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Long-Term Performance of Thermal Insulating Composite Systems Based on Water Resistance and Surface Multifunctionality

Energies
External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICSs) are increasingly applied in both new construction and energy retrofitting, where long-term durability under environmental exposure is critical to preserving thermal efficiency.
Giovanni Borsoi, João L. Parracha, Jéssica D. Bersch, Ana R. Garcia, Amélia Dionísio, Paulina Faria, Rosário Veiga, Inês Flores-Colen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can Innovations That Are Good for Environment Be Also Good Business? A Case Study on Biodiversity Loss Mitigation

R&D Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of biodiversity loss mitigation innovations (BLMIs) in business markets depends on customers recognizing their value. Current literature lacks sufficient understanding of the decision processes, through which suppliers and customers make the ecological value of BLMIs visible, credible, and economically actionable.
H. Taimisto, V. Tiitola, G. Pigatto, A. Hirvensalo, T. Laine, T. Korhonen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resonance and Silence: English Teacher Agency in a Resource‐Constrained Professional Learning Community in China

European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are widely promoted for teacher learning and agency, yet their operation in resource‐constrained settings may reproduce institutional tensions. Using Cultural‐Historical Activity Theory, this 8‐month longitudinal case study of a Senior‐One English PLC in western Inner Mongolia, China, draws on 51 ...
Meng Jin, Xiaozhou (Emily) Zhou, Steve Mann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The issue of biotic attack of ETICS

, 2018
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of biotic attack of ETICS contact insulation systems. The theoretical part is focused on the individual components of ETICS, both from the point of view of materials and from the point of view of individual steps.
Těžká, Adéla
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ETICS: the international software engineering service for the grid

, 2008
The ETICS system is a distributed software configuration, build and test system designed to fulfil the needs of improving the quality, reliability and interoperability of distributed software in general and grid software in particular.
Di Meglio, A, Takács, E, Ronchieri, E, Bégin, M E, Couvares, P   +4 more
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Relational Well‐Being in Non‐WEIRD Societies: A Reformulation of Happiness From a Chinese Cultural Perspective

PsyCh Journal, Volume 15, Issue 5, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Positive psychology has made substantial contributions to the scientific understanding of human flourishing, yet its conceptual architecture remains disproportionately grounded in WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic) populations.
Mei Xie, Yanhui Mao, Frederick T. L. Leong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Japanese Co‐Sleeping Practices Challenge French Migrant Mothers' Cultural Representations of Childcare

International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This study explores the perspective of French migrant mothers in Japan toward co‐sleeping. Psychoanalytical theories attest that the pathogenicity of co‐sleeping practices relies on the meanings attributed to its cultural framework. In France, the practice of co‐sleeping is unusual and discouraged for children's well‐being.
Anne‐Sophie Mpacko, Yoko Hamada, Akiyoshi Okada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative full-scale fire performance testing of ETICS systems [PDF]

, 2016
U ovom radu prikazano je ispitivanje fasadnih sustava u stvarnoj veličini. Ispitivanje je provedeno s ciljem usporedbe ponašanja ETICS sustava s različitim toplinsko izolacijskim slojem (goriva izolacija, goriva izolacija s protupožarnom barijerom od ...
Milovanović, Bojan, Bojan Milovanović, Bjegović, Dubravka, Dubravka Bjegović, Jelčić Rukavina, Marija, Marina Bagarić, Ivana Banjad Pečur, Bagarić, Marina, Marija Jelčić Rukavina, Banjad Pečur, Ivana   +9 more
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Influence of fire barriers on fire performance of facades with combustible insulation

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016
In today's modern society sustainability has become a key driver for innovation. Sustainability in buildings is, or at least it should be, strongly interconnected with energy efficiency and fire safety. Unfortunately, cases of fires in buildings all over
Bjegovic Dubravka, Pecur Ivana Banjad, Messerschmidt Birgitte, Milovanovic Bojan, Alagusic Marina   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endothelial Function Is Associated With Incident Diabetes Mellitus: The ELSA‐Brasil Cohort Study

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Volume 28, Issue 9, Page 8103-8112, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims Diabetes mellitus is associated with endothelial dysfunction, but the bidirectional nature of this relationship remains debated. We aimed to evaluate the association between microvascular endothelial function and incident diabetes in Brazilian adults and to assess potential effect modification by obesity status.
Karina P. M. P. Martins, Sandhi M. Barreto, Lidyane V. Camelo, Sara T. Menezes, Naomi M. Hamburg, Maria de Fatima H. S. Diniz, Antonio L. P. Ribeiro, Luisa C. C. Brant   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source