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Planning work crew assignments for pedestrian area renovation to improve its impact on the public

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2014
When renovating a pedestrian area, it is crucial to maintain as normal as possible an operation while the renovation activities are underway. Usually the area is divided into several zones to accommodate the renovation in sections.
Hsin-Yun Lee
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Effective Managerial Factors in Improving and Renovating Old Urban Tissues: A Case Study Approach

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
This paper attempts to identify the effective managerial factors in renovating old building tissues in a city in Iran (Langrud). The present research is practical in terms of purpose, and it is descriptive and contextual in terms of data collection ...
Yu Cao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ergonomic Sponge Electrodes From Recycled PEDOT:PSS

open access: yesAdvanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Emerging technologies in human–machine interfacing increasingly aim to develop solutions that naturally conform to the body's unique characteristics. Ergonomics and electrical performance in cutaneous sensing are crucial for accurate and reliable translation of biosignals.
Matías Ceballos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent changes of square design in Vilnius old town: semantic aspect

open access: yesJournal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2007
During the last ten years quite a few city squares in Vilnius went through the renovation process. Refreshed designs and aesthetic qualities of renovated public spaces were discussed rather widely in mass and scientific media.
Audrius Novickas
doaj   +1 more source

Emerging Materials and Future Strategies for Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells

open access: yesAdvanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
Solid oxide electrochemical cells operate under strongly coupled electrochemical and thermodynamic conditions, where performance is constrained by interactions among crystal structure, defect chemistry, and interfacial evolution. This review, based on a structure‐defect‐property‐durability framework, reveals the roles of lattice symmetry and defect ...
Qiuchun Lu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

Towards BIM-Enhanced Renovation Management Tools with Support to Stakeholder Interaction

open access: yesProceedings, 2020
This paper presents two renovation management tools that are currently being developed in BIM4EEB project: BIMPlanner—a planning and management tool for housing renovation projects —and BIM4Occupants—a coordination tool between contractors and occupants.
Seppo Törmä   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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