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Acoustics, Audibility and Political Culture in the House of Commons, 1800–34

Parliamentary History, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 316-337, October 2024.
Abstract How easy was it to hear, and be heard, in the historic house of commons? Located in the former St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster, the pre‐1834 Commons had not been designed as a place of debate, though its refurbishment by Christopher Wren may have taken acoustics into account.
Aglaia Foteinou, J.P.D. Cooper, Damian Murphy   +2 more
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
doaj   +1 more source

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

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

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

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

Recombinant E2 glycoprotein of bovine viral diarrhea virus induces a solid humoral neutralizing immune response but fails to confer total protection in cattle

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2007
Two recombinant baculoviruses were produced in order to obtain a bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) immunogen: AcNPV/E2 expressing E2 glycoprotein, and AcNPV/E0E1E2 expressing the polyprotein region coding for the three structural proteins of BVDV (E0 ...
S. Chimeno Zoth, M.R. Leunda, A. Odeón, O. Taboga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source