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INFRASTRUCTURAL CONCEALMENT: Everyday Festival Economies and Riverine Ecologies in Kolkata

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban infrastructures are often celebrated within marketized development logics for their promise of equitable access while concealing ecological harm. This article examines whether and how ecological degradation is integral to infrastructural modernization, showing how infrastructures that promise improvement and inclusion simultaneously ...
Debapriya Chakrabarti, Deljana Iossifova, Alexandros Gasparatos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of powder particle concentration, pulse duration, and pulse current on machined surface characterization produced via EDM of biocompatible WE-43Mg alloy. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Khan SA, Omer M, Farooq MU, Anwar S, Adediran AA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive Structural and Interfacial Characterization of Laser-Sliced SiC Wafers. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Chen H, Lee S, Kang M, Youn HS, Go S, Kang E, Cho CR.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

CAPITALIZING CRISIS: Urban Extractivism in Athens Amidst Neoliberal Restructurings

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we examine the post‐2009 transformation of Athens through the analytical lens of urban extractivism. We argue that the Greek sovereign debt crisis did not operate as a temporary disruption, but as a durable political condition that enabled the institutionalization of extractive urban governance.
Konstantinos Zafeiris, Chryssanthi Petropoulou, Mara Zacharaki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plasma Shielding Effect in Nanosecond/CW Combined Pulse Laser Ablation of Metals. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Jia X, Cai Y, Xu J, Zhang L, Li K, Li X, Sun K, Li Z, Wang C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Marriage, Wealth, and the Spread of Cohabitation in Canada

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research demonstrates a robust link between marriage and wealth. Wealth facilitates marriage, which then fosters wealth accumulation, resulting in significant net worth disparities between married and cohabiting couples. Does the decline of marriage and growth of cohabitation alter this relationship?
Maude Pugliese
wiley   +1 more source

Grinding-Electrode-Assisted Short Electric Arc Machining of GH4099: A Composite Approach to Surface Integrity. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Wang B, Ding S, Zhou J, Hu J, Sun T, Sha L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Relatability as a Racialised Construct in Corporate Graduate Recruitment: Revealing a Hidden Mechanism of Labour Market Exclusion for Black African Youth in South Africa

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In corporate graduate recruitment worldwide, candidates are often assessed not only on competence but on whether they are deemed relatable. This study theorises relatability as a racialised cultural–affective filter that covertly sustains inequality. Drawing on qualitative interviews, we identify five interlinked processes of self‐presentation,
Sifiso Mthembu, Kurt April, Cihat Erbil, Mustafa F. Özbilgin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Machine Learning-Assisted Burst Femtosecond Laser Polishing of Invar Alloy: Process Optimization and Performance Enhancement. [PDF]

Nanomaterials (Basel)
Lin J, Li D, Luo J, Li K, Jia X, Wang C, Li X, Sun K, Duan J.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source