as a milestone in the EU's sustainability strategy, scholars disagree on the nature of the policy change it represents. Critics highlight its limited social and environmental ambitions, despite its portrayal as a “man on the moon” moment.
Ekaterina Domorenok, Franco Gatti
wiley   +1 more source

A hybrid machine learning method of support vector regression with particle swarm optimization for predicting IRI in continuously reinforced concrete pavement

Journal of Engineering and Applied Science
For efficient maintenance planning and long-term performance assessment of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP), an accurate estimate of the International Roughness Index (IRI) is necessary.
Ali Alnaqbi, Waleed Zeiada, Ghazi Al-Khateeb   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seizure forecasting: The long and winding road to clinical translation

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Seizure forecasting has progressed from theoretical aspiration to a rapidly advancing research domain, yet clinical translation remains limited. Over the past decades, advances in algorithm development, chronic electroencephalography (EEG), wearable sensors, and the characterization of seizure cycles have demonstrated that seizure risk is not ...
Philippa J. Karoly, Rachel E. Stirling, Mark J. Cook, Daniel M. Goldenholz, Maxime O. Baud, Vikram R. Rao, Solveig Vieluf, Benjamin H. Brinkmann   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aftasten/Tantear: A sensorial, coalitional wayfinding among Muslim runners

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Muslim recreational runners in Muslim‐minority settings that take up running as their preferred form of leisure indicate that they feel they have to navigate a sense of exclusion when running outdoors. This article explores the process of exploration and sensing in public, represented by the Dutch verb aftasten, to investigate the way Muslim ...
Jasmijn Rana
wiley   +1 more source

Advanced prediction of spalling in rigid pavements using GBM and GA optimization

Discover Cities
Spalling of the longitudinal joints of Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement can be vital to successful pavement management and efficient maintenance cost planning.
Ali Alnaqbi, Ghazi G. Al-Khateeb, Waleed Zeiada   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“You just want to re‐open our biggest wounds, don't you?”: Homeplace ethnography as (polluted) environmental method

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract When I was 12, my family told me a story about their community falling apart and coming together, a time when someone tried putting a nuclear facility in their (our?) hometown. Since we moved when I was too young to remember, the story had little significance until I embarked on a “hometown” ethnographic journey for my dissertation.
Chandler L. Classen
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive modeling of longitudinal cracking in CRCP using PSO-tuned gradient boosting machines

Journal of Engineering and Applied Science
Longitudinal cracking poses a serious threat to the longevity and functionality of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP). Using structural, traffic, and climatic data taken from the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) database, this study ...
Ali Alnaqbi, Ghazi G. Al-Khateeb, Waleed Zeiada   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent advances in multifunctional soft robots: A materials–structures–systems co‐design perspective for synergistic integration

FlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu, Zicao Peng, Chong Sun, Haitao Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements in Indiana

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The study consisted of the following sequential steps: (1) Pavement condition surveys, (2) Detailed field testing and evaluation, (3) Laboratory testing program. A statisticsl analysis of the condition survey data showed that subbase type, methods of steel placement and steel fabrication, concrete slump, and age of pavement since opened to traffic were
openaire   +2 more sources