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On the applicability of the 'humic acids' nomenclature from natural ecosystems to engineering sciences. [PDF]

Environ Sci Ecotechnol, 2021
Zhao X, Xi B, Tan W, Li X, Dang Q, Li R.
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Faire avec l’industrie

Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2023
This article questions the social and institutional conditions by which, in the context of the expansion of entrepreneurial science, proofs of concept become a vector of scientific credibility in engineering sciences.
Benjamin Raimbault
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Social-Ecologic Oriented Curricula in Engineering Education: “Leonardo’s Oath” as an Answer to Janus-Headedness in Engineering Work

Высшее образование в России, 2021
Any engineering activity is characterized by contradictions: social – between engineering problems and technical solutions and technological – between laws of nature and artificial engineering objects.
R. Dreher, V. V. Kondratyev, M. N. Kuznetsova   +2 more
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In Memoriam: Dr.-Ing. Walter Lachenmeier (1945–2022)—Reflections on a Life between Research Funding Administration, Electric Vehicle Development and Technology Transfer

World Electric Vehicle Journal, 2022
These memoirs about Walter Lachenmeier (1945–2022) concentrate on his activities as head of the engineering sciences group of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), for which he worked from 1977 to 2007, and his following ...
Dirk W. Lachenmeier
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Improving distributed PV integration with dynamic thermal rating of power distribution equipment

iScience, 2022
Summary: The rapid development of distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems poses great challenges to the integration capability of distribution networks.
Yinxiao Li, Yi Wang, Chongqing Kang, Jie Song, Guannan He, Qixin Chen   +5 more
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Advanced slime mould algorithm incorporating differential evolution and Powell mechanism for engineering design

iScience, 2023
Summary: The slime mould algorithm (SMA) is a population-based swarm intelligence optimization algorithm that simulates the oscillatory foraging behavior of slime moulds. To overcome its drawbacks of slow convergence speed and premature convergence, this
Xinru Li, Zihan Lin, Haoxuan Lv, Liang Yu, Ali Asghar Heidari, Yudong Zhang, Huiling Chen, Guoxi Liang   +7 more
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Resource potential mapping of bifacial photovoltaic systems in India

iScience, 2023
Summary: Bifacial photovoltaic is one of the technologies that can spearhead Indian ambitions to achieve the 7th United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Nationally Determined Contributions of COP 26.
Joji Johnson, S. Manikandan
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Real-Time Urban Weather Observations for Urban Air Mobility

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 2020
Cities of the future will have to overcome congestion, air pollution and increasing infrastructure cost while moving more people and goods smoothly, efficiently and in an eco-friendly manner.
Kevin A. Adkins, Mustafa Akbas, Marc Compere   +2 more
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Special Issue “Extreme Sciences and Engineering”

Applied Sciences, 2021
Due to uncertainties stemming from climate change, natural and man-made disasters, and extreme events, unexpected disruptions in the operation of our countries’ infrastructure may put the functioning of our societies and their economies at risk [...]
Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Xinzheng Lu, Alex M. Remennikov   +2 more
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Identifying optimal photovoltaic technologies for underwater applications

iScience, 2022
Summary: Improving solar energy collection in aquatic environments would allow for superior environmental monitoring and remote sensing, but the identification of optimal photovoltaic technologies for such applications is challenging as evaluation ...
Jason A. Röhr, B. Edward Sartor, Joel N. Duenow, Zilun Qin, Juan Meng, Jason Lipton, Stephen A. Maclean, Udo Römer, Michael P. Nielsen, Suling Zhao, Jaemin Kong, Matthew O. Reese, Myles A. Steiner, N.J. Ekins-Daukes, André D. Taylor   +14 more
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