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VISUAL NEGOTIATIONS OF GENTRIFICATION IN TORONTO: Contestation, Politicization and Resistance through Urban Signage

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article engages signage as a medium through which urban stakeholders negotiate the politics of housing redevelopment and gentrification in cities. Focusing on Toronto, we examine housing‐related signage in three neighbourhoods where social mix approaches to redevelopment have ushered in gentrification: Parkdale, Regent Park, and Moss Park.
Lindi Jahiu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Load bearing sandwich timber walls with plywood faces and bamboo core

open access: yes, 2020
Novel light timber sandwich panels (referred to as BCS panels herein) are manufactured by gluing plywood faces to bamboo core rings. The panels are tested in compression and in bonding shear (between bamboo and plywood).
Gilbert, BP   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing the effect of a coating system on the rate of plywood moistening and changes in dimensions in relation to the change in relative air humidity

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2004
The paper summarizes results of an institutional research aimed at the evaluation of the effect of a coating system on the rate of plywood moistening and changes in dimensions in relation to changes in relative air humidity.
P. Král, J. Hrázský
doaj   +1 more source

When workers get to choose: Employment and wage responses to demand shocks in labour‐managed and conventional firms

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract In conventional firms (CFs), workers are unlikely to accept pay and hour reductions in order to secure their jobs, in particular because of information asymmetry. A specific type of firm is not subject to this information asymmetry problem because workers make decisions and share profits: worker cooperatives.
Nathalie Magne, Virginie Pérotin
wiley   +1 more source

A contribution to the properties of combined plywood materials

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2007
The paper summarizes the results of institutional research aimed at new types of combined plywood materials. Under pilot plant conditions, three variants of combined plywood materials were pressed, namely with the layer of fibreglass, with a core cork ...
J. Hrázský, P. Král
doaj   +1 more source

Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source

Plywood : the material of unlimited uses

open access: yes, 1945
Booklet describing why, when and how to use plywood in domestic settings in post-war ...
Australian Plywood Board (13795069)   +4 more
core  

Comparing birch core plywood with traditional softwood plywood [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Plywood made with birch cores is an important product in the European Union, and has potential to become an important product in North America. White birch in Ontario is currently an underutilized species.
Huitema, Thomas M.
core  

Wave Tracing: Generalizing The Path Integral To Wave Optics

open access: yesComputer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Modeling the wave nature of light and the propagation and diffraction of electromagnetic fields is crucial for the accurate simulation of many phenomena, yet wave simulations are significantly more computationally complex than classical ray‐based models.
Shlomi Steinberg, Matt Pharr
wiley   +1 more source

The Mokuhanga Technique Today: An Exploration of Traditional Japanese Art in the Artistic and Educational Context

open access: yesInternational Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the Mokuhanga technique, a traditional Japanese printmaking method, and its contemporary evolution. This article explores the history of this discipline, its technical uniqueness, and its resurgence in the current context, with particular attention to its development in Spain.
Macarena Moreno Moreno
wiley   +1 more source

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