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Localization Through Coordination? Implementing the Humanitarian‐Development‐Peace Nexus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a global concept and initiative, the Humanitarian‐Development‐Peace Nexus (HDPN) aims to improve integration across the traditionally siloed humanitarian, development, and security sectors, while foregrounding the involvement of local actors.
Marie‐Eve Desrosiers   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variability of Schmidt Rebound Values in Volcanic Rocks (Basalt and Lapilli Tuff): Comparative Effect of Surface Roughness, Alteration, and Testing Methods

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Enhancing the sustainability and safety of rock engineering requires understanding how micro-structural and alteration conditions influence the geomechanical properties of rocks in geotechnical projects.
Kadir Karaman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Fire Extinguishing Techniques On Concrete Performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The incidence of fire unfortunately occurs quite frequently in buildings. In some cases it causes collapse of the whole structure. Many researches focused on investigation of the effect of fire on concrete strength.
Amr A. Gamal
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Policy Capacity Matters Differently Over Time: The Emergence and Persistence of Participatory Budgeting in China

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The persistence of participatory budgeting (PB) in selected Chinese localities challenges the conventional wisdom that deliberative democratic practices can only take root in liberal political environments. Yet, existing literature has not sufficiently elucidated the factors underpinning the rise and sustained operation of PB in this seemingly
Yifei Yan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Capacity for Novel Technology Adoption: Developmental Insights From Singapore's AI Adoption in Long‐Term Care

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Worldwide, artificial intelligence‐driven technologies, including robotics and autonomous systems (RAS), are adopted to address manpower shortages in long‐term care. However, their effective use requires a reasonable degree of policy capacity across individual‐, organisational‐ and system‐levels.
Si Ying Tan, Lili Li, Araz Taeihagh
wiley   +1 more source

Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Growing recognition of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities as stewards of biodiversity has brought to the fore the issues of knowledge and value pluralism in conservation policy and practice. Given their basis in practical and multi‐generational experience, Indigenous and local knowledges are highly relevant to managing human ...
Hanna Pettersson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rebound Characteristics of Shore Hammers and the Selection of Standard Hammers

open access: yesTransactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1973
KOZO IIZUKA, Hidetaka IMAI, Mitsuo GOTO
openaire   +2 more sources

Visual analysis and Schmidt rebound hammer test of Taj-ul-Masajid

open access: yesInformes de la Construccion, 2017
Taj-ul-Masajid, literalmente, la corona entre las mezquitas, es un conjunto de destacada ingeniería estructural situada en el corazón de Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. Se trata de una combinación única entre mamposterías de piedra y modernas estructuras de hormigón armado, constituyendo un punto de unión entre el presente y el pasado de la ingeniería ...
Hussain, A., Akhtar, S.
openaire   +1 more source

Social and cultural considerations for the restoration of ‘lost’ tree species: The fall and rise of elm

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Attempts to address biodiversity loss have led to ecosystem and species restoration efforts. Tree species restoration is particularly relevant because of increasing threats from pests and pathogens. However, there are different notions of ‘loss’, as well as sociocultural considerations, including social acceptability, which are often neglected
Fritha West   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Schmidt Hammer Rebound' users guide: IBM-PC/AT computer calculation of uniaxial compressive strength using the Schmidt Hammer

open access: yes, 1986
Le présent rapport décrit le programme "Rebond du marteau de Schmidt" (Schmidt Hammer Rebound) qui permet de calculer la résistance à la compression uniaxiale de la roche à l'aide de nombres-indices du rebond du marteau de Schmidt. Ce programme est écrit en langage BASIC A Version 3,10 pour un ordinateur IBM-PC/AT.
M Issard, T R C Aston
openaire   +1 more source

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