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Urban LifelineThe increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, coupled with rapid urbanization, are placing unprecedented pressure on urban environments.
Mila Avellar Montezuma +6 more
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Low temperature cracking behavior of asphalt binders and mixtures: A review
Journal of Road Engineering, 2023 Low temperature cracking (LTC) distress on pavement seriously affects road life. This paper finished a literature review of the research on the mechanism of LTC of asphalt composites (asphalt composites refers to asphalt binder and asphalt mixture in ...
Meng Guo, Xiupeng Yao, Xiuli Du
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Building Urban Resilience : Principles, Tools, and Practice [PDF]
, 2013 Building Urban Resilience in East Asia is a World Bank program that aims to increase the resilience of cities to disasters and the impacts of climate change by using a risk-based approach to making public investment
Jha, Abhas K. +2 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.A closed U‐shaped microfluidic platform symmetrically embeds a single, size‐controlled HT29 colorectal cancer spheroid within a GFP‐HUVEC‐laden fibrin matrix. HT29 spheroids are associated with hyper‐branched endothelial network remodeling, while vascularized co‐culture is accompanied by anisotropic protrusive growth and EMT‐like marker changes in the ...
G. Cretti +4 more
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Frontiers in WaterAgriculture-dependent developing Southeast Asian countries need to assess residual pesticides in receiving water from agricultural runoff as one of the basis for the establishment of baseline data.
Maria Luisa Baiño Salingay +5 more
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Assessing coastline recession for adaptation planning: sea level rise versus storm erosion
Scientific Reports, 2023 The Sixth Assessment report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states with high confidence that most sandy coasts around the world will experience an increase in coastal erosion over the twenty-first century.
Roshanka Ranasinghe +4 more
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Lessons from Harvey: Crisis Informatics for Urban Resilience
, 2018 Residents, first responders and officials all turned to social media during Hurricane Harvey to impart information and make calls for assistance. This report demonstrates some of the work that could be done with this type of information. It suggests that
Martinez, Matthew +2 more
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Conceptualizing dimensions and characteristics of urban resilience: Insights from a co-design process [PDF]
, 2017 Resilience is a multi-faceted concept frequently used across a wide range of disciplines, practices, and sectors. There is a growing recognition of the utility of resilience as a bridging concept that can facilitate inter-and transdisciplinary approaches
Cate Fox-Lent +27 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Intelligent Sky Guardians (InSkyGuard) is introduced as a four‐drone swarm that autonomously detects, tracks, and safely captures rogue drones using a coordinated net system. Computer vision and leader–follower control architecture enable synchronized enclosure, while integrated failsafes enhance system reliability. Validated through closed‐environment
Joshua Hastings +6 more
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