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Thermal Effects of Vertical Greening in Summer: An Investigation on Evapotranspiration and Shading of Façade Greening in Vienna

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
Global urbanization is advancing, and with it, the densification of cities. Due to increased sealing of open spaces and the re-densification of existing urban settings, green spaces in the city are becoming scarcer.
Tarja Salonen   +3 more
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A New Thermal Elasto-Hydrodynamic Lubrication Solver Implementation in OpenFOAM

open access: yesLubricants, 2023
Designing effective thermal management systems within transmission systems requires simulations to consider the contributions from phenomena such as hydrodynamic lubrication regions.
James Layton   +5 more
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Contact strength of C-S-H cement phase [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
The object of the study was the cement phase C-S-H – X-ray amorphous calcium hydrosilicates, obtained by steaming at 80°C together limestone and silica at different molar ratios CaO/SiO2 = 0.5; 1.0; 1.5.
Ovcharenko Gennadiy   +3 more
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Robotic Reconfigurable Sand Molding for Doubly Curved Float Glass

open access: yesChallenging Glass Conference Proceedings, 2023
The presented research investigates loose sand forming as a reconfigurable molding strategy for custom glass parts. Doubly curved glass parts usually require the labor-intense fabrication of individual ceramic or steel molds.
Rena Giesecke, Benjamin Dillenburger
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Review and Mapping of Parameters for the Early Stage Design of Adaptive Building Technologies through Life Cycle Assessment Tools

open access: yesEnergies, 2019
Adaptive Building Technologies have opened up a growing field of architectural research aimed at improving the overall building performance, ensuring comfort while reducing operational energy consumption.
Alessandra Battisti   +2 more
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Roles of Drop-in Centers in Street Children Interventions: Design Guidelines and Humanitarian Emergency Architecture Adaptations

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2021
For decades, numerous countries have been witnessing the Street Children phenomenon where millions of children worldwide are subjected to risks. Despite the crucial role of intermediate non-residential interventions - using drop-in centers- in protecting
Ruba Azzam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of the influence of additives in concrete by the Raman spectroscopy method [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
The effect of nano SiC additives with a particle size less than 50 nm, carbon black with a specific surface of about 80 m2/g, SiO2 and Al2O3 zol, AlCl3, FeCl3 solutions on the composition of silicon-oxygen anions in the pure C-S-H phase and hydrated ...
Ovcharenko Gennadiy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chopped Straw as an Insulation Material: The Influence of Different Blow-In Technologies and Flame Retardants on Hygrothermal Properties

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
The demand for renewable resources in building construction is increasing, and wheat straw is an excellent option due to its superior environmental performance compared to traditional insulation materials.
Tarja Salonen   +2 more
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Concordance among digital gene expression, microarrays, and qPCR when measuring differential expression of microRNAs

open access: yesBioTechniques, 2010
Profiling microRNA (miRNA) expression is of widespread interest given the critical role of miRNAs in many cellular functions. Profiling can be achieved via hybridization-based (microarrays), sequencing-based, or amplification-based (quantitative reverse ...
Sylvain Pradervand   +11 more
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A comprehensive review on regeneration strategies for direct air capture

open access: yesJournal of CO2 Utilization, 2023
Direct air capture (DAC), which removes CO2 directly from ambient air, is a critical negative emission technology for mitigating global climate change.
Keju An   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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