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Automated Online Flow Cytometry Advances Microalgal Ecosystem Management as in situ, High-Temporal Resolution Monitoring Tool
(2022)Frontiers Research Topics ~ Advanced Technologies and Perspectives on Sustainable Microalgae ProductionBook Chapter -
China-Russia Cooperation in Nuclear Deterrence
(2022)Russia-China RelationsNuclear issues have historically played an important role in the development of relations between Moscow and Beijing, acting as a source of both potential discord and emergent cooperation. Cooperation by China and Russia to strengthen their respective nuclear deterrents is already an important factor in international security and could grow in importance over time. CSS' Brian Carlson's book chapter assesses actual China-Russia cooperation ...Book Chapter -
Fish Guidance Structures with Narrow Bar Spacing: Physical Barriers
(2022)Novel Developments for Sustainable HydropowerBook Chapter -
Limits and Strengths of Tree-Ring Stable Isotopes
(2022)Tree Physiology ~ Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings: Inferring Physiological, Climatic and Environmental ResponsesThis chapter aims at summarizing strengths and caveats on the suitability of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in tree rings as recorders for fingerprints of environmental influences. First, environmental constraints limiting tree growth and shaping tree species distribution worldwide are discussed. Second, examples are presented for environmental conditions under which tree-ring isotopes record environmental signals particularly well, ...Book Chapter -
Skeleton-Based Clustering by Quasi-Threshold Editing
(2022)Lecture Notes in Computer Science ~ Algorithms for Big DataWe consider the problem of transforming a given graph into a quasi-threshold graph using a minimum number of edge additions and deletions. Building on the previously proposed heuristic Quasi-Threshold Mover (QTM), we present improvements both in terms of running time and quality. We propose a novel, linear-time algorithm that solves the inclusion-minimal variant of this problem, i.e., a set of edge edits such that no subset of them also ...Book Chapter -
Geographies of Aging. Hidden Dimensions of Care in Stockholm, Vienna, and Zurich
(2022)Care and the City: Encounters with Urban StudiesCare and the City is a cross-disciplinary collection of chapters examining urban social spaces, in which caring and uncaring practices intersect and shape people’s everyday lives. While asking how care and uncare are embedded in the urban condition, the book focuses on inequalities in caring relations and the ways they are acknowledged, reproduced, and overcome in various spaces, discourses, and practices. This book provides a pathway ...Book Chapter -
Powering and Fabrication of Small-Scale Robotics Systems
(2021)Current Robotics Reports ~ Topical Collection on Nanorobotics and MicroroboticsPurpose of Review The increasing number of contributions in the field of small-scale robotics is significantly associated with the progress in material science and process engineering during the last half century. With the objective of integrating the most optimal materials for the propulsion of these motile micro- and nanosystems, several manufacturing strategies have been adopted or specifically developed. This brief review covers some ...Book Chapter -
Preface: Transitioning to no poverty by 2030
(2021)Transitioning to Sustainability ~ Transitioning to No PovertyThe first sustainable development goal (SDG 1) is “to end poverty in all its forms everywhere and for all”, which seems to be non-negotiable for the “world we want”, which would provide minimum living standards for all global citizens. However, the question remains: is this goal feasible, especially given the set-backs in the fight against poverty and the unequal access to health resources that we have observed in 2020 and 2021? If yes, ...Book Chapter -
A Safety Net for You, A Safety Net for Me? Donor Promotion of Social Protection Schemes Faces Policy Coherence Issues
(2021)Transitioning to Sustainability ~ Transitioning to No PovertySocial protection schemes are effective instruments to fight poverty in “normal” times. During crises, they are even more important to prevent people from falling into poverty, as the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated. Developing countries have long struggled to generate sufficient tax revenue to fund the social programs and investments needed to protect their populations. In recent years the donor community has increasingly converged ...Book Chapter -
Rhetorical Entrapment in EU-Turkey Relations
(2021)EU-Turkey Relations: Theories, Institutions and PoliciesThis chapter describes and applies the rhetorical action approach to EU–Turkey relations. Generally, rhetorical entrapment denotes the mechanism by which actors are compelled to act in conformance with their prior argumentative commitments. In the context of EU enlargement, member states have committed themselves to enlargement norms and promises in line with the fundamental purpose and values of the EU (such as pan-European community ...Book Chapter