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Combining the Pitcher and Lotus Plant: Supericephobic and Superhydrophobic Silicone Films

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Based on bench‐top nanomolding of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with optimized silicone oil content, we developed hierarchically structured silicone films by essentially combining the properties of the lotus and pitcher plant; particularly we are able to achieve water contact angle as high as 171° and ice adhesion strength as low as 11.5 kPa (i.e ...
Cliff L. W. Ng, Joshua Ham, Sanpreet Kaur, Clayton W. Schultz, Hua‐Zhong Yu   +4 more
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Can model-based avalanche forecasts match the discriminatory skill of human danger-level forecasts? A comparison from Switzerland [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
In recent years, physics-based snowpack models combined with machine-learning techniques have gained momentum in public avalanche forecasting. When integrated with spatial interpolation methods, these approaches enable fully model-driven predictions of ...
F. Techel, R. S. Purves, S. Mayer, G. Schmudlach, K. Winkler   +4 more
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Transparent Photothermal Slippery Surface Based on Monolayer Self‐Assembled MXene Film for Anti‐Fogging and De‐Icing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The ultrathin (2.5 nm) MXene film self‐assembled at liquid interfaces breaks the trade‐off between transparency (82.5 %) and photothermal conversion effect (DT∼25.1°C ± 2.9 °C) under 100 mW cm−2. After encapsulated by a slippery surface with low adhesion, this transparent film can be applied in smart windows, eyewear, and optical sensors to autonomous ...
Xiao Han, Yiming Xie, Mingjia Sun, Di Zhao, Kesong Liu, Liping Heng, Lei Jiang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘The person cutting the path does not know his trail is crooked’. Drawing lessons learned from people accessing antiretroviral treatment services to propose a person-centered care (PCC) minimum practice standard

HIV Research & Clinical Practice
Introduction: Person-centered care (PCC) in HIV services aims to improve client experiences, advance service accessibility and treatment outcomes and accelerate progress towards epidemic control.
Malia Duffy, Jessica E. Posner, Caitlin Madevu-Matson, Henry Tagoe, Amy Casella   +4 more
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‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
wiley   +1 more source

OPEN SCIENCE, KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND REPRODUCIBILITY AS DRIVERS FOR THE ADOPTION OF FOSS4G IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019
Support for open science is a highly relevant user requirement for the environmental data portal EnviDat. EnviDat, the institutional data portal and publication data repository of the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, actively implements the FAIR ...
I. Iosifescu Enescu, G.-K. Plattner, L. Bont, M. Fraefel, R. Meile, T. Kramer, L. Espona-Pernas, D. Haas-Artho, M. Hägeli, K. Steffen   +9 more
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National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
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Making Sense of Standardised Assessment Data: A Response to Snow et al. (2025)

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I write in response to the commentary by Snow et al. (2025) on the paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data published in this journal (Larsen 2024).
Sally A. Larsen
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Introducing auto-disable syringes to the national immunization programme in Madagascar

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and coverage benefits of auto-disable (AD) syringes, weighed against the financial and logis- tical costs, and to create appropriate health policies in Madagascar.
Paul K. Drain, Josoa S. Ralaivao, Alexander Rakotonandrasana, Mary A. Carnell   +3 more
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Study on Natural Gas Decarbonization Process Based on CO2 Desublimation Characteristics

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Natural gas decarbonization is a crucial processing step. In this study, the snow separation technology for removal of carbon dioxide in natural gas based on CO2 desublimation characteristics was introduced. The phase equilibrium calculation of CH4‐CO2 and N2‐CO2 system was carried out by using cubic equations of states (EOSs), and identified ...
Haiqin Wang, Jushi Cai, Zubin Zhang, Qishen Wu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source