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The Architectural Sustainability Indicator

open access: yesIEEE Computer Architecture Letters
Computing devices are responsible for a significant fraction of the world’s total carbon footprint. Designing sustainable systems is a challenging endeavor because of the huge design space, the complex objective function, and the inherent data uncertainty.
Jaime Roelandts   +2 more
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Research on modification of mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete by replacing sand with graphite tailings

open access: yesReviews on Advanced Materials Science, 2022
How to more effectively and comprehensively utilize recycled aggregate resources to prepare a richer new low-carbon concrete material system is the key path to achieve low-carbon development in China’s construction field. Based on the material properties
Zhang Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability in Software Architecture: A Systematic Mapping Study

open access: yes2022 48th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), 2022
Sustainability is an increasingly-studied topic in software engineering in general, and in software architecture in particular. There are already a number of secondary studies addressing sustainability in software engineering, but no such study focusing explicitly on software architecture.
Vasilios Andrikopoulos   +3 more
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Evaluating the Color Preferences for Elderly Depression in the United Arab Emirates

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
The elderly are more prone to develop depression from physical, psychological, and economic changes, and 25.7% of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) elderly population suffer from depression.
Chuloh Jung   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability in Heritage Tourism: Evidence from Emerging Travel Destinations

open access: yesHeritage
This study examines the conceptualization of sustainability in heritage tourism in Saudi Arabia following the introduction of the Saudi Vision 2030 program and the country’s opening to tourism in 2019, both of which aim to diversify the economy and ...
Sara Sampieri, Silvia Mazzetto
doaj   +1 more source

Reviewing textile wastewater produced by industries: characteristics, environmental impacts, and treatment strategies

open access: yesWater Science and Technology, 2022
The textile industry is one of the most intensive industries in chemical products whose wastewater contains hazardous dyes, pigments, dissolved/suspended solids, and heavy metals.
Xiaoxuan Wang, Jinming Jiang, Weijun Gao
doaj   +1 more source

Design for Sustainable Architecture and Environments [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, 2008
This paper describes some of the research outcomes of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project partly funded by Department of Trade and Industry, UK. One of the aims of the project is to plan and develop designs for a range of autonomous eco-buildings through research into autonomous eco-building systems and techniques in order to identify best ...
Behzad Sodagar   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of classroom size and ceiling height on college students’ learning performance using virtual reality technology

open access: yesScientific Reports
The physical characteristics of classrooms can significantly impact the physical and mental health as well as the learning performance of college students.
Yalin Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Mashrabiya in Islamic Public Architecture: A Comparative Analysis of Forms and Meanings Across Different Contexts

open access: yesHeritage
The mashrabiya is a key element that characterizes Islamic architecture, and in recent years it has been reintroduced into public building designs, partially due to its strong symbolic significance.
Silvia Mazzetto, Sabrina Noca
doaj   +1 more source

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