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      Progress toward Equitably Managed Protected Areas in Aichi Target 11: A Global Survey 

      Zafra Calvo, Noelia; Garmendia Oleaga, Eneko; Pascual, Unai; Palomo, Ignacio; Gross Camp, Nicole; Brockington, Daniel; Cortés Vázquez, José Antonio; Coolsaet, Brendan; Burgess, Neil David (Oxford University Press, 2019-03)
      The Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi Target 11 requires its 193 signatory parties to incorporate social equity into protected area (PA) management by 2020. However, there is limited evidence of progress toward this ...
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      Promoting energy efficiency at household level: a literature review 

      Solà, M.d.M; de Ayala, A.; Galarraga, I.; Escapa, M. (Energy Efficiency, 2021-01-01)
      The household sector is one of the most energy-intensive sectors in Europe, and thus a focal point for reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy consumption. Energy efficiency is considered a key measure to ...
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      Promotion of self-nucleation with latent Form I nuclei in polybutene-1 and its copolymer 

      Wang, Zefan; Dong, Xia; Cavallo, Dario; Müller Sánchez, Alejandro Jesús ORCID; Wang, Dujin (American Chemical Society, 2018-08-02)
      The formation of Form I nuclei of polybutene-1 (PB-1) and its copolymer with polyethylene (PB1-ran-PE) has been studied by means of modified self-nucleation protocols. Even when the self-nucleation temperature was high ...
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      Protected areas to deliver biodiversity need management effectiveness and equity 

      Zafra-Calvo, Z.; Geldmann, J. (Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020)
      It is widely recognized in science, policy, and practice that protected areas (PAs) that are equitably and effectively managed are essential for halting biodiversity loss. However, our understanding of the relationships ...
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      Protocol for Deciphering the Electrical Parameters of Perovskite Solar Cells Using Immittance Spectroscopy 

      Khan, Mohd Taukeer; Huang, Peng; Almohammedi, Abdullah; Kazim, Samrana; Ahmad, Shahzada (Elsevier, 2021-06-18)
      Here, we present a protocol for the fabrication of inverted (p-i-n)-type perovskite solar cells, unraveling its electrical merits via immittance spectroscopy. The immittance spectroscopy is a prevailing technique for ...
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      Providing access to urban green spaces: A participatory benefit-cost analysis in Spain 

      Garcia de Jalón, S.; Chiabai, A.; Tague, A.M.; Artaza, N.; De Ayala Bilbao, Amaya ORCID; Quiroga, S.; Kruize, H.; Suárez, C.; Bell, R.; Taylor, T. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020)
      The opening up of green spaces could provide significant benefits to society. This study develops a framework to assess the economic benefits and costs of public interventions providing citizen access to urban green spaces. ...
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      Proximity Effects on the Charge Density Wave Order and Superconductivity in Single-Layer NbSe2 

      Dreher, Paul; Wan, Wen; Chikina, Alla; Bianchi, Marco; Guo, Haojie; Harsh, Rishav; Mañas-Valero, Samuel; Coronado, Eugenio; Martínez-Galera, Antonio J.; Hofmann, Philip; Miwa, Jill A.; Moreno Ugeda, Miguel (American Chemical Society, 2021-12-28)
      Collective electronic states such as the charge density wave (CDW) order and superconductivity (SC) respond sensitively to external perturbations. Such sensitivity is dramatically enhanced in two dimensions (2D), where 2D ...
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      Public attitudes toward biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management in Europe 

      Fischer, Leonie K.; Neuenkamp, Lena; Lampinen, Jussi; Tuomi, Maria; Alday, Josu G.; Bucharova, Anna; Cancellieri, Laura; Casado Arzuaga, Izaskun; Čeplová, Natálie; Cerveró, Lluïsa; Deák, Balázs; Eriksson, Ove; Fellowes, Mark D. E.; Fernández de Manuel, Beatriz; Filibeck, Goffredo; González Guzmán, Adrián; Hinojosa, M. Belen; Kowarik, Ingo; Lumbierres, Belén; Miguel, Ana; Pardo, Rosa; Pons, Xavier; Rodríguez García, Encarna; Schröder, Roland; Sperandii, Marta Gaia; Unterweger, Philipp; Valkó, Orsolya; Vázquez, Víctor; Klaus, Valentin H. (Wiley, 2020)
      Increasing urbanization worldwide calls for more sustainable urban development. Simultaneously, the global biodiversity crisis accentuates the need of fostering biodiversity within cities. Policies supporting urban nature ...
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      Pyrolysis of plastic wastes in a fountain confined conical spouted bed reactor: determination of stable operating conditions 

      Orozco Hernández, Santiago; Álvarez Gordejuela, Jon; López Zabalbeitia, Gartzen ORCID; Artetxe Uria, Maite; Bilbao Elorriaga, Javier; Olazar Aurrecoechea, Martin ORCID (Elsevier, 2020-12-31)
      [EN] The performance of both fluidized and spouted bed reactors in the pyrolysis of waste plastics is conditioned by particle agglomeration phenomena, which worsen the quality of the gas-solid contact and eventually lead ...
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      QoE-Oriented Mobile Edge Service Management Leveraging SDN and NFV 

      Peng, Shuping; Fajardo Portillo, José Oscar; Khodashenas, Pouria Sayyad; Blanco Jauregui, Begoña ORCID; Liberal Malaina, Fidel; Ruiz, Cristina; Turyagyenda, Charles; Wilson, Mick; Vadgama, Sunil (Hindawi, 2017)
      5G envisages a "hyperconnected society" where trillions of diverse entities could communicate with each other anywhere and at any time, some of which will demand extremely challenging performance requirements such as ...
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      Quality of Service Aware Orchestration for Cloud-Edge Continuum Applications 

      Orive Oneca, Adrián; Agirre, Aitor; Truong, Hong-Linh; Sarachaga González, María Isabel ORCID; Marcos Muñoz, Margarita (MDPI, 2022-02-23)
      The fast growth in the amount of connected devices with computing capabilities in the past years has enabled the emergence of a new computing layer at the Edge. Despite being resource-constrained if compared with cloud ...
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      Quality of urban climate adaptation plans over time 

      Reckien, D; Buzasi, A.; Olazabal, M.; Spyridaki, N.A.; Eckersley, P.; Simoes, S.G.; Salvia, M.; Pietrapertosa, F.; Fokaides, P.; Goonesekera, S.M.; Tardieu, L.; Balzan, M.V.; de Boer, C.L.; De Gregorio Hurtado, S.; Feliu, E.; Flamos, A.; Foley, A.; Geneletti, D.; Grafakos, S.; Heidrich, O.; Ioannou, B.; Krook-Riekkola, A.; Matosovic, M.; Orru, K.; Paspaldzhiev, I.; Rižnar, K.; Smigaj, M.; Szalmáné Csete, M.; Viguié, V.; Wejs, A. (npj Urban Sustainability, 2023-12-01)
      Defining and measuring progress in adaptation are important questions for climate adaptation science, policy, and practice. Here, we assess the progress of urban adaptation planning in 327 European cities between 2005 and ...
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      Quantifying the reductions in mortality from air-pollution by cancelling new coal power plants 

      Sampedro, J.; Cui, R.Y.; McJeon, H.; Smith, S.J.; Hultman, N.; He, L.; Sem, A.; Van Dingenen, R.; Cazcarro, I. (Energy and Climate Change, 2021)
      Deep decarbonization paths to the 1.5 °C or 2 °C temperature stabilization futures require a rapid reduction in coal-fired power plants, but many countries are continuing to build new ones. Coal-fired plants are also a ...
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      Quantitative Storytelling: Science, Narratives, and Uncertainty in Nexus Innovations 

      Di Felice, L. J.; Cabello, V.; Ripa, M.; Madrid-Lopez, C. (Science Technology and Human Values, 2021-01-01)
      Innovations are central instruments of sustainability policies. They project future visions onto technological solutions and enable win-win framings of complex sustainability issues. Yet, they also create new problems by ...
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      Quantum anharmonic enhancement of superconductivity in P63/mmc ScH6 at high pressures: A first-principles study 

      Hou, Pugeng; Belli, Francesco; Bianco, Raffaello; Errea Lope, Ion ORCID (AIP Publishing, 2021-11-05)
      Making use of first-principles calculations, we analyze the effect of quantum ionic fluctuations and lattice anharmonicity on the crystal structure and superconductivity of P63/mmc ScH6 in the 100–160 GPa pressure range ...
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      Quantum crystal structure in the 250-kelvin superconducting lanthanum hydride 

      Errea Lope, Ion ORCID; Belli, Francesco; Monacelli, Lorenzo; Sanna, Antonio; Koretsune, Takashi; Tadano, Terumasa; Bianco, Raffaello; Calandra, Matteo; Arita, Ryotaro; Mauri, Francesco; Flores-Livas, Jose A. (Springer Nature, 2020-02-05)
      The discovery of superconductivity at 200 kelvin in the hydrogen sulfide system at high pressures demonstrated the potential of hydrogen-rich materials as high-temperature superconductors. Recent theoretical predictions ...
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      Quantum Memristors in Frequency-Entangled Optical Fields 

      González Raya, Tasio; Lukens, Joseph M.; Céleri, Lucas C.; Sanz Ruiz, Mikel ORCID (MDPI, 2020-02-14)
      A quantum memristor is a passive resistive circuit element with memory, engineered in a given quantum platform. It can be represented by a quantum system coupled to a dissipative environment, in which a system–bath ...
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      Quantum Simulation of Dissipative Processes without Reservoir Engineering 

      Di Candia, Roberto; Simón Pedernales, Julen Jon; Del Campo, Adolfo; Solano Villanueva, Enrique Leónidas ORCID; Casanova Marcos, Jorge (Nature Publishing Group, 2015-05-29)
      We present a quantum algorithm to simulate general finite dimensional Lindblad master equations without the requirement of engineering the system-environment interactions. The proposed method is able to simulate both ...
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      Quantum Simulator for Transport Phenomena in Fluid Flows 

      Mezzacapo, Antonio; Sanz Ruiz, Mikel ORCID; Lamata Manuel, Lucas ORCID; Egusquiza Egusquiza, Iñigo Luis; S. Succi; Solano Villanueva, Enrique Leónidas ORCID (Nature Publishing Group, 2015-08-17)
      Transport phenomena still stand as one of the most challenging problems in computational physics. By exploiting the analogies between Dirac and lattice Boltzmann equations, we develop a quantum simulator based on ...
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      Quantum structural fluxion in superconducting lanthanum polyhydride 

      Wang, Hui; Salzbrenner, Pascal T.; Errea Lope, Ion ORCID; Peng, Feng; Lu, Ziheng; Liu, Hanyu; Zhu, Li; Pickard, Chris J.; Yao, Yansun (Nature Communications, 2023-03-25)
      The discovery of 250-kelvin superconducting lanthanum polyhydride under high pressure marked a significant advance toward the realization of a room‐temperature superconductor. X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies reveal a ...