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Do urban open spaces provide refugia for frogs in urban environments? [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Hutto D, Barrett K.
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Creating user-friendly public spaces in Cities (Prishtina), between public interest and private rights [PDF]
, 2013 Friendliness of public spaces to users is dependent from accessibility they offer and attractiveness they display. However, these characteristics of public open spaces are always challenged as inadequate in quantity and quality.
Ferhat Bejtullahu
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Compartmentalized Homeostasis Drives High Bamboo Forest Productivity under Nutrient Imbalance
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study reveals how Moso bamboo achieves high productivity despite nutrient‐poor soils. It employs a unique strategy, maintaining strict nutrient balance in its leaves while using woody tissues as flexible storage reservoirs. This compartmentalized mechanism buffers the plant from soil phosphorus limitation and microbial competition, resolving the ...
Zhikang Wang +13 more
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The Densest Cities with the Largest User-Friendly Spaces [PDF]
, 2014 It is evident that the newest trend of urban site design is to provide dense cities with the largest green, generous, and user-friendly public spaces, very necessary for any urban development.
Shehu, Jona, Shehu, Zana
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.The Cu‐Zn3In2S6 photocatalyst (Cu‐ZISV) with asymmetric Cu‐SV‐Zn sites was designed and synthesized to boost peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation kinetics. The side‐on photo‐Fenton‐like reaction by the asymmetric Cu‐SV‐Zn site accelerated PMS activation and pollutant degradation, and the first‐order kinetic constant of Cu‐ZISV increased by 4.87 times ...
Jiaqi Hu +7 more
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Open space design: managing urban complexity is the result of an interdisciplinary research experience conducted by the authors in the fields of technological-environmental design and multi-scalar parametric modeling. The thematic chapters develop topics from the suggestions provided by the discussion with DREISEITLconsulting regarding the strategic ...
Rossella Franchino +2 more
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The Role of Greenways for Cultural and Historical Continuity in New Urbanism: A Case Study for Halic [PDF]
Urban open spaces present the good quality of life to communities. Open space systems must be considered as a sub-system of the urban infrastructure for creating the livable cities and the sustainability in rapid urban growth process.
Reyhan Genli Yigiter, Zerrin Hosgor
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The influence of hot arid climate on the use of outdoor urban spaces and thermal comfort: do cultural and social backgrounds matter? [PDF]
, 2010 Climate-sensitive open spaces within cities may benefit the three dimensions of sustainability affecting economic, social and environmental factors. Aiming to improve microclimatic conditions in urban spaces can enable people to spend more time outdoors,
Aljawabra, Faisal +1 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Chronic oral exposure to microplastics may disrupt gut microbiota homeostasis and intestinal barrier integrity, potentially engaging the gut–brain axis and systemic inflammatory responses. These alterations may be associated with impaired blood–brain barrier function, cerebral microvascular dysfunction, and enhanced endothelial inflammation, pro ...
Hongxing Wang +5 more
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Understanding walkability in the Libyan urban space: policies, perceptions and smart design for sustainable Tripoli [PDF]
, 2016 Walkability in civic and public spaces in Libyan cities is challenging due to the lack of accessibility design, informal merging into car traffic, and the general absence of adequate urban and space planning.
Abdelmonem, MG, Mohamed, AAK, Selim, G
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