Robot Adoption and Occupational Health
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Volume 88, Issue 2, Page 343-353, April 2026.ABSTRACT How does robotization affect occupational health? In this paper, we investigate the impact of robot diffusion on workplace accidents and deaths in Italy, for the period 2008–2018. We adopt an instrumental variables (IV) approach that exploits robot adoption in Japan and South Korea to deal with endogeneity.
Mattia Filomena, Francesco Principe
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Welding Technology and Heat Treatment Butt-Welded Joints of Thin-Walled Inconel 718 Alloy Tubes. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Warchoł P, Tuz L.
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3D‐Printed Serial Snap‐Through Architectures for Programmable Mechanical Response
Advanced Engineering Materials, Volume 28, Issue 6, 18 March 2026.A serial snap‐through architecture is realized using compact 3D‐printed von Mises truss units arranged in a staged cascade. Their geometry and boundary conditions program multistage mechanical responses with plateaux and re‐hardening regimes. An inverted‐compliance model predicts these behaviors and enables analytical design of programmable force ...
Filipe A. Santos
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Effect of technological parameters on mechanical properties and microstructure of heat-assisted friction stir welded joints of 6061 aluminum alloy. [PDF]
PLoS OneNguyen HL, Pham VT, Luu DB, Tran TP.
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Advanced Engineering Materials, Volume 28, Issue 5, 4 March 2026.Microstructural evolution and hardness optimization along the cross‐section of friction stir welded AA6061/AlSi10MgMn joints, for electric vehicle battery housings, were investigated. Postweld aging between 170°C and 220°C enhances hardness uniformity within the nugget zone.
Emanuele Ghio, Emanuela Cerri
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Effect of Shielding Gas and Post-Welding Heat Treatment on the Mechanical and Corrosion Performances of Duplex and Super Duplex Stainless Steels' Low Heat-Input Welded Joints. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Ferrari E +5 more
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Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 17, 20 March 2026.Device‐level zinc batteries are energy‐limited by the mass/volume of inactive components, while lean‐electrolyte operation triggers interfacial water depletion and unstable kinetics. Here we elucidate lean‐failure mechanisms and develop a COF@PAN functional separator that regulates hydrogen‐bonding networks to manage water activity and accelerate ...
Kun Zhang +12 more
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Impact of Mechanical Arc Oscillation on the Microstructure and Durability of Welded Joints in Molten Salt Thermal Storage System. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Pastén R +8 more
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Advanced Techniques for Scalable Woven E‐Textiles Manufacturing
Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 11, Issue 6, 18 March 2026.This review highlights recent advances in scalable weaving techniques for e‐textiles, emphasizing innovations in multilayer structures, conductive yarn integration, and loom modifications. It summarizes emerging materials, fabrication strategies, and performance considerations that enable reliable, durable, and industrially scalable woven electronic ...
Faisal Abedin +2 more
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Comparison of Three Methods of Measuring Residual Stresses in Welded Joints of High-Strength Steel S960QL. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Manjgo M +4 more
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