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From mandatory disclosure data to organisational decision-making guided by planetary boundaries

Organisations currently lack operational methods to assess how their activities contribute to returning society to within Earth's safe operating space, considering that seven of the nine planetary boundaries are currently exceeded. Although the mandatory Corporate Sustainability...

Ultrahigh strength enabled by dual-scale L12 precipitation and back-stress strengthening in an LPBF-fabricated (CoCrNi)94Al3Ti3 medium-entropy alloy

Simultaneously achieving ultrahigh strength and useful tensile ductility in precipitation-strengthened medium-entropy alloys requires control over not only precipitate characteristics but also the recovery and recrystallization of metastable additively manufactured microstructure...

Beyond LCOE – Economic performance of renewable auctions

This study analyses how different types of remuneration schemes in renewable auctions can lead to economically efficient or inefficient outcomes in technology-specific and multi-technology settings. The main metric in this assessment is the Extended Support Need (ESN) indicator –...

Insight into fouling mechanisms on inclined tube banks in molten salt heat exchangers for coal-fired boiler

Coupling coal-fired boilers with molten salt thermal energy storage is a critical technical pathway for flexible peak shaving of thermal power units. As the core component, the flue gas-molten salt heat exchanger (MSHE) requires inclined tube bank arrangements to achieve gravity-...

Pipes, power, policy: Algeria's strategic choices for gas, electricity, and hydrogen in the energy transition

This work investigates the cost-optimal design of Algeria's electricity and hydrogen transport infrastructure in 2050. Using the open-source PyPSA-Earth framework, a spatially and temporally resolved sector-coupled energy system model is employed to analyse the repurposing of exi...

Interpretability-enhanced temporal surrogate modeling for wave-induced scour vulnerability assessment of vertical-wall structures

Scour compromises the stability and safety of vertical-wall structures, necessitating a systematic method to assess scour vulnerability. However, two key vulnerability elements remain unresolved, namely suitable grading thresholds and an efficient temporal scour surrogate model....

Fourier Neural Operator-based surrogate modeling of offshore tsunami propagation and its application to rapid tsunami source inversion

The accurate and rapid estimation of tsunami sources immediately after an earthquake is essential for real-time tsunami forecasting. Recent advances in offshore tsunami observation networks have made it increasingly feasible to estimate tsunami sources from observed waveforms usi...

Independent predictive value of common bile duct and main pancreatic duct diameters for EUS-detected clinically significant findings in patients with unexplained pancreatobiliary duct dilatation: development and internal validation of a predictive model

Patients with unexplained pancreatobiliary duct dilatation may harbor clinically significant findings requiring intervention despite negative conventional imaging. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) can detect such findings, but evidence for pre-examination risk stratification rema...

Simulation analysis of self-excited oscillating water jet with petal-shaped nozzle under confining pressure

The self-excited oscillating water jet is widely used in ocean engineering. Its effectiveness stems from the impact of cavitation collapse driven by periodic pressure pulsations. This study investigated the flow field evolution and vortex stretching mechanisms of self-excited osc...

Modeling employability mismatch of TVET graduates in Malaysia: a total interpretive structural modeling approach

This study investigates the factors contributing to employability mismatch among Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduates in Malaysia, focusing on horizontal mismatch between graduates’ fields of study and employment. Although graduate mismatch has been wi...

Event-specific flood extent prediction using ensemble machine learning and multi-source geospatial data

Study Region The Kashkan River Basin in western Iran is characterized by complex topography and diverse environmental conditions that contribute to spatial variability in flood occurrence and extent. The basin is therefore a relevant case for developing high-resolution approaches...

Epistemic justice and deep-sea mining: UNCLOS’s facilitation of epistemic diversity the International Seabed Authority’s decision-making process

The paper discusses epistemic justice as a central justice framework to be considered in the regulatory process of exploitative deep sea mining, with the aim of bringing attention to the relevance of epistemic justice and diversity to deep sea mining scholarship. Epistemic justic...

Experimental and simulation study of a multichannel immersion cooling system for hot spot mitigation in energy storage batteries

The immersion battery thermal management (BTMS) system exhibits significant application potential in high-capacity energy storage systems. However, the inlet and outlet temperature effects of the coolant and the heat generation characteristics of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) intr...

Metabolic dysfunction in chronic critical illness: mechanisms, clinical consequences and therapeutic perspectives

Advances in intensive care have improved survival from acute critical illness, leading to a growing population of patients with chronic critical illness (CCI), many of whom require prolonged organ support. This condition is associated with persistent catabolism, inflammation, and...

Achievement goal theory in AI-supported learning: Psychological pathways and configurations leading to student engagement

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into higher education, yet little is known about how students’ achievement goal orientations are associated with their engagement in AI-supported learning. Grounded in Achievement Goal Theory, this study examined the relatio...

Preliminary clinical changes during use of a personalized video-based mobile intervention for community-dwelling individuals with severe mental illness: An exploratory randomized crossover trial

Severe mental illness (SMI) often limits participation in traditional therapy due to motivational and cognitive deficits. We examined short-term clinical changes during use of a personalized video-based mobile app ( MARO )—providing psychoeducation, emotion regulation, cognitive...

Finite foresight in Chomp

We experimentally study sequential rationality in the Game of Chomp, a two-player win-lose game whose rules are simple but whose subgame-perfect Nash equilibria vary in complexity across initial states. Subjects frequently deviate from SPNE: the probability of making an SPNE-cons...

Corneal epithelial regenerative medicine: lessons from somatic stem cell therapy toward iPS cell-based regeneration

Limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) is a severe ocular surface disorder caused by the loss of corneal epithelial stem cell function, and is clinically characterized by corneal neovascularization, opacity, and visual impairment. Conventional corneal transplantation for LSCD is limi...

Modeling non-equilibrium water-ethanol condensation: Ideal and non-ideal approaches

Accurate prediction of non-equilibrium wall-film condensation of water-ethanol mixtures in Baijiu distillation condensers is essential for reliable modeling of heat and mass transfer. Yet, it remains challenging because of strong coupling among vapor partial pressures, saturation...

Substructural shake table tests examining the seismic performance of point-supported glass facades

This paper aims to investigate the seismic performance of the coupled system comprising a large-span spatial structure and point-supported glass facades (PSGFs) through substructural shake table tests. A two-story substructure testbed is proposed to replicate the target responses...