Enhancing Smart Grids for Sustainable Energy Transition and Emission Reduction with Advanced Forecasting Techniques by Farah Rania, Farou Brahim, Kouahla Zineddine and Seridi Hamid

“…However, existing smart grids only integrate renewable energies when it comes to active demand management without taking into consideration the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Will decarbonising buildings be enough? Constrain and redistribute growth in floor area by David Ness

“…In reviewing growth projections, and employing creative systems thinking and ‘innovability’, the essay introduces the role of ‘sufficiency’ in avoiding, reducing and prioritising demand in the built environment, coupled with novel ways of meeting service needs enabled by digitalisation. …”
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On Nonlinear Simulation Methods and Tools for Evaluating the Performance of Ships and Offshore Structures in Waves by Shukui Liu, Apostolos Papanikolaou

“…This capability supports the increased demand of this type of tools for the proper selection of engine/propulsion systems accounting for ship’s performance in realistic sea conditions, or when optimizing ship’s sailing route for minimum fuel consumption and toxic gas emissions.…”
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VOLUNTEERING IN RUSSIAN REGIONS: SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES, PROBLEMS OF REALIZATION AND ITS SOLUTION by T. I. Filippova, E. I. Khachikyan, I. I. Patsakula, I. V. Ivanona

“…Volunteering, as a relatively new form of manifesting social activity, but in demand in society, requires a comprehensive study. …”
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Update on Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) and New Implants by Lívia M. Brandão, Matthias C. Grieshaber

“…There is an increasing demand for safer glaucoma surgery offering patients a timely surgical solution in reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) and improving their quality of life. …”
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Short-Sampled Blind Source Separation of Rotating Machinery Signals Based on Spectrum Correction by Xiangdong Huang, Xukang Jin, Haipeng Fu

“…Nowadays, the existing blind source separation (BSS) algorithms in rotating machinery fault diagnosis can hardly meet the demand of fast response, high stability, and low complexity simultaneously. …”
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Two-Stage Robust Counterpart Model for Humanitarian Logistics Management by Feng Yang

“…In addition, due to the randomness of emergency occurrence and uncertainty of demand, the TS-SCC model is further transformed into the two-stage robust counterpart (TS-RC) model. …”
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Crop Management Practices and Labor Inputs for Hop Production in Florida by Shinsuke Agehara, Mariel Gallardo, Aleyda Acosta-Rangel, Zhanao Deng, Jack Rechcigl, Tianyuan Luo, Qi Qiu

“… The booming craft beer industry, rising prices of hops, and demand for locally-produced ingredients have recently increased interest in local hop production among growers and brewers. …”
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How the EU’s Eastern Enlargement Changed the German Productive Model. The Case of the Automotive industry by Martin Krzywdzinski

“…These demands, however, did not go as far as to break the governance compromises in the German automotive industry. …”
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Reduced Order Modeling for Direct Time-Response Analysis Using the Enhanced Craig–Bampton Method by Seung-Hwan Boo, Cheolgyu Hyun, San Kim, Chaemin Lee

“…The increasing demand for dynamic analysis of large-scale structural systems has highlighted the need for efficient model reduction methods. …”
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Second Screen Engagement of Event Spectators by Tomas Cerny, Michael Jeff Donahoo

“…An effective means of engaging spectators at live events involves providing real-time information from a variety of sources. Consumers demand personalized experience; thus, a single channel perspective fails. …”
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Development of Single-Longitudinal-Mode Selection Technology for Solid-State Lasers by Xuanpu Zhang, Zhihan Wang, Shi Liu, Siyu Gou, Rong Fan, Duo Jin, Zhenao Bai, Zhenxu Bai

“…Lasers with narrow linewidths and single frequencies are widely used in fields such as radar detection, nonlinear optics, and precision measurements. The demand for such lasers has promoted the rapid development of single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) selection technology. …”
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Field Tests' Study of Deviation Correction of Building near Excavation by Xi Peng, Ningxin Yang, Mi Zhou

“…The results show that this new technique for the deviation rectification of building works very well to uplift the whole building to reach the destination position (maximum uplift = 9.71 cm) and meets the requirement of design demand, without negative effect on the adjacent excavation reported.…”
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User Access Control and Authentication System for VoIP Service in Mobile Communication Environments by Ho-Kyung Yang, Jeong-Kyung Moon, Cheol-Rim Choi, Hwang-Bin Ryou

“…As a result, it is less expensive than the ordinary telephone network and has excellent scalability. With the increasing demand for VoIP services, problems are also occurring, namely, security vulnerabilities and degraded service quality. …”
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Understanding public views on electric vehicle charging: A thematic analysis by Colin Ashby, David Weir, Peter Fussey

“…Strong interest and positive sentiment exists around charging technologies and public infrastructure deployment, indicating hope for the future of EV adoption and public deployment meeting demand. Negative opinion exists around blocked and broken chargers, the impact of cold climate, EV ”subsidies” and since 2020 a weakening of the economic argument for EVs. …”
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Sustainable energy technologies for emerging renewable energy and electric vehicles by Surender Reddy Salkuti

“…With the recent advances in power generation technologies, the fluctuations in generation and electrical demand are common in hybrid power systems. This special issue was aimed at addressing the economic challenge of integrating RESs, ES, and EVs to improve the resilience and flexibility of grid operations. …”
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Adaptive Time-Stepping Using Control Theory for the Chemical Langevin Equation by Silvana Ilie, Monjur Morshed

“…Consequently, there is a demand for efficient and accurate numerical methods to approximate the solution of these models. …”
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Le gouvernement chinois peut-il réorienter le régime d’accumulation ? Une analyse au prisme des transformations du rapport salarial by Clément Séhier

“…The Chinese leaders are convinced of the need to rebalance the economy by prompting domestic demand. The assertion of the social role of the State since the 2000s is part of this objective and has two aims: to reduce the contradictions of the current accumulation regime and to contain the risks of social instability by limiting the social risks stemming from the rise of market mechanisms. …”
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ILLEGAL ABORTION IN INDONESIAN MEDIA: A CONTENT ANALYSIS by Susiati Susiati, Wening Udasmoro, Nur Saktiningrum

“…This research also reveals the fact that the high demand of the Indonesian people for an illegal abortion service is at least triggered by two things, the legal system, and social norms applied in Indonesia. …”
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Modern functioning aspects of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications by O. B. Anikin, D. D. Mishchenko

“…The study resulted the identification of such innovations as SWIFT gpi, SWIFT Go, gpi Tracker and others, which indicates the constant updating, development of the system, that adapts to the changing consumer demand. The findings highlight the global role of the SWIFT system in transnational payments and economic impact.…”
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