Life Cycle Analysis in the Context of Smart Cities by Berville Charles, Croitoru Cristiana, Bode Florin

“…Key benefits of smart cities include improved energy efficiency through smart grids and energy-efficient buildings, reduced emissions from smart transportation and electric vehicles, optimized water and waste management and data-driven urban planning. …”
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High-Accurate Numerical Schemes for Black–Scholes Models with Sensitivity Analysis by Samir Kumar Bhowmik, Jakobin Alam Khan

“…Thus, an urge for a high accurate numerical scheme that needs fewer grids/nodes is huge. In this study, we aim to approximate and analyze the models using two such higher-order schemes. …”
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Climate Change Indicators and Spatiotemporal Shift in Monsoon Patterns in Pakistan by Fasiha Safdar, Muhammad Fahim Khokhar, Muhammad Arshad, Iftikhar Hussain Adil

“…This study is primarily designed to analyse the extent of rainfall and temperature variations in Pakistan over the northern monsoon belt by using satellite and ground-based observations. The satellite gridded data for rainfall are acquired from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) along with rainfall and temperature data from 15 ground stations of Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). …”
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A Novel Scheme to Minimize Hop Count for GAF in Wireless Sensor Networks: Two-Level GAF by Vaibhav Soni, Dheeresh K. Mallick

“…Furthermore, we use a generalized version of GAF called Diagonal-GAF (DGAF) where two diagonal adjacent grids can also directly communicate. It has an advantage of less overhead of coordinator election based on the residual energy of sensors. …”
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The Target Recovery Strategy for Preventing Avalanche Breakdown on Interdependent Community Networks by Kai Gong, Yu Huang, Xiao-long Chen, Qing Li, Ming Tang

“…Many real infrastructure systems such as power grids and communication networks across cities not only depend on each other but also have community structures. …”
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Trend and evolution in muti-microgrid systems: A bibliometric analysis and literature review by Nishant Thakkar, Deepa Kaliyaperumal, V. Ravikumar Pandi

“…This study uniquely conducts a bibliometric analysis of MMG systems, addressing a critical gap in existing literature, which predominantly focuses on microgrids and smart grids. Using the PRISMA technique, 2,011 documents from the SCOPUS database (2008–2024) were systematically reviewed and analyzed. …”
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Le bleu du front de mer by Éric Foulquier, Alice Ferrari

“…To objectify this atrophied relationship, this contribution proposes a colorimetric analysis of the seascape as seen from the height of a passer-by strolling along the seafront, based on a panoramic photographic inventory. The photographs are gridded and from them colorimetric values are extracted using three distinct methods: dominant value, average value and sensitivity analysis. …”
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South American Climatology and Impacts of El Niño in NCEP’s CFSR Data by Timothy Paul Eichler, Ana C. Londoño

“…Until recently, the best methods for evaluating regional climate variability were via observation networks and coarse-gridded reanalysis datasets. However, the recent development of high-resolution reanalysis datasets offers an opportunity to better evaluate the climatologically diverse continent of South America. …”
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An Improved Form of 2D SPH Method for Modeling the Excavation Damage of Tunnels Containing Random Fissures by Xuhua Ren, Shuyang Yu, Jixun Zhang, Haijun Wang, Zhaohua Sun

“…With the increase of fissure numbers and lengths, the tunnel tends to be instable. (4) The IKSPH method gets free from traditional grids in FEM, which can dynamically reflect the fracture processes of tunnel excavation. …”
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Damage Detection and Localization from Dense Network of Strain Sensors by Simon Laflamme, Liang Cao, Eleni Chatzi, Filippo Ubertini

“…Finally, simulation with reconstruction of measurements from missing or malfunctioning sensors using the concepts of virtual sensors and Kriging demonstrates the robustness of the proposed condition assessment methodology for sparser or malfunctioning grids.…”
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Robust Impedance Emulation for Transmission Line Interface in Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop Applications: Optimal Filter Approach by Dmitry Rimorov, James Richard Forbes, Olivier Tremblay, Richard Gagnon

“…Power-hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulation infrastructure is an invaluable tool for testing and validating emerging technologies expected to be connected to power grids. As such, PHIL closed-loop stability is a crucial factor to consider when designing its numerical interface. …”
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Urban Traffic Accident Frequency Modeling: An Improved Spatial Matrix Construction Method by Jing Gan, Qing Su, Linheng Li, Yanni Ju, Linchao Li

“…This study introduces an innovative spatial correlation matrix, termed the road matrix, which incorporates shared road lengths between grids to enhance accident prediction accuracy. The model examines the relationship between traffic accidents and various predictor variables, including land use, road networks, and public transportation facilities. …”
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A comparative analysis of real and theoretical data in offshore wind energy generation by Fernando M. Camilo, Paulo J. Santos, Armando J. Pires

“…Wind energy plays a key role in the global shift towards renewable energy, requiring accurate prediction models for integration with power grids and effective energy distribution. This study validates the accuracy of wind speed forecasts from three widely used sources – European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ERA5), Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, MERRA-2 (NASA), and the Wind Atlas – against actual power generation data from the WindFloat Atlantic offshore wind farm near Viana do Castelo, Portugal, over the years 2022 and 2023. …”
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The Role of Tectonic Plate Thickness and Mantle Conductance in Determining Regional Vulnerability to Extreme Space Weather Events: Possible Enhancement of Magnetic Source Fields by... by Fiona Simpson, Karsten Bahr

“…Abstract During magnetic storms, solar‐magnetosphere‐ionosphere‐Earth interactions give rise to geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) in man‐made technological conductors such as power grids, gas pipelines, and railway networks with potentially damaging outcomes. …”
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Un/Detectability in Times of “Equality”: HIV, Queer Health, and Homonormativity by Jan Huebenthal

“…In this process, an emphasis on personal, rather than systemic, responsibility has tied HIV care and survival to grids of racial, political, and ultimately individual privilege. …”
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Genotyping of potato samples from the GenAgro ICG SB RAS collection using DNA markers of genes conferring resistance to phytopathogens by I. V. Totsky, I. V. Rozanova, A. D. Safonova, A. S. Batov, Yu. A. Gureeva, E. K. Khlestkina, A. V. Kochetov

“…An important step in this process is the selection of resistant genotypes from the population and the estimation of the resistance of hybrids obtained by crosses during the breeding process. …”
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Revealing the biological features of the axolotl pancreas as a new research model by Hui Ma, Hui Ma, Hui Ma, Guangcong Peng, Yan Hu, Binbin Lu, Binbin Lu, Yiying Zheng, Yingxian Wu, Weimin Feng, Yu Shi, Xiangyu Pan, Li Song, Ina Stützer, Yanmei Liu, Jifeng Fei, Jifeng Fei, Jifeng Fei

“…Pancreatic development was observed using in situ hybridization and immunostaining for key pancreatic markers. …”
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Long non-coding RNA Malat1 modulates CXCR4 expression to regulate the interaction between induced neural stem cells and microglia following closed head injury by Qin Dong, Pengyu Chen, Wenqiao Qiu, Zhijun Yang, Yanteng Li, Yuhui Zhou, Lili Guo, Dan Zou, Ruxiang Xu, Mou Gao

“…Subsequently, we predicted the target genes and performed gain- and loss-of-functional studies, dualluciferase reporter, RNA immunoprecipitation, biotin-coupled miRNA pulldown, fluorescence in situ hybridization and cell transplantation assays to further elucidate the mechanism underlying the immunoregulatory effects of iNSCs. …”
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Mesoscale and Local Scale Evaluations of Quantitative Precipitation Estimates by Weather Radar Products during a Heavy Rainfall Event by Basile Pauthier, Benjamin Bois, Thierry Castel, D. Thévenin, Carmela Chateau Smith, Yves Richard

“…The accuracy of the quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) by PANTHERE and ANTILOPE radar-based gridded products during this particular event, is examined at both mesoscale and local scale, in comparison with two reference rain-gauge networks. …”
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Graph Neural Network-Based Approach for Detecting False Data Injection Attacks on Voltage Stability by Shahriar Rahman Fahim, Rachad Atat, Cihat Kececi, Abdulrahman Takiddin, Muhammad Ismail, Katherine R. Davis, Erchin Serpedin

“…Traditional false data injection attacks (FDIAs) detectors are inadequate in addressing cyberattacks on voltage regulation since a) they overlook such attacks within power grids and b) primarily rely on static thresholds and simple anomaly detection techniques, which cannot capture the complex interplay between voltage stability, cyberattacks, and defensive actions. …”
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