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DARWIN – a next-generation liquid xenon observatory for dark matter and neutrino physics [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Conference on Rebooting Computing, 2021
The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in contemporary particle physics. The dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber is the leading technology to cover the available parameter space for weakly ...
J. Aalbers   +499 more
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Re-Interrogating Critical Regionalism

open access: yesArchitecture and Culture, 2023
Critical regionalism has been critiqued as fragile as a theory and vague as a design approach, even by one of its founders, Kenneth Frampton.1 Through a contemporary reinterpretation, however, this article explores how critical regionalism can be further
Ziqi Zheng   +2 more
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Responding to “The Greats”: A Problematic Lack of Tension

open access: yesCivil Wars, 2023
In his two articles ‘On the Greats and Peace’ Oliver P. Richmond outlines the long development of political theories that underpin what he calls the International Peace Architecture, or IPA.
Gearoid Millar
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Virtual world, defined from a technological perspective and applied to video games, mixed reality, and the Metaverse [PDF]

open access: yesComput. Animat. Virtual Worlds, 2015
There is no generally accepted definition for a virtual world, with many complimentary terms and acronyms having emerged implying a virtual world. Advances in networking techniques such as host migration of instances, mobile ad hoc networking, and ...
Kim J. L. Nevelsteen
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A critical review of ornament in contemporary architectural theory and practice

open access: yes, 2016
For over a century, the controversial issue of ornament has oscillated between the two extreme conditions of being condemned and praised. Although current architecture receives ornament enthusiastically due to its design potentials, it still remains as a
Deniz Balik, Açalya Allmer
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Learning Architectural History by Movie Making: World Contemporary Architecture

open access: yes, 2013
This paper describes collaboration among Architecture, Modern Arts as Movie Making and History. Creating a movie of one problematic of World Contemporary Architecture was given to students on the upper-graduate lecture titled Contemporary Architecture of
Zafer Sağdıç, I. Kosova
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On the ‘Greats’ and Peace: Part One: Towards an International Peace Architecture

open access: yesCivil Wars, 2021
International relations theory, with a few honourable exceptions, has generally avoided drawing attention to the biases of the ‘Greats’ and their contributions on the politics of social order, change, and progress within the state or the international ...
Oliver P. Richmond
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Psychological mechanisms in video game monetization: A typology of contemporary strategies beyond loot boxes

open access: yesJournal of Behavioral Addictions
Background and aims Contemporary video game monetization systems are increasingly embedded within gameplay, structuring decision-making and spending.
Jan Ivern   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Guilt-ridden tableaus

open access: yesOverHolland
This article examines contemporary dilemmas in the care and interpretation of cultural heritage through the lens of “guilty” or contested historical artefacts.
Bernard Colenbrander
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Abandoned landscape project design

open access: yesCity, Territory and Architecture, 2020
Conversion and transformation of historic buildings and industrial site reclamation projects are becoming topics of renewed interest. Many industrial buildings beckon architecture design theory to revitalize urban areas and make new use of public space ...
Giovanni Maria Biddau   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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