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Municipal elected officials’ perceptions of decentralization and its financing in Togo

Discover Sustainability
After several hesitant attempts, Togo has made renewed progress in implementing sustainable decentralization. Municipal and regional elections held in 2019 and 2024 marked a significant institutional step forward.
Essossinam Pali, Coffi Cyprien Aholou, François Paul Yatta   +2 more
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Integrating Occupant Behavior into Window Design: A Dynamic Simulation Study for Enhancing Natural Ventilation in Residential Buildings

Buildings
Predicted natural ventilation (NV) often diverges from actual performance in dwellings. This discrepancy arises in part because most design tools do not account for how occupants actually operate windows.
Mojgan Pourtangestani, Nima Izadyar, Elmira Jamei, Zora Vrcelj   +3 more
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Using open data and open-source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities. [PDF]

Lancet Glob Health, 2022
Boeing G, Higgs C, Liu S, Giles-Corti B, Sallis JF, Cerin E, Lowe M, Adlakha D, Hinckson E, Moudon AV, Salvo D, Adams MA, Barrozo LV, Bozovic T, Delclòs-Alió X, Dygrýn J, Ferguson S, Gebel K, Ho TP, Lai PC, Martori JC, Nitvimol K, Queralt A, Roberts JD, Sambo GH, Schipperijn J, Vale D, Van de Weghe N, Vich G, Arundel J.   +29 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Metabolic Imbalance Triggers Adaptive Remodeling to Accelerate Diploidization in Murine Haploid Embryonic Stem Cells

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this article, Shuai and colleagues demonstrate that metabolic remodeling drives self‐diploidization in murine haploid ESCs (haESCs). Mitochondrial dysfunction and imbalanced pyruvate metabolism underlie this process. Genome‐wide screening using haESCs identifies key mitochondrial quality‐control related genes, enabling a metabolism‐based medium that
Yi Fu, Wenhao Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Yu He, Yi Du, Yiding Zhao, Chunmeng Yao, Shengyi Sun, Xiaoyan Sheng, Qian Gao, Chao Tong, Ling Shuai   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tex-Crete—Carbon and Cost Assessment of Concrete with Textile and Carboard Fibres—Case Studies Towards Circular Economy

Applied Sciences
Concrete and other cementitious materials are among the most widely used construction materials worldwide. However, their high embodied carbon emissions and energy-intensive manufacturing processes pose significant environmental challenges.
Malindu Sandanayake, Ronja Kraus, Robert Haigh, Ehsan Yaghoubi, Zora Vrcelj   +4 more
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Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities: findings from the IPEN Adult study. [PDF]

Lancet Glob Health, 2022
Cerin E, Sallis JF, Salvo D, Hinckson E, Conway TL, Owen N, van Dyck D, Lowe M, Higgs C, Moudon AV, Adams MA, Cain KL, Christiansen LB, Davey R, Dygrýn J, Frank LD, Reis R, Sarmiento OL, Adlakha D, Boeing G, Liu S, Giles-Corti B.   +21 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cigarette Smoke‐Induced Alveolar Macrophage Senescence via GEM/SIRT3‐Mediated Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Cigarette smoke accelerates the aging of immune cells in the lung. By combining human single‐cell sequencing, cell culture, and mouse models, the authors show that the protein GEM drives mitochondrial damage and senescence in alveolar macrophages by suppressing SIRT3.
Jin Wang, Meidan Wei, Xiangrong Song, Jiaxin Zhang, Lisha Zhang, Sixian Chen, Yaoyu Hu, Hui Gao, Jianxiang Li   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Materials Design With Multi‐Modal Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Critical mineral scarcity, high embodied carbon, and persistent pollution from materials processing intensify the need for sustainable materials design. This review frames the problem as multi‐objective optimization under heterogeneous, high‐dimensional evidence and highlights multi‐modal AI as an enabling pathway.
Tianyi Xu, Tianshuo Wei, Yan Ge, Bo Peng, Yue Li, Maolin Wang, Peng Wen, Chao Yang, Ye Wei   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deciphering Short‐Range Order in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: From Origin to Multi‐Scale Property Modulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Short‐range order in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides is revealed as a new design paradigm. Driven by chemical affinity and atomic size, it governs properties across scales. Weak ordering tunes site‐resolved magnetism and d‐band centers, while strong ordering eliminates gap states to open band gaps.
Hanyu Liu, Linggang Zhu, Jian Zhou, Zhimei Sun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards sustainable cities [PDF]

European cities have adopted different solutions to address the challenges of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, depending on their specific characteristics and needs.
Knez, Klemen, Herman, Leopold, Gregorio Fernandez Aznar, Deflorio, Francesco Paolo, Caballini, Claudia, Fernandez Aznar, Gregorio, Francesco Paolo Deflorio, Menendez Agudin, Alvaro, Alvaro Menendez Agudin, Leopold Herman, Klemen Knez, Claudia Caballini   +11 more
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