Developing airport management practices towards net zero emissions: Experiences from the Australian aviation industry by Manori Dissanayaka, Tim Ryley, Bojana Spasojevic, Savindi Caldera

“…After reviewing environmental policies and reports from eight major airports and conducting in-depth interviews with 18 sustainable aviation experts, five key strategies are proposed: 1) Collaborating data-sharing among stakeholders, including airport operators, ground handlers, airlines and air traffic controllers; 2) Evaluating emissions from aircraft ground idling delays; 3) Advancing in the Airport Carbon Accreditation program; 4) Assessing air pollutant emissions directly emitted from airport sources; 5) Maintaining an air pollutant emissions inventory. …”
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Loading-Rate Dependence of Rocks in Postfailure Region under Triaxial Compression by Yang Tang, Seisuke Okubo, Jiang Xu, Hailong Zhang, Shoujian Peng

“…To study the loading-rate dependence of four types of rocks in the peak and postfailure regions, the alternative strain rate test method is employed in conducting triaxial compressive tests under different confining pressure and moisture conditions. …”
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Driver Takeover Performance Prediction Based on LSTM-BiLSTM-ATTENTION Model by Lijie Chen, Daofei Li, Tao Wang, Jun Chen, Quan Yuan

“…By building a takeover scenario and conducting experiments in the driving simulation experimental platform under the human–machine co-driving environment, the relevant state indicators in the 15 s per second before the takeover request is sent are extracted from three perspectives, namely, driver state, traffic environment, and personal attributes, as model inputs, and the level of takeover performance was labeled; the hybrid LSTM-BiLSTM-ATTENTION algorithm is used to construct a driver takeover performance prediction model and compare it with other five algorithms. …”
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Curbing the trade in pangolin scales in China by revealing the characteristics of the illegal trade network by Fei Xi, Xiaoran Chao, Shibao Wu, Fuhua Zhang

“…Abstract Globally, pangolins are the most heavily trafficked mammals and China is one of the main destinations for their scales and meat. Conducting separate studies on the characteristics of the illegal trade in pangolin meat and in scales in China will provide a basis for devising more targeted protection strategies and actions. …”
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Effect of extraction method on antioxidant activity and phytochemical content of purple okra extract supplements by Ni’maturrohmi Miftahul, Damayanthi Evy, Rimbawan Rimbawan

“…Future research is expected to optimize extraction methods, exploring solvent combinations, conducting in vivo studies on the therapeutic potential of purple okra, and examining its molecular mechanisms.…”
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Model Test Study on Overburden Failure and Fracture Evolution Characteristics of Deep Stope with Variable Length by Xinfeng Wang, Youyu Wei, Heyong Yuan, Yiying Zhang, Qiao Zhang, Wengang Liu

“…The development height of water conducting fracture zone of the reverse knife handle working face with the inclined length changing from large to small is slightly larger, the degree of overburden damage is high, and the fracture development is relatively sufficient.…”
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A moisture differential technique for extraction and maintenance of imported fire ant colonies under laboratory conditions by Farhan Mahmood Shah, Ikhlas A. Khan, Abbas Ali

“…Maintenance of laboratory colonies consisting of all life stages in plastic bottles using this new method mimics the field populations that are required to conduct behavioral bioassays.…”
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Defining the Optimal Level of Pressure Fluctuations at Pressure Control Management Strategy for Reducing Water Losses in Water Networks by Talha İbrahim Arduçoğlu, Furkan Boztaş, Mahmut Fırat

“…Leaks are directly related to pressure, and many public institutions and researchers are conducting management studies on pressure parameters. …”
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Testing the influence of spectral resolution for binary change detection accuracies using simulated multispectral bands resampled from hyperspectral data by Nugraha Wahyu Ananta, Damarjati Safri, Arjasakusuma Sanjiwana

“…Our study aims to test this premise by conducting the binary change detection analysis at different spectral resolution in Central Java Province. …”
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The thermoelectric conversion efficiency problem: Insights from the electron gas thermodynamics close to a phase transition by I. Khomchenko, A. Ryzhov, F. Maculewicz, F. Kurth, R. Hühne, A. Golombek, M. Schleberger, C. Goupil, Ph. Lecoeur, A. Böhmer, G. Benenti, G. Schierning, H. Ouerdane

“…The detrimental effects of lattice phonons on performance can be mitigated, but achieving a high thermoelectric power factor remains a major problem because the Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity cannot be jointly increased. The conducting electron gas in thermoelectric materials is the actual working fluid that performs the energy conversion, so its properties determine the maximum efficiency that can theoretically be achieved. …”
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Application of One-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model in Water Storage at the End of Flood Seasons for Changzhou Reservoir by LIAO Xiaolong, ZHONG Yixuan, HOU Guibing, JIN Gaoyang

“…Scientific selection of the timing and time for pre-discharge is one of the key techniques and decision bases necessary for conducting reservoir pre-storage at the end of flood seasons.For channel reservoirs,the water level decline in the reservoir area usually lags behind that at the dam sites,which must be fully considered to avoid the submerging loss of the reservoir area and the increase in flood risks for downstream areas due to untimely pre-discharge.In this research,with the mainstream of Xijiang River,Changzhou hydro-junction,as the research object,a one-dimensional hydrodynamic model is built on the basis of the measured data of river sections in the Changzhou reservoir area to study the effects of water storage at the end of flood seasons.The model parameters are calibrated and validated using observed flood data.The results reveal that pre-discharge should be executed for the Changzhou reservoir to the water level of 18.6 m when the inflow forecast within 3 d exceeds 11 800 m³/s,and a rising water regime is expected.It takes 2.6 d,3.2 d,and 3.7 d for the pool level to be lowered to 18.6 m from 19.6 m,20.1 m,and 20.6 m,respectively,which is about 1.3~2.3 d earlier than the time needed for the reservoir water level to lower to the corresponding water levels.The study provides a useful technical reference for the optimization of water storage at the end of flood seasons in the Changzhou hydro-junction and also lays a scientific foundation for determining the pre-discharge timing and time of channel reservoirs.…”
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Simulating the air quality impact of prescribed fires using graph neural network-based PM2.5 forecasts by Kyleen Liao, Jatan Buch, Kara D. Lamb, Pierre Gentine

“…This framework determines that March is the optimal month for implementing prescribed fires in California and quantifies the potential air quality trade-offs involved in conducting more prescribed fires outside the peak of the fire season.…”
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A Flexible Framework Integrating Digital and Social Competences in Vocational Education Across Diverse Contexts by María José Hernández-Serrano, Joe Cullen, Barbara Jones, Noelia Morales Romo

“…It was piloted in five countries (UK, Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Spain) to provide a flexible, and needs-based competence framework for VET teachers working with vulnerable learners. After conducting a literature review and a needs assessment of VET teachers and learners, a flexible three-domain framework is presented, with pathways and training methods that account for the so-called poly-contextual skills that combine digital and social skills. …”
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Applying VOSviewer in a bibliometric review on English language teacher education research: an analysis of narratives, networks and numbers by Qingyan Liu, Nor Liza Ali, Huan Yik Lee

“…To achieve this aim, this paper provides an overview of academic research, by conducting a bibliometric review on English language teacher education between 1946 and 2022. …”
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Large Language Models as Evaluators in Education: Verification of Feedback Consistency and Accuracy by Hyein Seo, Taewook Hwang, Jeesu Jung, Hyeonseok Kang, Hyuk Namgoong, Yohan Lee, Sangkeun Jung

“…This study aimed to verify the consistency and reliability of LLMs as evaluators by conducting automated evaluations using various LLMs based on five educational evaluation criteria. …”
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MILITARY RULE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM: THE GAMBIA’S EXPERIENCE OF COMBINING THE INCOMPATIBLES UNDER THE AFPRC/ APRC ADMINISTRATIONS (1994-2017) by ABOUBACAR ABDULLAH SENGHORE

“…The article submitted that there is a marked difference between civil and military leaders in their leadership and management styles in conducting the affairs of the nation. Military rule is autocratic in nature whilst civilian rule is consultative in nature and humanely rational in approach. …”
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Navigating Privacy: A Global Comparative Analysis of Data Protection Laws by Sungjin Lim, Junhyoung Oh

“…This study fills this gap by conducting a comparative analysis of privacy information protection acts in five major regions: the European Union (EU), the United States (focusing on California), China, Japan, and South Korea. …”
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Combined Online-Discussion as a Tool for Formation of Future Engineers’ Reflexion under Conditions of Education Digitalization. by S. A. Mikheev

“…The methodological peculiarities (combination of online discussions with classroom training; stage-role differentiation of online discussions (structuring) on the basis of a scenario plan; use of a facilitation model with partially symmetric interaction of online discussions participants; conducting online discussions in microgroups of 4-6 hours) were identified and the mechanisms of their influence on the effectiveness of combined online discussions in the formation of future engineers’ reflexion were described. …”
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Reviewers’ views on the editorial review processes of the Canadian Medical Education Journal by Larisa Lotoski, Jennifer O’Brien, Marcel F D’Eon

“… Background: Peer review is an integral part of the scientific process, ongoing efforts are needed to improve this process for both the reviewer and the scientific journal conducting peer review. This work describes the Canadian Medical Education Journal (CMEJ) peer reviewers’ experiences in accepting or declining invitations to review. …”
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Renewable energy and the role of molten salts and carbon by Fray D.

“…Recently, dimensionally stable anodes have been developed for molten salt electrolytes, based upon alkali or alkaline ruthenates which are highly electronically conducting and these may allow the concept of high temperature batteries to be developed in which an alkali or alkaline earth element reacts with air to form oxides when the battery is discharging and the oxide decomposes when the battery is being recharged. …”
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