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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT People impacted by alcohol and other drugs (AOD) are supported across a range of health and social service settings, often by workers in generalist roles who may not have specialist training. Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in equipping AOD workers with the knowledge and skills required for practice, yet there is no ...
Kirrilly Thompson +6 more
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Effects of CaO-based expansive agent on carbonation resistance of marine concrete
Case Studies in Construction MaterialsMarine concrete contains a high volume of supplementary cementitious materials, which benefits low-carbon concrete production. However, they may also increase the risk of cracking and accelerate the carbonation due to the pozzolanic reaction ...
Jian Zhang +6 more
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Impacts of Climate Change on European Critical Infrastructures: The Case of the Power Sector [PDF]
Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases cause climate change and this change in turn induces various direct impacts, e.g., changes in regional weather patterns. The frequency of heat waves and droughts in Europe is likely to rise.
Stefan Vögele, Dirk Rübbelke
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nations manufacture non‐belonging of temporary migrants through policy frameworks that produce exclusion. This precarity maximises the economic benefit of temporary migrant labour by minimising their political, social and legal rights. In this paper, we examine how non‐belonging targeting Working Holiday Makers (WHMs) is manufactured in ...
Donna James, Alanna Kamp
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Underground SpaceThe presented research introduces a novel hybrid deep learning approach for the dynamic prediction of the attitude and position of super-large diameter shields - a critical consideration for construction safety and tunnel lining quality.
Yanbin Fu +6 more
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Prioritization of urban green infrastructures for sustainable urban planning in Ploiesti, Romania [PDF]
, 2016 Urban green infrastructures are increasingly being used as instruments for achieving a sustainable urban planning due to their multifunctionality represented by the numerous economic, social and environmental benefits. Selecting the most appropriate type
Onose, Diana Andreea +4 more
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Advancing Understanding of Subjective Liveability for People With Disability
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Modern liveability frameworks aim to enhance health and well‐being through equity‐based measures across built, natural, social, and economic environments, yet they often overlook the perspectives of people with disability. This study explored expectations of liveable neighbourhoods among adults with diverse disability experiences in urban and ...
Maria Hobbs +3 more
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Cityness and African Urban Development [PDF]
This paper explores one possible argument for how to respond to the epistemic troubles in the production of knowledge about urban Africa. The problem I have in mind is the preponderance of policy-oriented research on the development challenges and ...
Pieterse, Edgar
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Place‐based initiatives (PBIs) aim to address complex and intersecting forms of disadvantage shaped by health, social care, employment and geographical inequities. While PBIs offer integrated and community‐centred responses, limited evidence makes it difficult to understand the policy conditions that support their development and ...
Kanchan Marcus, Carmen Huckel Schneider
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this study, the performance of the Van Muradiye Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant was evaluated with Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The effects of pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), and suspended solids (SS) on the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency were evaluated using samples collected from the plant's inlet and ...
Emine Cangül +2 more
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