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EMISSION ABATEMENT VERSUS DEVELOPMENT AS STRATEGIES TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE: AN APPLICATION OF FUND [PDF]

Poorer countries are generally believed to be more vulnerable to climate change than richer countries because poorer countries are more exposed and have less adaptive capacity.
Richard S.J. Tol
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Investigating the relationship between psychological vulnerability and psychological performance of female soccer players [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between psychological vulnerability and psychological performance among female soccer players. The sample comprised 129 voluntary female athletes competing in the 2nd and 3rd Leagues organized by the ...
Çutuk Selman, Çutuk Zeynep Akkuş, Ünal Hakan   +2 more
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Materials‐Driven Additive Manufacturing for Electrical Machines: Qualification‐Oriented Design Beyond Geometric Freedom

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This perspective reframes additive manufacturing for electrical machines as a qualification‐limited materials and architecture design problem. It links process–structure–property–performance relationships to magnetic, conducting, dielectric, and thermal property windows, highlighting where AM can enable segmented magnetic circuits, permanent magnet ...
Dénes Fodor, Loránd Szabó
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate misery, energy poverty, and structural vulnerability in Arctic Canada: Evidence from a multidimensional household survey

Global Environmental Change Advances
Energy vulnerability in Arctic Canada extends beyond affordability, reflecting the interaction of climatic exposure, energy-system configuration, housing conditions, and institutional capacity. Using household survey evidence from 2480 respondents across
Olatunji A. Shobande
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Advancing SafeWax, A Bio‐Inspired Superhydrophobic Coating, Toward Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Crop Protection

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study advances SafeWax, a bio‐inspired, fatty‐acids‐based superhydrophobic coating, by identifying an agriculturally compliant solvent and revealing how solvent‐controlled Fatty acid crystallization governs the coating's microscopic structure and performance.
Niv Ben‐Arie, Iryna Polishchuk, Franziska Tauber, Coralie Schneider, Elena Prudnikov, Alessia Calora, Silvia Milita, Simona Fermani, Mireia Alejandra Ibanez Revert, Ilaria Filippetti, Claudio Ratti, Matthias Kellermeier, Markus Rueckel, Boaz Pokroy   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building world narratives for climate change impact, adaptation and vulnerability analyses [PDF]

The impacts of climate change on human systems depend not only on the level of emissions but also on how inherently vulnerable these systems are to the changing climate.
Przyluski Valentin, Stéphane Hallegatte, Adrien Vogt-Schilb   +2 more
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Infrastructure network vulnerability [PDF]

, 2011
The work presented in this paper aims to propose a methodology of analyzing infrastructure network vulnerability in the field of prevention or reduction of the natural disaster consequences.
Pérès, François, Kamissoko, Daouda, Zaraté, Pascale   +2 more
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Vleresime mbi vulnerabilitetin ndaj klimes : vleresimi mbi vulnerabilitetin, rrezikun dhe adoptimin e sektorit shqiptar te energjise ndaj ndryshimeve klimatike

, 2009
Many countries are increasingly vulnerable to destructive weather events, floods, droughts, windstorms, or other parameters. The vulnerability is driven in part by recent extremes in climate variability but also
World Bank
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