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On critical proximity: Distance, difference, and digital sociality
Journal of Political Ecology, 2022 This article offers innovations at the nexus of theory and method for an ethnographic and engaged political ecology. In it we consider the expansion of digital technologies and digitally-mediated social interactions within and beyond the kinds of ...
Alder Keleman Saxena, Jennifer L Johnson
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Diseña, 2020 This paper presents the approach and tools created to critically investigate the roles and relationships among city stakeholders regarding data-related processes, in order to inform future design solutions for open data portals.
Lucia Lupi, Alessio Antonini
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Location selection criteria for field hospitals: A systematic review [PDF]
Health Promotion Perspectives, 2022 Background: Establishing field hospitals is a critical task for governments to complete following disasters, with the first step being to identify suitable locations.
Keyvan Fardi +4 more
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So Near, Yet So Far: Migration, the Mediterranean, and a Murderous Modernity
img journal, 2021 This article examines the interplay between distance and proximity through the maritime medium of the Mediterranean, today rendered immediate by the ‘foreign’ body of the migrant. What until recently was maintained at a physical and metaphysical distance:
Iain Chambers
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Environmental Research Letters, 2022 Freshwater ecosystems are the most vulnerable environments worldwide and the most biodiverse, providing essential ecosystem services. The role of land management in agriculture is paramount with the dramatic increase in pesticides: two million tonnes ...
Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo +4 more
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Actively shielded capacitive proximity sensor for endoscopy
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2023 Flexible endoscopes are widely used for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on internal organs and tissue surfaces. Accurate positioning of the endoscope tip is critical for obtaining clear images and avoiding tissue damage.
Giacoppo Giuliano A. +4 more
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Heritage, community and future generations: the transgenerational quest for justice
Rivista di Estetica, 2023 A theory of transgenerational justice ought to be grounded on intuitions shared in the human community. One is parental responsibility, postulating duties between the generating and the generated in a realm of proximity.
Davide Grasso
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Fluid pressure perturbations in subsurface rocks affect the fault stability and can induce both seismicity and aseismic slip. Nonetheless, observations show that the partitioning between aseismic and seismic fault slip during fluid injection may strongly
Nicolas Wynants-Morel +3 more
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Geographic analysis of landfill suitability in Fez, Morocco: a multi-criteria approach
Discover Environment, 2023 Solid waste management poses a significant challenge to sustainable development. Locating suitable landfill sites is a key difficulty. This study utilizes the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) with a Geographic Information System (GIS) to identify ...
Tarik Chafiq +5 more
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Wearable Wireless Sensor Network for Mitigating COVID-19 Transmission Through Physical Distancing
JITeCS (Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science), 2023 The global community is currently facing a critical situation with the widespread transmission of the Covid-19 virus. The rapid increase in Covid-19 cases has necessitated immediate action and treatment.
Muhammad Niswar +3 more
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