Review
Economics
Masoud Golalikhani, Beatriz Brito Oliveira, Maria Antonia Carravilla, Jose Fernando Oliveira, Antonio Pais Antunes
Summary: This paper establishes an integrated conceptual decision-support framework for carsharing systems, encompassing critical decisions and business practices. Through a comprehensive literature review, key issues often overlooked in academic literature and business practices are revealed. The framework integrates perspectives of carsharing organizations and users, pointing towards more realistic and practical research in the future.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Olga Nasonova, Yeugeniy Gusev, Evgeny Kovalev
Summary: This study focuses on detecting and attributing the changes in Arctic river basins in Russia to climate drivers. It found that the basins are vulnerable to climate change, with significant changes observed in streamflow and snow cover.
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Surayyn Uthaya Selvan, Soultana Tanya Saroglou, Jens Joschinski, Mariasole Calbi, Verena Vogler, Shany Barath, Yasha Jacob Grobman
Summary: Rapid urbanization has negative impacts on the built and biotic environment, requiring interdisciplinary mitigation strategies. Current nature-based solutions integrated into building envelope design have proven beneficial, but they often overlook the potential to support other living organisms. A multi-species approach is envisioned to facilitate more holistic envelope-design solutions.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Nicolas Leberruyer, Jessica Bruch, Mats Ahlskog, Sara Afshar
Summary: The combination of Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) concept and Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides new opportunities for improved quality management and advanced problem-solving. However, there is a lack of applied research in industrial plants for the widespread deployment of this framework. This article applies AI in an industrial case study to develop application insights and identify prerequisites for achieving ZDM. The study identifies four prerequisites and insights critical to developing an AI solution supporting ZDM.
COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
Megan Thompson-Munson, Nander Wever, C. Max Stevens, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Brooke Medley
Summary: The firn layer of the Greenland Ice Sheet plays a crucial role in mitigating sea level rise by storing meltwater. However, the decline of the firn layer and the freezing of meltwater reduce its capacity. This study uses two models to examine the firn properties of the Greenland Ice Sheet and finds that both models perform well but are limited by the resolution of the atmospheric forcing. The models suggest a substantial depletion of pore space in recent years, with SNOWPACK simulating a greater loss than CFM-GSFC. Overall, the models estimate a loss in pore space equivalent to 3 mm and 1 mm of sea level rise buffering, respectively.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Emmy E. Stigter, Jakob F. Steiner, Inka Koch, Tuomo M. Saloranta, James D. Kirkham, Walter W. Immerzeel
Summary: The study highlights the importance of understanding snow dynamics in the hydrology of alpine catchments in the Himalaya. It emphasizes the intricate relationship between melt and refreezing on albedo sensitivity, the significance of meltwater refreezing, and the amount of net energy required to overcome the cold content of the snowpack. The results suggest that accurate simulation of mass balance in seasonal snowpacks in Himalayan catchments requires consideration of factors such as refreezing and cold content, going beyond simple temperature index models.
COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Beibei Sheng, Dengfeng Cao, Hongwei Shou, Oyawale Adetunji Moses, Wenjie Xu, Yujian Xia, Yuzhu Zhou, Huijuan Wang, Ping Wan, Shuang Zhu, Wangsheng Chu, Xiaojun Wu, Shuangming Chen, Li Song
Summary: The study reveals that carbon-based support can regulate the phase engineering of catalysts by suppressing specific phase transformations, which enhances catalytic activity. The Co3O4-SWCNT derived from cobalt selenide exhibits outstanding catalytic performance in oxygen evolution reaction and urea oxidation reaction.
Article
Business
Sujith Nair, Medhanie Gaim, Dimo Dimov
Summary: This study proposes a dynamic model for organizing support systems for early-stage startup creation, where scattered ideas evolve into venture concepts. By viewing venturing efforts and opportunities as emergent and drawing on the literature on complexity and organizational space, the defining characteristics for organizing support systems are openness, self-selection, visibility, and connectivity.
ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Andrew M. Badger, Nels Bjarke, Noah P. Molotch, Ben Livneh
Summary: The study shows that a more uniform spatial snowpack distribution leads to an average of 31 days earlier snowmelt and produces less total streamflow, with maximum decreases as large as 7.5%. Snowpack uniformity can reduce total streamflow by as much as 13.2%, primarily due to the impact of solar radiation, driving earlier snowmelt and changes in soil water storage.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Marc Serramia, Maite Lopez-Sanchez, Stefano Moretti, Juan A. Rodriguez-Aguilar
Summary: Decision makers face challenges in comparing and ranking elements based on multiple criteria and personal preferences. This study introduces a new decision-making framework and presents a new method for ranking single elements. It is also proven that the contributions of this study generalize recent results in the field of social choice. The findings are illustrated through a case study on ethical decision-making.
INFORMATION SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Len Broberg
Summary: Research has shown that water availability in western Canada and the United States is dependent on snowpack accumulation in montane regions, which is threatened by climate change-induced higher winter temperatures and more precipitation turning to rain. Understanding the impact of temperature and precipitation on snow water equivalent (SWE) development is crucial for making informed decisions on adapting to climate change in watershed areas.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Luke Reyes, Marc G. Kramer
Summary: The heatwave in June 2021 resulted in record temperatures in the Pacific Northwest, exposing the snowpack to melting. This study found that successive heat extremes lead to rapid snowmelt and pose a threat to seasonal snowpack.
NPJ CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Ilir Kola, Pradeep K. Murukannaiah, Catholijn M. Jonker, M. Birna van Riemsdijk
Summary: Researchers analyze the problem of developing support agents that can perceive social situations and propose a conceptual architecture to achieve this social situation awareness. By conceptualizing social situation awareness as an instantiation of general situation awareness and using situation taxonomies for implementation, support agents are able to better understand a user's social situation and its impact on their behavior.
IEEE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Evi Vinck, Birgit De Bock, Tom Wambecq, Els Liekens, Rosalia Delgado
Summary: A new tool is presented in this work to model the concentration of common pollutants in urban runoff, taking into account surface type, traffic, and building type. The tool also includes a model to evaluate the impact of different sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) types.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Massimo Cafaro, Italo Epicoco, Marco Pulimeno, Emanuele Sansebastiano
Summary: This paper presents a method of simultaneously using three different technologies to provide enhanced support for ship sailing. By fusing the information from a camera, radar/Lidar, and AIS receiver, it is possible to automatically detect surrounding ships and seamarks, determine the distance between the ship and acquired targets, and gather useful information about the surrounding ships. The experimental results are promising, and the authors believe that this simultaneous use of technologies is a step towards fully autonomous ship sailing.
Article
Engineering, Ocean
Scott D. Landolt, Roy M. Rasmussen, Alan J. Hills, Warren Underwood, Charles A. Knight, Albert Jachcik, Andrew Schwartz
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Engineering, Ocean
Scott D. Landolt, Andrew Gaydos, Daniel Porter, Stephanie diVito, Darcy Jacobson, Andrew J. Schwartz, Gregory Thompson, Joshua Lave
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Andrew Schwartz, Hamish McGowan, Nik Callow
Summary: Forests play a crucial role in modulating energy fluxes, snow accumulation, and water resources. Warmer climates and wildfires can have negative impacts on forests and snowpacks.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Andrew Schwartz, Hamish McGowan, Nik Callow
Summary: Forests play a crucial role in controlling snowpack properties and processes by modifying energy balance and micrometeorological conditions. This study found that fire disturbances in forests can significantly impact snowpack dynamics, with increased stem temperatures and greater diurnal temperature variations in snowpack observed in fire-disturbed areas. The research highlights the importance of considering individual tree stem scale effects when assessing the impact of fires on hydrological processes in forested regions.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Hamish McGowan, Kara Borthwick, Andrew Schwartz, John Nik Callow, Shane Bilish, Stuart Browning
Summary: This study presents the first direct observations of the impact of atmospheric river rain-on-snow events on the marginal snowpack of the Australian Alps. The study highlights the rapid snowmelt effect and hydrological response of the region, indicating that such events may accelerate the loss of snow cover in the Australian Alps.
JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Andrew J. Schwartz, Hamish A. McGowan, Alison Theobald, Nik Callow
Article
Agronomy
Andrew J. Schwartz, Hamish McGowan, Nik Callow
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2020)