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QLCM Method for Determining the Quality Level of Circular Movement in Floor Plans of Houses and Apartments

open access: yesBuildings
This article deals with the specific spatial organization of residential buildings and highlights the advantages of ‘floor plans with circular paths’. When renovating the existing floor plans of houses or apartments, different floor plan variants can be ...
Kaja Pogačar, Stojan Kravanja
doaj   +1 more source

Conversion of the Industrial Area

open access: yesПроект Байкал, 2018
The article features the processes of renovation of the former industrial facilities on the territory of Irkutsk. It provides the examples of conversion of industrial zones in different European cities and in Moscow, as well as the examples of ...
Polina Zaslavskaya
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational Conditions and Well‐Being Among Informal Waste Pickers in Hong Kong: A Comparative Study of 2018 and 2023

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan   +6 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

Severable and Non-Severable Real Estate Improvements: Methodological Guidelines for Construction Forensics Practitioners

open access: yesТеория и практика судебной экспертизы, 2018
Practice indicates that construction forensics investigations to identify severable and nonseverable property improvements often present a challenge even for construction experts.
A. E. Fomenko
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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

Impact économique de différents scénarios de replantation de vieille cocoteraie

open access: yesOléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2000
La culture du cocotier, traditionnelle dans les pays du Pacifique Sud, a pris son essor au cours de la période coloniale. En Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, par exemple, la superficie plantée en cocotiers est passée de 16 000 ha en 1909 à quelque 105 000 ha ...
Ollivier Jean, Akus W., Bonneau Xavier
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A Comprehensive In Vitro Approach for Assessing the Physiological Degradation of Medical Implants: The Silkothane Arteriovenous Graft Case Study

open access: yesAdvanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Evaluating the degradation of absorbable medical devices in vitro demands physiologically relevant conditions. This study presents a comprehensive framework applied to a three‐layered silk fibroin/polyurethane arteriovenous graft, employing human enzymes at physiological concentrations over 6 months. Multiparametric analyses of both graft structure and
Cristina Oldani   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Reference Models in Business Process Renovation [PDF]

open access: yes
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are often used by companies to automate and enhance their business processes. The capabilities of ERP systems can be described by best-practice reference models.
Dejan Pajk   +2 more
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Renovation as a Catalyst for Change

open access: yesIn the Library with the Lead Pipe, 2011
Introduction This Lead Pipe post is about two libraries attempting to reinvent services, collections, and spaces as the walls of their buildings come crashing down.
Erin Dorney
doaj  

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