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Could the chemical industry mitigate rapid global cooling from a catastrophic volcanic eruption?

open access: yesAIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Estimates based on historical data place the probability of a catastrophic volcanic eruption in the next 100 years at around one in six. Large volcanic eruptions can lead to significant global cooling for 2–4 years, with potentially devastating impacts on global agriculture.
David S. Sholl
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity and Geography [PDF]

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The paper combines an economic-geography model of agglomeration and periphery with a model of species diversity and looks at optimal policies of biodiversity conservation.
Edward B. Barbier, Michael Rauscher
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Teleoperated Magnetic Endoscopy: A Case Study and Perspective

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This perspective highlights the recent research efforts in robotic magnetic platforms for telesurgery and their translation to clinical settings for endoscopic procedures. To demonstrate this approach, this work also introduces an in vivo gastroscopy performed in a porcine model, during which an operator in Zurich, Switzerland, successfully controls a ...
Alexandre Mesot   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Geography and the Evolution of Networks [PDF]

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An evolutionary perspective on economic geography requires a dynamic understanding of change in networks. This paper explores theories of network evolution for their use in geography and develops the conceptual framework of geographical network ...
Johannes Gluckler
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Multicluster Distributed Optimization Strategy for Turbine Wake Environment

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This article studies the wake analysis of wind farms in different aspects, including basic methods, clustering optimization, and wake optimization. Through multiclustering, the wake optimization in a specific wind farm environment is explored. And focusing on the time cost and other issues that need to be solved in practical applications, targeted ...
Zhenping Yu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technical change and agglomeration [PDF]

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Although economic historians consider technical change to be a significant factor explaining the evolution of the spatial organization of an economy, economic geography still fails to address this important issue.
Carl Gaigné, Stéphane Riou
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