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One Kensington Gardens: Buy‐to‐Leave Gentrification in the Royal Borough

Antipode, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 1006-1026, May 2024.
Abstract One Kensington Gardens is a large nine‐storey luxury apartment building on High Street Kensington. Rarely are there any lights on. The building exemplifies the many buy‐to‐leave homes in Kensington and Chelsea, the richest local authority in the UK.
Sharda Rozena
wiley   +1 more source

Why Sinoscepticism will Remake British Politics

The Political Quarterly, Volume 95, Issue 2, Page 289-297, April/June 2024.
Abstract Sinoscepticism is on the rise in British politics. Why is this? And what are the implications? This article shows that Sinoscepticism is not solely a result of the whims of MPs, but also stems from deep‐rooted tensions surrounding Britain's position in global order. Specifically, the British state finds itself on the horns of a dilemma: accept
Liam Stanley
wiley   +1 more source

Origin and early activities in acoustics at the Technical University of Denmark⋆

Acta Acustica
Acoustic research and other activities at the Technical University of Denmark can be traced back to 1935, although it was not until 1966 that the university established an acoustical laboratory with new laboratory facilities of very high quality.
Rindel Jens Holger, Petersen Claus Møller   +1 more
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Life funds, urban development, and the experimental practices of financial sociology

The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 75, Issue 1, Page 73-92, January 2024.
Abstract How did the Norwich Union, a life and general insurance company, come to see itself as a ‘local developer with people always at the centre of our planning’? This article explores how a small number of insurance companies, capitalising on their long history of property investment, used their investment funds, or ‘life funds’, to transform the ...
Liz McFall
wiley   +1 more source

Osobnost překladatele Jana Schejbala a jeho vliv na recepci katalánsky psané literatury u nás

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica, 2019
The article introduces the most important Czech Catalanist, who has been introducing Catalan literature to Czech audiences for nearly half of a century.
Michal Brabec
doaj   +1 more source

Odeon theater: Contributions to the History of Cinema in the Amazon - The cinematographic reception and exhibition in the beginning of the 20th century

Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo, 2021
In this article, we present the results of the research that focused on the history of the Odeon amusement room, built in Belém do Pará, Brazil, at the beginning of the 20th century. In the light of reception studies, the research aimed to raise elements
Ana Cláudia da Cruz Melo, Carmen Lucia Souza da Silva, Felipe Giuseppe de Albuquerque Gracio   +2 more
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Música e disco no Brasil: a trajetória de André Midani

Significação: Revista de Cultura Audiovisual, 2008
Esse artigo tem por objetivo apresentar a trajetória profissional de André Midani, provavelmente o mais importante executivo da história da indústria fonográfica no Brasil. Nascido na Síria, Midani chegou ao Brasil nos anos 50, ingressando imediatamente
Eduardo Vicente
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting Bicycle-Lane Traffic Noise from Urban Street Morphology Using Interpretable Machine Learning Models

Buildings
Road traffic noise in urban streets is shaped not only by traffic sources but also by sound propagation through the surrounding street geometry. Existing prediction methods are still largely source-oriented, and receptor-specific models that rely on ...
Hupeng Wu, Qiang Wen, Xinxin Li, Jian Kang   +3 more
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Némésis (2023), librement adapté du roman de Philip Roth pour le théâtre par Tiphaine Raffier

Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone
Theatre review of Némésis, freely adapted from the novel Nemesis by Philip Roth by Tiphaine Raffier and Lucas Samain, directed by Tiphaine Raffier. Théâtre de la Cité, Toulouse, 27-29 February 2024 (First performed at the Ateliers Berthier, Odéon-Théâtre
Aurélie Guillain
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting room acoustical behavior with the ODEON computer model [PDF]

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1992
The computational bases of the ODEON model for room acoustics are described in a companion paper. The model is implemented for general use of a PC. In this paper, various technical features of the program relevant to the acoustical design process are presented.
Naylor, Graham, Rindel, Jens Holger
openaire   +1 more source