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Stochastic Simulations and Machine Learning Modeling to Predict Bedload Transport and Bed Topography

Mehrdad Kiani Oshtorjani

In computational hydraulics models, predicting bed topography and bedload transport with sufficient accuracy remains a significant challenge. An accurate assessment of a river's sediment transport rate necessitates a prior understanding of its bed topograp ...
EPFL2024

Villes africaines et technologies numériques: entre risques et potentiels

Jérôme Chenal, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda, Saïda Naji, Frédéric David Meylan

Les villes africaines sont actuellement en pleine croissance, tout comme la quantité de données numériques qu’elles génèrent. Dans ce contexte, le Centre Excellence in Africa (EXAF) de l’EPFL, avec le soutien de l’Ambassade de Suisse au Sénégal et du Dépar ...
EPFL2023

Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Jacques Fellay, Zhi Ming Xu

In settings with high tuberculosis (TB) endemicity, distinct genotypes of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) often differ in prevalence. However, the factors leading to these differences remain poorly understood. Here we studied the MTBC populat ...
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE2023

Relating health benefits of water, sanitation, and hygiene services with the context of urban informal settlements: lessons from Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya

Vitor Pessoa Colombo

This thesis is inscribed in the recent efforts to reconnect urban planning and public health. It focused on the context of sub-Saharan African cities, for they offer invaluable lessons regarding environmental health determinants and potential solutions to ...
EPFL2023

Determinants of urban environmental quality in Morocco: The roles of energy consumption, urbanization, manufacturing, and financial development in SDG 13

Jérôme Chenal, Hassan Radoine

Studies on urban environmental quality are evolving emphasizing the need for policy response concerning the enactment of environmental regulations to attain sustainable development goals (SDGs), mainly target 13. Over the years, the concerns to improve urb ...
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2023

Repenser les contextes périurbains montpelliérains : la réhabilitation d’une ancienne ligne de chemin de fer comme levier de transformation territoriale

Le territoire de Montpellier est marqué par l’arrivée successive de populations diverses qui l’ont façonné. Une planification urbaine majeure a créé un territoire monocentré qui, en oubliant notamment les zones périurbaines, a entraîné une rupture partiell ...
2023

A new Analleucosma Antoine, 1989 from West Africa (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)

Michele De Palma

The genus Analleucosma Antoine, 1989 is known from northeastern and southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and a few localities in East Africa; it currently comprises three similar species, all very scarce in collections. Here I describe a new species, ...
2022

SSIIbis - Contre-projet pour une nouvelle usine d’eau potable à Saint-Sulpice

40% de l’agglomération lausannoise boit l’eau du lac Léman puisée à Saint-Sulpice, zone à faible densité avec un revenu moyen élevé, et la rejette par la station d’épuration de Vidy, lieu de loisirs populaires et de transit. L’usine d’eau potable de Saint- ...
2022

The Land-Water-Energy Nexus of Ruzizi River Dams (Lake Kivu Outflow, African Great Lakes Region): Status, Challenges, and Perspectives

Alfred Johny Wüest

Hydroelectric power (HP) represents the main source of electricity in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo. The demand for new dam construction is high, and major projects are currently progressing through planning and implementation stages. ...
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022

Faire du sur-place sans jamais pouvoir prendre place : l’interminable arrivée de jeunes maghrébins sans-papiers à Genève

Maxime Carl Felder, Joan Stavo-Debauge, Sahar Fneich

Cet article analyse l’expérience de jeunes Maghrébins nouvellement arrivés à Genève. Précarisés par leur parcours d’errance, sans statut légal, ils trouvent à Genève une infrastructure d’accueil qui leur permet de se nourrir et de dormir au chaud. Cependan ...
2022

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