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Elsevier2023

From University to Work: Alumni Viewpoints

Patrick Jermann, Helena Kovacs, Iris Capdevila Tristan

Alumni studies are often overlooked in engineering education research, despite holding great potential for improving engineering programmes and creating the links that are missed when it comes to university-workplace transitions. Besides better understandi ...

NTNU SEED2023

What Role Do Tangibles Play in Fostering Design Thinking Skills? An Exploratory Study

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Despite the importance of using artifacts during the design thinking process, there is a limited understanding of the influence of tangibles with lower perceptual richness on design thinking skills within educational settings. It is speculated that tangibl ...

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Optimised three-dimensional in vitro retinoblastoma models tailored for drug discovery and clinical translatability

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Retinoblastoma, while relatively rare, stands as the most prevalent intraocular cancer. In Switzerland, the survival rate approaches 100%, but it drops to less than 50% in low-income countries. The current treatment options for retinoblastoma rely on a lim ...

EPFL2023

Dalmine: From Company Town to Hybridized Productive Habitat

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Louvain research institute for Landscape, Archi- tecture, Built environment, UCLouvain2023

Steel Pipes and Global Networks: The Influence of Dalmine S.p.A in Shaping Resource Extraction Infrastructures

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The Rising Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine War: Energy Transition, Climate Justice, Global Inequality, and Supply Chain Disruption

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This perspective paper explores the rising impacts of the COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war from different perspectives, with an emphasis on the role of climate financing in achieving equitable and just transition mechanisms and that of peace in expediti ...

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Dynamics of cavitation bubbles near granular boundaries

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Cambridge University Press2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak is causing a dramatic worsening in the already complicated living conditions of blind and visually impaired individuals. Social distancing is the most effective strategy to limit virus spread, but is extremely difficult for b ...

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Using Dynamic Features for Automatic Cervical Precancer Detection

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Developing STEM and Team-working Skills Through Collaborative Space Robotics Missions

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Building on the success of the first North-South cross-continental collaborative educational robotics mission held in November 2015 [1], this paper presents a practical model for scaling the event up into a program for developing countries, particularly th ...

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EPFL2021

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS2021

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EPFL2021

A data-driven perspective on the colours of metal-organic frameworks

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Colour is at the core of chemistry and has been fascinating humans since ancient times. It is also a key descriptor of optoelectronic properties of materials and is often used to assess the success of a synthesis. However, predicting the colour of a materi ...

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A Politics of Intellectual Property: Creating a Patent System in Revolutionary France

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Economic interpretations, in particular the lens of the Industrial Revolution, have strongly influenced our understanding of the rise of intellectual property. This article examines the political origins of the 1791 patent law in France, which is usually s ...

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The shaping effects of innovation and technology: from micro business model evolution to macro environment sustainability

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Innovation is a prerequisite guarantee for the development of a country in this new era. It is an important driver not just for corporate growth but also for national social and economic transformation. Considering the strategic supporting role of innovati ...

EPFL2020