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High‐elevation endemic plants predicted to lose habitat from changing climate in Washington State

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise High‐elevation plants face unique challenges from potential climate change impacts that will likely require upslope migration into increasingly smaller suitable habitat. This situation is particularly acute for endemic species that by definition occupy small geographic ranges.
Nicholas L. Gjording, Erik W. Ertsgaard, David E. Giblin, Iris H. Dimpsey, Owen B. Bard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flat ceilings in historic buildings.

Budownictwo i Architektura, 2009
Every building type action on a historic object should include recognition of character, age and the technology of constructional solutions. The conservator’s preservation can concern, and in some cases should concern the structural solutions.
Tomasz Nicer
doaj   +1 more source

GeoloGIS-BH: An Information System for Using the Built Heritage for Geological Teaching [PDF]

European Journal of STEM Education, 2016
There are examples of using stones of the cultural heritage for teaching purposes. Information systems have found several potential uses in the promotion and preservation of cultural heritage.
C. Alves, Vitor Ribeiro, Marta Cunha, Paula Pereira, Cláudia Pinto   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reusing Built Heritage. Design for the Sharing Economy [PDF]

, 2019
In the last years, the construction sector has seen a greater number of building interventions on existing assets rather than the realization of new buildings. The enhancement of urban property assets can become an opportunity both for efficient and effective building management and for the offer of innovative public and private services on the ...
R. Bolici, G. Leali, S. Mirandola
openaire   +3 more sources

Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer, Lindsay Lanteri, Rebekah Levine Coley, Samantha Teixeira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden Narratives: The Role of Archival Exploration in Decoding Liu Kang’s Painting Practice

Heritage
This article examines the critical role of archival exploration in decoding the painting practice of a modern Singaporean artist Liu Kang (1911–2004). Given Liu Kang’s undocumented artistic process and the absence of preserved paint tubes or technical ...
Damian Lizun
doaj   +1 more source

Problems of restoration of antique doors and windows selected examples from Village Museum

Budownictwo i Architektura, 2015
The doors and windows made of wood apart from wear and tear and damage wood material are also tampered, repaired and especially repeated. In addition, as part of the less durable than the building they were exchanged during various rebuilding and ...
Beata Klimek
doaj   +1 more source

A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Role of Thermal Comfort Perception on Negotiating Heritage Conservation and Energy Efficiency Decisions through System Dynamics

Buildings
The building sector, which is responsible for a significant amount of total global energy consumption, provides substantial opportunities for energy efficiency studies.
Merve Karabeyeser Bakan, Kalliopi Fouseki, Hector Altamirano   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source