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Evaluating Life-Cycle Unit Costs of Traditional Cement Concrete and New Polymer Concrete Manholes in Wastewater Systems

Buildings
Wastewater manholes are crucial infrastructure components in sewage systems. They provide necessary access points for inspection and maintenance. However, limited studies were conducted on the life-cycle cost analysis of manholes.
Kishor Shrestha, Pramen P. Shrestha, Jacimaria Batista   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge, Vincent Delabastita, Spike Gibbs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Elbow grease and yellow soap’: Housework time in working‐class households in late‐nineteenth and early twentieth‐century Britain

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
wiley   +1 more source

Regional and local divergence in welfare provision in England and Wales, 1776–1815

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article uses the township‐level data on welfare expenditure and provision gathered by parish officers in England and Wales at three points between 1776 and 1815 to illuminate regional and local differences during the period. These data have been linked to geographic information system (GIS) mapping systems, facilitating the mapping of ...
John Broad
wiley   +1 more source

Can Coercive Vertical Consolidation Improve the Financial Condition of Local Authorities?

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vertical consolidation of small local authorities providing neighborhood services and large authorities providing strategic services into unitary authorities is assumed to improve financial condition by creating new economies of scale and scope.
Rhys Andrews, Dennis De Widt
wiley   +1 more source

Notes from the Field: Acute Nonviral Hepatitis Linked to a Brand of Alkaline Bottled Water - Clark County, Nevada and California, 2020. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2021
Ruff JC, Zhang Y, Bui DP, Therriault C, Nogee D, Guthery SL, Daniel J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From crisis to catalyst: How U.S. world language teachers are leveraging GenAI to navigate systemic challenges

Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract The arrival of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in educational settings has sparked debate over how it will transform teaching and learning. Language education is already grappling with teacher shortages, workload intensification, and shifting program viability.
Jue Wang, Kristin J. Davin, Scott Kissau, Alex Dornburg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geographic variation in certified headache subspecialty availability in the United States

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives/Background Our objectives were to characterize the geographic distribution and local availability of United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties‐certified headache specialists across US counties, hospital referral regions, and states, and to examine associations with socioeconomic deprivation, social vulnerability, and urbanicity ...
Bradley Ong, Nicolas Thompson, Heidi Mueller, Amaal J. Starling, Nan Cheng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can you really change your stripes? Stable wing ornamentation suggests limited condition‐dependent signalling in female common eiders

Ibis, EarlyView.
Variation in the expression of white ornaments, such as flank spots or wing stripes, has previously been related to indices of individual quality in birds. We measured the white wing stripes of colour‐banded female common eiders Somateria mollissima in three islands in Iceland from 2014 to 2023, to determine whether the expression of these ornaments is
Jón Einar Jónsson, Elisabeth Knudsen, James A. Fletcher, Ellen Magnúsdóttir, Árni Ásgeirsson, Jamie N. Carroll   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving soybean growth prediction: Harnessing vision transformer and long short-term memory models with UAS imagery and weather data

Smart Agricultural Technology
Monitoring soybean growth is essential for informed decision-making, enabling farmers to track crop development and implement timely management practices that enhance yield potential. The integration of sensor-derived data with advanced deep learning (DL)
Sushma Katari, Lucas Waltz, Laura E. Lindsey, Sami Khanal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source