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Smart mobility: opportunity or threat to innovate places and cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The concept of the “smart mobility” has become something of a buzz phrase in the planning and transport fields in the last decade. After a fervent first phase in which information technology and digital data were considered the answer for making mobility
Lauwers, Dirk, Papa, Enrica
core   +2 more sources

Light‐Programmable Interfaces: From Molecular Photoswitching to Adaptive Membrane Separations

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
This review advances an interface‐centered framework for light‐responsive membranes, linking molecular photoswitches (azobenzene (AZO), spiropyran (SP), diarylethene (DAE), donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASA), photoacid) to integration strategies in polymeric, porous, self‐assembled, and mixed‐matrix systems.
Liangliang Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preclinical studies of histotripsy for intracranial tumors

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology
The management of intracranial tumors, especially malignant or refractory types, remains a formidable clinical challenge due to the paucity of ideal therapeutic options.
Hong Chen, Zhenbin Xu, Shengmin Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Application Protocols enabling Internet of Remote Things via Random Access Satellite Channels

open access: yes, 2017
Nowadays, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) traffic rate is increasing at a fast pace. The use of satellites is expected to play a large role in delivering such a traffic. In this work, we investigate the use of two of the most common
Bacco, Manlio   +2 more
core   +1 more source

From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fabrication, Properties, and Applications of Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review explores cutting‐edge biomaterials and fabrication techniques for scaffolds in bone tissue regeneration. It conducts a critical comparison of various strategies, meticulously analyzes the key contradictions in the field, and outlines an integrated development path spanning from biomaterial selection to clinical application, while ...
Shangsi Chen, Min Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Proposed paradigm shift from shareholders and stakeholders to future successors

open access: yesDiscover Sustainability
When the stakeholder theory challenged the neoclassical shareholder theory, it was a step forward in the theoretical and practical debate about the role and responsibility of businesses in society and how wide the responsibility is.
Lara Johannsdottir   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Personalized Education for All: The Future of Open Universities

open access: yesOpen Praxis
This paper charts a forward-looking roadmap for open universities, drawing upon their historical evolution and current practices. It advocates a shift toward a universally accessible, personalized education system.
Insung Jung
doaj   +1 more source

Probation, rehabilitation and reparation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper is a version of the 2nd Annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture, organised by the Association for Crime and Justice Research and delivered on 7th May 2009 at the headquarters of the Probation Service of Ireland in Dublin.
McNeill, Fergus
core  

Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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