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An overview of virtual city modelling : emerging organisational issues [PDF]

, 2007
This paper presents a recent overview of the increasing use of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies for the simulation of urban environments. It builds on previous research conducted on the identification of three-dimensional (3D) city models and offers an ...
Horne, Margaret, Podevyn, Martin, Thompson, Emine Mine   +2 more
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Daniel Bar‐Tal, on the Israeli‐Palestinian conflict, before and after October 7, 2023: In conversation with James Liu and Veronica Hopner

Political Psychology, Volume 46, Issue 6, Page 1419-1439, December 2025.
Abstract The Israel‐Palestinian conflict is one of the most well‐known and polarizing issues that has impacts on societies, and institutions beyond Israel, and Palestine. This interview with prominent social scientist Daniel Bar‐Tal, Professor Emeritus, School of Education, Tel Aviv University, focused on the situation in Israel and Palestine following
Daniel Bar‐Tal
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Exploring Ethnocracy and the Possibilities of Coexistence in Beirut [PDF]

, 2016
In response to James Anderson’s article “Ethnocracy: Exploring and extending the concept”, this article revisits some of the extensive discussions of Lebanon’s political sectarianism through the prism of ethnocracy to the extent that it contributes to an
Kastrissianakis, Konstantin
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The Yarmouk tributary to the Jordan river II: Infrastructure impeding the transformation of equitable transboundary water arrangements [PDF]

, 2019
This article explores the ways in which key components of infrastructure built on the Yarmouk tributary to the Jordan River induce or impede the transformation of existing transboundary water arrangements.
Abdallah, Chadi, Dajani, Muna, Elaydi, Heather, Khresat, Sa'eb, Zeitoun, Mark   +4 more
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Continuum Model for River Networks

, 1995
The effects of erosion, avalanching and random precipitation are captured in a simple stochastic partial differential equation for modelling the evolution of river networks.
A. Czirok, A. E. Scheidegger, A. Rinaldo, A. Rinaldo, Achille Giacometti, Amos Maritan, G. I. Barenblatt, H. Inaoka, H. Takayasu, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, J. E. Green, Jayanth R. Banavar, M. Fisher, P. Bak, P. Meakin, R. E. Horton, R. Leheny, S. F. Edwards, S. Kramer, T. Nagatani, T. R. Smith, W. S. Glock   +21 more
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Adherence to the Lebanese National Dietary and Lifestyle Guidelines for Pregnancy and Its Association With Postpartum Weight Retention

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 21, Issue 4, October 2025.
ABSTRACT The Lebanese National Dietary and Lifestyle Guidelines for Pregnancy (DLGP) were developed to foster maternal and child health. The study aims to examine adherence to the DLGP and investigate its association with postpartum weight retention at 6 months (PPWR6).
Fatima Al Zahraa Chokor, Simone J. P. M. Eussen, Matty Crone, Mariam Abdulmalik, Jennifer Ayoub, Pamela Zgheib, Aya Chatila, Lara Nasreddine, Farah Naja   +8 more
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Whole‐genome data shed light on speciation and within‐species differentiation of the Papilio machaon complex around the Mediterranean Basin

Systematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 692-712, October 2025.
Genomic data refine the species boundary of Papilio machaon and confirm the species status of Papilio saharae, with clarification of subspecies delineation of Mediterranean machaon and saharae. A heterogeneous level of genome‐wide heterozygosity between island and continental lineages warrants further taxonomic implications, and there is also evidence ...
Louis‐F. Cassar, Benoit Nabholz, Eliette L. Reboud, Emmanuelle Chevalier, Bérénice J. Lafon, Adam M. Cotton, Fabien L. Condamine   +6 more
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Climate and urban design of maritime public spaces in Mediterranean Arab cities [PDF]

, 2013
The traditional urban fabrics in Arab cities along the Mediterranean coast offer an exceptional 'urban lab' to study climatic design, urban patterns and forms applied in public realms.
Suau, Cristian
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Energy, Exergy, Economic, and Environmental Analysis of the Reverse Osmosis Desalination System Using Photovoltaic Panels and Water Turbine, With the Approach of Design of Experiments

Energy Science &Engineering, Volume 13, Issue 8, Page 3856-3884, August 2025.
ABSTRACT The provision of drinking water as one of the basic human needs is of great importance now. Today, many people in different parts of the world, especially in remote and rural areas, do not have access to fresh water. These areas usually have a high potential for using renewable energy.
Saeed Ramazanian, Mahmoud Salimi, Mehdi Ali Ahyaei, Mohammad Mehdi Najafizadeh   +3 more
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In Defense of Lebanon: The Special Relationship Between Rashid Karami and Syria (From 1976 Until 1987)

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, Fall 2025.
ABSTRACT Throughout Rashid Karami's illustrious career as a Sunni za'im and Lebanon's longest‐serving prime minister, he did his best to represent his community by supporting the involvement of the Syrians in Lebanese politics during Lebanon's Second Civil War.
Zach Battat, Ronen A. Cohen, Dan Naor
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