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A critical evaluation of parametric models for predicting faecal indicator bacteria concentrations in greywater
(2024)Microbial Risk AnalysisGreywater reuse is a strategy to address water scarcity, necessitating the selection of treatment processes that balance cost-efficiency and human health risks. A key aspect in evaluating these risks is understanding pathogen contamination levels in greywater, a complex task due to intermittent pathogen occurrences. To address this, faecal indicator organisms like E. coli are often monitored as proxies to evaluate faecal contamination ...Review Article -
The role of midstream actors in advancing the sustainability of agri-food supply chains
(2024)Nature SustainabilityGlobal food supply chains remain critical drivers of ecosystem degradation and social injustices. In this Perspective we invite policymakers, civil society actors, businesses and researchers to direct attention to the middle of global supply chains, where various actors-referred to as 'midstream actors'-operate between agricultural commodity producers and manufacturers of food products. We highlight the power of this less visible segment ...Review Article -
Knowledge engineering for wind energy
(2024)Wind Energy ScienceWith the rapid evolution of the wind energy sector, there is an ever-increasing need to create value from the vast amounts of data made available both from within the domain and from other sectors. This article addresses the challenges faced by wind energy domain experts in converting data into domain knowledge, connecting and integrating them with other sources of knowledge, and making them available for use in next-generation artificial ...Review Article -
Inteins: A Swiss army knife for synthetic biology
(2024)Biotechnology AdvancesInteins are proteins found in nature that execute protein splicing. Among them, split inteins stand out for their versatility and adaptability, presenting creative solutions for addressing intricate challenges in various biological applications. Their exquisite attributes, including compactness, reliability, orthogonality, low toxicity, and irreversibility, make them of interest to various fields including synthetic biology, biotechnology ...Review Article -
Using ancient sedimentary DNA to forecast ecosystem trajectories under climate change
(2024)Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesEcosystem response to climate change is complex. In order to forecast ecosystem dynamics, we need high-quality data on changes in past species abundance that can inform process-based models. Sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) has revolutionised our ability to document past ecosystems’ dynamics. It provides time series of increased taxonomic resolution compared to microfossils (pollen, spores), and can often give species-level information, ...Review Article -
The circular economy of water across the six continents
(2024)Chemical Society ReviewsWater is our most valuable and precious resource, yet it is only available in a limited amount. Sustainable use of water can therefore only operate in a circular way; nonetheless, still today depletion of water resources proceeds at an accelerated pace. Here, we quantitatively assess the water circular economy and the status of water management across 132 countries distributed over six continents by introducing the water circular economy ...Review Article -
The Enigma of Methanol Synthesis by Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃-Based Catalysts
(2024)Chemical ReviewsThe activity and durability of the Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ (CZA) catalyst formulation for methanol synthesis from CO/CO₂/H₂ feeds far exceed the sum of its individual components. As such, this ternary catalytic system is a prime example of synergy in catalysis, one that has been employed for the large scale commercial production of methanol since its inception in the mid 1960s with precious little alteration to its original formulation. Methanol is ...Review Article -
Bottom-up perspective - The role of roots and rhizosphere in climate change adaptation and mitigation in agroecosystems
(2024)Plant and SoilBackground and Aims Climate change is happening and causing severe impact on the sustainability of agroecosystems. We argue that many of the abiotic stresses associated with climate change will be most acutely perceived by the plant at the root-soil interface and are likely to be mitigated at this globally important interface. In this review we will focus on the direct impacts of climate change, temperature, drought and pCO2, on roots ...Review Article -
Harmonized quality assurance/quality control provisions to assess completeness and robustness of MS1 data preprocessing for LC-HRMS-based suspect screening and non-targeted analysis
(2024)TrAC - Trends in Analytical ChemistryNon-targeted and suspect screening analysis using liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) holds great promise to comprehensively characterize complex chemical mixtures. Data preprocessing is a crucial part of the process, however, some limitations are observed: (i) peak-picking and feature extraction might be incomplete, especially for low abundant compounds, and (ii) limited reproducibility has been ...Review Article -
Resilient forests need joint forces for better inventorying and monitoring
(2024)Forest Ecology and ManagementForests are increasingly affected by global change. Building resilient forests requires – amongst others - leveraging the wealth of knowledge from existing ground-based, field inventory and monitoring programs as well as Earth Observation systems to better assess the status, detect changes, understand processes, predict future dynamics, and guide forest management. A proposal from the European Commission for a new forest monitoring framework ...Review Article -
Tamm review: Drought-induced Scots pine mortality – trends, contributing factors, and mechanisms
(2024)Forest Ecology and ManagementA recent increase in the intensity and frequency of climate extremes under global warming is likely to continue to cause unprecedented rates of forest dieback in different habitats around the world. As one of the most widely distributed tree species, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) has experienced widespread mortality over the past two decades and many of those forests transitioned to broadleaved dominance inducing massive changes in ...Review Article -
Ensemble of surrogates in black-box-type engineering optimization: Recent advances and applications
(2024)Expert Systems with ApplicationsDue to its high efficiency, surrogate models have been extensively used in black -box -type engineering optimization problems. However, due to the nature of black -box functions, it is difficult to decide which surrogate model is the best for a given problem. In addition, it is difficult to accurately estimate the prediction accuracy of a surrogate on an expensive black -box function in advance. Because we cannot use many real expensive ...Review Article -
The Future of Chemical Sciences is Sustainable
(2024)Angewandte Chemie. International EditionChemistry, a vital tool for sustainable development, faces a challenge due to the lack of clear guidance on actionable steps, hindering the optimal adoption of sustainability practices across its diverse facets from discovery to implementation. This Scientific Perspective explores established frameworks and principles, proposing a conciliated set of triple E priorities anchored on Environmental, Economic, and Equity pillars for research ...Review Article -
Possible Effects of Volcanic Eruptions on the Modern Atmosphere of Venus
(2024)Space Science ReviewsThis work reviews possible signatures and potential detectability of present-day volcanically emitted material in the atmosphere of Venus. We first discuss the expected composition of volcanic gases at present time, addressing how this is related to mantle composition and atmospheric pressure. Sulfur dioxide, often used as a marker of volcanic activity in Earth's atmosphere, has been observed since late 1970s to exhibit variability at the ...Review Article -
Packaging and containerization of computational methods
(2024)Nature ProtocolsMethods for analyzing the full complement of a biomolecule type, e.g., proteomics or metabolomics, generate large amounts of complex data. The software tools used to analyze omics data have reshaped the landscape of modern biology and become an essential component of biomedical research. These tools are themselves quite complex and often require the installation of other supporting software, libraries and/or databases. A researcher may ...Review Article -
Emergent Properties in Chemistry - Relating Molecular Properties to Bulk Behavior
(2024)Chemistry - A European JournalCertain properties of an object only emerge when a sufficient number of those objects are present in a definite arrangement. For example, one or two water molecules cannot said to be in a liquid state, but a drop of water can be. This concept of emergence has been studied extensively, but only occasionally discussed explicitly in the context of chemistry. In this paper, we aim to show the fruitfulness of the concept of emergence for ...Review Article -
Scan-less 3D microscopy based on spatiotemporal encoding on a single-cavity dual-comb laser
(2024)Optics LettersDual-comb microscopy enables high-speed and high-precision optical sampling by simultaneously extracting both amplitude and phase information from the interference signals with frequency division multiplexing. In this Letter, we introduce a spatiotemporal encoding approach for dual-comb microscopy that overcomes previous limitations such as mechanical scanning, low sampling efficiency, and system complexity. By employing free-space ...Review Article -
Design and Development of Transient Sensing Devices for Healthcare Applications
(2024)Advanced ScienceWith the ever-growing requirements in the healthcare sector aimed at personalized diagnostics and treatment, continuous and real-time monitoring of relevant parameters is gaining significant traction. In many applications, health status monitoring may be carried out by dedicated wearable or implantable sensing devices only within a defined period and followed by sensor removal without additional risks for the patient. At the same time, ...Review Article -
How does national SOC monitoring on agricultural soils align with the EU strategies? An example using five case studies
(2024)European Journal of Soil ScienceSoil functioning contributes to the delivery of a vast range of ecosystem goods and services, and ecosystem health is therefore reflected by the capacity of the soil to perform underlying functions. Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a key indicator for soil quality as it is an integral driver of many soil functions and associated ecosystem services. Across the globe, SOC stocks are declining due to expanding agriculture and unsustainable ...Review Article -
Photocatalytic Upcycling and Depolymerization of Vinyl Polymers
(2024)Angewandte Chemie. International EditionPhotocatalytic upcycling and depolymerization of vinyl polymers have emerged as promising strategies to combat plastic pollution and promote a circular economy. This mini review critically summarizes current developments in the upcycling and degradation of vinyl polymers including polystyrene and poly(meth)acrylates. Of these material classes, polymethacrylates possess the unique possibility to undergo a photocatalytic depolymerization ...Review Article