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A New Method for Correcting Urbanization-Induced Bias in Surface Air Temperature Observations: Insights From Comparative Site-Relocation Data

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
The effect of urbanization on surface air temperature (SAT) is one of the most important systematic biases in SAT series of urban stations. Correcting this so-called urbanization bias has the potential to provide accurate basic data for long-term climate
Tao Shi, Tao Shi, Yong Huang, Dabing Sun, Gaopeng Lu, Yuanjian Yang   +5 more
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Change management and relocation: a moving experience [PDF]

, 2011
Organisational change brings with it a need for facilities changes. Merging, splitting, downsizing, upsizing, adaptations, are all physical manifestations of the need for change. Along with these changes are innumerable human and organizational changes
Finch, E
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Las trabajadoras del hogar en el Perú: Contexto actual, evolución normativa y posibles cambios

Thēmis, 2020
Nuestra sociedad ha heredado de la esclavitud y de la servidumbre el trato hacia las trabajadoras del hogar, siendo esta labor vinculada con el trabajo femenino, el cual es desvalorado en la mayoría de sociedades.
Carlos Kajatt Flores
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Adaptare și imitație în romanele "No Time Like the Present", de Nadine Gordimer și „Vremea Minunilor", de Cătălin Dorian Florescu / Adaptation and mimicry in the novels “No Time Like the Present”, by Nadine Gordimer and “Vremea minunilor”, by Florescu

Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies, 2018
In a series of lectures in 1994, Nadine Gordimer remarks the different status of Africa which is no longer at the edge of the empire, but on the contrary, in the center of it.
Simina Pîrvu
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Study on the Identification, Failure Mode, and Spatial Distribution of Bank Collapses after the Initial Impoundment in the Head Section of Baihetan Reservoir in Jinsha River, China

Remote Sensing
After the initial impoundment of the Baihetan Reservoir in April 2021, the water level in front of the dam rose about 200 m. The mechanical properties and effects of the bank slopes in the reservoir area changed significantly, resulting in many bank ...
Chuangchuang Yao, Lingjing Li, Xin Yao, Renjiang Li, Kaiyu Ren, Shu Jiang, Ximing Chen, Li Ma   +7 more
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Moving People in a Changing Climate: Lessons from Two Case Studies in Fiji

Social Sciences, 2019
High levels of vulnerability to climate change impacts are rendering some places uninhabitable. In Fiji, four communities have already initiated or completed the task of moving their homes and livelihoods to less exposed locations, with numerous more ...
Annah E. Piggott-McKellar, Karen E. McNamara, Patrick D. Nunn, Seci T. Sekinini   +3 more
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PHILOSOPHY OF RUSSIAN COSMISM. FEDOROV AND TSIOLKOVSKY: INTERSECTION OF IDEAS

Дискурс, 2016
The article considers how ideas of N. F. Fedorov about resuscitation and relocation of people to other planets, earthly- cosmic connections were concerned with similar considerations of K. E. Tsiolkovsky. The general development of the idea can be traced
O. Y. Markova, T. B. Markova
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Spatial opinion dynamics and the effects of two types of mixing [PDF]

, 2018
Spatially situated opinions that can be held with different degrees of conviction lead to spatiotemporal patterns such as clustering (homophily), polarization, and deadlock.
Baumgaertner, Bert, Fetros, Peter A., Krone, Stephen M., Tyson, Rebecca T.   +3 more
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The Reptile Relocation Industry in Australia: Perspectives from Operators

Diversity, 2023
Thousands of reptiles are relocated annually in Australia, yet there has been relatively little research aimed at understanding how the reptile relocation industry operates.
Chantelle M. Derez, Richard A. Fuller
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Resilient network dimensioning for optical grid/clouds using relocation [PDF]

, 2012
In this paper we address the problem of dimensioning infrastructure, comprising both network and server resources, for large-scale decentralized distributed systems such as grids or clouds.
Buysse, Jens, De Leenheer, Marc, Develder, Chris, Dhoedt, Bart, Jaumard, Brigitte   +4 more
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