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Attachments to nature : design and eco-emotion [PDF]

, 2006
This paper is concerned with how technology influences people’s emotional attachments to nature. The paper proposes two theoretical works in progress: a model which shows how emotions are constructed through social, technological and ecological ...
Anusas, M.
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Is high-rise development always beneficial to health?

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
Background: Previous academic literature attributes mixed–use development along with an increased number of skyscrapers as a preferred condition with several positive externalities.Objectives: to demonstrate that mixed-use development is not always ...
Yuval Arbel, Yifat Arbel, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner   +3 more
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A Multi-Sensory Illusion: Hong Kong Peak Tram Illusion

i-Perception, 2011
We report a multi-sensory illusion observed in a tram climbing up the Peak of Hong Kong. The skyscrapers nearby appear to spectacularly fall towards the Peak at night as the tram ascends or descends the slope.
Chiahuei Tseng
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Rise in intraocular pressure with elevator travel in post-vitrectomy patients. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Wong PPY, Tsim NC, Chan KKW, Lau IHW, Mak ACY, Chen GLJ, Iu LPL, Ho M, Young AL, Brelén M.   +9 more
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A Fourier transform for sheaves on Lagrangian families of real tori

, 2001
We systematically develop a transform of the Fourier-Mukai type for sheaves on symplectic manifolds $X$ of any dimension fibred in Lagrangian tori. One obtains a bijective correspondence between unitary local systems supported on Lagrangian submanifolds ...
Aspinwall, Bartocci, Bridgeland, Bruzzo, Duistermaat, F. Pioli, G. Marelli, Harvey, Mukai, Nakayashiki, Rothstein, Strominger, U. Bruzzo   +12 more
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Los bajos de los edificios altos: Un itinerario construido con 4 visitas puntuales

ARQ, 2006
La llegada al suelo de un edificio ayuda a constatar las implicancias de la ley de gravedad sobre el proyecto de arquitectura, y por lo mismo, su compromiso ineludible con el mundo material.
Marcelo Faiden
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Northeast Glaciers [PDF]

, 2003
This reference guide provides a brief review of glaciers in the Northeastern U.S. It then focuses on the glacial affects in four areas, an inland basin near the Finger Lakes area of New York, the Appalachian/Piedmont through New York and Pennsylvania ...

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The Impact of Education (Level of Knowledge) on the Prevalence of Obesity in Different Urban Environments

REGION
We investigate the impact of high-rise buildings on the prevalence of obesity in the US during 2011-2020 stratified by educated vs. non-educated populations. We use a quadratic specification that accounts for non-monotonic variation.
Yuval Arbel, Yifat Arbel, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner   +3 more
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Comparative Analysis of Space Efficiency in Skyscrapers with Prismatic, Tapered, and Free Forms

Buildings
This study offers a thorough comparative analysis of space efficiency in skyscrapers across three distinct forms: prismatic, tapered, and free. By examining case studies from each form category, this research investigates how architectural and structural
Hüseyin Emre Ilgın, Özlem Nur Aslantamer   +1 more
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Intellectual Humility, Testimony, and Epistemic Injustice [PDF]

In this exploratory paper, I consider how intellectual humility and epistemic injustice might contribute to the failure of testimonial exchanges. In §1, I will briefly highlight four broad ways a testimonial exchange might fail.
Church, Ian M.
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