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Peer review is an important part of the scientific process, but traditional peer review at journals is coming under increased scrutiny for its inefficiency and lack of transparency. As preprints become more widely used and accepted, they raise the possibility of rethinking the peer-review process. Preprints are enabling new forms of peer review that have the potential to be more thorough, inclusive, and collegial than traditional journal peer review, and to thus fundamentally shift the culture of peer review toward constructive collaboration. In this Consensus View, we make a call to action to stakeholders in the community to accelerate the growing momentum of preprint sharing and provide recommendations to empower researchers to provide open and constructive peer review for preprints.

Abstract The procedure to estimate the amplitude of the special wind events according to IEC 61400‐1 as proposed by Larsen is reviewed. Corrections are specified that yield larger amplitudes for the extreme operating gust (EOG) and the extreme coherent gust with simultaneous direction change (ECD). For the ECD case, distributions for longitudinal and lateral gust amplitudes are derived and applied in simulations to derive the load distribution, from which the 50‐year extreme load can be found. Results are compared with the calculation with the conventional ECD: In the example calculation, the 50‐year values of both blade root bending moment and tip deflection are smaller than the conventional values.

A growing number of funders, institutions, and academics are advocating for sustainable, transparent, and trusted open scholarly infrastructures. While significant progress has been made in journal publishing, other essential research outputs, such as preprints, data, and software, still lack recognition and support, despite being integral to scholarly communication. This poster presents a modular vision for scholarly publishing infrastructure, inspired by both the distinct stages of the publishing process and the familiar LEGO brick metaphor. By developing interoperable components such as peer review systems, hosting platforms, metadata services, citation identifiers and persistent identifiers, we can create an infrastructure that is robust, user-centric, and future-ready. For non-profit university presses like TU Delft OPEN Publishing, this approach offers a strategic opportunity to reduce costs, ensure sustainability, advance open science, and strengthen collaboration with funders and institutions. Initiatives such as the NWO (Dutch Research Council) Research Infrastructure call and the Netherlands University Presses (NUP) collaboration demonstrate that many of the essential building blocks are already in place. The true innovation, therefore, is not (only) in building new tools from scratch, but also in effectively connecting the ones we already have in a modular, open, and sustainable way. This poster invites academics, publishers, funders, and infrastructure builders to co-create an interoperable scholarly ecosystem that brings all the pieces together. Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Frederique Belliard will not be able to come to the Munin Conference to present her poster.

A spatial lens on Climate Change dynamics in urban transitions considering the growing importance that the urban environments assume within contemporary territorial transformations yet little room is offered within market-driven societies to critically reflect the spatial impact that cities face vis-à-vis the urgencies for environmental rebalancing. It embraces a wide range of phenomena we all live and experience nowadays, not only incidentally but more in a structural way, forcing us to rethink our present state and explore futures. Transitions embody the fluctuating form of late capitalism with its raisings and disruptions. Regarding the environmental conditions, they are affecting the world regions’ habitability, the phenomenon of progressive urbanization versus agricultural land abandonment (UN 2018). With these premises, transitions seem to be a proper reference for an interdisciplinary and conceptual frame addressing the transformation of urban and metropolitan contexts, which will be the leading players for the coming decades.

Vivianite (Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O) plays a significant role in phosphorus sequestration within anaerobic lake sediments and has recently gained interest as a recoverable phosphate resource from wastewater due to its paramagnetic properties. This study examines vivianite formation and detectability in the context of dredging-based remediation of the eutrophic Lake Ormstrup (Denmark), focusing on whether iron(II) dosing to dredged lake sediment can enhance vivianite production for magnetic recovery. Vivianite was detected only when iron and phosphate were added simultaneously, indicating that phosphate availability, not iron supply, is the key constraint in dredged sediments. Furthermore, low native vivianite concentrations prevented reliable detection using Mössbauer spectroscopy. To improve vivianite quantification, alternative Mössbauer fitting approaches and bipyridine extractions were compared. However, iron-spiked samples showed no measurable increase in Fe(II)-P relative to controls, highlighting persistent analytical challenges. These findings show limited potential for vivianite-based recovery from dredged sediment in Lake Ormstrup. Nevertheless, the results also provide new insights into carbonates and organics likely outcompeting phosphate for iron binding, outline methodological improvements needed to detect vivianite in low-concentration environments, and highlight differences in Fe/P/S ratios in lake sediments compared to those in digested sludge.

Vivianite (Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O) plays a significant role in phosphorus sequestration within anaerobic lake sediments and has recently gained interest as a recoverable phosphate resource from wastewater due to its paramagnetic properties. This study examines vivianite formation and detectability in the context of dredging-based remediation of the eutrophic Lake Ormstrup (Denmark), focusing on whether iron(II) dosing to dredged lake sediment can enhance vivianite production for magnetic recovery. Vivianite was detected only when iron and phosphate were added simultaneously, indicating that phosphate availability, not iron supply, is the key constraint in dredged sediments. Furthermore, low native vivianite concentrations prevented reliable detection using Mössbauer spectroscopy. To improve vivianite quantification, alternative Mössbauer fitting approaches and bipyridine extractions were compared. However, iron-spiked samples showed no measurable increase in Fe(II)-P relative to controls, highlighting persistent analytical challenges. These findings show limited potential for vivianite-based recovery from dredged sediment in Lake Ormstrup. Nevertheless, the results also provide new insights into carbonates and organics likely outcompeting phosphate for iron binding, outline methodological improvements needed to detect vivianite in low-concentration environments, and highlight differences in Fe/P/S ratios in lake sediments compared to those in digested sludge.

Vivianite (Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O) is an attractive product for phosphorus recovery and can form in digested sludge, sediments, and manure when sufficient Fe(II) is available. In wastewater treatment, however, iron sulphides typically outcompete vivianite under anaerobic conditions. To reduce the iron dosage required for vivianite formation, this study investigated whether controlled microaeration at oxidation–reduction potential (ORP) levels ranging from -220 to 0 mV can oxidize iron sulphides, release Fe(II), and thereby promote vivianite formation. Microaeration produced two contrasting effects. Mössbauer spectroscopy indicated a loss of ~20% of the Fe(II) vivianite fraction across all ORP conditions, while a pyrite-like iron sulphide phase remained largely unchanged. In contrast, in the soluble phase, sulphur species increased (~40% of total sulphur), and phosphorus decreased (~70% of soluble phosphorus), suggesting iron–phosphate binding or adsorption under microaerobic conditions. These observations support a time-dependent reaction sequence. During early aeration, more labile FeSₓ phases are likely to have oxidized to elemental sulphur, providing free iron sites for phosphorus binding/adsorption. After prolonged aeration (24 h), both sulphur and iron species shifted toward oxidized products, including sulphate and Fe(III) minerals. Targeting only the initial microaeration phase may offer a pathway to selectively convert iron sulphides into more desirable recovery products—elemental sulphur and vivianite. Additionally, phosphorus removal, at ORP as low as -220 mV highlights microaeration as a potential low-chemical alternative to peroxide-based treatments.

Vivianite (Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O) is an attractive product for phosphorus recovery and can form in digested sludge, sediments, and manure when sufficient Fe(II) is available. In wastewater treatment, however, iron sulphides typically outcompete vivianite under anaerobic conditions. To reduce the iron dosage required for vivianite formation, this study investigated whether controlled microaeration at oxidation–reduction potential (ORP) levels ranging from -220 to 0 mV can oxidize iron sulphides, release Fe(II), and thereby promote vivianite formation. Microaeration produced two contrasting effects. Mössbauer spectroscopy indicated a loss of ~20% of the Fe(II) vivianite fraction across all ORP conditions, while a pyrite-like iron sulphide phase remained largely unchanged. In contrast, in the soluble phase, sulphur species increased (~40% of total sulphur), and phosphorus decreased (~70% of soluble phosphorus), suggesting iron–phosphate binding or adsorption under microaerobic conditions. These observations support a time-dependent reaction sequence. During early aeration, more labile FeSₓ phases are likely to have oxidized to elemental sulphur, providing free iron sites for phosphorus binding/adsorption. After prolonged aeration (24 h), both sulphur and iron species shifted toward oxidized products, including sulphate and Fe(III) minerals. Targeting only the initial microaeration phase may offer a pathway to selectively convert iron sulphides into more desirable recovery products—elemental sulphur and vivianite. Additionally, phosphorus removal, at ORP as low as -220 mV highlights microaeration as a potential low-chemical alternative to peroxide-based treatments.

Application for Call Open Science Infrastructure - Open Science NL Summary Infrastructures for Diamond Open Access plans to set up a high-quality and flexible national publication infrastructure that can be made available to all university presses, research institutes, and other research organisations that wish to develop and publish their own articles, journals and (text)books. The infrastructure builds upon already existing academic library-led publication infrastructures, the so-called Netherlands University Presses (NUPs), and Openjournals. All of these have demonstrated their dedication to open science principles by using technology based on open-source software, having a community-based governance and adherence to diamond open access models and FAIR data principles.

Application for Call Open Science Infrastructure - Open Science NL Summary Infrastructures for Diamond Open Access plans to set up a high-quality and flexible national publication infrastructure that can be made available to all university presses, research institutes, and other research organisations that wish to develop and publish their own articles, journals and (text)books. The infrastructure builds upon already existing academic library-led publication infrastructures, the so-called Netherlands University Presses (NUPs), and Openjournals. All of these have demonstrated their dedication to open science principles by using technology based on open-source software, having a community-based governance and adherence to diamond open access models and FAIR data principles.

Application for Call Open Science Infrastructure - Open Science NL Summary Infrastructures for Diamond Open Access plans to set up a high-quality and flexible national publication infrastructure that can be made available to all university presses, research institutes, and other research organisations that wish to develop and publish their own articles, journals and (text)books. The infrastructure builds upon already existing academic library-led publication infrastructures, the so-called Netherlands University Presses (NUPs), and Openjournals. All of these have demonstrated their dedication to open science principles by using technology based on open-source software, having a community-based governance and adherence to diamond open access models and FAIR data principles.

Between 1929 and 1935, the Bata Shoe Company planned the construction of a series of modern industrial satellite towns in Europe, Asia, and America. By 1935, however, their development was far from advanced, and their original town plans, following a modernist grid, had been replaced with new ones, based on garden city ideas. A transnational explanation of the conditions that complicated their construction and motivated changes in their design remains as a gap in the existing literature on the Bata Shoe Company. The conceptual framework of sociological institutionalism is used to study how questions of meaning and social legitimacy influenced the design and construction of Bata’s industrial towns in the 1930s. The methodology employed involved the triangulation of the study of secondary sources and research into Bata’s archives, with the analysis of how the urban form of the towns changed through time. The research reveals the institutionalization of ideas on urban planning and architecture within Bata’s structure, and the role of external legitimation in justifying their utilization or withdrawal. Finally, this article will posit that interdisciplinary readings on contemporary urban history can bring new insights into the transformation of the built environment by multinational organizations.