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102 results

2022

A new convergent science framework for food system sustainability in an uncertain climate

Gregory N. Sixt, Michael Hauser,Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, Alejandra Engler, Jerry Hatfield, Sheryl L. Hendriks, Samuel Ihouma, Chandra Madramootoo, Renee J. Robins, Pete Smith, Lewis H. Ziska, Patrick Webb

Keywords

climate change, convergence, food systems, transformation, vulnerability

Assessing the food security implications of climate change on global food trade

Gregory Sixt and Kenneth Strzepek

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'

Kevin Wheeler, Marc Jeuland, Kenneth Strzepek, Jim Hall, Edith Zagona, Gamal Abdo, Thinus Basson, Don Blackmore, Paul Block, and Dale Whittington

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

Vafa Anvari, Channing Arndt, Faaiqa Hartley, Konstantin Makrelov, Kenneth Strezepek, Tim Thomas, Sherwin Gabriel and Bruno Merven

Keywords

central bank, climate change, financial sector, climate stress

Operations, risk, and small firms: Field results from irrigation equipment vendors in Senegal

Mark Brennan, Stephen Graves, Jonars Spielberg, Bish Sanyal

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

Devashish Gokhale, Ian Chen, and Patrick S. Doyle

Keywords

micelle systems, hydrophobic molecules, water, extraction

Perspective—electrochemical sensors for neurotransmitters and psychiatrics: steps toward physiological mental health monitoring

Marjon Zamani, Tatum Wilhelm, and Ariel Furst

Keywords

electrochemistry, psychiatrics, mental health, neurotransmitters, electrochemical sensors

Portable seawater desalination system for generating drinkable water in remote locations

Junghyo Yoon, Hyukjin J. Kwon, SungKu Kang, Eric Brack, and Jongyoon Han

Keywords

electromembrane, seawater desalination, portable desalination, electrodialysis, ion concentration polarization, water

Biomaterials for boosting food security

Benedetto Marelli

Keywords

biomaterials, silk, food security, silk coatings, food waste, agro-food systems

Dynamics of an impacting emulsion droplet

Maher Damak, Jolet de Ruiter, Sreedath Panat, and Kripa K. Varanasi

Keywords

agriculture, pesticides, agricultural sprays, emulsion droplets

Why we must connect research to action to solve critical food systems and climate challenges

Gregory Sixt, PhD and Professor Peter Smith

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

Feng Zhai, Tiansi Xin, Michael B. Geeson, and Christopher C. Cummins

Keywords

anions, phosphates, cell and molecular biology, phosphorus, sodium

Micelle-laden hydrogel microparticles for the removal of hydrophobic micropollutants from water

Devashish Gokhale, Ian Chen, and Patrick S. Doyle

Keywords

microparticles, monomers, hydrophobicity, surfactants, hydrogels, micropollutants

2021

The impact of assuming perfect foresight when planning infrastructure in the water-energy-food nexus

Raphael Payet-Burin, Mikkel Kromman, Silvio J. Pereira-Cardenal, Kenneth M. Strzepek, and Peter Bauer-Gottwein

Keywords

hydroeconomic optimization model, water infrastructure, Model Predictive Control (MPC), Stochastic Dynamic Programming

RFusion: robotic grasping via RF-visual sensing and learning

Tara Boroushaki, Isaac Perper, Mergen Nachin, Alberto Rodriguez, and Fadel Adib

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

Marjon Zamani, Victoria Yang, Lizi Maziashvili, Gang Fan, Catherine M. Klapperich, and Ariel L. Furst

Keywords

electrodes, genetics, sensors, biotechnology, gold

Effects of molecular flexibility and head group repulsion on aramid amphiphile self-assembly

Samuel J. Kaser, Andrew J. Lew, Dae-Yoon Kim, Ty Christoff-Tempesta, Yukio Cho, and Julia H. Ortony

Keywords

amphiphilic molecules, electron microscopy, spectroscopic measurement

Well-switching to reduce arsenic exposure in Bangladesh: Making the most of inaccurate field kit measurements

Yusuf Jameel, Rajib Hassan Mozumder, Alexander van Geen, and Charles F. Harvey

Keywords

well-switching programs, arsenic exposure, field kits

Data analytics and pump control in a wastewater treatment plant

Hilary A. Johnson, Kevin P. Simon, & Alexander H. Slocum

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

Huanhuan Tian, Mohammad A. Alkhadra, Kameron M. Confort, Martin Bazant

Keywords

shock electrodialysis, lead contamination, electrokinetics, electrodes, ions, contamination, animal feed, selectivity

A microbial electrochemical technology to detect and degrade organophosphate pesticides

Amruta A. Karbelkar, Erin E. Reynolds, Rachel Ahlmark, and Ariel L. Furst

Keywords

organophosphate (OP) pesticides, microbial electrochemical technology, degradation, engineered E. coli, bacteria, fluorescence, electrochemical cells, imaging probes

Potential climate change risks to meeting Zimbabwe’s NDC goals and how to become resilient

Mark Howells, Brent Boehlert, and Pablo Cesar Benitez

Keywords

energy modelling; climate change; climate resilience; OSeMOSYS; integrated assessment modelling; Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC); renewable energy integration

Self-assembly of aramid amphiphiles into ultra-stable nanoribbons and aligned nanoribbon threads

Ty Christoff-Tempesta, Yukio Cho, Dae-Yoon Kim, Michela Geri, Guillaume Lamour, Andrew J. Lew, Xiaobing Zuo, William R. Lindemann, Julia H. Ortony

Keywords

aramid amphiphiles, molecular exchange, self-assembly, nanoribbons

Past and future trends of Egypt’s water consumption and its sources

Catherine A. Nikiel and Elfatih Eltahir

Keywords

water, farming, agriculture, irrigation