Preparation and Characterization of Novel Plaster with Improved Thermal Energy Storage Performance
Energies, 2019 Thermal energy storage systems based on latent heat utilization represent a promising way to achieve building sustainability and energy efficiency. The application of phase change materials (PCMs) can substantially improve the thermal performance of ...
Jan Fořt +3 more
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Corporate Governance and Bank Risk Before and After the Global Financial Crisis: Evidence from India
FinTechThis study examines the impact of corporate governance on sustainability-related risk in Indian banks across crisis and post-crisis periods. Using data from 37 public and private banks between 2006 and 2018, it analyzes how board characteristics ...
Gaurango Banerjee, Shekar Shetty
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On an innovative approach for microclimate enhancement and retrofit of historic buildings and artworks preservation by means of innovative thin envelope materials [PDF]
, 2019 Energy efficiency and environmental sustainability in building has become a key issue since the built environment is nowadays responsible for more than 30% of the total carbon emissions.
Cabeza, Luisa F. +5 more
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MECHANISM OF EFFICIENCY OF SELECTED NANOSYSTEMS INTENDED FOR CONSOLIDATION OF POROUS MATERIALS [PDF]
Civil Engineering Journal, 2019 Over the past 20 years, the possible usage of disperse and colloid systems of organic consolidation agents as well as mineral systems with particle size in nanodimensions in the context of cultural heritage carehas been examined ...
Klára Kroftová, David Škoda
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Assessment of fire resistance performance of composite bamboo shear walls
ARTEKS : Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur, 2022 This study is aimed to examine which configurations of mortar covering give the best fire protection for the bamboo-plaster wall system. The research is done in two stages, first is the non-standardized pre-test stage which results will become the basis ...
Lily Tambunan +3 more
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Topical treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain: applying the evidence [PDF]
, 2017 Patients with peripheral neuropathic pain (NP) may only achieve partial pain relief with currently recommended first-line oral treatments, which are also associated with systemic adverse events.
Cruccu, Giorgio, Sommer, Claudia
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NEW GENERATION ADDITIVES BASED ON MAN-MADE WASTE TO INCREASE THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF CEMENT COMPOSITIONS [PDF]
Актуальные вопросы пожарной безопасностиThe article considers some of the possibilities of creating fire-retardant materials of a wide profile for concrete and reinforced concrete as well as for facing and finishing materials.
Sultan I. Akhmedov +4 more
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When Stuff Becomes Art: The Protection of Contemporary Art Through the Elimination of VARA’s Public-Presentation Exception [PDF]
, 2017 The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA) grants an artist the broad power to “prevent any intentional distortion, mutilation, or other modification of the work which would be prejudicial to [the artist’s] honor or reputation.” This right is ...
Plaster, Elizabeth
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The Super Bigbite Project: a Study of Nucleon Form Factors
, 2009 A proposed set of instrumentation, collectively referred to as the Super Bigbite project, is presented. Used in three different configurations it will allow measurements of three nucleon electromagnetic form factors GEn, GEp, and GMn with unprecedented ...
KEES DE JAGER, Plaster B.
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Earth Plasters: The Influence of Clay Mineralogy in the Plasters’ Properties [PDF]
International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 2020 Earth-based mortars have been used all over the world since ancient times in an extensive range of building types from vernacular architecture to monuments.
José Lima +2 more
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