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Rylands v Fletcher Redux: Rubis Bahamas Ltd v Russell

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
The decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Rubis Bahamas Ltd v Russell is the most significant development in the law of Rylands v Fletcher for decades. Rejecting the view that the rule is merely a sub‐species of private nuisance, the Committee reconstructed it as an independent rule of strict liability governing harm caused by ...
Marco Cappelletti
wiley   +1 more source

Numerical analysis on the improvement of sound insulation performance of plenum doors: effect of sound absorption and MPPs. [PDF]

UCL Open Environ
Kodama K, Sakagami K.
europepmc   +1 more source

The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
wiley   +1 more source

Bioinspired Superlight Carbon Nanotube Aerogel With Exceptionally High Kinetic Energy Absorption up to 385.47 MJ/m³. [PDF]

Small Methods
Kong Y, Xie H, Lv Z, Zhu H, Wang J, Hu D.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Momentum of ‘Developed’: Bodies of Water, Aging Bodies and Malta's Interventions at the UN

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Histories of major powers continue to shape how many scholars conceptualize internationalism. By focusing on Malta's interventions at the UN challenges, this article challenges such narrative. In particular, it examines Arvid Pardo's 1967 petition that the seabed be reconceived and protected as the ‘common heritage of mankind’ and Vincent ...
Brianne Wesolowski
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of Specimen Size and Test-Opening Geometry on the Sound Reduction Index Measured in Small-Scale Coupled Reverberation Rooms. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Polaczek A, Baruch-Mazur K, Młynarczyk D.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

ALL POSSIBLE PASTS: Heritage, Simulacra, and Gentrification in Seoul

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban heritage scholars have often criticized simulacra as ‘bad’ copies that degrade the ‘good’ model of the past through commercialization and gentrification. This article challenges such Platonic dichotomies of good/bad and model/copy, arguing that the binary of good heritage and bad simulacra is flawed because heritage is itself actualized ...
Myung In Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Lignocellulosic Composites Derived from Recycled Paper and Cardboard for Building Applications. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Mazaherifar MH, Brenci LM, Timar MC, Zeleniuc O, Guiman MV, Coșereanu C.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Book Value Risk Management of Banks: Limited Hedging, HTM Accounting, and Rising Interest Rates

Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We document that as interest rates rose in 2022, banks largely left long‐duration assets exposed to interest rate risk while shielding the accounting value of their balance sheets. Call report and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) data show that only about 6% of U.S.
João Granja, Erica Xuewei Jiang, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski, Amit Seru   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanical and Acoustic Performance of Lightweight Cementitious Composites Incorporating Pumice and Expanded Perlite. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Yildirim YF, Emiroğlu M.
europepmc   +1 more source