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BuildingsThis study investigates how window design features, such as size, placement, and orientation, might impact occupants’ behavior related to natural ventilation in residential houses and how residents manage natural ventilation to affect indoor air quality (
Mojgan Pourtangestani +3 more
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Slant-Path Building Entry Loss at 24 Ghz
IEEE Access, 2019 Results from an outdoor to indoor (O2I) measurement campaign emulating the satellite to indoor propagation channel at millimetre wave frequencies are presented in this paper.
Saurav Dahal +5 more
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The role of cities in sustainable development [PDF]
, 2010 This repository item contains a single issue of Sustainable Development Insights, a series of short policy essays that began publishing in 2008 by the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The series seeks
Satterthwaite, David
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Fiscal capacity of the city: the assessment of the influence on the sustainability of urban environment and the quality of living (the case of «second» cities of the Russian Federation) [PDF]
, 2017 The modern financial situation demonstrates tough asymmetry in financial development between the territorial units, which are the capital cities, and the «second» cities of constituent units of the Russian Federation.
Balynskaya, N. R., Vasilyeva, A. G.
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Sustainable Cities and Healthy Cities: Are They the Same?
Urban Planning, 2017 There is robust literature examining the wide array of public policies and programs cities pursue in order to try to become more sustainable. Whether the focus of such programs is explicitly on improving the bio-physical environment, climate protection and adaptation, energy efficiency, land use regulation, or any of a number of other targets, such ...
Kent E. Portney, Garett Thomas Sansom
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study introduces a conductive nerve guidance conduit integrated with wireless electrical stimulation through alternating magnetic fields, which induces currents and creates a supportive microenvironment for nerve regeneration. In vivo studies show that this approach significantly enhanced myelin restoration, gastrocnemius muscle regeneration ...
Shiheng Liu +7 more
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Sustainable and Smart Cities [PDF]
, 2013 This paper explores the challenges and opportunities that government officials face in designing coherent 'rules of the game' for achieving urban sustainability during times of growth. Sustainability is judged by three criteria. The first involves elements of day-to-day quality of life, such as having clean air and water and green space.
Matthew E. Kahn, Matthew E. Kahn
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This work presents an overview of the PTC‐VMD system for water‐hydrogen co‐generation. a) Illustration of the hydrogel‐based PTC membrane and the co‐generation of water and hydrogen. b) Structure of the PTC‐VMD system and the functions of each component layer.
Jiawei Sun +7 more
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InformationThe inherent complexity and heterogeneity of the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem present significant challenges for developing effective intrusion detection systems.
Tien Ngo +3 more
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Current and Emerging Techniques for High-Pressure Membrane Integrity Testing
Membranes, 2018 Ideally, pressure driven membrane processes used in wastewater treatment such as reverse osmosis and nanofiltration should provide a complete physical barrier to the passage of pathogens such as enteric viruses.
Eddy R. Ostarcevic +3 more
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