Whose knowledge, whose values? An empirical analysis of power in transdisciplinary sustainability research

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A reversible photo-electrochemical device operating under concentrated irradiation could offer a stand-alone solution for producing solar fuel (in photo-driven electrolysis mode) and power (in fuel cell mode). This strategy would present the advantage of h ...

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The auxiliary power supply for medium voltage converters requires high insulation capability between the source and the load. Inductive power transfer technology, with an air gap between the primary and secondary coil, offers such high insulation capabilit ...

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Whose knowledge, whose values? An empirical analysis of power in transdisciplinary sustainability research

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DC Power Distribution Networks with Direct Current Transformers

Searching for Strong Gravitational Lenses

Laser-based manufacturing of freeform glass micro-optics through topological transformation

Unified Harmonic Power-Flow and Stability Analysis of Power Grids with Converter-Interfaced Distributed Energy Resources

Integrated Wireless Power, Data Communication, and Thermal Sensing System for Autonomous Multisite Brain Implants

Reversible photo-electrochemical device for solar hydrogen and power generation

The synergistic interplay of artificial intelligence and digital twin in environmentally planning sustainable smart cities: A comprehensive systematic review

Stability Analysis of Second-Order Harmonic Active Filters for Input-Series/Output- Parallel Solid State Transformers

A global framework for data-informed bridge examination

Methods to assess the carbon footprint of structures involving UHPFRC elements

Influence of model uncertainty and long term deformations in action effects calculation in reinforced concrete structures

Quartiers rhodaniens en transition

Echoing Swiss Coloniality. Land, Archive and Visuality between Brazil and Switzerland

Embodied Carbon Premium for Cantilevers

A Note on Lenses in Arrangements of Pairwise Intersecting Circles in the Plane

Modeling and optimization of PCB coils for inductive power transfer systems

Short-term behavior of glass fiber-polymer composite bending-active elastica beam under service load application

In situ detection of multitarget impurities on contact lens by electrochemical scanning probe

Frequency Regulation with Storage: On Losses and Profits

The impact of human expert visual inspection on the discovery of strong gravitational lenses