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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

A Study on the Actual Conditions of Residential Environment and a Solar Energy Applied House in the Tibetan Plateau

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2017
This study shows the results of field measurements of an apartment building located in Tibet′s capital and in traditional houses in order to evaluate their levels concerning the living environment such as inside and outside temperature, humidity ...
Yan Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

CFD Analysis of Dual‐Layer PCM Roofs for Thermal Mitigation in Residential Buildings

open access: yesHeat Transfer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a computational fluid dynamics analysis of dual‐layer phase change material (PCM) roofs for passive cooling in residential buildings under the hot and humid climate of Bangladesh. A three‐dimensional transient model was developed in ANSYS Fluent using the enthalpy–porosity approach to simulate coupled heat conduction ...
Mohammad Junaid   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Analytical Impact Force Models for Floor Impact Vibration and Acoustic Numerical Analysis

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2016
Apartment houses have been continuously constructed in Korea to solve overcrowding in large cities. The interlayer noise arising from these apartment houses has now become a critical social problem which requires an urgent solution.
Sangki Park, Haseog Kim
doaj   +1 more source

A structural model for corporate profit in the U.S. industry [PDF]

open access: yes
I estimate a theoretically and statistically satisfying model to account for corporate profit represented by Net Rental Income (NRI) for one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trust companies (REIT) in the U.S.
Gomez-Sorzano, Gustavo
core   +1 more source

Journal Staff [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A life cycle assessment (LCA) of a low energy / passive house in northern Sweden, including building materials and energy use is reported. The case study building is semi detached house for two families situated in Östersund (lat. 63°N), Sweden.
Danielski, Itai   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A Preliminary Assessment of Noise‐Related Impacts From the Urban‐Invasive Johnstone's Whistling Frog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei) 城市入侵物种约翰斯通鸣蛙 (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei) 引起的噪声影响初步评估 Una evaluación preliminar de los impactos relacionados con el ruido de la rana silbadora de Johnstone (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei), especie urbana invasora

open access: yesIntegrative Conservation, EarlyView.
The Johnstone's whistling frog is an invasive species whose loud night‐time calls may affect human health and well‐being. Our study in Cali, Colombia, combined fieldwork and online surveys to assess its urban occupancy, density, and potential health impacts.
Rubén Darío Palacio, Sumana Goli
wiley   +1 more source

Externalities Imposed on Residential Properties in Highly Urbanized Areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In highly industrialized areas open spaces such as farmland and nature are under pressure since urban areas are expanding at their expense. Because of the high opportunity costs of development in urban areas, a high price has to be paid for the ...
Cotteleer, G., Peerlings, J.H.M.
core   +1 more source

Deliberate Practice Supervision to Enhance the Effectiveness of Behavioral Activation for Depression: A Case Study

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Psychology, Volume 81, Issue 6, Page 526-537, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Deliberate Practice (DP) is a model of behavioral skill acquisition structured by several key tasks. The past decade has shown a consistent growth in interest in this form of learning for psychotherapy skills, with promising research suggesting DP training is superior to traditional learning methods of psychotherapy. This paper presents a case
Dan Sacks
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Floor Impact Sound Insulation Performance of a Voided Slab System Applied to a High-Rise Commercial Residential-Complex Building

open access: yesInternational Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, 2019
Multi-unit dwellings, such as apartment housing, town houses, and flats, are some of the most common housing types in Korea, as well as in other countries.
Seunguk Na   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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