DSpace Collection:http://hdl.handle.net/10722/577842024-03-29T11:41:14Z2024-03-29T11:41:14ZManaging assets through data selectionCao, Wenjunhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/3417302024-03-20T06:58:37Z2021-08-31T00:00:00ZTitle: Managing assets through data selection
Authors: Cao, Wenjun
Abstract: <p>This third and final volume in the Indicia book series presents the results of the Future Cities Laboratory research program in the form of actions for sustainable city-making. It complements the first and second volumes of the series that respectively documented the research challenges and approaches that prefigured these results. Read together, the three volumes chart the full arc and many productive eddies of the five-year program and its mission to shape sustainable future cities.</p><p>Research results are presented as condensed actions that take the form of general principles, recommendations and practical guidelines. The actions are neither technical standards nor prescriptive checklists but invitations to explore, test and refine research insights within the context in which the reader lives, works and acts. The credibility, salience and legitimacy of each action is underpinned by scientific publications (journal articles, books and exhibitions) presented in extensive footnotes and suggestions for further reading.</p>2021-08-31T00:00:00ZTiO2/carbon composite nanomaterials for photocatalysisDong, ChenchengXing, MingyangLei, JuyingZhang, Jinlonghttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/3413492024-03-27T03:34:26Z2019-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: TiO2/carbon composite nanomaterials for photocatalysis
Authors: Dong, Chencheng; Xing, Mingyang; Lei, Juying; Zhang, Jinlong
Abstract: Facing with the urgent environmental issues, the scientists have broadly explored TiO2 nanomaterials. In consideration of its narrow adsorption region, some modifications need to be done on TiO2 nanomaterials. Recently, nonmental carbon materials have been addressed with much attention in photocatalysis, for instance, carbon dots, carbon nitride (C3N4), graphene, etc. In this chapter, TiO2/carbon composites are specifically reviewed, including carbon dots–TiO2 nanomaterials, g-C3N4/TiO2, and graphene/TiO2 nanomaterials. Besides this, their detailed preparation methods are clarified as well and then accompanied by various applications, such as photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants, water splitting, photoelectrochemical cell, photocatalytic CO2 reduction, and disinfection of bacteria.2019-01-01T00:00:00ZRevisiting government regulations for ride-sourcing services under traffic congestionKe, JLi, XYang, HYin, Yhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/3402922024-03-11T10:43:04Z2023-07-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Revisiting government regulations for ride-sourcing services under traffic congestion
Authors: Ke, J; Li, X; Yang, H; Yin, Y
Abstract: In this chapter, we use an equilibrium model to investigate the effects of various government regulations on ride-sourcing platforms. This extends the approach developed in Chapter 4 to enable investigation of the effects of government regulations on ride-sourcing platforms in a more general market scenario and in the presence of traffic congestion. We explore whether government regulations can induce a ride-sourcing platform to target a predetermined Pareto-efficient strategy, that is, a strategy on the Pareto-efficient frontier, along which a platform's profit cannot be increased without decreasing social welfare and vice versa. We thereby identify regulatory schemes that can motivate ride-sourcing platforms to choose Pareto-efficient operating strategies that create a win–win situation for platforms and society. We also examine how the level of traffic congestion influences the effects of various government regulations on ride-sourcing markets.2023-07-01T00:00:00ZImparting soil water repellency with polymeric microcapsulesQi, RuiLourenço, Sérgio DNhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/3386222024-03-11T10:30:16Z2023-08-13T00:00:00ZTitle: Imparting soil water repellency with polymeric microcapsules
Authors: Qi, Rui; Lourenço, Sérgio DN
Abstract: <p>Hydrophobized soils, which have a functional hydrophobic coating, can restrict water infiltration and thus have various engineering applications. Microencapsulation approaches, developed for self-healing applications emerge as a potential solution to switch the hydraulic prop-erties of soil. In soils, microcapsules have been successfully implemented in agriculture to improve plant nutrition, based on the release of fertilizers into the soil from the microcapsules. The aim of this study is to impart soil water repellency with polymeric microcapsules by releasing hydropho-bic cargo into soil. In this research, the hydrophobic cargo was encapsulated and mixed with soil. The released hydrophobic cargo and the soil hydrophobicity change was measured. The results show that the polymeric microcapsule could impart water repellency in soils.<br></p>2023-08-13T00:00:00Z