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Cool Kitchen: Processing Starch and Eggshell Powder into Sustainable Coatings for Passive Daytime Cooling

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A food‐grade cooling composite made from starch and recycled eggshell powder offers a scalable, ultra‐low‐cost solution for passive daytime radiative cooling. Easily prepared using basic kitchen tools, this material empowers communities, even in areas with limited infrastructure, to stay cooler during worsening summer heat waves.
Qimeng Song   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ELECTRONIC ROAD TOLL SYSTEMS IN SLOVAKIA AND A COUNTRY SELECTED FROM CENTRAL EUROPE [PDF]

open access: yesTransport Problems, 2013
The goal of this paper is to analyse selected electronic toll systems that are currently used in Slovakia and Poland. In this paper we discuss imposed methods to charge infrastructure used in Slovakia and abroad.
Miroslav FAZEKAŠ   +2 more
doaj  

Comparative Analysis of the Importance of the Requirements of Passengers and Evaluating the Quality of Air and Bus Transport

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
The paper deals with the comparison of the importance of passengers’ requirements for the quality of the services provided and the quality assessment of air and bus transport.
Konečný Vladimír   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Method for the Evaluation of Urban Freight Transport Models as a Tool for Improving the Delivery of Sustainable Urban Transport Policy

open access: yesSustainability, 2019
The article presents a method which helps local authorities to evaluate urban freight transport models. Given the complex requirements for input data and the inability to supply them for most cities, a proper quantitative evaluation of model ...
Daniel Kaszubowski
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

open access: yesAdvanced 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   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The top-down-bottom-up approach: a Mobility Program Indicators Development Framework (MPIDF)

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Impact evaluation is frequently used to assess the long-term effects of urban mobility programs and projects. However, there are no specific guidelines for selecting mobility-related evaluation indicators. Typically, indicators for program evaluation are
Matthias Grundei   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Financing urban transport through value capture. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The Green Paper on Urban Transport highlights the importance of promoting public transport as a means of achieving better sustainable mobility. Unfortunately, budget resources are often constrained. On the other hand, literature points out that transport
Mejía Dorantes, Lucía   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Joint Control of Radiated and Surface Waves via Space‐Time Coding Metasurfaces

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A unified space‐time coding metasurface platform enables simultaneous control of radiated and surface‐confined waves across multiple harmonics. Demonstrated functionalities include multi‐frequency beam shaping; surface‐wave excitation, and hybrid multiplexing.
Zihao Dai   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

PROJECT OPTIMA: optimisation of policies for transport integration in metropolitan areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
The overall objectives of Project OPTIMA were: (i) to identify optimal urban transport and land use strategies for a range of urban areas within the EU; (ii) to compare the strategies which are specified as optimal in different cities, and to ...
May, A.D., Shepherd, S., Timms, P.
core  

Microneedle‐Based Biofertilizer Delivery Improves Plant Growth Through Microbiome Engineering

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This figure shows how microneedles are used to deliver biofertilizers to enhance plant growth through microbial migration, metabolic reprogramming, and changes in plant endogenous microbiome. Abstract This study presents a microneedle‐based system for the delivery of rhizospheric biofertilizers into plant tissues to enhance growth.
Zhicheng Le   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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