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Habitability and affordable housing design
, 2004 Issues of habitability are indispensable in designing, providing and delivering houses for people. Today, housing has become a fundamental component for any city.
Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita
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Testing habitability for sustainable building design
, 2015 This paper studied the concept of the habitability of buildings as a sustainability factor in the living environment, particularly in the city of Bogotá.
Cubillos-González, Rolando-Arturo
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Field‐based evaluation of glass cullet as a supplementary sediment source for coastal restoration
Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.There is an ever‐increasing demand for sand to support projects like beach nourishment and dune restoration, but dredging and mining sand causes environmental damage. Demonstrating the environmental and ecological compatibility of crushed and ground glass known as cullet to support coastal restoration projects could simultaneously divert waste from ...
Lily S. Pfeifer, Charles A. Schutte
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Marxism and Earth's Habitability Crisis
This book argues that as long as capitalism is globally dominant, there must be a crisis of habitability on Earth. Overcoming this crisis is not a matter of technology. Technological strategies need to be adopted to mitigate human impact on Earth, but as
Soriano, Carles
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Informal Firms' Adoption and Use of Mobile Money Under Uncertain Times: Evidence From Burkina Faso
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates how uncertainty affects mobile money adoption and use by informal businesses. Despite the prevalence of the informal sector in developing countries and the recognized potential of mobile money for financial inclusion, empirical research on its adoption and usage among unregistered businesses is limited.
Serge Stéphane Ky, Clovis Rugemintwari
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Climate Regimes across the Habitable Zone: A Comparison of Synchronous Rocky M and K Dwarf Planets
The Astrophysical JournalM and K dwarf stars make up 86% of the stellar population and host many promising astronomical targets for detecting habitable climates in the near future.
Ana H. Lobo, Aomawa L. Shields
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, 1877 William Bateson claimed at the Darwin Centenary in 1909 that Samuel Butler (1835–1902) was 'the most brilliant and by far the most interesting of Darwin's opponents, whose works are at length emerging from oblivion.' Best remembered today as the author of the novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh, he also wrote on a range of subjects from ...
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Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract Cerebrovascular regulation is critically dependent upon the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2${P_{{\mathrm{aC}}{{\mathrm{O}}_{\mathrm{2}}}}}$), owing to its effect on cerebral blood flow, tissue PCO2${P_{{\mathrm{C}}{{\mathrm{O}}_{\mathrm{2}}}}}$, tissue proton concentration, cerebral metabolism and cognitive and neuronal ...
Jay M. J. R. Carr +2 more
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Habitability Assessment of International Space Station
, 2015 The purpose of this study is to assess habitability during the International Space Station 1-year mission, and subsequent 6-month missions, in order to better prepare for future long-duration spaceflights to destinations such as Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
Thaxton, Sherry
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