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  • Open Access
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The Effect of Daylight-Saving Time on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients—Data from the Polish National Registry of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (ORPKI) in the Years 2014–2022

  • Karol Kaziród-Wolski,
  • Aleksandra Piotrowska,
  • Janusz Sielski,
  • Patrycja Zając,
  • Krzysztof P. Malinowski,
  • Michał Zabojszcz,
  • Kamil Pytlak,
  • Magdalena Wolska,
  • Agnieszka Kołodziej and
  • Zbigniew Siudak
  • + 2 authors

Introduction: Many factors related to the switch to summer/winter time interfere with biological rhythms. Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the impact of time change on clinical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,272 Views
28 Pages

The Impact of Daylight Saving Time on the Energy Efficiency of Buildings: A Bibliometric and General Review

  • Ivo Araújo,
  • Leonel J. R. Nunes,
  • David Patíño Vilas and
  • António Curado

18 April 2025

The absence of standardized time zones has profound implications, influencing social, economic, and energy dynamics. It also disrupts personal aspects, such as sleep patterns and family routines. One specific dimension of this issue is the transition...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,915 Views
15 Pages

24 April 2020

Transhumant pastoralism is mobile livelihood strategy in which families and their herds move seasonally from lowlands, where they settle during the winter, towards the highlands, located in mountainous areas, during the summer. We propose a framework...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,557 Views
14 Pages

Human mortality is closely related to natural climate-determined levels of thermal environmental stress and the resulting thermophysiological strain. Most climate-mortality research has focused on seasonal extremes during winter and summer when morta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
518 Views
39 Pages

5 November 2025

Amid the combined pressures of global carbon-reduction in architecture and the imperative of cultural heritage conservation, new courtyard-style buildings in hot-summer and cold-winter regions face a dual challenge of reconciling historical morpholog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
17,796 Views
19 Pages

Evaluation of the Impact of Low Emission Zone and Heavy Traffic Ban in Munich (Germany) on the Reduction of PM10 in Ambient Air

  • Veronika Fensterer,
  • Helmut Küchenhoff,
  • Verena Maier,
  • Heinz-Erich Wichmann,
  • Susanne Breitner,
  • Annette Peters,
  • Jianwei Gu and
  • Josef Cyrys

Concentrations of ambient fine particles (PM10: particles with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 10 µm) are still exceeding current air quality standards in many European cities. In Munich (Germany), low emission zone and transit bans for heavy-duty vehicle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,881 Views
15 Pages

19 November 2024

A weather regimes approach is applied to study large-scale circulation patterns over the North Eurasian sector (NE, defined as 0–180° E and 40–80° N domain) during the 1940–2022 period using ERA5 reanalysis data. We identifi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,762 Views
15 Pages

Drought Under Global Warming and Climate Change: An Empirical Study of the Loess Plateau

  • Yang Li,
  • Zhixiang Xie,
  • Yaochen Qin,
  • Haoming Xia,
  • Zhicheng Zheng,
  • Lijun Zhang,
  • Ziwu Pan and
  • Zhenzhen Liu

28 February 2019

The Loess Plateau is located at the transition zone between agriculture and livestock farming; its spatial and temporal pattern of drought is the key for an appropriate adaptation to climate change. This study investigated monthly meteorological obse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
6,337 Views
14 Pages

Observational Study on the Impact of Large-Scale Photovoltaic Development in Deserts on Local Air Temperature and Humidity

  • Wei Wu,
  • Shengjuan Yue,
  • Xiaode Zhou,
  • Mengjing Guo,
  • Jiawei Wang,
  • Lei Ren and
  • Bo Yuan

22 April 2020

As an important form of clean energy, photovoltaic (PV) power generation is entering a rapid development phase. Qinghai, China is located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It has sufficient sunlight and rich heat and light resources, includes a large are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,706 Views
19 Pages

A Winter-to-Summer Transition of Bacterial and Archaeal Communities in Arctic Sea Ice

  • Stefan Thiele,
  • Julia E. Storesund,
  • Mar Fernández-Méndez,
  • Philipp Assmy and
  • Lise Øvreås

The Arctic is warming 2–3 times faster than the global average, leading to a decrease in Arctic sea ice extent, thickness, and associated changes in sea ice structure. These changes impact sea ice habitat properties and the ice-associated ecosy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,905 Views
15 Pages

13 June 2019

Many modeling efforts have been made for shallow soil, but little has been done in deep-rooted ecosystems, especially on the long-term impact of deep-rooted vegetation to understand the impact of vegetation type on hydrological processes. In this stu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,714 Views
11 Pages

Phanerozoic Evolution of Continental Large Igneous Provinces: Implications for Galactic Seasonality

  • Victor P. Nechaev,
  • Frederick L. Sutherland and
  • Eugenia V. Nechaeva

11 September 2022

This study reviews the available data on the Phanerozoic plume activity (Large Igneous Provinces (LIP’s) size and frequency) and geochemistry of their igneous rocks. A major goal of this review is to try to find the changes in intensity and geo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,939 Views
24 Pages

Mechanical Behavior of Secondary Lining in Super Large-Span Tunnels Considering Temperature Effects

  • Fangfang Dong,
  • Yanbin Luo,
  • Jianxun Chen,
  • Chuanwu Wang,
  • Yahui Liu and
  • Wenjie Xun

12 March 2024

Temperature stress has a significant impact on the structural stress of (super) large-span tunnel lining, which can easily lead to structural fatigue damage and premature cracking. With the increasing scale and quantity of super large-span tunnels, t...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,531 Views
10 Pages

Problems with and Improvement of HCHO/NO2 for Diagnosing Ozone Sensitivity—A Case in Beijing

  • Yanyu Kang,
  • Guiqian Tang,
  • Qihua Li,
  • Baoxian Liu,
  • Dan Yao,
  • Yiming Wang,
  • Yinghong Wang,
  • Yuesi Wang and
  • Wenqing Liu

9 April 2023

Rfn (formaldehyde/nitrogen dioxide) is a common indicator based on satellite observations used to classify ozone formation sensitivity. However, it may underestimate anthropogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in heavily polluted cities when only...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,758 Views
20 Pages

Comparative Analysis of Thermal Behavior in Different Seasons in Building Heritage: Case Study of the Royal Hospital of Granada

  • María Paz Sáez-Pérez,
  • Luisa María García Ruiz,
  • Jorge A. Durán-Suárez,
  • Joao Castro-Gomes,
  • Alberto Martinez-Ramirez and
  • María Ángeles Villegas-Broncano

7 December 2023

The present investigation carries out a thermal evaluation of two rooms located in the Royal Hospital of Granada (Rector’s Office). This is a heritage building where have been done studies that allow the as-sessment of possible improvements in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,234 Views
12 Pages

13 March 2024

In lake aquatic ecosystems, which form the material and energy base of lakes, primary production is critical. The present study addresses the characteristics of primary phytoplankton productivity and its relationship with environmental physicochemica...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,328 Views
20 Pages

21 August 2020

In recent years, many buildings have been fitted with smart meters, from which high-frequency energy data is available. However, extracting useful information efficiently has been imposed as a problem in utilizing these data. In this study, we analyz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,264 Views
12 Pages

Wildland Fires in the Subtropical Hill Forests of Southeastern Bangladesh

  • Murad A. Farukh,
  • Md. A. Islam and
  • Hiroshi Hayasaka

1 January 2023

The first ever comprehensive study on wildland fires in Bangladesh is carried out to develop a fire prevention and prediction method. The major causes of huge wildland fires (88%) in the subtropical Chittagong Hill forest (43% of total) of southern B...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,037 Views
25 Pages

Variations in Precipitation at the Shimantan Reservoir, China

  • Jinghan Zhang,
  • Xiaopei Ju,
  • Sheng Wang,
  • Fengping Li and
  • Ziyue Zhao

18 December 2023

Global warming substantially intensifies hydrologic cycles, causing increasing frequency and magnitude of catastrophic floods and droughts. Understanding the patterns and mechanisms of precipitation in historical periods is pivotal for regional disas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
10,581 Views
21 Pages

The TRAX Light-Rail Train Air Quality Observation Project

  • Daniel L. Mendoza,
  • Erik T. Crosman,
  • Logan E. Mitchell,
  • Alexander A. Jacques,
  • Benjamin Fasoli,
  • Andrew M. Park,
  • John C. Lin and
  • John D. Horel

1 December 2019

Observing air quality from sensors onboard light rail cars in Salt Lake County, Utah began as a pilot study in 2014 and has now evolved into a five-year, state-funded program. This metropolitan region suffers from both elevated ozone levels during su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,205 Views
14 Pages

6 July 2022

It is important to consider extreme climate events, reduce disaster losses, and formulate effective disaster prevention and mitigation countermeasures. Based on the daily data from 36 meteorological stations of Xinjiang from 1960 to 2020, in order to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
142 Views
22 Pages

16 January 2026

Against the backdrop of China’s “dual carbon” targets, the energy transition is accelerating. However, the expansion of onshore renewables is often constrained by land scarcity. Offshore areas thus present a promising alternative. I...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,646 Views
28 Pages

12 September 2024

Optimizing urban spatial morphology is one of the most effective methods for improving the urban thermal environment. Some studies have used the local climate zones (LCZ) classification system to examine the relationship between urban spatial morphol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,532 Views
12 Pages

Captive grizzly bears, like their wild counterparts, engage in considerable variability in their seasonal and daily activity. We documented the year-long activity of two grizzly bears located at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington. We found...

  • Article
  • Open Access
487 Views
25 Pages

23 October 2025

Accurately quantifying the impact of weather on dynamic grid carbon intensity is crucial for power system decarbonization. This study proposes a novel, interpretable machine learning framework integrating tree-based models with SHapley Additive exPla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,377 Views
16 Pages

Groundwater Urban Heat Island in Wrocław, Poland

  • Magdalena Worsa-Kozak and
  • Adalbert Arsen

11 March 2023

In the face of climate change and constantly progressing urbanization processes, so-called heat islands are observed with growing frequency. These phenomena are mainly characteristic of large cities, where increased air and land surface temperatures...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,401 Views
16 Pages

Evaluation of Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in University Dormitories in China

  • Yanpeng Wu,
  • Xiaoyu Li,
  • Sheng Zhao,
  • Qianglong Wang,
  • Shanxin Wang,
  • Liyang Yu and
  • Faming Wang

Most studies on Chinese dormitories are carried out in summer, while few focus on a transition season or winter. This study evaluated the air quality of a student dormitory in a university in the Beijing area by using a questionnaire survey and on-si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,672 Views
23 Pages

Experimental Study on the Hygrothermal Effect of Incorporating Phase-Change Materials in Cob Construction

  • Yousra Taouirte,
  • Taoufiq Kaoutari,
  • Hasna Louahlia,
  • Ayoub Gounni and
  • Mustapha El Alami

25 March 2025

Faced with the current challenges of the energy transition and the quest for sustainable materials, biobased materials are attracting growing interest for their environmental and thermal properties. Cob is well known for regulating humidity and impro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,852 Views
21 Pages

The impacts of greenery systems (GSs) on microclimate conditions and building energy performance have been frequently investigated using experiments and simulations during the past decades, especially in summer and winter. However, few studies have f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,632 Views
16 Pages

Long-Term (2017–2020) Aerosol Optical Depth Observations in Hohhot City in Mongolian Plateau and the Impacts from Different Types of Aerosol

  • Yongjing Ma,
  • Yongli Tian,
  • Yuanzhe Ren,
  • Zifa Wang,
  • Lin Wu,
  • Xiaole Pan,
  • Yining Ma and
  • Jinyuan Xin

Aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements for 2017–2020 in urban Hohhot of the Mongolian plateau, a transition zone between the depopulated zone and East Asian urban agglomeration, were analyzed for the first time. Results show that annual AOD50...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,257 Views
27 Pages

6 August 2025

Based on the panel data of daily meteorological stations and winter wheat yield in Henan Province from 2000 to 2023, this study comprehensively used the Mann–Kendall trend test, wavelet coherence analysis (WTC), and other methods to reveal the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
5,725 Views
16 Pages

Exposures to Air Pollution and Noise from Multi-Modal Commuting in a Chinese City

  • Yisi Liu,
  • Bowen Lan,
  • Jeff Shirai,
  • Elena Austin,
  • Changhong Yang and
  • Edmund Seto

Background: Modern urban travel includes mixtures of transit options, which potentially impact individual pollution exposures and health. This study aims to investigate variations in traffic-related air pollution and noise levels experienced in traff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,768 Views
12 Pages

Seasonal Variation in First Territory Settlement of Dispersing Golden Eagles: An Innate Behaviour?

  • D. Philip Whitfield,
  • Alan H. Fielding,
  • David Anderson,
  • Stuart Benn,
  • Robin Reid,
  • Ruth Tingay and
  • Ewan D. Weston

26 January 2024

Despite advancements through satellite telemetry, knowledge of the behaviour and ecology of large raptors during natal dispersal is still poor, even though this transience phase is important in understanding the population dynamics and conservation o...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,690 Views
7 Pages

Spatiotemporal distribution of the soil moisture content of 0–10 cm underground has been assessed across the aroclimatic zones of Ukraine for the period 2000–2019. Calculated Soil Moisture Anomaly Index (SMAI) was used to characterize the degree of s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,656 Views
17 Pages

Long-Term Changes of Source Apportioned Particle Number Concentrations in a Metropolitan Area of the Northeastern United States

  • Stefania Squizzato,
  • Mauro Masiol,
  • Fereshteh Emami,
  • David C. Chalupa,
  • Mark J. Utell,
  • David Q. Rich and
  • Philip K. Hopke

12 January 2019

The northeastern United States has experienced significant emissions reductions in the last two decades leading to a decrease in PM2.5, major gaseous pollutants (SO2, CO, NOx) and ultrafine particles (UFPs) concentrations. Emissions controls were imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,014 Views
18 Pages

Spatiotemporal Influences of LULC Changes on Land Surface Temperature in Rapid Urbanization Area by Using Landsat-TM and TIRS Images

  • Eduardo Andre Kaiser,
  • Silvia Beatriz Alves Rolim,
  • Atilio Efrain Bica Grondona,
  • Cristiano Lima Hackmann,
  • Rodrigo de Marsillac Linn,
  • Pâmela Suélen Käfer,
  • Nájila Souza da Rocha and
  • Lucas Ribeiro Diaz

11 March 2022

The inverse correlation between NDVI and LST is widely known for its long time series. However, when more specific statistical tests were performed, subtle differences in the correlation behavior over time are more clearly observed. In this work, reg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
472 Views
21 Pages

18 November 2025

The transition from conventional fossil-fueled buses to electric buses (EBs) is accelerating in the global public transportation sector. However, owing to the limitations of battery lifespan and capacity, EBs have a shorter driving range than convent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,251 Views
30 Pages

4 October 2021

The physical environment of classrooms has a strong relationship with student learning performance and health. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019, almost all universities have begun implementing closed instructional management, which has forced s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,114 Views
17 Pages

12 October 2025

Reliable long-term runoff prediction for Wudongde and Three Gorges reservoirs, two major reservoirs in the upper Yangtze River basin, is crucial for optimal operation of cascade reservoirs and hydropower generation planning. This study develops a dat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,106 Views
37 Pages

1 August 2025

Under the dual challenges of global energy crisis and climate change, the building sector, as a major carbon emitter consuming 33% of global primary energy, has seen its energy efficiency optimization become a critical pathway towards achieving carbo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,143 Views
18 Pages

Design and Transition of an Emergency E-Learning Pathology Course for Medical Students—Evaluation of a Novel Course Concept

  • Christopher Holzmann-Littig,
  • Nana Jedlicska,
  • Marjo Wijnen-Meijer,
  • Friederike Liesche-Starnecker,
  • Karen Schmidt-Bäse,
  • Lutz Renders,
  • Katja Weimann,
  • Björn Konukiewitz and
  • Jürgen Schlegel

Background: Around the world, the emergency brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic forced medical schools to create numerous e-learning supplements to provide instruction during this crisis. The question now is to determine a way in which to capitali...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,986 Views
15 Pages

Evolution of Backscattering Coefficients of Drifting Multi-Year Sea Ice during End of Melting and Onset of Freeze-up in the Western Beaufort Sea

  • Seung Hee Kim,
  • Hyun-Cheol Kim,
  • Chang-Uk Hyun,
  • Sungjae Lee,
  • Jung-Seok Ha,
  • Joo-Hong Kim,
  • Young-Joo Kwon,
  • Jeong-Won Park,
  • Hyangsun Han and
  • Duk-jin Kim
  • + 1 author

27 April 2020

Backscattering coefficients of Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data of drifting multi-year sea ice in the western Beaufort Sea during the transition period between the end of melting and onset of freeze-up are analyzed, in terms of the inci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,677 Views
19 Pages

Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yields: Insights from the Abruzzo Region, Central Italy

  • Vincenzo Guerriero,
  • Anna Rita Scorzini,
  • Bruno Di Lena,
  • Stefano Iulianella,
  • Mario Di Bacco and
  • Marco Tallini

26 September 2023

Climate change poses a major sustainability challenge, with potential far-reaching economic and social impacts, including fluctuations in agricultural yields and subsequent volatility in the availability and prices of essential food resources. In thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,083 Views
29 Pages

Optimizing Electric Bus Efficiency: Evaluating Seasonal Performance in a Southern USA Transit System

  • MD Rezwan Hossain,
  • Arjun Babuji,
  • Md. Hasibul Hasan,
  • Haofei Yu,
  • Amr Oloufa and
  • Hatem Abou-Senna

Electric buses (EBs) are increasingly adopted for their environmental and operational benefits, yet their real-world efficiency is influenced by climate, route characteristics, and auxiliary energy demands. While most existing research identifies win...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,092 Views
20 Pages

Multi-Scenario Pumped Storage Capacity Timeline Configuration Method Adapted to New Energy Development

  • Danwen Hua,
  • Linjun Shi,
  • Lingkai Zhu,
  • Ziwei Zhong,
  • Zhiqiang Gong,
  • Junshan Guo and
  • Wei Zheng

4 September 2025

Traditional pumped storage capacity configuration uses static, year-targeted approaches, leading under-capacity in the early planning stages—wasting renewable energy—and over-capacity in later stages, thus wasting resources. In order to s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,443 Views
15 Pages

Techno-Economic Evaluation of a Compressed CO2 Energy Storage System for Load Shifting Based on Dynamic Modelling

  • Bin Zhang,
  • Junbo Yang,
  • Sule Tian,
  • Qingxi Huang,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Qie Sun and
  • Xiaohan Ren

3 December 2023

To reduce the electricity grid’s valley—peak difference, thereby resulting in a smoother electricity load, this study employs a compressed CO2 energy storage system to facilitate load shifting. Load shifting by the CCES system not only en...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,310 Views
14 Pages

Objective: We examined whether seasonal and monthly variations exist in the subjective well-being of weather-sensitive patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) during cardiac rehabilitation. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 865 patients (30...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,681 Views
14 Pages

5 September 2022

The building sector is responsible for more than one-third of total global energy consumption; hence, increasingly efficient energy use in this sector will contribute to achieving carbon neutrality. Most existing building-energy-benchmarking methods...

  • Article
  • Open Access
356 Views
19 Pages

12 December 2025

Rapid urban growth in South Indian coastal cities such as Chennai has intensified the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, with paved parking lots, walkways, and open spaces acting as major heat reservoirs. This study specifically compares conventional co...

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