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105 results
2022
Near-term regional climate change in East Africa
Keywords
regional climate model, fine-scale climate projections, extreme precipitation, heat stress, East Africa
Significantly enhanced sub-ambient passive cooling enabled by evaporation, radiation, and insulation
Keywords
sub-ambient passive cooling, evaporative cooling, radiative cooling, infrared transparent, solar-reflecting, porous insulation, stagnation temperature, cooling power, shelf life, climate conditions
Contested baselines and transboundary water resources management, with illustrations from the Nile
Keywords
transboundary water management, baselines, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, water policy, Nile basin
A new convergent science framework for food system sustainability in an uncertain climate
Keywords
climate change, convergence, food systems, transformation, vulnerability
Assessing the food security implications of climate change on global food trade
Keywords
climate change, food trade, food security, food trade vulnerability, bi-lateral trade
Comment on 'Egypt's water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam filling scenarios'
Keywords
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Nile, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Aswan High Dam Reservoir, mitigation
A climate change modelling framework for financial stress testing in Southern Africa
Keywords
central bank, climate change, financial sector, climate stress
Operations, risk, and small firms: Field results from irrigation equipment vendors in Senegal
Keywords
empirical, irrigation, policy delivery, private sector, sub-Saharan Africa, supply chain risk
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of immobilized micelle systems and their interactions with hydrophobic molecules
Keywords
micelle systems, hydrophobic molecules, water, extraction
Perspective—electrochemical sensors for neurotransmitters and psychiatrics: steps toward physiological mental health monitoring
Keywords
electrochemistry, psychiatrics, mental health, neurotransmitters, electrochemical sensors
Portable seawater desalination system for generating drinkable water in remote locations
Keywords
electromembrane, seawater desalination, portable desalination, electrodialysis, ion concentration polarization, water
Biomaterials for boosting food security
Keywords
biomaterials, silk, food security, silk coatings, food waste, agro-food systems
Dynamics of an impacting emulsion droplet
Keywords
agriculture, pesticides, agricultural sprays, emulsion droplets
Why we must connect research to action to solve critical food systems and climate challenges
Keywords
FACT Alliance, food systems, sustainability, climate change, policy
Sustainable production of reduced phosphorus compounds: mechanochemical hydride phosphorylation using condensed phosphates as a route to phosphite
Keywords
anions, phosphates, cell and molecular biology, phosphorus, sodium
Micelle-laden hydrogel microparticles for the removal of hydrophobic micropollutants from water
Keywords
microparticles, monomers, hydrophobicity, surfactants, hydrogels, micropollutants
2021
The impact of assuming perfect foresight when planning infrastructure in the water-energy-food nexus
Keywords
hydroeconomic optimization model, water infrastructure, Model Predictive Control (MPC), Stochastic Dynamic Programming
RFusion: robotic grasping via RF-visual sensing and learning
Keywords
computer systems organization, embedded and cyber-physical systems, robotics, sensor networks, computing methodologies, artificial intelligence
Surface requirements for optimal biosensing with disposable gold electrodes
Keywords
electrodes, genetics, sensors, biotechnology, gold
Effects of molecular flexibility and head group repulsion on aramid amphiphile self-assembly
Keywords
amphiphilic molecules, electron microscopy, spectroscopic measurement
Well-switching to reduce arsenic exposure in Bangladesh: Making the most of inaccurate field kit measurements
Keywords
well-switching programs, arsenic exposure, field kits
Data analytics and pump control in a wastewater treatment plant
Keywords
pump system efficiency, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), efficiency metrics, time-series analysis, control optimization, specific energy
Continuous and selective removal of lead from drinking water by shock electrodialysis
Keywords
shock electrodialysis, lead contamination, electrokinetics, electrodes, ions, contamination, animal feed, selectivity
A microbial electrochemical technology to detect and degrade organophosphate pesticides
Keywords
organophosphate (OP) pesticides, microbial electrochemical technology, degradation, engineered E. coli, bacteria, fluorescence, electrochemical cells, imaging probes