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Improving thermal insulation of fired earth bricks with alfa plant and glass powder additives: Effects on thermo-physical and mechanical properties

open access: yesCase Studies in Thermal Engineering
This study focuses on investigating the thermal, physical, and mechanical attributes of a lightweight fired earth brick composed of clay and dune sand, stabilized with lime.
Youcef Bali   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Designing out the urban heat island effect [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
As the global population reaches an all time high and shows no sign of slowing, and the urban population outnumbers the rural population for the first time in human history, the social, economic and environmental issues faced by those living in urban ...
Grierson, David, Munro, Karen Elizabeth
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Somerset Maugham's Failings

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Allan Hepburn
wiley   +1 more source

Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Status of the OPERA Experiment

open access: yes, 2006
In this article the physics motivation and the detector design of the OPERA experiment will be reviewed. The construction status of the detector, which will be situated in the CNGS beam from CERN to the Gran Sasso laboratory, will be reported.
Zimmermann, R.
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Geopower, Geos and the Colonisation of Palestine

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the majority of geographical work on colonialism in Palestine centres on territory and land, this article foregrounds geopower and geos in the making of spatial relations. Three arguments are made over three corresponding sections. The first draws on recent writing on geopower and geos (primarily that by Elizabeth Grosz, Elizabeth ...
Mark Griffiths
wiley   +1 more source

Determining properties of human‐induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived cardiomyocytes using spatially resolved electromechanical metrics

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend In this study, we use human‐induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived cardiomyocyte (hiPSC‐CM) experiments and computational modelling to identify the mechanism of action of drug compounds. In the hiPSC‐CM experiments, optical measurements of cell collections are recorded in the baseline case and after drug exposure.
Karoline Horgmo Jæger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bricks and urbanism in the Indus Valley rise and decline [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The Indus Civilization, often denoted by its major city Harappa, spanned almost two millennia from 3200 to 1300 BC. Its tradition reaches back to 7000 BC: a 5000 year long expansion of villages and towns, of trading activity, and of technological ...
Khan, Aurangzeb, Lemmen, Carsten
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Family album

open access: yesAnthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract Family Album follows a young university student assisting a journalist in documenting a glass workers' strike in Istanbul's Paşabahçe neighborhood during the summer of 1999. Immersed in the atmosphere of solidarity and collective struggle, she accompanies the journalist to interview Murat, a key strike organizer, in his shanty house ...
Deniz Yonucu
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal performance of glass and aluminum composite panel building envelopes

open access: yesARTEKS : Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur
The research titled "The Influence of Glass and Aluminium Composite Panel Building Envelopes on Indoor Temperature Rise" explores the impact of building envelope materials on indoor temperature variations. Conducted at the Central Laboratory Building of
Hassan Gbran
doaj   +1 more source

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