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The interactions between urban heat island and heat waves amplify urban warming in Guangzhou, China: Roles of urban ventilation and local climate zones

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Under the background of global warming, interaction between heat waves (HWs) and urban heat island (UHI) has led to trends of increase in the intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme heat events in urban areas, seriously threatening the health of ...
Fu Luo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life-Cycle Energy Implications of Downtown High-Rise vs. Suburban Low-Rise Living: An Overview and Quantitative Case Study for Chicago

open access: yesBuildings, 2015
It is commonly accepted that the concentration of people in high-density urban city centers, which are typically dominated by medium- and high-rise buildings located close to public transit systems, offers greater overall energy efficiency and lower life-
Peng Du   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dispersion of Particles from Vehicle Emissions Around High- and Low-Rise Buildings

open access: yes, 2002
Understanding the distribution of outdoor pollutants around a building envelope, generated by sources located in its vicinity, is important for choosing the location of building ventilation system intakes, as well as for quantifying the exposure of ...
Morawska, Lidia   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Risks on Optimization of Life Cycle of Technology of Installation of Transformed Low-rise Buildings from Sandwich Panels

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
One of the main issues of development of organizational and technological solutions for the rapid construction of transformable low-rise buildings of sandwich panels (transformable low-rise buildings) is to improve the methods of industrial production ...
Pleshivtsev Alexander   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Operational safety of high-rise buildings [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
Risk of fire and smoke dangers are greater in high-rise rather than low-rise buildings. Use of high expansion foam delivered through elevator shafts can prevent or reduce smoke and fire damage and injury in high-rise buildings.
Degaev Evgeniy
doaj   +1 more source

Improvement of organizational and technological design of low-rise residential buildings with consumption of fuel and energy resources

open access: yesНедвижимость: экономика, управление, 2021
In recent years, there has been an active growth in low-rise housing construction in Russia. This trend is explained by the state policy, which is aimed at developing this sector in order to increase accessibility for the population and provide ...
Elena Korol’, Аnastasia Zhuravleva
doaj   +1 more source

Fire extinguishing in with polydisperse foam of high multiplicity [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
Risk of fire and smoke dangers are greater in high-rise rather than low-rise buildings. Use of high expansion foam delivered through elevator shafts can prevent or reduce smoke and fire damage and injury in high-rise buildings.
Melnikov Artem, Vlasov Nikolay
doaj   +1 more source

Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organoids in pediatric cancer research

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

The adaptability of evolving green high-rise construction: embodied energy dynamics in Australian high-rise buildings

open access: yesInternational Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2022
This paper intends to establish what is the most influential embodied energy factor, materials, or construction process for high-rise buildings. This study evaluates the performance of 20 green buildings across Australia.
Koorosh Gharehbaghi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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