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Detecting cognitive impairment through an age-friendly serious game: The development and usability of the spatial performance assessment for cognitive evaluation (SPACE)
(2024)Computers in Human BehaviorThe Spatial Performance Assessment for Cognitive Evaluation (SPACE) is a novel iPad serious game designed to identify differences in spatial ability indicative of early signs of cognitive impairment. This paper reports on the development of SPACE and presents the results from three usability studies across different ages. Study 1 compared the traditional tap and swipe control interface with a semiautomated interface. Study 2 investigated ...Journal Article -
Mitigating flood risk and environmental change in show caves: Key challenges in the management of the Las Güixas cave (Pyrenees, Spain)
(2024)Journal of Environmental ManagementA successful management of a show cave requires knowledge of cave dynamics and the main risk factors. Show caves close to the water table are prone to sporadic flooding, which can threaten visitor safety and result in severe economic losses. Las Güixas cave, located in the Collarada Massif (Pyrenees - Spain), is representative of a show cave close to the water table that is exposed to energetic flash floods. We conducted a five-year ...Journal Article -
Iodide based electrochemical gold quantification method for lateral flow assays
(2024)Biosensors and BioelectronicsThe lateral flow assay (LFA) is an ideal technology for at-home medical diagnostic tests due to its ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and rapid results. Despite these advantages, only few LFAs, such as the pregnancy and COVID-19 tests, have been translated from the laboratory to the homes of patients. To date, the medical applicability of LFAs is limited by the fact that they only provide yes/no answers unless combined with optical readers ...Journal Article -
Paving the way for CO2-Plume Geothermal (CPG) systems: A perspective on the CO2 surface equipment
(2024)EnergySubsurface reservoirs play an important role in decarbonizing the energy sector, be it through geothermal energy production or carbon capture and storage. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in CO₂-Plume Geothermal systems, which combine carbon sequestration with geothermal, using CO₂ instead of water as a subsurface heat and pressure energy carrier. Since CO₂-Plume Geothermal systems are added to full-scale CO₂ Capture ...Journal Article -
Well-posedness and inverse problems for semilinear nonlocal wave equations
(2024)Nonlinear AnalysisThis article is devoted to forward and inverse problems associated with time-independent semilinear nonlocal wave equations. We first establish comprehensive well-posedness results for some semilinear nonlocal wave equations. The main challenge is due to the low regularity of the solutions of linear nonlocal wave equations. We then turn to an inverse problem of recovering the nonlinearity of the equation. More precisely, we show that the ...Journal Article -
Coexistence of multi-scale domains in ferroelectric polycrystals with non-uniform grain-size distributions
(2024)MatterEngineering of ferroelectric domain structures enables direct control over the switching dynamics and is crucial for tuning the functional properties of ferroelectrics for various applications, ranging from capacitors to future nanoelectronics. Here, we investigate the domain formation in poly- and single-crystalline improper ferroelectric hexagonal DyMnO3. 3 . We show that a non-uniform grain-size distribution in the polycrystal facilitates ...Journal Article -
Repeated fast selective growth of prepatternable monolayer graphene of electronic quality
(2024)CarbonPattern formation is becoming indispensable in many applications of high-quality synthetic graphene. Nevertheless, the use of multiple lithography and etching steps can often degrade the properties of graphene due to residual disorder. Here, we report a facile, selective, and recyclable method for graphene synthesis from acetylene (C2H2) via catalytic chemical vapor deposition on a bimetal catalyst (Cu–Ni alloy). The synergistic pairing ...Journal Article -
Machine learning models for the elastic-critical buckling moment of sinusoidal corrugated web beam
(2024)Results in EngineeringThe torsional stiffness of I-beams with sinusoidal corrugated web is higher than that of flat web beams and the accuracy of the available hand-calculation methods to determine the elastic critical lateral-torsional buckling moment depends on the geometrical parameters of the beam and the web corrugation. This study proposes different machine learning models to determine the elastic lateral-torsional buckling moments of corrugated web ...Journal Article -
Robust scheduling of integrated electricity and gas systems: A cost and flexibility assessment
(2024)International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy SystemsGas-fired generators and power-to-gas units support the deployment of variable renewable energy in integrated electricity and gas systems (IEGS) by absorbing the fluctuations in electricity generation and demand. The economical and secure operation of IEGSs with high variable renewable energy penetration requires coordinated uncertainty-aware decision support. This paper proposes an adaptive robust optimization for IEGS scheduling, which ...Journal Article -
CFD simulation of the wind flow under lift-up buildings using a porous approach
(2024)Building and EnvironmentModeling the urban climate using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is essential for assessing urban thermal comfort and developing heat wave mitigation solutions. One mitigation strategy may rely on the enhancement of urban ventilation and the use of porous urban environments, as the lift-up, or on pilotis, buildings. Lift-up buildings have their ground floor in whole or in part supported by columns and shear walls, allowing wind flow ...Journal Article