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Innovative Teaching of Building Technology to Architecture Students in Malaysia [PDF]

Journal of Design and the Built Environment, 2006
Architecture teaching involves not only the teaching of art and aesthetics but also the science of building. With the increased use of high-rise construction, intelligent building features as well as the use of Building Services to make the buildings ...
S P Rao, Ezrin Arbi
doaj  

Enhancing Elderly Health Through Physical Activities: Insights From a Global Bibliometric Review, 1900–2023

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Bibliometric analysis reveals rising global research on physical activity and elderly health, dominated by developed nations. Key hotspots include healthy aging, physical activity's mental health benefits, and VR exercise interventions. Promoting physical activity is vital for healthy aging, requiring greater technology integration and research from ...
Hongman Wang, Bo Xie, Can Liu, Yifan Song   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From the History of Corporate Mercenarism: British Clandestine Operation in the North Yemen in 1960s

Вестник Московского Университета. Серия XXV: Международные отношения и мировая политика, 2020
The situation in Yemen in the 1960s went far beyond an ordinary public upheaval and internal crisis. The turmoil caused by the political regime change affected the interests of numerous foreign stakeholders, in particular, of Great Britain.
M. A. Nebolsina
doaj  

Towards a global impact-based forecasting model for tropical cyclones [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Tropical cyclones (TCs) produce strong winds and heavy rains accompanied by consecutive events such as landslides and storm surges, resulting in losses of lives and livelihoods, particularly in regions with high socioeconomic vulnerability.
M. Kooshki Forooshani, M. van den Homberg, K. Kalimeri, A. Kaltenbrunner, A. Kaltenbrunner, Y. Mejova, L. Milano, P. Ndirangu, D. Paolotti, A. Teklesadik, M. L. Turner   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Biodiversity Informatics Landscape: Elements, Connections and Opportunities [PDF]

Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2017
There are a multitude of biodiversity informatics projects, datasets, databases and initiatives at the global level, and many more at regional, national, and sometimes local levels.
Heather Bingham, Michel Doudin, Lauren Weatherdon, Katherine Despot-Belmonte, Florian Wetzel, Quentin Groom, Edward Lewis, Eugenie Regan, Ward Appeltans, Anton Güntsch, Patricia Mergen, Donat Agosti, Lyubomir Penev, Anke Hoffmann, Hannu Saarenmaa, Gary Geller, Kidong Kim, HyeJin Kim, Anne-Sophie Archambeau, Christoph Häuser, Dirk Schmeller, Ilse Geijzendorffer, Antonio García Camacho, Carlos Guerra, Tim Robertson, Veljo Runnel, Nils Valland, Corinne Martin   +27 more
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Gender Disparities in the Prevalence, Trends, and Determinants of Later‐Life Urinary Incontinence: A Disproportionate Burden on Women

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
This study shows that UI prevalence rose steadily in both the USA and UK during the 2010s, driven by aging, comorbidities, and educational changes, with women accounting for 65% of the projected increase in UI cases by 2030. These findings underscore the need for gender‐responsive UI prevention and care strategies, including targeted interventions for ...
Xiyin Chen, Shaoxiang Jiang, Muqi Guo, Hao Zhang, Mouwang Zhou, Yao Yao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paludiculture and Improved Fire Management as a key Towards Sustainable Shifting Cultivation Practices on Peatlands

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2019
Historically, in South East Asia, indigenous crops have relied on tropical peatlands for the subsistence of local communities. Within these systems fires were an integral part for land clearing and soil fertility management. Gradually these systems have
Johannes Kieft
doaj   +3 more sources

Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
wiley   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source