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Context: The demand for protection and security of physical spaces and urban areas increased with the escalation of terroristic attacks in recent years. We envision with the proposed cyber–physical systems and spaces, a city that would indeed become a smarter urbanistic object, proactively providing alerts and being protective against any threat. Objectives: This survey intend to provide a systematic multivocal literature survey comprised of an updated, comprehensive and timely overview of state of the art in counter-terrorism cyber–physical systems, hence aimed at the protection of cyber–physical spaces. Hence, provide guidelines to law enforcement agencies and practitioners providing a description of technologies and best practices for the protection of public spaces. Methods: We analyzed 112 papers collected from different online sources, both from the academic field and from websites and blogs ranging from 2004 till mid-2022. Results: (a) There is no one single bullet-proof solution available for the protection of public spaces. (b) From our analysis we found three major active fields for the protection of public spaces: Information Technologies, Architectural approaches, Organizational field. (c) While the academic suggest best practices and methodologies for the protection of urban areas, the market did not provide any type of implementation of such suggested approaches, which shows a lack of fertilization between academia and industry. Conclusion: The overall analysis has led us to state that there is no one single solution available, conversely, multiple methods and techniques can be put in place to guarantee safety and security in public spaces. The techniques range from architectural design to rethink the design of public spaces keeping security into account in continuity, to emerging technologies such as AI and predictive surveillance.

This report investigates current practice at the interface between the social (human) decision-making process and digital technology. We want to provide an overview of current learning across various practice contexts, through a unified lens which allows us to assimilate the learning and guide further research. To position 13 cases of integration of human and digital technology in decision-making (Pages 18-88), we propose a three-dimensional space, defined by three axes associated with fundamental questions: 1. Whotakesthedecision?(p.13) 2. Whattypeofdecision?(p.14) 3. Whereinthedecision-makingprocessdoestheintegrationofdigital technologies happen? (p.16). The cases have been collected from academics and managers who study and deploy cutting-edge digital technology for decision-making, on an international basis. Cases were selected to represent a broad range of applications of digital technologies in a variety of decision-making contexts. Each case study presents not just the learnings to date, but also the boundary of current knowledge and future research directions. By cross analysing the cases, we identified themes that are relevant across the three- dimensional space. For each application of a digital technology in decision-making, questions emerge about how to promote the: ii • Adoption of the integration of the digital technology in decision-making, in terms of enablers and barriers (p.90) • Assessment of the integration of the digital technology in decision-making in terms of effectiveness and appropriateness (p.94) • Adaptation of the human systems to integrate digital technologies in decision- making, including inward and outward adaptation (p.100)

This white paper focuses on leveraging National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and collaborations with meteorological agencies to enhance weather monitoring in Africa. By integrating low-cost weather stations based on IoT technologies, particularly LoRaWAN, these partnerships offer affordable and sustainable solutions to improve access to weather data across the continent. NRENs' high-speed networking capabilities facilitate seamless data collection, sharing, and transmission, thereby significantly enhancing the accuracy of weather forecasts. Working with meteorological agencies, NRENs play a pivotal role in providing real-time weather data, aiding decision-making in critical sectors such as agriculture, transportation, and disaster management, and contributing to overall socioeconomic progress in Africa.

Script to extract monthly water extent from Pekel et al. (2016) around gauging stations in Google Earth Engine.

In-situ marine cloud droplet number concentrations (CDNCs), cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), and CCN proxies, based on particle sizes and optical properties, are accumulated from seven field campaigns, ACTIVATE, NAAMES, CAMP2EX, ORACLES, SOCRATES, MARCUS, and CAPRICORN2. Each campaign involves aircraft measurements, ship-based measurements, or both. Measurements are collected over the North and Central Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, and Southern Oceans, representing a range of clean to polluted conditions in various climate regimes. With the large range of environmental conditions sampled, this collection of data is ideal for testing satellite remote detection methods of CDNC and CCN in marine environment. Remote measurement methods are key to expanding the available data, in these difficult to reach regions of the Earth, and improving our understanding of aerosol-cloud interactions. Additional particle composition and continental tracers are included to identify potential contributing CCN source. Several of these campaigns, include both High Spectral Resolution Lidar and polarimetric imaging measurements that will be the basis for the next generation of space-based remote sensors and, thus, can be utilized as satellite surrogates.

In Republic of Croatia are 555 self-government local units, namely 428 local municipalities, 127 cities and 20 units of regional self-government, i.e., counties. The City of Zagreb as the capital town of Republic of Croatia has special status of a city and county. So, there are a total of 576 units of local and regional self-government units in Republic of Croatia. The thesis is focused on the topic of transparency and digitization in local self-governing units of the Republic of Croatia. It is important to note that this is a long-term process that has been accelerated due to challenging times. For example, the emergence of the coronavirus accelerated the process of creating strong foundations for the giving of digital services. As the role of the citizen changed throughout history, his needs increased. He is now able and it is required to actively participate in the creation of public policy and to be active in monitoring and providing feedback to public authorities. The Republic of Croatia is still on its way to being at the top of the list of countries that are successful in transparency and digitalization. With its strategies and legislative framework, it strengthens the institutions that are responsible for this, and also provides the citizen with a larger area of services that can be requested online and check the status of their case in every time. The thesis analyzes the previous with today’s situation and apply data of some research and gives examples of some cities that should be a model for further development. U Republici Hrvatskoj ustrojene su ukupno 555 jedinica lokalne samouprave, i to 428 općina i 127 gradova te 20 jedinica područne (regionalne) samouprave, odnosno županija. Grad Zagreb, kao glavni grad Republike Hrvatske, ima poseban status grada i županije, tako da je u Republici Hrvatskoj sveukupno 576 jedinica lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave. Rad je fokusiran na temu transparentnosti i digitalizacije u lokalnim samoupravnim jedinicama Republike Hrvatske. Važno je napomenuti i istaknuti da se radi o temi koju karakterizira dugotrajni proces koji je ubrzan radi izazovnih vremena. Primjerice pojava koronavirusa ubrzala je procese stvaranja jakih podloga za pružanje digitalnih usluga. Kako se mijenjala uloga građanina tijekom povijesti tako su se i mijenjale njegove potrebe. On je sada sposoban i od njega se traži da aktivno sudjeluje u kreiranju javnih politika i da bude aktivan u praćenju i davanju povratnih informacija tijelima javne vlasti. Republika Hrvatska još je na putu koji vodi vrhu ljestvice država koje su uspješne u transparentnosti i digitalizaciji. Ona svojim strategijama i zakonodavnim okvirom jača institucije koje su za to nadležne, a također i građaninu daje širi spektar usluga koje može zatražiti online i pratiti status svog predmeta. Rad analizira prethodno stanje s onim današnjim primjenjujući podatke nekih provedenih istraživanja i navodi primjere nekih gradova koji bi trebali biti uzor daljnjem razvoju.

As Transformações Digitais são iniciativas que, com a pandemia da COVID-19, se tornaram ainda mais importantes para a competitividade das organizações. No entanto, estas iniciativas têm uma elevada taxa de insucesso, pois são processos complexos que exigem um planeamento e uma implementação cuidadosa e rigorosa. O principal objectivo desta dissertação é adaptar um binómio DTM (Digital Transformation Model)-DMM (Digital Maturity Model) às características das cooperativas de serviços. Para este objetivo, realizamos revisões sistemáticas de literatura de modo a identificar os DTMs e DMMs existentes. Os modelos são analisados e comparados (7 DTM e 20 DMM), e os mais completos são seleccionados. Em seguida, propomos vários pares DTM-DMM de entre os modelos mais completos, com base em características como a dimensão e o sector das organizações. Tendo em conta as cooperativas de serviços e as suas especificidades, seleccionamos o par considerado mais adequado para servir de base ao trabalho de adaptação. Esta adaptação é efetuada através da consulta da literatura e de especialistas em cooperativas, de modo a abranger as idiossincrasias deste tipo de organizações. Os resultados desta investigação têm implicações para a preparação e implementação de iniciativas de Transformação Digital no contexto das cooperativas de serviços. Os resultados apresentam duas ferramentas (DTM e DMM) adaptadas a este tipo de organização e que podem ser utilizadas numa abordagem combinada para o planeamento e a implementação de processos de TD rigorosos. Este têm o potencial de aumentar as taxas de sucesso da TD e, por conseguinte, melhorar a competitividade das cooperativas de serviços Digital Transformations are initiatives that, with the COVID-19 pandemic, became even more important for the competitiveness of organisations. However, these initiatives have a high failure rate, as they are complex processes that require careful and rigorous planning and implementation. The main objective of this dissertation is to adapt a DTM-DMM binomial to the characteristics of the cooperatives of services. For this objective, we perform systematic literature reviews to identify existing DTMs and DMMs. The models are analysed and compared (7 DTM and 20 DMM), and the most complete ones are selected. Next, we propose several DTM-DMM pairs from among the most complete models, based on characteristics such as the size and sector of organisations. Taking into account the cooperatives of services and their specificities, we select the pair considered most suitable for the basis of model adaptation. This adaptation is made by consulting the literature and cooperative experts, so that it covers the idiosyncrasies of this type of organisation. The results of this research have implications for the preparation and implementation of DT initiatives in the context of the cooperatives of services. The results present two tools (DTM and DMM) adapted to this type of organisation and that can be used in a combined approach for the planning and implementation of rigorous DT processes. This has the potential to increase DT success rates and therefore improve the competitiveness of the cooperatives of services.

ASHVIN is a 3,5 years research and innovation project funded by the European Commission. It develops a digital twin solution for the European Construction sector, helping to foster safety and productivity in the construction and maintenance of different assets. ASHVIN publishes a regular newsletter to inform its community about project updates. ASHVIN's Newsletter #6 shares the outcomes of our latest project meeting organised in Stockholm this June. You will also find the latest updates on our demonstration sites' data collection and analysis and how the digital twin solutions support the different involved infrastructures and buildings. Then, it highlights the results of our latest webinar #3 on the Maintenance of Infrastructure Assets and features our participation in several international scientific events. You can display ASHVIN newsletter #6 here