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Relative importance of transpiration rate and leaf morphological traits for the regulation of leaf temperature [PDF]

, 2016
Urban greening solutions such as green roofs help improve residents’ thermal comfort and building insulation. However, not all plants provide the same level of cooling.
Akbari, Anne Verhoef, Ansari, Billings, Blanusa, Bowler, Budescu, Cameron, Cameron, Campbell, Chaves, Ehleringer, Ehleringer, Ferguson, Fran�a, Garnier, Gates, Gausman, Getter, Grant, Grant, Grimmond, Hsiao, Jones, Jones, Lewis, L�pez, Madalena Vaz Monteiro, Nagase, Oberndorfer, Paul Hadley, Peng, Ross W. F. Cameron, Rowe, Saiz, Schuepp, Skelton, Taha, Teeri, Tijana Blanuša, Vile, Voss, Wong   +42 more
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‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
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Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse.
Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
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Green roofs as a nature-based solution for improving urban sustainability: Progress and perspectives

Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023
G. Mihalakakou, M. Souliotis, M. Papadaki, P. Menounou, P. Dimopoulos, D. Kolokotsa, John A. Paravantis, A. Tsangrassoulis, G. Panaras, E. Giannakopoulos, S. Papaefthimiou   +10 more
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‘Hurry Up and Get Me out of Here’: The Experience of People Under 65 Years (Still) Stuck in Aged Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn, Kate D'Cruz, Mark Brown, Jacinta Douglas, Dianne Winkler   +4 more
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Perception and Barriers to Implementation of Intensive and Extensive Green Roofs in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Buildings, 2019
Buildings are one of the biggest consumers of fossil fuels, and thus, contribute largely to greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, a large number of studies have been conducted and innovative ideas or green solutions have been invented, adopted, and ...
Md Aslam Hossain, Shahriar Shams, Mahmud Amin, Md Sumon Reza, Tanvir Uddin Chowdhury   +4 more
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Anatomic Diagram as a Novel Assessment Strategy for Subclinical Local Residual Disease in Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Intestinal‐type Adenocarcinoma

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective In the last two decades, transnasal endoscopic surgery (TES) has become pivotal in the management of sinonasal tumors. This approach involves a multiblock tumor resection, adding complexity to the interpretation of surgical margins after pathological examination.
Piergiorgio Gaudioso, Leonardo Calvanese, Stefano Taboni, Giacomo Contro, Diego Cazzador, Tommaso Saccardo, Gloria Schiavo, Vittorio Rampinelli, Alberto Schreiber, Gabriele Testa, Cesare Piazza, Enzo Emanuelli, Davide Mattavelli, Piero Nicolai, Marco Ferrari   +14 more
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Independent Validation of the SWMM Green Roof Module [PDF]

, 2017
Green roofs are a popular Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) technology. They provide multiple benefits, amongst which the retention of rainfall and detention of runoff are of particular interest to stormwater engineers.
Alfredo K., Berretta C., Cipolla S. S., Fassman-Beck E. A., Fassman-Beck E. A., Feng Y., Fioretti R., Hilten R. N., Jewell T. K., Kasmin H., Locatelli L., Nash J. E., Palla A., Palla A., Poë S., Rosa D. J., Rossman L. A., Rossman L. A., Rossman L. A., Rossman L. A., Stovin V., Vesuviano G., Vesuviano G., Virginia Stovin, Woods Ballard B., Yang W., Zhangjie Peng, Zhao D.   +27 more
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Evaluación del uso de techos verdes en la ciudad de Caracas - Venezuela. [PDF]

, 2014
Tesis (Ingeniero Constructor)RESUMEN: El problema energético y el deterioro ambiental a nivel mundial ha llevado al ser humano a desarrollar la arquitectura y la construcción mediante estrategias aplicadas a la mejora de proyectos que permitan ...
Concha Brandes, Juan Carlos
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The perception of cooling roofs among professionals in Iran [PDF]

, 2007
A large amount of energy in Iran is currently being consumed for heating and cooling purposes in buildings. Since building rooftop surfaces absorb most of the solar radiation, green roofs are among the solutions recommended by scholars.
A. Rahman, Nordin, Salleh, Elias, Taheri, Mohammad Reza   +2 more
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