Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography
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In Situ Single-Event Effects Detection in 22-nm FDSOI Flip-Flops
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Mixed scaling patterns and mechanisms of high-pressure nanofiltration in hypersaline wastewater desalination
Nanofiltration (NF) will play a crucial role in salt fractionation and recovery, but the complicated and severe mixed scaling is not yet fully understood. In this work, the mixed scaling patterns and mechanisms of high-pressure NF in zero-liquid discharge (ZLD) scenarios were investigated by disclosing the role of key foulants. The bulk crystalliza...
Location-aware range-error correction for improved UWB localization
In this paper, we present a novel localization scheme, location-aware ranging correction (LARC), to correct ranging estimates from ultra wideband (UWB) signals. Existing solutions to calculate ranging corrections rely solely on channel information features (e.g., signal energy, maximum amplitude, estimated range). We propose to incorporate a prelim...
Forests are chill : the interplay between thermal comfort and mental wellbeing
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As global warming and urbanisation intensify unabated, a growing share of the human population is exposed to dangerous heat levels. Trees and forests can effectively mitigate such heat alongside numerous health co-benefits like improved mental wellbeing. Yet, which forest types are objectively and subjectively coolest to humans, and how thermal and...
Effect of magnetic-spring bi-stable nonlinear energy sink on vibration and damage reduction of concrete double-column pi...
Concrete structures suffer from crack damage under heavy vibrations, caused by seismic loads. Passive vibration control devices can be used to reduce the damage. The most common device is the tuned -mass -damper (TMD), which is tuned to match the natural frequency of the primary structure. However, under prolonged vibration load, the natural freque...
Transfer learning for UWB error correction and (N)LOS classification in multiple environments
Ultra wideband (UWB) is a popular technology to address the need for high-precision indoor positioning systems in challenging industry 4.0 use cases. In line-of-sight (LOS) environments, UWB positioning errors in the order of 1-10 cm can be achieved. However, in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions, this precision drops significantly, with errors ty...
Climate-combined energy modelling approach for power system planning towards optimized integration of renewables under p...
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Predictive geospatial model for arsenic accumulation in Holocene aquifers based on interactions of oxbow-lake biogeochem...
The identification of arsenic-contamination hotspots in alluvial aquifers is a global-scale challenge. The collection and inventory of arsenic concentration datasets in the shallow-aquifer domain of affected alluvial basins is a tedious and slow process, given the magnitude of the problem. Recent research demonstrates that oxbow-lake biogeochemistr...
Global high-resolution drought indices for 1981–2022
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Droughts are among the most complex and devastating natural hazards globally. High-resolution datasets of drought metrics are essential for monitoring and quantifying the severity, duration, frequency, and spatial extent of droughts at regional and particularly local scales. However, current global drought indices are available only at a coarser sp...
