Sustainable Food Supply : Combining Performance Measures and Operational Risk

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Waste treatment is a complex procedure that comprises multidimensional aspects. The challenges posed by the energy transition and international protocols emphasize the role of waste in its material and energy dimension. With an increasing population and li ...

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Challenging the Assumptions: Rethinking Privacy, Bias, and Security in Machine Learning

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Predictive models based on machine learning (ML) offer a compelling promise: bringing clarity and structure to complex natural and social environments. However, the use of ML poses substantial risks related to the privacy of their training data as well as ...

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Housing, street and health: a new systemic research framework

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Our planet has been challenged for years by our reckless use of fossil fuels, which has led to the ongoing climate change and energy crisis. The transition to the use of renewable alternative sources has now became urgent and inevitable. The valorization o ...

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Plant sterols and cholesterol metabolism are associated with five-year cognitive decline in the elderly population

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Printed degradable piezoelectric microsystems: From ink formulation to device fabrication and characterization

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Safety risk management in University laboratories

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Risk management has become an essential element in the functioning of modern society. Correct risk identification and assessment are undoubtedly crucial to improving overall safety; nevertheless, often, it is accompanied by the wrong selection of correctiv ...

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