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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of underwater waves on ship manoeuvrability: a case study in a fjord. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Grégorio S, Bourgault D, Galbraith PS, Chavanne C, Hupé L, Richard A, Landry É.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dignity's Dilemma: Categorical Objections to Autonomous Weapons and Their Pacifist Entailments

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dignity objections to autonomous weapon systems are prominent in contemporary military ethics, yet their theoretical foundations remain underexamined. This article reconstructs those foundations, showing what categorical dignity objections require to function as absolute prohibitions.
Timothy Dubber
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-step optimization with operational scenarios for hull form and propulsor design for pod-driven cruise ships. [PDF]

Heliyon
Li L, Yu L, Cai Z, Liu J, Fan Q, Wang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Annual and Seasonal Rainfall Variability in Mozambique During the Nineteenth Century

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
This paper presents the first annually and seasonally resolved reconstructions of nineteenth‐century rainfall variability for Mozambique derived from the analysis of extensive documentary evidence. It reveals spatially heterogeneous rainfall patterns with recurrent multi‐year droughts, episodic extreme wet events, and a strong coherence between ...
David J. Nash, Matthew J. Hannaford, Bárbara Direito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accurate time-series forecasting of floating platform motion via a reinforced fusion CNN-BiLSTM-attention model. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zheng H, Wang S, Li S, Lu K, Wang X, Liu Y, Wu X.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Last‐minute coordination: Adapting to demand to support last‐mile operations

Journal of Operations Management, Volume 71, Issue 2, Page 176-194, March 2025.
Abstract In the highly competitive e‐commerce industry, customer‐facing warehouses are crucial as the “order penetration points” for e‐commerce last‐mile operations. This research examines how warehouses use last‐minute coordination, an unstructured mechanism, to ensure sufficient inventory at the order penetration points. Previous research has focused
Kedong Chen, Hung‐Chung Su, Kevin Linderman, William Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diffusion-Plating Al₂O₃ Film for Friction and Corrosion Protection of Marine Sensors. [PDF]

Micromachines (Basel)
Liu Y, Li L, Wei D, Xu K, Liu L, Li L, Wu Z.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fritz Scheffer Under National Socialism: Assessing His Political Involvement

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims This article examines the role of soil scientist Fritz Scheffer (1899–1979) under National Socialism and offers a critical assessment of his scientific, institutional, and political positioning between 1933 and 1945. It asks how Scheffer shaped his career within the tension between disciplinary specialization, political expectations, and ...
Jan Arend
wiley   +1 more source

Ocean transit times: from basin to planetary scales. [PDF]

J Fluid Mech
Cessi P.
europepmc   +1 more source