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Effects of complex soundscapes on the occurrence of Anaxipha pallidula in isolated green spaces in Tokyo

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban green spaces experience a mix of natural and anthropogenic noises, which could disrupt the vocal communication of several species. This study investigated how such complex soundscapes affect the occurrence of Anaxipha pallidula, which communicates through calls, focusing on both sound level and quality.
Hiroki Mori, Takeshi Osawa
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of the New Mix Design Process for Cold In-Place Rehabilitation Using Foamed Asphalt, 2007 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Asphalt pavement recycling has grown dramatically over the last few years as a viable technology to rehabilitate existing asphalt pavements. Iowa's current Cold In-place Recycling (CIR) practice utilizes a generic recipe specification to define the ...

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ALL POSSIBLE PASTS: Heritage, Simulacra, and Gentrification in Seoul

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban heritage scholars have often criticized simulacra as ‘bad’ copies that degrade the ‘good’ model of the past through commercialization and gentrification. This article challenges such Platonic dichotomies of good/bad and model/copy, arguing that the binary of good heritage and bad simulacra is flawed because heritage is itself actualized ...
Myung In Ji
wiley   +1 more source

An Integrated Study of Pervious Concrete Mixture Design for Wearing Course Applications, July 2011 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This report presents the results of the largest and most comprehensive study to date on portland cement pervious concrete (PCPC). It is designed to be widely accessible and easily applied by designers, producers, contractors, and owners. The project was

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Experimental Study on Hydraulic Fracturing of High Asphalt Concrete Core Rock-Fill Dam

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
In this paper, we experiment on the hydraulic fracturing of asphalt concrete with a voids content higher than 3%, which has arisen from the possible local shear dilatancy of Quxue asphalt’s core wall of concrete core dam, the highest one of the ...
Zhengxing Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘They Are So Tall They Almost Reach the Sun’: Children's Experiences, Perceptions and Agency in Early Childhood School Spaces Through Participatory Research

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article studies how children between the ages of three and five perceive, inhabit, and assign meaning to school environments through a collaborative qualitative research design that emphasises children's agency and diverse forms of expression.
Katia Álvarez Díaz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-healing intensity, rate and durability of asphalt concrete [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
When developing self-healing materials, methods to test self-healing are needed. Three parameters for assessing the self-healing of asphalt concrete are proposed in this article.
Inozemtcev Sergei   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alevi Spatial Politics: Placemaking and the Negotiation of Visibility Across Diaspora and Homeland

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines Alevi spatial politics by analysing how space is produced, practised and negotiated across diaspora and homeland. Drawing on multi‐sited ethnographic research conducted among British Alevis in London and in Alevi villages in the Afşin–Elbistan region of Turkey, it focuses on cemevis (cem houses) as key sites of religious ...
Hayal Hanoğlu
wiley   +1 more source

A model for asphalt concrete modulus prediction from basic mix variables in Saudi Arabia

open access: yes, 1997
The asphalt concrete, being the upper layer in flexible pavement structures, is the most important layer as it largely controls the performance of flexible pavements.
A. Al-Suhaibani   +5 more
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Main problems of manufacturing asphalt concrete mixtures in Lithuania/Asfaltbetonio mišinių gamybos svarbiausios problemos Lietuvoje

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2000
The article describes the main problems of manufacturing asphalt concrete mixtures at the factories under Ministry of Communication in the Republic of Lithuania. The Lithuanian Road Network is up to 21.122 km of state roads.
Donatas Čygas
doaj   +1 more source

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