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Recovering nutrients from urine – A golden opportunity for sustainable fertiliser production

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Agricultural industrialisation has led to levels of nutrients in the environment that are well above safe operating limits, yet fertiliser use is necessary to feed a growing population. The recovery of nutrients from human urine in large, developed cities may offset some of the ecological and economic impacts associated with fertiliser production, as ...
Hanxia Yu, Jason K. Reynolds, Veera Koskue, Serhiy Marchuk, Diogenes L. Antille, Bernadette K. McCabe, Cara D. Beal, Stefano Freguia, Niraj Yadav, Jeff R. Powell   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Wayfinding and Signage Systems of the Ragunan Zoo as a Way to Enhance Visitors’ Quality Time

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement, 2017
Ragunan zoo is the biggest zoo in Jakarta that becomes one of the most favorite recreation areas during holidays. Unfortunately, the existing signage in the zoo does not provide simple wayfinding and good signage systems that resulted in the confusion of
Yulia Nurliani Lukito, Enira Arvanda
doaj   +1 more source

Dreams and Schemes in Queens, New York: Immigrant Struggles to Find Work and Get Status in the Face of Consumer Fraud [PDF]

, 2011
This report documents the systemic nature of consumer frauds committed against immigrants and offers solutions for improved laws, policies, and enforcement mechanisms to better protect immigrants.

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Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Fady Alnajjar, Luqman Ali, Hamad Al Jassmi, Essam Debie, Milad Ghasrikhouzani, Alessandro Lanteri, Tate McGregor, Oleksandra Molloy, Alice Plebe, Michael Regan, Eduardo Sandoval, Dongmo Zhang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Passenger Flows in Underground Railway Stations and Platforms, MTI Report 12-43 [PDF]

, 2015
Urban rail systems are designed to carry large volumes of people into and out of major activity centers. As a result, the stations at these major activity centers are often crowded with boarding and alighting passengers, resulting in passenger ...
Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, Taylor, Brian D., Voulgaris, Carole Turley   +2 more
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From Intention to Practice in Hotel Food Sustainability: A Behavioural Analysis in Central Portugal

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the commitment of hotel Food and Beverage (F&B) departments in Central Portugal to sustainable food practices from a behavioural perspective. We develop and test the Commitment Analysis of Sustainable Hotel Food Practices model, which integrates cognitive (knowledge), affective and attitudinal determinants and links them to
João Tomaz, Jakson Renner Rodrigues Soares, Xosé M. Santos, Javier Luis Fernández‐Fernández   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An atlas of classification. Signage between open shelves, the Web and the catalogue

JLIS.it, 2014
This paper intends to present the in-progress project for the signage system of the Dewey-classified shelves in the Library of Social Sciences at the University of Florence.
Andrea Fabbrizzi
doaj   +6 more sources

Behavior Change Projects in Zoological Collections: Application of the Behavior Change Wheel

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Projects identified from zoo websites and their initial categorization. ABSTRACT Human behavior change is needed to stop the triple planetary crisis. Zoos reach millions of people every year and there is evidence available that people do change their behavior because of zoo led interventions.
Isabel Brinkley, Andrew Moss, Bridget Johnson, Gregory Counsell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systematic Review of Universal Design Applied to Wayfinding Signage Systems for a University Campus.

Interaction Design and Architecture(s)
University campuses and educational facilities are places of diversity shared by people with different conditions and from different cultures. In this context signage is one of the most immediate tools people can use when navigating the complexity ...
Diego Joseph Villalon, Andrea Mangiatordi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Housing, Inequality and London

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Regional inequalities are deeply entrenched in the UK. London, and its wider region, is often seen as the beneficiary of these inequalities. The capital houses a disproportionate share of the nation's population and its economic output. But London is also home to higher levels of inequality, poverty and child poverty than anywhere else in the ...
Jack Brown, Joe Fyans
wiley   +1 more source