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The Right to the Sustainable Smart City [PDF]

, 2019
Environmental concerns have driven an interest in sustainable smart cities, through the monitoring and optimisation of networked infrastructures. At the same time, there are concerns about who these interventions and services are for, and who benefits ...
Baggio Aline, Baibarac Corelia, Campbell-Dollaghan Kelsey, Cork Tristan, Harvey David, Karakasa Yoshifuyu, Khaorapapong Nanda, Minton Anna, Shenker Jack, Toland Alexandra Regan, Wolff Annika   +10 more
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RETRACTED: Raiyn, J. Improvement in Collision Avoidance in Cut-In Maneuvers Using Time-to-Collision Metrics. Smart Cities 2025, 8, 15

Smart Cities
The Smart Cities journal retracts the article “Improvement in Collision Avoidance in Cut-In Maneuvers Using Time-to-Collision Metrics” [...]
Smart Cities Editorial Office
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A Novel Approach to Coordinating Green Wave System With Adaptation Evolutionary Strategy

IEEE Access, 2020
Urban arterial traffic coordination control has attracted much attention in smart city construction process. To achieve optimal signal timing, many studies have attempted to adjust green splits of a cycle time according to the distance between road ...
Ye Zheng, Renzhong Guo, Ding Ma, Zhigang Zhao, Xiaoming Li   +4 more
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Software Platforms for Smart Cities: Concepts, Requirements, Challenges, and a Unified Reference Architecture

, 2017
Making cities smarter help improve city services and increase citizens' quality of life. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are fundamental for progressing towards smarter city environments. Smart City software platforms potentially support
Chaves, Ana Paula, Gerosa, Marco Aurelio, Kon, Fabio, Milojicic, Dejan, Santana, Eduardo Felipe Zambom   +4 more
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Geometric Optimization and Mechanical Performance Enhancement of Auxetic Structures for High‐Impact Applications Through Fused Deposition Modeling

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores the mechanical performance of three auxetic structures, identifying a re‐entrant‐star hybrid as the most effective for impact absorption. Finite element simulations and experiments demonstrate significant gains in energy absorption and flexural strength after geometric optimization. This study investigates the mechanical performance
Malik Hassan, Manjusri Misra, Alexander Bardelcik, Stefano Gregori, Amar K. Mohanty   +4 more
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Metal‐Organic Framework Embedded Electrospun Fibrous Membranes‐Based Hybrid Nanogenerators with Hierarchical Modified Polyamide Films for Mechanical Energy Harvesting and IoT Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Hybrid nanogenerator (HNG) based on a zinc‐metal‐organic framework‐loaded fibrous film integrated with a hierarchically modified nylon film having micropatterns and micropores is fabricated via an electrospinning technique, and its electrical properties are optimized. The HNGs are incorporated into wearable garments and automobile systems for practical
Sontyana Adonijah Graham, Anand Kurakula, Venkata Siva Kavarthapu, Jun Kyu Lee, Punnarao Manchi, Mandar Vasant Paranjape, Jae Su Yu   +6 more
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Author Correction: An extended Weight Kernel Density Estimation model forecasts COVID-19 onset risk and identifies spatiotemporal variations of lockdown effects in China

Communications Biology, 2021
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01924 ...
Wenzhong Shi, Chengzhuo Tong, Anshu Zhang, Bin Wang, Zhicheng Shi, Yepeng Yao, Peng Jia   +6 more
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Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva, Giulio Fatti, Emanuel Carlos, Guilherme Ferreira, Sumita Goswami, Suman Nandy, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elvira Fortunato, Caio G. Otoni, Rodrigo Martins   +9 more
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A Time-Domain Solution Method for the Vibration Performance of Viscoelastic Functionally Graded Porous Beams

Vibration
The viscoelastic behavior of functionally graded (FG) materials significantly affects their vibration performance, making it necessary to establish theoretical analysis methods.
Yuhua Cui, Tao Zeng, Yipeng Yang, Xiaohong Wang, Guodong Xu, Su Cheng   +5 more
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Smart & sustainable cities [PDF]

, 2013
The University of Strathclyde is creating a new Institute for Future Cities that aims to improve the quality of human life across the world through innovative research that enables cities to be understood in new ways, and innovative approaches to be ...
Bellingham, Richard, Purshouse, Nicholas
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