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Sprawl and mega-events: Economic growth and recent urban expansion in a city losing its competitive edge (Athens, Greece) [PDF]

Urbani Izziv, 2017
In the new context of contemporary cities, local competitiveness for financial resources has grown more than ever, resulting in cities characterised by important socioeconomic transformations.
Luca Salvati, Marco Zitti
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Olympic legacy and cultural tourism: Exploring the facets of Athens' Olympic heritage [PDF]

, 2013
This study examines the effects of the Olympic Games on Athens’ cultural tourism and the city’s potential to leverage the Olympic legacy in synergy with its rich heritage in order to enhance its tourism product during the post-Games period.
Alexiou C., Ashworth G.J., Asprogerakas E., Boniface B.G., Brown G., Burbank M.J., Chalip L., Creswell J.W., Denzin N.K., Derrett R., Gammon S., Georgios Boustras, Gold J.R., Gold M.M., Gold M.M., Irish Tourist Board, Kalogeropoulou H., Kitroeff A., Kostof S., Koutoulas D., MacAloon J.J., Mangan J.A., Miles M., Milionis S., Nikolaos Boukas, Papageorgiou-Venetas A., Ritchie J.R.B., Roche M., Sykianaki C., Traganou J., Travlou P., Tyler N., Vassilios Ziakas, Weed M., Yin R.K., Zentelis P., Zografos G.   +36 more
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Ovarian Matrisome Dynamics and αvβ3‐Mediated Regulation in Early Follicular Development

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The matrisome undergoes dynamic remodeling during early follicular development. Integrin αvβ3 mediates matrisome signals, regulating primordial follicle activation/atresia and secondary follicle growth via Hippo/mTOR pathways, with conserved roles in human ovaries, offering therapeutic targets for ovarian disorders.
Tong Wu, Yanzhi Feng, Qingqing Zhu, Ting Jiang, Yueyue Gao, Kebing Nie, Xianan Tang, Ying Chen, Dianxing Hu, Xudan Yang, Shixuan Wang, Meng Wu, Jinjin Zhang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Games to Design the Augmented City

Eludamos, 2012
Seen through the eyes of games, urban environments can appear as museums, storytelling venues, or intense multi-user experiences that could attract people away from their living rooms into the city.
Vanessa De Luca, Maresa Bertolo
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Creating playful urban interiors through community-based traditional games

ARSNET
This paper explores the design process of the 'magic circle' as a form of a playful urban interior, inspired by traditional games as a form of ludic or play activity.
Muhammad Amir Akram, Arnis Rochma Harani, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman   +2 more
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The Future’s Not What It Used To Be: Urban Wormholes, Simulation, Participation, and Planning in the Metaverse

Urban Planning, 2022
In this editorial linked to the thematic issue on “Gaming, Simulations, and Planning: Physical and Digital Technologies for Public Participation in Urban Planning,” we explore how urban planning has been, arguably, slow on the uptake of modern ...
Andrew Hudson-Smith, Moozhan Shakeri
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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resilient planning for sporting mega-events: designing and managing safe and secure urban places for London 2012 and beyond [PDF]

, 2011
Since the 1960s both regeneration and security have been prominent themes in Olympic planning. However, this paper argues that the prominence given to post event 'legacies' in London's bid to host the 2012 Summer Games has fomented a merger of these ...
Coaffee, J, Fussey, P
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ChatCFD: A Large Language Model‐Driven Agent for End‐to‐End Computational Fluid Dynamics Automation with Structured Knowledge and Reasoning

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Chat computational fluid dynamics (CFD) introduces an large language model (LLM)‐driven agent that automates OpenFOAM simulations end‐to‐end, attaining 82.1% execution success and 68.12% physical fidelity across 315 benchmarks—far surpassing prior systems.
E Fan, Kang Hu, Zhuowen Wu, Jiangyang Ge, Jiawei Miao, Yuzhi Zhang, He Sun, Weizong Wang, Tianhan Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-term legacy implications for Olympic Games [PDF]

, 2009
Celebrations have been occurring throughout history from the commemoration of phases of the moon, to historical and cultural festivals in addition to life cycle celebrations of birth, marriage and death.
Jones, Ian, Sadd, Deborah
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