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Between Sustainable Development, Financialisation and Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Case of Blue Finance as Yet Another Iteration of the Washington Consensus

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As far as international economic law (IEL) is concerned, the ‘Washington Consensus’ generally refers to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s development finance policies and tools. It covers their application to their clients and borrowers with the support of Western governments. This acceptation is of particular interest
Leïla Choukroune
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Vernacular Architecture in Nosmeh Village (Paveh County) [PDF]

open access: yesمسکن و محیط روستا, 2019
Vernacular architecture is among the most valuable phenomena, which has manifested cultural, historical, social, religious values and so on by itself.
Mino GharehBaglou, Sonya Silvayeh
doaj  

Space is the machine, part four: theoretical syntheses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Part IV of the book, ‘Theoretical Syntheses’, begins to draw together some of the questions raised in Part I, the regularities shown in Part II and the laws proposed in Part III, to suggest how the two central problems in architectural theory, namely the
Hillier, B.
core  

The Power of Professional Expertise: Unravelling the Boardroom Diversity Puzzle Through a Machine Learning Approach

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how board expertise diversity influences firm performance using a novel machine learning approach to classify directors' professional backgrounds. Drawing on data from Spanish listed firms, we develop multidimensional expertise profiles that capture multiple skills held by each director.
Fernando Hernández‐Atienza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

FengShui – a systematic research of vernacular sustainable development In Ancient China and its lessons for future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Creating and keeping balance is the basic and the most important principle of Chinese traditional philosophy. It provides the fundamental philosophical basis for Chinese FengShui in pursuing coexistence between human and nature.
Ceranic, Boris, Zhong, Z.
core   +1 more source

Developing Predictive and Explainable Models for Cryptocurrency Delistings: A Case Study of Binance Exchange

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study develops an explainable machine learning model to predict cryptocurrency delistings using Binance data. It combines quantitative indicators (price, volume) with qualitative data from real‐time news and Reddit. Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) is used to extract topic trends and community reactions, which are transformed into time ...
Sungju Yang, Hunyeong Kwon
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining Rural Spaces: Cultural Practices and Aesthetic Design for Active Ageing in Northern Thai Community

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the role of rural aesthetics and cultural practises in promoting active ageing amongst older adults in Baan Pong Nuea Village, Northern Thailand. Addressing a critical gap in the literature, it examines how the residential environment influences elderly well‐being in a rural context.
Alisa Nutley
wiley   +1 more source

Application of vernacular architectural ideas in New Saffein Village of Kish Island [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The vernacular architecture of Iran is a result of a long time process of both social and cultural developments which have expanded all over the country.
Abdullah, John Ashraf Lucas   +2 more
core  

“Yet the Problem Remains”: Why Genetic Determinism Still Haunts Biomedical Research

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After the horrors of the Holocaust and its connections to eugenics were revealed to the world, many post‐war population geneticists sought to establish rhetorical distance from the Nazi's state‐led campaigns, without abandoning their belief that actively shaping the population's genetics would produce a prosperous society.
Christopher R. Donohue, Ian A. Myles
wiley   +1 more source

Javanese vernacular architecture and environmental synchronization based on the regional diversity of Joglo and Limasan

open access: yesFrontiers of Architectural Research, 2018
Joglo and Limasan are traditional Javanese architecture structures and the most preferred vernacular dwellings in Java. These houses spread to other areas through Central Java and the Yogyakarta Province of Indonesia. Given the local characteristics, the
Noor Cholis Idham
doaj   +1 more source

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