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Global Forms in Modern Skyscraper Design

Anales de Investigación en Arquitectura
Globalization, as in many other fields, is a subject of extensive debate in architecture. The emergence of a global architectural language, particularly using similar construction techniques and universal materials, has led to an international aesthetic
Muteber Erbay, S. Asal Hojjati
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Changing Modernity: Religion and the High-Rise as Markers of Cultural Identity in Works by Dickens and Dos Passos [PDF]

University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series, 2016
This paper explores the changing functionality of religious buildings such as the cathedral and the church at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century in works by Dickens and Dos Passos set in London and New York respectively, as well
Hristo Boev
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Combination Immunotherapy as a Promising Strategy to Overcome Immunotherapy Resistance: From Emergence to Next‐Generation Approaches

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 35, 24 June 2026.
This review examines emerging combination immunotherapy strategies tailored to distinct tumor microenvironments and highlights next‐generation biomarkers that guide response prediction and treatment personalization. It integrates lessons from unsuccessful trials, addresses toxicity challenges, and outlines approaches for early biomarker discovery and ...
Asmita Pandey, Sudhir Kumar Rai, Li Ma, Lauren Higa, Vedbar Khadka, Hua Yang, Youping Deng   +6 more
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A comparative analysis of space efficiency in skyscrapers: Case studies from the Middle East, Asia, and North America

Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning
This study conducts a critical comparative analysis of spatial efficiency in supertall buildings across three major geographic contexts: the Middle East, Asia, and North America.
Özlem Nur Aslantamer, Hüseyin Emre Ilgın   +1 more
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The architecture and artistic features of high-rise buildings in USSR and the United States of America during the first half of the twentieth century

E3S Web of Conferences, 2018
Skyscraper is a significant architectural structure in the world's largest cities. The appearance of a skyscraper in the city's architectural composition enhances its status, introduces dynamics into the shape of the city, modernizes the existing ...
Golovina Svetlana, Oblasov Yurii
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Regulatory Framework and Public Policies for Sustainability in the Construction Sector

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 3229-3248, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the role of public policies in promoting socially responsible practices in the construction sector, with a particular focus on their contribution to climate neutrality and the decarbonization of the building stock. European agreements exert increasing pressure to transform the construction sector, reinforcing the transition
Olga González‐Morales, Marta Mª. Domínguez‐Herrera, Rocío Peña‐Vázquez, Lilia Clara Alonso Gutiérrez   +3 more
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A hierarchical loss and its problems when classifying non-hierarchically.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Failing to distinguish between a sheepdog and a skyscraper should be worse and penalized more than failing to distinguish between a sheepdog and a poodle; after all, sheepdogs and poodles are both breeds of dogs.
Cinna Wu, Mark Tygert, Yann LeCun
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(Re)framing Teacher Resilience Through an Ethico‐Onto‐Epistemological Lens

European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In the face of teacher shortages and early‐career teacher attrition, resilience has emerged as a central focus in preservice teacher education particularly in the Global South, where resource disparities and socio‐political instabilities worsen existing constraints.
Shwe Ye Phyo, Erika Kopp
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Divine intimacy, frustration and the madness of the city: Changing transhuman kinship in China

Ethos, Volume 54, Issue 2, June 2026.
This essay shows the affective resonances of the collision of gods, humans, and rapidly shifting landscapes in a newly urbanized part of Suzhou, China. The first section discusses how ties to spirits are not just metaphors or projections of human kinship, but literal parts of a kinship system that invoke responsibilities of care, based on links of both
Keping Wu, Robert P. Weller
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Public Archaeology Via Skyscraper: Outcome and Experience

AP, 2016
A recent archaeology awareness campaign projected Public Service Announcements from the top of a city skyscraper. These 30-second videos featured animated 3D artifact reconstructions alongside an archaeology-themed message.
Patrice L. Jeppson, Glen Muschio, Hannah Winograd, Matthew Haas, Geoffrey Oxholm, Ko Nishino   +5 more
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