The increasing regulatory pressure on the maritime sector to decarbonize, driven in part by market-based mechanisms at the European level, is accelerating the development of onboard carbon management and energy-efficiency solutions. In this context, this study evaluates an integrated architecture that combines a CO2 liquefaction system with organic Rankine cycles. The system captures 66% of the total CO2 emitted by ship engine...

The risk assessment of chemicals relies on multiple tools to quantify the ecological responses of ecosystems to existing chemical pollution. These tools are broadly categorized into three major groups: toxic pressure assessments, bioassays, and ecological monitoring. Here, we examine the strengths and limitations of these approaches, their current level of implementation for freshwater ecosystems across Europe, and their abili...

Regions with oceanic climates are experiencing unprecedented climatic changes. This study assesses the presence of heat stress in these regions and its impact on reproductive in Holstein cows using the Temperature-Humidity Index (THI), a measure of thermal stress. Data was collected from 159 Holstein cows across experiments. Cows underwent a modified double-ovsynch synchronization protocol, while 96 cows were inseminated based...

A joint experimental and numerical study is presented to close the current gap in fully coupled data and modeling capabilities for self-pumping transpiration cooling (SPTC). An experimental setup was developed to investigate the effects of the porous medium properties, the flow conditions, and the interactions between solid and coolant on SPTC. Additionally, a two-reference-point, locally emissivity-corrected evaluation method...

Cytogenetic analyses of Lachnaia hirta , Lachnaia tristigma , and Lachnaia vicina have revealed that all species show a similar karyotype with 2 n = 24 and a meioformula of 11 + Xy + . Despite this, their sex chromosomes show certain differences in morphology. All species exhibit pericentromeric heterochromatin on all autosomes and X chromosomes, with the Y chromosome being heterochromatic. The X and Y chromosomes carry the nu...

Global warming will disturb dormancy release and growth resumption of trees. To better understand this process, it is important to investigate physiological and biochemical traits related to these stages. We examined dormancy release and growth resumption in Japanese cedar ( Cryptomeria japonica [L.] D. Don), an evergreen needle-leaved tree, in the warm-temperate zone by evaluating budbreak under growth-promoting conditions, a...