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Nuclear Track Detectors for Environmental Studies and Radiation Monitoring [PDF]

, 2006
Several improvements were made for Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs) used for environmental studies and for particle searches. A new method was used to determine the bulk etch rate of CR39 and Makrofol NTDs.
A. Kumar, A. Margiotta, Ambrosio, Ambrosio, Beozzo, Cecchini, Cecchini, Cecchini, Cecchini, Chiarusi, Dekhissi, Durrani, E. Medinaceli, G. Giacomelli, Giacomelli, Giacomelli, Giacomelli, I.E. Qureshi, Khan, Kumar, L. Patrizii, M. Cozzi, M. Errico, M. Giorgini, Manzoor, Noll, S. Balestra, S. Manzoor, V. Popa, V. Togo   +29 more
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Environmental changes and violent conflict [PDF]

, 2012
This letter reviews the scientific literature on whether and how environmental changes affect the risk of violent conflict. The available evidence from qualitative case studies indicates that environmental stress can contribute to violent conflict in ...
, , Baechler G, Baechler G, Ban K M, Bergholt D, Bernauer T, Bernauer T Böhmelt T Buhaug H Gleditsch N P Tribaldos T Weibust E B Wischnath G, Buhaug H, Dinar A, Esty D, Garfinkel M R, Gartzke E, Haavelmo T, Hauge W, Hendrix C, Hess G D, Homer-Dixon T, Homer-Dixon T, Kahl C H, Kalbhenn A, Knerr B, Koubi V, Laczko F, Lomborg B, Matthew R A Gaulin T, Moran D, Raleigh C, Russett B, Salehyan I, Simon J, Skaperdas S, Spillman K R, Stern N, Suhrke A, Tamondong-Helin S, Theisen O M, Thomas Bernauer, Tobias Böhmelt, Vally Koubi, Wolf A   +40 more
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Review of the sustainable built environment in 1998–2015

Engineering Structures and Technologies, 2016
A city is a complex physical and social phenomenon that is under constant development and undergoes quantitative and qualitative changes. The welfare of the whole society depends on the sustainability of the built environment.
Ieva Ubarte, Oleg Kaplinski
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Vers une éducation à la sobriété numérique

Humanités Numériques, 2022
The ecological transition and the digital transition have given rise to a new societal challenge: digital sustainability. This issue is at the crossroads of digital humanities and environmental sciences and consists in understanding our technological ...
Sarah Descamps, Gaëtan Temperman, Bruno De Lièvre   +2 more
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IN ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2005
The paper presents the graduate and post-graduate courses organized in Italian Universities in the field of the Environment protection. The education has a deep interdisciplinary character, the study curricula trying to achieve the equilibrium between theoretical and practical aspects.
GIROTTI, STEFANO, FABBRI, DANIELE, BARAVELLI, VALENTINA, M. D. Stanescu, C. Draghici, P. Restani, E. Chirila   +6 more
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The influence of external environment on workers on scaffolding illustrated by UTCI

Open Engineering, 2021
The aim of the article was to present the influence of the external environment on people working on scaffolding. For this purpose, the heat load of a man was determined using the universal thermal climate index. The research was carried out on 40 facade
Szer Iwona, Szer Jacek
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Is sustainability science becoming more interdisciplinary over time?

Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2012
The theoretical foundations of sustainability science about the interconnectedness of natural, socio-cultural and economic systems imply that the emerging research field transcends traditional boundaries of academic disciplines.
Maruša Nučič
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What interventions increase commuter cycling? A systematic review. [PDF]

, 2015
OBJECTIVE: To identify interventions that will increase commuter cycling. SETTING: All settings where commuter cycling might take place. PARTICIPANTS: Adults (aged 18+) in any country.
Anokye, NK, Pokhrel, S, Stewart, G
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Multivariate Conditional Granger Causality Analysis for Lagged Response of Soil Respiration in a Temperate Forest

Entropy, 2013
Ecological multivariate systems offer a suitable data set on which to apply recent advances in information theory and causality detection. These systems are driven by the interplay of various environmental factors: meteorological and hydrological forcing,
Peter S. Curtis, Chris S. Vogel, Chris M. Gough, Jennifer Goedhart Nietz, Kyle D. Maurer, Matteo Detto, Gil Bohrer   +6 more
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Probability of occurrence of health and safety risks on scaffolding caused by noise exposure

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2018
The paper presents the results of measurements for one hundred and ten scaffolds located in five cities in different parts of Poland. Measurements were made between April of 2016 and October of 2017. The environmental tests performed on scaffoldings were
Marek Jabłoński, Iwona Szer, Jacek Szer   +2 more
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