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Challenges in integrating disaster risk reduction into the built environment – The Vietnam context [PDF]
, 2017 For decades, Vietnam has been recognized as one of the countries most vulnerable to the impact of climate change and its associated phenomena, including natural disasters and extreme weather events (NDEWEs).
Ginige, Kanchana +2 more
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Re-Modelling Built Environment Education to Mitigate Work–Study Conflict Challenges
BuildingsThis study investigates how Built Environment (BE) education in Australian universities can better support student well-being and academic success. Using a mixed-methods design, survey data from 253 students across multiple institutions were analysed by ...
Marini Samaratunga, Imriyas Kamardeen
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Repurposing the Built Environment: Emerging Challenges and Key Entry Points for Future Research [PDF]
, 2019 The built environment faces challenges in all three dimensions of sustainable development—economic, social, and environmental. The increasing loss of functionality is a cross-sectional issue affecting buildings and settlements and their layering of ...
Diano, Donatella, Viola, Serena
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Applied Sciences, 2022 In the last several decades, assessment and rehabilitation of the existing built environment constitute two of the major challenges for engineers, practitioners, and code-makers all over the world [...]
Diego Gino, Gabriele Bertagnoli
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Revealing the structure of land plant photosystem II: the journey from negative‐stain EM to cryo‐EM
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Advances in cryo‐EM have revealed the detailed structure of Photosystem II, a key protein complex driving photosynthesis. This review traces the journey from early low‐resolution images to high‐resolution models, highlighting how these discoveries deepen our understanding of light harvesting and energy conversion in plants.
Roman Kouřil
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Measuring Active Living Environments: An international comparison between Canada and Wales
International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018 Background The impacts of the built environment on health is a widely studied international area of research. One area of research is how urban morphology (e.g.
Richard Fry +3 more
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Impact of lived experiences of people with disabilities in the built environment in South Africa
African Journal of Disability, 2020 Background: In spite of legislations and policies to ensure an inclusive society in South Africa for the accommodation of people with disabilities, there are reports that they still struggle to move freely within society. Objectives: As part of a larger
Victor McKinney, Seyi L. Amosun
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The Design Challenges for Dog Ownership and Dog Walking in Dense Urban Areas: The Case of Japan
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 There has been growing interest in the role of pet ownership, particularly dog ownership, in managing noncommunicable diseases. The built environment can act as a facilitator or barrier to owning a dog or dog walking.
Mohammad Javad Koohsari +9 more
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Safe Routes to School Improves the Built Environment [PDF]
, 2008 This report focuses on case studies describing how ten states (California, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia) are awarding their SRTS federal funds to support improved infrastructure such
Robert Ping
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
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