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Urban Comfort Assessment in the Era of Digital Planning: A Multidimensional, Data-driven, and AI-assisted Framework
Sijie Yang, Binyu Lei, Filip Biljecki
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16057

Urban Comfort Assessment in the Era of Digital Planning: A Multidimensional, Data-driven, and AI-assisted Framework
Ensuring liveability and comfort is one of the fundamental objectives of urban planning. Numerous studies have employed computational methods to assess and quantify factors related to urban comfort such as greenery coverage, thermal comfort, and walkability. However, a clear definition of urban comfort and its comprehensive evaluation framework remain elusive. Our research explores the theoretical interpretations and methodologies for assessing urban comfort within digital planning, emphasising…

'Dinge die mit "K" beginnen ....' Ketten-Karussell in der Nacht #FotoVorschlag

International Court of Justice says countries failing to tackle climate change risk breaking international law
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-24/icj-climate-change-advisory-opinion-handed-down/105561282

International Court of Justice says countries failing to tackle climate change risk breaking international law
The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with judges finding that states affected by global warming could be eligible for reparations.

Time for authors to get off Audible (and ideally Amazon as well) before you'll find yourself trapped in a death spiral.
And yes, I know how hard that would hit most. But if Amazon is able to destroy competitors, nothing will stop them from exploiting you even more.
https://www.instagram.com/r…

Quantifying Spin Defect Density in hBN via Raman and Photoluminescence Analysis
Atanu Patra, Paul Konrad, Andreas Sperlich, Timur Biktagirov, Wolf Gero Schmidt, Lesley Spencer, Igor Aharonovich, Sven H\"ofling, Vladimir Dyakonov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19803

Quantifying Spin Defect Density in hBN via Raman and Photoluminescence Analysis
Negatively charged boron vacancies ($\mathrm{V_B^-}$) in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are emerging as promising solid-state spin qubits due to their optical accessibility, structural simplicity, and compatibility with photonic platforms. However, quantifying the density of such defects in thin hBN flakes has remained elusive, limiting progress in device integration and reproducibility. Here, we present an all-optical method to quantify $\mathrm{V_B^-}$ defect density in hBN by correlating Rama…

On the Stability of the Euler Characteristic Transform for a Perturbed Embedding
Jasmine George, Oscar Lledo Osborn, Elizabeth Munch, Messiah Ridgley II, Elena Xinyi Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19991

On the Stability of the Euler Characteristic Transform for a Perturbed Embedding
The Euler Characteristic Transform (ECT) is a robust method for shape classification. It takes an embedded shape and, for each direction, computes a piecewise constant function representing the Euler Characteristic of the shape's sublevel sets, which are defined by the height function in that direction. It has applications in TDA inverse problems, such as shape reconstruction, and is also employed with machine learning methodologies. In this paper, we define a distance between the ECTs of two d…

Explosive and elusive, RB Deuce Vaughn impressing in Cowboys training camp https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/07/23/deuce-vaughn-impressing-cowboys-training-camp/85338063007/

Latitudinal dependence of heat transport in turbulent geostrophic convection
Veeraraghavan Kannan, Varghese Mathai, Xiaojue Zhu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17501 https://

Latitudinal dependence of heat transport in turbulent geostrophic convection
Latitudinal variations in turbulent heat flux play a key role in the thermal and magnetic evolution of rapidly rotating planets and stars. Although global spherical-shell simulations have documented such variations, explicit latitude-dependent scaling relations for heat transport have remained elusive. Here we employ the rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection (RRBC) framework with tilted rotation and gravity axes to model convection at different latitudes $φ$ in the geostrophic regime. We derive…

Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-12604-4 "repetitive quasi-isochronous drumming enhanced mental imagery vividness, with a stronger effect observed when the drumming contained random micro-variat…

Micro-variations in timing and loudness affect music-evoked mental imagery - Scientific Reports
Music can shape the vividness, sentiment, and content of directed mental imagery. Yet, the role of specific musical features in these effects remains elusive. One important aspect of human musical performances is the presence of micro-variations—small deviations in timbre, pitch, and timing, driven by motor and attentional processes. These variations enhance perceived “naturalness” compared to mechanical playing without such variations. Here, we investigated whether random micro-variation…

In his op ed in the WaPo,
Jay Bhattacharya has shown that he should not be taken seriously. He’s DEFINITELY not a real scientist.
If people don’t like science should we ignore the potential it has?
That’s not how it works.
Science doesn’t care about your feelings.
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