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Apocalypses and the Sage. Different Endings of the World in Seneca [PDF]

, 2019
This paper deals with apocalypse, intended as a revelation or prediction related to the end of the world, in Seneca’s prose work. The descriptions and readings of this event appear to be quite different from each other. My analysis will
Berno, FRANCESCA ROMANA
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Current Interventions Are Inadequate to Maintain Cities' Resilience During Concurrent Drought and Excessive Heat

Earth's Future, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2025.
Abstract Climate change is expected to intensify the global water cycle, affecting land‐atmosphere feedbacks and surface water availability. This leads to prolonged droughts and excessive heat events, increasing vulnerability of cities to water scarcity and extreme heat.
Yannick Back, Alrun Jasper‐Tönnies, Peter M. Bach, Prashant Kumar, Mattheos Santamouris, Wolfgang Rauch, Manfred Kleidorfer   +6 more
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A Multicenter Study of Factors Related to Early Implant Failures—Part 1: Implant Materials and Surgical Techniques

Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, Volume 27, Issue 1, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Dental implant materials, designs as well as general concepts for surgical techniques have evolved during the last decades. It has been validated that primary stability followed by bone apposition around implants is crucial for implant survival as most implant failures occur during the first year.
Rachel Duhan Wåhlberg, Victoria Franke Stenport, Ann Wennerberg, Lars Hjalmarsson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the thermal indices and thermal comfort improvement by different vegetation species and materials in a medium-sized urban park

Energy Reports, 2020
Regarding the significant impact of thermal comfort on users’ attendance in urban parks, there is an intense interest in studies on the outdoor thermal comfort in parks especially in regions with hot summers.
Alireza Karimi, Hanyieh Sanaieian, Hamed Farhadi, Saeid Norouzian-Maleki   +3 more
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Radar revelations: insect availability influences parental provisioning in breeding tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, January 2025.
Airspace habitat is essential foraging space for tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor, which rely on flying insects as their main source of food. Insect availability can change quickly from hour‐to‐hour or day‐to‐day, however, it is unclear whether insectivores primarily respond to changing atmospheric dynamics, resource dynamics, or a combination ...
Victoria F. Simons, Carrie Ann Adams, Eli Bridge, Miguel F. Jimenez, Annika L. Abbott, Marissa E. Drake, Kyle G. Horton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Solar Energy in Urban Development: Strategies for Sustainable and Smart Cities

International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
The increasing pace of urbanization has intensified the global demand for clean and decentralized energy systems, placing solar energy at the forefront of sustainable urban transitions. While prior studies have separately explored photovoltaic (PV) technologies, urban form, or energy policy frameworks, few have synthesized these dimensions into an ...
Humberto Garcia Castellanos, Yashar Aryanfar, Arash Nourbakhsh Sadabad, Ali Keçebaş, Mohamed Youssef, Farshad Akhgarzarandy, Mehdi Farzinfar, Shaban Mousavi Ghasemlou, Ahmed Ghazy, Khaled Kaaniche, Arnab Biswas   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Street Morphology on Buildings’ Thermal Storage in a Hot and Arid Climate: Case Study of Biskra (Algeria)

Journal of Building Materials and Structures, 2019
This work is an experimental study focusing on the relationship between street morphology and thermal storage in buildings. The first aim of this study is to reduce air conditioning usage in hot and arid areas, taking as example Biskra city (Algeria ...
Kaoutar Benamor, Moussadek Benabbas
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Effects of urban morphology on shading for pedestrians : sky view factor (SVF) as an indicator of solar access

, 2019
This work deals with the particulars of urban design in hot climate cities, where direct solar radiation leads to high temperature. This paper considers old part of Jeddah city as a compact neighborhood case study. We address the correlation between Sky View Factor (SVF) and direct solar radiation by orientation, value and time interval in the old ...
Masoud, Badia Ghassan, Crespo Cabillo, Isabel, Coch Roura, Helena, Beckers, Benoit   +3 more
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Outdoor thermal comfort within five different urban forms in the Netherlands [PDF]

, 2015
Outdoor thermal comfort in urban spaces is known as an important contributor to pedestrians' health. The urban microclimate is also important more generally through its influence on urban air quality and the energy use of buildings.
Kleerekoper, L, Taleghani, M, Tenpierik, M, van den Dobbelsteen, A   +3 more
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Evaluation of Four Sky View Factor Algorithms Using Digital Surface and Elevation Model Data

Earth and Space Science, 2019
The sky view factor (SVF) is a crucial variable widely used to quantify the characteristics of surface structures and estimate surface radiation budget. Many SVF models based on raster data have been developed but not yet evaluated in a more quantitative
Zhonghu Jiao, H. Ren, X. Mu, J. Zhao, Tianxing Wang, Jiaji Dong   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source