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Risk assessment for the installation and maintenance activities of a low-speed tidal energy converter [PDF]

, 2012
The study presented in this paper, is part of the Deep Green project, which includes the development of a power converter/device for employment in low-speed tidal currents. It mainly focuses on the initial steps to investigate the ways on how to minimize
Lazakis, Iraklis, Rosendahl, T., Turan, Osman   +2 more
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Building worker power for day laborers in South Korea's construction industry [PDF]

, 2020
This article examines how unions build worker power for day laborers in South Korea’s construction industry in the context of widespread informality.
Chun, Jennifer Jihye, Yi, Sohoon
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Delisting the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf from the US Endangered Species Act: an assessment of political discourse over 20 years

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Feared, revered, and politicized, wolves have long captured human imagination, and ignited fierce conservation conflicts. In the United States, the Endangered Species Act protects species at risk of extinction from human impacts. This far‐reaching legislation, which impacts development and state‐level wildlife management, has been fraught with legal ...
Iree Wheeler, Paisley Blair, Noah Creany, Hannah Manire, Daniel Morris, Sofia Mollett, Steelle S. Scearce, Temple Stoellinger, Janna R. Willoughby, Kelly H. Dunning   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Storage Rack Design for a 3-dimensional Compact AS/RS [PDF]

, 2006
In this paper, we consider a newly-designed compact three-dimensional automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS). The system consists of an automated crane taking care of movements in the horizontal and vertical direction.
Koster, M.B.M. (René) de, Le-Duc, T. (Tho), Yu, Y. (Yugang)   +2 more
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The Unsung Hero Towards Net Zero: The Role of Community Engagement in Circular Economy Capabilities

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior circular economy (CE) literature has predominantly focused on technological knowledge in the development of firms’ CE capabilities. However, since CE represents a sustainable way of life that intricately links materials, technology and affected communities, technological knowledge alone is only partially useful.
Limin Fu
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic analysis of the joint movement of derricking mechanism and lifting mechanism of a load during a steady-state turn of a jib crane

Strength of Materials and Theory of Structures
Increasing the productivity of jib cranes is an urgent problem of improving their operation. Combining the work of separate mechanisms is one of the ways to increase the productivity of jib cranes. The aim of the study is to build a mathematical model and conduct a dynamic analysis of the crane jib system with simultaneous operation of the derricking ...
Viacheslav Loveikin, Yurii Romasevych, Andrii Loveikin, Anastasiia Liashko, Kostiantyn Pochka   +4 more
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Are the increasing number of children and young people with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) because of the plan’s perceived symbolic capital? A Bourdieusian perspective

British Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2023 Marsh predicted that within 20 years, 10% of children and young people in England (0–19) will have an education, health and care plan (EHCP). This article is intended to contribute to the academic discussion regarding the increasing number of children and young people with an EHCP.
Blanche Gibson
wiley   +1 more source

THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
wiley   +1 more source

起重机6自由度IRPMs柔索牵引并联机构绳索特性及运动轨迹规划

Jixie chuandong, 2014
Aiming at the problem of the crane 6-DOF IRPMs flexible rope traction parallel mechanism rope characteristics and motion trajectory planning in the process of running,the kinematics model of 6-DOF parallel flexible rope traction parallel mechanism is ...
张宏阁, 周伟
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WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, this article examines the ways in which urban dwellers and activists engage with the living materialities of wastelands to illuminate evolving ecological imaginaries and their political potentials.
Daniela Giudici
wiley   +1 more source