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International organisations and the global governance of AI in health
(2024)Research Handbooks in Health and Medical Law ~ Research Handbook on Health, AI and the LawBook Chapter -
Current applications using key mineral phases in igneous and metamorphic geology: perspectives for the future
(2024)Geological Society, London, Special Publications ~ Minor Minerals, Major Implications: Using Key Mineral Phases to Unravel the Formation and Evolution of Earth's CrustThe study of magmatic and metamorphic processes is challenged by geological complexities like geochemical variations, geochronological uncertainties and the presence/absence of fluids and/or melts. However, by integrating petrographic and microstructural studies with geochronology, geochemistry and phase equilibrium diagram investigations of different key mineral phases, it is possible to reconstruct insightful pressure–temperature–defo ...Book Chapter -
Impacts of partially connected and automated vehicles on traffic flow and energy based on worldwide experimental observations in motorway driving
(2024)Transport and Sustainability ~ Sustainable Automated and Connected TransportRoad transport networks might face the most significant transformation in the following decades, mostly due to the anticipated introduction of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs). The introduction of connectivity and automation will be realised gradually. There are distinctive levels of automation starting from single-dimension automated functionalities, such as regulating the vehicle’s longitudinal behaviour via Adaptive Cruise Control ...Book Chapter -
De Morgan’s De Morgan’s Laws Duality in the Emergence of Formal Logic
(2024)Science Networks. Historical Studies ~ Duality in 19th and 20th Century Mathematical ThinkingThis paper analyzes the conceptual genesis of De Morgan's laws in the early work of Augustus De Morgan in order to contribute to the historical and philosophical study of duality in logic and its role in the emergence of our current conception of propositional logic. After an exposition of the original statements of his famous laws, the article presents De Morgan's reconstruction of the received syllogistic framework in the the beginning ...Book Chapter -
Analytical methods for online data quality assessment
(2024)Metadata Collection and Organization in Wastewater Treatment and Wastewater Resource Recovery Systems ~ Metadata Collection and Organization in Wastewater Treatment and Wastewater Resource Recovery SystemsThis chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the main steps for algorithmic sensor signal quality assessment, which can enhance the decision-making process for water resource recovery facility (WRRF) operation and optimization. It introduces the concept of redundancy as the basis for data quality assessment. It also explains the typical data processing pipeline, which consists of preliminary analysis, data pre-processing, and specific ...Book Chapter -
Sich zu Ende erzählen. Suizidalität und Selbstwahrnehmung
(2024)Kritik(en) des LeidensBook Chapter -
Giedion and America
(2024)Sigfried Giedion (1888–1968), one of the main protagonists of the architectural avant-garde in Europe, paradoxically achieved this reputation in America, far from his homeland. Nearly all of Giedion’s books written after his initial stay at Harvard University were published in English long before they became available in his native German. Reto Geiser sheds new light on Giedion’s life and reassesses his work through the lens of cultural ...Monograph -
Processes in soil and plants
(2024)2053-2563 ~ Neutron ImagingWater and its interaction in nature is essential to life. Water is also a high contrast medium for neutrons which makes the liquid ideal for studies of flow and solute in soil and plants. Initial research targeted the understanding of water flow in heterogenous porous media. These studies evolved into comprehensive studies of soil-plant interactions where water uptake and evaporation processes. These investigations focus on quantifying ...Book Chapter -
Neutron imaging and wood
(2024)2053-2563 ~ Neutron ImagingThis chapter provides an overview on the potential of neutron imaging for the investigation of wood and wood based materials. Wood is a hygroscopic material and most of its properties are related to small changes in the wood moisture content. The chapter shows exemplarily how the high sensitivity of neutrons for hydrogen and hence moisture content can be used to quantify and localise smallest changes of the wood moisture content, hence ...Book Chapter -
Dietary Change and Global Sustainable Development Goals
(2024)Frontiers Research Topics ~ How to Achieve a Planetary Health Diet Through System and Paradigm Change?Food production for human consumption is a leading cause of environmental damage in the world and yet over two billion people suffer from malnutrition. Several studies have presented evidence that changes in dietary patterns across the world can lead to win-win outcomes for environmental and social sustainability and can complement ongoing technological and policy efforts to improve the efficiency of agricultural production. However, the ...Book Chapter