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Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Still on the same page: A gender comparison of the top 100 picture books from the UK and China published 2011–2020

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract As a primary source for the early ages, picture books guide preschool children's gender perception through stories and illustrations. However, previous studies have criticised an overall gender inequality in children's picture books. Compared to the increasing attention on gender diversity in the UK picture book industry, there has been little
Yi Li, Melissa Terras, Yongning Li
wiley   +1 more source

The Number and Regional Distribution of Chinese Monks after the Mid-Qing Dynasty

open access: yesReligions, 2023
The total number of ordination certificates issued between 1736 and 1739 was 340,112. Analyzing the amount and regional distribution of ordination certificates during the early Qianlong period is helpful for us in clarifying the amount and regional ...
Xuesong Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Joy and Unrest: Transborder College Students' Sense of Belonging at the US–México Borderlands

open access: yesNew Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, we present the Transborder College Student Sense of Belonging Model, developed to understand how to create an inclusive and validating campus climate for Transborder students in postsecondary and higher education institutions along the US–México borderlands.
Vannessa Falcón Orta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Techniques of the Supramundane: Physician-Monks’ Medical Skills during the Early Medieval China (220–589) in China

open access: yesReligions, 2022
Hagiographical tales tell us that some Buddhist monks who lived during the Early Medieval China (220–589) possessed considerable medical skills. Some were proficient in foreign medicine, while others had mastery over traditional Chinese medicine.
Dawei Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Vision in the Anglo-Norman Voyage of Brendan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper considers the concept of vision as it is used in the Anglo-Norman Voyage of Brendan. It is concerned with sight, blindness and understanding particularly in relation to the supernumerary monks – those late-coming monks that join Brendan’s ...
Mackley, J S
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Noncanonical Nucleotides in the Genome Around the Maternal‐Zygotic Transition

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.
In this paper, Kazzazi et al. provide a comprehensive review of the dynamics of nonconventional nucleotides in the genome during early developmental stages, hypothesizing a potential role for these nucleotides in the activation of the zygotic genome. ABSTRACT From the very moment of fertilization and throughout development, the cells of animal embryos ...
Latifa Kazzazy   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Birmanie : vers une démocratisation ou un renforcement de l'appareil dictatorial ?

open access: yesEchoGéo, 2007
In the center of the Sino-Indian economical and strategical interests, western sanctions against the Burmese military junta appear ineffective. While the ONU makeefforts to establish a dialogue, the dictatorship seems to reinforce itself.
Marion Sabrié
doaj   +1 more source

A Study on the Literacy Rate of Buddhist Monks in Dunhuang during the Late Tang, Five Dynasties, and Early Song Period

open access: yesReligions, 2022
Among the Dunhuang documents, when examining some of the monk signature lists, name list of monks copying scriptures and name list of monks chanting scriptures in monasteries, we can estimate a relatively accurate literacy rate of the Buddhist sangha ...
Shaowei Wu
doaj   +1 more source

Emic–Etic Perspectives on Southeast Asian Cultural Attitudes Surrounding Human Remains

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community ethics and cultural attitudes vary across contexts in which professionals work with human remains. Southeast Asia is home to millions; thus, there are challenges when attempting to understand and articulate the diversity in cultures, ideologies, and ethics surrounding the dead.
Tatfeef Haque   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

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