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Budownictwo i ArchitekturaIn the hot, dry climate regions of Algeria, traditional buildings are constructed with cooling strategies to cope with harsh climatic conditions. The dominance of direct solar irradiance in these regions requires that building facades be well shaded ...
Cherif Ben Bacha, Fatiha Bourbia
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Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022 As one of the main consumers of primary energy globally, buildings have been among the main targets for implementing energy efficiency solutions, such as building control strategies that maintain occupant comfort and reduce operating costs. The design of
Ana K. Rivera +5 more
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Bayesian hierarchical models for analysing the spatial distribution of bioclimatic indices [PDF]
, 2017 A methodological approach for modelling the spatial distribution of bioclimatic indices is proposed in this paper. The value of the bioclimatic index is modelled with a hierarchical Bayesian model that incorporates both structured and unstructured random
Barber, Antoni +5 more
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Ecography, EarlyView.Conservation has shifted towards a climate change adaptation approach in which expected species range shifts are increasingly considered to mitigate effects of climate change and habitat fragmentation on biodiversity. As part of this, ecological connectivity needs to be ensured to support gene flow and viable populations in the face of changing ...
Aino‐Maija Määttänen +2 more
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How bio-inspired solutions have influenced the built environment design in hot and humid climates
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2023 The rapid increase in the population, which has been concentrated mainly in urban areas, has caused an environmental imbalance over the years since the built environment developed as a foreign element to the ecosystem, which prevents having resilient ...
Thasnee Solano +7 more
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Bioclimatic Urban Green Indicator for the sustainability of cities in arid environment. [PDF]
, 2017 Within the sustainability of cities located in arid environments, bioclimatic indicators of urban green are proposed, taking as a study case the Metropolitan Area of San Juan, Argentina, city located in the arid strip of South America, which has one of ...
Kurban, Alejandra Silvia
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Changes in the soil organic carbon balance on China’s cropland during the last two decades of the 20th century [PDF]
, 2017 Agro-ecosystems play an important role in regulating global changes caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Restoration of soil organic carbon (SOC) in agricultural soils can not only improve soil quality but also influence climate change and agronomic ...
Frolking, Stephen E. +7 more
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Environmental and geomorphological drivers of frog diversity on islands worldwide
Ecography, EarlyView.Island biogeography models primarily rely on island physical features and isolation to explain their biodiversity patterns. While newer models have incorporated functional traits to understand plant distribution, few empirical studies have tried to disentangle geometric constraints from niche‐based processes to predict multiple diversity facets of ...
Raoni Rebouças +5 more
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Physical performance and durability evaluation of rubberized concrete [PDF]
, 2014 The main objective of this research is to develop rubberized concrete with achievable structural strength using simple mix design. Simple mix design is a description by using the crumb rubber, used as in condition just received from the plant without
Md Noor, Nurazuwa
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Ecography, EarlyView.Despite extensive research, stabilizing mechanisms in ecosystems remain uncertain. Taylor's power law (TPL) is a pervasive ecological pattern that describes how variance scales with mean abundance (σ2 = aμᵇ). While TPL has been widely studied within populations, its role across species within communities and its implications for stability remain ...
Clara Gracia +33 more
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