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David Hernández Falagán
This essay proposes a review of current trends in the design of collective housing projects. The method for the review is based on the observation of certain conditions of contemporary society that show an immediate influence on new habitat patterns. The...
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Leslie Dodson,S. Revi Sterling,John K. Bennett
Pág. pp. 19 - 34 pgs.
This paper examines 40 articles published in Information Technologies & International Development between 2003 and 2010 to identify commonalities among projects that failed to meet some or all of their development objectives. We considered whether the se...
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Garrette Clark, Justin Kosoris, Long Nguyen Hong and Marcel Crul
The Design for Sustainability (D4S) concept outlines methodologies for making sustainable improvements (social, economic and environmental) to products by applying elements of life cycle thinking. D4S builds on the work of ecodesign to include economic a...
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Venanzio Giannella, Francesco Branda, Jessica Passaro, Giuseppe Petrone, Mattia Barbarino and Roberto Citarella
This work illustrates the development of passive noise control (PNC) improvements of aircraft headrests to enhance the acoustic comfort for passengers. Two PNC improvements were studied with the aim of reducing the noise perceived by passengers during fl...
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Alberto Dalla Mora, Laura Di Sieno, Rebecca Re, Antonio Pifferi and Davide Contini
This work reviews physical concepts, technologies and applications of time-domain diffuse optics based on time-gated single-photon detection. This particular photon detection strategy is of the utmost importance in the diffuse optics field as it unleashe...
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Ilaria Cavallina, Rossella D?Alessandro, Chiara Brusa, Elisa Panero, Enrica Rolle, Francesca Rossi, Tiziana Mongini and Federica Silvia Ricci
Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are a heterogeneous group of genetic neuromuscular disorders. They usually occur at birth or in early childhood, with delayed acquisition of motor milestones, and diffuse muscle weakness. A dystrophic pattern is evi...
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Michael Moscarelli, Gary Wingenbach and Robert Strong
Homophily is the tendency of individuals to be attracted to and associate with people who share similar sociodemographic, behavioral, and intrapersonal characteristics. Homophily plays a significant role when introducing innovations to create behavioral ...
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Linjian Wu, Zhouyu Xiang, Han Jiang, Mingwei Liu, Xueli Ju and Wenxiao Zhang
Soda residue soil (SRS) is a man-made engineering foundation soil formed by soda residue; it is mainly distributed in coastal areas in China. SRS is rich in a variety of corrosive salts, among which the concentrations of chloride ions are about 2?3 times...
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Yifan Huang, Wenfeng Fan, Jinliang Wu, Xinglong Xiang and Guan Wang
Glacial till, widely distributed in southwest China, is a special soil directly deposited by detritus formed from melting Quaternary glaciers. In this paper, the F1 ionic soil stabilizer was adopted for stabilizing the glacial till to improve its mechani...
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Sean N. Gordon, Philip J. Murphy, John A. Gallo, Patrick Huber, Allan Hollander, Ann Edwards and Piotr Jankowski
As the need for more broad-scale solutions to environmental problems is increasingly recognized, traditional hierarchical, government-led models of coordination are being supplemented by or transformed into more collaborative inter-organizational network...
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Ochuko Kelvin Overen, Edson Leroy Meyer and Golden Makaka
Solar radiation provides the most significant natural energy in buildings for space heating and daylighting. Due to atmospheric interference, solar radiation received at the Earth?s surface consists of direct beam and diffuse radiation, where diffuse can...
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Doris Guerrero,Cristina Pavón,Ricardo Tendero Caballero
Pág. 27 - 35
This document presents an analysis of the incorporation of a thin-film solar cell system, applied to a building to provide greater energy production under diffuse radiation, homogeneous integration that minimizes the costs of raw material for installatio...
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Jaime Arriaga, Francesca Ribas, Albert Falqués, Jantien Rutten and Gerben Ruessink
Concentrated mega-nourishments, built as coastal protection measures for decadal time scales, are intended to diffuse, that is to erode and to supply sand to the nearby beaches and dunes by profiting of the natural drivers. Here, we aim to quantify the r...
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Giulio Malucelli
Fabric flammability is a surface-confined phenomenon: in fact, the fabric surface represents the most critical region, through which the mass and heat transfers, responsible for fueling the flame, are controlled and exchanged with the surroundings. More ...
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Samuele Bumbaca and Enrico Borgogno-Mondino
This work was aimed at developing a prototype system based on multispectral digital photogrammetry to support tests required by international regulations for new Plant Protection Products (PPPs). In particular, the goal was to provide a system addressing...
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