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Passivated SiC Surfaces for Photonic and Quantum Applications: Balancing Chemical Stability and Surface Luminescence

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Low‐temperature passivation of SiC reveals that optical surface quality and chemical stability are not directly correlated. Ar plasma‐treated and SiNx‐passivated surfaces yield the lowest photoluminescence background, whereas CF4 plasma and ALD‐grown dielectrics introduce higher emission.
Marina Scharin‐Mehlmann, Sarah Saarmann, Christian Gobert, Robert Köhler, Patrick Berwian   +4 more
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Investing in resilience: A long-term analysis of china's flood protection strategies

Resilient Cities and Structures
Investing in disaster risk reduction is crucial for minimizing the impacts of disasters. However, little is known about the factors that influence changes in investment levels over time.
Koji Watanabe, Mikio Ishiwatari, Daisuke Sasaki, Akiko Sakamoto, Mikiyasu Nakayama   +4 more
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Choice of household adaptation strategies to flood risk management in Accra, Ghana

City and Environment Interactions, 2019
In this paper, we discuss the psychological and socio-economic factors as well as the constraints that inhibit private precautionary flood-risk mitigation measures among urban households in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana within the ...
Daniel Kwabena Twerefou, Emmanuel Adu-Danso, Emmanuel Abbey, Benjamin Delali Dovie   +3 more
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Vat Polymerization 3D Printing for Controlled Drug Release Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vat polymerization (VP) 3D printing, a light‐based additive manufacturing technique, has emerged as a promising technique for fabricating complex drug delivery systems with high precision and spatial resolution. This layer‐by‐layer manufacturing process enables the creation of intricate geometries and customizable architectures, which are ...
Hafiz Busari, O. Thompson Mefford, M. Aaron Vaughn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative analysis of spring flood risk reduction measures in Alaska, United States and the Sakha Republic, Russia [PDF]

, 2017
Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2017River ice thaw and breakup are an annual springtime phenomena in the North. Depending on regional weather patterns and river morphology, breakups can result in catastrophic floods in exposed and ...
Kontar, Yekaterina Yevgenevna, Контарь, Екатерина Евгеньевна   +1 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Floods in Serbia in the 1999-2009 period: Hydrological analysis and flood protection measures [PDF]

Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva, 2010
The review on greatest floods recorded in Vojvodina and central Serbia within the period from 1999 to 2009 is given in this paper. For 13 hydrological stations, that recorded the greatest floods for the present period, probability of occurrence of these ...
Milanović Ana, Urošev Marko, Milijašević Dragana   +2 more
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Climate Change Threatens Micronutrient Density of European Winter Wheat

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Micronutrients are vital for human health. Wheat is a major staple crop and a significant source of minerals and B‐vitamins. The impact of climate change on their content remains largely unknown. We evaluated micronutrient levels in European winter wheat grown under historical and projected climate conditions. Our findings indicate that future climates
Da Cao, Jennifer Michel, Eline Lorer, Markus Weinmann, Jacques Le Gouis, Claire Léon, Sibille Perrochon, David Alvarez, Vincent Leemans, Iñaki Balanzategui Guijarro, Jordi Moya Laraño, Sara Sánchez Moreno, Symanczik Sarah, Waibel Matthias, Hervé Vanderschuren, Cécile Thonar, Pierre Delaplace, Dominique Van Der Straeten   +17 more
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Hess Opinions: An interdisciplinary research agenda to explore the unintended consequences of structural flood protection [PDF]

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2018
One common approach to cope with floods is the implementation of structural flood protection measures, such as levees or flood-control reservoirs, which substantially reduce the probability of flooding at the time of implementation.
G. Di Baldassarre, G. Di Baldassarre, H. Kreibich, S. Vorogushyn, J. Aerts, K. Arnbjerg-Nielsen, M. Barendrecht, P. Bates, M. Borga, W. Botzen, W. Botzen, P. Bubeck, B. De Marchi, C. Llasat, M. Mazzoleni, D. Molinari, E. Mondino, E. Mondino, J. Mård, J. Mård, O. Petrucci, A. Scolobig, A. Viglione, P. J. Ward   +23 more
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Recommendations for changes in UK National Recovery Guidance (NRG) and associated guidance from the perspective of Lancaster University's Hull Flood Studies [PDF]

, 2011
This report was commissioned by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) following the publication of Lancaster University‟s Hull Flood Project and Hull Children‟s Flood Project.
Deeming, Hugh, Medd, William, Whittle, Rebecca   +2 more
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