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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Cedar Façade Flame Spread With Respect to Sidewall
Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to growing energy conservation and carbon neutrality efforts, façade systems incorporating wooden materials have attracted increasing attention, which in turn raises concerns about their combustibility. This study presents a combined experimental and numerical investigation of flame spread along cedar façades.
Xukun Sun +6 more
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Managing with fire: effects of recurring prescribed fire on soil and root-associated fungal communities [PDF]
Master of ScienceDepartment of BiologyAri JumpponenPrescribed fire is a necessary management tool used to reduce fuel loads and to maintain fire-adapted ecosystems over time.
Oliver, Alena K.
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Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research was conducted within the framework of project SI2.825082, funded by the European Commission—DG GROW. The project's objective was to finalise a European approach for assessing the fire performance of façades under medium and large fire exposure conditions.
Péter Tóth +7 more
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Study on the changes of soil chemical characteristics as result of prescribed fire [PDF]
, 2010 Every year, particularly during the summer period, the Portuguese forests are devastated by forest fire that destroys their ecosystems. So in order to prevent these forest fires, public and private authorities frequently use methods for the reduction of ...
Albergaria, José Tomás +3 more
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Forests, 2018 The long history of fire in North America spans millennia and is recognized as an important driver in the widespread and long-term dominance of oak species and oak natural communities.
D. Dey, C. Schweitzer
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Land Use Policy and Racial Segregation
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Land use policies, though seemingly race‐neutral, can inadvertently contribute to racial segregation. Our study focuses on examining the impact of minimum lot size regulations on the likelihood of ethnic minorities integrating into a community, which reveals compelling evidence suggesting that black households exhibit a preference for smaller ...
Ling Huang
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In Search of the Elusive: Traditional Native Prescribed Burning in the Northeastern Wood Buffalo National Park Area [PDF]
, 1989 This project was designed to explore the traditional use of a prescribed burning technique by native people in the Ft. Smith - Ft. Fitzgerald area. Previous research in northwestern Alberta had demonstrated that resident Beaver, Slave and Cree peoples ...
Ferguson, Theresa A.
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Sphagnum abundance and photosynthetic capacity show rapid short-term recovery following managed burning [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Prescribed burning in peatlands is controversial due to concerns over damage to their ecological functioning, particularly regarding their key genus Sphagnum. However, empirical evidence is scarce.
Davies, G. Matt +2 more
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(Re)humanizing Blackness: Integrating BlackCrit in the Mental Health Counseling of Black Clients
The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Does Black mental health matter? Historically, mental illness in the Black community has been inadequately addressed. Yet Black Americans experience more severe psychological distress than other races, and they are also more likely to experience poor outcomes in counseling.
Demetrius Cofield
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