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REPRESENTING POLLUTION AT THE AGRARIAN–URBAN FRONTIER: Participatory Documentary Film‐Making in Bar Elias, Lebanon

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract The Beqaa Valley in Lebanon has become increasingly polluted, and residents are attributing illness to improper waste disposal and dumping. This article explores local epistemologies of pollution’s causes and effects in three films, which were researched and produced by local residents of Bar Elias, a small town in the Beqaa, which has rapidly
Hannah Sender   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coupled vibrations of a drive system during automatic transmission

open access: yesAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Coupled vibrations are difficult to overcome in automatic transmission with mixed gear trains. In this study, a mathematical model for the bending–torsional–axial–oscillation vibrations of mixed gear trains with parallel-axis gear pairs, a clutch ...
Chengyun Su   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Study on the Influence of Load-Equalizing Devices on Planet Loads in a Planetary Gear Set

open access: yesEngineering Proceedings
The uneven load distribution between the planets in planetary gear trains has found multiple solutions including high manufacturing precision, targeted compliance or kinematic mobility of the components of the gear train.
Vladislav Ivanov   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management and sustainable development in cooperative and social economy enterprises. A literature review on SDGs implementation (2015–2023)

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Nations defined the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. As a result, an increasing number of companies have integrated sustainable development practices into their activities with the aim of contributing to the SDGs achievement.
Joan R. Sanchis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zero torque gear head wrench [PDF]

open access: yes, 1976
A gear head wrench particularly suited for use in applying torque to bolts without transferring torsional stress to bolt-receiving structures is introduced.
Mcdougal, A. R., Norman, R. M.
core   +1 more source

Between Cryptocurrencies' Risk and Crypto Environmental Attention: The Crypto Environment Attention Index and Volatility in the Cryptocurrencies Market Nexus

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of environmental attention on cryptocurrency market volatility by introducing the Crypto Environmental Attention Index (CEAI), a new metric inspired by Wang et al. (2022) and constructed using daily web search data.
Ines Ghazouani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Helicopters as a Theme in a Machine Design Course [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Helicopters as a Theme in Teaching Machine Design A machine design course is required in most undergraduate mechanical engineering curricula.This course generally covers an introduction to mechanical engineering design, a review of materials engineering,
Nagurka, Mark L., Turner, Devin
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Out There No One Has a Right to Die

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The eventual goal of space exploration is to colonize exoplanets and their moons outside our solar system. This is a dangerous and immoral endeavour. The extraterrestrial life forms encountered would be hostile, vulnerable or both, and the descendants of the original pioneers would be involuntarily exposed to hazardous conditions and ...
Matti Häyry
wiley   +1 more source

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