The implementation of the environmentally sustainable indicators during the design phase for privatised building projects in Malaysia See

Privatised building projects, which are frequently implemented via Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts, or Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) have emerged as a predominant global strategy for infrastructure provision. Governments are encountering increasing demands for&#...

Computational investigation of installation noise reduction in urban air mobility vehicles using structured porous surface treatments See

Urban Air Mobility Vehicles (UAMVs) offer a possible solution to the ever-increasing ground-based congestion by utilising the free airspace. However, since these vehicles are expected to operate close to densely populated areas, the noise generated during take-off, landing and low-altitude flight&#x...

Passive thigh heating increases peak torque but does not attenuate declines in force production during repeated isokinetic knee extensor exercise in older adults See

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Multi-story building: A montage of STEM success through autobioracy See

This paper presents a montage of STEM success stories, employing phenomenographic narrative research to gather and present people's lived experiences: their ‘STEM (life) stories’. We chart the experiences of members of the general public as they meet issues of STEM in their everyday...

Assessing and optimizing research and innovation impact: developing and implementing a holistic systems approach See

Increasing demand to demonstrate the societal impact of research and innovation investments comes not only from government and funders for accountability purposes, but also private industry and others, who want to use impact evaluation to inform ways of increasing benefits, and improve ...

Health research versus the virus: strengthening systems, saving lives See

For this Commentary, we selected papers from those in this journal’s Thematic Series on health research systems’ pandemic response. The calling notice for papers suggested possible use of a WHO framework for analysing health research systems (HRSs). Whilst it was not widely used in...

Trump Tariffs and Persistence in Crude Oil Prices:A Long-Memory Approach See

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The Ceuta border incident shows how EU migration can be ‘weaponised’ – but overall levels are declining See

It took one night in Ceuta to end a relatively quiet summer on Europe’s southern border. Over 70,000 people entered the Spanish enclave from Morocco between July 30 and 31, most of them swimming around the heavily guarded border fences. ...

Persistence in Remittances: Evidence from Africa and Latin America See

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