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Walls talk: Microbial biogeography of homes spanning urbanization. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Westernization has propelled changes in urbanization and architecture, altering our exposure to the outdoor environment from that experienced during most of human evolution.
Blaser, Martin J   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

Transportation Management in Urban Functional Areas

open access: yesReal Estate Management and Valuation
Abstract Urban and suburban transport within Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) is now considered an integrated system. In these regions, many residents commute from the suburbs to the city daily for work, education, and social purposes. Transport planning must consider these dynamics to ensure consistent and convenient connections between
Marta Gross   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Spectral Analysis of Traffic Functions in Urban Areas

open access: yesPromet - Traffic&Transportation, 2015
The paper is focused on the Fourier transform application in urban traffic analysis and the use of said transform in traffic decomposition. The traffic function is defined as traffic flow generated by different categories of traffic participants. A Fourier analysis was elaborated in terms of identifying the main traffic function components, called ...
Florin Nemtanu   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Probing the application of the place-based policy concept – case studies of the chosen Integrated Territorial Investments in Europe

open access: yesRozwój Regionalny i Polityka Regionalna
The place-based approach is a new development paradigm that has been gaining popularity over the last decade or so. This is thanks to the European Union’s Cohesion Policy, which supports its implementation through tools such as Smart Specialisation ...
Klaudia Kamińska
doaj   +1 more source

Classical models of urban population density. The case of Barcelona Metropolitan Area [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, we study the classical functional forms density-distance and its relation with the suburbanization for the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.
Joan Carles Martori   +1 more
core  

Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ChatCFD: A Large Language Model‐Driven Agent for End‐to‐End Computational Fluid Dynamics Automation with Structured Knowledge and Reasoning

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Chat computational fluid dynamics (CFD) introduces an large language model (LLM)‐driven agent that automates OpenFOAM simulations end‐to‐end, attaining 82.1% execution success and 68.12% physical fidelity across 315 benchmarks—far surpassing prior systems.
E Fan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commercial Facilities and Urban Regeneration [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper deals with a model for assessing disparities in the development of commercial facilities. The term “commercial facilities” helps one perceive distribution not only as an economic activity in itself but also as an urban infrastructure and as a ...
Ana-Lucia Ristea   +3 more
core  

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